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Letter from the President page 3 News from Geneva page 4 Member News page 11 Convention update page 14 WITH NEWS FROM: THE INDUSTRY, MEMBERSHIP, ALLIED & SISTER ASSOCIATIONS
The following is the IPLOCA Mission for 2009 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.
CONTENTS Letter from the President
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News from Geneva
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Board Meeting Update
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Training Committee
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Health, Safety & Environmental Awareness
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IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron
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Membership
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Member News
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On the Road to Success
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Convention Update
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IPLOCA New Technologies Award, sponsored by BP
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Upcoming Conferences
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Elections to the Board of Directors
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IPLOCA Board of Directors
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IPLOCA Secretariat
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Letter from the President I hope that this newsletter will reach you before you pack your bags for San Francisco. Everything is in place and we are ready for another highly successful convention in this wonderful location. We again thank our sponsors for their continuous support for this great event. This extremely busy year for IPLOCA has passed very quickly. Our Members have fully supported IPLOCA by participating extensively in our Regional Meetings and by providing the key experts for our committees. To provide just one striking example, more than 40 companies, including some of our clients, and more than 110 persons in total, have participated in the various working groups of our Novel Construction Initiative. This support for Novel Construction has ensured the on-time production of its first deliverable in San Francisco where “The Road to Success” will be presented. The Novel Construction Initiative will continue next year and is a great example of what can be achieved using IPLOCA as a forum for valuable initiatives relevant to our pipeline industry. The Training Committee has also seen significant developments in the last year and is progressing quickly towards delivering high-value information to our Members. Leonid Bokhanovskiy of Stroytransgaz has played an active role in the promotion of this committee and recently hosted a meeting of the Training steering group in Moscow. HSE is always at the top of IPLOCA’s priorities and in addition to their committee activities, the members of the HSE Committee have also actively participated in the Novel Construction Initiative. It has been a great honour and a pleasure to serve as your President during this 2008/ 2009 term. I wish to thank all the board members and the staff of the IPLOCA Secretariat. Gilberte and I wish you the best and hope to see you in San Francisco.
Bruno de La Roussière Bruno.delaroussière@entrepose-contracting.com
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below you can find a list of the presentations for the Open General Meetings. We are pleased to be able to offer this broad range of topics from some excellent speakers:
In Search of Excellence in Pipeline Projects Thursday, 9:10 – 9:40 am, Fairmont Terrace Room Leslie Link, Manager, IPA Refining, Petrochemicals, Pipelines & Terminals Billions of capital dollars each year are being spent globally on pipeline projects. Unfortunately, history suggests that larger projects are at increased risk of poor cost and schedule performance. IPA has conducted extensive research into the functioning of capital projects and Summertime in Geneva.
project systems to understand the key drivers of project performance and has identified key industry Best Practices that drive excellent pipeline project performance. This presentation will summarize these Best Practices and share findings on how to avoid poor project performance.
Perspectives on North America Pipeline Projects in Coming Years Thursday, 10:30 – 11:00 am, Fairmont Terrace Room Donald (Don) Wishart, Executive Vice-President, Operations & Engineering, TransCanada Supply and demand dynamics in North America for both oil and natural gas have changed significantly Caroline Green, Convention Manager and Sarah Junod,
in recent years. Changes in oil supply will be dictated
Accounting Manager in the Geneva Secretariat office.
by developments associated with Canadian heavy oil
NEWS FROM GENEVA
production while natural gas supply dynamics will be predominantly influenced by shale gas and northern frontier gas developments. Demand for both commodities
It seems that most people are on vacation – judging by
will be influenced by marginal production costs and
the weekend gridlock the last few weeks on major routes
by environmental legislations which create substantial
heading down to and back from the Mediterranean and the
demand uncertainty. Collectively, these developments
absence of people in Geneva.
should provide significant pipeline opportunities throughout North America. Mr. Wishart will offer his
The roads are so quiet during the week that the commute
perspectives on the scope of potential pipeline projects
to the IPLOCA Secretariat takes only half the usual time.
throughout North America over the next couple of decades.
But it’s time for us to finish coordinating all the last minute details for the Convention, check and double check our to-do lists, and pack the inevitable trunks of materials in preparation for our exodus to San Francisco.
The Importance of Visible Leadership Thursday, 11:00 – 11:30 am, Fairmont Terrace Room
By the time we return, schools will be back in session here
Rebecca Roberts, President, Chevron Pipe Line Company
and memories of Mediterranean holidays will be fading, along with sun tans…
Managers often think that by simply stating their expectations for a safe workplace that results will
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In the meantime, though, to give you an idea of what
immediately follow. This discussion will address the steps
to expect on Thursday and Friday at the Convention,
that managers should take to engage their workforce
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and to visibly demonstrate their commitment to safety. Topics will include setting priorities, defining expectations, assigning accountability, monitoring performance and taking corrective action when necessary. Also included is
BOARD MEETING UPDATE Beijing, May 2009
a discussion of balancing safety with cost and schedule constraints.
Lands of Sakhalin Friday, 10:15 – 10:45 am, Fairmont Terrace Room Daslav Brkic, Vice President Business & Technology Development, BU Onshore, Saipem and Lucio Linassi, Russia Area Manager & Sakhalin II Project Director, Saipem The Sakhalin II project on the remote Russian island in far eastern Siberia has been one of the largest and most challenging integrated projects in the history of oil and gas exploitation: tens of billions of US dollars of overall investment, numerous design and technological challenges, tens of thousands of construction workers employed in a harsh subarctic environment to build offshore platforms, offshore and onshore pipelines, oil and gas processing facilities, an oil export terminal and Russia’s first plant to liquefy and export natural gas. The project involved 600,000 engineering man-hours performed in four operating centres and almost 100 million site construction man-hours. Following a brief introduction, a movie will be shown to visually illustrate the project challenges.
No visit to Beijing is complete without a stop at Badaling and the Great Wall. Not for the faint of heart, especially in the extremely high temperature, it’s a steep climb. Margherita Jannuzzi
The Role of Engineers in Poverty Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities
(foreground) considers a quicker way down…
Friday, 10:45 – 11:15 am, Fairmont Terrace Room Dr. Bernard Amadei, Engineers without BordersInternational Today, an estimated 20 percent of the world’s population lacks clean water, 40 percent lacks adequate sanitation, and 20 percent lacks adequate housing. In the next two decades, almost two billion additional people are expected to populate the Earth, 95 percent of them in developing or underdeveloped countries. This growth will create unprecedented demands for energy, food, land, water, transportation, materials, waste disposal, earth moving, health care, environmental cleanup, telecommunication, and infrastructure. As we enter the first half of the 21st
Taishan Construction Machinery, an Associate Member of IPLOCA
century, the engineering profession must embrace a new
since 2007, kindly held an evening dinner for the Board Members
mission statement—to contribute to the building of a more
and their guests in Beijing, hosted by Taishan’s Chairman of the
sustainable, stable, and equitable world.
Board, Xushan Song.
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Committees The New Technologies, Training, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) and Strategic Development committees each met and later reported to the full board. More information about the committees is on the following pages.
Milan Meeting of IPLOCA, APIA, EPRG and PRCI Former President of CPP, Shifeng Su (in background of photo
Juan Arzuaga reported on the excellent meeting he
below) entertained IPLOCA guests at a restored traditional home
attended in Milan with EPRG, PRCI, and APIA. A mutual
in the Hutong (lanes) area of downtown Beijing, complete with
cooperation proposal was discussed in Milan with these
traditional Chinese music.
three Associations and was presented to the Board to include IPLOCA in a formal and mutually beneficial relationship with these groups. IPLOCA would have voting rights in research programmes which it has helped to fund. The major owners and operators are also involved in the work of the group and were well represented at the meeting. The group is more client-oriented than contractororiented, but is keen to receive input from the contractors.
Karl and Christine Trauner of Habau enjoy a continuation of the traditional music provided during the hors d’oeuvres.
Regional Meetings Germany - Austria Karl Trauner provided the Regional Meeting Report for
Energy Pipeline Asia 2009
the Hannover Meeting. Sixty-three percent of regional members (from Austria, Germany and part of the
IPLOCA Director and Director of AJ Lucas Group
Netherlands) were represented at the Hannover meeting
Limited, Andy Lukas spoke at Energy Pipeline Asia
which included an excellent presentation by Eon Ruhrgas
2009 on 25 June, in Beijing. His presentation, entitled
and a visit to an engineering company specialising in
“Global Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction and Pipe
underground gas storage.
Technology Trends” discussed, among other topics,
China
among interested parties, including a new cooperation
A first regional meeting was held in China on 19 May.
among the Pipeline Research Council International, the
Some difficulties were encountered due to H1N1 flu, and
European Pipeline Research Group, the International
not many Chinese contractors were able to attend, but the
Pipeline and Offshore Pipeline Contractors Association
group heard interesting presentations on the market in
and the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA).
China and from Chinese suppliers.
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the vital role of research and research cooperation
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TRAINING COMMITTEE Members Meet in Moscow
provide training in the on- and offshore pipeline industry, taking into consideration the various geographical areas -- To encourage young operational people to become
Representatives of the IPLOCA Training Committee met on
trained in the science of communication and to help
13 July in Moscow at the offices of Stroytransgaz, hosted
bridge the gap between technology and society
by Committee Chairman, Leonid Bokhanovskiy.
-- To mutually promote our jobsites as an effective platform for experience exchange, competence development and
Also attending the meeting were Vladilen Ermolin,
initial practice for young specialists and students in the
General Director of PTPS; Erhan Hersek, the HR coordinator
oil and gas construction industry.
from Tekfen; Ralf Prior, HR representative from Habau; Hans Ringers, IPLOCA Consultant; Leyla Shamuzova, Senior Specialist in Business Development, Stroytransgaz;
-- To attract clients and suppliers to support the work of the Training Committee. -- To cooperate with educational establishments and
Karl Trauner, Second Vice-president of IPLOCA;
Academic Members of IPLOCA in developing special
Gennady Vasiliev, Head of the Department of Pipeline and
training courses and seminars for the on- and offshore
Storage Facilities Gubkin Russian State University of Oil
pipeline industry
and Gas; Valery Volodzka, Business Development Manager, Habau; and Juan Arzuaga, Executive Secretary of IPLOCA.
-- To create a sound platform for cooperation in training with the World Federation (WFPIA) to encourage the goals and targets set in the on- and offshore pipeline industry.
During the meeting members of the Steering Group were appointed, the primary objectives and a road map for the
Immediate actions
committee were discussed and roles were assigned to
-- To complete information on the well known educational
each member of the group. The committee also discussed
establishments in the world which provide training in
the involvement of the World Federation on the subject
the on- and offshore pipeline industry, and include the
of training and made plans for its next meeting and conference calls.
Mission
detailed programs -- To organize visit(s) to job sites for pipeline projects, whereby three potential project managers from a region and seven students from different universities
The mission of the committee is to assist members
have the opportunity over a two day period to become
of IPLOCA in fostering a bonding process between
acquainted with a pipeline project in a “remote or
contractors, suppliers and clients to improve pipeline project execution through training, to solve the problem of
special� area, different from where they presently work. -- Organize a 2-3 day seminar under the guidance of
the shortage of skilled personnel, to develop competencies
IPLOCA to consolidate the communication skills of
and to contribute to the increase of new talented specialists
project managers or senior engineers operating in the
that work in the on- and offshore pipeline industry.
field of our industry on an international business.
Objectives -- To gather and provide information for members
Hans Ringers will prepare a draft programme of the proposed seminar. -- A questionnaire will be prepared and sent to all
of IPLOCA on main educational sources, such as
members to request their input about their expectations
educational establishments and/or associations that
from the Training Committee.
Left to right: Hans Ringers, Karl Trauner, Valery Volodzka, Ralf Prior and Gennady Vasiliev discuss Training initiatives at Stroytransgaz offices in July.
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT (HSE)
2008 Health & Safety Statistics Submissions Received More than 80 percent of member companies have
The HSE Committee met at the Geneva Secretariat on
submitted their required Heath and Safety Statistics
8 July 2009 with the following members in attendance:
for 2008. The remaining companies are receiving a
Adam Wynne Hughes, Land and Marine (Committee
personal e-mail asking for their return or to provide an
Chairman); Dinç Senlier, Tekfen Construction and
explanation of why they are unable to do so.
Installation Co, Inc; Amir Tajik, Max Streicher; Martin Coleman, Spiecapag; Frank Green, PIH; Paul Conway,
Submission of Statistics is a requirement for all
C.A.T; Knud Petersen, Shell; Juan Arzuaga, IPLOCA
Members and a prerequisite for entry into the 2008 Health & Safety Award sponsored by Chevron.
The committee discussed a number of topics and reviewed the entries for the upcoming Health & Safety Award sponsored by Chevron. A Climate Survey to assess the
on the committee. Adam Wynne Hughes will probably
way our clients see members’ performance on HSE was
step down as Chairman during his upcoming IPLOCA
proposed and members of the committee were asked
presidential year and hopefully the incoming IPLOCA
to submit their ideas. Environmental indicators had
1st Vice President will take over this position.
previously been discussed and it was agreed to raise this matter again once the indicators are defined and listed.
Adam thanked the HSE Committee Members for helping to achieve the majority of the objectives set at the beginning
Continuity of HSE Committee Initiatives
of the year and thanked the IPLOCA Secretariat - in
Members of the HSE Committee were asked to confirm
particular Sarah Junod - for helping with all the actions to
their willingness and availability to continue to participate
improve IPLOCA’s HSE focus.
Accident breakdown
History of Man Hours 1.200
2007
1.000
14%
800
1% 3%
41%
9%
Road traffic accidents Involving fall Construction equipment Hand tool Vehicle accidents Earth collapse Others
600 400 200 0
14%
18%
3465
3466
3467
3468
3469
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
724.382.240
499.169.602
773.954.572
1.141.168.919
2008 731.262.014
Man Hours
2008 6%
Vehicle accidents
15%
History of Statistics Returns
Lifting Operations 5% 3% 37%
Work at height / scaffolding Hand tool Involving fall Excavation / Earth collapse
11%
Confined spaces Impact with construction equipment
1% 2%
12% 6% 1%
100 90 80 70 60 50
Welding operations
40
Hazardous substances
30
Electrical work
20
Radiography
10
Road traffic accidents Others
0 3465
3466
3467
3468
3469
3470
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
90
91
66
82
86
91
Submissions
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650.132.559
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Health & Safety Award Submissions Many thanks to the following 17 companies for their submissions for the Safety Award, in alphabetical order by entrant as follows: A.Hak -- Management of Sustainable Development Dodsal Group -- Achievements on Proactive Measures with a Well Defined H&S Management System Habau Hoch und Tiefbaugesellschaft m.b.h. and PPS
IPLOCA HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD sponsored by Chevron
-- “HABAUfit” J. Ray McDermott -- Accident/Incident Investigation Program Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd -- HSE Initiatives
The Award entries were discussed at length during the HSE Committee meeting and a balanced score card, previously distributed to the committee members with the entries, was used to determine the winners.
KazstroyService -- Uralsk Gas Pipeline Project Larsen & Toubro -- Barmer-Salaya Pipeline Project
Recognizing exemplary success in improving safety regulation and decreasing the number of accidents, the Award will be presented in San Francisco on Thursday, 17 September.
Ledcor Pipeline Ltd -- Pipelayer Conversion – Roll Over Protection Structure Man Ferrostaal -- Preparedness is an Option
The Award is given in recognition of new Health and Safety initiatives during 2008 aimed at improving the health and safety of the pipeline industry such as: -- An outstanding safety performance resulting from proactive programme/process -- A unique innovation to avoid accidents -- A creative initiative to enhance safe behaviours -- A new and well defined system, procedure or practice to foster safety improvements -- A very comprehensive health programme to protect workers from diseases at site -- Implementation of lessons learned at all levels In determing the winner, the following questions were addressed -- Does it add value? -- Does it show management commitment? -- Does it contitute an identifiable step forward in safety for the Industry? -- Efficiency of the achievement
Nippon Steel Engineering -- Alert Response 2 Steps (AR2S) NPCC -- Inspection, Testing & Tagging – Portable Apparatus Pipeline Induction Heat -- Implementation of New OH&S Management System Punj Lloyd Ltd -- Loop Line from Saih Rawl-Sadad Sicim S.P.A. -- New HSE Training Center – Tengiz, Kazakhstan Spiecapag -- Best Management of Subcontractors without H&S Experience Techint Enginering and Construction Division -- Environmental, Safety & Occupational Health TL Offshore -- Together Towards HSE Excellence
-- Other additional benefits
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MEMBERSHIP
rehabilitation of oil and gas pipelines, civil works, supply of equipment and materials. -- Highly qualified personnel and available state-of-the-
New Members
art machinery and appliances allow the company to
SNC-Lavalin Inc, Montreal Canada SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world
undertake and complete complex projects within a short time frame.
New Associate Members
and in the provision of operations and maintenance
Darby Equipment Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
services. Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin has been active
Darby Equipment was founded by Lee Darby in 1982
internationally for 50 years, establishing a multicultural
after he had spent more than 35 years in the Pipeline
network that spans every continent.
Construction Industry. From their facility in Tulsa,
and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure
Oklahoma, Darby manufactures 6 to 48-inch pipe bending The SNC-Lavalin companies have offices across Canada
equipment, pipe facing machines, line-up clamps, roller
and in over 35 other countries around the world and are
cradles and other pipeline supplies. A long-standing
currently working in some 100 countries. SNC-Lavalin’s
tradition of responsive customer service combined with
fields of activity cover the full spectrum relating to the
exemplary manufacturing and engineering expertise has
production, transportation, processing, upgrading and
earned Darby Equipment a reputation as a preeminent
delivery of conventional energy resources, chemicals,
equipment supplier for the pipeline industry worldwide.
petrochemicals and synthetic fuels. It maintains state-of-
www.darbyequip.com
the-art capabilities in steady state and transient hydraulic and thermal analysis, as well as finite element inelastic
Vacuworx International
pipe analysis. SNC-Lavalin has successfully executed and
Vacuworx International
delivered on an EPC basis, numerous pipeline contracts,
is headquartered in Tulsa,
in ductile iron, steel, pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe,
Oklahoma, USA, and is celebrating its 10th anniversary
or thermoplastics, for the oil and gas and water and
this year. The company manufactures a vacuum based
wastewater sectors, with compliance to NACE for material
pipe lifting system – The Vacuworx lifting system - a self
selection where required. Noteworthy is the execution of
contained pipe lifter that attaches to an excavator and
a liquid sulphur slurry pipeline project in Canada, with
is controlled by the equipment operator remotely from
special designing of the piping and heating of the slurry to
the safety of the excavator, eliminating the need for any
maintain the liquid state.
additional ground crew.
Also of note is SNC-Lavalin’s participation in four
Their pipe handlers and components include lifters for
major water projects in Libya, including the operations,
line pipe and concrete pipe, support machines, in-field
maintenance, care and custody of the Sarir Plant to
applications and in-plant applications. Vaculift systems can
manufacture pre-stressed concrete pipes to be used in the
be adapted to handle a wide range of materials including,
Al-Kufra conveyance pipeline project to transport water
among others, glass, marble, granite, polished stone,
from the Libyan desert to the coastal cities.
plastics, tubulars, boxes, etc.
Stroynovatsya Ltd, Moscow, Russian Federation The Company STROYNOVATSYA
www.vacuworx.com
Zeppelin International AG, Zug. Switzerland The Caterpillar dealer was founded to operate in CIS. Its
LTD. was established in 2003 and has been working in the
territory includes Western Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine,
construction of oil and gas industry facilities for six years.
Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan and Armenia. The company has been deeply involved in the pipeline construction business
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Main business activities:
since 2006 when Zeppelin Rusland (the branch of Zeppelin
-- Designing, engineering, procurement, construction,
International AG in Russia) started to actively collaborate
installation and commissioning of oil loading terminals,
with the leading national and worldwide pipeline
cross country oil and gas pipelines, tank farms,
construction companies as a provider of CAT machines
pumping and compressor stations, river crossing, and
and auxiliary equipment.
associated infrastructure including the replacement and
www.zeppelin.ru
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New Academic Member Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow
Fluor booked the approximately USD 700 million contract in the first quarter of 2009. “Helping our clients execute vast and complex projects in
In 1930 the then Moscow Academy of Mines was
remote and demanding geographic regions of the world
reorganized into six higher educational institutes. The
is one of Fluor’s key strengths,” said David Seaton, senior
Petroleum Engineering Faculty became the basis for
group president of Fluor Corporation. “We are proud that
a new Moscow Petroleum Institute, named in honour
we were chosen for this strategically important project.”
of Academician Ivan Gubkin, “due to his tremendous contributions to higher education to train engineers needed for the socialist industry.” Today Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas is a
Nacap wins 3 out of 5 lots of the Südschiene-Project of EVN Netz GmbH
modern technical university, one of the leaders in Russian
The international pipeline contractor Nacap has won an
higher engineering education and has trained more than
important assignment in Austria, where it has been active
85,000 graduates. The university is closely linked with
since the nineties. The work is part of a larger project of
the Russian fuel and energy sector. The University Board
EVN Netz GmbH, which is since 2006 the network operator
of Trustees include the country’s leading oil and gas
of EVN AG (Energie Versorgung Niederösterreich). The
companies: JSC Gazprom, JSC NC Rosneft, JSC Lukoil,
EVN-Pipeline is part of the route which was chosen as the
JSC TNK-BP, RITEC, JSC Transneft, JSC Stroytransgaz
best alternative to solve capacity problems in the South
and others.
of Austria.
The university also has long-term cooperation agreements
Nacap will construct 66 km 800 DN (32”) pipeline of the
with leading international companies including BP,
total 120 km’s of the EVN-Project. The activities have
Shell, ConocoPhillips, Total, Schlumberger, Halliburton and
already started in May 2009 and will take approximately
Baker Hughes.
one year. With up to 200 people working on the
www.gubkin.ru
construction, the project will form a significant contribution to safeguard the employment in the region. The excavating
Resignations
works will be executed by the local construction firms GLS and L&G.
Resignations have been received from the following: Bachinger J., Austria Garneau Inc., Canada Omnitest GmbH, Germany
Nacap awarded QSN3 Pipeline Project in Australia
TrenchTech International, Inc., USA
Nacap Australia is pleased to announce that it has
Ukrnaftegazbud, Ukraine
executed a Pipeline Construction Contract with Epic Energy
Induction S.r.l., Italy
Yuzhtruboprovodstroy JSC, Russian Federation
for the construction of the
Zangas JSC, Russian Federation
QSN3 Pipeline Project. The scope of the project incorporates the
MEMBER NEWS
looping construction of approximately 940 kilometers of
Fluor Secures Sakhalin-1 Chayvo Contract in Russia
18” gas pipeline from Wallumbilla in
Fluor Corporation has announced that its Russian joint
South East Queensland
venture Sakhalin Neftegas Technology LLC was awarded
to Moomba in South
Australia. The contract
a contract by Exxon Neftegas Limited, on behalf of the
is conditional on Epic
Sakhalin-1 Consortium, for expanding its Chayvo Onshore
Nacap expects it will be able to finalise the plans to
Processing Facility (OPF) located on Sakhalin Island off the
commence pipeline installation mid 2010, with facilities
east coast of Russia. Fluor and SakhalinNIPImorneft are
construction likely to commence in Nacap’s Victorian
joint venture partners in Sakhalin Neftegas Technology.
workshop from March 2010.
obtaining financial close.
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Tekfen Awarded New Contract UAE – Abu Dhabi – SAS Full Field Development Asab, Sahil and Shah fields are located approximately 100-220 km south of Abu Dhabi City. The main objective of the project is to increase the current sustainable production from all the three SAS fields with ASAB as the hub and to provide additional capacity at ASAB to handle the processing and export of crude. The upgrading of the Asab field is esential to ADCO (Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations) overall development plan to increase its production and achieve the committed 1.8 million barrels of oil per day production. In addition to the production capacity upgrade of Asab, the scope includes upgrading the facility’s capacity to accept increased production from (Left to right) Mr. Abdullah Alsuwaiket (JV partner),
Sahil, Shah and other southeast fields and to upgrade the
Mr. Frans Nooren (Chairman Stopaq Europe B.V.),
associated utilities and water handling facilities.
Mr. Ron Strikker, Ambassador of the Netherlands, Mr. Abdullah Alsuwaiket (JV partner) share in the ribbon
Tekfen will provide fabrication, installation, pre-
cutting ceremony at the opening of Associate Member
commissioning, and commissioning assistance to
STOPAQ’s new production facility in Dammam, Saudi
PETROFAC, the international oil & gas facilities service
Arabia. The plant will manufacture STOPAQ’s patented
provider, for the Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and
Viscous-Elastic Corrosion Prevention Coating. Operating
Instrumentation works of Central Degassing Station
under the name STOPAQ Saudi, this company is a joint
facilities in the Asab Field to accommodate a sustained
venture between a major oil and gas supplier, Alsuwaiket
Asab production rate of 345 Mbopd, and for construction
Group, and STOPAQ EUROPE B.V. from Stadskanaal,
of 36”x 92 km Main Oil Pipeline to export a peak of 720
The Netherlands.
Mbopd. The contract value is USD 225,000,000, with an anticipated completion date of September 2012.
Tekfen wins Construction Works Contract Qatar – Mesaieed – Low Density Polyethylene Plant (LDPE-3) Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) intends to
J. Ray McDermott Completes Construction of PEMEX Maloob-C Platform Bound for Bay of Campeche
construct and operate a world class Low Density
Houston-based J. Ray McDermott (“J. Ray”) recently bid
Polyethylene Plant of 300,000 tons per year capacity
farewell to the Maloob-C drilling platform, built under a
based on 8000 hours operation. This new LDPE plant
contract for PEMEX Exploración y Producción (“PEMEX”),
(LDPE-3) which will be using the excess ethylene produced
Northeast Marine Region. The project is located in the Ku-
by QATOFIN and QAPCO, is based on BASELL GmbH
Maloob-Zaap field in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico, in 264
“Lupotech T Technology” and will be located within
feet of water. “This was the first project for our fabrication
the existing QAPCO boundaries in Mesaieed, Qatar.
facility at Altamira, Mexico,” said John Nesser, J. Ray’s
The scope of the project includes the main units of the
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
processing plant, all the plant’s auxiliary systems located
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in or around the area of plant, and the remaining utility
“Building on the successful completion of the Maloob-C
systems and facilities on site as necessary to support
platform and with the facility’s capabilities and deep water
the plant. Under the 30 months cooperation agreement
access to the Gulf of Mexico, we look forward to expanding
with UHDE GmbH of Germany, which has been awarded
our relationship with PEMEX on future projects.” Work on
this EPC contract by QAPCO, Tekfen will provide all the
the drilling platform began in February 2008. Fabrication of
construction works including civil, structural, mechanical,
the two-level, 2,535-ton deck and the 3,527-ton jacket, factory
piping, electrical and instrumentation works, and also pre-
testing, onshore pre-commissioning and operational testing,
commissioning and assistance to commissioning, start-up
load out and sea fastening were all performed by J. Ray at
and performance test activities for the LDPE-3 plant. The
Altamira. Additionally, more than 3,300 tons of piles were
contract value is USD 165,260,300, with an anticipated
fabricated at J. Ray’s Morgan City, Louisiana facility for the
completion date of December 2011.
project using the facility’s rolling mill.
THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
subcontractors and their construction personnel, senior management and project engineers. Finally, it is hoped that it will be of particular benefit in
A New IPLOCA Publication “Onshore Pipelines:
training, used by students and teachers in the pipeline
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS” will launch in San Francisco
industry. One copy will be made available to each Member or Associate Member delegate at the San Francisco
In 2003 a joint project began to investigate and improve
Convention and to each participant having contributed
the laying of large diameter pipelines for better, safer and
to the document. Additional copies will be available for
faster installation. The land train concept was studied and
purchase in the weeks following the convention.
a number of working groups were formed to identify the main bottlenecks and fields for potential improvement.
More information will soon be available at www.iploca.com/roadtosuccess
construction aspects, and was later dropped in favour of
Comments and enquiries may be addressed to
a broader perspective approach to address all phases of
roadtosuccess@iploca.com
Onshore Pipelines
IPLOCA
the onshore pipeline project from early development through
The
Road to Success
September 2009, 1st Edition
The Road to Success
Onshore Pipelines
The land train concept only addressed the pipeline
design, construction
Industry-wide collaboration
and commissioning.
The list of those companies and persons having
Working groups,
participated in this joint effort is significant. A wide
drawn from IPLOCA
range of companies and individuals from oil & gas
member companies
investors & owners, design companies, construction
and a select group
contractors, suppliers and specialised subcontractors
of international oil
have collaborated in this work to produce a document
companies, set out
intended for wide use in the pipeline Industry.
to create a guidance
IPLOCA September 2009 - 1st Edition
document. Their
Contributing Companies
combined experience
We are very grateful to the following companies for
led them to recognize
providing their expertise to the “Road to Success”.
why the industry has struggled on some projects before,
A full list of individual acknowledgements is included
why many projects have succeeded and what needs to be
in the document.
done in order to succeed more often. Bonatti S.P.A., Borealis AG, BP, BS Coatings, How can companies anticipate and avoid challenges
Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings GmbH, BrederoShaw,
before beginning construction, conduct construction work
BS Coatings, Canusa-CPS, Caterpillar, Consolidated
to minimize exposure to further challenges and reach
Contractors Company (C.C.C.), Chevron, Computerised
the mutual agreement necessary for the foundation for
Information Technology Ltd (CIT), Conoco-Phillips,
a successful contract, addressing both known and as yet
CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc., Denso
unknown challenges?
GmbH, E.ON Ruhrgas, Elmed GmbH, ENI, Entrepose Contracting, Europipe, Fluor, Fugro, Gulf Interstate
The intent of “the Road to Success” is to provide the
Engineering Company(GIE), GDK S.A., HabAU Hoch-
reader with the basic knowledge to improve the delivery
Und Tiefbaugesellschaft M.b.H., Heerema Marine
of a project, i.e. cost and schedule, while reducing the
Contractors, Herrenknecht AG, Industrie Polieco MPB
environmental footprint and achieving the desired
BB, Integrated Project Services, IPA Global, ITI Energy,
safety objectives. The resulting 400 page document is
Land and Marine Project Engineering Ltd, Ledcor,
currently in print production and will launch at the IPLOCA
Laurini Officine Meccaniche, Maats Pipeline Equipment,
Convention in San Francisco. It is hoped that “The Road to
Petrobras, Pipeline Induction Heat, PRCI, Rosen
Success” will assist all stakeholders in the development
Group, RSK Group plc, Serimax, Socotherm, Somico,
and construction of pipeline projects - project managers
Spiecapag, Tenaris, Tesi S.R.L., Tesmec S.P.A., Total,
and engineers working for investor/owners, designers
Vietz GmbH and Volvo CE.
and environmentalists, construction contractors and
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CONVENTION UPDATE We Can’t do it Without You! Sincere Thanks to our Valued Sponsors We are very grateful to have received the following sponsorships for the San Francisco Convention and take this opportunity to recognise the support of the following companies in these difficult economic times:
Special Functions:
Tour Programme:
The First Time Attendees Cocktails
1. Journey through Wine Country
Pipeline & Gas Journal and Ozzie’s
ARB Inc. and Gulf Interstate Engineering
Flowers at Final Banquet
Pipeline Padder, Inc. (co-sponsorship)
(co-sponsorship)
Fluor
The Welcome Party
2. Alcatraz
Band at Final Banquet
Dodsal Group
Lincoln Electric Company
Koop Holding Europe b.v.
President’s Dinner
3. San Francisco by Motorized Cable Car
Entertainment at Final Banquet
Entrepose Contracting and IPLOCA
Spiecapag
HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft and
(co-sponsorship)
4. Journey through Wine Country
PPS Pipeline Systems (co-sponsorship)
Directors & Wives Dinner
Welspun and IPLOCA
Audiovisual at Final Banquet
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
5. Alcatraz
Vacuworx International and IPLOCA
Former Presidents’ Cocktails
ShawCor Ltd
Car for Lottery
Zakhem International Construction Ltd
6. Museums of San Francisco
Ledcor Pipeline Limited
The CRC-Evans Luncheon
Serimax
Photographers at the Convention
CRC-Evans Pipeline International and
7. Muir Woods & Sausalito
PTPS and Tefken Construction and
co-sponsored by Applus RTD Group
CPP China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau and
Installation Co., Inc. (co-sponsorship)
The Caterpillar Evening
Taishan Construction Machinery Co. Ltd
Convention Photo CD
Caterpillar
(co-sponsorship)
ROSEN Group
Fireworks
8. Alcatraz
Printing of Pocket Programme
Laurini Officine Meccaniche
Borusan Mannesmann
Goriziane S.p.A.
The Spy Ladies Brunch
9. San Francisco by Motorized
Printing of Final Banquet Menu
Pipeline Inspection
Cable Car (for latecomers)
Goriziane S.p.A.
Members & Associate Members
Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH
Printing of Attendance List Pipeline & Gas Journal
Cocktails Volvo Construction Equipment
Russian Simultaneous Translation
Members & Associate
Registration Desk
Argus Limited
Members Lunch
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Coaches to the Airport
Bechtel and Herrenknecht AG
Welcome Drinks at Registration
Max Streicher GmbH & Co
(co-sponsorship)
J. Ray McDermott, Inc.
Convention Fund Contributions
The John Fabick Cocktail Party
Internet Centre
Fluor
Pipeline Machinery International
Consolidated Contractors Company (C.C.C.)
Music for “Dancing ‘til Dawn”
Coffee breaks at Open General Meetings
Trencor/Astec Underground and
C.A.T. International Ltd.
American Augers
Audio Visual at Open General Meetings
Petro-Force,
Open Bar for “Dancing ‘til Dawn”
Land and Marine Project Engineering Ltd
Welspun
Gifts: Denso GmbH,
Jindal Saw Ltd.
Registration Bags for the Gentlemen
Insight Guide to California
PIH Golf Tournament
ShawCor Ltd.
Maats Pipeline Equipment
Pipeline Induction Heat
Registration Bags for the Ladies
Liebherr model
WWM Tennis Tournament
Spiecapag
Liebherr
Worldwide Machinery
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Convention / IPLOCA Functions:
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Wine at Final Banquet
Champagne at Final Banquet
Willbros Group, Inc.
Socotherm
Lottery to benefit Caritas Internationalis Following IPLOCA tradition, President Bruno de La Roussière and his wife Gilberte have selected the charity which will receive the proceeds from the lottery in San Francisco. Their chosen beneficiary is Caritas Internationalis. Caritas has many faces - community centre and international relief agency, home for the elderly and school for the former child soldier, HIV care provider and human rights campaigner. The charity provides assistance to the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded on behalf of a billion Catholics around the world. It works on humanitarian emergencies, on human development and on campaigning against poverty, exclusion, intolerance and discrimination. www.caritas.org
“C’mon folks…last chance to support this worthy cause!”
lottery will go directly to Caritas Internationalis. Tickets are USD 75 each and may be purchased at the Convention Registration Desk all week, with the drawing to take place as the climax of the Final Banquet on Friday night. Although you must be present to win, anyone unable to attend the Final Banquet may contact the Secretariat or make a direct donation to the charity at www.caritas.org.
Master of Ceremony, Butch Graham of Ritchie Bros Auctioneers will again be leading the festivities at the Final Banquet in San Francisco. We are delighted that Ledcor Pipeline Limited will provide a BMW-Mini certificate (value USD 35,000) for the lucky car lottery winner and that all proceeds from the
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES AWARD Sponsored by BP, the IPLOCA New Technologies Award
NGS-Ecmos -- A new piece of equipment, tool or construction supply Stopaq Europa -- “When hard is not always tough enough” Volvo CE -- Volvo PL4608 Pipelayer
is presented every alternate year during the annual
Adjudication of the Award
Convention to an IPLOCA Member or Associate Member
Five members of the IPLOCA Board of Directors
who, in the opinion of the adjudication committee has
judged the award.
made a significant contribution to innovation in crosscountry pipeline construction.
Judging Process: A series of yes/no questions
For the 2009 Award, we are pleased to have received 14
-- Is it a new technological breakthrough?
excellent entries, as follows (in alphabetical order):
-- Is it a new Engineering breakthrough? -- Is it a new piece of equipment?
Caterpillar
-- Is it a new tool?
-- Caterpillar D7E Track-type Tractor
-- Is it a new construction supply?
CPP (China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau) (two entries)
-- Is it a new or revised construction practice?
-- Fabrication of Hot induction bends from X80 high
-- Is it a new type of permanent material?
strength steel -- Optical fiber pipeline security forewarning system
Data to support the basic criteria:
Denys
-- Has it been successfully used on a major project in the
-- FRIEX – New friction welding system for pipelines
field? -- Is it in such significant development stage to warrant an
Herrenknecht -- Direct Pipe – One-Pass Pipeline Installation in all Geologies
Award?
Lastechniek Europa bv (two entries)
Scoring the Entry: (on a scale of 1-5)
-- Red Ram – Back to round internal line-up clamp
-- Does it provide the industry something it did not have
-- Hot Tap automated welding system
before? -- Is it an identifable step forward in the technology/
Laurini Officine Meccaniche -- New Laurini Pipelayer
construction process?
Ledcor Pipeline Ltd (two entries)
-- Does it improve safety and/or environmental protection?
-- Cab Riser
-- Does it overcome a current problem area?
-- Highwalker
-- Does it provide a reason to change the manner in which pipelines are laid?
Ludescher Cablecrane -- New Carriage GSK 160 for cablecrane systems
Huge tunnel to be built under San Francisco Bay
-- Does it reduce costs?
The project is believed to be the first major tunnel ever built across the bay. Using a giant boring machine, workers will carve a 14-foot high corridor through clay, sand and bedrock from Menlo Park to Newark as deep as 103 feet below the bay floor. They’ll then run a 9-foot-high
Hoping to protect one of
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steel water pipe through the middle. “All the experts tell
the Bay Area’s main water supplies after the next major
us that within the next 30 years, there is a 63 percent
earthquake, construction crews will soon embark on a
chance of having a major earthquake in the Bay Area,”
job that sounds like something out of a Jules Verne novel:
said Ed Harrington, general manager of the San Francisco
building a massive, 5-mile-long tunnel underneath San
Public Utilities Commission, which is in charge of
Francisco Bay.
the project.
THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER
UPCOMING INDUSTRY CONFERENCES 43rd Annual IPLOCA Convention
World Gas Exchange - Asia 2009
14-18 September 2009
16-19 November 2009
San Francisco, USA
Shanghai, China
www.iploca.com
www.globaleaders.com/en/2009/aps
Pipeline Integrity Management
14th Turkmenistan International Oil & Gas Conference
27-28 September 2009
17-19 November 2009
Doha, Qatar
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan www.oilgasturkmenistan.com/face
24th World Gas Conference (WGC2009) 5-9 October 2009
OGMT
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Connecting with Solutions 2010
www.wgc2009.com
Oil & Gas Maintemance Technology Conference & Exhibition & Pipeline Rehabilitation & Maintenance
Pipeline Technology 2009
Conference & Exhibition
12-15 October 2009
18-20 January 2010
Ostend, Belgium
Manama, Bahrain
www.ti.kviv.be/conf/pipeline2009
www.oilandgasmaintenance.com
Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) Convention
PLCA 62nd Annual Conference
17-20 October 2009
17-21 February 2010
Cairns, Australia
Scottsdale AZ, USA www.plca.org
Oil and Gas Transportation in the CIS and Caspian Region 2009
DCA 49th Annual Convention
11th annual meeting
23-28 February 2010
20-22 October 2009
Los Cabos, Mexico
Moscow, Russia
www.dca-online.org
www.theenergyexchange.co.uk OCEANTEX 2010 including North African Oil and Gas Submit 2009
Offshore Technology 2010
27-29 October 2009
Gastech 2010
Tunis, Tunisia
Refining 2010 Transport & Logistics 2010
5 Asian Pipeline Conference & Exhibition
3-6 March 2010
28-29 October 2009
Mumbai, India
Sabah, Malaysia
www.chemtech-online.com/oceantex
IMCA Annual Seminar 2009
Hannover Messe
Integrated Marine Operations in Challenging Times
19-23 April 2010
4-5 November 2009
Hannover, Germany
Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, Brazil
www.hannovermesse.de
th
www.imca-int.com/events/seminar No-Dig Moscow Asia Pipeline Summit 2009
The Leading trade Fair and Conference for Trenchless
11-12 November 2009
Technologies in Russia, CIS and Baltic States
Beijing, China
1-4 June 2010
www.globaleaders.com/en/2009/aps
Moscow, Russian Federation
(IPLOCA Members will enjoy a 10% discount on registration fees)
www.nodig-moscow.ru
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ELECTIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A completed blue ballot paper naming the chosen representative to replace these directors must be delivered to the Executive Secretary, Juan Arzuaga, in the IPLOCA Office at the Fairmont by the Area Director or Associate Member Representative no later than 6:30 pm on Thursday,
Our sincere thanks to the following outgoing members of the IPLOCA Board of Directors whose terms are
17 September.
complete and/or whose board seats are becoming vacant
Proxies
within their geographical area: Leonid Bohkhanovskiy,
If you are a Member or Associate Member carrying proxies,
Kaan Dogan, Nasser Issa, Jésus Garcia Pons, Doug Evans,
a copy must be delivered to the Executive Secretary three
John Reed, George Demetriou, Liu Weimin and Greg Miller.
days in advance of the AGM - by Tuesday, 15 September in order to be valid.
Election Procedure At the San Francisco Convention designated Member
Board Nominations will be presented to the Membership
Representatives (one representative per Member company)
for ratification on Friday morning at the AGM.
attend a short meeting of their appropriate geographical area, hosted by the area director, on Thursday afternoon to a) confirm a second term for incumbent directors and/or
Election Meetings in San Francisco
b) to vote for new directors to serve on the Board of
Thursday, 17 September
Directors for 2009-2010.
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (Fairmont Hotel Garden Room, Green Room,
Similarly, all Associate Members attend a meeting of
California Room and Pavilion Room)
their peers to confirm or vote for their representative(s).
Vacant Seats - September 2009 Current
Members
Board
Title
in Region
Members
20
Europe Eastern Leonid Bokhanovskiy
Director
Kaan Dogan
Director
Vacant seat 1
Najib Khoury
Director
To be confirmed
Nasser Issa
Director
Seat no longer vacant – only 13 members in region 10
Central Europe Karl Trauner
Incoming 1st Vice President* 16
Jésus Garcia Pons
Director
Doug Evans
Director
Europe Northwest Adam Wynne-Hughes
1
2nd VP
The Americas
2 Vacant seat Vacant seat
10
1
21
2
1st VP
Europe Mediterranean
Incoming President*
George Demetriou
Director
Vacant seat
Bruno de La Roussière
President
Vacant seat from incoming Past President 16
East & Far East Liu Weimin
Director
Andy Lukas
Director
2 Vacant seat To be confirmed
114
Associate Members
2
Marco Januzzi
Director
To be confirmed
Greg Miller
Director
Vacant seat
* to be confirmed by the 2009/2010 Board of Directors
18
2 Vacant seat
13
Middle East & Africa
Status at San Francisco
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IPLOCA 2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Left to right, front row: Karl Trauner, John Reed, Adam Wynne Hughes, Bruno de La Roussière, George Demetriou, Phil Bond, Juan Arzuaga Middle row: Greg Miller, Weimin Liu, Marco Jannuzzi, Doug Evans, Kaan Dogan, Roberto Castelli Back row: Luc Henriod, Andy Lukas, Jesus Garcia Pons, Najib Khoury, Bob Deason, Leonid Bokhanovskiy Inset Nasser Issa
Officers Bruno de La Roussière (Entrepose Contracting)
Director, The Americas
President
Nasser Issa (C.A.T. International Ltd)
Adam Wynne Hughes (Land & Marine)
Director, Middle East & Africa
1 Vice President
Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)
Karl Trauner (HABAU)
Director, Associate Members
2nd Vice President
Najib Khoury (CCC)
Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat)
Director, Middle East & Africa
Treasurer
Andy Lukas (AJ Lucas)
John Reed
Director, East & Far East
Immediate Past President
Weimin Liu (China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau)
st
Director East & Far East
Directors
Greg Miller (Pipeline Inspection Company Ltd)
Leonid Bokhanovskiy (Stroytransgaz)
Director, Associate Members
Director, Europe Eastern George Demetriou (J&P)
Directors at Large
Director, Europe Mediterranean
Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat)
Kaan Dogan (Attila Dogan Construction & Inst. Co. Inc)
Roberto Castelli (Bonatti)
Director, Europe Eastern
Bob Deason (J.Ray McDermott)
H. Douglas Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering) Director, The Americas
Executive Secretary
Jesus Garcia Pons (ARB Arendal)
Juan Arzuaga
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