Saturday, May 31, 2008

Public Relations For Pipeline Companies

Writen by Lance Winslow

In the United States of America we have many pipeline companies, which deliver all kinds of products through their pipes, which helped our civilization run better. The flow of distribution through our pipelines is significant and contains everything from water, natural gas, oil and other important products that you may not even think about.

Unfortunately the only time we ever hear about a pipeline company is when a pipe breaks and the news media puts it on the front page in the newspaper. This is when the pipeline company goes into crisis mode and damage control.

Unfortunately had the pipeline company worked very hard with public relations prior to a spill or break they might have had a much better time in the local media. After all you cannot always blame the pipeline company for what happens.

For instance a derailment on the train could take out a piece of pipe, a hurricane storm surge could take out a piece of pipe, international terrorists might strike a pipeline or an earthquake could break a pipe in several places. This is why public relations in advance for pipeline companies is so vitally important so the community and our citizens understand the importance of our nation's pipeline infrastructure. Please consider this public relations issue in 2006.

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