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contents:letter from the president page 4

News from Geneva page 5

Member News page 8

New Technologies page 11

istanbul convention Updatepage 14

JUNE 2012

WiTh NEWS FRoM: ThE iNDUSTRY, MEMBERShip, alliED & SiSTER aSSociaTioNS

10 - 14 September 2012 - Hilton Istanbul

46th Annual ConventionIPLOCA

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contents

letter from the president 4

News from Geneva 5

Board Meeting Update 5

Upcoming Elections 7

Membership 8

Member News 8

New Technologies 11

istanbul convention Update 14

health & Safety 16

Training 17

Upcoming conferences 17

Regional Meetings 18

in the headlines 19

iploca Board of Directors 20

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

Spring has finally arrived after a lengthy and harsh winter,

something which we Istanbulians have not been used to

in the last few years. We are so much happier now that

the Judas trees are blossoming all along the Bosphorus,

sprinkling hints of pink between Europe and Asia. Indeed,

Istanbul shows itself in many different lights and colours

each season. I hope you will experience some of this

yourself as registration for the Istanbul Convention is now

well under way.

Materials were mailed out at the end of April and are

available electronically via the IPLOCA website. Do be

sure to register early, as we expect demand for places at

this convention to be very high. What better opportunity to visit Istanbul, than to join your

colleagues and IPLOCA friends at the Hilton Istanbul from 10 to 14 September 2012?

Pre-convention and post-convention tours are also available, for those who wish to extend

their stay and visit more of the famous sites of Turkey.

Two industry awards will be presented in Istanbul during the Open General Meetings. The

deadlines for submission have now passed, and submissions are being analysed. We will be

announcing the winners of the IPLOCA 2012 Health and Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron,

and the IPLOCA 2012 Environmental Award, sponsored by Shell on Thursday and Friday, 13 and

14 September.

I am pleased to report that the Novel Construction Initiative is making good progress, as new

and expanded sections are under development. We had an excellent meeting in London during

March, attended by more than 54 participants from 38 companies.

The IPLOCA Safety Instructors Tool is moving ahead and we hope to make this available to our

members prior to the Convention. We are also holding a workshop on 26 June to address the

important topic of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs). More information is on page 16.

My thanks to the organisers of the Northwest Europe Regional Meeting, Wilhelm Maats and

Paul Waanders of Maats Pipeline Equipment and to Daslav Brkic, Leonardo Gravina and Marco

Jannuzzi for the Italian meeting held in Milan on 15 May.

I look forward to seeing you in Istanbul.

Sincerely,

Osman Birgili


Board Meeting UpdateThe 2011-2012 IPLOCA Board of Directors met in London

at the end of March. During the meeting the following

was announced:

hSE committeeHSE Work group to meet on 27 and 28 March, 2012 in

Geneva to:

- Review the IPLOCA Pipeline Construction Safety

Instructors Tool

- Analyse the Health & Safety statistics received

- Analyse the Environmental statistics received

- Discuss the content of the future IPLOCA Health &

Safety Report

- Define the organisation of the Road Traffic Accident

(RTA) Workshop (26 June)

- Discuss requesting H&S statistics from the Associate

Members

- Review the website and communications

A subsequent meeting, to adjudicate the entries for the

2012 IPLOCA Health & Safety Award sponsored by Chevron,

and the 2012 IPLOCA Environmental Award sponsored by

Shell, will be held in June.

Training committee A teleconference was held on 3 February during which the

following were discussed:

- Costs and timing for the IPLOCA Safety Instructors Tool

- Draft to be reviewed by the HSE Committee and the

Board of Directors

- Six hundred copies of the DVD to be produced and

copies distributed to the members by mail before the

Convention in Istanbul.

Caterpillar has appointed Ruud Kronenburg (the Dean of

Caterpillar University) to the committee and we would

welcome additional support.

An e-learning program for sideboom operators will be

discussed at the upcoming Training Committee Meeting in

Malaga (17-18 May).

New Technologies committeeBoard member John Tikkanen has suggested that

contract commercial terms be collected and discussed

under the New Technologies umbrella, perhaps via

a subcommittee, to look at some of the subordinate

clauses regarding bonding, insurance and other

commercial Terms and Conditions.

The committee will gather examples of contracts currently

existing in the industry and draw comparisons between

those contracts.

The Spring Session of the Novel Construction Initiative will

be held at the Sofitel Heathrow Airport on 21-22

March 2012.

IPLOCA will co-fund two research projects led by PRCI

to create:

- A Guidance Document for Onshore Pipeline Route

Selection and Associated Data Gathering

- Guidelines for Determination of Pipeline Lowering-in

Stresses and Mitigative Strategies for Construction.

News from GenevaDuring March the Secretariat was pleased to welcome

IPLOCA director Wilhelm Maats to its Geneva offices.

While the Secretariat does host a few meetings each year in

its conference room, we do not receive a lot of visitors and

it is always a pleasure to share a coffee – or some Swiss

chocolate – and to show off our facilities.

istanbul convention Arrangements are well under way. Online registration

opened on 1 May, and we encourage everyone to go to

www.iploca.com to 1) secure their hotel room and

2) register for the convention as soon as possible. We are

experiencing a lot of interest already and expect another

sold-out event.

Juan Arzuaga, Executive Secretary (left) and Wilhelm Maats at the

Geneva Secretariat.


IPLOCA President Osman

Birgili is greeted by one

of the Yeoman Warders

(otherwise known as

Beefeaters) at the Tower

of London. The Warder

is wearing his ‘undress’

(or more casual) uniform

of dark blue with red

trimmings.

When the sovereign

visits the tower, or the

warders are on duty

for a state occasion,

they wear red and gold

uniforms similar to

those of the Yeomen of

the Guard.

Regaled with amusing,

but often grisly stories,

members of the Board of

Directors and their spouses

enjoyed a tour by one of

the Tower of London’s se-

nior Yeomen Warders.

Ravens are said to have been

living in the Tower of London

since at least the time of King

Charles II. Legend maintains

that should these ravens

ever leave the tower, the

tower and the monarchy

will fall. The flight feathers

of these enormous birds

are trimmed so that they

cannot easily leave the

tower grounds. They are

cared for by a Tower

Raven Master.

Minutes of the cape Town Board MeetingThe minutes of the Cape Town meeting were reviewed

and approved.

Treasurer’s ReportHarald Dresp, IPLOCA Treasurer, presented the unaudited

Annual Report for 2011. Some losses (paper losses only)

were reflected on the balance sheet because of fluctuations

in the exchange rate. IPLOCA tries to balance income and

expenditure per currency (CHF, EUR and USD).

Beijing convention ReportThe Secretariat costs involved in the Convention will be

allocated and information provided to the Board at the

meeting in Washington DC to better reflect the financial

results of the Convention.

The Banque Cantonale de Genève (BGCE) has been

proposed for a second bank account for the association,

in order to split IPLOCA’s deposits for additional safety.

This was agreed and will be instigated.

MembershipRegular Member and Associate Member payment status

was reviewed. Should members fail to pay their fees, the

Accounting Manager will contact the appropriate director

for assistance.

The 2011 Membership Summary was presented to the Board,

showing a total of 126 Regular Members, 129 Associate

Members, four Academic Members and two Honorary

Members at the close of 2011 (total membership 261). ApplicationsCompleted Applications for Membership have been

received and accepted from:

- American Augers (USA)

- Hannibal Pipes S.A. (Spain) – effective June 2012

Resignations - Corinth Pipeworks S.A. (Greece)

- Edilsider SpA (Italy) – effective January 2013

Evolution of MembershipLiz Spalding showed a chart and world map demonstrating

the evolution of membership since 1994. Most notable were

the increases in membership in the East & Far East region,

from nine Regular Members in 1994 to 21 in 2011, and in

Europe Eastern, with seven Regular Members in 1994 and

28 in 2011.

convention Arrangements for Istanbul are proceeding well, with

Executive Secretary Juan Arzuaga and Membership and

Convention Manager Caroline Green having recently

spent some time in Istanbul with President Osman

Birgili to make site visits and meet with the ground

agent, Visitur.

Speakers and Presentation TopicsSuggested topics and speakers were discussed.


Board Meeting and convention locationsFollowing discussion it was proposed that the Presidential

rotation should stay as is through 2015, and then begin with

a new system which would allow the Convention and the

Presidency to coincide.

Changes beyond 2016 will be suggested by the Secretariat

to the Board in Washington for final decision.

Regional Meetings More than 50 people have registered for the Europe

Northwest Regional Meeting to be held in Enschede

on 15 March 2012. A number of IPLOCA directors will

also attend.

Meetings will also be held in Milan (15 May 2012) and in

Colombia on 19 June 2012.

Google analyticsThere was a short presentation on Google Analytics,

which Guy Henley of the Secretariat staff has instigated

with our website host to better track the number of visits to

www.iploca.com. A report will be presented at the Board

meeting in Washington DC.

Sponsorship/Support/attendance at industry conferences The Secretariat will continue to list in the newsletter and

on the website upcoming conferences that are of interest

to our membership, but will not enter into any form of

cooperation nor any sponsorship agreements.

Upcoming Elections to the iploca Board of Directors Elections to the IPLOCA Board of Directors take place every

year at the annual convention. Geographical areas with 5 to

14 Regular Members may elect one director; those with 15

or more elect two.

Board seats becoming vacant in September 2012:

- Europe Eastern – 1 seat

vacated by Osman Birgili

who becomes Immediate Past President

- Middle East & Africa – 1 seat

outgoing Director Nasser Issa

- Europe North West – 1 seat

outgoing Director Adam Wynne Hughes

- Director for Associate Members – 1 seat

outgoing Director Gerry Grothe

If you represent a Regular Member or an Associate Member

and you would like to run for one of the vacant seats on

the Board of Directors, please visit www.iploca.com/

elections where you will find the necessary documents

to be completed and returned to the IPLOCA Executive

Secretary no later than Friday, 13 July 2012.

VotingAll Regular Member companies are entitled to one

vote. If no-one from your company is able to attend

the convention, where voting takes place, one vote per

member company may be made on a proxy form (also

available via a link on the website) and must be received

by the Executive Secretary in the IPLOCA office at

the Hilton Istanbul no later than Tuesday, 11 September

2012 in order to be counted.

Geographical AreasA list of member companies in each Geographical Area

can be found as follows:

East & Far East: www.iploca.com/eastandfareast

Europe Central: www.iploca.com/europecentral

Europe Eastern: www.iploca.com/europeeastern

Europe Mediterranean: www.iploca.com/europemediterranean

Europe North West: www.iploca.com/europenorthwest

Middle East & Africa: www.iploca.com/middleeastandafrica

America North: www.iploca.com/americanorth

Latin America: www.iploca.com/latinamerica

If you have any questions regarding the election process,

please contact [email protected].

Lord Peter Snape of Wednesbury (centre), a UK Labour Party

peer, hosted the Board of Directors at a dinner at the Palace of

Westminster, in a House of Commons Dining Room.


MembershipWe welcome the following new Associate Member to

IPLOCA. The information below is also posted at

www.iploca.com under the Membership Centre.

New associate Member

The American Augers line of underground construction

equipment consists of auger boring machines, maxi-rig &

mid-size directional drills, oil & gas drilling rigs, mud pump

& cleaning systems and product tooling & accessories.

The products are manufactured at the company’s 241,000

square-foot facility in West Salem, Ohio, in the heart

of Amish country between Columbus and Cleveland.

Since the founding of American Augers in 1970, there

has never been a change in the company’s core value:

having products developed by a “can-do” work force that

focuses on mechanical, technological and customer-based

design improvements. American Augers was the first HDD

manufacturer to eliminate chain and utilize a rack and

pinion carriage design which is now the industry standard.

American Augers P.O. Box 814

135 US Route 42

West Salem, OH 44287

United States

T +1 419 869 7107

F +1 419 869 7425

E [email protected]

I www.americanaugers.com

Member NewsHong Kong Branch of Second West-East Gas Pipeline Starts Construction On 2 March, pipeline construction of the Hong Kong branch of

the Second West-East Gas Pipeline commenced offshore Dachan

Island near Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The pipe-laying

vessel Zhong You Hai 101 laid welded pipelines at the bottom

of the sea. The Hong Kong branch of the Second West-East Gas

Pipeline consists of two sections from Shenzhen to Hong Kong:

the Qiuyuling-Dachan Island subsea pipeline and the Dachan

Island-Longgutan subsea pipeline. Covering a total length of

29.04 km and with a transmission station in Dachan Island and

a receiving station in Longgutan, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong

subsea pipeline has a designed transportation capacity of 6

billion standard cubic meters per year. The pipeline boasts the

largest subsea pipe diameter and encompasses some of the

most difficult construction conditions in China. When natural gas

arrives at Hong Kong from the Second West-East Gas Pipeline,

Hong Kong will realize its timely gas supply, drastically reduce its

reliance on coal and lower carbon emissions from power plants,

improving air quality in the region.

CRC-Evans Announces New Distributor Agreement with Laurini Officine Meccaniche CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc. has announced a

new distributor agreement with Laurini Officine Meccaniche

(Laurini), an internationally acclaimed pipeline equipment

design and fabrication leader based out of Busseto, Italy.

Under the terms of the agreement, CRC-Evans will have

rights to exclusively distribute Laurini screening padding

machines in North and South America, as well as exclusive

distribution rights for all Laurini products in Canada,

the U.S.A. and Mexico. The Laurini screening padding

machines are primarily used to provide “soft” fill around

a pipeline as it is laid to protect the pipeline coating from

large objects that may be in the spoil pile used to cover the

pipe once it is in a ditch. Laurini also manufactures rock

crushing equipment for use both in or along-side the ditch in

extremely rocky areas where no fines are available to screen.

They also manufacture multipurpose tractors suitable for use

as welding tractors, pipe carriers and many other functions.

Demand has increased for padding equipment in recent

years, as the importance of protecting pipeline coating is

fully realized. The inclusion of Laurini screening and crusher

padding machines significantly reinforces CRC-Evans’

extensive portfolio with products that match CRC-Evans’

reputation for high-quality, respected and reliable designs.

Furthermore, Laurini’s products are compatible with the

equipment CRC-Evans currently sells and rents.

DENSO Celebrates its 90th AnniversaryDENSO GmbH Leverkusen/Germany celebrates its 90th

anniversary in 2012. The multinational group looks back

on a successful corporate history, based on 90 years of

experience. DENSO develops, produces and distributes

innovative products for corrosion protection for pipes

and pipelines. Founded 1922 in Berlin, DENSO was the

first worldwide company to introduce passive corrosion

protection for pipelines. The company’s success began

with the invention of the Petrolatum-Tape in 1927, still used

today in modified form. As the world’s only producer of

a co-extruded three-ply composite tape for the corrosion


protection of welded seams on pipelines, DENSO has

continued its research and development resulting in many

patents and innovative products. Today the product range

also comprises Bitumen Tapes, PE/Butyl-Tape-Systems,

Liquid Coatings and Heat Shrinkable Sleeves.

DENSO premises in Leverkusen/Germany

Automatic application of DENSOLEN-Tape System with DENSO-

MAT wrapping device

ESAB Wins Wind Energy OrderESAB is a world-leading supplier of welding and cutting

equipment and has been involved in wind generation since

its inception. The company’s automation solutions, welding

equipment and consumables (welding wire) have been

used in the production of more than half the world’s wind

turbines. Steel construction company Bladt Industries A/S

fabricates, amongst other things, steel structures for the

offshore wind energy sector, the oil and gas industry and

the construction business. ESAB has already delivered eight

new Tandem column and booms for multi-wire welding,

twenty sets of 300 and 400 tons conventional roller beds,

five pieces of ESAB A6 powder tractors and retrofit of eight

existing Tandem column and booms. The order is the single

largest in the Nordic region for ESAB automation products.

Fluor Celebrates 100-Year AnniversaryOn 23 April Fluor Corporation marked the 100th anniversary

of the company’s founding in 1912. In the 1880s, John Simon

Fluor Sr., emigrated from Switzerland and came to the United

States as a young man to pursue a dream. 100 years later,

Fluor encompasses some 45,000 employees executing tough,

complex and challenging projects on six continents. “I doubt

that when Si Fluor came to this country all those years ago

he had any inkling of what his dream would become,” said

David Seaton, Fluor’s chairman and chief executive officer.

“When he came to the U.S., he was equipped only with the

skilled hands of a guild trained craftsman, his know-how and

a passion to build. He used all of those traits to forge his new

venture.” As part of the 100th anniversary celebration, Fluor

held a global employee event at 14 locations around the

globe. This event was satellite broadcast on Saturday, April

21, from the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas,

Texas, to locations on six continents. The one-night event

brought together approximately 20,000 employees, the most

ever in the company’s history.

Owners of the Liebherr Group transfer some of their shares to their children Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Ing Willi Liebherr, President of the Administrative

Board of Liebherr-International AG, and his sister Dipl.-Kfm.

Isolde Liebherr, who is its Vice-President, have assigned a

proportion of their shares in the Liebherr Group’s parent

company to their children. This will enable various duties

and responsibilities to be transferred to the next generation;

in the future, individual Group divisions will therefore be

managed by Isolde Liebherr or Dr. h.c. Willi Liebherr jointly

with a representative of the third family generation. Initially,

the following members of the third generation will assume

responsibility step by step for corporate management and

supervisory tasks: Jan Liebherr, Stéfanie Wohlfarth, Sophie

Albrecht, Patricia Rüf. The way is now clear for the future

management of the Liebherr Group, and to ensure that

Liebherr will remain an independent family-owned company.


Lincoln Electric Acquires Weartech InternationalLincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has

acquired Weartech International, Inc., a privately-held

producer of cobalt-based hard facing and wear-resistant

welding consumables. Weartech is headquartered

in Anaheim, California, with manufacturing plants in

Anaheim and Port Talbot, Wales. The company has

annual sales of approximately $40 million and employs

140 people combined at both locations.Terms of the

transaction were not disclosed. In announcing the

acquisition, John M. Stropki, Lincoln Electric Chairman

and Chief Executive Officer, said: “The acquisition of

Weartech is a continuation of our ongoing strategy to

expand the breadth of our consumable product portfolio

to better service our global customer base. Weartech

is well positioned globally in the specialized cobalt

welding consumable market, selling primarily to the

high growth energy and process chemical segments. We

expect strong growth in these segments and believe the

Weartech product line will help expand and deepen our

relationships with key global customers.”

PETROFAC Awarded USD 330 Million Project in Iraq Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, has

been awarded a US$330 million lump-sum engineering,

procurement and construction (EPC) contract by

Gazprom Neft Badra B.V. (‘Gazprom’) for the first phase

of the Badra Oilfield Development Project in Iraq. The

competitively tendered project will commence shortly

and be completed in three 18-month phases, with final

completion scheduled during the second half of 2015.

Under the terms of the contract, Petrofac will provide

detailed design, engineering, procurement, construction,

pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up work on

the Badra development’s central processing facility, which

comprises three crude oil processing trains. The first phase

of the project is expected to come on stream in the second

half of 2013. Marwan Chedid, chief executive of Petrofac’s

Engineering, Construction, Operations & Maintenance

(ECOM) division, commented: “We are delighted to be

working with Gazprom on this important development

which holds significant future potential for the progression

of Iraq’s oil & gas industry. This is Petrofac’s third notable

project award in Iraq and also marks our first lump-sum

EPC project in the country. “Iraq represents a sizeable

market opportunity for Petrofac and our Basra office is

continuing to expand as we develop our presence in the

country. In the meantime, our teams are looking forward

to delivering a successful outcome on the Badra project in

line with our commitment to safety, quality, integrity and

corporate social responsibility.”

PETROFAC Acquires KW Limited Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider,

announces that it has acquired the entire share capital of

KW Limited (KW). Based in Fetcham, near Woking, with

an office in Aberdeen, KW is a high-end subsea pipeline

consulting and engineering services business with an

established reputation in the subsea pipeline market. As

at 31 March 2011, KW had gross assets of £2.7 million.

The business and its 56 employees will become part of

Petrofac’s Engineering & Consulting Services business.

SLECC Wins Supervision Contract for Shen-Wei Coal Slurry PipelineShengli Engineering & Consulting Co. Ltd (SLECC) was

awarded the Construction Supervision Contract at a value

of over CNY 9 million for Segment 3 of Shen-Wei Coal

Slurry Pipeline Project in late March 2012. Shen-Wei Coal

Slurry Pipeline, as the first pipeline project in China for coal

slurry delivery, is regarded as the priority project for the

Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2011 through 2015) by the Provincial

Government of Shaaxi, China. Shen-Wei Coal Slurry Pipeline

runs a total 727km length with 6 pump stations to be

installed along the route, at a design throughput capacity

of100 thousand metric tons per year of coal delivery at the

slurry of -50mm pulverized particle sizes with less than 15%

ash. The Segment 3, Shen-Wei Coal Slurry Pipeline, covers

the scope of construction supervision work of 350km length

pipeline sizing 610mm at 12MPa design pressure and 2

pump stations. The supervision activities will start in early

April 2012 and be completed in late August 2013.

Technip Awarded Subsea Contract for the Lucius field in the Gulf of MexicoTechnip has been awarded a lump sum contract by

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the development of

the Lucius field, located in the Keathley Canyon area of the

Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of approximately 7,000 feet

(2,130 meters). The contract covers installation of a flexible

flowline; multiple flexible gas lift jumpers; main gas lift and

infield umbilicals; subsea distribution units; electrical, fiber

optic and hydraulic flying leads; design and fabrication

of the flexible flowline end termination; fabrication and

installation of rigid jumpers; burial of flowlines; flooding

and hydro-testing of the flowline system. Technip’s

operating center in Houston, Texas, will perform the overall

project management. This contract constitutes a significant

milestone in Technip’s recent acquisition of Global

Industries as it will utilize a number of Global Industries

key assets along with the Deep Blue, one of Technip’s

deepwater pipelay vessels, during the offshore installation

phases in 2013 and 2014.


Technip Awarded a Large Subsea Installation Contract for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Australia. Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Chevron

Australia Pty Ltd for the Wheatstone Project, one of

Australia’s largest resource projects. The contract, valued

at approximately EUR 245 million, covers the development

of the Wheatstone and Iago fields, located in the Carnarvon

Basin, offshore North Western Australia. This contract includes

project management, design, fabrication and installation of

subsea isolation valve, production tee protection structures,

spools and jumpers; transport and installation of manifold,

foundation structures and pipeline termination structures;

supply and installation of 41 kilometres of umbilicals.

Technip’s operating center in Perth, Australia will manage the

overall project, with engineering to commence immediately.

Vessels from the Technip fleet will be used for the offshore

campaign, including the Deep Orient and Global 1201, with

completion scheduled in 2015.The contract is expected to

create a significant number of West Australian jobs, including

in the Pilbara region.The Chevron-operated Wheatstone

Project is located at Ashburton North, 12 kilometres west of

Onslow in Western Australia. It is a joint venture between the

Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, Apache, Kuwait Foreign

Petroleum Exploration Company, Shell and Kyushu Electric

Power Company. The initial phase of the project will consist of

two liquefied natural gas trains with a combined capacity of

8.9 million tonne per annum and a domestic gas plant.

New TechnologiesOn 21 and 22 March IPLOCA hosted a Novel Construction

Initiative meeting at the Sofitel London Heathrow with

54 attendees from 38 companies.

During the meeting the six working groups met and

provided the group with a status report and action plan

for their continuing work. Documents resulting from

this meeting are posted on wiki.iploca.com for ease of

collaboration. Registration and password information is

available from [email protected].

Our thanks to the following companies for their ongoing

involvement in the Initiative and their presence at the most

recent London meeting:

Applus RTD, Axson BS Coatings, Bonatti SpA, Borealis,

BP, CCC, Caterpillar, Cranfield University, Dhatec, Fluor,

GIE, GRT Gaz, Industrie Polieco-MPB srl, ITW, J&P Ltd,

Laurini Officine Meccaniche, Liebherr, Lincoln Electric,

Maats BV, NOV Tuboscope, PetroIT Ltd, PetroIT Americas,

PWT, Renault Trucks, RSK Group, Serimax, Shawcor, SICIM,

SIME, Stopaq, Techint, Tekfen, Tesmec, TIB Chemicals, Volvo

Construction Equipment and Vopak AMT.

Special thanks to the following collaborators for their

leadership of the working groups:

Planning & Design

Criss Shipman, [email protected]

Earthworks & Crossings

Paul Andrews, [email protected]

Welding & NDT & Testing

Gustavo Guaytima, [email protected]

Future Trends & Innovation

Zuhair Haddad, [email protected]

ECPS

Sean Haberer, [email protected]

Environment

Sue Sljivic, [email protected]

Logistics

Bruno Pomare, [email protected]


New collaborative projectDevelopment of Data Standards for New Construction Projects

During the meeting in London, participants heard a

presentation from Janet E. Sinclair, Executive Director

of PODS (Pipeline Open Data Standard) association.

IPLOCA and PODS have undertaken a collaborative project

under the auspices of the Future Trends & Innovation Group

of IPLOCA’s Novel Construction Initiative, to develop and

define an acceptable worldwide data standard for new

pipeline construction data.

This project will adapt the PODS Pipeline Data Model for

use during the design and construction phases of a new

construction project. The project will also provide a mechanism

to streamline the transfer of critical as-built information from

the construction workflow into the operator’s O&M database.

The project deliverables will document the data and metadata

requirements throughout the pipeline new construction project

stages, and allow pipeline operators, engineering companies,

construction contractors, and survey companies to speak a

common language of well-defined data requirements during

all project stages.

During pipeline construction projects, drawings are

generated, surveys are performed, survey books are

created, and various maps, reports, documents, and data

are generated and collected in multiple formats. Typically,

at the end of the construction project, this information is

turned over to the Pipeline Operator is an assortment of

formats including soft copy CAD files, hard copy as-built

maps, drawings, and documents, inspection reports,

material test reports, and generally including a number of

Excel spreadsheets and other digital documents.

Janet Sinclair of PODS addresses attendees of the Novel

Construction Initiative at the Sofitel London Heathrow.

The data standards created through this research project will

improve project monitoring, material traceability and quality

control and assurance aspects while the project is under way

by extracting from the source and tracking all the types of

data mentioned above. When the project gets handed over to

the O&M teams, it will improve and streamline the process

for recording the required as-built data and documentation

from pipeline construction into the operator’s O&M database.

Key Deliverables:

· New Construction Workflow Document A new construction workflow document fully describing

all “states” or stages of the construction process,

requirements for capture of essential data, and uses of the

data to support the new construction process.

· New Construction Process Document - Detailed procedure document describing the following

processes critical to proper final processing of required new

construction data into the Operator’s O&M (PODS) database.

- Processing of field survey data into a PODS compatible

format, including QA/QC requirements.

- Requirements for merging of materials data with field

survey data, including QA/QC procedures.

- Procedures for stationing management through the life

cycle of the construction project.

- Identification of data elements to be transferred from

the PODS new construction module to the O&M (PODS)

database at conclusion of the construction project. These are

the items required to facilitate the operation, maintenance,

and integrity of the pipeline throughout its lifecycle.

· New Construction Data to O&M (PODS) DatabaseA procedure or interchange mechanism to seamlessly

upload the subset of construction data deemed critical to

on-going pipeline operations and integrity management

activities into the O&M (PODS) database.

· Logical Model and Data Dictionary Documents These documents, including entity relationship diagrams

(ERD), depict the various dependencies of tables within

the model. The Data Dictionary provides descriptions of

the tables and fields, often including code domains, and

prescribes the required data formats for each entry.

· Physical Model and Recommended Modifications to PODS

Fully designed database tables for the PODS new

construction module, including complete documentation,

and supporting all current PODS implementation methods.

- PODS Relational Model (Oracle and SQL Server)


- PODS ESRI Spatial (Geodatabase)

- PODS Open Spatial (Oracle and SQL Spatial)

Recommended modifications to the existing PODS Data Model

to allow for management of data in the various stages or

“states” of a new construction project. The technology transfer

of this information to the industry will be facilitated two ways:

through the integration of these deliverables into the IPLOCA

Novel Construction Publication Onshore Pipelines: The Road

to Success, which is freely available from the IPLOCA website,

and to PODS member companies who will receive module

creation scripts along with the accompanying documentation.

Benefits of the development of a New construction Data Standard

Money can be saved and better, more accurate data

developed by collecting and verifying the information

digitally, as the project progresses. Some of the quantifiable

productivity and efficiency steps include:

- Enable complete material traceability through systems

based on this data standard.

- Tracking and traceability in terms of quality control

and quality assurance. All quality inspection data and

documents will be stored in the database.

- Issues with the field survey (such as survey busts) are

more likely to be discovered and resolved while the

survey is actually ongoing.

- Issues related to design compliance can be highlighted

early in the project.

- Typical pipeline GIS software tools (such as automated

alignment sheet generation, and web-based GIS viewing

and reporting applications) can be utilized during the

course of the construction project if the data is already in

an industry standard (PODS) format.

- Since data collection is ongoing, the project database

can be tapped into to share project information across

participants, display various project status KPIs, and

provide analysis capabilities.

- Since the data is developed from the beginning in a

PODS format, it is easily moved into the Operator’s O&M

(PODS) database at completion of the project.

- These typically lead to savings in time and money

during, and at completion of the project, including much

faster project close out.

outcome of proposed Joint initiativePipeline Operators will be able to specify and contractually

require strict adherence to these Data Standards for New

Construction which govern the collection and protection

of critical data elements in pipeline construction, which

Operators are required, by law, to maintain for the life of

their pipeline assets. EPCs and Contracting companies will

know the data they need to load into a database system

and the final handover of documentation from a contractor

to an owner will typically happen much faster as data will

have been incrementally collected through the project. To

date, the PODS-IPLOCA Work Group has received volunteer

participation or data contribution commitments from the

following companies: Anadarko, Boardwalk Pipelines, BP,

CB&I, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), CHS

Inc., DCP Midstream, Enbridge, ExxonMobil, GeoSynergy,

Gulf Interstate Engineering, Hess, New Century Software,

Petro IT Ltd., Surveying & Mapping, (SAM) Inc., Willbros

Engineering, Williams.

Participation from additional contractors is most welcome.

The next meeting will be held in London on 23-24

October 2012. The meeting will include a tour of Cranfield

University’s Engineering Department and research

facilities. More information will be sent out closer to the

time. In the meantime please consult the wiki, or contact

the appropriate group leader for more information and

deadlines. The outcome of the Novel Construction Initiative

is the working document; “Onshore Pipelines: The Road to

Success” which is in its 2nd edition and can be viewed at

www.iploca.com/roadtosuccess.


Registration for the 46th Annual Convention

opened at the beginning of May!

Go to www.iploca.com today to register.

10 - 14 September 2012 - Hilton Istanbul

46th Annual ConventionIPLOCAREGISTRATION BROCHURE

ISTANBUL 2012

istanbul convention UpdateWe have already received more than 300 registrations for this year’s

convention in Istanbul. Full details regarding the event can be found

online by clicking on the image of the Convention Brochure.

Click on any page to access an easy-to-read size and/or

page through this document online almost as if it were

a hard copy, then go to www. iploca.com to register.

pre- and post-convention ToursIPLOCA’s ground agent, VISITUR, is offering

convention attendees the opportunity to participate

in pre- or post-convention tours beyond Istanbul.

Locations include Cappadocia, with its spectacular

surrealistic landscape of rock cones, capped

pinnacles and fretted ravines, Ephesus,

with its extensive roman ruins and often

considered one of the most beautiful

ancient cities in the world, and Pergamon,

one of Turkey’s oldest civilised settlements,

inhabited from pre-historic times through the

Ionian, Roman and Byzantine civilisations.

Full details are in the electronic Convention

Brochure at www.iploca.com. Please note: The

cost of pre- and post-convention tours is not

included in your Convention registration fee.

plan ahead for Your VisaAlthough many nationalities may

simply purchase a Turkish visitor’s

visa on arrival in Istanbul, this is

not true for everyone. IPLOCA’s

Secretariat will provide invitation

letters whenever necessary.

Please check in advance with

your local Turkish embassy or

consulate, or visit the website of

the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry

of Foreign Affairs for further

information at www.mfa.gov.tr/

visa-information-for-foreigners.

en.mfa


Special Functions:

The First Time Attendees Cocktails

Pipeline & Gas Journal and Vacuworx

International

The Welcome Party

Dodsal Group

President’s Dinner

Tekfen Construction and Installation Co., Inc.

Directors & Wives Dinner

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and Bonatti S.p.A.

Former Presidents’ Cocktails

Techint Engineering & Construction

The CRC-Evans Luncheon

CRC-Evans Pipeline International Inc.

The Caterpillar Evening

Caterpillar

Fireworks

Laurini Officine Meccaniche

The Spy Ladies Brunch

Pipeline Inspection

IPLOCA Membership Cocktails

Zakhem International Construction Ltd.

IPLOCA Membership Lunch - Menu

Fluor

IPLOCA Membership Lunch - Wine

Magnatech International BV

The John Fabick Cocktail Party

Pipeline Machinery International

DJ & Lights for Dancing ‘til Dawn

American Augers

Open Bar for Dancing ‘til Dawn

Specialty Polymer Coatings, Inc.

Decoration for Dancing ‘til Dawn

Worldwide Machinery

Maats/Liebherr Golf Tournament

Maats Pipeline Equipment

and Liebherr

Tour Programme:

Tour 1 - Highlights of Istanbul

Salzgitter Mannesmann International

GmbH and Serimax

Tour 2 - In the Footsteps of the Sultans

Lincoln Electric

Tour 3 - Pera: The Bohemian Istanbul

Wasco Energy

Tour 4 - City of Harmony

Stroygazmontazh

Tour 5 - Scent of Byzantium

Erciyas Steel Pipe

Tour 6 - Treasures of Istanbul

Jindal Saw Ltd.

Tour 7 - Highlights of Istanbul

Spiecapag

Tour 8 - Palaces of Istanbul

Attila Dogan Construction & Installation Co. Inc.

Tour 9 - In the Footsteps of the Sultans

Max Streicher GmbH & Co. KG aA

Tour 10 - Turkish Bath Experience

World Pipelines

Convention / IPLOCA Functions:

Registration Desk

Herrenknecht

Welcome Drinks at Registration (Sat/Sun)

ROSEN Group

Internet Centre

Consolidated Contractors Company (C.C.C.)

Audio Visual Open General Meeting (Thu)

Fernas Construction Company

Audio Visual Open General Meeting (Fri)

UniversalPegasus International, Inc.

Coffee breaks at Open General Meetings

The C.A.T. Group

Registration Bags for the Gentlemen

ShawCor

Registration Bags for the Ladies

DSMU Gazstroy LLC

Bottled mineral water for all tours

Erciyas Steel Pipe

Wine at Final Banquet

Willbros Group, Inc.

Flowers at Final Banquet

Ledcor Pipeline Limited

Band at Final Banquet

HABAU and PPS and PSE

Entertainment at Final Banquet

HABAU and PPS and PSE

Audio Visual at Final Banquet

TECHNIP

Car for Lottery

Volvo Construction Equipment

and Renault Trucks

Photographers at the Convention

CCP China Peroleum Pipeline Bureau

and Kingland Group Co. Ltd

Convention Photo CD

PTPS

Printing of Pocket Programme

Goriziane Group S.p.A.

Printing of Final Banquet Menu


Printing of Attendance List

Pipeline & Gas Journal

Russian Simultaneous Translation

Argus Limited

Shopping Shuttle to Grand Bazaar

Max Streicher GmbH & Co. KG aA

Meet & Greet at the Airport

Borusan Mannesmann Boru

Transfer Back to the Airport

LIPSA

Convention Fund Contributions

Available


Gifts:

Insight guide

Maats Pipeline Equipment

Liebherr model

Liebherr

Gift

DENSO

changes to Sports EventsWe are pleased to announce that the golf tournament at this

year’s event will be sponsored by Maats Pipeline Equipment

and Liebherr. While there will be no tennis tournament this

year avid tennis players will be pleased to know that courts

are available at the Hilton Istanbul. Past tennis sponsor,

Worldwide Machinery, has kindly committed to sponsor the

decorations for Dancing ‘til Dawn.

convention Sponsorship opportunities

As you will see from the list below, thanks to your great

support for the Convention, all sponsorship items have

been taken!

If you would still like to make a Convention Fund

contribution, please contact [email protected]

as soon as possible.


hSE hSE committee Meets in Geneva On 27-28 March, the IPLOCA HSE Committee met at the

Geneva Secretariat offices.

Attendees included Melody Kratsios, SNC-Lavalin; Bruno

Maerten, Geocean; Brad MacLean, Willbros; Kevin Parker,

Mears Group; Mark Rand, Chevron; Dinç Senlier, Tekfen

Construction and Installation Co, Inc.; Amir Tajik, Max

Streicher; and Juan Arzuaga and Sarah Junod, IPLOCA.

Topics discussed included the full review of the first draft

sent by the Construction Safety Council (Canada) about

the new IPLOCA Safety Instructors Tool (DVD); a new

in-depth Health and Safety Report being developed; the

Agenda for the next RTA Workshop; 2011 Health & Safety

Statistics submissions and 2011 Environmental Statistics

submissions; and the upcoming 2012 IPLOCA Health &

Safety Award, sponsored by Chevron and the 2012 IPLOCA

Environmental Award sponsored by Shell.

Committee member Brad MacLean also made a

presentation regarding an initiative from the INGAA

Foundation (The Interstate Natural Gas Association of

America Foundation). The goal is to develop a movie about

safety culture and performance enhancement, improving

attitudes and behaviours such that people are protected.

Reducing Road Traffic accidents June Workshop Scheduled for HSE Specialists

Since 1999 we have been collecting annual health & safety

statistics from the IPLOCA membership. During that time,

we identified that the frequency of Road Traffic Accidents

(RTA) is the most serious cause for concern, with most of

these accidents having very negative consequences.

Based on these results, and with the ultimate goal of

reducing the frequency of these accidents, the IPLOCA HSE

Committee decided to invite HSE specialists to a special

workshop to share experiences and collect information

regarding the different initiatives being put in place to

reduce RTAs. We will eventually share this information with

the membership on our website. We invite you to raise

topics of specific interest or concern, and/or where you

have already introduced initiatives to mitigate problems.

Topics suggested to date include: - driver pre-employment screening

- skills and behavioural training

- ongoing driver oversight and assessment

- drug and alcohol testing

- in-vehicle monitoring systems (IVMS) or innovative

technologies

- vehicle integrity and maintenance

- recordkeeping, reporting and analysis

- journey management

- road conditions

This workshop will be held on 26 June 2012 in the

Moevenpick Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, within walking

distance of Geneva International Airport. In order to

participate, you will need to submit a simple three-question

Initiative Report about the topic of most interest to you.

An Agenda and a report template are available at

www.iploca.com. Attendees will also hear a presentation

from Gordon Wyse of BP entitled “Our Journey Towards

Safer Road Travel”. Moevenpick Hotel rooms have been

allocated to IPLOCA guests at the special rate of CHF 250

per night including breakfast. We also pre-booked some

rooms in the nearby Holiday Inn Express at the special rate

of CHF 175 per night including breakfast. Both hotels have a

free shuttle service from Geneva Airport.

Road Traffic accident (RTa) Workshop26 June 2012

Moevenpick Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland

Questions? Contact [email protected]

iploca Yearbook new edition

Listing information

An email with login

information to make

changes in your company’s

listing will be sent out to all

members. Please follow the

instructions in the e-mail

and login to your IPLOCA

member account to make

online changes in your listing

information.

As always, advertising deadlines and rates are posted

at www.iploca-yearbook.com. Closing date for

advertisement reservations is 31 August 2012.

Don’t hestitate to submit your project photographs for

inclusion in the photo gallery: listing@iploca-yearbook.

Upcoming conferencesSafety 2012

3-5 June - Denver, U.S.A.

PLCAC 58th Annual Convention

3-7 June 2012 - Whistler, Canada

www.pipeline.ca/convention.html

25th World Gas Conference

4-8 June 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.wgc2012.com

No-Dig Moscow

5-8 June 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.nodig-moscow.ru

CityPipe 2012

5-8 June 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation

www.citypipe.ru

Caspian Oil & Gas

6-7 June 2012 - Baku, Azerbaijan

IPLOCA Regional Meeting

19 June 2012 - Bogota, Colombia

www.iploca.com

Road Traffic Accident (RTA) workshop

26 June 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland

www.iploca.com

Latin Oil & Gas

27-29 June 2012 - Miami, Florida, USA

www.cwclatamoilandgas.com

The Oil and Gas Conference

12-16 August 2012 - Denver, Colorado, USA

www.theoilandgasconference.com

ASCE Pipelines 2012 Conference

19-22 August 2012 - Miami Beach, Florida, USA

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

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

6-7 September 2012 - Mumbai, India

www.oilasia.com/IORS/about_IORS.html

46th IPLOCA Annual Convention

10-14 September 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey

www.iploca.com

Gastech 2012

8-11 October 2012 – London, UK

www.gastech.co.uk

APIA Convention

13-16 October 2012 - Brisbane, Australia

www.apia.net.au

Fixing Pipeline Problems

15-18 October, 2012 - Berlin, Germany

www.clarion.org

International No-Dig 2012

12-14 November 2012 - Sao Paulo, Brazil

www.acquacon.com.br/nodig2012/en/

Middle East Engineering Procurement

Construction Conference 2012

3-4 December 2012 - Hilton Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

www.cerebralbusiness.com/epc-middleeast


iploca Media partners (September 2010 to August 2013)

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Regional MeetingsEurope North-West MeetingEnschede, Netherlands

On 15 March 2012, Associate Member

Maats Pipeline Equipment hosted IPLOCA’s

second Regional Meeting for North-West Europe at the

stadium of the football club FC Twente in Enschede.

The event was a huge success with more than 50 attendees

participating. Not only did they hear presentations from

Gasunie, Fluxys, University of Ghent, and Open Grid

Europe, among others, but they were also treated to a tour

of the Grolsch Brewery.

“We must say, we have great respect for the IPLOCA

staff for organising the yearly convention with over 650

people; only now we can really appreciate the amount

of work there is in organizing such an event!” – Paul

Waanders, International Sales Manager, Maats Pipeline

Equipment

Below: Rudi Denys of the University of Ghent addresses attendees

in Enschede about girth weld defect acceptance


italian Regional Meeting Milan, Italy

61 people attended the very successful Regional Meeting in

Milan on 15 May 2012.

On 15 May 2012 Italian members gathered at the offices

of Saipem in Milan.

The meeting was hosted by Leonardo

Gravina, IPLOCA Director for Europe

Mediterranean and by Daslav Brkic, of Saipem. Presenters

included Renato Maroli, Director of Operations, STOGIT,

and Andrea Stegher of Snam Rete Gas who spoke on Italian

gas business development: The role of Snam Rete Gas.

Training committeeThe IPLOCA Training Committee met on 17-18 May in

Malaga, at the Caterpillar Demonstration and Learning

Center (MDLC).

IPLOCA member companies represented at the meeting

included HABAU (Austria), Stroygazmontazh (Russian

Federation), Maats Pipeline Equipment (The Netherlands)

Tekfen Construction (Turkey), PLM (The Netherlands), PPS

Pipeline Systems GmbH (Germany), Techint, and Caterpillar

SARL, (Switzerland).

EK Pass, an US and Canadian-based professional heavy

equipment and safety training organisation made a

presentation on computer-based and internet-based safety

training and cooperation opportunities with IPLOCA that

are specific to heavy equipment operators. The Committee

also discussed an IPLOCA Safety Trainers Tool for pipeline

construction which is currently being finalised and will

be made available to the membership on DVD. The range

of topics covered on the DVD is extensive and includes

work preparation, personal protective equipment and

workplace hazardous materials information system, hazard

recognition and controls, front end operational hazards,

rigging and hoisting, pipe hazards, pipe assembly and

coatings hazards, specialised work hazards, environmental

hazards, back end operational hazards, as well as vehicle

operation, equipment operation and emergency response.

Other topics discussed during the meeting included Training

for Pipeline Supervision.

Below: IPLOCA Training Committee Members met in Malaga in May

at Caterpillar’s Demonstration and Learning Center (MDLC).

latin american Regional MeetingBogota, Colombia

Bogota, Colombia is the site for

the next Latin American Regional

Meeting, to be held on 19 June 2012, and hosted by

IPLOCA Director Daniel Fernandez of Techint.


iN ThE hEaDliNESAlgeria to Decide on Italy Gas Pipeline by End of 2012A decision will be made by the end of this year on the

planned Galsi gas pipeline from Algeria to Italy following a

review of its economic feasibility, Algeria’s energy minister

was quoted as saying.The 8 billion cubic metre pipeline

had been scheduled for start-up in 2014, but since it was

given the go-ahead, European demand for natural gas has

slumped, changing the economics of the project.

Reuters.com, 10 April 2012

New Russian Baltic Oil Port Up and RunningSouth Sudan Seeks Chinese Funding for Oil PipelineSouth Sudan intends to ask China to finance an

alternative pipeline to export its oil, an official has said,

as prospects of resuming use of former transit route via

neighboring Sudan have been terminated by renewed

conflicts. The request will be made during a five-day

official visit South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir to Beijing,

according to Pagan Amum, the country’s lead negotiator

and secretary-general of its ruling Sudan People’s

Liberation Movement (SPLM). In a statement to the

Financial Times, Amum voiced optimism that China would

respond to their request.

www.sudantribune.com/, 23 April 2012

Officials Unveil New Proposed Route for Nebraska Portion of Disputed Keystone XL Oil PipelineOfficials have unveiled a new preferred route for the

Nebraska portion of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline

that avoids the state’s groundwater-rich Sandhills region.

The proposed route would veer east around the Sandhills

before looping back to the original route. Developer

TransCanada has said the reroute adds about 100 miles to

the original 1,700-mile project that would carry oil from

Canada to the Gulf Coast.

Washington Post, 19 April 2012

Iran to Launch Gas Pipeline with Pakistan in 2014 Senior Iranian energy officials have announced that the

country would start sending gas supplies to neighboring

Pakistan in 2014. “A deal for Iran to export gas to Pakistan

has been finalized,” Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi

told a news conference at the Tehran Oil Show, according

to the ministry’s website. He said Iran has constructed

its tranche of the pipeline up to the Southeastern city

of Iranshahr. The minister said Iran is also constructing

a pipeline to pump gas to Iraq, adding the pipeline is

expected to be ready in 18 months. “Once this pipeline

is ready, Iran would export 20 million cubic meters of gas

to Iraq to feed its power plants,” he said. “Negotiations

are under way to extend this pipeline up to Syria and the

Mediterranean Sea,” he added.

Fars News Agency, 21 April 2012

Eni Oil Pipeline Attacked in Nigeria DeltaA crude oil pipeline owned by Italian oil and gas group Eni

was attacked on Friday in Nigeria’s onshore Niger Delta and

a militant group claimed the strike. Attacks in the restive

region have been fewer since an amnesty for militants in

2009, although large-scale oil theft and sporadic pipeline

sabotage still occurs. “We can confirm a pipeline leading to

Tebidaba, in the Clough-Creek area has been attacked,” an

Eni spokeswoman said.


South Sudan: Japan Firm Completes Kenya Pipeline StudySouth Sudan said Toyota Tsusho would soon make a

financial proposal on the construction of a pipeline to

transport the country’s oil to a port in Kenya for export, after

the Japanese firm completed a feasibility study. In January,

South Sudan signed an agreement with neighbouring

Kenya, the region’s largest economy, to build the pipeline to

connect its oil fields with the Kenyan port of Lamu, which is

under construction.


New Russian Baltic Oil Port Up and RunningThe opening of a new Russian oil terminal on the Baltic

Sea, seen as a new direct link to Europe, is having an

effect on world crude markets, analysts say. Russian

President-elect Vladimir Putin last month celebrated

the opening of the Ust-Luga terminal along the Gulf of

Finland, west of St. Petersburg, by pressing a button

to signal the loading the first oil tanker there. The new

universal port is at the end of the newly constructed, $3.3

billon Baltic Pipeline System-2 trunk oil pipeline system,

which runs from Unecha in Russia’s Bryansk Region to

Ust-Luga. The state-owned Russian oil company Transneft

says it plans to pump 30 million tons of oil per year

through the BPS-2 pipeline during its first operational

stage, eventually ramping up to 38 million tons after a

second stage is completed in December 2013.

Upi.com, 9 April 2012


Hackers target US Natural Gas PipelinesA sophisticated cyberattack intended to gain access to

US natural gas pipelines has been under way for several

months, the Department of Homeland Security has warned,

raising fresh concerns about the possibility that vital

infrastructure could be vulnerable to computer hackers.The

department’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency

Response Team said recently that it had identified a single

campaign behind multiple attempted intrusions into several

different pipeline companies since December last year.

ICS-CERT has issued alerts and held briefings for natural

gas and oil pipeline operators, telling them how to spot

signs of attack and said it has been “working aggressively

with affected organisations to prepare mitigation plans ... to

remove the threat and harden networks from re-infection”.

ft.com, 8 May 2012

Turkmenistan Accelerates East-West Gas Pipeline ConstructionThe builders of the ‘East-West’ gas pipeline which runs

from the largest gas fields in the east towards the Caspian

Sea have laid the first 40 kilometres of the further regional

gas transportation system, Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper

said today. ‘The pace of construction work on the linear part

of the gas pipeline must significantly increase in the near

future by using new machinery and welding equipment’,

the article says. At this stage, 700-800 metres of pipeline

are being assembled daily. In parallel, insulation work is

being carried out and a pipe is being laid. A trunk line is

planned to be built within five years from the Shatlyk gas

compressor station in the Mari region to the Belek gas

compressor station in the Balkan region. This gas line will

be the largest in the country with a diameter of 1420 mm,

running for a length of 766 kilometres.


Water Pipeline to Cyprus Promises More Than Just WaterTurkey and the Turkish Cypriots took a major step towards

the construction of an underwater pipeline, dubbed the “Life

Water” project, which will eventually pump drinking water

to Cyprus. The groundbreaking ceremony on March 30th

at the Gecitkoy dam, near Girne on the Turkish side of the

island, marked the second phase of a four phase 850 million

TL ($478m), 107-km project that will bring 75 million cubic

metres of water per year to the island. The first phase of

the project was inaugurated last year with the construction

of the Alakopru Reservoir in Turkey’s southern province

of Mersin from where the water will be sourced. The two

remaining phases, building an underwater pipeline and

supporting infrastructure, are schedule to be completed by

2014. Water shortages have been a longstanding problem

on the divided island due to population growth, overuse

of groundwater for consumption and agricultural use, and

increased demand during the tourism season.

Turkish Weekly.net, 4 April, 2012

in MemoriamDitta Schoonenberg

It is with great sadness that we

announce the death of Dirkje (Ditta)

Schoonenberg-Visser, beloved wife

of Pieter Schoonenberg (Pedemex

Publishers / IPLOCA Yearbook) on 27 March 2012.

Mrs Schoonenberg was well known to IPLOCA, having

attended more than 20 conventions over the past years.

She was a warm personality, a charming lady who will be

missed dearly by all her friends in the IPLOCA family.

in MemoriamJames Thomas White

We are very sad to announce the

death of James Thomas White, born

7 February, 1938, in Mississippi, who

passed away 22 January, 2012 in Plano,

Texas. Thomas married Barbara Oliver in 1959.

After graduating from Mississippi State University in Civil

Engineering in 1961, he went to work for Texas Eastern

Transmission Company as a pipeline design engineer.

He later worked for Williams Pressure Service,

overseeing hydrostatic pipeline testing and then for

Cap-Con International, Inc. as Vice President of

Estimating and Construction. In 1977, along with his

family, he moved to Bagdad, Iraq, and served as Project

Manager for Banister-Price Construction Company,

overseeing the construction of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline.

In 1981 he joined H.C. Price Construction Company in

Texas where he served as President and Chief Operating

Officer. In 2009, H.C. Price Construction Company and

Gregory-Cook Construction Co. merged to form Price-

Gregory International, Inc., where he served as President

until his death. Tom founded the James T. White Chair

of Civil Engineering at Mississippi State University. He

served as a board member and later as President of the

Pipeline Contractors Association.


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

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

Director, America North; Chairman, New Technologies

Committee

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

& Africa

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

Central

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

Training Committee

DirectorsIosif Panchak (Stroygazmontazh), Director, Europe Eastern

Bruno Maerten (GEOCEAN), Director, Europe Mediterranean

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

Mediterranean

Adam Wynne Hughes (Pipeline Induction Heat), Director,

Europe North-West; Chairman, HSE Committee

Daniel Fernandez (Techint), Director, Latin America

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

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

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

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

Members

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

Members

Directors at LargeRoberto Castelli (Bonatti)

Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)

John Tikkanen (Bredero Shaw)

Jerrit Coward (Willbros)

Wilhelm Maats (Maats Pipeline Equipment)

Executive SecretaryJuan Arzuaga

Left to right, front row: Harald Dresp (Treasurer), Doug Evans (1st Vice President), Osman Birgili (President), Najib Khoury (2nd Vice President),

Karl Trauner (Immediate Past President), Juan Arzuaga (Executive Secretary). 2nd row: Marco Jannuzzi, Leonardo Gravina, Adam Wynne

Hughes, Andy Lukas, Iosif Panchak, Nasser Issa, Gerry Grothe. Back row: Roberto Castelli, Daniel Fernandez, Pierluigi Zanin, Wilhelm Maats,

Jerrit Coward, John Tikkanen, Bruno Maerten Inset: Rajen Kilachand

IPLOCA Board of Directors 2011-2012

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