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THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2010
Venice page 12 Convention update
CONTENTS: Letter from the President page 4 News from Geneva page 5 Member News page 8 New Technologies page 10 WITH NEWS FROM: THE INDUSTRY, MEMBERSHIP, ALLIED & SISTER ASSOCIATIONS
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CONTENTS Letter from the President
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News from Geneva
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Board Meeting Update
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Membership Centre
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Member News
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Training
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New Technologies
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Health & Safety
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Venice Convention Update
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Planning Ahead
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A Global Crisis
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In the Headlines
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Yearbook
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IPLOCA Secretariat
IPLOCA Newsletter
International Pipeline & Offshore
Editor Elizabeth Spalding
Contractors Association
Lay-out Peter Schoonenberg
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Letter from the President With IPLOCA now settling into its new headquarters in Geneva, and following a very successful board meeting in Vienna in December, we are moving ahead with our 2010 objectives. From the standpoint of New Technologies, we have established a relationship with APIA, PRCI and EPRG and you will find some new information regarding this cooperation posted on our website. We have also made our Novel Construction publication Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success available as an electronic document. More information is on page 10 of this newsletter. In Training, based on feedback received from our training questionnaire, we have scheduled our first training seminar specifically designed for Project Managers. Training in “Communication Skills in an Intercultural Technical Environment” will take place in early March at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Our HSE committee continues to develop, and we welcome additional participants. Please get in touch with me if you have an expert available in your company who can contribute to this valuable work. Two awards will be presented this year at the upcoming Convention; information about these awards will be communicated in future newsletters. We are grateful to Shell which regularly sponsors the IPLOCA Enviromental Award and to Chevron for the ongoing sponsorship of the IPLOCA Health and Safety Award. Also, please remember to notify the appropriate people in your organization that the deadline for the submission of Health and Safety Statistics is coming up almost as soon as you receive this newsletter. The deadline date is 12 March 2010. The statistics submission form is available at www.iploca.com. Work is now underway on the 2010 Convention and we will be providing more information as it becomes available. The location chosen for this year, as you may already know, is Venice – logistically challenging when we consider regularly moving more than 500 people by boat to various venues in this wonderful city – but undoubtedly a convention not to be missed. I always welcome your questions, comments and ideas regarding IPLOCA. Please feel free to contact me at Adam.WynneHughes@landandmarine.com. Sincerely,
Adam Wynne Hughes
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NEWS FROM GENEVA IPLOCA Installed in New Offices on “Butterfly Road” (Chemin des Papillons) Most of the moving boxes are unpacked and we are now eagerly awaiting the opportunity to welcome our first IPLOCA guests in our new offices. A meeting of the HSE Committee in March will be the first official event scheduled in the new location and in our new meeting space.
First visitor: Preparing to celebrate IPLOCA’s new offices in Geneva with Executive Secretary Juan Arzuaga, Board Member Marco Jannuzzi (left) arrived with the champagne and some excellent Swiss chocolate.
Although our move was completed in mid-January, a large part of the building around us remains under internal construction, being completed and customised for other new tenants. The inconveniences of working in the middle of a building site are far outweighed, however, by our excellent location near the airport and the views from the office windows – in one direction the Alps, dominated
If you have not yet made a note of our new address,
by Mont Blanc, and in the other a birds eye view of a
please do so. Phone and fax numbers remain the same as
spotlessly clean hangar full of equally spotless private jets.
previously:
We counted as many as 20 different aircraft of varying sizes inside the full hangar last week. Their frequent movement is quite amazing to watch, but no doubt the novelty will
IPLOCA’s New Address
wear off eventually! International Pipeline & Offshore Contractors As mentioned in the last newsletter the building is very
Association (IPLOCA)
easily recognisable by its huge, bright yellow exterior
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supports, making it easy to spot from the road. Access into
1216 Cointrin / Geneva
the property is another story, at least the first time around,
Switzerland
as one of the best routes is via a hidden driveway from a
Phone: +41 22 306 02 30
sliproad, avoiding an awkwardly placed “No Left Turn” sign
Fax: +41 22 306 02 39
on the main road.
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BOARD MEETING December The 2009-2010 IPLOCA Board of Directors met in early December in Vienna. This was the first meeting for many new members of the Board since the introductory meeting held in San Francisco.
Key Outcomes from the Board Meeting Convention: Board members were asked to identify speakers for the Venice Convention, such that a strong slate could be established as early as possible and discussed at the Oman meeting in late February. Foreground: Vladilen Ermolin and Christine Trauner enjoy a chilly
Election Procedure: The election procedure for Directors is
walk through Vienna’s shopping area decorated in typical fashion
to be reviewed prior to the 2010 Convention to ensure early
for Christmas.
communication and identification of the best candidates for nomination. liabilities in the future owing to convention cancellation New Technologies: Additional hard copies of “Onshore
or other unforeseen events. The budget for 2010 was also
Pipelines: The Road to Success” were to be provided to the
approved during this Board meeting.
board members for distribution for feedback within their companies. A final version (2nd Edition) will be developed
Committee Work: Reports were received from the Training
by June 2011 and copies of the 1 Edition would be made
Committee, the HSE Committee and the New Technologies
available online as soon as possible.
Committee. Further information on these topics appears
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separately in this newsletter. Cooperation with APIA, PRCI and EPRG: IPLOCA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with APIA, PRCI
Regional Meetings: A series of regional meetings were
and EPRG to propose and actively participate in certain
discussed for 2010. Meetings were proposed in France in
research projects that could be of interest to the industry.
February 2010, the USA, South America, the East/Far East
This cooperation has become an active role of the Novel
and Europe Central.
Construction Initiative working groups. Thanks especially to First Vice President, Karl Trauner, Finance: President Adam Wynne Hughes asked for and
of HABAU for his generosity and assistance in making
received the Board’s support to set aside a sum of money
the Board members and their guests so welcome in the
for the protection of IPLOCA should the Association incur
beautiful city of Vienna.
MEMBERSHIP CENTRE New to IPLOCA - Members
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The Investment Design &
The company has designed and constructed more than
Construction Company
400 crossings of different lengths and diameters, including
NGS-TEMPOBUR, Ltd has been
objects with coastal areas, valve stations, communication
operating in construction for the oil and gas industry since
lines adjacent to underwater crossings. The geography of
January 2000. The company is one of the pioneer enterprises
constructed objects covers the whole Russian Federation,
that introduced the technology of borehole horizontal
including the Far North, the Far East and southern regions.
directional drilling under natural and artificial barriers for
“NGS- TEMPOBUR” has excellent technical equipment
laying pipelines, cable communications, etc. in a full scale
and personnel capable of constructing crossings with HDD
(design, arrangements, construction) on a turn key basis.
technology up to 2.5 km long and up to 1420 mm in diameter.
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NGS-Tempobur Ltd.
pumping stations, oil treatment plants, offshore platforms,
Office 200, Bld. 5, Block 1
terminals, tank farms, underground storage facilities,
Yauzskaya str.
compressor stations, gas regulating and measurement
109028 Moscow
stations, gas treatment plants, automation and SCADA
Russian Federation
systems, etc. Starting with feasibility studies (incl. CAPEX
Phone +7 495 775 04 84
and OPEX Analysis) across basic and detail design, PSE
Fax +7 495 775 04 85
also manages the construction and commissioning
Email mail@tempobur.ru
phase and, in some cases for various operators, PSE also
Website www.tempobur.ru
handles the operation of the complete installation. Proven management and scheduling tools such as Primavera and SAP Systems are supporting PSE teams with their different tasks to assure proper and on-time project execution.
Shengli Engineering & Consulting Co. Ltd. (SLECC), founded in 1965, is a subsidiary
PSE Engineering GmbH
of SINOPEC, a leading Class-A engineering
Pfaffenstrasse 11
service company in China. The company has
49610 QuakenbrĂźck
been ranked in the Top One Hundred Chinese Engineering/
Germany
Design Companies by the Ministry of Construction of PR
Phone +49 54 31 14 163
China for 11 consecutive years since 1998. SLECC provides
Fax +49 54 31 14 191
engineering / consulting and EPC services mainly in the
Email info@pse-eng.de
upstream oil and gas, pipeline and offshore oil and gas
Website www.pse-eng.de
industries worldwide. SLECC has completed engineering design and EPC services at total lengths of more than 55,000 km oil and gas gathering lines, more than 10,000 km long-distance oil and gas pipelines, and 100 offshore
Erciyas Celik Boru Sanayi
platforms in various sizes.
A.S. was established in 1990 for the production of spirally
Shengli Engineering & Consulting Co. Ltd. (SLECC)
welded (SAW) steel pipes. The company is located in Duzce
49# Jinan Rd
and has 110,000 sqm of open and 25,000 sqm of indoor
Dongying City
space equipped with the latest technology. The company
Shandong Province 257026
has become one of Turkey’s leading spirally welded steel
P.R. China
pipe producers. Its factory has an annual manufacturing
Phone +86 546 855 26 52
capacity of 300,000 tons, creating pipes for drinking water,
Fax +86 546 855 25 33
contaminated water, pilings, natural gas and petroleum
Email slecc@slof.com
pipes sized from 323.9 mm to 3O48 mm in external
Website www.slecc.com.cn
diameter and from 4 mm to 25 mm wall thickness within ST-37- API 5L X-120 material quality intervals.
New to IPLOCA - Associate Members
ERCIYAS also applies all kinds of internal and external isolation in compliance with Turkish and international standards. Additionally, Erciyas has earned certificates such
PSE Engineering GmbH,
as API 5L, APIQR, APIQ1, ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001, OHSAS
based in Germany, is an
18001, CE, ISO-TS 29001.
international plant and pipeline engineering company with decades of experience in the oil and gas industry. Within
Erciyas Celik Boru Sanayi A.S.
its five operating divisions it undertakes engineering and
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projects for its national and international clients with
Nida Kule Kat: 20
special attention to the high quality of deliverables and
34742 Kozyatagi, Istanbul
schedule compliance. Within its technical departments,
Turkey
state-of-the-art technologies are used and developed by
Phone +90 216 410 82 30
the discipline engineers, assisted by the latest Engineering
Fax +90 216 410 82 31
Software such as HYSIS, ACAD, PLANT 4D, Caesar II, etc.
Email erciyas@erciyas.com.tr
Work undertaken includes pipelines and installations,
Website www.erciyas.com.tr
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MEMBER NEWS Sale of Bilfinger Berger Australia
J. Ray McDermott - Keppel FELS Joint Venture Awarded Major Offshore Project J. Ray McDermott (“J. Ray”) will undertake fabrication and installation work for the P-61 Tension Leg Wellhead Platform
The Executive Board of Bilfinger Berger AG has initiated
(“TLWP”) in more than 3,871 feet of water, for the Papa
the selling process for its subsidiary, Bilfinger Berger
Terra Joint Venture, consisting of Petrobras (operator) and
Australia, to prepare the initial public offering of the
Chevron.
company. The sale of Bilfinger Berger Australia is an important milestone in the planned reduction of the
The overall P-61 project — comprising design, engineering,
construction business, the volume of which will be reduced
construction, transportation, installation and a three-year
in the medium term from about EUR 6 billion to a level in
limited operations contract — was awarded to FloaTEC
the region of EUR 2 billion. Expected output volume for
Singapore Pte Ltd (FloaTEC Singapore), a joint venture
Bilfinger Berger Australia in the financial year 2009 is about
between Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) and J. Ray.
EUR 2.6 billion with an EBIT margin of 3 percent. Almost all the work will be carried out through the combined resources of Keppel FELS, J. Ray and FloaTEC
Bilfinger Berger: Preliminary result in 2009 better than expected - EBIT and net profit exceed outlook and market expectations
LLC (FloaTEC), the US-based joint venture company that will perform global engineering and basic design work. “This project combines the proprietary technology, global
Bilfinger Berger’s 2009 earnings have exceeded both the
engineering excellence, project management, construction
company’s own outlook and current market expectations.
resources and broad industry experience of three leading
According to preliminary figures, EBIT reached EUR 250
offshore specialists to provide the right deepwater solution
million and net profit EUR 140 million. Guidance for
for this challenging deepwater environment,” said Stephen
2009 had previously called for EBIT between EUR 210 and
Johnson, President and CEO of J. Ray McDermott.
EUR 230 million and net profit between EUR 110 and EUR 120 million.The preliminary report on the 2009 financial year will be published on February 11, 2010.
Fluor Selected by Petrobras Affiliate for U.S. Refinery Study
Pipeline Machinery (PLM CAT) PipeLine Machinery International (PLM) President Mel Ternan has announced that
Fluor Corporation has announced that Pasadena Refining
Martin Williamson has joined
System, Inc. (PRSI), a subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
the PLM team operations in
– PETROBRAS, has selected Fluor to provide front-end
Australia, taking on the new role
engineering study services for a prospective U.S. refinery
of Australasia Territory Manager.
project. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the fourth quarter of 2009. Fluor will provide engineering,
He will focus on growing PLM’s
estimating and project management services for the
relationships within the pipeline industry and growing the
conceptual engineering phase of the prospective project
Caterpillar presence within that industry.
that would enhance the performance of the 100,000 barrel-per-day Pasadena, Texas refinery. “This is an
Martin joins the sales and service team already established
important U.S. refining project for Fluor and PRSI,”
in the area and will be working closely with the General
said Peter Oosterveer, President of Fluor’s Energy and
Manager for Asia Pacific, Scott Jenkins, and the Sales &
Chemicals business group. “We have been fortunate
Service Coordinators teams of John Masterton (based in
to be involved in other recent U.S. refining projects
Australia), Jerry Scott (international) and Charles Zheng
having similar project characteristics, and we believe our
and Richie Ma (both based in China).
demonstrated project experience will bring significant value to PRSI. We will work closely with PRSI to make
Martin brings more than 21 years of Caterpillar dealership
this project a success.” The engineering study is currently
experience in Australia in various roles from sales to parts
underway in Fluor’s Sugar Land, Texas, office and will be
and service to international sales management.
completed later this year.
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Technip awarded Augmentation Pipeline contract at the Broom field in UK North Sea Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract, worth approximately EUR 21 million, by Lundin Britain Limited for an augmentation pipeline at the Broom field in the UK North Sea. This field, which is located 320 km north east of Aberdeen, Scotland, is tied back to the Heather Alpha platform. The new augmentation pipeline will extend the existing Broom subsea infrastructure. The contract covers the design, fabrication and installation of a pipe-in-pipe production flowline which will be trenched and backfilled. The work also includes a subsea structure, spoolpiece tie-ins, repositioning of a flexible riser and rockdumping for upheaval buckling. Technip’s operating centre in Aberdeen will execute the contract, which is scheduled to be completed in the
GECF The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was established on 23 December, 2008, when the Energy Ministers of Algeria, Bolivia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Trinidad and Tobago and Equatorial Guinea signed the Forum Agreement and adopted the Charter. After the documents were ratified by Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Libya, Qatar, and Algeria on 1 October, 2009, GECF gained international status. The main objective of the Forum is to support the member countries sovereignty over natural gas resources, as well as to promote the rational use of gas and sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly development of the international gas market.
third quarter of 2010. The pipelines will be welded at Technip’s Spoolbase in Evanton, Scotland. Two vessels from the Technip fleet will be used for the offshore
Mr. Bokhanovskiy listed the following activities to promote
installation campaign: the Orelia diving support vessel
GECF in the international arena:
and the Apache II pipelay vessel, which is currently being
-- developing the scientific and research activities of the
modernised.
Forum -- promoting gas exploration, production and transportation technologies worldwide
Former IPLOCA Board Member elected GECF Secretary General During December 2009, Leonid Bokhanovskiy, IPLOCA
-- monitoring and forecasting gas exploration and production trends worldwide -- presenting and anticipating the supply-demand balance for gas -- coordinating transportation projects: pipelines and LNG carriers
board member for Europe
-- studying gas correlation with other energy resources
Eastern (2007-2009) was
-- promoting increase in natural gas utilization
elected General Secretary of the Gas Exporting Countries
Moreover, as Secretary General, he plans to establish and
Forum (GECF) at a regular
promote close cooperation between GECF and various
ministerial meeting.
international organisations, regional and international energy organisations and various trade unions.
A member of the Stroytransgaz Management Board, Leonid Bokhanovskiy, whose name was submitted for the post by Russia in November, was elected unanimously in compliance with the charter. In his acceptance speech Mr. Bokhanovskiy thanked the Forum participants for their trust and provided information about his top-priority tasks in his new capacity. GECF is a leading advisory body of gas producing and consuming countries, as well as of major industry companies and international organisations. The organisation focuses on developing and promoting principles and mechanisms for
PJSC Stroytransgaz PJSC Stroytransgaz is an integrated engineering company implementing and managing major construction projects in the oil and gas industry and other branches of industrial and civil engineering and is one of the largest major engineering-construction companies in the world. The company performs activities in 17 countries. Stroytransgaz primary markets are Russia, the Near East, North Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
the international gas market.
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TRAINING Seminar: Communication Skills in an Intercultural Technical Environment
properly understood? About 90 percent of the respondents expressed interest in these type of training programmes. IPLOCA therefore decided to go ahead with this first Training Committee initiative. Three other very interesting pieces of information were
How can a Project Manager help the team collaborate,
received from the respondents:
understand and respect the cultural differences of others
-- Training programmes offered by our Associate Members
on the team? How can the Manager help everyone in the
to our Members are of interest to both parties. These
team – including Clients and Subcontractors – get the job
programmes will soon be offered to you once we
done using everyone’s strengths?
finalise details. -- Scholarships for young professionals are being offered
Based on the answers received from IPLOCA’s Training
by one third of the respondents. The list of companies
Questionnaire sent out to the membership late last year,
will be published soon.
intercultural communication in the pipeline environment
-- Other training programme topics were suggested. This
continues to be a challenge. In response to the
gives us a lot of material to work with in moving our
demonstrated need for training of this type, IPLOCA offered
Training Committee initiative forward.
its first seminar specifically designed and customised for Pipeline Project Managers. Limited to 18 participants,
Finally, a lot of information was received about various
the seminar took place at the Sheraton Hotel at Schiphol
training organisations and programmes which we will
Airport early in March.
include in the listing at www.iploca.com.
Among the companies sending participants to the training were Denys, HABAU, Max Streicher, Nacap, PPS Pipeline Systems, Techint, Technip, Tekfen and Visser & Smit Hanab.
Feedback received from IPLOCA’s Training Questionnaire
NEW TECHNOLOGIES “The Road to Success” is Online
A total of 31 answers to the Training Questionnaire were received from our members. More than half of these companies have offered external training programmes to their personnel and more than two thirds of them offer internal training programmes. This shows how important training is to companies in the pipeline business where people have to work in remote areas for long periods of time. While pipeline owners and operators have other opportunities to offer their personnel training, contractors do not always have the time frame necessary to give their most qualified managers the chance to receive additional and important training.
The first edition of IPLOCA’s “Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success” is now online. The 374-page document
Almost all respondents expressed their interest in offering
was distributed to IPLOCA members in hard copy at the
their employees one-week site visits to projects that would
Association’s annual convention late last year, and is now
be very specific from an experience point of view (i.e.
available at www.iploca.com/roadtosuccess.
remote sites, in permafrost, in swamps, in sand, etc.)
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Communication skills is one of the training topics
The Road to Success aims to provide all parties involved
that has continually been highlighted as a vital tool in
the basic knowledge necessary to improve the execution
management. Who among us can be absolutely sure that
of a project from design to commissioning, i.e. cost and
s/he communicates well? How much information that
schedule, while reducing the environmental footprint and
was intended to be transmitted was in fact received and
achieving the desired safety objectives.
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IPLOCA originally formed the Novel Construction Initiative
deliverable – the recommended practices document to be
to examine pipeline laying efficiency and installation
called “Onshore Pipelines – the Road to Success”.
standards for large diameter onshore pipelines with the aim of improving the installation and providing the pipeline
A wide range of companies and individuals from oil and
stakeholders with cost reductions.
gas investors and owners, design companies, construction contractors, suppliers and specialized subcontractors
As the Initiative evolved it was decided to review in depth
collaborated in a series of technical meetings and
all the phases of an onshore pipeline project, analyse the
discussions over three years to ultimately produce a
elements that lead to successful projects and draw from the
document intended for wide use in the pipeline industry.
significant project experience of the participant companies.
More than 100 persons from 45 companies participated in the preparation of the final document that was finally
The main objective of this exercise was to identify the key
released in September 2009.
drivers in a pipeline project and thus: -- Improve the preparation process of pipeline projects for mitigation of risks -- Improve the relationship between pipeline owners/ investors and construction and specialized contractors
It is hoped that the document will assist all stakeholders in the development and construction of pipeline projects and that it may also be of benefit in training, used by students and teachers in the pipeline industry.
-- Improve the competitiveness of the pipeline industry through sound engineering and construction practices
A second edition is anticipated for release in 2011 and the
and innovative solutions.
Association welcomes comments and suggestions on the first edition via email at roadtosuccess@iploca.com or
Six new working groups were formed to achieve the new
directly via an online feedback form at www.iploca.com/
objectives of this industry project and to prepare the main
roadtosuccess-feedback.
IPLOCA HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD sponsored by Chevron
Health and Safety Statistics are Due
The returns should cover pipeline construction sites or offshore operations and all infrastructure related projects. Please note that Main Construction and EPC Contractors and EPCM Contractors should report all incidents, including those related to their subcontractors. In case of integrated JVs, the Technical Leader should report the totality of the JV incidents.
The submission form for the 2009 Health & Safety Statistics Return is available at www.iploca.com and
The accidents, incidents and near misses taken into
must be returned no later than 12 March 2010. Submission
account are those that happen within the jobsite perimeter,
Guidelines are also available to help you complete
or when travelling from camp to jobsite or during any
the form.
other transportation. Travel accidents, incidents and near misses from home or from any other private location to the
Please Note
worksite must be included.
The submission of Health & Safety Statistics demonstrates your commitment to your membership in the Association.
If your company has earned ISO, OHSAS or any other
The submission of annual safety statistics to IPLOCA allows
accreditations, please advise us when you submit your
us to present and monitor aggregate statistics for the
return. This information will also be taken into account
industry.
when analysing the input of the 2009 Health and Safety Award. Your return is a confidential document used only for
The statistics include four different categories:
the purposes outlined above and is not shown or passed to
-- Onshore I: for onshore contractors with more than
any third party outside of IPLOCA.
1,500,000 man-hours -- Onshore II: for onshore contractors with less than 1,500,000 man-hours
Information on the upcoming award and submission guidelines will be made available on the IPLOCA website
-- Offshore Contractors
in March. The Award will be presented at the Venice
-- Field Services.
Convention during the Open General Meeting.
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CONVENTION UPDATE Venice
The excitement is already building for September’s Convention in Venice. The hotel will be the Molino Stucky Hilton, a beautifully renovated mill building. As is often the case, it was quite challenging to find a hotel – especially a hotel inside Venice – with sufficient function space and enough rooms to enable us to house all participants in the same hotel. Two Conventions have already been held in Venice. The last one took place in 1988 at the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido because of the lack of large hotels in Venice. Because of meeting-room size restraints at the Molino Stucky Hilton the Open General Meetings this year will be held outside the hotel – in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, a magnificent building, five minutes by boat from the hotel. The tour programme is under development and you may recognise some of the possible venues in the photos below. We have already received sponsorship enquiries, notably from a company located very close to Venice and some other Italian companies. There is something very special about the Convention coming to your own area and as always we especially appreciate the support of our “local” member companies. Much more information will be available on our website before too long and we will certainly keep you posted as plans are finalised. Already in the plans are the traditional city tours (Monday & Wednesday morning) including a trip on a gondola complete with singing gondolieri…
PLANNING AHEAD for Venice
Months ago, as newly elected President of IPLOCA, Adam Wynne Hughes was already thinking ahead to the Venice Convention and to the charity that he wanted to support via the annual lottery. Adam’s chosen charity is WaterAid – (www.wateraid.org/uk) – an international nongovernmental organisation whose mission is to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. Adam became aware of this organisation’s excellent work about ten years ago, when he supported the personal development of one of his young engineers. The young man was working with a team of other young engineers
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to raise money and do voluntary work for the charity and Adam was impressed with the work being done. “For me, WaterAid was a perfect choice for the Venice Convention,” Adam said, “It often uses such simple engineering technology to support the provision of clean water, a commodity that so many of us take for granted.” Sanitation – or rather, the lack of it – is not always an easy topic to discuss. Yet the organisation’s website is extremely lively, well presented and definitely worth a visit. The statistics regarding lack of sanitation are alarming. The supporting articles, teaching tools and the way in which the topic is discussed and promoted is informative and engaging.
Malawi: A woman and her children collect unsafe river water (WaterAid/Jon Spaull)
We look forward to offering the organisation our support via the lottery for a car that we expect one of our members
with no toilet are twice as likely to get diarrhea as those
to generously donate. Take a look at WaterAid’s Top Ten
with a toilet (WEDC). Every year, around 60 million children
Toilet Facts, or the article on the 100th anniversary of
in the developing world are born into households without
the death of famous UK plumber Thomas Crapper, not
access to sanitation (UN Water). One gram of human faeces
to mention the charity’s consciousness-raising attempt
can contain 10,000,000 viruses, 1,000,000 bacteria, 1,000
to form the World’s Longest Toilet Queue – and you can’t
parasite cysts, 100 parasite eggs (UNICEF). At any one time
fail to be impressed with their innovative approach to a
half the hospital beds in developing countries are filled
challenging topic.
with people suffering from diarrhea (UNDP).
Water
A GLOBAL CRISIS
The weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads is commonly 20 kg, the same as the average UK airport luggage allowance (HDR). The average person
884 million people in the world do not have access to safe
in the developing world uses 10 litres of water every
water. This is roughly one in eight of the world’s population
day for their drinking, washing and cooking (WSSCC) .The
(WHO/UNICEF).
average European uses 200 litres of water every day for
2.5 billion people in the world do not have
access to adequate sanitation, this is almost two fifths of
their drinking, washing and cooking. North Americans
the world’s population (WHO/UNICEF) .
use 400 litres (HDR). On current trends over the next 20 years humans will use 40% more water than they do now
1.4 million children die every year from diarrhea caused
(UNEP). Agriculture
accounts for over 80% of the world’s
by unclean water and poor sanitation - 4,000 child deaths
water consumption (UNEP). 97.5% of the earth’s water is
a day or one child every 20 seconds. This equates to
saltwater. If the world’s water fitted into a bucket, only one
160 infant school classrooms lost every single day to an
teaspoonful would be drinkable (HDR).
entirely preventable public health crisis (WHO/WaterAid).
What has WaterAid done?
Information courtesy of www.wateraid.org
Since WaterAid was established in 1981 it has reached
Abbreviations used
13.44 million people with safe water. Since 2004 it has
DFID – UK Department for International Development
reached 8.16 million people with sanitation. Last year
HDR - UN Human Development Report
WaterAid reached over one million people with safe water
OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
and over two million people with sanitation. Just GBP 15
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
can enable one person to access safe water, improved
UNEP – United National Environment Programme
hygiene and sanitation (WaterAid).
UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
Sanitation Diarrhea kills more children every year than AIDS, malaria
WEDC – Water Engineering Department, University of Loughborough WHO – World Health Organization WSSCC – Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
and measles combined (WHO). Children living in households
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IN THE HEADLINES Power plant explosion under investigation
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plant, Middletown, Connecticut, USA are at the centre
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of the investigation into an explosion that killed five and injured 12. The blast occurred during the process of purging an underground, high-pressure natural gas pipeline that runs about 800 to 1,000 feet through the facility. Sources familiar with the purging operation and the construction and maintenance of the pipeline reported several concerns, including welding operations that weren’t entirely halted and other ignition sources that may have been present during the purging Sunday morning. The sources added that the area wasn’t completely cleared of workers and vehicles during the operation and that natural gas was used to purge the pipe, as opposed to nonflammable nitrogen. LATimes.com, 9 February 2010
China Plans to Increase LNG Imports on Gas Shortage China plans to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas to ease a domestic shortage of the fuel, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today, citing Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration. China’s gas companies should sign more long-term LNG contracts in order to take advantage of a global surplus of the fuel, Zhang was quoted as saying in the Xinhua report. Chinese oil companies including PetroChina Co. and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., known as Sinopec, are increasing gas output and imports to ease a supply shortfall caused by a cold snap since last month. China imported about 3.5 million metric tons of LNG last year, or about 6 percent of the nation’s total
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demand, Xinhua quoted Zhang as saying. Bloomberg News, 7 February 2010
new@iploca.com Just added to www.iploca.com: China passes EU in trade with Iran China passed the European Union as the largest trading partner with Iran as economic sanctions and a major gas pipeline loom over Tehran’s global relations. Total trade between China and Iran passed USD 36.5 billion in 2009, compared with USD 35 billion for European states, the Financial Times reports. Iran funnels much of its trade through the United Arab Emirates, making concrete figures
for CalendarYear 2009 -- Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success – the electronic version of the substantial 374 page printed document -- Information regarding the agreement among EPRG, APIA, PRCI and IPLOCA -- Training Seminar for Pipeline Project Managers
difficult to assess, the Times adds. Significant portions of
4-5 March at Schiphol Airport. (If you have missed
Iranian exports to China come from the energy sector, with
this one and are interested in the next, please email
China relying on Iran to meet 11 percent of its energy needs.
us to indicate your interest.)
UPI.com, 9 February 2010
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Front row: Bruno de La Roussière (Immediate Past President); Karl Trauner (1st Vice President); Adam Wynne Hughes (President); Osman Birgili (2nd Vice President); Juan Arzuaga (Executive Secretary); Middle row: Harald Dresp, Marco Jannuzzi, Najib Khoury, H. Douglas Evans, Robert Deason, Sandip Sharma; Back row: Jacquelin de La Porte, Ebbo Laenge, Michael Rae, Vladilen Ermolin, Roberto Castelli, Andy Lukas; Not in photo: Phil Bond, Nasser Issa, Zeno Soave
Officers Adam Wynne Hughes (Land & Marine)
Nasser Issa (C.A.T. International Ltd)
President
Director, Middle East & Africa
Karl Trauner (HABAU)
Najib Khoury (CCC)
1st Vice President
Director, Middle East & Africa
Osman Birgili (Tekfen)
Andy Lukas (AJ Lucas)
2nd Vice President
Director, East & Far East
Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat)
Sandip Sharma (Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited)
Treasurer
Director, East & Far East
Bruno de La Roussière (Entrepose Contracting)
Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)
Immediate Past President
Director, Associate Members
Directors Vladilen Ermolin (PTPS JSC)
Michael Rae (Argus Ltd) Director, Associate Members
Director, Europe Eastern
Directors at Large
Jacquelin de La Porte (Spiecapag)
Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat)
Director, Europe Mediterranean
Roberto Castelli (Bonatti)
Zeno Soave (Socotherm)
Harald Dresp (Max Streicher)
Director, Europe Mediterranean
H. Douglas Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering)
Ebbo Laenge (Conduto)
Nasser Issa (C.A.T. International Ltd)
Director, The Americas Robert Deason (J.Ray McDermott))
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