IPLOCA Newsletter 54

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THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER

Contents:Letter from the President page 4

News from Geneva page 5

Member News page 7

Health, Safety & the Environment page 11

Washington DC Convention Updatepage 14

MARCH 2013

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

Experience the Progress.global sales organisationBreukersweg 4, NL-7471, ST, Goor, the NetherlandsTel. +31 547 260 000, Fax +31 547 261 000www.maats.com

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Experience the Progress.global sales organisationBreukersweg 4, NL-7471, ST, Goor, the NetherlandsTel. +31 547 260 000, Fax +31 547 261 000www.maats.com

AATS

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ContentsLetter from the President 4

News from Geneva 5

Board Meeting Update 5

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 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.

4 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER

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

[email protected]

Sincerely,

Doug Evans


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 & SafetyThe 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

Geneva on Prevention Systems and Predictive Metrics for

Catastrophic Losses.

News from GenevaHealth & Safety Statistics are DueThe deadline for statistics submission is 8 March 2013.

Remember that submission by Regular Members is a

requirement of membership in the association. In 2011 the

Board of Directors determined that in future, Regular Members

whose company did not submit the Health & Safety statistics

would not be allowed to attend the convention.

Membership CertificatesIf you are the designated IPLOCA Key Representative

for your company and you have not yet received your

certificate please contact [email protected],

Accounting Manager. Certificates were mailed out

in January.

IPLOCA Yearbook The Yearbook has been distributed worldwide to the desks

and in the field of pipeline companies. Do not hesitate

to send us the addresses of the persons to whom you

wish us to send the IPLOCA Yearbook. Please send any

updates to [email protected] and be sure to

also send a copy to [email protected]. In this way

we will update our newsletter mailing lists and membership

database. Additional printed copies can be obtained on

request: www.iploca-yearbook.com

Mobile IPLOCA Yearbook?Pedemex, publishers of the IPLOCA

Yearbook, are planning to launch

a cross platform mobile version of

the Yearbook later this year. Basic

search for member information,

member contact data with

directional map and direct links

to member company websites

are a few of the planned

features. A beta version is likely

to be ready this summer and

will no doubt be a welcome

addition for those on

the move.

The Piazza Duomo is dominated by the 11th century St Andrew’s

Cathedral of Amalfi, Italy, some 47 kilometres southeast of Naples.


Training: A questionnaire has been developed to seek

feedback on the Safety DVD that was distributed at the

Istanbul Convention.

New TechnologiesNew Technologies Committee: The Fall Sessions of the

Novel Construction Initiative were held in London from

23-24 October 2012, with BP, Shell and Petrobras

represented at the meeting. The next meeting will be held

on Thursday and Friday, 21 and 22 March in Rome.

Research: IPLOCA Research Collaboration with PRCI

continues co-funding on CNST-2-2 Lowering-in Stresses

and CNST-2-3 Route Selection Best Practice. PRCI is

managing the research. INGAA Foundation and IPLOCA are

represented, but PRCI is the major funding agency.

The draft minutes from the Istanbul Board Meeting were

reviewed and approved.

Treasurer’s ReportThe Treasurer’s Report presented the Forecast to Complete

2012, Convention Results and the Budget for 2013.

IPLOCA finances are strong, with funds set aside for

emergency situations such as unexpected cancellation of

the Convention, or dissolution of the Association. It was

noted that we expected to complete 2012 with a slight cost

overrun of CHF 8,828, as a result of the funding of research

and costs involved in the production of the Safety DVD.

The budget for 2013 showed costs and income both slightly

reduced and we are expecting some cost underrun in 2013.

The accounts and the budget for 2013 were approved by

the Board of Directors as stated.

MembershipMembership applications approved by the Board:

- Michels Corporation, U.S.A.

- JSW Steel (USA), Inc., U.S.A.

- Mathey Dearman, U.S.A.

- SCAIP Srl, Italy

Transfer of Membership:

Europipe GmbH, Germany to Berg Europipe U.S.A.

Name Changes:

- BS Coatings to AXSON Coatings, France

- Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd to Nippon Steel &

Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd, Japan

- Stopaq N.V. to Seal for Life Industries, the Netherlands

- Ghizzoni SpA to Ghizzoni S.p.A. in Amministrazione

Straordinaria, Italy

- Argus Pipeline Services to Stroytransgaz JSC, Russia

Resignations:

- JFE Engineering, Japan

- Logstor, Denmark

- Astec Underground, U.S.A.

- Borusan Makina, Turkey

- Berry Plastic Corrosion Protection Group, Belgium

- Petrofac, U.A.E.

Candidature for Honorary Member: The procedure for

consideration of candidature will be communicated to the

Board in Marrakech.

ConventionIstanbul Convention: Liz Spalding presented the results from

the Istanbul Convention Questionnaire which were generally

very positive. She also presented copies of the media coverage

by our Media Partners that resulted from the news release and

photographs sent immediately following the Convention.

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.

2014 Convention: Juan Arzuaga made a presentation

regarding hotels that he and Caroline Green had visited in

Abu Dhabi and Dubai and the pros and cons of each. It was

recommended that the second week in October should be

the earliest date considered in that area, because of high

temperatures any earlier in the year.

Regional MeetingsThe following Regional Meetings are being planned for 2013:

London, U.K.: date TBD

Moscow, Russia: 3-4 June 2013 - Iosif Panchak

Cassis, France: 25 April 2013 - Bruno Maerten

Santiago, Chile: date TBD

Singapore or Malaysia: TBD

Wikipedia Visibility: Michael Rae noted that Novel

Construction now has a Wikipedia presence but asked that

a general page for the association be developed. He offered

to assist the Secretariat in improving our exposure.

Creation of a Committee to Investigate Engagement

of Owner/Operators: It was determined that IPLOCA

should consider trying to engage owner/operators in the

association, to facilitate mutual discussion and interaction.

Scholarship Fund: Doug Evans suggested IPLOCA investigate

the possibilities of a merit-based scholarship program for

family members of IPLOCA member company employees, with

the aim of keeping people in the industry and encouraging

new entrants into the pipeline construction business.


Member NewsWelcome Celebration Held at American Augers® FacilitiesThe Charles Machine Works, Inc. formally welcomed

American Augers’ employees into the CMW® family

of companies at a celebration held December 3, at the

West Salem, Ohio facilities. Rick Johnson, CMW’s Chief

Operating Officer, presented the opening remarks and

introduced Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CMW’s Chief Executive

Officer. It was announced that David Hammond, formerly

VP of Operations, would lead American Augers as General

Manager. CMW entered into a formal agreement with

Astec Industries Inc. to purchase American Augers and

certain Trencor® products for a cash purchase price of

USD 55 million.

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

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

natural gas pipeline system and subsea infrastructure

installation project for US independent Anadarko

Petroleum offshore Mozambique. The successful pair was

awarded a FEED contract by Anadarko in January 2013 for

its premier “Area 1” offshore field in the Rovuma basin.

Considered an essential milestone for Mozambique’s

energy infrastructure development, the project is expected

to transport natural gas from the Prosperidade offshore

development to a new greenfield liquefied natural gas

(“LNG”) facility.

Bechtel Awarded FEED Contract for New LNG Project in MozambiqueBechtel 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.

Bilfinger Signs Agreement to Acquire American Water Technology Specialists Johnson ScreensEngineering and services group Bilfinger has signed an

agreement to acquire American water technology specialists

Johnson Screens. The company, which is based in New

Brighton, Minnesota, was founded in 1904 and generates an

annual output volume of about EURO 160 million with 1,200

employees and achieves attractive margins. The acquisition

allows Bilfinger to not only double its output volume in the

water and wastewater sector to over EURO 300 million, but

also to further increase the strong profitability in this sector.

At eleven locations around the world, Johnson Screens

produces mechanical components for the separation of

solids from liquids and gases and provides associated

services. The products are used for drinking water

extraction, in the oil and gas industry and in other industrial

sectors for wastewater treatment and resource reclamation.

The company’s most important markets are North America,

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.

Herrenknecht Opens Service Branch in Abu DhabiHerrenknecht AG responds to the high demand for

micromachines and comprehensive services in the Gulf

region by opening a full-service branch in Abu Dhabi in

November 2012. The new company, Herrenknecht Tunnelling

Systems LLC, offers top level machine overhauls, field

service and supply of spare parts. Herrenknecht Tunnelling

Systems LLC will mainly focus on overhaul micromachines

in the Abu Dhabi workshops. In addition, Herrenknecht

experts will provide for spare parts supply and service

on the jobsites. The Business Unit Utility Tunneling at

Herrenknecht offers machines for tunnel, shaft and pipeline

construction in the areas of water, sewage, electricity, oil

and gas. In addition, the Herrenknecht Group founded the


company Commodore Cement Industries LLC (CCI) together

with Commodore Contracting Company of Abu Dhabi. This

means that Herrenknecht holds a participation in a concrete

component factory specialized in lining segments and

pipe segments for tunnel projects, which was built in Abu

Dhabi’s Al-Mafraq industrial zone in 2010.

Leighton–Boskalis Consortium Awarded Shell Bukom Single Point Mooring Pipeline Replacement Project

(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

Buoy, PLEM, Hoses and pipeline; transportation and

removal; dredging; and installation. The project will be

delivered while adhering to stringent safety standards and

environmental considerations.

PLM Board Names New PresidentThe Board of Directors of PipeLine

Machinery International (PLM) approved

the appointment of Tony Fernandez

as the President of PLM effective

January 1, 2013. Brad Tucker will remain

Chairman of the Board for PLM. The

Board offer their sincere congratulations to Fernandez and is

looking forward to his continued leadership in this successful

organization. Fernandez was instrumental in the early

discussions that resulted in a four-dealer partnership to form

PLM, the first Cat® dealer to focus on a particular industry on

a global basis. His pipeline experience was built during his

seventeen year history with Cat dealer (and PLM partner) Ring

Power Corporation as International Accounts Manager and

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 FacilityPipeLine 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.

SNC-Lavalin Announces Changes to Senior Executive TeamEffective January 21, 2013, Neil Bruce, formerly Executive

Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of AMEC, will

assume the newly created role of President, Resources &

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

President. This newly formed group will include the Company’s

global business in hydrocarbons and chemicals (H&C), mining

and metallurgy (M&M), environment, and water. Resources

& Environment will be the largest and most diverse business

unit in the Company with activities in most of the 100 countries

where SNC-Lavalin is present. Mr. Bruce’s role will be to

oversee a global growth strategy for these sectors and will be

based in London, UK. Dale Clarke, Executive Vice-President

M&M and Ric Sorbo, Acting Executive Vice-President H&C,


will report to Mr. Bruce. SNC-Lavalin has also created a Global

Operations group. Christian Jacqui, formerly Executive Vice-

President, Europe, has been assigned a new role as Executive

Vice-President, Global Operations. This role will oversee the

globalization of the Company’s operations to complement

the existing global operating structure by sector of activity.

This position will be based in London, UK. Michael Novak will

assume new responsibilities as Executive Vice-President for

Global Government, Aboriginal and Economic Affairs, based

in Montreal. This role recognizes the importance of these

subjects to our clients and the Company in successful project

delivery. This position is based in Montreal. Patrick Lamarre

has resigned as Executive Vice-President, Global Power,

effective immediately and will be replaced on an interim

basis by Scott Thon, the current president of the company’s

wholly-owned regulated subsidiary, AltaLink. Mr. Lamarre

has agreed to remain available until June 1, 2013, to ensure a

smooth transition. For regulatory reasons, the Transmission

& Distribution (T&D) division will report directly to Robert

Card, President, as long as Mr. Thon is the interim head of

Power. Since March 2012, the Company has initiated and

enacted various plans to restructure and reinforce areas such

as governance, ethics, compliance and operational excellence

while maintaining a strong and stable base from which

SNC-Lavalin can continue to serve its roster of top caliber

international clients.

Technip Awarded Offshore Contract for Martin Linge Project in NorwayTechnip, 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

export pipeline and an offshore control center in Stavanger.

Technip Awarded FEED Contract by the Mosaic Company for Proposed New Ammonia Plant in LouisianaTechnip was awarded by The Mosaic Company (NYSE:

MOS) the front-end engineering and design (FEED)

contract, as well as preparation of the corresponding

engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) proposal,

for a new ammonia plant under consideration by the global

crop nutrient company. Mosaic’s preference is to locate the

proposed plant adjacent to the company’s existing Faustina

fertilizer manufacturing operations in St. James Parish,

Louisiana. It would have a capacity of 2,200 metric tons

per day. Mosaic is the world’s largest producer of finished

phosphate products, with annual production capacity

greater than the next two largest producers combined.

The company’s plan is to backward integrate more fully

into ammonia production by expanding its present

capacity at Faustina. Ammonia is an essential ingredient

in the manufacture of phosphate-based crop nutrients.

Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas will execute

the FEED contract in collaboration with its engineering

center in Rome, Italy. The development of the FEED and

corresponding EPC proposal began in November 2012; both

are targeted for completion by mid-2013.

Workshop Preventing Catastrophic LossesThursday, 11 JulyIPLOCA’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.


Membership CentreWe welcome the following new Regular and Associate

Members to IPLOCA. The information below is also posted

at www.iploca.com under the Membership Centre.

New Regular Member

Michels Corporation is a diverse utility contractor and an

industry leader in pipeline construction and horizontal

directional drilling. Founded in 1959 as a gas pipeline

contractor, Michels specialises in building mainline cross-

country pipelines for oil and gas transmission systems, as

well as fabricating and constructing meter stations and

compressor stations, hydrostatic testing, and pipeline

rehabilitation, maintenance and repair. Michels is regarded as

one of the premier HDD contractors in the world, specializing

in drills ranging in diameter from 2 inches to 60 inches, and

up to 15,700 feet in length through any subsurface condition.

Michels Corporation

817 West Main Street, PO Box 128, U.S.A.

T +1 920 583 3132 F +1 920 583 3429

E [email protected] I www.michels.us

New Associate Members

JSW Steel (USA), Inc. produces both steel plate as well as

large diameter straight seam DSAW pipe. Their plate

products range in gauge from .3125° to 6.000° thick,

depending on steel grade and vary in width from 72° to

144°. Standard Lengths are 240° and 480°, however lengths

can be in excess of 600, based on customer needs. This is a

discrete plate mill which means that it is really capable of

providing any custom combination of width, thickness or

length that can be advantageous to the customer in terms

of maximizing part yields, optimizing construction

techniques, minimizing terms, etc. It is one of the widest

mills in North America. Grades produced include basic

construction grades, pressure vessel grades, API X-grades

for pipe products, API 2H for offshore applications,

weathering steel, etc. The LSAW Pipe Mill is capable of

manufacturing pipe in diameters from 24° to 48°, grades up

to API X-80 and length of 40 or 80 feet. Products are also

provided for structural and piling applicators. In either case

wall thicknesses are available from .375° to 1.250°. The mills

carry the necessary certifications, including ISO 9001-2008,

ABS, API-5L and 28, API 2H, Lloyds, EC (PED), depending on

the product, either plate or pipe.

JSW Steel, Inc (USA)

5200 East McKinney Road, Baytown, TX 77346, U.S.A.

T +1 281 383 5100 F +1 281 383 1803

E [email protected] I www.jswsteel.us

Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mathey Dearman has

been manufacturing pipe cutting, beveling and clamping

equipment for more than 70 years. The company prides

itself on being a leading authority on preparing pipe to be

joined together by welding. It has a strong distribution

network, made up of some of the most successful and

well-known distributors of welding, pipefitting, and

industrial equipment around the world. Its products are

used daily in the construction of oil and gas pipelines,

power plants, ships, refineries, LNG terminals,

petrochemical plants, bridges, and many more projects;

in short, wherever pipe is being installed.

Mathey Dearman, Inc

4344 S. Maybelle Ave., Tulsa, OK 74107, U.S.A.

T +1 918 447 1288 F +1 918 447 0188

E [email protected] I www.mathey.com

SCAIP was formed in the late 1950s when founder Franco

Grassi opened a small workshop. In the next few years this

evolved considerably thanks to some strategic

collaboration with pipeline market leaders. The company’s

experience in the field eventually resulted in the

engineering and manufacture of a completely new range of

specialized pipeline products under the SUPERIOR and

SCAIP brands. In recent years the company has made

significant investments in the expansion and the

modernization of the production facility, which now covers

an area of 17,600 sqm (of which 5,000 is indoors). The

company has a high-tech engineering department, a

specialized research and development area, a very

advanced assembly department, a quality control

department and a very large and efficient warehouse.

SCAIP S.r.l.

Via Roma, 18, 43216 S. Pancrazio (Parma), ITALY

T +39 521 671 288 F +39 521 670 717

E [email protected] I www.scaip-srl.it


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

returns should cover pipeline construction sites or offshore

operations and all infrastructure-related projects.

Please note that Main Construction and EPC Contractors

and EPCM Contractors should report all incidents, including

those related to their subcontractors. In case of integrated

JVs, the Technical Leader should report the totality of the

JV incidents. The accidents, incidents and near misses

taken into account are those that happen within the jobsite

perimeter, or when travelling from camp to jobsite or

during any other transportation. Travel accidents, incidents

and near misses from home or from any other private

location to the worksite must be included.

If you already have ISO, OHSAS or any other accreditations,

please advise us when you submit your return. Your return

is a confidential document and is not shown or passed to

any third party, other than the HSE Committee working

within the IPLOCA Office.

Environmental Statistics Strongly Encouraged

IPLOCA has recently established an Environmental

Statistics Return Form. Last year the return response rate

was 63 percent and this year we wish to improve upon this,

so please ensure we receive your fully completed form as

soon as possible.

The goal of this form is to respond to growing worldwide

trends in environmental accountability. IPLOCA’s hope

is that this form will serve members who are already

active in the environmental assessment domain, and serve

as an example to those who have yet to undertake any

such action. We strongly encourage all Regular Members to

provide this information so that the entire membership can

benefit from the aggregated information and we welcome

this information also from our Associate Members who

have field construction activities. The returns should cover

pipeline construction sites or offshore operations and all

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.

Health & Safety Statistics Return If you have not already done so, please be sure to

complete and submit your 2012 Health & Safety

Statistics Return as soon as possible.

The form, along with guidelines to help you complete

it, are available at www.iploca.com. Submission of the

Health & Safety Statistics Return is a prerequisite to a

Regular Member company being accepted to attend

the Convention.

Submission of environmental statistics is also very

strongly encouraged.


New Technologies Spring Plenary SessionNovel 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

content. The agenda for the meeting is posted at

www.iploca.com.

A total of approximately 290 pages of new content are

expected to be delivered this year.

- Earthworks & Crossings: approx. 100 pages

- Coatings: approx. 30-50 pages

- Welding and NDT: approx. 60 pages

- New Trends and Innovation: approx. 50 pages

- Logistics: approx. 30 pages

- Environment: 50 pages

Participants in the Novel Construction October Plenary Session

(London) took a tour of Cranfield University’s Welding Engineering

and Laser Processing Centre (WELP)

The current working groups are as follows:

Planning & Design

Criss Shipman (G.I.E.), [email protected]

Earthworks & Crossings

Paul Andrews (Fluor), [email protected]

Welding & NDT & Testing

Jan Van Der Ent (Applus RTD), [email protected]

Future Trends & Innovation

Zuhair Haddad (C.C.C.), [email protected]

Coatings

Sean Haberer (Shawcor), [email protected]

Environment

Sue Sljivic (RSK), [email protected]

Logistics

Bruno Pomaré, [email protected]

If you have any questions about participation, please

contact [email protected].

Onshore Pipelines: The Road to Success Second Edition

The Second Edition is now publicly available, without a

password, in two formats: To access/view the wiki version:

go to http://wiki.iploca.com/dashboard.action and click on

the Road to Success tab at the top of the page. To access

a version in page format: go to http://goo.gl/yk2tA and

http://goo.gl/WuPLV

ContentsIPLOCA Objectives - Executive Summary - Preface

1. Introduction

2. Development Phases of a Pipeline Project

3. The Baseline of a Construction Contract

4. Dealing with Risks in Pipeline Projects

5. Planning and Design

6. Earthworks

7. Crossings

8. Logistics

9. Welding (section to be developed)

10. Non-Destructive Tests (NDT)

11. Pipeline Protection Systems

12. Pipelines & the Environment (section to be developed)

13. New Trends and Innovation

Bibliography - Glossary

Novel Construction Plenary Session Coming Up The next plenary session is coming up and will be held

in Rome on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 March 2013:

Hilton Rome Airport Hotel

Via Arturo Ferrarin 2, Fiumicino, 00054 Rome, ITALY


IPLOCA’s Special Thanks to DodsalSome 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.


Washington DC Convention UpdateThe 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.


IPLOCA Awards Washington DC, 2013In preparation for the upcoming awards which will be

presented at September’s Washington DC Convention,

please note that details on the following awards will be

distributed in early April.

With this in mind, please begin now to consider which

of your company’s projects and initiatives might qualify

for an award. Submission forms, guidelines and further

information will be posted at www.iploca.com shortly. Any

questions may be addressed to [email protected]. Submission deadlinesIPLOCA New Technologies Award, sponsored by BP

17 May 2013

IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron

24 May 2013

IPLOCA Corporate Social Responsibility Award

31 May 2013

In the HeadlinesOil Market Tightened in December, IEA Monthly Report Says Chinese demand increased while Saudi output eased, January Oil Market Report FindsThe global oil market tightened in December as Chinese

demand increased and Saudi output declined from 30-year

highs, according to the International Energy Agency’s

Oil Market Report for January. The report warned against

making hasty interpretations about the shifts in Saudi

production and Chinese demand. It noted that the dip in

Saudi supply seems driven less by price considerations

than by the weather. “A dip in [Saudi] air conditioning

demand – as well as reduced demand from refineries

undergoing seasonal maintenance – likely goes a long

way toward explaining reduced output,” the report said.

“Nothing for the global markets to worry about.” The report

also cautioned that although manufacturing has picked

up in recent months in China, elevated debt levels and

economic uncertainties could lead to swings in Chinese

demand, in both directions, throughout 2013. Amid the

shifts in Saudi production and Chinese demand, crude

prices built on their late-2012 gains to hit three-month

highs at the start of this year. While the Oil Market Report

noted that the rally looked overdone, it said that higher oil

prices are underpinned by the reduced risk of a recession

in the United States.

www.iea.org, 21 January 2013

Russia to Build Pipeline with CroatiaGazprom and Croatia’s Plinacro have agreed to build a

natural gas pipeline to ship Gazprom gas to European

markets. Gazprom and Plinacro signed an agreement in the

Croatian capital Zagreb to build a USD 79.9 million, 62 mile

long extension to Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline.

Both Gazprom and Plinacro are state-owned companies.The

project provides for creating a joint venture to contribute to

the construction of South Stream’s extension for delivering

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

scheduled to come online by December 2016.

www.upi.com, 16 January 2013

Belgium Plans Artificial Island to Store Wind PowerBelgium is planning to build a doughnut-shaped island in

the North Sea that will store wind energy by pumping water

out of a hollow in the middle, as it looks for ways to lessen

its reliance on nuclear power. One of the biggest problems

with electricity is that it is difficult to store and the issue is

exaggerated in the case of renewable energy from wind or

sun because it is intermittent depending on the weather.

Excess energy would be used to pump water out of the

centre of the island, and then the water would be let back in

through turbines when demand outpaces supply.

Reuters.com, 17 January 2013

TransCanada Plans $5.1 Billion Pipeline to LNG TerminalTransCanada Corp., builder of the Keystone XL oil

pipeline, was selected to construct and operate a CAD 5

billion (USD 5.1 billion) natural-gas conduit to Petroliam

Nasional Bhd’s planned export terminal in British

Columbia. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project

has a proposed initial capacity of 2 billion cubic feet a

day from the Montney region to the planned liquefied

natural gas terminal in Port Edward, British Columbia,

TransCanada said today in a statement. The pipeline

may begin operation in 2018, subject to government and

corporate approvals. Progress Energy Canada, purchased

by Petronas last month for CAD 5.2 billion, selected


Calgary-based TransCanada to build the Prince Rupert

pipeline, which will be capable of expansion to 3.6 billion

cubic feet a day, according to the statement. The project

is TransCanada’s second proposed pipeline to an LNG

export terminal on the West Coast, following its previously

announced Coastal GasLink pipeline.

Bloomberg.com, 9 January 2013

Chevron Announces Two Discoveries Offshore Western AustraliaChevron Corporation has announced further drilling

success by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth

Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, a premier

hydrocarbon basin. The Pinhoe-1 exploration discovery

well encountered approximately 197 feet (60 meters)

of net gas pay in the Barrow and Mungaroo Sands.

Pinhoe-1 is located in the WA-383-P permit area, located

approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) north of

Exmouth off the Western Australia coast. The well was

drilled in 3,048 feet (929 meters) of water to a total depth

of 13,396 feet (4,083 meters). The Arnhem-1 exploration

discovery well confirmed approximately 149 feet (45.5

meters) of net gas pay in the upper Mungaroo Sands.

Arnhem-1 is in the WA-364-P permit area, located

approximately 180 miles (290 kilometres) north of

Exmouth off the Western Australia coast. The well was

drilled in 3,963 feet (1,208 meters) of water to a total depth

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

Norway Unveils USD 10 bln Arctic Gas ProjectsNorway’s energy industry shifted its focus further north

as oil and gas companies announced over USD 10 billion

worth of projects in the Arctic to extract and transport

offshore natural gas. Statoil unveiled plans to develop

its 47 billion cubic metre Aasta Hansteen gas field in the

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

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,

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 FebruaryGreece, 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

IPLOCA Media Partners (September 2010 to August 2013)

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North American Pipelines

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Underground Construction

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PALLADIAN PUBLICATIONSWorld Pipelines

15 South StreetFARNHAMGU9 7QU SURREYU.K.T +44 1252 718 999 F +44 1252 718 992 E [email protected] I www.worldpipelines.com Rod HardyDirectorE [email protected]

Chris LethbridgeAdvertisement ManagerE [email protected]

PENNWELL PETROLEUM GROUPOffshore Magazine

1455 West Loop South, Suite 400HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027U.S.A.T +1 713 963 6270 F +1 713 963 6228 I www.offshore-mag.com

Mark PetersVice-President/Group PublisherE [email protected]

Upcoming ConferencesSubsea Tieback

5-7 March 2013 - San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

www.subseatiebackforum.com

DCA Convention

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

www.dcaweb.org

Pipeline Industries Guild (PIG) Dinner

12 March 2013 - London, U.K.

www.pipeguild.com

Pipeline Technology Conference

18-20 March 2013 - Hannover, Germany

www.pipeline-conference.com

IPLOCA Novel Construction Initiative Spring Session

21-22 March 2013 - Rome, Italy

www.iploca.com

Pipeline Opportunities Conference

26 March 2013 - Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

http://pipelineopportunities.com

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

http://isacalgary.com

Pipeline Transport 2013: Inspection, Maintenance

and Reconstruction

19 April 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.rpi-conferences.com

Interpipe2013

23-25 April 2013 - Langfang City, China

www.chinaexhibition.com

IPLOCA French Regional Meeting

25 April 2013 - Marseilles, France

www.iploca.com

19th Biennial Joint Technical Meeting on Pipeline Research

29 April - 3 May 2013 - Sydney, Australia

[email protected]

OTC 2013 Offshore Technology Conference

6-9 May 2013 - Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

www.otcnet.org/2013

PLCAC 59th Annual Convention

12-16 May 2013 - Montréal, Canada

www.pipeline.ca

Offshore Upstream Development in Russia and CIS

24 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.rpi-conferences.com

CityPipe 2013

28-31 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.citypipe.ru

WasteTech

28-31 May 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

http://2013.sibico.com

IPLOCA Russian Regional Meeting

3-4 June 2013 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.iploca.com

IPLOCA Workshop: Preventing Catastrophic Losses

11 July 2013 - Geneva, Switzerland

www.iploca.com

Tulsa Pipeline Expo

26-28 August 2013 - Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.

www.tulsapipelineexpo.com/home

Offshore Europe 2013

3-6 September 2013 - Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.

www.offshore-europe.co.uk

47th IPLOCA Annual Convention

23-27 September 2013

Washington DC, U.S.A.

www.iploca.com

APIA Convention

12-15 October 2013 - Brisbane, Australia

www.apia.net.au/events/2013-convention-adelaide



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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