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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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IPLOCA Mission To provide value to members through a forum for sharing ideas, engaging the industry and its stakeholders, facilitating business opportunities and promoting the highest standards in the pipeline industry.

Contents Letter from the President

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News from Geneva

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Board Meeting Update

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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

IPLOCA Secretariat

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International Pipe Line & Offshore

Editor

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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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Environment, and will become a member of the Office of the

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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.

PALLADIAN PUBLICATIONS World Pipelines

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

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

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

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

st

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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