IPLOCA Newsletter 53

53NUMBER

THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER

Contents:Letter from the President page 4

News from Geneva page 5

Member News page 9

IPLOCA Award Winners page 11

Istanbul Convention Retrospective page 12 - with 6 photo pages

DECEMBER 2012

WITH NEWS FROM: THE INDUSTRY, MEMBERSHIP, ALLIED & SISTER ASSOCIATIONS

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ContentsLetter from the President 4

News from Geneva 5

Board Meeting Update 5

New Faces on the IPLOCA Board of Directors 7

Membership Center 8

Member News 9

IPLOCA Award Winners 11

2013 IPLOCA Awards 11

Istanbul Convention Retrospective 12

Health, Safety & Environment Committee 16

New Technologies Committee 16

Cranfield University ‘WELP’ Centre 17

Training Committee 20

In the Headlines 21

Upcoming Conferences 23

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.

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Letter from the President

I am delighted to serve as IPLOCA President for 2012-2013 and I look

forward to working hand in hand with the new Board of Directors.

We have a number of new board members this year, some of whom have

previously served IPLOCA, and some who are doing so for the first time;

You will find information on these new faces on page 7. At the Annual

General Meeting our membership approved a change to the By-Laws

which now allows every geographical region, regardless of the number of

Regular Members in that region, to be represented by two board members.

Similarly, the membership approved a change from two to three board members to represent the

Associate Members. You will find further information on page 6 and the photo of the whole board, along

with their roles, on page 24.

IPLOCA will nourish and promote a culture of safety and environmental responsibility. We will support

the dissemination of the INGAA Safety Awareness film and we will work with the World Federation of

Pipeline Industry Associations to report the HSE performance indicators. We will continue discussing the

development of standard requirements for equipment operators.

We will foster initiatives and research through the Novel Construction enterprise in collaboration with

INGAA and PRCI. We will, of course, continue to provide the best networking and social engagement

opportunities for our members. Indeed, more than 685 of us gathered in September at the Hilton

Istanbul for another exceptional convention. Our sponsors continue to be generous in their support of

the event. We were similarly fortunate to be able to engage a number of excellent outside speakers who

provided valuable industry insights during the Open General Meetings.

I am very interested in engaging our customers; the multinational oil & gas companies, the national oil

& gas companies, and others, in our association, and I welcome further discussions with our members.

The long term outlook promises the greatest support for our industry. The International Energy Agency

and other forward-looking assessors calculate that 20 trillion dollars should be invested in energy

projects in the next 25 years. Even if we discount this prediction, the investment amount indicates that

the need for our services and products will grow substantially.

This investment projection will lead to the growth of our association. As new companies form to chase a

share of this work, they will seek to distinguish themselves with key oil and gas stakeholders, and they

will see membership in IPLOCA as a sure means to obtain and maintain stakeholder recognition.

I look forward to hearing from you at any time to discuss these and other ideas at [email protected]

Warm Regards,

Doug Evans


News from GenevaExecutive Secretary Juan Arzuaga represented IPLOCA

at the annual meeting of the Interstate Natural Gas

Association of America Foundation (INGAA) in Naples,

Florida at the beginning of November.

Juan also attended the O&G Pipes Global Conference, held at the

Hyatt Regency, the Churchill in London from 27 - 29 November

2012 where he spoke about IPLOCA’s Novel Construction

Initiative and the work being done on the association’s

publication Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success.

Board Meeting Update The final meeting of the 2011-2012 Board of Directors and

the first meeting of the 2012-2013 Board were held in

Istanbul during the convention. The following were the key

outcomes from those meetings:

Board of DirectorsOutgoing president Osman Birgili thanked Nasser Issa and

Rajen Kilachand, who had recently resigned from the Board,

and Roberto Castelli who had completed his term as a

Director-at-Large.

ConventionRecord sponsorship was received this year for the convention in

Istanbul, with a total commitment of EUR 427,000. For the 2013

convention in Washington DC a contract has been signed with

the Omni Shoreham and arrangements are already underway.

Health & Safety Statistics Only six companies had failed to submit statistics. After

followup by the relevant directors a letter will be drafted

and sent, stating that IPLOCA will need to rescind

membership if a company fails to begin the process to

secure the statistics.

Safety Instructors Training ToolJuan Arzuaga, Executive Secretary, explained that the

Safety DVD (“IPLOCA Safety Instructors Training Tool”) was

complete and available for distribution in Istanbul. One

chapter of the training tool is available at www.iploca.com

and was shown to the Board Members. An acknowledgement

letter, referencing the licensing agreement, would need to be

signed by anyone who wished to receive a copy of the DVD.

ElectionsThe election process for this year was explained. This

would exceptionally be based on the outcome of a vote

at the AGM on some minor By-Law Changes, which, if

passed would allow each geographical region, regardless

of size, to be represented by two directors, and the

Associate Members to be represented by three directors.

The directors were asked to explain this in the upcoming

election meetings.

Season’s Greetings The staff and board members of IPLOCA would like to

thank everyone who has contributed to the success of

the association over the past year.

The generous sharing of your time and expertise, the

hosting of meetings and, of course, the outstanding

sponsorship of the annual convention was greatly

appreciated. We look forward to new achievements and

collaborations to benefit the pipeline industry in the

coming year and we send our very best wishes to all for

a safe and prosperous 2013.In Florida Juan Arzuaga won second place in a fishing competition

with this catch. He claims a bigger one got away.


MembershipNew Regular Members

- Grup Servicii Petroliere S.A. (Romania)

- NACAP Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia)

- Sicilsaldo Srl (Italy)

- Van Oord Offshore bv (The Netherlands) - offshore

applicant

Name Changes

- Kingland Group Co. Ltd to Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline

& Technologies Co. Ltd.

- Murphy Pipelines Limited to J. Murphy & Sons Limited

- Vacuworx International to Vacuworx Global

Resignations

- Europipe (Germany)

- Salzgitter Mannesmann Grossrohr GmbH (Germany)

- Weldsonix Inc. (U.S.A.)

Novel ConstructionIt was explained that the one hour meeting scheduled for

Thursday afternoon would present the work being done by

the various novel construction work groups. The concept

of the two wikis – a public wiki for the Second Edition of

Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success, and a password-

protected wiki for current group work – was explained.

The next plenary session is scheduled at the Sofitel

Heathrow Airport on 23-24 October 2012.

Regional MeetingsIt was suggested that the Regional Meetings for 2013 be

held as follows:

North-West Europe: Possibly in collaboration with the

Pipeline Industries Guild in the UK on 11 March 2013.

Eastern Europe: Iosif Panchak recommended a meeting in

June in Moscow and the possibility of combining a meeting

with a meeting of Rogtec.

Middle East & Africa: Najib Khoury will investigate having a

meeting in the UAE and will let the Secretariat know.

Europe Mediterranean/Central Europe: Bruno Maerten

suggested Paris as a likely venue.

East & Far East: Shanghai is a possibility, with the support

of China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau (CPP)

Next Board Meeting Locations and Dates - Sorrento, 4-8 December 2012

- Marrakech or alternative, 26 February - 2 March 2013

- Stockholm, 28 May - 1 June 2013

Appointment of 2012-2013 OfficersThe officers for 2012-2013 were appointed as follows:

President: Doug Evans

First Vice President: Najib Khoury

Treasurer: Harald Dresp

Appointment of Directors-at-LargeFollowing a unanimous vote of approval appointments

were made as follows: Jerrit Coward, Marco Jannuzzi,

Wilhelm Maats, Karl Trauner, Jean-Claude Van de Wiele.

Nominations to the CommitteesCommittee Leadership consists of the Chairman, and

Directors of the Board, with the working groups made up of

members appointed by each company and/or consultants.

Coordination is carried out by the Geneva Secretariat.

Committee leadership nominations were as follows:

HSE Committee: Bruno Maerten (Chairman), Jerrit Coward,

Kaan Dogan, Jean-Claude Van de Wiele, Adam Wynne Hughes.

Training Committee: Karl Trauner (Chairman), Harald Dresp,

Marco Jannuzzi, Najib Khoury, Jan Koop, Wilhelm Maats,

Iosif Panchak, Raúl Vilugrón.

New Technologies (including Novel Construction): Doug

Evans (Chairman), Andy Ball, Osman Birgili, Leonardo

Gravina, Jesus Garcia Pons, Michael Rae, Pierluigi Zanin.

And then outgoing president, Osman Birgili, had a surprise gift for Doug

Evans to protect him against any evils in his upcoming presidential year.

Incoming president, Doug Evans, presented Osman Birgili with his

presidential pin.


New Faces on the IPLOCA Board of DirectorsFollowing the 2012-2013 Board of Directors elections in

Istanbul, we welcome to IPLOCA some people who never

previously served on the Board:

Andy Ball, Director for Europe North-West. Andy is CEO of Daniel Group & Managing Director of

Land and Marine. He started his career in 1983 in the

water regulated industry in the UK. In 1990 he moved into

non-regulated main stream contracting, and subsequently

joined Daniel in 1995 where he has held a number of senior

management and board positions. During his employment

he has been involved in a vast array of utility, energy,

marine and major pipeline projects, both internationally

and within the UK. Today his main focus is leading Land &

Marine in serving the oil, gas and energy industry. He is

married to Michelle and has four children, Charlotte, Oliver,

Elliott and Sebastien. His hobbies include skiing, rugby and

spending as much time as possible with his family.

Jan Koop, Director for Europe Central. Jan is a Dutch citizen and CEO of Bohlen & Doyen GmbH

based in Germany. He has nearly 30 years’ experience in

management in the pipeline industry. After graduating as a

civil engineer he became managing director at a small steel

construction company in the Netherlands. A few years later

he took over management of the equipment department

with Nacap, a pipeline construction company based in the

Netherlands. With Nacap International he expanded the

business globally including in the Far East and Nigeria. In

1993 he was appointed CEO of Nacap. In 2006 Jan joined

Bohlen & Doyen as a member of its board of directors. He

was appointed CEO in 2007 and became a shareholder

when Bohlen & Doyen merged into SAG, a German-based

company. He joined the board of directors of SAG in 2012. In

his spare time he likes to play golf and during winter-time

he skates on Dutch lakes and canals. He is married to Jenny

and enjoys the company of his children and grandchildren.

Raúl Vilugrón, Director for Latin AmericaA Chilean citizen, Raúl participated in the foundation of

MONTEC Ltd 16 years ago. He now directs the commercial

affairs of the company, after spending more than 25 years

as a field engineer. As a mechanical and civil engineer

educated in Chile and Brazil Raúl contributed to the

impressive industrial development of Chile over the

last 20 years, mainly in pipeline and offshore services.

He and his wife Maria have 6 children, 5 of whom are

now independent professionals. During his professional

life he served as project and construction manager for

major companies such as CBI and Sade in Brazil for 15

years, and for Mendes Jr. and Cosapi in Chile. Among

the many great projects that he led are the Collahuasi

Concentrator Assembly, El Abra, El Tesoro, RT Codelco

Pipeline, and many others. With an in-depth knowledge of

the Latin American market he has worked in Peru, Ecuador,

Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Brazil, developing major

and important projects in the mining industry. Raúl enjoys

singing in choirs and listening to classical music.


Membership CentreWe welcome the following companies to IPLOCA. The

information below is also posted at www.iploca.com under

the Membership Centre.

New Regular Members

Grup Servicii Petroliere S.A. (GSP Offshore), established in

2004, is an offshore services operating company providing

a wide range of integrated services, such as drilling,

well services, shipping, offshore construction, offshore

windmills, subsea services, hydrotechnical construction,

engineering and training. The company controls a high

quality fleet of diversified onshore and offshore assets,

enabling the group to offer turnkey solutions. Grup Servicii

Petroliere is the largest Romanian entrepreneurial business

and was listed in the 2011 Deloitte CE Top 500.

Grup Servicii Petroliere S.A.

Constanta Port, Berth 34

900900 Constanta

Romania

T +40 241 555 255

F +40 241 555 257

E [email protected]

I www.gspoffshore.com

Nacap Australia Pty Ltd is a leading pipeline construction

contractor in the Australian and Asia Pacific region. It has

constructed more than 3000 km of pipelines including

gathering/flowlines to large diameter welded steel transmission

with contract values up to in excess of USD 500M. Contract

methodologies include EPC and construct-only forms of

contract. Nacap Australia is active in the water, oil, gas, slurry,

communication and power sectors with a strategic focus on the

delivery of long distance, larger pipelines with diameters up to

2 meters and lengths approaching 1000 km.

Nacap Australia Pty Ltd

Level 1, 601 Doncaster Road

Doncaster, VIC 3108

Australia

T +61 3 8848 1888

F +61 3 8848 1899

E [email protected]

I www.nacap.com.au

Sicilsaldo is a construction company founded in 1994 that

operates in the oil & gas sector. The types of services that the

company offers include pipeline construction, construction

of industrial plants, construction of pumping & compressor

stations and maintenance activities. Sicilsaldo offers technical

and management experience, plus advanced technologies

and methodologies that can satisfy the most varied industrial

demands. Their experience gained in national and international

projects ensures construction management in any location,

without organizational, logistics and management problems,

assuring efficiency, timeliness and competitive costing.

Sicilsaldo SRL

Zona Industriale II Strada

93012 Gela (CL)

Italy

T +39 0933 924448

F +39 0933 912533

E [email protected]

I www.sicilsaldo.it

Van Oord Offshore is an offshore and EPC contractor with

more than 100 years of contracting experience that offers

high precision subsea rock installation, trenching & backfilling,

landfall installation, shallow water pipe lay, pipe pulling

and SPM & GBS installation work. With an extensive global

track record in the offshore construction industry, Van Oord

Offshore has proven its expertise in providing clients with a

safe and solid solution for their offshore structures. Van Oord’s

offshore capabilities include: shore approaches, including

pipe pulls, civil construction of shore approaches and

landfalls, construction of sleepers and embankments, deep-

sea dredging, seabed intervention and pre-sweeping, trench

dredging and backfilling, hydraulic & geotechnical engineering,

installation of Gravity Base Structures, installation of CALM

buoys, installation of anchor systems, shallow water pipe lay.

Van Oord Offshore B.V.

Jan Blankenweg 2

4207 HN Gorinchem

The Netherlands

T +31 88 826 52 00

F +31 88 826 52 10

E [email protected]

I www.vanoord.com


Member NewsBechtel Breaks Ground on 758MW Combined-Cycle Power PlantBechtel announced in early November that construction is

under way on a 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-

cycle power plant in Sherman, Texas. The company, along

with Siemens, is designing and building the project for

Panda Sherman Power, LLC, an affiliate of Panda Power

Funds. Engineering, procurement, and manufacturing

activities for the project are already under way. The project

will support up to 800 jobs during peak construction and will

use local companies to provide services such as surveying,

concrete pumping, and earthwork.

Changes in the Executive Board of Bilfinger Berger SEThe Supervisory Board of Bilfinger Berger SE has appointed

Dr. Jochen Keysberg (46) as Member of the Executive

Board with effect from November 1, 2012. Jochen Keysberg

has been with the company since 1997 and is currently

Head of Executive Management at Bilfinger Berger

Ingenieurbau GmbH. After many years of commendable

service in various functions within the Group, Klaus Raps

will resign his position in the Executive Board at the end of

2012 and will leave the company by mutual agreement due

to differing views on business policy.

World’s First Oil Sands Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) ProjectFluor Corporation has announced that Shell selected the

firm as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)

contractor for Shell’s carbon capture facility for its flagship

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Quest project at the

Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, Canada. The Quest

project is being built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands

Project joint venture owners (including Shell, Chevron and

Marathon Oil) with support from the Canadian and Alberta

governments. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value

in the third quarter.

Herrenknecht Supplies First Tunnel Boring Machine for Metro Construction in Rio de Janeiro Herrenknecht AG is supplying a tunnel boring machine with

a diameter of 11.46 meters for the construction of the new

metro line 4 in Rio de Janeiro. It will contribute to relieving

the traffic routes in the metropolitan area. At the company’s

headquarters in Schwanau, southern Germany, the first tunnel

boring machine to be used in Rio de Janeiro was accepted by

the customer in late September 2012. During the workshop

acceptance Regis Velasco Fichtner Pereira, Secretary of State

of the state of Rio de Janeiro, presented the project to the

Brazilian media representatives in attendance.

Leighton Offshore Successfully Completes Iraq Operations and Maintenance Project. Leighton Offshore has completed its Iraq Crude Oil

Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP) Operations and

Maintenance contract for client South Oil Company.

Leighton has been successfully operating and maintaining

the offshore Single Point Mooring (SPM) systems, which

were also installed by Leighton, since achieving first oil

earlier this year. Leighton’s scope of work included SPM

Mooring operations, tanker hose connections, scheduled

maintenance, engineering support, diving services, oil

pollution emergency response as well as training for South

Oil Company staff. Since March this year, Leighton has

successfully loaded 78 tankers with 143,794,899 barrels of

oil with no safety or environmental incidents.

Lincoln Electric Announces Promotion Lincoln Electric has announced that Bruce Chantry

has been promoted to Director of Marketing for North

America. Chantry has been with Lincoln Electric for 17

years. Prior to assuming his new role, he spent four

years as a Portfolio Manager for Welding Equipment,

overseeing the equipment product management team,

strategic planning for the entire welding equipment

2013 Membership FeesMembership fee invoices were emailed and sent by postal

mail at the end of November. The payment due date

is 2 January. If you have any questions please contact

IPLOCA’s Accounting Manager at [email protected]


portfolio, new product development, market analysis,

product positioning and product promotion. Before his

tenure as a Portfolio Manager, he served as a product

manager for advanced welding equipment and as a

regional manager for the company’s Sub-Saharan

Africa region.

Petrofac JV Wins USD 229 Million Contract in IraqPetrofac has won a further inspection, maintenance and

repair contract for the Rumaila oil field in Southern Iraq

with its joint venture partner, China Petroleum Engineering

& Construction Corporation (CPECC). The USD 229 million

contract was awarded by BP Iraq NV (BP), via the Rumaila

Operating Organisation (ROO), following a competitive

tender. The three-year contract, which is worth more than

USD 160 million to Petrofac, will be led by its Offshore

Projects & Operations (OPO) business. The contract covers

the inspection, maintenance and repair of degassing

stations, rotating machinery and cluster pumping stations

and came into effect on 1 November 2012.

Petrofac Agrees Strategic Alliance With BowlevenPetrofac and Bowleven, the Africa-focused oil and

gas company, have agreed a strategic alliance to

support the proposed development of the Etinde

Permit, offshore Cameroon. The alliance represents

an opportunity for Petrofac to leverage its extensive

capabilities to support Bowleven’s proposed

development and builds on the company’s presence in

West Africa. Under the terms of the strategic alliance,

which is subject to Bowleven shareholder approval,

Petrofac will provide engineering capability to Euroil,

Bowleven’s Cameroonian subsidiary, to support the

delivery of a Field Development Plan (FDP) for the

proposed first phase of the development, pending

satisfactory completion of Euroil’s appraisal of its

asset. Prior to approval of the FDP, Petrofac will be

remunerated by Euroil for the provision of its service

capability.

Technip in a JV with Odebrecht and ICA Fluor awarded large EPC contract by Braskem Idesa for the Ethylene XXI projectBraskem Idesa S.A.P.I. awarded to a joint venture

formed by Odebrecht (40%), Technip (40%) and ICA

Fluor (20%) a contract worth more than USD 2.7 billion

(around €2.1 billion) for the engineering, procurement

and construction (EPC) of a petrochemical complex to

be built in the Coatzacoalcos/Nanchital region, in the

Mexican state of Veracruz. The petrochemical complex will

include the following facilities: an ethane-based ethylene

cracker, producing 1 million tons per year, using Technip

proprietary technology; two high density polyethylene

plants using INEOS Innovene™ technology; a low density

polyethylene plant using BASEL Lupotech technology;

storage, waste treatment and utility facilities, including a

150 MW combined cycle power and steam co-generation

plant; a multimodal logistics platform for shipment of 1

million tons per year of polyethylene via bulk train, bulk

truck or bagged; administrative, maintenance, control

room and ancillary buildings.

Technip Awarded Subsea Contract for the Cardamom Field in the Gulf of MexicoTechnip was awarded a lump sum contract for the

development of subsea infrastructure for the Cardamom

field located in the Gulf of Mexico, Garden Banks block

427. The field is at a water depth of approximately

830 meters. The project consists of a subsea tie-back

to the Auger tension leg platform, wholly owned by

Shell Offshore Inc. The contract covers the project

management, engineering, fabrication and installation

of the East and West Loop 12.8 kilometer pipe-in-pipe

flowlines with associated PLETs and steel catenary

risers. Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas will

perform the overall project management. The flowlines

and risers will be welded at Technip’s spoolbase in

Mobile, Alabama. The offshore installation is expected

to be performed in the second semester of 2013 by the

Deep Blue, Technip’s deepwater pipelay vessel, and the

Pioneer, recently added to the Technip fleet with the

acquisition of Global Industries.

Friese Photography KG (Salzburg) were again hard

at work in Istanbul, represented by Jan, Fredi and

Wolfgang. It makes a change to see them in front of

the camera.


Awards Made at Istanbul Convention

The IPLOCA Environmental Award sponsored

by Shell was presented in recognition

of a significant achievement in reducing

the impact on the environment for the

construction of pipeline projects.

Adam Wynne Hughes, IPLOCA HSE Committee Chairman,

made a presentation on the Environmental Award sponsored

by Shell.

The winner was CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company)

for their Creativity in Waste Management program. The

project was deemed to show management commitment

and the possibility to be extended to all projects.

The IPLOCA Health and Safety Award

sponsored by Chevron was presented in

recognition of an innovative achievement

in health and safety.

Adam Wynne Hughes, IPLOCA HSE Committee Chairman,

made a presentation on HSE Statistics. The recipient of

the award was Willbros Group Inc., represented by Brad

MacLean and Jerrit Coward, in recognition of their Safety

Talisman Program. The judges presented the award based

on its simplicity, effectiveness, innovative approach and

focus on safety.

Two runners-up were also named:

CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company), represented

by Najib Khoury for Health & Safety Awareness and

Communication.

Max Streicher GmbH & Co. KG aA, represented by

Harald Dresp, were named for their Pocket Alarm.

2013 IPLOCA AwardsInformation on the 2013 awards will be posted at

www.iploca.com as soon as it becomes available.

The IPLOCA Health & Safety Award sponsored by Chevron

and the IPLOCA New Technologies Award sponsored by BP

will both be presented next year at the IPLOCA Convention

in Washington DC.

In addition, IPLOCA’s newest award – the IPLOCA Corporate

Social Responsibility Award will also be presented. It was

first presented during the annual Convention held in Beijing

in September 2011. It is given every second year (alternately

with the IPLOCA Environmental Award sponsored by Shell).

Regular Members and Associate Members of IPLOCA are

invited to submit innovative projects which have improved

the quality of life of local people impacted by pipeline

industry work, including:

- Initiatives to address a specific need identified in the

local community.

- A program or practice demonstrating corporate social

responsibility

- A creative initiative in which a large impact is made with

a small investment.

- A long term project, intended to be continuously

supported by an IPLOCA member company or another,

once the pipeline activity is complete.

Rashid Shuhaiber of CCC receives the trophy and certificate from Loek

Vreenegoor, Shell Projects & Technology, and Adam Wynne Hughes.

Brad MacLean and Jerrit Coward of Willbros received the award

from Adam Wynne Hughes.


More than 685 people attended the convention in Istanbul

and you will find a sampling of photos from the event in

this newsletter. We were fortunate to have fine weather

almost every day.

The photos on the following pages, along with many others,

are available online at www.iploca.com/photosofistanbul. A CD

of photographs is being mailed out to all attendees and should

arrive in your mailbox around the same time as this newsletter.

Post-Convention QuestionnaireWe would like to thank all of the Istanbul Convention

attendees who kindly took the time to respond to our

post-event questionnaire. Some key findings are below:

Networking remains the most important reason

respondents gave for attending the convention. Ninety-

three percent of attendees indicated that it is likely that they

will attend next year’s event in Washington DC. Traffic in

Istanbul, while often mentioned as a source of frustration,

was generally understood to be unavoidable. Seventy-nine

percent would prefer a city location over a resort location.

Cities of interest for future conventions were literally all

over the map, from Tokyo to Buenos Aires. Locations

mentioned more than once included Dubai, Buenos Aires,

St. Petersburg, and London. More general mentions

included « India », « somewhere tropical », « any interesting

city » and « your choice ».

When asked about future speaker presentations, topics

were ranked as follows :

1. Future large projects

2. New technologies

3. Market trends.

Istanbul Convention Retrospective Sincere thanks to our Sponsors and Speakers

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Industry Speakers at the Istanbul ConventionOur thanks to our guest speakers who provided

presentations at the Open General Meetings as follows:

Professor Ilber Ortayli (Head of the

Topkapi Museum Ortayli, Istanbul)

Istanbul: History and Population.

Suzanne Minter (Energy Analyst/

Account Executive, BENTEK Energy)

The Impact of Shale Gas Worldwide.

Bruce Luberski (Vice President for BP’s

Global Project Organization, Azerbaijan-

Georgia-Turkey Developments)

Shah Deniz Development.

Edward J. Wiegele (President,

Professional Services, Willbros

Engineers (US), LLC)

Rebuilding the World’s Pipeline

Infrastructure.

Bill Hoff (Director Engineering Group,

Gulf Interstate Engineering Company)

Rebuilding the World’s Pipeline

Infrastructure.

Andreas Kohler (Managing Director,

ILF Consulting Engineers)

Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline from

Turkmenistan to China.

Daslav Brkic (Vice President E&C

Business Development, Saipem)

Nord Stream Offshore Pipeline.

Hisham Kawash (Senior Manager, Sales,

Estimation & Proposals – Pipelines, CCC)

Case History: Constructing a Slurry

Pipeline in Madagascar.

Angus Paterson (Managing Director,

Paterson & Cooke)

Requirements for the Design and

Commissioning of Long Distance

Slurry Pipeline Systems.

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Maats / Liebherr Golf Tournament Wilhelm Maats (above left) and Rudolf Cherdron would like

to thank everyone who played in the first Maats BV and

Liebherr-sponsored golf tournament held at Kemer Golf

and Country Club in Istanbul.

The tournament was a great success and your support was very

much appreciated. The course was excellent and the weather

couldn’t have been better. Congratulations to all trophy winners:

First Place: Team 9 - Peter Nicholson, Michael Simmons and

Eduard Van Huuksloot

Second Place: Team 12 - Kevin Waschuk, Daniel Gasquet

and Rod Hardy

Third Place: Team 4 - Pascal Collet, William Solomon,

Doug Fabick and Jim Watkins

Nearest the Pin Ladies: Liz Evans

Nearest the Pin Men: Jim Shelley

Longest Drive Ladies: Patrizia Nicolotti

Longest Drive Men: Patricio Alvarez Morphy

Wilhelm and Rudolf very much look forward to seeing you

at the 2013 IPLOCA Convention in Washington DC and hope

you will join them for another great day on the golf course.

Final Banquet LotteryOn the evening of the Final Banquet May Shuhaiber was

the lucky winner of a car, courtesy of Volvo Construction

Equipment and Renault Trucks.

Lottery funds of more than EUR 13,500 were raised for “Send

me to school, Dad” (Baba Beni Okula Gönder) an initiative to

support continuing education for girls in Turkey. This has been

donated to Osman and Nurgul Birgili’s chosen charity “Send

Me to School, Dad”. A delighted May Shuhaiber received a

certificate for EUR 25,000 from Hervé Maillard of Renault Trucks

and Eddy Powell of Volvo Construction Equipment. Arwen

Mallet was invited to draw the winning ticket. Hervé Maillard, Arwen Mallet, May Shuhaiber and Eddy Powell.

15NUMBER 53 DECEMBER 2012

”Send Me to School, Dad”Professor Dr. Aysel Çelikel, former Minister of Justice

and Chairwoman of the Association for Supporting

Contemporary Life, presented Osman Birgili, IPLOCA’s

Immediate Past President, a special trophy as a token of

her appreciation for the lottery funds upon his courtesy

visit to the Association’s headquarters.

During the visit, Professor Çelikel expressed the charity’s

deep gratitude to IPLOCA and discussed with Mr.Birgili how

the precious donation would be used towards the building

of a new dormitory for girls.

Thanks to our Istanbul Convention Sponsors!


Training Committee Pipeline Construction Safety Instructors ToolIn collaboration with the Construction Sector Council of

Canada (CSC) and other key stakeholder groups, IPLOCA has

prepared a DVD course to address health and safety issues

specific to pipeline construction in the oil and gas sectors.

IPLOCA adapted this course for international use as a safety

instructors tool. The material is intended to familiarise

workers with how to recognise, assess, and control hazards at

the work site and has been designed to act as a complement

to other courses that they may be required to take.

The DVD content includes:

- Course Introduction

- Lesson 1: Work Preparation

- Lesson 2: PPE and WHMIS Review

- Lesson 3: Hazard Recognition and Control

- Lesson 4: Front End Operational Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 5: Rigging and Hoisting Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 6: Pipe Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 7: Pipe Assembly and Coating Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 8: Specialized Work Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 9: Environmental Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 10: Back End Operational Hazards and Controls

- Lesson 11: Vehicle Operation

- Lesson 12: Equipment Operation

- Lesson 13: Emergency Response

The DVD runs using an internet browser alone (Internet

Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome); an internet

connection is not required.

IPLOCA members can order a free copy of the DVD from

[email protected]. A signed Acknowledgement

Letter for Receipt and Use of Licensed Product is required

before the DVD can be delivered. For more information,

and to link to the Acknowledgement Letter, please visit

www.iploca.com

New Technologies CommitteeThe October meeting of IPLOCA’s Novel Construction

Initiative was held at the Sofitel Heathrow on 23 and 24 of

October, with 38 people in attendance.

During the meeting a number of important decisions were

made, including the realignment of working groups and

appointment of some new work group leaders. All groups are

now developing their material via a wiki which is proving to

be a successful collaborative working tool. A new schedule

of group leader teleconferences was defined together with

the dates for the next Plenary Sessions at a location to be

determined (likely in London, Paris, Rome or Amsterdam).

Tour of Cranfield University Following the meeting attendees were invited to tour

Cranfield University’s Welding Engineering and Laser

Processing Centre to witness first-hand the research work

being done to understand the effects of multi-pass welds

on heat-affected zone toughness, on hybrid laser-arc

welding, the application of rollingin modifying weld metal

properties and residual stress field, and the application of

laser in hyperbaric welding.

IPLOCA requests your feedback regarding the DVDOnce you have had a

chance to review the DVD,

we would greatly appreciate

your feedback. Please go to

www.iploca.com/safetyinstructorstoolquestionnaire

where you will find a few short questions regarding

your usage of the DVD. We appreciate your help.

Supriyo Ganguly displays a number of components made by the

wire and arc-based additive layer manufacturing method


The Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre

(WELP) of Cranfield University was established in 1961

(known at that time as Welding Engineering Research

Centre) and is the only specialist welding research

organisation in UK academia.

In 2006, considerable investment was made by Cranfield

University to maintain the centre’s internationally-

recognised status for industrially-relevant research. The

centre was recently renamed as Welding Engineering

and Laser Processing Centre (WELP) to reemphasize its

commitment towards application of laser in traditional

arc-based fusion welding processes. The major research

activities of the centre are shown in figure 1, page 17.

There are four main streams to the research:

- Pipeline welding

- Wire and arc based additive layer manufacturing

- Laser processing

- Stress Engineering

Pipeline Welding Welding of structural pipelines for the transportation of

fossil fuel has been a research theme for several years.

In the past, significant contributions towards increasing

productivity were made through CAPS (Cranfield

Automated Pipeline Welding Systems) project. In CAPS

it has been shown that the productivity of pipeline

manufacturing could be quadrupled through use of a dual

tandem process with a specially designed welding torch,

bug and power sources.

It was also demonstrated that the improvement in

productivity was achieved without any compromise on

Research Activities and Future Direction in the Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre (WELP) of Cranfield University, UK by Supriyo Ganguly and Stewart Williams

Figure 2- Welding bug and torch in a dual tandem set up.


the metallurgical quality of the welded pipeline and field

trials were taken to increase the technology readiness level.

Significant research effort is now focused on application of

laser and arc based hybrid welding processes for pipeline

applications. Laser is a high energy density source which

can be used to improve productivity, but it is very sensitive

to weld set up and also the addition of filler wire is difficult

in the laser alone process. Figure 3 shows the effect of laser

plus arc process on weld bead geometry. It can be seen that

application of laser and arc would be beneficial in modifying

the weld bead geometry and addition of filler material.

The application of laser in deep sea hyperbaric welding

is another area of research interest. Arc welding (GMAW)

procedures developed at WELP have resulted in the

deepest subsea welds, close to a kilometre below the sea

level, as demonstrated in the recent trials in the Norwegian

fjord involving Isotek Oil and Gas Ltd on behalf of Statoil.

Also the first hot tap welding has been performed at a

water depth of 265 m in the existing pipelines to increase

the life of the Asgard oil field by 30 years (Asgard Gas

Compression project). Present research at WELP is now

investigating the possibility of application of laser to assist

the existing GMAW process to alleviate the problems of

hydrogen assisted cracking and to use the state of the art

digital power sources to reduce any unwanted spattering

in such unmanned remote controlled welding processes.

Figure 4 shows the 250 bar chamber available at Cranfield

which can simulate water pressure at 2.5 kM under the sea.

Understanding the metallurgical response in the heat-

affected zone of a multi-pass weld is another area of

investigation. In this project a simple and effective approach

was taken whereby the thermal cycles in various welding

processes were recorded using thermocouples and their

effect on metallurgical phase formation and mechanical

properties were experimentally simulated in simple impact

toughness specimens using a thermo-mechanical simulator

(Gleeble). The results were supplemented by continuous

cooling transformation data of specimens machined out

from plates of identical composition and processing history.

Phase transformation was studied by monitoring volume

change response using a dilatometer during continuous

cooling. This study revealed the underpinning science and

mechanism of brittle zone formation in the heat affected

zone of a multi-pass.

Residual stresses in service critical structures needs

accounting to prevent premature failure. Post weld rolling

of a weld metal and associated HAZ of a welded structure

can be an effective way to relax the internal residual

stress field through localised plastic deformation. Rolling

and controlled laser processing can be a way not only

to remove the residual stress state but also to create

recrystallised strain free set of grains in place of dendritic

grain structure in weld metal. A research programme at

present is investigating the benefits that can be obtained by

rolling and laser treating the cap of a multi-pass weld. This

is a futuristic project that will have very significant impact

on the existing pipeline design procedure and has the

potential to bring step change in the material design aspect.

Figure 1 – Research activities at WELP

Linear Friction Welding

Laser / Hybrid

Metallurgy

HyperbaricDissimilar Welding

Applications

Fundamentals

Systems and

Processes

Systems and

Processes

Applications

StressEngineering

and Modelling

Wire/Powderand Arc Additive

Manufacture

LaserProcessing

PipelineWelding

Metallurgyand

Properties

Figure 3 - The complimentary advantages of laser and arc sources.

Figure 4 - Hyperbaric welding chamber can be pressurised up to

250 bar (2.5 kM below the sea) sea.

+ =

Laser HybridGMAW


Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM)ALM is a disruptive technology that can bring a

transformation in the traditional manufacturing

processes. The main advantage of ALM is the fact that it

is a tool-less digital technology and a structure built layer

by layer using an automated system that derives its data

directly from a computer aided design file. The process

path from developing a component to the real structure

is shown in figure 5. Additive layer manufacturing has the

following broad advantages over traditional manufacturing:

- Simplified logistics resulting in leaner supply chain

- Very high yield of material (fly to buy ratio in terms of the

aviation sector) resulting in lower energy consumption

and wastage

- Freedom from design constraints due to free form

manufacturing.

The major constraints of this manufacturing process

were cost, capacity and time. Generally as an input raw

material powder was used in this technology which

causes problems e.g. low deposition rate resulting high

manufacturing time, high cost of raw material and lower

capacity. Ground breaking research performed with

the help of Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre

(IMRC) grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Council (EPSRC) of UK at WELP centre has now

made the ALM technology viable for standard industrial

process through a wire and arc based additive layer

manufacturing route. This has dramatically reduced the

manufacturing cost through reduction in the cost of

input raw material and processing cost, removed issues

related to component size (as in powder bed process

the component size was severely restricted) and also

quality (soundness and metallurgical structure) is much

more robust in wire and arc-based processes. Figure 6

shows how additive built structures can increase mass

efficiency and also different wall thicknesses. The more

recent research activities in developing ALM process has

been aimed at understanding the effect of deformation

on residual stress state and refinement in microstructural

characteristics. Figure 7 shows the microstructural

refinement in Ti64 ALM structure when subjected to

intermediate deformation between layer depositions. The

response of the microstructure with varying deformation

load can be seen in the figure.

Laser ProcessingLaser is an intelligent heat source and if utilised to its full

potential should have very significant impact on material

processing and manufacturing. Fundamental studies in

laser processing are performed to understand the laser

metal interaction in terms of laser intensity and laser-

metal interaction time and how these can be translated

to system parameters viz. laser power and welding

speed. This is crucial in order to implement the benefits of

fundamental scientific studies performed in a laboratory

to an industrial set up. This is also important to design

the laser power and beam characteristics for specific

ranges of application. Benefits of this study has wide

ranged and diversified impacts such as hybrid laser-arc

Arc welding (GMAW) procedures

developed at Cranfield’s WELP have

resulted in the deepest subsea welds,

close to a kilometre below the sea level,

as demonstrated in the recent trials in the

Norwegian fjord involving Isotek Oil and

Gas Ltd on behalf of Statoil.

Figure 5 - Principles and flow diagram of additive layer

manufacturing process.

Slice an object into layers

Use a deposition tool to build up part

Programme a robot or machine

tool to trace out the layers

a) Example of mass efficiency by producing honeycomb like cross

sectional features (section thickness 22 mm) and b) cone section of

wall thickness 2.5 mm. It was shown that the process is capable of

producing a wide range of sectional dimensions.

A’A

Cross section AA’ - ~40% mass

efficient structure possible by

ALM manufacture

A

A

B


based processes, welding of dissimilar alloys, application

of laser under high pressure and joining of metal to

composite etc. The different laser systems available at

WELP and its access to other laser manufacturers make

it possible to study the inter-transferability of parameters

between different lasers.

Stress EngineeringWelding is by far the most popular joining, fabrication

and coating process for structural and engineering

components. However, generation of weld residual

stress and distortion of welded components are two

issues which can make a welding process nonviable to

certain safety critical applications. With the development

in physical metallurgy of common structural alloys,

thinner and thinner gauge materials are preferred which

would save the cost of raw material and promote lighter

structure which can be handled with ease. However,

thinner gauge structures are susceptible to distortion by

the compressive residual stress field which resulted to

balance the weld tensile residual stress field in the weld

region. In the area of stress engineering, research at WELP

helped in understanding the fundamental underpinning

mechanism of residual stress formation and applying

counteractive measures to mitigate the stress field.

Local and global mechanical tensioning by application

of mechanical or thermal forces was investigated.

The application of the appropriate process would

indeed depend on the component/structure and the

manufacturing conditions. A host of stress engineering

techniques, e.g. in-situ and post weld rolling, localised

heating & cooling, were developed keeping in mind the

engineering requirement of specific industries. Research

results and understanding of underlying scientific

mechanisms supplement the research activities across

the centre.

More information is available from Dr. Supriyo Ganguly

([email protected]) or Professor Stewart Williams

([email protected]) or by visiting www.cranfield.

ac.uk/sas/welding/index.html.

Health, Safety and the EnvironmentWe welcome Bruno Maerten of GEOCEAN (the new chairman

of the HSE Committee) and Alain Gauthiez of Spiecapag.

Our sincere thanks to outgoing chairman Adam Wynne

Hughes (CRC-Evans) and to Melody Kratsios (SNC-

Lavalin) who has stepped down from the committee

following a recent promotion to senior vice president of

global security.

It was a smaller than usual HSE Committee group that met

in Geneva on 30 October 2012. Those who were unable to

attend the meeting included Kevin Parker, of Mears Group,

who was prevented from making the journey by Hurricane

Sandy. The meeting included a review of the Health &

Safety Statistics Return and the associated Health & Safety

Report. A similar report covering environmental statistics is

being developed for 2013.

A workshop on “How to Prevent Catastrophic Losses”

is being scheduled for 11 July 2013 in Geneva. More

information will be available next year and all IPLOCA

members are cordially invited.

Figure 7 - Electronic backscatter diffraction pattern (EBSD) showing

modification of dendritic grain structure produced by ALM into

high angle grain boundaries (HAGB) by intermediate rolling and

re-deposition. Deposition after rolling promotes recrystallisation

of the microstructure resulting HAGB. Rolling load is also vital in

determining the final grain size.

Control 75kN50kN

1 mm

(Left to right) Bruno Maerten (Committee Chairman), Juan Arzuaga,

Brad MacLean, Amir Tajik and Alain Gauthiez meet in the IPLOCA

headquarters in Geneva.


In the Headlines RPT-Czech Pipeline Firm to Announce AcquisitionCzech state crude importer Mero will announce a strategic

acquisition next Tuesday, it said, days after a government

source said it was near to buying a stake in the Transalpine

(TAL) oil pipeline from Royal Dutch Shell. Mero, which runs

the IKL pipeline that hooks up to the TAL in Germany, has

long been in talks to buy into the pipeline to help ensure

an alternative source of oil besides crude from Russia,

currently its main supplier. A stake in the pipeline running

from Italy’s Adriatic port of Trieste to Germany would

grant priority access to its capacity, which has lately been

constrained forcing the Czechs to temporarily shut down

one refinery due to a lack of crude.

Reuters.com, 15 November 2012

Oil, Gas Industry Seeking “Zero Incident” Record on PipelinesThe oil and gas industry is seeking the highest possible

standards of safety in regard to pipelines, an industry trade

group says. The statement from the American Petroleum

Institute’s Peter Lidiak, director of pipelines, followed

the posting of the National Transportation Safety Board’s

designation of enhanced pipeline safety and infrastructure

preservation among its top ten “Most Wanted” objectives

in 2013. API represents more than 500 members who are

major players in the oil and natural gas industry. “Pipelines

are the safest way to transport crude oil and products

where they need to go,” Lidiak said. “The nation’s crude

oil and liquid fuels pipelines have an outstanding safety

record and operators understand the need for continuous

improvement. Between 1999 and 2011, the number of

liquid pipeline releases was reduced by about 60 percent

and the volume released by a little more than 40 percent.

The industry continues to seek the most beneficial, cost-

effective improvements to safety.”

State Journal.com, 14 November 2012

Siemens Wins 3-year UAE Pipeline Contract Siemens has been awarded a three-year multi-million

dollar supply contract for the maintenance of the strategic

Habshan-Fujairah crude oil pipeline automation and

telecommunications system. Speaking on the sidelines of

ADIPEC 2012, Ali Vezvai, Siemens executive vice president

and general manager – oil and gas, said it was a “project

of national interest. It’s a critical project for Abu Dhabi

and the UAE government.” Taking effect from January

2013, the terms of the contract span maintenance and

operational support services. The contract includes various

stakeholders such as China’s CPECC, the EPC contractor for

the supply of the pipeline and ADCO, the pipeline operator.

www.equities.com, 14 November 2012

Cyprus Water Pipeline Project Promises Benefits, but not for NegotiationsA water pipeline project connecting Turkey with northern

Cyprus could solve the island’s persistent water supply

World Federation of Pipeline Industry Associations The World Federation of Pipeline Industry Associations met in Istanbul. (Left to right): Cheryl Burgess

(Pipeline Industries Guild), David Kavanaugh (PLCAC), Neil Lane (PLCAC), Rob Darden (DCA),

Kevin Michels (DCA), Juan Arzuaga (IPLOCA) and Osman Birgili (now IPLOCA Immediate Past President)


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problem, but its impact on stalled negotiations between

the Turkish and Greek parts of the island will be marginal,

experts told SETimes. Cyprus, which receives a modest

annual rainfall of about 500 milimetres, is not considered

exceptionally arid. But the island’s vulnerability to drought

and hot, dry summers make access to water a key concern,

especially for industries like agriculture and tourism. Last

month, Turkish and Northern Cyprus authorities inaugurated

a groundbreaking project to transport water 170 kilometres

from Mersin to Kyrenia in northern Cyprus through a

pipeline suspended 250 metres beneath the Mediterranean

Sea. Upon completion, the pipeline is expected to transport

75 million cubic metres of water annually.

www.setimes.com, 12 November 2012

Global Map of Oil Refining and Trade to be Redrawn over Next 5 Years, IEA Report SaysProfound shifts in the regional distribution of oil demand

and supply growth will redefine the refining industry and

transform global oil trade over the next five years, the

International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its annual Medium-

Term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) released today. The IEA

expects the global oil market to become somewhat less

tight over the medium term than it has been through most

of the last decade, as a combination of demand and supply

factors will cause OPEC spare capacity to return to more

comfortable levels. But it also highlights elevated supply and

demand risks. The MTOMR is the last in a series of medium-

term forecasts that the IEA devotes to each of the four main

primary energy sources: oil, gas, coal and renewable energy.

A companion to the IEA’s authoritative monthly Oil Market

Report, the MTOMR offers a bridge between that monthly

snapshot of market conditions and the oil section of the

annual World Energy Outlook, which has a longer-term focus.

www.iea.org, 12 November 2012

Factories Under Lens for Buying Oil Stolen from IOC pipelineSeveral factories in Jaipur are under the police scanner for

buying crude oil that was siphoned off from the Jamnagar-

Mathura IOC pipeline passing through Bharatpur district.

Following a raid at a godown in Bhankrota on the Ajmer

Road on Saturday, where the thieves were storing the oil, it

has come up during investigation that those involved in the

theft sold crude to factories in Jaipur.

www.timesofindia.india.com, 10 November 2012

Russia, Bulgaria Sign Final Investment Decision on South Stream Gas PipelineRussia’s Gazprom and Bulgaria’s Energy Holding EAD have

taken the final investment decision on the construction of the

South Stream gas pipeline via Bulgaria, finalizing the process

of taking FIDs for all sections of the route. The document was

signed by Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and EAD’s executive

director Mihail Andonov in the presence of Bulgarian Prime

Minister Boyko Borisov, Gazprom said in a statement.

www.platts.com, 16 November 2012

IPLOCA Yearbook 11th editionThe Yearbook has been

distributed worldwide to

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pipeline companies.

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Upcoming ConferencesPLCA 65th Annual Conference

12-16 February 2013 - Gainey Ranch, U.S.A.

www.plca.org

DCA Convention

5-11 March 2013 - Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.

www.dcaweb.org

Pipeline Technology Conference

18-20 March 2013 - Hannover, Germany

www.pipeline-conference.com

Pipeline Industries Guild (PIG) Dinner

12 March 2013 - Londoon, U.K.

www.pipeguild.com

IPLOCA East & Far East Regional Meeting

29 March 2013 - Shanghai, China

Hannover Messe

8-12 April 2013 - Hannover, Germany

www.hannovermesse.de

LNG17

16-19 April 2013 - Houston, TX, U.S.A.

www.lng17.org

ISA Calgary Show

17-18 April 2013 - Calgary, AB, Canada

www.isacalgary.com

Interpipe 2013

23-25 April 2013 - Langfang City, China

PLCAC 59th Annual Convention

12-16 May 2013 - Montréal, Canada

www.pipeline.ca

WasteTech

28-31 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

2013.sibico.com

CityPipe 2013

28-31 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.citypipe.ru

47th IPLOCA Annual Convention

23-27 September 2013

Washington DC, U.S.A.

Board Member Iosif Panchak (Stroygazmontazh) invited family and

friends to help him celebrate an important birthday on 16 Septem-

ber 2012 in Istanbul. The “Ottoman dress required” event included

a surprise performance from a superb Ukrainian children’s choir.

Iosif, seated on cushion, with his wife Irina behind him, is surroun-

ded by a number of family members and friends, some of whom

may look familiar.


OfficersDoug Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering), President; Director, America

North; Chairman of the New Technologies Committee

Najib Khoury (CCC), 1st Vice President; Director, Middle East

& Africa

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

Osman Birgili (Tekfen), Immediate Past President; Director, Europe

Eastern

DirectorsIosif Panchak (Stroygazmontazh), Director, Europe Eastern

Kaan Dogan (Attila Dogan), Director, Europe Eastern

Jan Koop (Bohlen & Doyen), Director, Europe Central

Bruno Maerten (GEOCEAN), Director, Europe Mediterranean,

Chairman of the HSE Committee

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

Andy Ball (Land & Marine), Director, Europe North-West

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

North-West

Scott Summers (ARB), Director, America North

Jésus Garcia-Pons (Arendal), Director, Latin America

Raúl Vilugrón (Montec), Director, Latin America

Ibrahim Zakhem (Zakhem), Director, Middle East & Africa

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

Sandip Sharma (Kalpataru Power Transmission), Director,

East & Far East

Greg Miller (Pipeline Inspection), Director, Associate Members

Michael Rae (Argus Limited), Director, Associate Members

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

Directors at LargeJerrit Coward (Willbros Group, Inc)

Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)

Wilhelm Maats (Maats Pipeline Equipment)

Karl Trauner (HABAU), Chairman of the Training Committee

Jean-Claude Van de Wiele (Spiecapag)

Executive SecretaryJuan Arzuaga

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

IPLOCA Board of Directors 2012-2013

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