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US Makes Progress on New Pipelines – Page 42 E DITION ISSUE 38 | WINTER 2018 Leading FERE N NC O E the way C US makes progress on new pipelines – page 42 E DITION PPIM: back and bigger CEPA CEO responds to Equinor lays Norway’s than ever performance report biggest pipeline Page 10 Page 47 Page 50 FP Ad 7 IFC NDT Global CONTENTS CONTENTS Inside Pipelines International 47 50 PIPELINES IN THE US New gas pipeline satisfies Mexican demand 41 US progresses with new pipeline developments 42 North America leads development of new oil pipelines 46 INDUSTRY NEWS CEPA responds to release of performance report 47 FOSA calls for improved industry safety 49 PROJECTS Norwegian pipeline proves to be a slick 59 63 operation 50 Pipelines International is a proud media partner of IPLOCA RISK MANAGEMENT Avoiding missteps: risk versus rate of risk 52 What’s involved in a facility or plant remedial action design? 54 COMPANY NEWS Total buys Chevron Denmark COVER STORY | 42 share capital 57 US progresses with new pipeline developments COVER IMAGE: Two of the workers constructing Australian Government blocks foreign Enbridge’s US$9 billion Line 3 Replacement Project, which takeover of leading pipeline operator 58 The US pipeline industry is leading the world in developing new pipelines, with a number of is now more than 60 per cent complete. Image courtesy shutterstock © Lifted Up Aerial Photography shutterstock © PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek projects making significant progress throughout 2018. Enbridge. EVENTS Submit your paper for UPSF 2019 59 10 36 38 PTC coming back to Berlin in 2019 60 Canadian events champion the 61 pipelines industry Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Connect with us IPLOCA Convention makes first PipelinesInternational @Pipelines Pipelines International visit to London 62 MOGC offers delegates tailored experience 63 Leading North American energy FREE Pipelines International fortnightly e-newsletter event plans return 63 The latest news, project and technology information emailed fortnightly www.pipelinesinternational.com Remember to email your news, views and article ideas to Hydrotesting and inline inspection, REGULARS PPIM 2019 [email protected] now and the future 28 From the editor 4 Continuing to grow after three decades 10 Milliken explores common World wrap 6 Conference program 13 misconceptions of composite repair 33 The publishers welcome editorial contributions from interested parties. However, the publishers do not accept responsibility for the content News 8 Exhibition hall 16 STATS isolates the issue 36 of these contributions and the views contained therein which will not necessarily be the views of the publishers. The publishers do not accept Advertisers’ index 64 ROSEN detects pinholes using Inline Services introduces innovative responsibility for any claims made by advertisers. ultra-high-resolution MFL 18 products 38 Features and deadlines 2018-19 64 Unless explicitly stated otherwise in writing, by providing editorial material to Great Southern Press (GSP), including text and images, you Upcoming events 64 NDT Global’s new crack-sizing Pipelines International returning to are providing permission for that material to be subsequently used by GSP, whole or in part, edited or unchanged, alone or in combination technology increases accuracy by PPIM 39 with other material in any publication or format in print or online or howsoever distributed, whether produced by GSP and its agents and removing depth limits 25 associates or another party to whom GSP has provided permission. 2 | Pipelines International | Winter 2018 Follow us on Twitter @Pipelines | www.pipelinesinternational.com www.pipelinesinternational.com | Follow us on Twitter @Pipelines Winter 2018 | Pipelines International | 3 FROM THE EDITOR hen one reflects on the pipeline to be ‘competent’. industry and its future, two particular Elsewhere in the pipeline industry, and thanks Above and Beyond W– and linked – challenges are to the far-sighted support of ROSEN Founder apparent: succession and qualification. and Chairman Hermann Rosen, a group of More Than I have been extremely impressed by the independent industry leaders have been working creation of the Young Pipeliners Association of for three years on competency. Standard ILI Canada (YPAC) and the Young Pipeline The group’s task was to categorise the activities Professionals (YPP), two groups with required to achieve a certain level competence, ever-increasing credibility as their memberships and then to establish standards against which the grow. If the non-Canadian and non-US industry competences can be measured. can be persuaded to set up similar groups in other This work has now been completed and regions, the issues of succession will go a long way I encourage everyone to visit the Competence to being solved. Club website for more information at Pipelines are exciting from an engineering www.competence.rosen-group.com perspective and the magnificent achievements of I have already alluded to the PPIM conference pipeline engineers deserve to be widely which will take place on 18–22 February next recognised, not just by the industry itself. year. The event has grown in magnitude and has GREAT SOUTHERN PRESS PTY LTD The industry needs to enthuse engineering been extended by half a day to accommodate as ACN 005 716 825 graduates (and others) into the exciting many papers as possible. ABN 28 096 872 004 opportunities it has to offer, and groups such as The organisers – Clarion Technical Suite 1, Level 3 YPAC and YPP are leading the way. Conference and Tiratsoo Technical, a division of 169–171 Victoria Parade In many countries, certainly in Canada and the Great Southern Press – received more than Fitzroy VIC 3065 Australia US, pipeline-operating companies are mandated 100 papers submissions and the technical review Tel: +61 3 9248 5100 to employ ‘competent’ engineers, and yet committee had considerable difficulty in choosing [email protected] paradoxically there are not processes for those that could be accepted for the 65 slots in the www.pipelinesinternational.com establishing and recognising competence. extended program. On behalf of the organisers In Australia, the Australian Pipelines and Gas I take this opportunity to thank all those who TIRATSOO TECHNICAL | A DIVISION Association (AGPA) has invested considerable submitted an abstract and extend my OF GREAT SOUTHERN PRESS time and effort into solving the problem. commiserations to those whose applications were United Kingdom Chris Harvey, who has been instrumental in unsuccessful. Tel: +44 7771 641372 Visit us at this project on behalf of AGPA, is presenting a To view the PPIM conference program, turn to EDITOR-IN-CHIEF paper at the forthcoming Pipeline, Pigging and page 13. For a list of who to visit in the John Tiratsoo | [email protected] PPIM 2019 Integrity Maintenance Conference and exhibition hall turn to page 16. HOUSTON (TEXAS), USA Exhibition (PPIM) in Houston, US, which MANAGING EDITOR summarises the current situation. Nick Lovering | [email protected] 18-22 February 2019 “There is increasing pressure on the pipeline ASSISTANT EDITORS industry to be able to demonstrate that its asset Chloe Jenkins | [email protected] BOOTH # 507 management and engineering capability David Convery | [email protected] management are at a satisfactory level,” says John Tiratsoo SALES MANAGER Mr Harvey. Editor-in-Chief David Marsh | [email protected] “This is needed to give policymakers, regulators and industry stakeholders confidence INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER To understand the current and future conditions of an asset, at ROSEN we apply state-of-the-art about the safety and environmental sustainability Deanna Torres-Gonzalez methods and technologies to provide precise information to identify, size, and locate various types of petroleum pipelines. [email protected] “Regulators, in particular, are seeking HEAD OF DESIGN of threats. Specifically for pipeline integrity management, the wide-range of expertise provided by assurance from pipeline owners and operators Katrina Rolfe | [email protected] the ROSEN Group allows for specialists in all fields to address all possible threats. Growing complexity that they have capable pipeline engineers PUBLISHER calls for increasingly advanced methods and technologies, including rapid, reliable, and responsive designing, constructing, operating and Annie Ferguson | [email protected] maintaining petroleum pipelines. At present, procedures, robotic propulsion, and smart and knowledgeable decision-making through analytics. there are no generally accepted approaches to ISSN: 1837-1167 recognising and developing pipeline engineering capability.” To meet this challenge, AGPA developed 226 onshore standards and 57 offshore standards describing, in a succinct format, what is required 4 | Pipelines International | Winter 2018 Follow us on Twitter @Pipelines | www.pipelinesinternational.com www.rosen-group.com Pipelines_Int_PPIM_221.9x282.2_18.1.2.indd 1 11/13/2018 2:24:19 PM WORLD WRAP WORLD WRAP Audacia begins pipelay work for Nord Stream 2 Allseas’ offshore pipelay vessel Audacia has joined the Castoro Dieci to lay pipe for the German section of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Tallgrass and Silver Creek expand crude oil JV Audacia started installation works on the first stretch of the twin Tallgrass Energy and Silver Creek Midstream have expanded the Powder River Basin (PRB) Joint Venture (JV) pipelines being laid in German territorial waters. The vessel will lay to transport crude oil to Wyoming, US. The expanded JV will own the 129 km, 16 inch (407 mm) diameter Iron pipes for approximately 38 km in the deep water section of the route Horse Pipeline, which is currently under construction; the 113 km, 12 inch (305 mm) diameter Powder River and, after completing the first line, will return to the starting point Express Pipeline; and crude oil facilities in Guernsey, Wyoming. Through these two pipelines, PRB produced crude to continue laying the second line. All works on the Nord Stream 2 oil will have access to Tallgrass’ Pony Express crude oil pipeline system, as well as two other existing takeaway Pipeline in German waters are scheduled to be completed by the end pipelines.
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