We all know how the pipeline integrity world has changed since the publication of PHMSA’s bulletin last fall regarding hard spots, calling on pipeline owners and operators to expand their evaluation of the hard spot threat to all pipe manufactured prior to 1970. This coincides with industry’s expanded knowledge of hard spots, made possible by improved ILI technology and dedicated research and industry collaboration. This webinar will decipher the changing hard spot environment, providing insights from ENTEGRA®’s three 2025 conference presentations on the topic.

As hard spots are such an important and current concern, this webinar will include:

- Baseline setting explanation of hardness anomalies and where they occur
- Brinell Hardness definition
- Data examples of the three types of hard spots
- Correlation to mapping data
- Sizing trends
- Challenges
- The view for the future