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Transcript of IPLOCA Newsletter 45
THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER 45
NUMBER
Letter from the President page 4
News from Geneva page 5
New IPLOCA Board of Directors page 7
Training page 18
CONTENTS:
WITH NEWS FROM: THE INDUSTRY, MEMBERSHIP, ALLIED & SISTER ASSOCIATIONS
DECEMBER 2010
Venice Convention Retrospectivewith 6 photo pages
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NUMBER 45 DECEMBER 2010 3
ContentsLetter from the President 4
News from Geneva 5
Board Meeting Update 5
IPLOCA Board of Directors 2010-2011 7
Membership 8
Member News 9
Venice Convention Retrospective 12
IPLOCA Health & Safety Award 16
IPLOCA New Technologies Award 17
Training 18
WaterAid! 19
Vivaldi, the Chiquitos and the Old Pipeliner 20
In the Headlines 22
Upcoming Conferences 23
The following is the IPLOCA Mission for 2010 and beyond:To provide value to members through a forum for sharing ideas, engaging the industry and its stakeholders, facilitating business opportunities and promoting the highest standards in the pipeline industry.
IPLOCA Secretariat
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Contractors Association
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Website www.iploca.com
IPLOCA Newsletter
Editor
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Lay-out
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4 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
Letter from the President
It is my great pleasure to address the IPLOCA
membership as its new President. I am looking
forward to serving IPLOCA along with my colleagues
on the Board of Directors.
The Board met during the Venice Convention and you
will find highlights from the meetings on pages 5-6
of this Newsletter. In early December we will hold our
next meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
Those of you who were fortunate enough to be with us in Venice, will, I’m sure,
agree with me that it was an outstanding success. I’m sure you will enjoy the photo
spread on the centre pages of this Newsletter. A full set of photos will subsequently
be available on the website and the link emailed to all attendees.
With more than 670 delegates in attendance, we were treated to a truly memorable
week. We were fortunate to secure some excellent speakers for the Open General
Meetings, and we thank them very much for making themselves available and for
their support of IPLOCA. We were pleased to see the meeting rooms filled, despite
the need to travel to the Fondazione Cini by boat during a busy week with a tight
schedule.
We also take this opportunity to congratulate all our award winners, and all those
companies who submitted entries for the IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, sponsored
by Chevron and the IPLOCA Environmental Award, sponsored by Shell.
My goals this year are to continue to enhance communications, engage the
membership worldwide via more regional meetings and technical committee
work and to maintain the highest quality of our annual convention. In particular,
as Chairman of the Training Committee, I will be focusing on a number of training
initiatives, including communication, site visits, discussions on increased
productivity and analysis of pipeliner training.
I look forward to working with each of our members over the next year, and
encourage you to get in touch with me with your ideas or questions for the
association.
Sincerely,
Karl Trauner ([email protected])
NUMBER 45 DECEMBER 2010 5
News from Geneva Training and Novel Construction meetings
The Geneva office team were pleased recently to be
able to play host to some of our members who visited
our new offices while they were in Geneva to attend
the Training and Novel Construction meetings. The
meetings were held nearby, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
(soon to become the Starling Conference Center).
Pictured are Lars Inge Larsson of Volvo Construction
Equipment, and Tekfen’s Hasan Gurtay, Alpasian Sumer
and Osman Birgili (also IPLOCA’s 1st Vice President).
Meetings of the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Boards of
Directors were held in Venice during convention week.
Following are some highlights from the meetings.
Final Meeting of the 2009-2010 Board of Directors - Treasurer Phil Bond noted that the finances are strong,
with a surplus expected this year.
- It was noted that the level of sponsorship for the Venice
Convention was outstanding, at almost 100%. The only
exception was part of the cost of extra shuttle boats
which was covered by IPLOCA.
- The President noted that costs from the new training
initiatives and possible research participation would be
covered by the association’s surplus without the need to
touch the association’s reserves.
- The Board formally thanked and applauded Phil Bond
for his tremendous service and commitment to IPLOCA
over the past few years as Treasurer.
- The proposed new By-Laws, to be put to vote by the
membership later in the week at the Annual General
Meeting, were reviewed and discussed.
- Michael Podt, from MCI Beijing, a ground agent which
also has an office in Geneva, provided a brief presentation
to the Board on Beijing and some possible locations for
events. Michael was invited to participate in the Venice
Convention to allow him to see first-hand the type of
arrangements necessary for an IPLOCA Convention.
- Caroline Green provided a review of the current
membership status. She noted that 19 new members
had joined IPLOCA under the leadership of the 2009-
2010 Board of Directors.
- New Regular Members
- Stroygazconsulting LLC (Russian Federation) joined
IPLOCA on 9 June 2010.
- LLC Stroygazmontazh (Russian Federation)
(2 July 2010)
- Petrofac (UAE) (2 July 2010)
- Corrtech International (India) (19 August 2010)
- New Associate Members
- GDI (Mexico) (2 July 2010)
- PSI Pipeline Services International (Germany)
(14 September 2010)
September/October
Board Meeting Updates - Venice
6 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
- The total Membership count is currently 246; 119 Regular
Members, 120 Associate Members, four Academic
Members and three Honorary Members.
- The following publishing houses were selected as
IPLOCA Media Partners for the period September
2010 to August 2013:
- Benjamin Media (Trenchless Technology,
North American Pipelines)
- Oildom (Pipeline & Gas Journal)
- Pennwell (Offshore Magazine)
- Palladian Publications (World Pipelines)
- The new category replaces the “Member of the Press”
category previously listed in the IPLOCA Yearbook.
- Regional Meetings reports were provided by Ebbo
Laenge (Rio de Janeiro meeting) and Vladilen Ermolin
(Moscow meeting)
- It was noted that the details, including many of the
presentations given, are available on the IPLOCA
website.
- The IPLOCA website has been considerably redeveloped
www.iploca.com
- The IPLOCA DVD was updated with the help of many
members who provided footage. The result is also
available at www.iploca.com under About IPLOCA.
First Meeting of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors
2010-2011 Officers were unanimously appointed as follows:
- President: Karl Trauner, HABAU
- First Vice President: Osman Birgili, Tekfen
- Second Vice President: Doug Evans, Gulf Interstate
Engineering
Directors at Large suggested by the Executive
Committee were then approved by the full board.
- Harald Dresp: Treasurer and Director-at-Large
- Marco Jannuzzi: Director-at-Large
- Roberto Castelli: Director-at-Large
- Andy Lukas: Director-at-Large, and
- Najib Khoury, Director-at-Large
- Committee Nominations
New Technologies Committee
- Chair: Osman Birgili
- Phil Bond
- Roberto Castelli
- Doug Evans
- Jacquelin de La Porte
- Michael Rae
- Sandip Sharma
- Zeno Soave
Training Committee
- Chair: Karl Trauner
- Harald Dresp
- Vladilen Ermolin
- Gerry Grothe
- Marco Jannuzzi
- Najib Khoury
- Ebbo Laenge
- Andy Lukas
Health, Safety and Environmental Committee
- Chair: Adam Wynne Hughes
- Nasser Issa
Board Meetings
Dates and Locations for 2010-2011 were established
as follows:
- Rio de Janeiro
1-3 December 2010 (Wed to Fri)
- Marrakesh
2-4 March 2011 (Wed to Fri)
- Istanbul
25-27 May 2011 (Wed to Fri)
Regional Meetings
The following are possible dates and locations for
Regional Meetings in 2011.
- Istanbul, Tuesday, 24 May
- Vienna, toward the end of March 2011
- New Delhi, week of 4th April, 2011
- London, Spring 2011
- Beirut, 17-18 February 2011
Newly Elected to the Board of Directors
The 2010-2011 Board of Directors welcome Gerry Grothe
of Pipeline Machinery International, who joins Michael
Rae of Argus Limited in representing the Associate
Members, and Zhao Yujian of China Petroleum Pipeline
Bureau who joins Sandip Sharma of Kalpataru in
representing the Members in the East & Far East region.
Congratulations to both.
NUMBER 45 DECEMBER 2010 7
OfficersKarl Trauner (HABAU), President, Director for Europe
Central, Chairman of the Training Committee
Osman Birgili (Tekfen), 1st Vice President, Director
for Europe Eastern, Chairman of the New Technologies
Committee
Doug Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering), 2nd Vice
President, Director, The Americas
Harald Dresp (Max Streicher), Treasurer, Director at Large
Adam Wynne Hughes Immediate Past President, Chairman
of the HSE Committee
DirectorsVladilen Ermolin (PTPS JSC), Director, Europe Eastern
Jacquelin de La Porte (Spiecapag), Director, Europe
Mediterranean
Zeno Soave (Socotherm), Director, Europe Mediterranean
Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat), Director,
Europe North-West
Ebbo Länge (Conduto), Director, The Americas
Nasser Issa (C.A.T. International Ltd), Director,
Middle East & Africa
Zhao Yujian (CPP), Director, East & Far East
Sandip Sharma (Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd),
Director, East & Far East
Gerry Grothe (Pipeline Machinery Intl.), Director,
Associate Members
Michael Rae (Argus Ltd), Director, Associate Members
Directors at LargeRoberto Castelli (Bonatti)
Harald Dresp (Max Streicher)
Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)
Najib Khoury (CCC)
Andy Lukas (AJ Lucas)
Executive SecretaryJuan Arzuaga
Front row (left to right): Harald Dresp (Treasurer), Osman Birgili (1st Vice President), Karl Trauner (President), Doug Evans (2nd Vice President),
Adam Wynne Hughes (Immediate Past President), Juan Arzuaga (Executive Secretary). 2nd row from front: Marco Jannuzzi, Phil Bond,
Gerry Grothe. 2nd row from back: Vladilen Ermolin, Ebbo Laenge, Najib Khoury, Zeno Soave, Nasser Issa. Back row: Sandip Sharma,
Andy Lukas, Michael Rae, Jacquelin de La Porte, Roberto Castelli. Not pictured: Zhao Yujian
IPLOCA Board of Directors2010-2011
8 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
Members 119
Associate Members 120
Academic Members 4
Honorary Members 3
Membership
New Members
Corrtech International Private
Limited, India. Established in 1982,
today CORRTECH is a leading
construction company focused in the area of installation
of cross country pipelines on EPC basis for oil, gas and
water sectors; horizontal directional drilling; construction
of terminal stations comprising civil, structural,
architectural, mechanical piping, equipment erection,
electrical, instrumentation, SCADA and telecom systems;
city gas distribution network; cathodic protection system;
manufacturing of gas conditioning skids, scrapper launchers
and receivers; manufacturing of rotor blades and spares for
gas turbines and maintenance of gas turbines.
To date, Corrtech has completed more than 1250 km
of cross country pipelines up to 48” diameter and
25 km of horizontal directional drilling up to 48” diameter
pipe and 13,000 km of cathodic protection in pipelines
up to 74” diameter. More than 500km of underground
cross country pipeline laying up to 48” diameter, 2 km of
horizontal directional drilling up to 30” diameter and
1,000 km of pipeline up to 48” diameter in cathodic
protection are under execution. Turnover of the current
financial year of CORRTECH is about 60 million USD.
CORRTECH is exploring the possibility to expand its pipeline
business globally. The company has overseas experience in
cathodic protection and HDD in Tanzania, South Africa and
Bangladesh. The company’s philosophy is timely completion
of projects at a comparatively low cost, undertaken with the
highest quality and safety considerations.
Corrtech International Private Limited
51, Mahagujarat Industrial Estate
Opp. Nova Petrochemicals
Sarkhej Bavla Highway
Changodar, Ahmedabad
382 213 Gujarat
India
T +91 27 17 304100
F +91 27 17 304170
E [email protected] / [email protected]
I www.corrtech.in
New Associate Members
Grupo Desarrollo Infraestructura
S.A. de C.V. is a family-owned company
that provides construction services,
products and aggregate materials to business owners,
general contractors, government agencies and real
estate developers.
Services offered by GDI include: Mining Projects, Dams,
Heavy Civil and Site Preparation, Pipeline Trenching and
Civil Works, Fiber Optic Telecommunication Projects,
Drilling & Blasting Projects, Quarries and Aggregate
Services, Real Estate developments, Building the
infrastructure for the development of energy industry, civil
works, telecommunications and real estate development.
GDI had initiated the certification processes in the
standards: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS
18001:2007
Grupo Desarrollo Infraestructura S.A. de C.V.
Insurgentes Sur 1752 – 1er Piso
Col. Florida, CP 01030
Mexico, D.F.
T +52 55 5662 8690
F +52 55 5662 6955
I www.gdi.com.mx
PSI Pipeline Services International
GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2006 with the
objective of offering special services within
the field of pipeline and plant engineering: hydrostatic
testing, cleaning of pipelines & geometric survey (the fleet
of multi-channel inspection tools has just been completed
from 8” to 60”).
Furthermore PSI provides drying of pipelines with air,
nitrogen and vacuum, intelligent pigging, leak detection,
construction and sale of pigs and technical advice for
all above-mentioned services. PSI grew quickly from six
individuals to a staff of 43 people, working in Europe and
also worldwide on pipeline projects sized between 4” and 56”.
PSI Pipeline Services International GmbH & Co. KG
Thyssenstr. 2
49744 Geeste-Dalum
Germany
T +49 5937 980908-0
F +49 5937 980908-195
I www.pressuretest.de
NUMBER 45 DECEMBER 2010 9
Member News
ERCIYAS Finalises One of the Biggest Pipeline Deliveries (1.258 km)ERCIYAS Steel Pipe Co. has finalised one of the biggest
water transmission pipelines (in total 1.258 km diameters
changing in between 711mm (28”) and 1422mm (56”) ) in
Algeria. The project started in 2008 for the transmission of
water from In’salah (where the underground water is) to
Tamanrasset, both of which are very important cities in
the Grand Sahara of Algeria. ERCIYAS is celebrating its
20th year in production as one of the biggest spiral
welded steel pipe producers in Europe, with plans to install
a new production line and increase its annual capacity to
450.000 M tons in early 2011.
Fluor’s Alan Boeckmann to Serve as Non-Executive ChairmanFluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Chief
Operating Officer (COO) David T. Seaton will succeed Alan
L. Boeckmann as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and also
become a member of the company’s board of directors.
The company also said that Boeckmann will retire from
Fluor but serve on its board as non-executive chairman.
Both moves will occur at the company’s board of directors
meeting on February 3, 2011.
Leighton Offshore Awarded US$733 Million Iraq Crude Oil Export Facility Project Leighton Offshore has announced the signing of an EPC
contract with Iraq’s South Oil Company to install three
single point moorings (SPMs) and 120 kilometres of 48-inch
pipelines in the Arabian Gulf, offshore Iraq. The project will
provide enhanced export facilities from the Fao Terminal
near Al Basrah, and forms a major part of the South Oil
Company’s strategic redevelopment program for Iraq.
Leighton Offshore will use its vessels, Eclipse, Stealth and
Mynx on the project. Eclipse, Stealth and Mynx are ideally
suited for working on SPM projects, and provided Leighton
a key edge in securing this work. Leighton operates a very
young fleet of state of the art vessels, all of which are fully
compliant to latest Class and safety standards including
International Special Purpose Shipping code. Some of
Leighton’s recent SPM projects include crude oil export
SPM’s on India’s west coast for Bharat Petroleum and
Bharat Oman Refineries, as well as the prestigious three
SPM Terminal project for Reliance at Jamnagar. Leighton
has also installed SPM’s on India’s east coast, in Sri Lanka,
in Malaysia and in Brunei and in addition to the Tanzania
SPM, is currently working on one of the worlds most
challenging SPM’s for Cairn Energy which forms part of the
world’s longest continuously heated oil pipeline.
McDermott Appoints Dan Houser to Senior Vice President, OperationsMcDermott International, Inc. announced
today that Dan Houser has been
appointed to Senior Vice President,
Operations. In this role, Houser is
responsible for leading the Atlantic
region and Global Marine organization at McDermott, which
includes setting the strategic direction, as well as business
acquisition and execution for these groups. In addition, he will
be responsible for expanding the company’s activities for the
region into Brazil, West Africa and the North Sea. McDermott’s
Atlantic region includes fabrication facilities and marine
bases in Morgan City, Louisiana, and Altamira, Mexico, and
engineering and business offices in Houston, Texas, and New
Orleans, Louisiana.
U.S. Pipeline Contractors Association and Unions Pledge their Support for Keystone XL ProjectTransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) (TSX, NYSE: TRP)
has announced a Project Labor Agreement for a significant
portion of U.S. construction of the proposed US$7 billion
Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Pipeline Project (Keystone
XL). The agreement will provide TransCanada with a
capable, well-trained and ready workforce in the U.S. to
construct Keystone XL. During construction, the project
is expected to create over seven million hours of labor
and over 13,000 new jobs for American workers. The U.S.
Pipeline Contractors Association (PLCA) headed by its
President Brian L. Ganske and its Managing Director Pat
Tielborg spearheaded the negotiations between the unions
and TransCanada which concluded in the signing of a
project labor agreement.
10 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
Laurini Officine Meccaniche’s New Muletrax 3000 Floating Tractor
Laurini Officine Meccaniche’s new Muletrax 3000 Floating
Tractor is an amphibious multipurpose tractor, with the
ability to travel on marsh terrain and to float where the
water is deep. It can be equipped with a crane and with
a removable platform for carrying equipment such as
welding, bevelling, service and maintenance equipment,
or a fuel tank. The upper structure is the main part of the
“Muletrax 3000” tractor and can be removed and installed
on a standard undercarriage.
Gordie Tieberg New PLM Sales Manager PipeLine Machinery International (PLM) Senior Vice
President Tony Fernandez is pleased to announce that
Gordie Tieberg has taken on the new position of Sales
Manager – North America. He joins the management team
at PLM and will hold responsibility for the sales team and
machine business in the US and Canada. Tieberg has been
working closely with PLM as the Cat Financial International
Account Manager in charge of pipeline business globally
since PLM was established in 2005.
IPIECA Guidelines AvailableRSK Group plc has been working with the IPIECA
organization to publish guidelines regarding alien and
invasive species and the oil and gas industry and to look
at the potential measures which can be implemented to
prevent the spread of alien and invasive species in oil and
gas development.
IPIECA is a network of 30 of the largest oil and gas
companies whose aim is to help the industry improve its
social and environmental performance. The guidelines can
be downloaded from the IPIECA website at www.ipieca.org/
publication/alien-invasive-species-and-oil-and-gas-industry
SLECC Wins Yongtaiwen Gas Pipeline Project SLECC (Shengli Engineering & Consulting Co. Ltd.) has
won the Routing Survey & Engineering/Design Consultation
Service Contract for the YongTaiWen Gas Pipeline Project
and has received a Letter of Award from the client,
ZheJiang Natural Gas Development Co. Ltd, at a contract
value of approximately USD 12.6 million. The YongTaiWen
Gas Pipeline starts from the ChunXiao Initial Station at
YinZhou District of NingBo City and terminates at the
ChangNan Terminal located at LuPu town of ChangNan
County, WenZhou City of ZheJiang province. The pipeline
runs a total length of 505km, consisting of a 457 km trunk
line and a 48 km branch line, at diameter of 813 mm and
355.6 mm respectively. The pipeline system is designed at
6.3MPa pressure and 9.5 bcm delivery capacity per annum.
The pipeline routing is designed with 17 gas transmission
stations, 20 RTU valve rooms, 7 cathodic protection stations
and 19 optical fibre communication stations.The contract
has a 10-month schedule, with work scope including
routing investigation, survey and geology survey, FEED,
detailed engineering/design, and the technical assistance
for procurement and site construction. The pipeline project
is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012.
SNC-Lavalin Awarded Contract in Alberta’s Oil SandsSNC-Lavalin has announced that it has been awarded an
engineering and procurement (EP) contract by Grizzly Oil
Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake Steam Assisted Gravity
Drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray in north-
eastern Alberta.The project consists of an initial 5,000 barrel
per day SAGD central processing facility with associated well
pads, flow lines, tank farm and 8 MW cogeneration facility.
Work has begun out of SNC-Lavalin’s Calgary office and the
detailed design of the project is expected to be completed
in April 2011. This is a unique project in the fact that the
execution plan is based on engineering and constructing a
completely modularized processing facility capable of being
trucked to site. Field construction requirements will be limited
to placing and interconnecting the modules followed by
commissioning of the facility.
Technip Wins Subsea Contract for Papa-Terra Field in BrazilTechnip has been awarded by Papa Terra BV(1) a contract
for the supply of Integrated Production Bundles (IPB(2))
for the Papa-Terra field. This field is located at a water
depth of 1,200 m in the Campos Basin, approximately
110 km offshore from sBrazil. The contract includes the
engineering, procurement, manufacturing and supply of
27 km of IPB risers(3) and flowlines(4), and an electrical
NUMBER 45 DECEMBER 2010 11
and monitoring module that will be installed on the P-63
floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO).
Technip’s IPB technological solution will be used in the
heavy oil Papa-Terra field to increase the temperature of
the produced fluid after long shut-downs in order to reduce
its viscosity, thus enabling well production restart. A new
and innovative monitoring system, using the distributed
temperature sensor (DTS(5)) technology, has been specially
developed for this application and will be incorporated in
the IPB for the first time.
Technip Wins Pipeline Transportion AwardTechnip has been awarded the 2010 Global Pipeline
Award in the field of Pipeline Transportation during the
International Pipeline Conference in Calgary, Canada,
for its Subsea Cryogenic Pipe-in-Pipe Pipeline Transfer
System (C-PiP). The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers International (ASME) Global Pipeline Award
was presented to Technip by members of the Pipeline
Systems Division, a division of the International
Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI). This prestigious
award acknowledges outstanding innovations and
major technological advances in the field of pipeline
transportation. Technip began development of the C-PiP
Pipeline Technology in 2004, earned proof-of-concept
certification by ABS and BV in 2006, and fitness-for-
service certification from DNV in 2008. Technip is currently
designing or has assessed the potential for C-PiP Pipeline
applications in several projects.
The breakthrough on October 15, 2010 in the Eastern
tube of the Gotthard Base tunnel marks the most
significant milestone on the way to completing the
longest railway tunnel in the world.
The 2 x 57 kilometer long epoch-making project is connecting
northern and southern Europe by rail through the Alps. Four
Herrenknecht Gripper Tunnel boring machines have been
excavating more than 85km of the two main tubes.
October 15, 2010, The main breakthrough in the Eastern tube of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (Photo © Herrenknecht AG 2010)
Herrenknecht Celebrates
Gotthard Tunnel Breakthrough
12 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
Thanks to all the Venice Convention attendees who
submitted their post-convention questionnaires so
promptly.
Of those who responded to the questionnaire, 21.9%
had never previously attended a convention, 46.7% were
Associate Members, and 29.5% were Regular Members.
- Tours: 85% of respondents ranked the tours as good,
excellent or outstanding
- Programme: 92% ranked the programme as good,
excellent or outstanding
- Speakers: 82% ranked the speakers overall as good,
excellent or outstanding
We were pleased to see that the general consensus was
extremely positive. While we received a few less-than-
positive comments regarding the hotel services, no-one,
it seems, was unhappy to be in Venice!
In fact, the Hilton was the only centrally-located hotel which
had enough rooms to accommodate all of our attendees,
even though the ballroom facilities were slightly smaller
than we would have wished. Still, seventy-one percent of
respondents regarded the hotel services as good, excellent
or outstanding. You may rest assured that IPLOCA always
seeks out the best options and alternatives, taking into
careful consideration many different parameters.
We again thank all of our generous sponsors, without
whom the IPLOCA convention would not be possible.
Please see the complete listing of sponsors and items
sponsored on page 15.
Venice Convention Retrospective Sincere thanks to our Sponsors and Speakers
SpeakersOur grateful thanks to our speakers who made themselves
available to support us at the Venice Convention! Please
note that the presentations are posted at www.iploca.com
under IPLOCA Conventions - Past Conventions. We welcome
your suggestions for topics and speakers for the Beijing
Convention. Please send your recommendations no later than
the end of February 2011 to [email protected].
NUMBER 45 DECEMBER 2010 13
Venice and the Mose System: Main Features
and Status
Maria Teresa Brotto, Head of Planning, Mose
System, Consorzio Venezia Nuova
Russian and Caspian Gas: The Development
of a Southeastern Supply Corridor to Europe
Matt Sagers, Senior Director, Head of
Eurasia Transportation Forum, CERA (IHS
Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc.)
The Energy Challenges of the 21st Century:
What’s New in the Last Two Years?
Hans B. (Teddy) Püttgen, Director, Energy
Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne
Deep Water Projects in Brazil
Fabio Braga De Azevedo, Senior Consultant,
Pipeline Design and Marine Installations
Group, Petrobras
Pipelines, HSE and Innovation
Loek Vreenegoor, Manager Pipelines &
Flow Assurance Systems, Shell
2010 Environmental Award
sponsored by Shell
Adam Wynne Hughes,
IPLOCA HSE Committee Chairman
Eco Operator Training Program
Dan Macholan, Caterpillar
The Year in Review
Adam Wynne Hughes, IPLOCA 2009-2010
President
2010-2011 Challenges & Objectives
Karl Trauner, IPLOCA 2010-2011 President
The Nord Stream Project: A Secure Gas
Supply for Europe
Dirk von Ameln, Permitting Director, Nord
Stream AG
The Evolution of the Gas Industry:
The Impact on Infrastructure investments
Daniele de Giovanni, Senior Vice President
of Supply Portfolio Development, ENI
Radical Changes to Improve Safety
John Truhe, Chevron Pipeline Company
2009 Health & Safety Award
sponsored by Chevron
Adam Wynne Hughes,
IPLOCA HSE Committee Chairman
J. Ray McDermott’s HSES Intranet
Bob Deason, J. Ray McDermott
THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 41 DECEMBER 2009
PIH
Golf TournamentThinking about playing golf in Venice conjures up some
strange images in one’s mind...in the same way that a
brass plaque with “Autoscuola” (Driving School) on a
building gives one pause for thought. But this year’s PIH
Golf Tournament was yet another outstanding success.
The tournament was played at the Circolo Golf Venezia
course, and what started out as a cold, damp day
(including a brief skirmish with swarms of mosquitoes)
ended with bright sunshine.
The winning team was captained by the host sponsor Phil
Bond, who also picked up the trophy for men’s nearest the
pin! We heard a rumour that Rod Hardy had a slight tousle
with a duck but luckily for Rod there is no photographic
evidence! Beijing next year sounds very exciting and we
look forward to seeing you all there.
Worldwide Machinery
Tennis TournamentIPLOCA’s tennis players were treated to another
great event sponsored by Worldwide Machinery
on Lido Island.
In addition to playing tennis participants enjoyed both
breakfast and lunch – the latter at the famous Harry’s Dolci,
conveniently located just a short walk from the hotel.
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Special Functions:
The First Time Attendees Cocktails
Pipeline & Gas Journal and Ozzie’s
Pipeline Padder, Inc. (co-sponsorship)
The Welcome Party
Dodsal Group
President’s Dinner
Land and Marine Project Engineering Ltd.
Directors & Wives Dinner
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and
Bonatti S.p.A. (co-sponsorship)
Former Presidents’ Cocktails
Entrepose Contracting
The CRC-Evans Luncheon
CRC-Evans Pipeline International and
Applus RTD Group (co-sponsorship)
The Caterpillar Evening
Caterpillar
Fireworks
Laurini Officine Meccaniche
The Spy Ladies Brunch
Pipeline Inspection
Members & Associate Members Cocktails
Volvo Construction Equipment
Members & Associate Members Menu
PWT S.pA.
Members & Associate Members Wine
UniversalPegasus International, Inc.
The John Fabick Cocktail Party
Pipeline Machinery Int’l
Music for “Dancing ‘til Dawn”
Zakhem Int’l Construction Ltd.
Open Bar for “Dancing ‘til Dawn”
Jindal Saw Ltd.
PIH Golf Tournament
Pipeline Induction Heat
WWM Tennis Tournament
Worldwide Machinery
Tour Programme:
1. Islands of the Lagoon: Murano, Burano
and Torcello
CPP China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau
2. Classic Venice Tour & Gondola Serenade
Spiecapag
3. Eighteenth Century Venice
Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH
4. Islands of the Lagoon: Murano, Burano
and Torcello
PWT S.p.A.
5. Cannaregio & the
Jewish Ghetto
RMS Welding Systems
6. Castello to Rialto Bridge
Max Streicher GmbH & Co
7. The Brenta River
Goriziane S.p.A.
8. Classic Venice Tour &
Gondola Serenade (for
latecomers)
ShawCor Ltd.
9. Music at the time of the Republic incl.
an afternoon concert
Lincoln Electric and Tekfen Construction
and Installation Co., Inc. (co-sponsorship)
10. Dorsoduro Tour & visit to a gondola
workshop
RMS Welding Systems
Convention / IPLOCA Functions:
Registration Desk
Herrenknecht
Welcome Drinks at Registration
ROSEN Group
Shuttle Boat Service
Lastechniek Europa bv
Internet Centre
Consolidated Contractors Company (C.C.C.)
Coffee breaks at Open General Meetings
C.A.T. International Ltd.
Registration Bags for the Gentlemen
ShawCor Ltd.
Registration Bags for the Ladies
Zakhem Int’l Construction Ltd.
Bottled mineral water for all tours
Trencor/Astec Underground and
American Augers (co-sponsorship)
Wine at Final Banquet
Willbros Group, Inc.
Flowers at Final Banquet
Ledcor Pipeline Limited
Band at Final Banquet
Nacap B.V.
Entertainment at Final Banquet
HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft and
PPS Pipeline Systems (co-sponsorship)
Audio Visual at Final Banquet
Vacuworx Int’l and Specialty Polymer
Coatings, Inc. (co-sponsorship)
Car for Lottery
Welspun Corp. Ltd.
Photographers at the convention
Vermeer Corporation
Convention Photo CD
PTPS
Printing of Pocket Programme
Spiecapag
Printing of Final Banquet Menu
Goriziane S.p.A.
Printing of Attendance List
Pipeline & Gas Journal
Russian Simultaneous Translation
Argus Limited
Meet & Greet at the Airport
Fluor and ARB Inc. (co-sponsorship)
Boats Back to the Airport
LIPSA
A/V + Transport to Cini Foundation
for OGM (Thursday)
Techint Engineering & Construction
A/V + Transport to Cini Foundation
for OGM (Friday)
Erciyas Steel Pipe
Convention Fund Contributions
Fluor
Gifts:
Insight Guide to San Francisco
Maats Pipeline Equipment
Liebherr Model
Liebherr
Gift
DENSO GmbH
CONDUTO
Serimax
Petro-Force
SICIM
Champagne at the final banquet
Socotherm
Thanks to our Sponsors
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IPLOCA Health & Safety Award
Sponsored by ChevronThe IPLOCA Health and Safety Award sponsored by
Chevron was presented in Venice.
John Truhe of Chevron addressed the members of the
audience about “Radical Changes to Improve Safety” and
Adam Wynne Hughes, IPLOCA HSE Committee Chairman,
presented the Health & Safety Statistics submitted by
IPLOCA companies. John then presented the awards.
The Adjudication Committee had selected
J. Ray McDermott, represented by Bob Deason, in
recognition of their work on their company’s HSES Intranet.
In determining the winner the Committee found:
- a clear demonstration of leadership
- a reduction in accidents and lost days
- simple use of intranet to link a safety improvement
scheme to operations
- good communication across the company
- involvement of staff to help drive towards the
commitment to “Zero”
- a model that could easily be used by others
In further recognition of its members’ commitment to
health and safety IPLOCA named three runners-up:
Larsen & Toubro Ltd,
represented by C.
Chokkalingam, Chitta
Ranjan Sahoo and Krishna
Nirmalya Sen, for their HSE
Management in the Bamer
to Salaya pipeline project.
This submission clearly shows a company committed to
and delivering improvements within its safety performance
and systems.
Nacap BV, represented
by Victor Aquina, for their
Working in Partnership
program. This submission
shows an excellent example
of top management
leadership.
SNC-Lavalin, for their
HSE Risk Assessment and
Mitigation Plan: 3-Month
Look-Ahead tool. The
look-ahead tool for risk
assessment contained
within this submission
caught the judges’ attention as a method for significant
improvement in safety performance.
IPLOCA congratulates all those who participated in the
2009 Health and Safety Award sponsored by Chevron for
their commitment to Health and Safety. We encourage
continuing efforts and applications for the next Health and
Safety Award to be announced in 2011.
October Novel Construction Meeting in Geneva Thirty-three people from 29 companies attended the
Novel Construction Plenary Session held in Geneva
on 27 and 28 October with the purpose of developing
the Second Edition of “Onshore Pipelines: The Road
to Success”.
General comments and specific feedback were discussed,
as well as the need to more actively engage clients.
Participants also highlighted the importance of the
presence of Shell, represented by Fred Williams from
the Netherlands who has just joined the ECPS Group.
Between this meeting and the next Plenary Session,
to take place in Geneva on 9-10 March 2011, a series of
conference calls and other meetings will be held with
the work groups that make up the Initiative.
Regular Members and Associate Members who
wish to contribute their expertise should contact
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IPLOCA Environmental Award Sponsored by Shell
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the
IPLOCA member companies who submitted entries for the
IPLOCA Environmental Award sponsored by Shell.
The Award was presented during the annual Convention
held in Venice in recognition of a significant achievement in
reducing the impact on the environment in the construction
of pipeline projects.
Loek Vreenegoor of Shell was on hand to make the
presentation and to address the members of the audience
about Pipelines, HSE and Innovation.
The Environmental Award Adjudication Committee
selected Caterpillar as the winner for their Eco Operator
Training program.
Marco Jannuzzi (left) and Dan Macholan (right) of Caterpillar
receive the trophy and certificate from Loek Vreenegoor.
Dan Macholan explaining the Eco Operator Training Program.
In reviewing the entries, the Adjudication Committee found
that this project:
- focuses on the behaviours of operators
- reduces fuel consumption and carbon emitted
- illustrates very clearly and simply the way diesel
converts to carbon emitted into the environment
- benefits owners and users of heavy plant machinery, not
the manufacturers
- teaches skills applicable to all types of plant and
manufacturers
In recognition of its members’ commitment the
Committee made further awards to three runners-up
(in alphabetical order):
Hölscher Wasserbau
GmbH, represented by
Heinz Hölscher and Heinz
Schwarte, for their Ground
water preservation using
DCS©- Infiltration. The
concept of reinjection of
water back into the aquifer is considered an excellent
method of minimising the impact of our construction
activities.
Max Streicher GmbH &
Co. KG aA, represented
by Harald Dresp and
Siegmund Huber for their
“In Cooperation with
Nature” procedure (TerraBas
technology). This simple
product allows, in appropriate conditions, for a significant
reduction in materials and resources used during pipeline
construction for temporary access roads. It also shows
the benefits of reducing fuel consumption and carbon
emissions through transportation reduction.
Nacap BV, represented
by Mark Roerink for their
carbon footprint system.
This is an excellent model of
the measurement of carbon
produced in the pipeline
industry.
IPLOCA congratulates all those who participated in the
2010 Environmental Award sponsored by Shell for their
commitment to the protection of the environment.
We encourage your applications for the next
Environmental Award to be announced in 2012.
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“Sometimes losing a game doesn’t mean you lose the match…That is something that I had never considered before.”
Informational Meeting on Training for Sideboom and Machine Operators On Tuesday, 26 October, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Geneva, IPLOCA offered an informational meeting with
presentations from IPLOCA Associate Members willing
to provide customised operator training to the IPLOCA
membership.
Ruud Kronenburg from Caterpillar University, Johannes Mayr
from Maats and Liebherr and Lars Inge Larsson from Volvo
Construction Equipment each presented the opportunities for
customised operator training on their company’s equipment.
Companies attending the meeting included Bonatti, Habau,
Nacap, PPS, Spiecapag, Technip and Tekfen.
The presentations made by Caterpillar, Liebherr and Volvo
at the meeting can be downloaded from the Training section
of the IPLOCA website: www.iploca.com.
Training Communication Skills in an Intercultural Technical Environment Our second custom-designed training seminar for pipeline
project managers, in cooperation with SNR Schouten
International B.V. was held at the Sheraton Hotel at
Schiphol Airport on 4-5 November.
The meeting was attended by 17 pipeline managers from
A. Hak International, C.C.C., Dhatec, HABAU, PPS Pipeline
Systems, Rosen Europe BV, Techint, Sicim S.p.A., Max
Streicher GmbH and Visser & Smit Hanab BV. Pipeline
managers from the Netherlands, UAE, Belgium, Austria,
Germany, Peru, Italy and the United Kingdom spent two
days together and experienced some surprises as they
worked through various training exercises. Following are
some of the comments received following the two days:
“The topics were very useful, dealing with concepts
and tools not commonly taught in our industry.”
“I was surprised by the intensity of the course.”
“All the participants were so open!”
“You think at first you don’t need training – that any
miscommunication is coming from the others, but at the
end of two days you see that it is entirely in your control
to lead the communication.”
“We learned to understand the different phases during
a conflict.”
“The course teaches you about yourself and where
you stand.”
“We saw how we could turn lose-lose situations into
win-win situations just by asking simple questions.”
C t illCaterpillar
OperatorOperator Training
IPLOCA Training Meeting
26 October 2010 ‐ Geneva
© Caterpillar Inc.© Caterpillar Inc.
Ruud A. Kronenburg ‐Caterpillar University
4
Volvo Construction EquipmentOperator Training26-10-2010
Hand over and introduction trainingPractical / theoretical training and hand over is always incl. in the offer. The local dealer is normally responsible, because of the language, the contact to the con-tractor, etc.
This activity can (sometimes must) be supported by Volvo, i.e. for big projects like pipe lines.
The local dealer trainers get yearly an invitation from Volvo to take part in a ”Train-the-Trainer” event. This updatesour Dealers on all product news, new models, etc
Regional Training and Certification Centers (e.g. ARGUS)
Training in new technology
Training of practical skills Work experience at the
outdoor test center
Training locations
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Thanks for Your Support of the Lottery…
and WaterAid!More than EUR 17,000 was raised in Venice for Adam
Wynne Hughes’ chosen charity, WaterAid. Thanks to
Welspun CEO Lauri Malkki who provided the car, and
to you, our generous attendees, who purchased lottery
tickets, we were able to make this significant donation
to WaterAid.
Adam and Lauri received a letter of thanks from WaterAid
Chief Executive, Barbara Frost, in which she explained the
organisation’s ambitious new Global strategy that aims to
reach 25 million people directly with access to water and
sanitation and 100 million through their influencing and
advocacy work.
WaterAid enables the world’s poorest people to gain access
to safe water and sanitation. Together with improved
hygiene, these basic human rights underpin health,
education and livelihoods, forming the first essential step
in overcoming poverty. Just EUR 17 is enough to enable
one person to gain access to a lasting supply of safe water
and sanitation, meaning that the support of IPLOCA will
have a huge impact on WaterAid’s lifesaving work. Life
without these basic amenities is hard to imagine, but there
are currently 884 million (roughly 1 in 8) people worldwide
living without access to a supply of safe clean water to
drink and more than 2.5 billion living without a safe place to
go to the toilet. Without these basic services 4,000 children
die needlessly from diarrhoea every day and communities
remain trapped in a cycle of poverty and disease.
As well as improvements in health, access to water and
sanitation close to home means that children can attend
school, no longer prevented by illness or because of time
spent collecting water, and communities have more time
for income generating activities, such as growing crops
and vegetables to eat or sell. Over the past year WaterAid
have worked with 400 partners across Africa and Asia to
improve the lives of almost 1 million people with access to
safe water and 1.2 million people with access to sanitation
and we have ambitious plans to reach millions more in the
years to come.
WaterAid works with local partners, who understand local
issues, and provides them with the skills and support
to help communities set up and manage practical and
sustainable projects that meet their real needs. We
strive to ensure sustainability in every area by involving
communities at each stage of the process, right through
from the initial planning to the ongoing maintenance
Left: Mozambique (Photo: WaterAid/Therese Mahon)
Right: Group of women mechanics next to a handpump, Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, India (Photo: WaterAid/Marco Betti)
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of facilities, as well as by using technologies that are
appropriate to local needs. In Mozambique, for example,
where there are currently 12 million people living without
a supply of safe water, and sanitation coverage is just 32%,
WaterAid have been promoting use of the rope pump – a
simple technology that can be made and maintained using
easy to find materials such as rope and bicycle wheels.
In many communities in Mozambique, people regularly
have to travel great distances to collect safe water or use
contaminated sources nearby, leaving them vulnerable to
disease and, in many cases, death. Hand pumps are often
the preferred method of collecting water in Mozambique
but in remote communities, when a hand pump breaks,
people are often too far away from the nearest town and
find it difficult to find, or afford, spare parts. This can result
in days or weeks without safe water.
To help solve this problem, WaterAid uses funding
from supporters like IPLOCA to develop and pilot easily
maintained technologies such as the rope pump to supply
clean water to communities in need around the world.
The most common problem with a rope pump is a broken
rope and even in the remotest areas this is affordable and
easy to find. Because the rope pump is quick and easy to
fix, communities don’t need to revert to collecting water
from unhygienic sources such as unprotected wells,
swamps or rivers. WaterAid’s partners train and support
local people to maintain the pumps and in some cases
even manufacture them.
The rope pump can be operated by the whole family and
is also used by communities for small scale agriculture
and watering cattle. Awa Saide from Lione village in
Mozambique tells us how commuity life has changed
since installing their rope pump: “We had a traditional
well on the edge of the swamp before we got this well,
but the water was very bad. This water has changed our
lives dramatically. We can drink clean water. We have fewer
problems with sickness. When we are stronger we can
work harder. It is easier to cut the grass for my roof and cut
more to sell.” The women each have a spanner and their
village water committee keeps spares like washers, nuts
and bolts etc for simple repairs which they do themselves
in their villages. Then a big toolkit is kept at the partner
office to use on large repairs, when they go to villages
together and work in teams to take the pump apart.
Find out more about WaterAid’s work and how you
can get involved at www.wateraid.org. WaterAid is a
registered charity, number 288701 (England and Wales)
and SC039479 (Scotland).
Vivaldi, the Chiquitos and the Old Pipeliner Submitted by Jean-Guy Rames
This is the story of a strange encounter between
- The ‘Chiquitos’ (“little ones” in Spanish), inhabitants
of Chiquitania, a remote province at the border of the
Amazonian forest in Bolivia
- The Jesuit missionaries, who in the 17th and the 18th
centuries wanted to convert these sparse populations
to Christianity, protect them from slavery and prove
that they were as good and sophisticated as any other
people in Europe, and for this purpose built settlements
known as ‘Reducciones de Indios’ or ‘Missions’ where the
Amerindians were regrouped
- A retired pipeliner still looking to be useful after having been
well served during his professional life on the pipeline trails.
Many of you will recall the movie “Mission” which related
the thrilling adventures of these Jesuits, coming from
Germany, Switzerland and northern Italy with the highest In
background in arts and technology, teaching the indigenous
San Ignacio de Velasco, the main city of the province (about 10,000 in-
habitants) there are sculptures of violins and violinists in the squares.
population the arts of painting, sculpture, European
music and the practice of self-government. All this ended
tragically when these promoters of the “Republics of God”,
were expelled in 1767 by the Kings of Spain and Portugal,
who had become concerned by their political influence.
Then, nearly all the Missions were destroyed, or at best,
abandoned and left to fall into ruins.
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Bolivia is the only country where these Missions were
more or less safeguarded, although largely forgotten by
everybody but the native population. However, the Jesuit
teaching remained alive within these small communities
and when, in the 1970s, the rehabilitation of these splendid
churches and villages began under the patronage of
UNESCO, it was also discovered that the baroque music
taught 300 years ago was still practiced by local people
who were preserving the manuscripts composed by
their ancestors.
So where does the old pipeliner fit into this story?
Two years ago, I was travelling in these remote areas on
bad roads and rough tracks and discovered the tremendous
passion that these people have for classical music. These
humble families proudly send their children to the local
schools of music. As an example, in the small hamlet of
Santa Ana, where 74 families are living, the school has
47 pupils and some of them are quite exceptional. I know
one excellent young violinist who had to walk several
kilometers each day in order to attend his music class!
These schools have very limited resources –lack of good
instruments, lack of strings and sheet music, and
a particularly serious lack of high level teaching for the
best musicians.
I managed to convince some French musicians from the
classical quartet Quatuor Tournières (part of the Orchestra
of Normandy (and also professors in their discipline) to
teach their art to these passionate but remotely located
musicians. With the financial support of some friends I was
able to organize classes for six schools and some 80 young
musicians from five different villages. The classes were
held on an individual basis for the most advanced students
and the other students were taught in groups. While the
organization of the logistics and the musical programme
was challenging, I received very enthusiastic support
from local teachers as well as from the local authorities
including the bishop.
Our purpose was not only to upgrade the technical level
of the pupils but also to open them up to other types of
classical music. As a testimony to the hard work undertaken
during this fortnight, we held a splendid concert with 65
musicians playing Vivaldi, Rameau, Corelli and Satie in the
packed Cathedral of San Ignacio de Velasco.
The energy of these young musicians, the spectacular
progress they had made over such a short period of time
and the pride of their parents were incredibly rewarding. I
had also brought with me a considerable amount of sheet
music, strings, and small tools for the maintenance of their
instruments. We have now established a library of sheet
music available to every school. Obviously this cannot be
just a one short exercise. Continuity is now an expectation
from everyone over here. I am working on it.
I will return to Chiquitania before the end of the year to
see how we can make further progress, but for this, I will
need some help from a budget standpoint. I am hoping to
offer scholarships for the best students to train in Europe
or the Americas. Any help would be deeply appreciated
by the students and their families. Social development for
the benefit of local populations is rightfully considered an
essential in combination with our onsite activities.
I would like also to invite you to visit these places. They
are unique and so charming. There are good hotels and
friendly people in San Ignacio and Concepción. The cost of
living is low, compared to European standards with a good
meal available for EUR 3.00! The roads are a bit rough but
nothing that would surprise a pipeliner.
My nickname here is Juanito. If you say you are a friend of
Juanito, the welcome will be even better and you will be
treated to a special serenade!
Gracias,
Jean-Guy Rames alias Juanito ([email protected])
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In the HeadlinesPipeline Proposal Picks Up Opponents In CO, UTOpponents of a $3 billion plan to pipe water from
southwest Wyoming to Colorado now have lined up
opponents in three states. It appears that opposition is
mounting to the proposal to tap water from the Green
River, and the Flaming Gorge Reservoir it feeds, to help
supply Colorado’s populous Front Range. The Rock Springs
Rocket-Miner reports that local officials in Utah, and
environmental groups in Colorado, have joined opposition
in southwest Wyoming. Concerns include fears that taking
water from the river or Flaming Gorge Reservoir would
hurt tourism and recreation. The Army Corps of Engineers
says a study of the pipeline plan won’t be ready until 2016.
CBS4Denver.com, 14 November 2010
Turkey to pump water to north Cyprus annuallyTurkey plans to pump 75 million cubic metres of drinking
and irrigation water to the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus. Turkey’s Environment and Forestry Minister Veysel
Eroglu announced that the Turkish government pressed
the button for a massive project to supply drinking and
irrigation water to Northern Cyprus. The project foresees
the transportation of water to be collected in a dam at
the Mediterranean region to TRNC through a suspension
pipeline --1.5m in diameter-- 250 metres under the water.
Eroglu told reporters that the project was developed in
2.5 years and was planned to be completed in 4 years.
He said the construction of the Alakopru Dam around
Anamur has already started. He said after the completion
of the dam, the land pipeline that would carry the water to
the Mediterranean would be constructed.
WorldBulletin.net, 13 November 2010
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approves joint venture for South StreamThree days before the official visit by Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin to Sofia, Bulgaria’s Cabinet
approved the setting up of a joint venture to build and
operate the Bulgarian section of the South Stream natural
gas pipeline. The new business will be registered in
Bulgaria and will be controlled on an equal-equity basis by
state-held Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) and Russian gas
major Gazprom. The joint venture’s capital will be sufficient
to cover the respective stage of the project’s development,
Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said without saying
whether BEH will provide part of the funds.
Sofiaecho.com, 11 November 2010
Ecopetrol picks 7 partners for Colombia pipelineEcopetrol has chosen seven partners led by Canadian oil
companies, Pacific Rubiales (PRE.TO) and Petrominerales
(PMG.TO) to work on a $4.2 billion project to build an oil
pipeline, Colombia’s state oil company said on Thursday.
Ecopetrol will hold 55 percent of the shares in the project
which will also involve Hocol, Rancho Hermoso - Canacol
Energy (CNE.V), Grupo C&C Energia and Vetra Exploracion
y Produccion each with less than 1 percent share. The
pipeline will run from Llanos Orientales, where a major
part of Colombia’s oil is extracted, to the Caribbean port of
Covenas and will be completed in three phases by 2012.
Latin America’s No. 4 oil producer, Colombia has
seen petroleum investment soar since 2002 when the
government began a U.S.-backed drive against FARC
guerrillas. Violence has eased allowing access to oil areas
once off limits due to security.
Reuters, 11 November 2010
Minsk to pay for test pumping of Venezuelan oil through UkraineBelarus will pay costs related to a test pumping of
Venezuelan oil for its needs through the Odesa-Brody oil
pipeline scheduled for November 17, First Vice Premier
Andriy Kliuyev has reported. “The scheduled date of test
pumping is November 17. The issue has been solved - the
customer will pay,” he told reporters in Kyiv. Earlier, First
Vice Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said that the
trial pumping of 80,000 tonnes of oil through the Odesa-
Brody pipeline in the direct regime from Ukraine to Belarus
will be performed on November 17. According to him,
this is the oil bought in Venezuela and supplied to Belarus
under swap terms. “Other oil, not Venezuelan oil, will be
pumped through the pipeline,” said Semashko. Belarusian
and Ukrainian officials signed a contract in Minsk on
October 25 to organize test oil pumping through the
Odesa-Brody pipeline in the direct mode. It is planned that
the oil will be pumped into the pipeline at Ukraine’s Yuzhny
port and then transported through the Odesa-Brody and
the southern section of the Druzhba pipeline to Mozyr
oil refinery.
Interfax.com, 11 November 2010
Suppliers key for Nabucco developmentClinching natural gas contracts from potential supplier
nations is key for plans to start building the Nabucco
pipeline, an official said from Vienna. European backers
of the planned Nabucco natural gas pipeline are courting
non-Russian gas suppliers to help break the Kremlin’s grip
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Upcoming ConferencesPipeline Coating 2011
7-9 February 2011
Vienna, Austria
www2.amiplastics.com/Events
ASME India Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference
3-5 February, 2011
Marriott Hotel, Goa, India
www.asme-ipti.org/en/cev/15/
Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management (PPIM)
14-17 February 2011
Houston, TX, USA
www.clarion.org/ppim/ppim11
PLCA 63rd Annual Conference
22-26 February 2011
Maui, Hawaii, USA
www.plca.org
DCA 50th Annual Convention
1-6 March 2011
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
www.dca-online.org
GASTECH
March 21 - 24, 2011
The Netherlands
www.gastech.co.uk
Conexpo - CON/AGG
22-26 March 2011
Las Vegas, USA
www.conexpoconagg.com
Hannover Messe
4-8 April 2011
Hannover, Germany
www.hannovermesse.de
6th Pipeline Technology Conference
4-5 April 2011
Hannover, Germany
www.pipeline-conference.com
Pipe Line Contractors Association of
Canada 57th Annual Convention
11-15 April 2011
Maui, Hawaiï
www.pipeline.ca
Iran PipeTech 2011
3rd Iranian Pipe & Pipeline Conference
24-25 May 2011
Tehran, Iran
www.iranpipetech.com/pipe2010
Pipe Tech World Summit 2011
June 2011
Rome, Italy
www.pipetechsummit.com
Moscow International Oil & Gas Exhibition
21-23 June 2011
Moscow, Russia
www.mioge.com/2011
Atlantic Canada Petroleum Show
June 22-23, 2011
St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
www.atlanticcanadapetroleumshow.com
45th IPLOCA Annual Convention
12-16 September 2011
Beijing, China
www.iploca.com
Oil Sands Trade Show and Conference
September 13-14, 2011
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
www.oilsandstradeshow.com
7th China International Pipeline Exhibition 2011
17-19 September 2011
Beijing, China
www.pipechina.com.cn/en
Global Petroleum Show
June 12-14, 2012
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
www.globalpetroleumshow.com
International Pipeline Exposition
September 25-27, 2012
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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on the energy sector. Moscow, however, has been lobbying
for a better energy relationship with Turkmenistan and
Azerbaijan, seen as influential energy players in Central
Asia. Christian Dolezal, a spokesman for the Nabucco
consortium, told Bloomberg News from Vienna that
suppliers were the backbone of the project.
UPI.com, 10 November 2010
Feds Remind Pipeline Operators to share Emergency Response PlansThe federal agency responsible for oversight of the nation’s oil
and gas pipelines has issued an advisory bulletin reminding
pipeline operators that they need to make their emergency
response plans available to local emergency response
officials. Such information sharing is necessary, the agency
said, because many pipelines go through public areas.
MichiganMessenger.com, 8 November 2010
Surat-Paradip Gas pipeline to cover four Chhattisgarh districtsThe 1,500-km proposed Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
pipeline from Gujarat’s Surat city to Orissa’s port city
Paradip would pass through four districts of Chhattisgarh,
a state government statement said Saturday. The
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
plans to begin the construction work soon with a target to
complete the Rs.6,000 crore-project by 2014, the statement
said, quoting details of a presentation made by PNGRB
chairman L. Mansingh to Chief Minister Raman Singh
here recently. Mansingh said 150 km of the total 1,500-km
pipeline project will pass through Rajnandgaon, Durg,
Raipur and Mahasamund districts.
Sify Finance.com, 13 November 2010
IPLOCA YearbookThe Yearbook is once
again in members’
hands and has been
distributed worldwide
to the desks and in
the field of pipeline
companies.
Do not hesitate to send
us the addresses of the
persons to whom you
wish us to send the
IPLOCA Yearbook. Please
send any updates to [email protected] and
be sure to also send a copy to [email protected].
In this way we will update our newsletter mailing lists
and membership database. Additional printed copies can
be obtained on request: www.iploca-yearbook.com
THE IPLOCA YEARBOOK™
THE OFFICIAL PIPELINE & OFFSHORE CONTRACTORS YEARBOOK
9TH EDITION
2010-2011
In MemoriamBilly Lebold “Bill” Harbert
Bill Harbert, well known to many
IPLOCA members, and 1st Vice
President of IPLOCA from 2000-
2001, passed away peacefully on
Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Mr. Harbert was born on July 21, 1923 in Indianola,
Mississippi. He participated in the formation of Harbert
Construction Corporation in 1949, eventually serving as
Executive Vice President until 1979.
He then became President and Chief Operating Officer
of Harbert International Incorporated from 1979 until
July 1990. During this time he was instrumental
in starting the international operations of Harbert
Construction Company, which the company became
famous for, eventually performing projects in South
America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
In 1993 he formed his own company and continued in
projects all over the world, as well as some of the most
recognized buildings in Birmingham.
Mr. Harbert served as President of the Pipe Line
Contractors Association (PLCA) in 1979.
Congratulations to Barry Brown
Congratulations are due to
Barry L. Brown, who will
retire on 31 December 2010
after 34 years of dedication
and commitment to the
pipeline industry in Canada.
His friends and colleagues
held a celebration reception and dinner for Barry on 30
November, 2010 at the Oakville Conference Center in
Oakville, Ontario.
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