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THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2013
Washington DC Convention Update page 14
Contents: Letter from the President page 4 News from Geneva page 5 Member News page 7 Health, Safety & the Environment page 11 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 7 Membership Centre 10 Health, Safety & the Environment 11 New Technologies 12 Special Thanks to Dodsal 13 Washington DC Convention Update 14 2013 IPLOCA Awards 15 In the Headlines 15 Upcoming Conferences 17
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Letter from the President As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2013, arrangements for our Washington DC Convention are in full swing. In anticipation of the event and along with members of the Secretariat staff, I visited Washington in early February and some of the venues we intend to use for various events during convention week. You will find more details about the Convention on page 14 of this Newsletter. Be sure to start planning now to ensure that you keep the week of Sunday 22nd September free. Watch for the opening of registration on 1 May and sign up early. The Health and Safety statistics are due right away - on 8 March. The submission form is available at www.iploca.com. The submission of Environmental Statistics was a new initiative introduced in 2011 and we strongly encourage everyone to submit those statistics at the same time. Last year we received Health & Safety statistics from 97 percent of our member companies and we hope to achieve a similar result for the Environmental statistics this year. Along with the convention come this year’s awards. The winners of the IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron, the IPLOCA New Technologies Award, sponsored by BP, and the IPLOCA Corporate Social Responsibility Award will be announced in Washington in September. Further details and deadlines will be communicated via email and award entry forms will also be posted on the website. Our work in HSE, New Technologies and Training continues, and you will find more information about it in this newsletter. If you have questions, comments or ideas regarding IPLOCA, please get in touch at devans@gie.com Sincerely,
Doug Evans
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News from Geneva Health & Safety Statistics are Due
wish us to send the IPLOCA Yearbook. Please send any updates to listing@iploca-yearbook.com and be sure to also send a copy to sarah.junod@iploca.com. In this way we will update our newsletter mailing lists and membership
The deadline for statistics submission is 8 March 2013.
database. Additional printed copies can be obtained on
Remember that submission by Regular Members is a
request: www.iploca-yearbook.com
requirement of membership in the association. In 2011 the Board of Directors determined that in future, Regular Members
Mobile IPLOCA Yearbook?
whose company did not submit the Health & Safety statistics
Pedemex, publishers of the IPLOCA
would not be allowed to attend the convention.
Yearbook, are planning to launch a cross platform mobile version of
Membership Certificates
the Yearbook later this year. Basic
If you are the designated IPLOCA Key Representative
search for member information,
for your company and you have not yet received your
member contact data with
certificate please contact sarah.junod@iploca.com,
directional map and direct links
Accounting Manager. Certificates were mailed out
to member company websites
in January.
are a few of the planned features. A beta version is likely
IPLOCA Yearbook
to be ready this summer and
The Yearbook has been distributed worldwide to the desks
will no doubt be a welcome
and in the field of pipeline companies. Do not hesitate
addition for those on
to send us the addresses of the persons to whom you
the move.
Board Meeting Update Sorrento, Italy The 2012-2013 IPLOCA Board of Directors met in Sorrento at the beginning of December. Following are highlights from that meeting.
Health & Safety The H&S Statistics Submission Form has been modified and now requests a paragraph description of any fatality event. Ninety-seven percent of returns were received in 2012. See page 11 for more details. Environmental Statistics Submission Form: 68 percent of returns were received in 2012 (this is an optional return). Environmental Report: A report will be produced in the same format as the H&S Statistics Report. Updated Guidelines for H&S and CSR Awards: Clarifications are being made to the Health & Safety and Corporate Social Responsibility awards to better define the objectives. A sponsor for the CSR award is being sought. Workshop: a workshop is planned for 11 July 2013 in The Piazza Duomo is dominated by the 11th century St Andrew’s
Geneva on Prevention Systems and Predictive Metrics for
Cathedral of Amalfi, Italy, some 47 kilometres southeast of Naples.
Catastrophic Losses.
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Training: A questionnaire has been developed to seek
Resignations:
feedback on the Safety DVD that was distributed at the
-- JFE Engineering, Japan
Istanbul Convention.
-- Logstor, Denmark
New Technologies
-- Astec Underground, U.S.A. -- Borusan Makina, Turkey
New Technologies Committee: The Fall Sessions of the
-- Berry Plastic Corrosion Protection Group, Belgium
Novel Construction Initiative were held in London from
-- Petrofac, U.A.E.
23-24 October 2012, with BP, Shell and Petrobras represented at the meeting. The next meeting will be held
Candidature for Honorary Member: The procedure for
on Thursday and Friday, 21 and 22 March in Rome.
consideration of candidature will be communicated to the Board in Marrakech.
Research: IPLOCA Research Collaboration with PRCI continues co-funding on CNST-2-2 Lowering-in Stresses
Convention
and CNST-2-3 Route Selection Best Practice. PRCI is
Istanbul Convention: Liz Spalding presented the results from
managing the research. INGAA Foundation and IPLOCA are
the Istanbul Convention Questionnaire which were generally
represented, but PRCI is the major funding agency.
very positive. She also presented copies of the media coverage by our Media Partners that resulted from the news release and
The draft minutes from the Istanbul Board Meeting were
photographs sent immediately following the Convention.
reviewed and approved.
Treasurer’s Report The Treasurer’s Report presented the Forecast to Complete
Speakers for Washington DC 2013: Potential speakers for the Washington DC Convention were discussed. It is expected that a total of 6 or 7 speaking slots will be available.
2012, Convention Results and the Budget for 2013. IPLOCA finances are strong, with funds set aside for
2014 Convention: Juan Arzuaga made a presentation
emergency situations such as unexpected cancellation of
regarding hotels that he and Caroline Green had visited in
the Convention, or dissolution of the Association. It was
Abu Dhabi and Dubai and the pros and cons of each. It was
noted that we expected to complete 2012 with a slight cost
recommended that the second week in October should be
overrun of CHF 8,828, as a result of the funding of research
the earliest date considered in that area, because of high
and costs involved in the production of the Safety DVD.
temperatures any earlier in the year.
The budget for 2013 showed costs and income both slightly
Regional Meetings
reduced and we are expecting some cost underrun in 2013.
The following Regional Meetings are being planned for 2013:
The accounts and the budget for 2013 were approved by
London, U.K.: date TBD
the Board of Directors as stated.
Moscow, Russia: 3-4 June 2013 - Iosif Panchak
Membership Membership applications approved by the Board:
Cassis, France: 25 April 2013 - Bruno Maerten Santiago, Chile: date TBD Singapore or Malaysia: TBD
-- Michels Corporation, U.S.A. -- JSW Steel (USA), Inc., U.S.A.
Wikipedia Visibility: Michael Rae noted that Novel
-- Mathey Dearman, U.S.A.
Construction now has a Wikipedia presence but asked that
-- SCAIP Srl, Italy
a general page for the association be developed. He offered to assist the Secretariat in improving our exposure.
Transfer of Membership: Europipe GmbH, Germany to Berg Europipe U.S.A.
Creation of a Committee to Investigate Engagement of Owner/Operators: It was determined that IPLOCA
Name Changes:
should consider trying to engage owner/operators in the
-- BS Coatings to AXSON Coatings, France
association, to facilitate mutual discussion and interaction.
-- Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd to Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd, Japan
the possibilities of a merit-based scholarship program for
-- Ghizzoni SpA to Ghizzoni S.p.A. in Amministrazione
family members of IPLOCA member company employees, with
Straordinaria, Italy -- Argus Pipeline Services to Stroytransgaz JSC, Russia
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Scholarship Fund: Doug Evans suggested IPLOCA investigate
-- Stopaq N.V. to Seal for Life Industries, the Netherlands
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the aim of keeping people in the industry and encouraging new entrants into the pipeline construction business.
Member News
Bilfinger Signs Agreement to Acquire American Water Technology Specialists Johnson Screens
Welcome Celebration Held at American Augers® Facilities
Engineering and services group Bilfinger has signed an agreement to acquire American water technology specialists Johnson Screens. The company, which is based in New
The Charles Machine Works, Inc. formally welcomed
Brighton, Minnesota, was founded in 1904 and generates an
American Augers’ employees into the CMW family
annual output volume of about EURO 160 million with 1,200
of companies at a celebration held December 3, at the
employees and achieves attractive margins. The acquisition
West Salem, Ohio facilities. Rick Johnson, CMW’s Chief
allows Bilfinger to not only double its output volume in the
Operating Officer, presented the opening remarks and
water and wastewater sector to over EURO 300 million, but
introduced Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CMW’s Chief Executive
also to further increase the strong profitability in this sector.
Officer. It was announced that David Hammond, formerly
At eleven locations around the world, Johnson Screens
VP of Operations, would lead American Augers as General
produces mechanical components for the separation of
Manager. CMW entered into a formal agreement with
solids from liquids and gases and provides associated
Astec Industries Inc. to purchase American Augers and
services. The products are used for drinking water
certain Trencor® products for a cash purchase price of
extraction, in the oil and gas industry and in other industrial
USD 55 million.
sectors for wastewater treatment and resource reclamation.
®
The company’s most important markets are North America,
McDermott & Allseas Team is Awarded Front-End Engineering Contract for Offshore Gas Pipeline and Subsea Infrastructure Project in Mozambique McDermott International, Inc. has announced that one of
Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The two parties have agreed not to disclose details of the purchase price. The acquisition is subject to approval from the relevant antitrust authorities. The management of Johnson Screens welcomes the acquisition and will remain with the company.
its subsidiaries has teamed up with industry leader Allseas to provide a robust project execution strategy for the front-end engineering and design (“FEED”) of a subsea
Herrenknecht Opens Service Branch in Abu Dhabi
natural gas pipeline system and subsea infrastructure
Herrenknecht AG responds to the high demand for
installation project for US independent Anadarko
micromachines and comprehensive services in the Gulf
Petroleum offshore Mozambique. The successful pair was
region by opening a full-service branch in Abu Dhabi in
awarded a FEED contract by Anadarko in January 2013 for
November 2012. The new company, Herrenknecht Tunnelling
its premier “Area 1” offshore field in the Rovuma basin.
Systems LLC, offers top level machine overhauls, field
Considered an essential milestone for Mozambique’s
service and supply of spare parts. Herrenknecht Tunnelling
energy infrastructure development, the project is expected
Systems LLC will mainly focus on overhaul micromachines
to transport natural gas from the Prosperidade offshore
in the Abu Dhabi workshops. In addition, Herrenknecht
development to a new greenfield liquefied natural gas
experts will provide for spare parts supply and service
(“LNG”) facility.
on the jobsites. The Business Unit Utility Tunneling at Herrenknecht offers machines for tunnel, shaft and pipeline
Bechtel Awarded FEED Contract for New LNG Project in Mozambique
construction in the areas of water, sewage, electricity, oil and gas. In addition, the Herrenknecht Group founded the
Bechtel has been selected by Anadarko Moçambique Area 1, Limitada to perform a front end engineering and design (FEED) for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the Republic of Mozambique. This is the first LNG project in the country. The FEED is for the initial phase of the onshore LNG facility that will be built in the Cabo Delgado province in the northeast of the country. Bechtel will develop a design for a multi-train liquefaction plant with a nominal train capacity of five million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) of LNG, and an overall LNG park plan that will allow for future expansion of the facility to approximately 50 MMTPA. First commercial LNG sales from the facility are planned for 2018.
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company Commodore Cement Industries LLC (CCI) together
looking forward to his continued leadership in this successful
with Commodore Contracting Company of Abu Dhabi. This
organization. Fernandez was instrumental in the early
means that Herrenknecht holds a participation in a concrete
discussions that resulted in a four-dealer partnership to form
component factory specialized in lining segments and
PLM, the first Cat® dealer to focus on a particular industry on
pipe segments for tunnel projects, which was built in Abu
a global basis. His pipeline experience was built during his
Dhabi’s Al-Mafraq industrial zone in 2010.
seventeen year history with Cat dealer (and PLM partner) Ring Power Corporation as International Accounts Manager and
Leighton–Boskalis Consortium Awarded Shell Bukom Single Point Mooring Pipeline Replacement Project
Pipeline Division Manager. Fernandez began his PLM career at its inception in 2005 as Vice President Americas and in this role took responsibility for all sales and equipment. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Manager in December 2010 where he continued to expand his role, leading PLM towards increased international growth.
PLM Opens the Doors to New Parts Facility PipeLine Machinery International President Tony Fernandez along with PLM employees celebrated the opening of the new Parts Facility located at PLM headquarters in Cypress, Texas. The new building is just under 12,000 sq. ft and is located in the open area between the service facility, which opened in 2011, and the main headquarters office building that opened in 2012.
(Left to right) Tony Harvey, General Manager, BU4; Boyd Merrett, Chief Executive Office, Leighton Offshore; Lee Tzu Yang, Chairman, Shell Companies Singapore, Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd; Neil Haworth, Regional Manager ASIA, Boskalis International B.V.
Leighton Offshore in consortium with Boskalis Offshore has been awarded a Transportation, Installation and Dredging contract by Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd to replace part of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) 48” Subsea pipeline. The project is located near Bukom Island, Singapore and is part of Shell’s planned maintenance. Work will commence immediately on engineering, planning and procurement. The project scope includes cleaning of the existing SPM removal; dredging; and installation. The project will be
SNC-Lavalin Announces Changes to Senior Executive Team
delivered while adhering to stringent safety standards and
Effective January 21, 2013, Neil Bruce, formerly Executive
environmental considerations.
Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of AMEC, will
Buoy, PLEM, Hoses and pipeline; transportation and
assume the newly created role of President, Resources &
PLM Board Names New President
President. This newly formed group will include the Company’s global business in hydrocarbons and chemicals (H&C), mining
The Board of Directors of PipeLine
and metallurgy (M&M), environment, and water. Resources
Machinery International (PLM) approved
& Environment will be the largest and most diverse business
the appointment of Tony Fernandez
unit in the Company with activities in most of the 100 countries
as the President of PLM effective
where SNC-Lavalin is present. Mr. Bruce’s role will be to
January 1, 2013. Brad Tucker will remain
oversee a global growth strategy for these sectors and will be
Chairman of the Board for PLM. The
based in London, UK. Dale Clarke, Executive Vice-President
Board offer their sincere congratulations to Fernandez and is
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M&M and Ric Sorbo, Acting Executive Vice-President H&C,
President, Europe, has been assigned a new role as Executive
Technip Awarded FEED Contract by the Mosaic Company for Proposed New Ammonia Plant in Louisiana
Vice-President, Global Operations. This role will oversee the
Technip was awarded by The Mosaic Company (NYSE:
globalization of the Company’s operations to complement
MOS) the front-end engineering and design (FEED)
the existing global operating structure by sector of activity.
contract, as well as preparation of the corresponding
This position will be based in London, UK. Michael Novak will
engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) proposal,
assume new responsibilities as Executive Vice-President for
for a new ammonia plant under consideration by the global
Global Government, Aboriginal and Economic Affairs, based
crop nutrient company. Mosaic’s preference is to locate the
in Montreal. This role recognizes the importance of these
proposed plant adjacent to the company’s existing Faustina
subjects to our clients and the Company in successful project
fertilizer manufacturing operations in St. James Parish,
delivery. This position is based in Montreal. Patrick Lamarre
Louisiana. It would have a capacity of 2,200 metric tons
has resigned as Executive Vice-President, Global Power,
per day. Mosaic is the world’s largest producer of finished
effective immediately and will be replaced on an interim
phosphate products, with annual production capacity
basis by Scott Thon, the current president of the company’s
greater than the next two largest producers combined.
wholly-owned regulated subsidiary, AltaLink. Mr. Lamarre
The company’s plan is to backward integrate more fully
has agreed to remain available until June 1, 2013, to ensure a
into ammonia production by expanding its present
smooth transition. For regulatory reasons, the Transmission
capacity at Faustina. Ammonia is an essential ingredient
& Distribution (T&D) division will report directly to Robert
in the manufacture of phosphate-based crop nutrients.
Card, President, as long as Mr. Thon is the interim head of
Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas will execute
Power. Since March 2012, the Company has initiated and
the FEED contract in collaboration with its engineering
enacted various plans to restructure and reinforce areas such
center in Rome, Italy. The development of the FEED and
as governance, ethics, compliance and operational excellence
corresponding EPC proposal began in November 2012; both
while maintaining a strong and stable base from which
are targeted for completion by mid-2013.
will report to Mr. Bruce. SNC-Lavalin has also created a Global Operations group. Christian Jacqui, formerly Executive Vice-
SNC-Lavalin can continue to serve its roster of top caliber international clients.
Technip Awarded Offshore Contract for Martin Linge Project in Norway Technip, leader in a consortium with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), was awarded by Total E&P Norge, a contract for the Martin Linge development project located approximately 180 kilometers west of Bergen, Norway, in a water depth of 115 meters. The total contract is worth approximately USD 1.25 billion, with a Technip share of around USD 780 million. This contract covers the engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation, hook-up and commissioning of the topsides of a fixed production platform. The topsides will compose of utility, process and flare modules, as well as a living quarter with 95 single-bed cabins. The topsides, with an estimated operating weight of 25,000 tons, will be installed on an eight legged jacket. Technip’s operating center in Paris, France will execute the contract, with the support of the Chennai, India and Oslo, Norway centers. SHI will be in charge of the construction of the process, utility and flare modules and transportation from South Korea. The living quarters will be fabricated in Europe. The topsides are scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2016. The Martin Linge development will consist on a production fixed platform, a floating storage offloading vessel, 50MW AC electric power from shore through a 160-kilometer subsea cable, a 24’’ gas
Workshop Preventing Catastrophic Losses Thursday, 11 July IPLOCA’s HSE Committee has scheduled a workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, for Thursday, 11 July 2013, to tackle the topic of how to prevent catastrophic losses. The conventional wisdom that “recordables” are a sound predictor of fatalities is really coming under assault across the occupational safety and risk management professions. We now have to re-wire how we approach high consequence/low probability events (for example, fatalities) versus low consequence/high probability safety events (e.g. Total Recordable Injury Frequencies). The committee’s goal is to engage the IPLOCA membership in these discussions, invite speakers to address the topic and provide thought leadership in this area. The agenda is being developed, but will likely include discussions on “Debunking the Injury Pyramid” and “Preventive Systems & Predictive Metrics for Catastrophic Losses” More information will be available soon at www.iploca.com.
export pipeline and an offshore control center in Stavanger.
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Membership Centre
ABS, API-5L and 28, API 2H, Lloyds, EC (PED), depending on
We welcome the following new Regular and Associate
JSW Steel, Inc (USA)
Members to IPLOCA. The information below is also posted
5200 East McKinney Road, Baytown, TX 77346, U.S.A.
at www.iploca.com under the Membership Centre.
T +1 281 383 5100 F +1 281 383 1803
New Regular Member
the product, either plate or pipe.
E michael.fitch@jswsteel.us I www.jswsteel.us
Michels Corporation is a diverse utility contractor and an
Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mathey Dearman has
industry leader in pipeline construction and horizontal
been manufacturing pipe cutting, beveling and clamping
directional drilling. Founded in 1959 as a gas pipeline
equipment for more than 70 years. The company prides
contractor, Michels specialises in building mainline cross-
itself on being a leading authority on preparing pipe to be
country pipelines for oil and gas transmission systems, as
joined together by welding. It has a strong distribution
well as fabricating and constructing meter stations and
network, made up of some of the most successful and
compressor stations, hydrostatic testing, and pipeline
well-known distributors of welding, pipefitting, and
rehabilitation, maintenance and repair. Michels is regarded as
industrial equipment around the world. Its products are
one of the premier HDD contractors in the world, specializing
used daily in the construction of oil and gas pipelines,
in drills ranging in diameter from 2 inches to 60 inches, and
power plants, ships, refineries, LNG terminals,
up to 15,700 feet in length through any subsurface condition.
petrochemical plants, bridges, and many more projects; in short, wherever pipe is being installed.
Michels Corporation 817 West Main Street, PO Box 128, U.S.A.
Mathey Dearman, Inc
T +1 920 583 3132 F +1 920 583 3429
4344 S. Maybelle Ave., Tulsa, OK 74107, U.S.A.
E info@michels.us I www.michels.us
T +1 918 447 1288 F +1 918 447 0188 E doug@mathey.com I www.mathey.com
New Associate Members
JSW Steel (USA), Inc. produces both steel plate as well as
SCAIP was formed in the late 1950s when founder Franco
large diameter straight seam DSAW pipe. Their plate
Grassi opened a small workshop. In the next few years this
products range in gauge from .3125° to 6.000° thick,
evolved considerably thanks to some strategic
depending on steel grade and vary in width from 72° to
collaboration with pipeline market leaders. The company’s
144°. Standard Lengths are 240° and 480°, however lengths
experience in the field eventually resulted in the
can be in excess of 600, based on customer needs. This is a
engineering and manufacture of a completely new range of
discrete plate mill which means that it is really capable of
specialized pipeline products under the SUPERIOR and
providing any custom combination of width, thickness or
SCAIP brands. In recent years the company has made
length that can be advantageous to the customer in terms
significant investments in the expansion and the
of maximizing part yields, optimizing construction
modernization of the production facility, which now covers
techniques, minimizing terms, etc. It is one of the widest
an area of 17,600 sqm (of which 5,000 is indoors). The
mills in North America. Grades produced include basic
company has a high-tech engineering department, a
construction grades, pressure vessel grades, API X-grades
specialized research and development area, a very
for pipe products, API 2H for offshore applications,
advanced assembly department, a quality control
weathering steel, etc. The LSAW Pipe Mill is capable of
department and a very large and efficient warehouse.
manufacturing pipe in diameters from 24° to 48°, grades up
10
to API X-80 and length of 40 or 80 feet. Products are also
SCAIP S.r.l.
provided for structural and piling applicators. In either case
Via Roma, 18, 43216 S. Pancrazio (Parma), ITALY
wall thicknesses are available from .375° to 1.250°. The mills
T +39 521 671 288 F +39 521 670 717
carry the necessary certifications, including ISO 9001-2008,
E info@scaip-srl.it I www.scaip-srl.it
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Health, Safety & the Environment Health & Safety Statistics Required from all Regular Members 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 collected and monitored. We welcome this information also from our Associate Members who have field construction activities. The
perimeter, or when travelling from camp to jobsite or
returns should cover pipeline construction sites or offshore
during any other transportation. Travel accidents, incidents
operations and all infrastructure-related projects.
and near misses from home or from any other private location to the worksite must be included.
Please note that Main Construction and EPC Contractors and EPCM Contractors should report all incidents, including
If you already have ISO, OHSAS or any other accreditations,
those related to their subcontractors. In case of integrated
please advise us when you submit your return. Your return
JVs, the Technical Leader should report the totality of the
is a confidential document and is not shown or passed to
JV incidents. The accidents, incidents and near misses
any third party, other than the HSE Committee working
taken into account are those that happen within the jobsite
within the IPLOCA Office.
Environmental Statistics
this information also from our Associate Members who
Strongly Encouraged
pipeline construction sites or offshore operations and all
have field construction activities. The returns should cover infrastructure-related projects. Please note that reporting by main construction and EPC contractors follows the requirements above for Health & Safety statistics. Submissions will be used to determine IPLOCA’s environmental aggregate statistics related to onshore and offshore construction.
IPLOCA has recently established an Environmental
Health & Safety Statistics Return
Statistics Return Form. Last year the return response rate
If you have not already done so, please be sure to
was 63 percent and this year we wish to improve upon this,
complete and submit your 2012 Health & Safety
so please ensure we receive your fully completed form as
Statistics Return as soon as possible.
soon as possible. The form, along with guidelines to help you complete The goal of this form is to respond to growing worldwide
it, are available at www.iploca.com. Submission of the
trends in environmental accountability. IPLOCA’s hope
Health & Safety Statistics Return is a prerequisite to a
is that this form will serve members who are already
Regular Member company being accepted to attend
active in the environmental assessment domain, and serve
the Convention.
as an example to those who have yet to undertake any such action. We strongly encourage all Regular Members to
Submission of environmental statistics is also very
provide this information so that the entire membership can
strongly encouraged.
benefit from the aggregated information and we welcome
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New Technologies Spring Plenary Session Novel Construction Initiative and Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success The next plenary session is coming up and will be held in Rome on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 March 2013. Objectives to be discussed are the preparation of new content, the promotion of New Technologies and the proposed research projects for the tripartite group (PRCI, EPRG and APIA). We welcome and encourage all participation in this collaborative industry initiative as we prepare additional
Participants in the Novel Construction October Plenary Session
content. The agenda for the meeting is posted at
(London) took a tour of Cranfield University’s Welding Engineering
www.iploca.com.
and Laser Processing Centre (WELP)
A total of approximately 290 pages of new content are
The current working groups are as follows:
expected to be delivered this year.
Planning & Design
-- Earthworks & Crossings: approx. 100 pages
Criss Shipman (G.I.E.), cshipman@gie.com
-- Coatings: approx. 30-50 pages
Earthworks & Crossings
-- Welding and NDT: approx. 60 pages
Paul Andrews (Fluor), paul.i.andrews@fluor.com
-- New Trends and Innovation: approx. 50 pages
Welding & NDT & Testing
-- Logistics: approx. 30 pages
Jan Van Der Ent (Applus RTD), jan.vanderent@applusrtd.com
-- Environment: 50 pages
Future Trends & Innovation Zuhair Haddad (C.C.C.), zuhair@ccc.gr
Novel Construction Plenary Session Coming Up
Coatings Sean Haberer (Shawcor), shaberer@shawcor.com Environment Sue Sljivic (RSK), ssljivic@rsk.co.uk
The next plenary session is coming up and will be held
Logistics
in Rome on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 March 2013:
Bruno PomarĂŠ, bruno.pomare@spiecapag.com
Hilton Rome Airport Hotel Via Arturo Ferrarin 2, Fiumicino, 00054 Rome, ITALY
If you have any questions about participation, please contact juan.arzuaga@iploca.com.
Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success Second Edition
2. Development Phases of a Pipeline Project 3. The Baseline of a Construction Contract 4. Dealing with Risks in Pipeline Projects
The Second Edition is now publicly available, without a
5. Planning and Design
password, in two formats: To access/view the wiki version:
6. Earthworks
go to http://wiki.iploca.com/dashboard.action and click on
7. Crossings
the Road to Success tab at the top of the page. To access
8. Logistics
a version in page format: go to http://goo.gl/yk2tA and
9. Welding (section to be developed)
http://goo.gl/WuPLV
10. Non-Destructive Tests (NDT)
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11. Pipeline Protection Systems 12. Pipelines & the Environment (section to be developed)
IPLOCA Objectives - Executive Summary - Preface
13. New Trends and Innovation
1. Introduction
Bibliography - Glossary
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IPLOCA’s Special Thanks to Dodsal Some of our readers may remember the first Dodsal Welcome Party that was held in 2001, at the Salzburg Convention. Now, after 12 exceptional events, Dodsal have decided to step back and IPLOCA will offer another company the opportunity to sponsor. We are extremely grateful to all at Dodsal who have contributed their time, expertise and extremely generous sponsorship funding over so many years and repeatedly made the first evening of convention week such a memorable one for our attendees.
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Washington DC Convention Update The Washington DC Convention – IPLOCA’s 47th – will take place from Monday 23 to Friday 27 September 2013 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC. Registration brochures will be mailed out in April, and we expect to open online registration on 1 May. The size of the event will be limited, so if you plan to join us, please register early.
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IPLOCA Awards
for an award. Submission forms, guidelines and further
Washington DC, 2013
questions may be addressed to sarah.junod@iploca.com.
In preparation for the upcoming awards which will be
Submission deadlines
presented at September’s Washington DC Convention,
IPLOCA New Technologies Award, sponsored by BP
please note that details on the following awards will be
17 May 2013
distributed in early April.
IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron
information will be posted at www.iploca.com shortly. Any
24 May 2013 With this in mind, please begin now to consider which
IPLOCA Corporate Social Responsibility Award
of your company’s projects and initiatives might qualify
31 May 2013
In the Headlines
the construction of South Stream’s extension for delivering
Oil Market Tightened in December, IEA Monthly Report Says Chinese demand increased while Saudi output eased, January Oil Market Report Finds
Russian natural gas to Croatia by 2016. The pipeline’s annual capacity is for 2.7 billion cubic meters of gas, Golos Rossii news agency reported. As part of the agreement Gazprom will also construct a power plant in Croatia to maintain its domestic market for the fuel. The pipeline is tentatively
The global oil market tightened in December as Chinese
scheduled to come online by December 2016.
demand increased and Saudi output declined from 30-year
www.upi.com, 16 January 2013
highs, according to the International Energy Agency’s Oil Market Report for January. The report warned against production and Chinese demand. It noted that the dip in
Belgium Plans Artificial Island to Store Wind Power
Saudi supply seems driven less by price considerations
Belgium is planning to build a doughnut-shaped island in
than by the weather. “A dip in [Saudi] air conditioning
the North Sea that will store wind energy by pumping water
demand – as well as reduced demand from refineries
out of a hollow in the middle, as it looks for ways to lessen
undergoing seasonal maintenance – likely goes a long
its reliance on nuclear power. One of the biggest problems
way toward explaining reduced output,” the report said.
with electricity is that it is difficult to store and the issue is
“Nothing for the global markets to worry about.” The report
exaggerated in the case of renewable energy from wind or
also cautioned that although manufacturing has picked
sun because it is intermittent depending on the weather.
up in recent months in China, elevated debt levels and
Excess energy would be used to pump water out of the
economic uncertainties could lead to swings in Chinese
centre of the island, and then the water would be let back in
demand, in both directions, throughout 2013. Amid the
through turbines when demand outpaces supply.
shifts in Saudi production and Chinese demand, crude
Reuters.com, 17 January 2013
making hasty interpretations about the shifts in Saudi
prices built on their late-2012 gains to hit three-month highs at the start of this year. While the Oil Market Report prices are underpinned by the reduced risk of a recession
TransCanada Plans $5.1 Billion Pipeline to LNG Terminal
in the United States.
TransCanada Corp., builder of the Keystone XL oil
www.iea.org, 21 January 2013
pipeline, was selected to construct and operate a CAD 5
noted that the rally looked overdone, it said that higher oil
billion (USD 5.1 billion) natural-gas conduit to Petroliam
Russia to Build Pipeline with Croatia
Nasional Bhd’s planned export terminal in British Columbia. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project
Gazprom and Croatia’s Plinacro have agreed to build a
has a proposed initial capacity of 2 billion cubic feet a
natural gas pipeline to ship Gazprom gas to European
day from the Montney region to the planned liquefied
markets. Gazprom and Plinacro signed an agreement in the
natural gas terminal in Port Edward, British Columbia,
Croatian capital Zagreb to build a USD 79.9 million, 62 mile
TransCanada said today in a statement. The pipeline
long extension to Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline.
may begin operation in 2018, subject to government and
Both Gazprom and Plinacro are state-owned companies.The
corporate approvals. Progress Energy Canada, purchased
project provides for creating a joint venture to contribute to
by Petronas last month for CAD 5.2 billion, selected
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Calgary-based TransCanada to build the Prince Rupert
drilled in 3,048 feet (929 meters) of water to a total depth
pipeline, which will be capable of expansion to 3.6 billion
of 13,396 feet (4,083 meters). The Arnhem-1 exploration
cubic feet a day, according to the statement. The project
discovery well confirmed approximately 149 feet (45.5
is TransCanada’s second proposed pipeline to an LNG
meters) of net gas pay in the upper Mungaroo Sands.
export terminal on the West Coast, following its previously
Arnhem-1 is in the WA-364-P permit area, located
announced Coastal GasLink pipeline.
approximately 180 miles (290 kilometres) north of
Bloomberg.com, 9 January 2013
Exmouth off the Western Australia coast. The well was drilled in 3,963 feet (1,208 meters) of water to a total depth
Chevron Announces Two Discoveries Offshore Western Australia
of 9,557 feet (2,913 meters). Chevron has now announced a total of 19 discoveries in Australia since mid-2009. www.chevron.com, 27 December 2012
Chevron Corporation has announced further drilling success by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, a premier
Norway Unveils USD 10 bln Arctic Gas Projects
hydrocarbon basin. The Pinhoe-1 exploration discovery
Norway’s energy industry shifted its focus further north
well encountered approximately 197 feet (60 meters)
as oil and gas companies announced over USD 10 billion
of net gas pay in the Barrow and Mungaroo Sands.
worth of projects in the Arctic to extract and transport
Pinhoe-1 is located in the WA-383-P permit area, located
offshore natural gas. Statoil unveiled plans to develop
approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) north of
its 47 billion cubic metre Aasta Hansteen gas field in the
Exmouth off the Western Australia coast. The well was
Norwegian Sea for USD 5.7 billion, and a consortium of 10 firms agreed to spend a further USD 4.5 billion to build the 480 kilometre Polarled pipeline to bring the gas to
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 Bernard P. Krzys President & Publisher E bkrzys@benjaminmedia.com OILDOM PUBLISHING COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC.
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an onshore processing plant. The investments are likely to lead to further investment in the Arctic and have set the stage for this summer’s licensing round, in which Norway plans to sell 86 blocks, mostly in offshore Arctic areas. Polarled, Norway’s biggest offshore gas pipeline since Langeled started to deliver Norwegian gas to Britain in 2007, will be finished by late 2016 and will also collect gas from several smaller fields, including Royal Dutch Shell’s Linnorm and RWE’s Zidane. It will bring gas to the Shell-operated Nyhamna processing plant on Norway’s western coast for export primarily to Britain,
Rod Hardy Director E rod.hardy@worldpipelines.com Chris Lethbridge Advertisement Manager E chris.lethbridge@worldpipelines.com
Pipeline & Gas Journal
PENNWELL PETROLEUM GROUP
Underground Construction
Offshore Magazine
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
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Oliver Klinger President & Publisher E oklinger@oildom.com
Mark Peters Vice-President/Group Publisher E markp@PennWell.com
while possible tie-ins to other pipelines could open other export routes. Reuters.com, 8 January 2013
Agreement on TAP Gas Pipeline to be Signed in February Greece, Italy and Albania will sign an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on 13 February in Athens.This was announced by Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos after a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. It is planned to transport Azerbaijani gas to Western Europe via TAP. The estimated capacity of the pipeline will be from 10 to 20bn cubic meters a year. The negotiations on the details of the agreement between Greece, Italy and Albania are still pending, the Athens News Agency reported, citing the Greek Foreign Ministry. www.news.az, 4 February 2013
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Upcoming Conferences Subsea Tieback
19th Biennial Joint Technical Meeting on Pipeline Research
5-7 March 2013 - San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
29 April - 3 May 2013 - Sydney, Australia
www.subseatiebackforum.com
info@prci.org
DCA Convention
OTC 2013 Offshore Technology Conference
5-11 March 2013 - Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
6-9 May 2013 - Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
www.dcaweb.org
www.otcnet.org/2013
Pipeline Industries Guild (PIG) Dinner
PLCAC 59th Annual Convention
12 March 2013 - London, U.K.
12-16 May 2013 - Montréal, Canada
www.pipeguild.com
www.pipeline.ca
Pipeline Technology Conference
Offshore Upstream Development in Russia and CIS
18-20 March 2013 - Hannover, Germany
24 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation
www.pipeline-conference.com
www.rpi-conferences.com
IPLOCA Novel Construction Initiative Spring Session
CityPipe 2013
21-22 March 2013 - Rome, Italy
28-31 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation
www.iploca.com
www.citypipe.ru
Pipeline Opportunities Conference
WasteTech
26 March 2013 - Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
28-31 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation
http://pipelineopportunities.com
http://2013.sibico.com
Hannover Messe
IPLOCA Russian Regional Meeting
8-12 April 2013 - Hannover, Germany
3-4 June 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation
www.hannovermesse.de
www.iploca.com
LNG17
IPLOCA Workshop: Preventing Catastrophic Losses
16-19 April 2013 - Houston, TX, U.S.A.
11 July 2013 - Geneva, Switzerland
www.lng17.org
www.iploca.com
ISA Calgary Show
Tulsa Pipeline Expo
17-18 April 2013 - Calgary, AB, Canada
26-28 August 2013 - Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
http://isacalgary.com
www.tulsapipelineexpo.com/home
Pipeline Transport 2013: Inspection, Maintenance
Offshore Europe 2013
and Reconstruction
3-6 September 2013 - Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
19 April 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation
www.offshore-europe.co.uk
www.rpi-conferences.com 47th IPLOCA Annual Convention Interpipe2013
23-27 September 2013
23-25 April 2013 - Langfang City, China
Washington DC, U.S.A.
www.chinaexhibition.com
www.iploca.com
IPLOCA French Regional Meeting
APIA Convention
25 April 2013 - Marseilles, France
12-15 October 2013 - Brisbane, Australia
www.iploca.com
www.apia.net.au/events/2013-convention-adelaide
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IPLOCA Board of Directors
2012-2013
Left to right, front row: Najib Khoury, Doug Evans, Osman Birgili, Harald Dresp, Juan Arzuaga (IPLOCA Executive Secretary). Second row: Raúl Vilugrón, Greg Miller. Third row: Iosif Panchak, Karl Trauner, Kaan Dogan, Leonardo Gravina. Fourth row: Jésus Garcia Pons, Jan Koop, Bruno Maerten, Ibrahim Zakhem, Marco Jannuzzi, Jean-Claude Van de Wiele. Fifth row: Adam Wynne Hughes, Andy Ball, Pierluigi Zanin, Jerrit Coward. Sixth row: Michael Rae, Sandip Sharma, Scott Summers, Wilhelm Maats. Inset: Andy Lukas
Officers Doug Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering), President; Director, America
Jésus Garcia-Pons (Arendal), Director, Latin America
North; Chairman of the New Technologies Committee
Raúl Vilugrón (Montec), Director, Latin America
Najib Khoury (CCC), 1 Vice President; Director, Middle East
Ibrahim Zakhem (Zakhem), Director, Middle East & Africa
& Africa
Andy Lukas (A.J. Lucas), Director, East & Far East
Harald Dresp (Max Streicher), Treasurer; Director, Europe Central
Sandip Sharma (Kalpataru Power Transmission), Director,
Osman Birgili (Tekfen), Immediate Past President; Director, Europe
East & Far East
Eastern
Greg Miller (Pipeline Inspection), Director, Associate Members
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Directors Iosif Panchak (Stroygazmontazh), Director, Europe Eastern
Pierluigi Zanin (Goriziane Group S.p.A.), Director, Associate Members
Kaan Dogan (Attila Dogan), Director, Europe Eastern
Directors at Large
Jan Koop (Bohlen & Doyen), Director, Europe Central
Jerrit Coward (Willbros Group, Inc)
Bruno Maerten (GEOCEAN), Director, Europe Mediterranean,
Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)
Chairman of the HSE Committee
Wilhelm Maats (Maats Pipeline Equipment)
Leonardo Gravina (Sicim S.p.A.), Director, Europe Mediterranean
Karl Trauner (HABAU), Chairman of the Training Committee
Andy Ball (Land & Marine), Director, Europe North-West
Jean-Claude Van de Wiele (Spiecapag)
Adam Wynne Hughes (Pipeline Induction Heat), Director, Europe
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Michael Rae (Argus Limited), Director, Associate Members
North-West
Executive Secretary
Scott Summers (ARB), Director, America North
Juan Arzuaga
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