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THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2012

Istanbul Convention Update page 20

Contents: Letter from the President page 4 News from Geneva page 5 Member News page 8 Evolution of IPLOCA Membership 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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Member News

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IPLOCA Membership Evolution

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Membership Center

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Health & Safety Statistics

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New Technologies

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Regional Meetings

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Environmental Statistics

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Training Committee

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Huge Tunnelling Drill

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IPLOCA Collaborates on Research

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In the Headlines

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Istanbul Convention Update

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Upcoming Conferences

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IPLOCA Secretariat

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Letter from the President The Europe you don’t know, the Asia you will discover…

These words describe the essence of Istanbul, my hometown and the site of this year’s Convention. No wonder we are very much looking forward to welcoming all of you in September.

Indeed, meticulous planning is already under way. Executive Secretary Juan Arzuaga and Membership & Convention Manager, Caroline Green, were in Istanbul in early February for a thorough inspection of all sites as well as our base for the event, the legendary Istanbul Hilton, which throughout more than half a century hosted stars and dignitaries including Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Mohammed Ali, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Grace of Monaco.

I am pleased to announce that we have selected “Send me to school, Dad” as the recipient of the lottery funds this year. In 2005 the Dogan Newspaper Group began this initiative in support of the national Turkish education campaign to encourage girls to continue their education. We will be making more information available in the next newsletter. You will find more details about the Convention on page 20 of this Newsletter. We are doing our very best to stage a thrilling event and encourage you to mark the week of Sunday 9th September on your calendar now and watch for the opening of registration in May. Our more immediate focus, however, is the submission of your Health and Safety Statistics and Environmental Statistics Returns. The submission forms are available at www.iploca.com. Please see a special note on page 5 regarding the submission of Health & Safety Statistics by Regular Members.

The Environmental Statistics Return was a new initiative introduced in 2011 with the aim to respond to growing worldwide trends in environmental accountability. The deadline for both returns is 9 March 2012.

Also please do not forget to consider entering this year’s awards. The winners of the IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron, and the IPLOCA Environmental Award, sponsored by Shell, will be announced in Istanbul in September. Watch for further details and deadlines in email by the beginning of April. Award submission forms will also be posted on the website.

Our work in HSE, New Technologies and Training continues, and you will read about it on the coming pages. We value greatly the dedication of all our participating members.

I look forward to your questions, comments and ideas regarding IPLOCA. Please feel free to contact me at obirgili@tekfen.com.tr Sincerely,

Osman Birgili

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News from Geneva

Health & Safety Statistics

In Geneva everyone has been complaining about the cold

Please note that given the paramount importance of these

weather. The -15°C (5°F) temperatures experienced in

statistics, the Board of Directors determined at its Beijing

February were made to feel significantly more frigid because

Board Meeting that Regular Members whose company did

of Geneva’s famous wind, La Bise.

not submit the required Health & Safety Statistics would not be allowed to attend the convention for that year. The

This vigorous north/northeasterly wind whips up the surface of Lake Geneva and the resulting spray can encase

deadline for statistics submission is 9 March 2012.

the shore and any nearby vegetation – or anything else – in

Membership Certificates

ice. We are looking forward to summer when this dry wind

Membership certificates for 2012 have been mailed out. If

has a much better connotation – that of being the ideal wind

you are the designated IPLOCA Key Representative for your

to dry laundry: “Avec la Bise, lave ta chemise”

company and you have not received your certificate please

(When the Bise blows, wash your shirt.)

contact Sarah.Junod@iploca.com, Accounting Manager.

Board Meeting Update

The 2011-2012 IPLOCA Board of Directors met in Cape Town

Cape Town

at the beginning of December. Following are highlights from that meeting.

HSE Committee At its meeting in Geneva on 11-12 October 2011, Chairman Adam Wynne Hughes noted that 96 percent of the required Health & Safety Statistics had been received by the Secretariat. He considered it extremely important that we receive 100 percent of these each year, as a condition of membership in the Association. Information from the sister associations has also been received. Development of a new IPLOCA Health & Safety Statistics Report is scheduled for 2012 and will be considerably more indepth and detailed than previous reports, with aggregate statistics by region, and with further information such as statistics by category of company. It is felt that this more detailed report will be of greater benefit to the IPLOCA (Left to right) Board Members Jerrit Coward (Willbros), Pierluigi

membership. A new Health & Safety Statistics form to

Zanin (Goriziane Group), Bruno Maerten (Geocean) and Gerry

collect statistics specifically from the Associate Members

Grothe (Pipeline Machinery International) meet in Cape Town.

is under consideration.

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Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs): A workshop has been

Juan Arzuaga held meetings with BP and Chevron in

proposed for mid-2012 to share lessons learned and bring

London on 15 December to enhance their collaboration and

new ideas to try to help reduce RTAs. HSE managers and

support of IPLOCA’s initiatives.

some specialists from clients will be invited to contribute their expertise.

The spring sessions of Novel Construction are planned for 21-22 March at the Sofitel Heathrow London.

New Guidelines for Awards: Clearer and more detailed guidelines are being established for 2012, to be used in the

Research Collaboration: IPLOCA is collaborating with

selection of winners for the 2012 Health & Safety Award and

the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA), the

the 2012 Environmental Award.

European Pipeline Research Group (EPRG) and the Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) on research projects

Environmental Section for Road to Success: Comments and

for 2012. IPLOCA recently attended the EPRG Technical

suggeststions were given to the new Environmental Work

Sessions in Bergamo, Italy where it was confirmed that

Group and some members of the HSE Committee may

EPRG could not get funds for some of the research projects

participate in the creation of the new section.

proposed by PRCI. Projects of specific interest to IPLOCA are Onshore Pipeline Route Selection and Associated Data

Feedback on Environmental Statistics Form

Gathering and Determination of Pipeline Lowering-In

The wording of the form was discussed and one minor

Stresses and Mitigative Strategies for Construction. These

change suggested.

two projects are being led by PRCI and co-funded by INGAA and IPLOCA.

The next HSE meeting is scheduled for 27-28 March at the Geneva Secretariat.

Training Committee

The minutes of the Beijing Board Meetings were reviewed and approved.

IPLOCA Pipeline Construction Safety Instructors Tool:

Treasurer’s Report

Translation will be considered after the English version

The annual forecast for 2011 showed total revenues of

is launched. The licensing agreement was signed on 11

CHF 2,367,361 and total costs from operations of CHF

October 2011 and we have confirmed timing and costs with

2,063,294. Sponsorship funds received were more than those

the Construction Safety Council (CSC). The tool is expected

in the budget, but more was spent on committee work than

to be delivered by May 2012.

anticipated, particularly New Technologies, with the on-going development of Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success.

Training for Operators: The Training Committee is evaluating the program made available by Caterpillar and will consider

Budget 2012: The Budget for 2012 was reviewed and

translating it. The program will be made vendor neutral, to

approved.

be applicable to all equipment manufacturers.

The next Training Committee meeting will be held in

Applications for membership were approved by the Board

Malaga on 17-18 May 2012 and will include a General Line

as follows:

Demonstration for pipeline equipment.

Associate Members

The committee plans to seek further information on

-- Air Liquide Welding, France

companies that offer training applicable to pipeline

-- ChTZ-Ultratrac Ltd., Russia

construction, including supervisory training, such as that

-- JES Pipelines, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

being discussed with the Construction Safety Council.

New Technologies Committee The Fall Sessions of the Novel Construction Initiative were held on 19-20 October, in London. Following the publication

Regular Members -- Comstock Canada Ltd, Canada -- Gulf Petrochemical Services & Trading LLC, Sultanate of Oman

of the Second Edition of Onshore Pipelines: The Road to

Resignations

Success, we have now launched Phase 3, with new working

-- Computerised Information Technology Ltd (CIT Ltd.), U.K

groups, development of existing and new sections, and

-- Global Industries, Inc., U.S.A. (now part of Technip, a

arrangement of meetings to engage with Clients. More volunteers are needed and very welcome.

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Regular Member) -- Koop Holding Europe b.v., The Netherlands

-- McDermott International Inc., U.S.A.

with the Hilton Istanbul has been signed and a ground

-- SOMICO, France (part of CRC-Evans)

agent, Visitur, has been selected. Juan Arzuaga and Caroline Green will make a site visit at the beginning of February.

Draft Recommendation Letters: Draft Associate and Regular Member recommendation letter templates were

Speakers for Istanbul: Board Members will identify and

reviewed and approved. Minor changes in wording were

propose speakers, along with a summary of the suggested

made to both the Associate Member and Regular Member

topic, by the February board meeting in London, where

Application Forms.

final decisions will be made on the slate of speakers.

Suggestions for Academic Members: IPLOCA currently has

Regional Meetings

four Academic Members but none of them are actively

The following Regional Meetings are planned for 2012:

engaged with any IPLOCA initiatives. The Board discussed

-- Latin America - June 2012, Bogota, Colombia

ways in which we might better engage these universities.

-- Italy - 15 May 2012, Milan

Convention

-- Europe North West - 15 March, Enschede, the Netherlands -- America North - USA and Canada - It was proposed

Feedback from Beijing: Convention questionnaire results

we consider IPLOCA’s attendance at PLCA and PLCAC

were reviewed and discussed.

Conventions as alternatives to Regional Meetings.

Arrangements for Istanbul: Arrangements for the Istanbul

Analysis of traffic to our website was suggested via Google

Convention are proceeding smoothly. The hotel contract

Analytics and is under way.

Some members of the Board of Directors took advantage of being in South Africa to spend the following weekend on safari.

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Member News ESAB acquired by Colfax Corporation Effective Friday, January 13, 2012, Charter International plc, owner of ESAB, has been acquired by Colfax Corporation.

Colfax Corporation, based in Fulton MD, is a diversified industrial manufacturing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Charter International plc resided in Ireland and was the parent of two leading businesses: ESAB, a global leader in the welding products industry, and Howden, a premier manufacturer of heavy-duty air and gas handling equipment. ESAB employs over 8,500 people worldwide, and is one of the leading manufacturers in the global welding industry. ESAB has sales and support

The New PLM head office facility in Cypress, Texas

locations in 80 countries, and 26 manufacturing facilities across 4 continents. Colfax Corporation is a diversified

property for building expansion. Office space is available

global manufacturing and engineering company that

for 50 with 30 people currently working out of this office.

provides gas- and fluid-handling and fabrication technology

Meeting and training facilities onsite will accommodate 50

products and services to commercial and governmental

people. PLM-Cat was established in 2005 and is the first

customers around the world under the Howden, Colfax

Caterpillar dealership to focus on a particular industry on

Fluid Handling and ESAB brands.

a global basis. The company provides purpose-built and traditional construction equipment to the mainline pipeline

mutares acquires EUPEC

construction industry on projects around the world. PLMCat’s worldwide activities are currently supported through

mutares AG, Munich, has taken over the EUPEC group of

the corporate offices in: Cypress, Texas, USA; Edmonton,

companies from the Indonesian Korindo group on January

Alberta, Canada; The Hague, Netherlands; Beijing, China;

26, 2012. EUPEC is Europe’s leading provider of coatings

Melbourne, Australia; and Singapore.

for oil, gas and water pipelines. In 2011 the company generated a turnover of more than EUR 200 million and currently employs 120 people at four locations in France

Spiecapag wins RAF Mildenhall work

and Germany. EUPEC supplies coatings for various on- and

Pipeline specialist Spiecapag UK has been awarded a

offshore applications. Customers all over the world are

GBP 6.5m Ministry of Defence contract to replace the fuel

served from the company’s headquarters in Graveline

distribution system at RAF Mildenhall in the UK. Work

in northern France and from its German subsidiary in

involves replacing an existing hydrant main serving the Air

Muelheim. During the last three years, EUPEC has been

Mobility Command (AMC) Ramp, which is past its usable

providing all the concrete weight coating for the pipelines

life. Spiecapag UK will remove the existing aluminium

of the Nordstream project.

main and replace it with a stainless steel main along with new hydrants, and associate leak detection and cathodic

PLM opens the doors at new World Headquarters

protection. The pump house will be upgraded and all pumps and filters replaced. A new product recovery tank and truck loading area will also be constructed.

PipeLine Machinery International (PLM-Cat) Executive Vice President and General Manager Tony Fernandez

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welcomed local pipeline industry representatives, media

STREICHER Appoints Another Managing Director

and community to the grand opening of the company’s new

With effect from 1st January 2012 MAX STREICHER GmbH

head office facility in Cypress, Texas (northwest Houston

& Co. KG aA extended its management: In addition

area) on 9 February, 2012. The 8800 ft² service facility

to Dipl.-Ing. Armin Kiendl, Dipl.-Kfm. Hubert Ruderer

includes a state-of-the-art equipment wash bay designed

and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Maximilian Hofmann, lawyer Rainer

to conserve, clarify and reuse water. Paved and gravelled

Leneis has now been appointed as the fourth managing

storage areas can accommodate approximately 150 large

director of the MAX STREICHER GmbH & Co. KG aA.

units. The 16,000 ft² office facility includes 4,000 ft² of open

He has served as head of the legal department since the

space for future development plus some room on the

beginning of 2004.

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Technip Completes Acquisition of Global Industries Technip has announced that it has completed the

German Chancellor Visits Herrenknecht Plant in China

acquisition of Global Industries, Ltd. The shareholders of Global Industries approved the merger at a special shareholders meeting held on November 30, 2011 and will receive USD 8.00 per share in cash. Global Industries has become an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Technip.The completion of the merger will allow the integration of Global Industries into Technip to begin, thus benefiting Technip’s and Global Industries’ employees and clients, who have been very supportive of the transaction. The initial integration planning carried out since the announcement has confirmed the rationale for bringing Technip’s subsea activities and those of Global Industries together.

Technip Awarded Major Flexible Pipe Frame Agreement by Petrobras Technip has been awarded a 5-year frame agreement contract from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the supply of around 1,400 kilometers of flexible pipes.

Supply starts in 2013 and orders are guaranteed for at least 50 percent of the total value, which is currently estimated to be worth around USD 2.1 billion. The scope of the contract includes the manufacture of over 150 types and diameters of risers, flowlines and associated equipment and accessories. Deliveries under this frame agreement will be spread over the contract period and order intake recognition will progress as specific work orders are confirmed. Flexible pipes for the contract will be produced both at Technip’s existing manufacturing site in Vitoria, and also at the new manufacturing facility under construction in Açu, Brazil. Accordingly, this award confirms the strong rationale of the investment announced last year in a second flexible pipe plant in Brazil capable of delivering a range of technologically advanced, high-end flexible pipe products to meet the strong demand growth and evolving technology requirements we expect in the Brazilian market.

Group picture in front of the Herrenknecht EPB Shield for the Metro in Dongguan. 2nd from left: Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht, Chairman of the Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG, 3rd from left: Dr. Angela Merkel, German Federal Chancellor, 4th from left: Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People’s Republic of China

The German Federal Chancellor and Chinese Premier visited the Herrenknecht plant (HTE) in Guangzhou on Friday, 3 February, 2012. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht, Chairman of the Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG, presented the company to Federal Chancellor Merkel and Premier Wen, and talked about important reference projects. In addition, he introduced a tunnel boring machine, an Earth Pressure Balance Shield with a diameter of 6.95 meters, which is being used in the construction of the Metro Line 2 in Dongguan.

Tenaris, CRC-Evans in services pact

services available in the market,” Mariano Armengol,

Tenaris and CRC-Evans are collaborating further in

Tenaris Pipeline Services Director, said in a statement.

their offerings of tubular pipe and welding services. The

Research and development on the technologies will build

joint product between the Argentine manufacturer and

off an initial cooperative agreement signed about a year

global pipeline specialist will be an “integral package of

ago and take place at a Mexico facility, a joint statement

technologies for the most complex offshore operations,

said. “Two market-leading companies are coming

reducing time, costs and risk for customers,” the

together to drive the future of material and welding

companies said. “We trust that together we will be able

development,” CRC-Evans Offshore Managing Director

to provide the best combination of line pipe and welding

Ben Mackay said in a statement.

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Evolution of IPLOCA Membership Since the association’s formation in 1966, its membership has evolved considerably, both in number and in international reach.

The evolution by geographical area is represented graphically on the facing page and based on data from the IPLOCA archives. Detailed data prior to the early nineties is less available, but minutes of the October 1974 Board

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of Directors meeting in Venice referred to a total of 75 Regular Members and 150 Associate Members; minutes 2011 Membership Breakdown from the October 1977 Annual General Meeting in Istanbul

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Membership Centre

and facilities, Pipeline maintenance, Specialized services

We welcome the following new Regular and Associate

surveys, Cathodic protection monitoring and maintenance

Members to IPLOCA. The information below is also posted

activities. GPS was one of the first companies in the

at www.iploca.com under the Membership Centre.

Sultanate of Oman to have earned ISO 9000 Quality System

New Regular Members

such as hydro testing, blasting & painting, DCVG & CIPS

Certification of Compliance for its entire scope of activities.

The company’s health, safety, environmental & waste management standards are among the most effective in

Comstock Canada Ltd.

the Omani contracting community with a number of major milestone achievements to its credit.

3455 Landmark Road Burlington, ON L7M 1T4 Canada T +1 905 335 3333

New Associate Members

F +1 905 335 3169 E gbirkbeck@comstockcanada.com I www.comstockcanada.com

Air Liquide Welding

Comstock has more than 100 years of presence in the

13 Rue d’Epluches

Canadian Construction Industry, having worked in every

Saint-Ouen l’Aumône

part of Canada and on a wide variety of projects. The

35315 Cergy Pontoise Cedex

company generally employs 2,000 to 3,000 staff and

France

tradesmen out of the 9 offices they maintain in Alberta,

T +33 134 21 33 33

Manitoba and Ontario, all of which execute industrial

F +33 134 21 31 30

construction work. Today the company’s focus is on

I www.airliquidewelding.com

mechanical, electrical, millwrighting and structural work in

the energy, automotive, water/waste water, industrial and

The Air Liquide group, with its headquarters in Paris,

pipeline facility sectors, with the resources to self-perform

France, is one of Europe’s larger multinational companies.

large projects in all these areas.

Founded in 1902 it is present in 80 countries with a consolidated turnover of EUR 13.5 billion in 2010 and 43.600 employees all over the world. Air Liquide Welding, ALW, an operating company of the Air Liquide group, is dedicated to

Gulf Petrochemical Services & Trading LLC

designing, manufacturing and sales of products, processes, systems, solutions and related services for the welding

Post Box 1633, Jibroo

and cutting of materials. ALW serves the pipelaying

Muscat, 114

industry through a wide range of automated installations,

Oman

welding consumables and equipment specifically designed

T +968 243 92900

for high productivity applications. It has been supplying

F +968 244 89446

OERLIKON welding products to the pipeline industry for

E gpsoman@omantel.net.com

over 30 years and has a wide range of solutions for manual

I www.gpsoman.com

welding, consumables and power sources for orbital

welding as well as high deposition rate SAW welding

Gulf Petrochemical Services & Trading LLC (GPS) has been

consumables and equipment for double jointing.

actively involved in various contracting activities within Oman’s oil, gas, water, wastewater and power sectors since 1983. GPS, a pioneer in pipeline construction in Oman, owns one of the biggest fleets of plant and equipment among the oil and gas sector contractors in Oman and

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directly employs more than 6,000 multi-disciplinary

ChTZ-Uraltrac Ltd.

personnel. GPS has operations in UAE, Kuwait and India

Kuznetsky most street, 21/5, office 2033

with its headquarters in the Sultanate of Oman. The

Moscow, 107996

company’s Contract Division undertakes: Engineering,

Russian Federation

procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for pipelines

T +7 495 626 0884

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F +7 495 626 0884 E al_ponomarev@yahoo.com / sales@chtz.ru I www.chtz-uraltrac.com

JES Pipelines Ltd.

ChTZ-Ultratrac Company is a leading manufacturer

ARA Hill Top, Unit A1

of construction machinery - part of the state-owned

Pletterijweg Oost 1

corporation, which includes over 20 industrial enterprises,

Willemstad, Curacao

research institutes and design bureaus, manufacturing

Netherlands Antilles

products for construction and railway industries.The

T +34 649 058 236

product line of ChTZ-URALTRAC includes the industrial

F +5999 461 8285

machinery for oil and gas, pipeline, mining, infrastructure

E jeswecan@autservices.com

and road-building sectors. Uraltrac pipelaying equipment

I www.jespipelines.com

has proved itself reliable and highly effective in many local

and global projects. A great number of end-users in the

JES Pipelines Ltd. provides AUT inspection to the pipeline

on-shore pipeline construction industry confirm the high

construction industry on- and offshore in a combination

production capacity and reliability of ChTZ-Uraltrac pipe-

of Phased Array, TOFD and Multi-Probe. JES Pipelines Ltd.

layers and dozers. Since the first machine was produced in

was incorporated on 17 October 2008 and has its head

1933 more than 1.2 million units of construction machinery

office in Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles and a workshop

have been manufactured and used in all parts of the

in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from where Phased Array

world. The company demonstrates the highest level of

AUT equipment is mobilised to its projects worldwide.

cooperation with many well-known partners both in Russia

The Company was founded by Henk van Dijk and Ed van

and internationally, making it a leader and a successful

Huuksloot who have worked in the pipeline inspection

competitor with world brands internationally.

industry since the early 1970s.

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 accidents, incidents and near misses taken into account are those that happen within the jobsite perimeter, or when travelling from camp to jobsite or during any other transportation. Travel accidents, incidents and near misses from home or from any other private location to the worksite must be included. If you already have ISO, OHSAS or any other accreditations, please advise us when you submit your return. Your return is a confidential document and is not shown or passed to any

Health & Safety Statistics Required

As a condition of membership, Regular Members are required to submit their annual health & safety statistics to IPLOCA, such that aggregate statistics for the industry can be monitored. We welcome this information also from our Associate Members who have field construction activities.

A form designed specifically for Associate Members is also currently under consideration.

The returns should cover pipeline construction sites or

third party, other than the HSE Committee working within the IPLOCA Office.

Health & Safety Statistics Return If you have not already done so, please be sure to complete and submit your 2011 Health & Safety Statistics Return no later than 9th March 2012, to the attention of Juan Arzuaga, Executive Secretary. The form itself, and guidelines to help you complete the form, are available at www.iploca.com. Submission of the Health & Safety Statistics Return is a prerequisite to a Regular Member company being accepted to attend the Convention.

offshore operations and all infrastructure related projects.

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New Technologies

Groups & Group Leaders

The next Novel Construction Plenary Session is fast

Criss Shipman (G.I.E.), cshipman@gie.com

approaching. For your convenience this meeting will be

Earthworks & Crossings

held at London Heathrow Airport, at the Sofitel Hotel.

Paul Andrews (Fluor), Paul.I.Andrews@Fluor.com

Planning and Design

Welding & NDT & Testing Gustavo Guaytima (Techint), gguaytima@techint.com Future Trends & Innovation Zuhair Haddad (C.C.C.), zuhair@ccc.gr External Corrosion Protection Systems (ECPS) Sean Haberer (ShawCor), shaberer@shawcor.com Environment Sue Sljivic (RSK Group), ssljivic@rsk.co.uk Logistics Bruno Pomare (Spiecapag), bruno.pomare@spiecapag.com Coordination Juan Arzuaga (IPLOCA), juan.arzuaga@iploca.com IPLOCA Regular and Associate Members who have further

Novel Construction Plenary Session

questions are asked to contact juan.arzuaga@iploca.com or one of the group leaders directly.

Wednesday 21 March - Thursday 22 March, 2012 SOFITEL London Heathrow Terminal 5, London Heathrow Airport, TW6 2GD, U.K.

wiki.iploca.com

We encourage all interested Regular Members and Associate

The new Novel Construction

Members to join us in London, and to contribute to one of the

Initiative wiki is now up and

working groups, as we tackle Phase III of the Initiative. We are

running, to assist members

looking to create or complete the following chapters within

in working collaboratively to generate the updates to

our publication Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success: 6. Earthworks (to be further developed)

Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success.

7. Crossings (to be further developed) 8. Logistics (to be further developed)

If you feel you can contribute to one of the new sections

9. Welding (new)

and would like to receive a password and instructions,

11. Pipeline Protection Systems (to be updated)

please contact the appropriate group leaders listed

12. Pipelines and the Environment (new)

above or email guy.henley@iploca.com.

13. New Trends & Innovation (to be further developed)

Regional Meetings

is close to the German border and famous for its forests

Europe North-West Meeting

Nederlandse Gasunie will give a presentation “Is the Dutch

15 March 2012 – Enschede, the Netherlands

and agriculture. Enno Freese, Director of Projects at N.V. gas roundabout ready? No new work – all projects finished?”

Associate Member Maats Pipeline Equipment will host

Other presenters include H. Watzka from Open Grid Europe,

IPLOCA’s second Regional Meeting for Europe North-

Germany; F. Bernaerts, Procurement Manager, Fluxys,

West on 15 March, 2012. The meeting is designed for our companies in Benelux, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, Iceland and Finland.

The meeting will be held in Enschede in the beautiful Twente region in the east of the Netherlands. This area

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Other Upcoming Regional Meetings Italy -15 May 2012, Milan Latin America - June 2012, Bogota, Colombia

Belgium; Prof. R. Denys, Director of Laboratorium Soete,

be among the association’s representatives attending the

University of Ghent; and E. Freese, Director of Projects for

event. Regular and Associate Members are encouraged

N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie. IPLOCA Director for Europe

to bring guests or potential members to the meeting to

North-West Adam Wynne Hughes, IPLOCA Director-at-Large

demonstrate the benefits it can have for doing business in

Wilhelm Maats, and Executive Secretary Juan Arzuaga will

the pipeline and offshore industry.

A block of rooms has been reserved for the nights of 14 and 15 March at the Wilmersberg Hotel in De Lutte at a discounted rate of EUR 100 per room, per night, including breakfast. An added incentive to attend will be a late afternoon visit to the Grolsch brewery in Enschede. With its history going back as far as the year 1615, the beer is currently produced in a state-of-the-art brewery that was put in operation in 2004.

To register for the event call +31 547 260 000 or email the organising committee at info@maats.com. Information is also available at the IPLOCA website. Advance registration is required and space is limited.

Environmental Statistics

Strongly Encouraged

this information so that the entire membership can benefit from the aggregated information and we welcome this information also from our Associate Members who have field construction activities.

IPLOCA has recently established an Environmental Statistics Return Form. Last year the return response rate

The returns should cover pipeline construction sites or

was 53 percent and this year we wish to improve upon this,

offshore operations and all infrastructure related projects.

so please ensure we receive your fully completed form as

Please note that main construction and EPC contractors

soon as possible but no later than 9th March 2012.

and EPCM contractors should report all incidents, including those related to their subcontractors. In case of integrated

The goal of this form is to respond to growing worldwide

JVs, the technical leader should report the totality of the JV

trends in environmental accountability. IPLOCA’s hope is

incidents. Again, your return is a confidential document and

that this form will serve members who are already active

is not shown or passed to any third party, other than the HSE

in the environmental assessment domain, and serve as an

Committee working within the IPLOCA office. Submissions

example to those who have yet to undertake any such action.

will be used to determine IPLOCA’s environmental aggregate

We strongly encourage all Regular Members to provide

statistics related to onshore and offshore construction.

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Training Committee

Caterpillar he was Export Sales Manager for Nedcon bv., in Doetinchem, The Netherlands, and previous to that role he served as a captain in the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.

He has a law degree from the University of Utrecht, The

Ruud Kronenburg, Dean of

Netherlands, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in

Caterpillar University, has

Business Administration at the University of Grenoble,

been appointed to IPLOCA’s

France. He joins Erhan Hersek of Tekfen Construction and

Training Committee.

Ralf Prior of PPS Pipeline Systems on the committee, under the leadership of members of the Board of Directors: Karl

After joining Caterpillar

Trauner (Committee Chairman) (HABAU), Harald Dresp

in 1984 Mr Kronenburg

(Max Streicher), Gerald T. Grothe (Pipeline Machinery

held marketing and

International), Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar), Najib Khoury

product management positions in countries around the

(CCC), Andy Lukas (AJ Lucas), Willem Maats (Maats

world including Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Turkey,

Pipeline Equipment), Iosif Panchak (Stroygazmontazh) and

USA, Belgium and the Netherlands. Prior to his tenure at

Executive Secretary Juan Arzuaga.

Huge Tunnelling Drill

Constructing the Lee Tunnel will be a huge engineering

Put into Position to Dig Lee Tunnel in London

challenge, involving tunnelling through high groundwater pressures and passing through four miles of the most abrasive ground from the starting point at Beckton to the destination at Abbey Mills.

MVB, made up of three of the world’s leading civil engineering contractors - Morgan Sindall, VINCI Construction

According to Martin Baggs, Thames Water’s chief executive,

Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche - is working with

“This is a major milestone on our way to creating a

Thames Water to build the Lee Tunnel in London.

cleaner, healthier River Thames and River Lee, by dealing with the unacceptable problem of sewer discharges into

A giant tunnelling machine has been lowered into a gigantic

the river during heavy rainfall. The Lee Tunnel is the first

shaft, deeper than anything else in London, to dig the

of two tunnels, which will collectively capture an average

four-mile GBP 635m tunnel. The Lee Tunnel will prevent 16

of 39 million tonnes a year of sewage from London’s 35

million tonnes of sewage entering the River Lee each year

most polluting combined sewer overflows. The tunnel will

– a result of the UK capital’s Victorian sewers not being big

tackle discharges from the largest overflow at Abbey Mills

enough to cope with heavy rainfall. The machine, named

in Stratford, which accounts for 40 per cent of the total

‘Busy Lizzie’, is 8 metres in diameter (wider than three

discharge. That’s why we’re dealing with this, the worst

double decker buses side-by-side) and 120 metres long.

one, first.”

19th century and present-day sewer flushers. Photos courtesy Thames Water.

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Busy Lizzie has been custom-designed to suit London’s ground conditions.

The machine will blend more than 100 tonnes of excavated

Tunnelling is likely to progress at a rate of 17 metres a day,

chalk with water for every one metre of tunnel, forming a

and is expected to finish in late 2013. In addition to the Lee

white slurry, similar in consistency to single cream, before

Tunnel and proposed Thames Tunnel, Thames Water is also

transporting it through a pipe the length of the tunnel,

upgrading London’s five major sewage works so they can

so it can be processed above ground. Work started in

treat more waste, preventing them becoming overloaded

September 2010 to build the 80-metre-deep entry shaft at

in rainfall, and improving the quality to which sewage is

Beckton sewage works, where tunnelling work will start.

treated, to further improve river water quality.

IPLOCA

The project also drew from the requirements identified

Collaborates on Research

by the IPLOCA-led Novel Construction initiative through the development of its Road to Success document. Two research projects have been identified that will begin this

IPLOCA has joined forces with the Pipeline Research

year to address immediate needs and have a time frame

Council International (PRCI), the European Pipeline

of one to three years, depending on progress and renewal

Research Group (EPRG) and the Australian Pipeline

of funding.

Industry Association (APIA) regarding its participation in research which can be of benefit to our membership. The

Lowering in stresses and mitigation strategies

relationship among these organisations and the Interstate

Funding: PRCI/INGAA, IPLOCA

Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) is represented

This project will develop improved industry guidelines

in the graphic on the next page.

for calculating lowering-in stresses during pipeline construction. Currently, two dimensional analysis and

PRCI’s methods used to identify research needs and

methodologies are frequently used to conduct a static

priorities included questionnaires, workshops and

analysis on level ground with the pipe shape as defined

interviews with key pipeline construction specialists.

by an S-curve with all side booms equally spaced, taking

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up their portion of the load. At this point in time, there

Tripartite

has been only a very limited amount of three-dimensional (European Pipeline Research Group)

(Pipeline Research

Council International) R Co esea lla rch bo ra ti

analyses conducted to simulate the actual pipe lowering operations with varying distances between side booms.

Also, there is no data attained from measured tests and a comprehensive industry guidance document for this phase

on

of construction does not currently exist.

(Interstate Natural Gas Association of America)

(Australian Pipeline Industry Association)

Route Selection and Data Funding: PRCI/INGAA, IPLOCA The second project will focus on the route selection process. Proper route selection is critical to the successful management of both cost and schedule of onshore

M.O.U.

pipeline construction projects. This project will begin with a gap study to identify the impact on the success of construction projects of specific data shortages during the route selection process and will also include an analysis

IPLOCA Provides Research Topics Or Tripartite Propose Projects

of the data requirements. Next, the guidance information Tripartite to review topics & propose research plan

IPLOCA may co-fund research

Results will be available to IPLOCA membership

IN THE HEADLINES Kenya, South Sudan Sign Oil Pipeline Deal

and assessments will be consolidated into a guidance document for route selection in varying terrains, soil conditions, and route conditions. This document will reflect current best practices.

from Russia, Budzanowski said. Poland’s PGNiG SA (PGN. WA) and Russia’s OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) jointly own the Yamal-Europe pipeline.

Dowjones.com, 20 January 2012

Kenya and South Sudan have signed an agreement for the construction of an oil pipeline connecting the two countries.

Minister Raila Odinga and the President of South Sudan

Gazprom Plans to Start Building South Stream Pipeline This Year

Mr Salva Kiir, will allow the development of an oil pipeline

OAO Gazprom, the world’s biggest gas producer, may start

and fibre optic connections between the oil fields in South

building the South Stream gas pipeline to the European

Sudan and the Kenyan port town of Lamu. The pipeline will

Union in December 2012. Management will present the

be developed through Kenyan territory and will be built and

plan to the board for approval in February, the Moscow-

owned by South Sudan.The two countries will negotiate

based company said today in an e-mailed statement. Prime

and agree on transit fees for the oil pipeline.

Minister Vladimir Putin ordered Gazprom, Russia’s gas

www.nation.co.ke, 25 January, 2012

export monopoly, to move up the start of construction from

The agreement, signed in Juba and witnessed by Prime

2013, according to a transcript of a meeting between the

Poland Opens New Gas Pipeline, Sees Higher Imports From Germany

premier and Chief Executive Officer Alexey Miller published Dec. 30 on the government website. www.bloomberg.com, 20 January 2012

A new natural gas pipeline in southwestern Poland will allow the country to import gas from Germany more

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cheaply than from Russia, Poland’s Treasury Minister

UAE to Test Pipeline Bypassing the Gulf

Mikolaj Budzanowski has told reporters.The new pipeline,

A pipeline designed to carry the UAE’s oil to an offshore

which expands the local pipeline system, will allow

terminal in Fujairah will begin testing in May. If the tests

Poland to import 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas a year

are successful, the pipeline will begin operation the

from Germany through a pumping station at the border

following month. The pipeline is being constructed to

point of Lasow. The gas will cost more than 20% less via

bypass the Strait of Hormuz, thereby cutting the shipping

the new link than gas from the Yamal-Europe pipeline

time by two days and reducing the impact of a possible

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Abu Dhabi’s onshore oil collection point, to an offshore oil

Greece’s Depa Studies Mediterranean Gas Pipeline, Minister Says

terminal in Fujairah, some 370 km away. When completed,

Greek natural-gas supplier Depa has conducted a preliminary

it will carry 1.4 million bpd, but could increase capacity

study into building an underwater pipeline between Cyprus

in the future to 1.8 million bpd or over 70 percent of Abu

and Greece, Environment and Energy Minister George

Dhabi’s output. Abu Dhabi contains 90 percent of the UAE’s

Papaconstantinou said. The pipeline, which would carry

crude oil reserves. The $3.29 billion construction project

natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean, would run from

is being run by the International Petroleum Investment

Cyprus to the southern Greek Peloponnese region via the

Company (IPIC), the overseas oil investment arm of the

island of Crete and is “entirely feasible” from a technical

government of Abu Dhabi.

aspect, Papaconstantinou told a Cypriot newspaper. The

www.albawaba.com, 15 January 2012

project’s economic viability must be investigated, and Depa

blockade by Iran. The pipeline will carry oil from Habshan,

is also looking at building a liquefied natural-gas terminal

Oman Plans USD 210m Gas Pipe for New Town

as a possible alternative, Papaconstantinou said. As well as being destined for export markets, Greece has a growing

Oman plans to build a 230km long pipeline to carry gas to

demand for natural gas, he said.

the new industrial city of Duqm on the coast of the Gulf

www.bloomberg.com, 16 January 2012

Arab state, a project official said on Monday.

“We are floating a tender for the bids of building the gas the Duqm Special Economic Zone, told delegates at a

Turkish Minister: TANAP Gas Pipeline will Reduce Russian Gas Imports

conference in the Omani capital Muscat. “We hope the

The Azerbaijani-Turkish gas pipelines Trans Anadolu

project to be completed in 2017 to fuel industrial projects in

(TANAP) will help reduce the volume of gas currently

the new industrial area.” Al Zadjali did not say how much

being purchased from Russia, Turkish Energy and Natural

the pipeline would cost but an official at the Oman Tender

Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said in an interview with

Board told Reuters the pipeline would cost about $200 to

the Cumhuriyyet newspaper yesterday. “The TANAP

220 million to build. The gas will be supplied by state-run

construction project will increase the use of Azerbaijani

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) from one of its

gas and reduce dependence on Russian gas,” Mr Yildiz

largest gas fields in central Oman.

said. He said Turkey has done everything necessary to

www.tradearabia.com, 30 January 2012

implement the Nabucco project, although the EU has not

pipeline to Duqm,” Yahya Al Zadjali, head of planning of

made any decisions in this direction. Mr Yildiz also said the

Norway Arctic Gas Pipe Must be Privately Funded - govt

pipeline will contribute to work being carried out on the Nabucco project by facilitating it. Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the

A $4.2 billion pipeline into Norway’s Arctic to bring

consortium that will build a gas pipeline to supply gas from

natural gas to European markets must be funded by

the Shah Deniz field to Europe over Turkey.

the private sector and the government does not intend

www.turkishweekly.net, 16 January 2012

to take a financial role, the oil minister has said. The commercial viability of the proposed 1,000 km pipeline, which could cost about 25 billion crowns ($4.2 billion) according to pipeline operator Gassco, also needs more thought before any decision can be made, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe told reporters.

“This region will be the next oil and gas province in Norway... hopefully there is a lot more to be discovered there,” Borten Moe said. These future discoveries are a key plank in Norway’s plan to keep the combined oil and gas output broadly steady “for decades to come”, Borten Moe added. Before the pipeline plan can go ahead, questions regarding commercial viability have to be answered and investors must also examine whether a pipeline is a better option than liquefied natural gas (LNG), Borten Moe said.

Caught on a camera phone: A tough choice for attendees at the last Novel Construction Meeting at the Sofitel Heathrow Airport…

Reuters.com, 19 January 2012

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Istanbul

Convention Update Preparations are under way for the Istanbul Convention, 10-14 September 2012, at the Hilton Istanbul. We expect the event to sell out quickly when registration opens at the beginning of May, so be sure to save these important dates.

Registration packets will be mailed out in April, but in the meantime, the photos below will give you a taste of what you might expect at this, our 46th Annual IPLOCA Convention.

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Upcoming Conferences CGA Excavation Safety Conference & Expo

Accelerate Oil & Gas 2012

6-8 March 2012 - Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

15-16 May, 2012 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

www.cgaconference.com

www.accelerateoilandgas.com

Deepwater Production Tech

Offshore Upstream Development in Russia & CIS 2012

7-8 March 2012 - London, U.K.

May 17-18 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.wplgroup.com/aci/conferences/eu-ess2.asp

www.rpi-conferences.com

IPLOCA Europe North West Regional Meeting

Deepwater China 2012,

15 March 2012 - Enschede, The Netherlands

24-25 May 2012 - Guangzhou, China

www.iploca.com

www.cdmc.org.cn/dc2012

Novel Construction Plenary Session

PLCAC 58th Annual Convention

21-22 March, 2012 - SOFITEL London Heathrow, U.K.

3-7 June 2012 - Whistler, Canada

www.iploca.com

www.pipeline.ca/convention.html

7th Pipeline Technology Conference

25th World Gas Conference

28-30 March 2012 - Hannover, Germany

4-8 June 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.pipeline-conference.com

www.wgc2012.com

Russian Arctic Oil and Gas

No-Dig Moscow

17-19 April 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation

05-08 June 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.adamsmithconferences.com

www.nodig-moscow.ru

Pipeline Transport – 2012

CityPipe 2012

20 April 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation

5-8 June 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation www.citypipe.ru

Global Corrosion Management in Oil and Gas 2012 Praxis Interactive Technology Workshop

Caspian Oil & Gas

23-25 April 2012 - Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

6-7 June 2012 - Baku, Azerbaijan

www.praxis-global.com

www.caspianoilgas.az/2012/

Hannover Messe

ASCE Pipelines 2012 Conference

23-27 April 2012 - Hannover, Germany

19-22 August 2012 - Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.

www.hannovermesse.de

content.asce.org/conferences/pipelines2012/speakers.html

Pipeline Integrity Management

19th India Oil & Gas Review Summit (IORS 2012)

7-9 May 2012 - Doha, Qatar

6-7 September 2012 - Mumbai, India www.oilasia.com/IORS/about_IORS.html

Emerging Asia Small and Mid-Scale LNG Forum 14-16 May 2012 - Singapore

46th IPLOCA Annual Convention

www.smallandmidscalelngasia.com

10-14 September 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey www.iploca.com

IPLOCA Regional Meeting for Italy 15 May 2012 - Milan, Italy

Gastech 2012

www.iploca.com

8-11 October 2012 - London U.K. www.gastech.co.uk

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Training Committee to Meet in Malaga

comes in part from the extensive EKpass library of proprietary electronic, audio visual and print material and IPLOCA will discuss with them the possibilities for customising training to our needs.

IPLOCA’s Training Committee will meet at Caterpillar’s Malaga Demonstration and Learning Center (MDLC) on 17-18 May 2012. The IPLOCA Board of Directors will also be invited to attend this meeting.

One of the initiatives to be discussed during the meeting is the development of training specific to sideboom operators and suitable for training on a wide range of manufacturers’ equipment. Such training already exists but needs to be customised to IPLOCA’s needs.

An idea under consideration is to make the training available in a computer-based or internet format. A company called EKpass has been invited to make a presentation at the meeting. EKpass is a US and Canadian-based professional

The Demonstration & Learning Center opened in 1971

heavy equipment and safety training organization, dedicated

and is located just 15 km inland from Malaga, the

to enhancing performance, productivity, safety in the

capital of the “Costa del Sol”. The mild climate allows

workplace, employee morale, and profitability.

for virtual year-round operation. The area covers over 90 hectares, and offers various sites where product training,

Its e-learning programs are developed by in-house subject

machine operation and demonstration activities can be

matter experts experienced in developing and delivering

conducted in realistic application. The site offers different

training programs worldwide. These experts are supported

soils including clay, shale, and sandstone, and over 5

by a development team: instructional designers, graphic

kilometers of haul roads with various grades making

designers, multimedia programmers, 3D animators,

it ideal for demonstration of equipment in simulated

professional narrators, and sound engineers. The content

working conditions.

IPLOCA Media Partners (September 2010 to August 2013) BENJAMIN MEDIA Trenchless Technology International North American Pipelines

P.O. Box 190 PENINSULA, OHIO 44264 U.S.A. T +1 330 467 7588 F +1 330 468 2289 E info@benjaminmedia.com I www.trenchlessonline.com

P.O. Box 941669 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77094-8669 U.S.A. T +1 281 558 6930 #212 F +1 281 558 7029 E oklinger@oildom.com I www.pgjonline.com

PENNWELL PETROLEUM GROUP Oliver Klinger President & Publisher E oklinger@oildom.com PALLADIAN PUBLICATIONS World Pipelines

Bernard P. Krzys President & Publisher E bkrzys@benjaminmedia.com OILDOM PUBLISHING COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC. Pipeline & Gas Journal Underground Construction

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Rod Hardy Director E rod.hardy@worldpipelines.com Chris Lethbridge Advertisement Manager E chris.lethbridge@worldpipelines.com

15 South Street FARNHAM GU9 7QU SURREY U.K. T +44 1252 718 999 F +44 1252 718 992 E mail@palladian-publications.com I www.worldpipelines.com

Offshore Magazine

1455 West Loop South, Suite 400 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027 U.S.A. T +1 713 963 6270 F +1 713 963 6228 I www.offshore-mag.com Rich Ledden Marketing Manager E RichL@PennWell.com Mark Peters Vice-President/Group Publisher E markp@PennWell.com

IPLOCA Board of Directors

2011-2012

Left to right, front row: Harald Dresp (Treasurer), Doug Evans (1st Vice President), Osman Birgili (President), Najib Khoury (2nd Vice President), Karl Trauner (Immediate Past President), Juan Arzuaga (Executive Secretary). 2nd row: Marco Jannuzzi, Leonardo Gravina, Adam Wynne Hughes, Andy Lukas, Iosif Panchak, Nasser Issa, Gerry Grothe. Back row: Roberto Castelli, Daniel Fernandez, Pierluigi Zanin, Wilhelm Maats, Jerrit Coward, John Tikkanen, Bruno Maerten Inset: Rajen Kilachand

Officers

Daniel Fernandez (Techint), Director, Latin America

Osman Birgili (Tekfen), President; Director, Europe Eastern

Nasser Issa (The C.A.T. Group), Director, Middle East &

Doug Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering), 1st Vice President;

Africa

Director, America North; Chairman, New Technologies

Andy Lukas (A.J. Lucas), Director, East & Far East

Committee

Rajen Kilachand (Dodsal), Director, East & Far East

Najib Khoury (CCC), 2 Vice President; Director, Middle East

Gerry Grothe (Pipeline Machinery Intl.), Director, Associate

& Africa

Members

Harald Dresp (Max Streicher), Treasurer; Director, Europe

Pierluigi Zanin (Goriziane Group S.p.A.), Director, Associate

Central

MembersÂ

nd

Karl Trauner (HABAU), Immediate Past President; Chairman, Training Committee

Directors

Directors at Large Roberto Castelli (Bonatti) Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)

Iosif Panchak (Stroygazmontazh), Director, Europe Eastern

John Tikkanen (Bredero Shaw)

Bruno Maerten (GEOCEAN), Director, Europe Mediterranean

Jerrit Coward (Willbros)

Leonardo Gravina (Sicim S.p.A.), Director, Europe

Wilhelm Maats (Maats Pipeline Equipment)

Mediterranean Adam Wynne Hughes (Pipeline Induction Heat), Director,

Executive Secretary

Europe North-West; Chairman, HSE Committee

Juan Arzuaga

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