
Inspector at the Door?Hand It Over in an Hour.
A PHMSA or state inspection asks the same questions every time, program by program, and expects the evidence on the table. X3 Pipeline Audit lays out those questions, links each one to its proof, keeps your annual reports and findings on their clocks and builds the packet for the next visit.
- Inspection Readiness
- Evidence Binder
- Annual Reports
- Findings & Responses
- Record Retention
- Inspection Packet
- 190.203Inspections and investigations
- 190.207Notice of probable violation
- 190.208Response options, 30 days
- 191.11Distribution annual report, March 15
- 191.17Transmission annual report, March 15
- 195.49Liquid annual report, June 15
- 192.603O&M records
- 192.807OQ records
- 192.947IM records
- 195.404Liquid maps and records
- 192.1011DIMP records
- IAInspection assistant protocols
The Work Was Done. Finding the Proof Took Three People and Two Days.
Inspections rarely find work nobody did. They find work nobody can prove: a record filed on someone’s laptop, a survey from the wrong year, a procedure that does not match what the field did. And every finding starts a 30-day clock.
You did the work. You could not hand over the proof.

Every Question Answered Before It Is Asked.
X3 Pipeline Audit organizes your evidence the way an inspector asks for it: by program area, by question, by citation.
Readiness
The questions an inspector asks in each program area, and whether you have the evidence for each.
Evidence binder
Every procedure, record and report filed by program area and citation, with its date.
Annual reports
Due dates and the figures that go into them, gathered through the year.
Findings
Notices, warning letters and their response clocks, and every corrective action.
Retention
How long each record must be kept, what is missing and what could go.
Packet
The program areas, the evidence index and the open items for a scheduled visit, ready to download.
Readiness is not a scramble. It is the binder you already have.
Ready, Program by Program.
An example of an operator’s readiness two weeks before a standard inspection.
- Public awareness: four-year effectiveness evaluation not on file (API RP 1162)
- OQ: evaluation records missing for 4 contractor workers (49 CFR 192.807)
- Control room: last year’s backup SCADA test record not attached (192.631(c)(4))
- Warning letter item 2: corrective action due in 12 days
Example only. Inspection questions follow the published PHMSA protocols your inspectors use.
9 Working Screens in X3 Pipeline Audit
- 01OverviewHow ready you are for an inspection today, by program area, and what is standing in the way.
- 02Inspector at the DoorThe questions an inspector asks in each program area, and the evidence you could hand over for each.
- 03Evidence BinderEvery procedure, record and report filed by program area and citation, with its date and how long to keep it.
- 04Annual ReportsPHMSA annual reports, their due dates and the mileage, leak and repair figures that go into them.
- 05Findings & ResponsesInspection findings, notices and warning letters, the response clock and every corrective action to close.
- 06Record RetentionHow long each kind of record must be kept, which ones are missing and which ones could be discarded.
- 07Inspection PacketBuild the packet for a scheduled inspection: the program areas, the evidence index and the open items, ready to download.
- 08Proof From Your ProductsCompleted work from your other X3 products, offered as evidence for the inspector’s questions.
- 09Change HistoryWho changed what and when in each product, for the inspector who asks how a record was kept.
File. Link. Check. Respond. Hand Over.
X3 follows your evidence from the moment it is created to the packet you hand an inspector.
- 01
File the evidence
Procedures, records and reports by program area and citation.
- 02
Link it to the questions
Each inspection question shows the evidence that answers it.
- 03
Close the gaps
Questions without evidence become owned tasks.
- 04
Report on time
Annual reports and their figures, gathered through the year.
- 05
Respond to findings
Each finding with its response clock and corrective actions.
- 06
Build the packet
Program areas, evidence index and open items, ready to download.
The best inspection is the one you were ready for a year ago.

One Loop. X3 Pipeline Audit Owns Part of “Prove”.
Nine products, five stages, one job each. X3 Pipeline Audit helps answer one question for your pipeline: could we hand an inspector the evidence in an hour? Use it on its own, or add the products on either side of it when that job matters.
- 01
Know
What applies to every mile we operate?X3 Pipeline Compliance - 02
See
Which mile is at risk, and why?X3 Pipeline IntegrityX3 Pipeline Corrosion - 03
Control
Is the person and the control room ready for the work?X3 Pipeline QualificationX3 Pipeline Control Room - 04
Act
What has to happen in the field today?X3 Pipeline Damage PreventionX3 Pipeline FieldX3 Pipeline Emergency - 05
Prove
Could we hand an inspector the evidence in an hour?X3 Pipeline Audit
X3 Organizes the Proof. Your People Stand Behind It.
Four things stay with your team.
Keep real records
Evidence is only as good as the work behind it.
Answer the inspector
Your people explain your program. X3 hands them the proof.
Respond to findings
Your response to a notice is your decision and your signature.
File reports yourself
Annual reports are prepared for you to review and submit to PHMSA.
The Inspector Asks. The Proof Is Already on the Table.
An inspection at an operator running X3 Pipeline Audit is a list of questions with evidence beside each one, no findings left open and every report on time.
Ready.
Every question with its evidence.
On time.
Every report and response inside its window.
Closed.
Every finding through to proof it worked.
Priced Per Mile. Start With Your Own Systems.
Create your account, describe your systems once, choose X3 Pipeline Audit or all nine products, and run it on your own pipeline with your records saved. One sign-in opens every product you pay for.
$499 a month covers your first 100 miles of regulated pipe. Then $3 a month for each mile after that. Twelve months for the price of ten when you pay for a year. Cancel any time.
- Inspection readiness by program area, an evidence binder, annual reports, findings and record retention.
- Works on its own. No other X3 product required
- Your systems, people and records, saved to your account
- Ask X3 for the regulation behind any question
X3 Pipeline Audit and the other eight, one sign-in, one bill. $1,999 a month covers your first 100 miles, then $12 a month for each mile after that.
- Every product from knowing what applies to proving it
- Work flows from one product to the next
- The command center shows leaders what needs attention
- Costs about the same as four products bought one at a time
$1,249 a month for X3 Pipeline Audit
$4,999 a month for all nine products
Yearly: $12,490 or $49,990
| Miles | X3 Pipeline Audit | All nine products |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | $499 | $1,999 |
| 250 | $949 | $3,799 |
| 500 | $1,699 | $6,799 |
| 1,000 | $3,199 | $12,799 |
| 2,500 | $7,699 | $30,799 |
Why per mile. Pipeline work grows with miles of pipe: patrols, test stations, valves, leak surveys and assessments all scale with the system. So X3 Pipeline is priced per regulated mile. Every product has a monthly minimum that covers your first 100 miles, because every operator carries the same fixed work whatever its size: written procedures, an OQ program, an emergency plan and annual reports. Each mile after that adds a small amount. All nine products cost about four times one, so running the whole loop is the better deal, and paying for a year gets you twelve months for the price of ten.
Prices in US dollars. Subscriptions renew each month or year until cancelled.
Questions Operators Ask About X3 Pipeline Audit.
Have one that is not here? Ask X3, or write to us and a person will answer.
Which inspection questions does X3 use?
Does it file our annual report?
Can we download the packet?
Do I have to buy all nine products?
How do I start?
How does pricing work?
Can my whole team use it?
Can I keep documents and photos with the records?
Does it work in the field without a signal?
Do the products work together?
Be Ready for the Next Inspection Today.
Create your account, file your first evidence and see how ready you are by program area.
