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EXECUTIVE REPORTS TRAINING COVER STORY PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OF AUSTRALIA 6 President’s Message 50 Standardising pipeliner training 79 Connecting port to pipeline 94 Pipeline construction workers of Australia 8 Chief Executive’s Report TECHNICAL REGION REVIEW: QUEENSLAND QUIZZES AND PUZZLES APGA NEWS AND EVENTS 54 NFPCA recognised with innovation award 82 The pipeline state: Queensland region review 96 The Australian Pipeliner Quiz 10 Members and memos 56 Gas energy recovery: turbo expanders and maximising 12 WA off to a swinging start pipeline efficiency PROJECTS APGA MEMBERSHIP 14 A lesson in ethics for Brisbane 85 The final stages: VNIE Loopings 6–9 98 APGA Membership List 16 International insight for Melbourne members INTERVIEW 86 New development heats up in Victoria’s west 100 APGA Membership Application Form 16 Raising the bar at the New Zealand dinner 60 A new age for contractors 102 APGA New Membership Approvals 18 Benefits of gas outlined in Adelaide 63 Pipeline personality: George Wettenhall NEWS IN BRIEF 88 The latest industry news WHAT’S ON YOUNG PIPELINERS FORUM COMPANY NEWS 90 World wrap 102 APGA Meetings 2016 20 Young pipeliner profile 64 NDT keeping it smooth 102 Exhibitions and Conferences 22 Queenslanders off to a strong start 65 Spacing the NGP evenly MAGAZINE BRIEFS 103 Advertisers Index 24 Brewing for a big 2016 66 Michell returns control to the user 92 12 tonnes of relining fun 92 Reliability engineering: a target-driven approach to THE LAST WORD EPCRC SAFETY integrity management 104 What I know about pipelines: Patricia Friend-Pereira 26 Innovative future: long-term support for the broader 67 Ushering in 2016 safely 92 Heading north Australian pipeline industry 68 New tech offers a clearer picture of FIFO wellbeing 71 Safety in numbers INDUSTRY NEWS 28 Choose your path: the future for Australia’s INTEGRITY AND MAINTENANCE gas market 72 Inspecting challenging pipelines 32 Forging our own path: the future for Australia’s gas market TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS 36 Australia’s energy: gas on the front line 76 Top level pipe stacking for the Australian industry 42 Northern gas for an eastern market 46 Eyes in the skies: the rise of drones

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EDITOR Sally Commins | [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Stuart Scudamore | [email protected] BREAKING DIRECTOR – PIPELINES AND GAS Lyndsie Clark | [email protected] ISSUE 166 | APRIL 2016 SALES MANAGER Th e ﬁ nal David Marsh | [email protected] DESIGN MANAGER NEW stages: Katrina Rolfe VNIE Loopings 6 9 PUBLISHER underway Zelda Tupicoff PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION The Dynamite Group Pty Ltd Complete Mailing Pty Ltd A.C.N. 005 716 825 (A.B.N. 28 096 872 004) The state GROUND of the gas MPC’s GPO Box 4967 Melbourne VIC 3001 industry 36 award-winning safety app 68 Queensland T: +61 3 9248 5100 | F: +61 3 9602 2708 region review 82 E: [email protected] | W: www.pipeliner.com.au FP 2 ISSN 0310-1258

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President’s Message

t the recent Australian Domestic Gas Outlook 2016 conference, keynote speaker and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims Aflagged some early thinking from the commission’s East Coast Gas Inquiry. While Mr Sims did address the global and domestic uncertainty contributing to tighter gas supply in eastern Australia, he indicated that he saw a greater role for regulation in the pipeline sector. The type of regulation Mr Sims raised – the setting of pipeline prices and the effective involvement of a regulator in private investment decisions – could introduce significant costs and risks into the gas transportation market. Heavy-handed regulation will likely discourage efficient investment in pipeline infrastructure, limiting opportunities to connect additional gas supplies to market and ultimately reducing competition and choice for gas users. Shaun Reardon, President. New pipeline projects like Jemena’s $800 million Northern Gas Pipeline, which will deliver a new source of gas to the east coast from 2018, just wouldn’t be feasible if transportation prices were regulated. The best way to encourage a competitive and robust gas market, and ensure customers get the gas they need where they need it, is by removing restrictions on gas field development. The real issue underlying dysfunction in our gas market is insufficient supply. The pipeline industry will continue to respond to upstream development by building new routes to market, and increasing capacity on existing assets to meet customers’ needs. APGA Board The gas industry plans to advocate more actively on the fundamental role of gas in President Australia’s energy mix, and the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association will be part of Shaun Reardon FP 3 this increased advocacy. Jemena Limited Our abundant natural gas resources are a competitive advantage crucial to the ongoing Vice President growth of our economy and our enviable standard of living. Unfortunately, the benefits Dave Maloney of gas in our homes and for industry have been overlooked by the focus on renewables CNC Project Management and community concerns about fracking. Treasurer For some time now, energy policy has tended to favour renewables (via subsidies) or Tony O’Sullivan Qube coal generation (in the absence of a carbon price), while overlooking the very real Murphy Pipe and Civil Constructions advantages of gas. Gas is an environmentally sound choice, capable of delivering reliable Immediate Past President and well-priced peak and baseload energy to homes and businesses. Mark Dayman The benefits of gas, given the abundance of our domestic reserves, cannot be Fyfe Pty Ltd overstated as we strive to meet ambitious global emissions reductions targets and support Peter Cox the competitiveness of domestic industries, all while keeping the lights on. Our WorleyParsons Services policymakers have also been distracted by the politicisation of onshore gas development, Jim Frith despite an overwhelming wealth of independent, scientifically rigorous evidence McConnell Dowell concluding any potential risks from onshore gas activity can be properly managed. Kevin Lester Queensland, with its more mature onshore sector, demonstrates that gas development APA Group can coexist with agricultural and other land uses. Donna McDowall The Queensland government should also be commended for its commitment to the Quanta Services Australia new Bundaberg Port Gas Pipeline. Bringing gas to the Wide Bay region will support local John Stuart-Robertson businesses, including a new $70 million plasterboard manufacturing plant, as well as Lucas Engineering & Construction establish the area as a new regional economic hub. Mark Twycross Twycross and Partners Given the ACCC’s review of the east coast gas market has yet to conclude, the Bundaberg Port Gas Pipeline and the Northern Gas Pipeline are both timely reminders that our sector has a healthy appetite to invest in new infrastructure to meet the needs of Australia’s gas customers. To best support gas users, policymakers should focus their attention on getting gas to market as quickly, efficiently and competitively as possible, without resorting to unnecessary regulation that will only hinder the sustainable evolution of our industry. A strong gas industry means a strong pipeline industry.

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Chief Executive’s Report

’ve said for many years that our pipeline industry needs to have a strong Australian gas industry. I Of course, the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) has members who transport a range of hydrocarbons and water, but natural gas is a large part of our business. Gas also plays a vital role in the economy, not just by paying tax into government coffers. It’s essential for hospitals and manufacturing industry – hospitals for high-temperature waste disposal; manufacturing for heating, power and direct inputs such as in fertilisers. And what is apparently not well understood is that natural gas provides almost the same amount of energy to households as electricity does. Cheryl Cartwright, Chief Executive. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest figures, natural gas and LPG provided 205 PJ of energy to households in 2013-14 while electricity, including rooftop solar, provided 216 PJ. What is really interesting is that the 205PJ of gas cost households a total of $6.2 billion. The cost of the 216 PJ of electricity was substantially higher: $16.1 billion. That’s $30.2 million per petajoule for gas and $74.5 million per petajoule of electricity. Natural gas is less expensive for households. Gas is also better for the environment. Gas used in the home has around one quarter the emissions of electricity. This is because 60 per cent of electricity from the grid is ABN: 29 098 754 324 provided by burning coal. APGA Secretariat Registered Office: APGA is committed to getting this message out to the community, policy makers and 7 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 FP 4 politicians. And we are pleased that the upstream industry association, APPEA, is also (PO Box 5416, Kingston ACT 2604) keen to highlight the benefits of gas. Tel: +61 2 6273 0577 In fact the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA), the Fax: +61 2 6273 0588 Energy Networks Association (ENA) and APGA have jointly provided an information Email: [email protected] brochure A Bright Future for Gas, which highlights some of the benefits of gas for Website: www.apga.org.au consumers and the broader economy. Opp M&M There’s a copy on the APGA website: www.apga.org.au So, as well as being better for the environment and less expensive for households, in Chief Executive Cheryl Cartwright many cases there is no alternative to gas – such as high-temperature waste disposal and Business Manager manufacturing inputs. Steve Dobbie If we can convince policy makers of this value, there will be a healthy future for National Policy Manager natural gas in Australia, and there will be a healthy future for the pipeline industry. Steve Davies East Coast Business and Finance Officer Peter Heffernan Training and Communications Manager CHERYL CARTWRIGHT CHIEF EXECUTIVE Karen Polglaze Membership Officer Gisela Thaurer Administration and Events Officer Charmaine Ogilvie

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Bilston leaves Galilee Leadership change at SEA Gas Santos revamps executive line-up SEA Gas General Manager Ashley Kellett has stepped down from his position at Paul Bilston moved on from his role as Executive Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher continues his shake-up of the company with a SEA Gas, and Ms Wendy Oldham has been appointed to take up the position. Director at Galilee Energy to take up a position as new executive team named to lead the company forward. Mr Kellett’s successor, Ms Oldham, is originally from Melbourne and has Project Manager at Jemena for the Northern Gas The executive team (Excom) will be made up of the following: spent the last 25 years working for NT Gas and APA Group. Pipeline. • Bill Ovenden – Vice President Exploration, accountable For 12 of these years she was General Manager. Galilee Energy Chairman David King stated: developing and executing a targeted exploration strategy In the role as General Manager of APA Group’s Northern Territory gas “The board would like to thank Paul for his • Brett Woods – Vice President Development, accountable for pipeline operations, Ms Oldham has been responsible for the safe efforts and support of the company and, while delivering projects, sustaining capital work programs and non- management and integrity of over 2,000 km of gas pipeline infrastructure, I am disappointed to lose his skills and operated assets leading a team of approximately 50 people spread out across the Northern experience on the board, I would like to wish • Vince Santostefano – Chief Operations Officer, accountable for Territory. him well in what is a very exciting and profit and loss of all Santos-operated producing assets “Wendy has a strong focus on workplace and operation safety and with challenging new role.” • John Anderson – Executive Vice President Commercial and her business and management skills she is well placed to continue to build Business Development relationships and to provide leadership for SEA Gas through the next phase • Andrew Seaton – Chief Financial Officer of its development. She will be well supported by the SEA Gas team we • Angus Jaffray – Executive Vice President Strategy and Corporate have established over the last 13 years,” said Mr Kellett. Services. Mr Kellett stepped down on 22 February as General Manager of SEA Gas “The appointment of the Excom is a key step in establishing a new after 13 years in the role. operating model for Santos that is focused on both lifting productivity “I don’t intend to disappear from the industry if I can still be of use, but and driving long-term value for shareholders in a low oil price at 65 it seemed appropriate to start to wind down,” Mr Kellett said. environment,” said Mr Gallagher. Ashley Kellett. “The new model involves a move away from geographic-based business units to an Paul Bilston speaking at an APGA Dinner in Melbourne asset-focused model Pipeliner news in 2014. with strong technical After three years, former editor of The Australian Pipeliner, capabilities in our Lyndsie Clark will be returning to the position of editor of the primary business of publication. Decmil adds EPC capability exploration, Lyndsie has also been announced as General Manager Decmil Group has acquired the business assets of development and of Great Southern Press, taking over from Scope Australia, and with it has entered the EPC production of oil and Ms Zelda Tupicoff. market in Australia. natural gas both You can congratulate Lyndsie at [email protected] Acquired for $1.68 million, Scope specialises in onshore and offshore. Departing Pipeliner editor Sally Commins has taken a the delivery of study, project management, “The transition to position at APGA lead member CNC Project Management. engineering and design consultancy services to the new model will be Sally took over as Editor of the Pipeliner in 2013 and range of industry sectors including mining, an orderly process oversaw the magazines growth and redesign to what you resources, government and construction. over the next few see today. Decmil intends to utilise Scope Australia to expand months, consistent Always a popular person in the industry, Sally has been an its business by entering the EPC market. In addition with our commitment ever-present at APGA events over the years and has Sally Commins and Lyndsie Clark. to this, Decmil will deliver turnkey process to safe sustainable developed many important relationships in and outside of the pipeline sector. infrastructure solutions to the minerals sector and development and While the team at the Pipeliner will sorely miss her, we are very excited that she is remaining in the industry that she is so EPC solutions in the utilities and government sectors. operations.” passionate about. Approximately 40 engineering professionals will Thank you for everything Sally, and all the best! You can reach Sally at [email protected] transfer with the business, which will continue to trade under the established name of Scope Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher. Australia.

Our Experience URS integrates into AECOM URS has been formally integrated into construction giant AECOM following a global acquisition at the end of 2015. As a result of this, the URS brand has disappeared in Australia and the URS team across the country has been co-located with QPH Delivers 1 Solutions AECOM. Australasia’s Most Experienced Ashley Lang, who had been leading URS Australia’s oil and gas business, will continue in that role at AECOM, with her remit Cathodic Protection Specialist now including New Zealand. Corrosion Control Sydney | Melbourne Brisbane | Perth Townsville | Auckland New Plymouth Interested in submitting an item to Members and Memos? Email The Australian Pipeliner Associate Editor Stuart Scudamore with your pipeline company news at Australia (M&MNew Zealand feature) Tel: 02 9763 5611 | Tel: 09 415 2440 | www.cceng.com.au [email protected]

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The winners were announced at the WA off to a dinner that evening with the team from Denso – made up of Spencer Macsween, David Towns, Jason Dagg and Graeme swinging start Sims – taking out the top honours. Once again proving to be one of the Always a hugely popular event to most popular events on the APGA circuit, start off the year, the 2016 APGA the WA Golf Day and Dinner was proudly sponsored by; AJ Lucas; Allodium; APA Western Australian Golf Day and Group; APTS; Atteris; Canusa CPS; Dinner was no exception. Century West Transport; Crest Coatings; Denso; Enerflex; Fyfe; KD1; Lean Field Development; McConnell Dowell; he city of Perth put on one of its Mitubulars; Monadelphous KT; Murphy Above: A pipeliner making sure of a strong finish finest days, and the pipeliners Pipe and Civil; Nobles; OSD; PLM-CAT; on the sixth hole. Below: The winners from Denso (from left) flocked to the Maylands Peninsula PM Piping; Spie Plexal; TD Williamson; T David Towns, Spencer Macsween, Graeme Sims Golf Course early to get nice and limber Valmec; and 360 Logistics. and Jason Dagg. for a big day on the green. While the only thing saving the golfers from the relentless heat was a light cool breeze, nothing was going to stop the pipeliners from competing as fiercely as ever. With some memorable (and not-so- memorable) shots to highlight the day, the pipeliners returned to the club house for FP 5 some well-earned refreshments and a bit of fun with a putting competition. ITI International Wolf Energy Working Better Together

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A lesson in ethics for Brisbane

Ethics play a major role in the safety culture of organisations according to Professor Jan Hayes, who presented to 250 pipeline industry dinner guests at the APGA February Brisbane dinner.

rofessor Hayes, who has had a large involvement in the development of Psafety practices and policy for the pipeline industry, outlined findings from her research as an Associate Professor at Delegates enjoying pre-drinks at the Brisbane dinner. RMIT University and the Energy Pipelines CRC, and how they were applicable to the support good decision making but of ‘as low as reasonably practicable’ is pipeline industry. ultimately implementing a healthy safety critical for industry and for the industry’s Central to her findings was that all culture is a matter of judgement for standard, AS 2885. FP 6 safety decisions have embedded cost management. The dinner, which was held on considerations (whether acknowledged or Further, Professor Hayes implored 17 February, was sponsored by GHD and not), and that engineering analysis can attendees to understand that the principle Wasco. Ditch Witch

Professor Jan Hayes addresses delegates. APGA Chief Executive Cheryl Cartwright addresses dinner delegates.

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International insight for Melbourne members

WorleyParsons has been involved in many challenging projects; however, constructing the Trans Anatolian Pipeline, which traverses much of Turkey, was one of its toughest jobs yet, Peter Cox told the audience at the recent APGA Melbourne dinner. Peter Cox presents at the APGA Melbourne dinner.

r Cox, an APGA board member needed to adapt to the numerous Azerbaijan to Europe through the South and WorleyParson’s Global challenges presented by the enormous Caucasus Pipeline, TANAP and the Trans MVice President – Pipeline project, and what did and didn’t work Adriatic Pipeline. It is estimated to cost FP 7 Systems, outlined how the construction of for the company. more than US$11 billion, and will be fully the 1,841 km pipeline had to contend Once completed, the pipeline will run completed in 2018. with multiple governments, jurisdictions, from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to The dinner was sponsored by temperatures and cultures in order to be Europe. It will be a central part of the McConnell Dowell and Zinfra. successfully developed. Southern Gas Corridor, which will Mr Cox discussed how WorleyParsons connect the giant Shah Deniz gas field in Vacuworx

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Executive General Manager Business New Zealand Strategy and APGA Treasurer Tony O’Sullivan talk on the state of the pipeline and gas industries and planning for future dinner progress. Having worked in the pipeline construction business for over 20 years, The Australian Pipelines and Gas and with extensive managerial experience, Association’s presence continues Mr O’Sullivan spoke about the variety of to grow across the ditch with a pipeline projects he has worked on, as strong turnout at the association’s well as the lessons he has learned which have prepared him for future challenges. New Zealand dinner in March. The speech provoked much conversation, which continued later into the night over pproximately 30 New Zealand and a few cool refreshments. Australian pipeliners were present The APGA New Zealand Dinner was to witness Murphy Pipe and Civil’s sponsored by Core Group and Pipeline Murphy Pipe and Civil’s Head of International A Pipelines and Executive General Manager Business Head of International Pipelines and Speciality Supply Service Pty Ltd. Strategy and APGA Treasurer Tony O’Sullivan

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Benefits of gas outlined in Adelaide

Approximately 90 pipeliners attended the APGA’s March Adelaide Dinner to hear Australian Gas Networks CEO Ben Wilson outline the benefits customers can have from switching to natural gas.

r Wilson outlined how, for many years, government policy Mhas disadvantaged natural gas for electricity generation and for use in households. APGA Immediate Past President Mark Dayman presents Australian Gas Networks CEO Ben Wilson with an APGA Owner Member plaque. “Policies that encourage the development of renewable energy are clearly needed for “Natural gas is a low-carbon fuel; compete on emissions, half of it would a future of reduced carbon emissions, but electricity generated by gas has less than need to be generated by renewables.” those policies should not discourage the use half the emissions of electricity generated The Adelaide dinner was sponsored by FP 8 of gas which can help Australia make the by coal. Gas used directly in the home is GPA Engineering and PII Pipeline low carbon transition,” said Mr Wilson. even better; for electricity in the home to Solutions. Rosen

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Young pipeliner profile Name: Liam Hatchell Age: 32 THE YPF IS ESSENTIALLY THE SPRINGBOARD THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED INTO Company: QGC A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. Position: Lead Project Engineer – Trunklines – Liam Hatchell, QGC Lead Project Engineer – Trunklines

How did you become involved in the What pipeline projects have you pipeline industry? been involved with? If you’re under 40 and not yet involved in your state’s YPF chapter, visit Originally from the United Kingdom, as I have been involved in a number of involved and to network with people who the APGA website www.apga.org.au to sign up and start meeting your a child I got a taste of the oil and gas pipeline projects both small and large, the may otherwise seem unreachable. Astron Ad 2015 final_resize.pdffellow young 1 1/09/2015 pipeliners. 11:46 am expatriate life and travelled throughout most notable and memorable being The YPF has achieved this in part thanks South East Asia, finally settling down in DBNGP Stage 5, Arrow’s Bowen Basin to the commitment from the younger Perth where I followed in my father’s Development, and QCLNG Upstream. members, but also through our mentors footsteps and entered the oil and gas Having been involved with the QCLNG actively becoming engaged and supporting industry myself. project for five years now has been a the group. Not only have the networks I’ve After completing an engineering degree fantastic experience, and alone has made through the YPF helped my career, at the University of Western Australia provided me with the unparalleled but I’ve also gained many lasting friendships. Astron I found myself working for Alinta on the opportunity to be involved with the full Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline lifecycle of 28 pipelines, from FEED What role does the YPF play for (DBNGP) Project. through to handover to operations. young people in the industry? It was here that I met some of my first In addition to the strong networks it pipeline mentors and realised just how builds, the YPF is there to give its cable cover How long have you been involved in enjoyable this industry is – and how well the YPF? members the means to develop their own I’d fit in. In only my first few months of joining skills and knowledge. We hold a broad QGC Engineer Liam Hatchell. the industry I was introduced to the YPF range of events which are both educational Describe your current role in the through some very passionate members of and social, and every member is welcome is your industry. the WA Division, and was immediately to become as involved as they wish. My role at QGC currently sees me hooked. Only a short time later I had managing the engineering, procurement, managed to negotiate myself onto the Do you have any advice for people and construction phases of the two committee itself and have been heavily just now entering the industry? C M protection Charlie trunklines being installed as part involved ever since. First: get involved and enjoy every of the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Of the nine years I’ve been involved I’ve moment of it. An amazing amount of Y HPI 1 Phase 2 Project. These two DN900 been fortunate to be on the committee of opportunities open up to those who are CM pipelines will be the largest installed by both the WA and QLD divisions, and have willing to jump in and ‘give it a go’. QGC under the QCLNG Upstream spent time as the State Representative Second: learn from those around you.MY Underground cable cover The long term safety measure development to date. of both. 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Further, in my experience I’ve found that Contact Sales Manager David Marsh at most YPF members are very grateful for the Melbourne +61 3 9559 4273 Sydney +61 2 9829 1999 [email protected] to discuss opportunity to develop personally. When a www.astronplastics.com.au exposure opportunities. company supports the individual it is recognised and appreciated, with loyalty being gained as a result.

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By Jordan McCollum, Pipeline Strategic Operability Lead, Origin Energy

The Queensland YPF has hit 2016 running, and has hosted two educational events for its members thus far.

he first was an educational session presented and sponsored by APA TGroup, which saw 50 young pipeliners exposed to the inner workings of major gas transmission pipeline HERE’S HOW I-ROD™ WORKS: projects. Mounting the pipe on I-Rod’s The title of the presentation by rounded surface minimizes the Warwick Tidswell and Kerryanne Mallitt contact area, making it was ‘Asset creation - from cradle to grave’, impossible for water to become and the presenters provided their insights trapped underneath. I-Rod also to the successful management of a project elevates the pipe, which from concept to operation. It was a THERE’S ONLY increases air circulation and ONE REMEDY: light-hearted but informative session FP 9 helps evaporate moisture while Installing which provoked interesting questions and making it easier to inspect. I-Rod™ is the ongoing conversation well after official I-Rod’s durable thermoplastic only way to material prevents metal- proceedings had wrapped up. It was a ensure to-metal contact that can tremendous opportunity for young people corrosion-free accelerate corrosion when wet. in the industry to learn about gas pipe supports. A transmission projects. Queensland YPF members enjoy the presentation and refreshments. pipe sitting on Cresta CoatingsWHAT DOESN’T WORK: Less than two weeks later the flat support Rubber pads and wear pads ME-038 Standards Committee, which is forms a small trap even more moisture responsible for AS 2885: Pipelines – Gas crevice that against pipes and make the and Liquid Petroleum, held its regular traps water; this problem worse. softens the paint meeting in Brisbane. This provided an and allows opportunity for the Queensland YPF, with ASTOUNDING RECORD: moisture to sponsorship from Origin Energy, to I-Rod™ is specified by most contact bare major oil companies and has arrange a networking and educational steel. been installed hundreds of event with some of the most influential Corrosion thousands of times worldwide. names in the pipeline industry. quickly spreads Amazingly, in 26 years there Twenty-four young pipeliners had an and causes wall has never been a single opportunity to meet the 12 very loss. reported failure of a pipe experienced ME-038 committee members protected with genuine I-Rod™. at the Gresham in Brisbane’s CBD. Committee chair Susan Jaques provided an overview of the ME-038 Standards Committee and Peter Tuft provided an I-Rod™ products are available to fit all types overview and update on AS2885 sections From left: Gateway Consulting’s Peter Buchanan and Robert McEniery, and FE Consultants Byron and of supports, including zero, one and six. Andrew Pearce Sean Laird. provided an entertaining description of Grinnells, cradles and pipe shoes. They’re the offshore pipeline industry; Michael Liam Hatchell, provided excellent message through the event being the fact offered in a variety of Malavazos provided the regulator’s point coordination, chairing the discussions. that AS 2885 is developed by pipeliners, heavy-duty coatings of view; Craig Bonar challenged the These events are fantastic opportunities for pipeliners. and materials for crowd to think about the big challenges for young pipeliners to meet and learn It was also clear that the ME-038 service in within the pipeline industry; and from some of the most experienced people committee members strongly encourage temperatures ranging Ed Gaykema detailed the impact of in the industry. the active engagement of young pipeliners from -79ºC to 249ºC. AS 2885 on a pipeline operations business This event has been described as one of within the standards committees and as well as the pending update to part three. the Queensland YPF’s most successful welcome their contribution to the Visit us at: www.crestcoatings.com.au Qld YPF ME-038 committee member, educational events; the resounding Australian pipeline industry. Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 3 9945 2700 | Fax: +61 3 9945 2799 22 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au YOUNG PIPELINERS FORUM

Brewing for a big 2016

By Tane Bowels, Mechanical Engineer, GPA Engineering

On Saturday 27 February, a group of 18 South Australian Young Pipeliners convened for a day of socialising and beer appreciation.

he day included visiting four pilsner, ale or lager being tasted, and the The event was a great success providing microbreweries in the Adelaide latest major pipeline projects. a chance for the SA YPF to catch up and Thills for a beer tasting plate at each. This trend continued at the following discuss all things 2016. The event was suggested by the South two breweries as Adelaide turned on The SA YPF would like to thank the Australian (SA) YPF community as a another great summer day for the event. event sponsors APA Group, GPA substitute to the annual wine tour and, The final location back in Adelaide gave Engineering and Pentair without whom although the beer was no Barossa Shiraz, everyone one last chance for a final drink the day would not have been possible. it was delicious nonetheless. and discussion before departing. After initial introductions everyone settled in for the bus trip to the first destination, Prancing Pony in Mt Barker. Although it was early, conversations about the past year and future prospects was a key talking point among everyone while the first beer platter of the day was enjoyed. The second stop was Grumpy’s Brewery, for some amazing wood oven FP 10 pizza and another beer tasting, with conversation switching between the South Australia’s young pipeliners enjoying the sun and the sips. Murphy Pipe

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Innovative future: long-term support for the broader Australian pipeline industry

By Valerie Linton, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Pipelines CRC

The Energy Pipelines CRC has contributed solid research outcomes and support to the Australian pipeline industry, particularly to members of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association Research and Standards Committee, since 2010.

hrough this partnership, researchers and industry advisors working with the Energy Pipelines CRC have helped Tinform standards as well as develop technologies and practices that are of significant value to industry. This was clearly seen recently at the annual Cooperative Research Centres Association (CRCA) National Conference held this year in Brisbane. The event was an excellent opportunity to meet with fellow Cooperative Research Centres as well as business leaders and politicians with a keen interest in the innovative future of Australia. A key highlight of this conference was the Deakin University–based National Facility for Pipeline Coatings Assessment (NFPCA) being recognised with an Excellence in Innovation Award by the CRCA. This award is given to CRC initiatives which embrace the core ethos of the CRC program: Energy Pipelines CRC CEO Valerie Linton. FP 11 bringing industry and research together to improve the commercial effectiveness of Australian business and benefit the broader community. This prestigious honour highlights the value will drive operations through this period. At this time I would and significance of the NFPCA to the Australian pipeline industry like to share with you two important objectives which I believe as well as the importance of continued research into pipeline are essential. These are: integrity. • Continuing to deliver the currently contracted work Pinard The success of the NFPCA at this event, as well as its recent outlined in the Commonwealth Agreement NATA accreditation, is testament to the hard work of the • Maintaining and improving upon the benefits to research team at Deakin University as well as input from industry stakeholders. advisors who have provided their time to support the laboratory. The research goals outlined in the current Commonwealth At this event I met with Mr Ken Fitzpatrick, the chair of the Agreement are crucial to the long-term success and resilience of new industry growth centre for Oil, Gas and Energy Resources. the Australian pipeline industry. Those who have attended Energy The establishment of this growth centre was announced by the Pipelines CRC/APGA RSC research seminars will know the Commonwealth Government in February. The growth centre has breadth of knowledge that has been accumulated since 2010 and now been rebranded as National Energy Resources Australia is continuing to grow. Our four major research programs into (NERA) and is based in Perth. The mission for NERA is to work materials, coatings and corrosion, construction and design as well towards seeing that the Australian energy sector will be a as public safety and security of supply have tangible benefits sustainable, innovative, globally competitive and productive across the entire industry and it is important that our contracted world leader by 2025. work in these areas is completed. NERA and the other industry growth centres are the Our stakeholders, including the APGA, play an important role cornerstone of the current government’s strategy for innovation in supporting current research projects as well as leading the and economic growth in strategic areas. development of future projects. In return, the industry-led My meeting with Ken was productive and highlighted the research is set up and delivered in such a way as to provide value mutual interests of NERA and the Energy Pipelines CRC. NERA through quantifiable savings as well as providing the workforce is currently establishing itself and starting their work of with the latest updates in best practices. supporting the industry. I look forward to working with NERA in The coming years will be an exciting time for all of those the future. involved with the Energy Pipelines CRC. As we shape the future In February the Energy Pipelines CRC Board approved a of this organisation together, ongoing engagement with APGA business plan to see the organisation move beyond the scheduled and groups such as NERA will be essential to ensuring that the end to the current round of Commonwealth funding in mid-2019 needs of the Australian pipeline industry can be met well into the while also supporting the delivery all of its current obligations. future by providing innovative and industry-focused outcomes for At the core of this business plan are three main objectives which Australia’s critical infrastructure.

26 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au INDUSTRY NEWS QUALITY AND SAFETY AT WORK. Choose your path: the future for Australia’s gas market

By Jeff D. Makholm, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting

Around the turn of the millennium, regulatory and judicial authorities confronted several forks in the road ahead regarding Australia’s gas market. The choices they made forged the present reality in eastern Australia – an illiquid and opaque gas market with pricing problems and consumer discontent from Queensland to Tasmania. Jeff Makholm, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting

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Orwellian label) on the Victorian gas transmission system with pouring investment into new competitive pipeline links; driving the privatisation of gas and fuel of Victoria. Market carriage the competitive gas price away from oil prices – down to lows not socialised pipeline costs, dissolved pipeline capacity rights and seen since the 1970s (AU$2/gigajoule). created a regulatory barrier to gas shipments at Victoria’s borders Rather than Australia’s patchwork of over- and under-regulation, and deterred investment. the US chose to regulate broadly and fairly with a masterpiece of In 2001, the Australian Capital Territory, in another highly restraint: 282 federal employees in the gas division of the Federal contested case, limited the ability of the National Competition Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and a 2015 budget of Council (NCC) to recommend regulatory coverage for new AU$87 million – all in – dealing with licensing and ratemaking pipelines, finding that the Eastern Gas Pipeline did not meet the for three quarters of the world’s gas pipelines. National Gas Law criteria for coverage (I testified for the NCC in The US system reflects a brilliant paradox – each interstate that case: we lost). The ACT set the bar for coverage so high that pipeline mile is, and has been for more than 75 years, subject to it effectively deregulated all new gas pipelines and set the stage ultra-transparent licensing and skilful cost-based regulation of for the subsequent removal of coverage from most other pipeline prices. ROLLOVER PROTECTION LOAD MONITORING POWERLINE PROXIMITY significant transmission pipelines. However, capacity rights in those pipelines trade among These past choices – in isolation and surely unconsciously – shippers in unregulated ‘sublet’ markets. 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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STATES, COULD TURN TO A CONTINENTAL GAS MARKET REGIME THAT SO EVIDENTLY WORKS, VISIBLE IN NORTH AMERICA NOW IF NOT 15 YEARS AGO. – Dr Jeff Makholm, Vice President, NERA Consulting

European Union (EU) regulators chose an uncompetitive path, have paid a stupefying AU$692 billion – yes, billion – more than burdened by political and institutional endowments that Americans in the past six years for the gas that flows through inherently obstruct gas markets: sovereign internal borders; European pipelines. resistance to independent regulation or transparency; and Those who observe Europe have reason to be dispirited. protectionism for individual member-state ‘gas champions’. Europe’s institutional path dependency is a powerful force. It is While seemingly calling for competition, EU gas legislation has hard to foresee the reform of that system anytime soon, despite put a competitive gas market further out of reach. It forbids the evident cost. transparency, outlaws physical-path pipeline prices, interposes an But Australia is not beset by the EU’s institutional baggage. EU-wide electricity market design and promotes an explosion of It has reason to be hopeful as it faces the next fork in the road. new regulatory intervention. The Federal Government, in collaboration with the states, could As a result, EU gas prices remain closely linked to oil spot turn to a continental gas market regime that so evidently works, equivalents (about AU$5.64/gigajoule), new pipeline construction visible in North America now if not 15 years ago. in Western Europe is the slowest in the world, US coal heads to Such reform could rescue Australia’s gas market from its Europe where it can compete, evident shale gas remains firmly in illiquidity and opacity, embrace regulatory restraint, invite the the ground, and the financial industry shows no interest in financial markets in, create competitive price discovery and forming futures markets in the business. pursue the type of competitive and technological dynamism FP 13 The results for European gas consumers are terrible. Europeans regrettably lacking in Europe but on full display in the US. Ditch Witch • Process Control • Innovation • Leading Technology • Experience

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Forging our own path: the future for Australia’s gas market

By Steve Davies, Policy Manager, Australian Pipelines and Gas Association

This edition of Pipeliner features an article by

Dr Jeff Makholm of NERA Economic Consulting, on Steve Davies, Policy Manager, Australian Pipelines and Gas Association. the economics of international pipelines. Dr Makholm has advised business and government and his insights are one of the inputs to the current debate about IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS Australia’s gas markets. IN THIS AREA AKIN TO WHAT THE US HAS ACHIEVED, WE he Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) agrees with many of the key points of Dr Makholm’s WOULD NEED TO BE PREPARED Tadvice – importantly, that pipeline capacity purchased TO MAKE THE FUNDAMENTAL FP 14 under contract must be a fungible property right in order for it to CHANGES TO OUR REGULATORY be traded. However, there are some aspects of Dr Makholm’s advice that FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING A REGIME reflect ingrained cultural and institutional differences between the THAT ENCOURAGES VIGOROUS United States (US) and Australia, and we need to recognise these COMPETITION IN THE UPSTREAM before we stampede headlong into adopting a US style pipeline Kwik-Zip market model. SECTOR. Dr Makholm measures America’s success by four key metrics: a low gas commodity price; the profitability of pipeline companies; a vibrant market for secondary pipeline capacity; and in the upstream industry in general, it does not seem likely that the limited regulatory burden. we will see such an industry-shocking increase in supply in the In this article we attempt to better understand what is driving near term. these metrics of success. Profitability of pipeline companies Low gas price APGA agrees with Dr Makholm that virtually all US pipelines In recent years in the US has seen massive discoveries of shale are fully regulated. But paradoxically, this is why they are so gas flooding the market. This has caused the price to fall profitable. dramatically, to the point where it has displaced a large quantity This is driven by two key institutional features of the US of western Canadian supply. It is this drop in fuel costs that has regulatory regime: historical cost rate making with no indexation stimulated demand and caused a shift to gas-fired electricity of the asset base; and the pipeliner decides if and when to lodge a generation. This has caused the US coal to need to find new rate application. markets, leading to it being shipped to Europe, where it can In a historical cost environment, the value of the rate base will compete as a fuel against Russian gas. decay over time through depreciation. Other things being equal, So the first marker of success, the low commodity price, is not regulated pipeline tariffs would therefore have a natural tendency driven by pipeline regulatory arrangements, but by a flood of to decline over time. product onto the market. The pipeline company therefore has a disincentive to lodge a Do we see any similar supply shocks on the horizon in the rate application, because the tariffs derived through that rate Australian market? Arguably we did, in the development of the process are likely to be lower than the existing posted tariffs. coal seam gas fields, but we should remember that those Moreover, if a pipeliner lodged its last rate case in a relatively discoveries were almost entirely earmarked for export, causing high cost of capital environment, it is highly unlikely to lodge a price increases as traditional domestic supply seeks access to rate case that would see its allowed return on capital (and tariffs) higher margin export markets. reduced. Considering the current moratoria on onshore gas exploration The net book value of the asset in the business’s financial in Victoria and CSG in NSW and an apparent lack of competition accounts are reported in nominal dollars less depreciation,

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SUBSEA so its financial statements will report revenues (based on the First as discussed above, pipeline companies choose when to original cost of the asset) over its net book value. Its reported lodge a rate application. Pipelines will not choose to lodge rate profitability will be very good indeed. applications to have their allowed cost of capital determined in PIPElINE Under this model, the pipeline company also gets to keep any this low interest rate environment, so the FERC will handle few efficiency gains it is able to make, possibly in perpetuity. rate cases indeed. This does not happen in Australia, as the regulatory framework The FERC, to its credit, has developed a highly effective generally requires the asset base to be indexed for inflation. Very regulatory process, from which we can learn. We might call it the INsPEcTIONs. little depreciation is deducted from the value of the capital base, ‘regulatory director’ approach. The FERC has spent decades and therefore the posted tariff would not be expected to follow a developing intrusive, rigid, ineffective and sometimes damaging downward trajectory. Moreover, the Australian framework regulatory regimes. With that history, it is now in a position to SOLVEd. requires the business to lodge an updated access arrangement issue a direction along the lines of: ‘Capacity trading is a problem. every five years. Any efficiency gains benefit the business for only You have two years to sort it out, or we are going to impose a five years. regulatory solution, and you’re not going to like it’. This kind of regulatory approach has proven to be highly Vibrant market for secondary capacity effective at encouraging industry action to quickly reach solutions American pipeline customers also know the regulatory to problems. But this approach does not require a battalion of framework, and they know that pipeline charges should tend to regulatory legislative draftspersons and compliance staff; it is not fall over time. They also know that the Gas Act includes terribly resource intensive in head count terms, so it comes at provisions that would allow customers to apply to Federal Energy quite a low cost. Regulatory Commission (FERC) to compel the business to lodge a It is worth noting that this is the approach the gas transmission rate case – something, as discussed above, that the business does pipeline industry has suggested should be applied by the AEMC not want to do. in the current gas markets framework review. You’ve got aging subseaFP pipelines 15 in some of the The savvy pipeline customer will negotiate a discount with the In Australia, we too have relatively low regulatory costs. In our pipeliner based on the threat of an application to the FERC; the case, the cost is low compared to what it might be if all world’s most challenging, corrosive environments. pipeliner is relatively happy to agree, as this discount only applies infrastructure was regulated. Costs are kept low through selective to this customer’s volumes. regulation. Some observers bemoan this fact and point to it as That savvy customer can then sell its unused capacity in the evidence our access regime is ineffective. Quest Integrity’s proprietary, ultrasonic in-line inspection technology and engineering secondary market, at a discount to the published tariff, and turn a Dr Makholm incorrectly suggests it is an accidental outcome. It assessmentQuest capabilities are structured to helpIntegrity you address the most complex and profit on the sale. In America, where there is money to be made, is important to remember that regulatory outcomes for access of difficult-to-inspect pipeline challenges. there will be a vibrant market in which to make it - and indeed infrastructure are rarely, if ever, optimal. The designers of our there is. access regime recognised this and sought to limit the application As discussed above, there is no natural decay in Australian of the regime to instances of demonstrated monopoly. In its last InVistaTM intelligent in-line inspection capabilities for subsea pipelines: ‘regulatory counterfactual’ tariffs to give the pipelines scope to review of the national access regime, the Productivity • Provides 100% coverage of geometry and metal loss in a single pass negotiate a discount with customers. There is, therefore, little Commission stated that the limited competition of a duopoly scope for shippers to sell unutilised capacity at a profit, and as a produces superior outcomes to those that are produced through • Inspects dual-diameter and multi-diameter step changes result there is no market for secondary capacity. regulation. That’s not the only reason for the absence of a strong Given that gas is a fuel of choice in this country, users can • Provides accurate data for heavy wall thickness and thickness transitions secondary market for capacity in Australia, importantly, we have source gas from multiple basins and we have an increasing level of • Operates and inspects bi-directionally a lack of market participants to drive demand for secondary interconnection, it should be no surprise that there are very few capacity. When considering what potential there is for an pipelines that are covered. 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Of course we could, but defining the path to success the day-ahead capacity auction proposed by the Australian Energy must recognise the starting point, and our starting point (that is, Market Commission (AEMC) will drive shippers to offer capacity where we are today) is quite different from the current structure for trade at any price, as the alternative is market participants will of the US regulatory framework. Get the answers you need to effectively manage your most challenging pipelines. often be able to access pipeline capacity through the auction at In order to achieve success in this area akin to what the US has potentially very low prices, with the revenue going to pipeline achieved, we would need to be prepared to make the fundamental operators. changes to our regulatory framework, including a regime that encourages vigorous competition in the upstream sector. Low regulatory costs It may be a worthy journey, but we must acknowledge our Finally, Dr Makholm refers to low regulatory administration starting point. And if we do that, we are likely to conclude that costs, using the low the FERC head count, as a measure of the destination for Australia’s gas market is somewhat different success. But what is driving this efficiency? from the gas market in the US or Europe. QuestIntegrity.com CHALLENGE CONVENTION 34 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au

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ustralia’s bright gas future: (Western Australia) and northern competitive, clean and reliable (Northern Territory). A(ABGF) outlines the case for gas in Making up these markets are more Australia’s energy market, citing that the 100,000 km of gas pipelines that service gas industry continues to deliver the needs of 4.5 million Australians. low-emissions energy to the nation, providing energy security and convenience Pipeline connection at a competitive price. Every molecule of gas used in Australia All Custom Accounting for nearly one-quarter of is transported via natural gas pipelines and primary energy consumption and one-fifth pipelines will continue to be of vital 22% configurations of electricity generation, gas is one of importance to the nation’s energy security. Australia’s highest valued resources. In Still the most economical way to Gas share of fact, natural gas is the nation’s largest transport gas, pipelines will be needed to electricity anD capacities provider of stationary energy. support local as well as international More than half of the gas produced in demand for what is one of Australia’s generation Australia is shipped overseas, with the leading products. Can be aCCommodated nation currently the world’s third largest According to the ABGF report “gas 2013-14 producer of LNG. networks safely and reliably deliver an The Australian gas market is divided in important source of energy to around half to three distinct regions; eastern of Australian households. Gas is delivered (Queensland, New South Wales, straight from production centres via a Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, pipeline network which is predominantly www.richmondpiperollers.com.au Tasmania and South Australia), western underground and rarely affected by [email protected] 36 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au INDUSTRY NEWS Take Control.

50% 48% 38% of Australia’s gas Australian gas of Australia’s gas is production is production comes used for electricity exported from Western generation 2013-14 Australia

natural disasters such as bushfires, floods cent reduction in residential network 3.7 per cent per year over the last decade. or high winds”. charges, which would equate to saving up The report highlights that one of the to $46 on the annual bill. reasons for the growth in gas consumption Home delivery While in Victoria, Ausnet Services is reflected in the greater uptake of gas in Gas is one of the cheapest energy customers experienced a fall in network electricity generation, as well as its sources available to Australian consumers, costs of 17 per cent in 2013 and a further increased use in mining and industry. in some cases up to 80 per cent lower than 6 per cent in 2014, while Multinet Natural gas consumption was 1,402 mains electricity on an equivalent energy Services customers were the beneficiaries petajoules in 2013-14, according to the basis. of a 13 per cent saving in 2013. report, which is equal to 24 per cent of FP 17 Across the states gas saves customers These falling network costs, in energy consumption. money, with network operators conjunction with increased retail continuing work to reduce network competition, means that residential gas Industrial action charges. prices are set to remain competitive The ABGF Report highlights the role Over the next five years in New South despite rising wholesale prices. that natural gas plays in Australia’s Wales, Jemena’s customers are expected to According to Energy in Australia 2015, industrial operations. see savings of up to $118 per year due to a a report released by the Department of Commonly used to generate electricity, Worldwide 34 per cent reduction in network charges. Industry, Innovation and Science, heat and steam, natural gas is used in the In South Australia, Australian Gas Australian gas consumption has been production of alumina refining and Peter_Norman_Personnel_TAP_Feb16_QPS.pdf 1 27/11/2015 5:04 pm Networks recently proposed an 11 per growing steadily at an average rate of beverage and grocery production as well as being vital as an input in the production fertilisers, cleaners, polymers and refrigerants. Machinery Gas is also at the forefront of industrial innovation, with cases of increased We’re tapped in to People efficiency, cleaner energy and economic into Pipelines! growth coming from the use of natural C gas. We offer M For example, the report highlights • Recruitment Services – Contract/Temporary & Permanent natural gas desiccant systems used for Y • Payroll Services across Australia dehumidification provide major benefits to • Psychological Services Henkels & McCoy - New Mexico CM QPS 1 plastics, pharmaceutical and recycling MY industries. Who we are The Energy in Australia 2015 report CY • Engineering qualified & experienced Consultants also discusses the increase of gas usage in • Contract Payroll Administrators CMY industrial sectors, stating that the Remote control padding operation made easy with our SPD-150. • RegistePNPred Psychologist K electricity generation sector remains the • Remote control operation • Reversible foldable conveyor largest user of gas in Australia, accounting • Ideal for smaller padding operations • Optional ROPS available Our expertise T: 1300 THE KEY for 38 per cent of gas consumption in • Engineering • Adjustable escalator for steep gradients • Five models/sizes available T: +61 3 9095 8520 • Administration 2013-14. F: +61 3 9095 8539 • Finance The Government report also found that www.peternorman.com.au • Industrial the manufacturing sector accounted for 31 per cent of consumption, with the

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Gas provides more energy to the home than does electricity 18% Gas is largest provider of stationary Coal seam gas share 2014-15 energy (oil is largest energy overall, but it’s mainly in transport)

largest manufacturing consumers being non-ferrous metals and chemical, polymer and product manufacturing industries, backing-up the report from the gas industry associations.

Steering towards a cleaner future It is becoming clearer that natural gas has an important role to play in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. According to ABGF “natural gas offers a FP 18 number of environmental benefits over other energy sources” and is “the least carbon intensive fossil fuel and creates less particulates and other air pollution”. Despite the proven benefits of using natural gas to deliver power to the SpieCapag electricity networks, coal remains the go-to power source. Indeed, the report states that: “the intermittent nature of renewable sources HPI 2 needs is balanced by power generation systems that are able to rapidly adapt to differing energy supply requirements. Gas power generation is the only technology McElroy to offer the rapid response required to work with intermittent power generation. Gas can provide a cleaner, more easily adjustable source of power than coal to support the growth of alternative power sources.” The report states that Australia’s network of natural gas infrastructure complements the electricity network and assists in mitigating peak electricity demand. Working in tandem with the electricity networks, Australia’s gas resources, pipeline infrastructure and distribution networks provides energy for water heating, cooking and space heating to 4.3 million homes and 133,000 commercial businesses, with natural gas generating 20 per cent of Australia’s electricity.

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The development of Jemena’s Northern Gas Pipeline is rightly the talk of the Australian pipeline industry, with it being a major step towards a national gas grid and a huge new project for a quiet industry.

ith construction due to start in integrated into the station design by KBR encourage sub-contracting and jobs for early 2017, the 622 km, likely and installed on site by McConnell locals.” W14 inch pipeline is currently Dowell. going through the approval and concept Stakeholder engagement stage, including pipe size and processing Local benefits As with any pipeline project, liaison Managing Pressure, Minimising Risk options. With up to 900 jobs expected to be with stakeholders and property owners Most approvals have been granted, and created during the planning and will be a vital aspect going forward. pending all the land along the route is construction phase of the project, Jemena “Jemena has engaged with government, secured, first gas is expected to flow from Project Manager Jonathan Spink believes landowners, businesses and the broader 2018. there will be plenty of flow-on benefits to community since 2015 on a regular basis the local community, through and will continue to do so throughout the Contracts update employment, business opportunities and project,” said Mr Spink. The construction scope for the high Jemena’s investments in capacity building Self-Energisation pressure gas pipeline connecting Tennant programs. Key contractors on the NGP Creek to Mt Isa includes two compressor “Jemena wants to maximise the use of thus far include: stations as well as gas treatment facilities, local goods, services and labour from the Taper Lock Grips with the value of construction work regions where the project is located, and • McConnell Dowell expected to exceed $300 million. more broadly the Territory and western FP 19 • MRC Global Operator Jemena is managing Queensland,” said Mr Spink. engineering, all procurement and “Jemena is working with the Industry • Maloney Field Services construction contracts as separate work Capability Network (ICN) to identify • GPA Engineering packages. capacity in the regions and then promote • KBR McConnell Dowell was awarded the contract packages locally via our ICN construction contract for the pipeline and gateway portal for the project. • EcOz STATS Group facilities under an Early Contractor “We will be applying a significant • Circle Advisory Involvement model in November 2015. weighting in its tender evaluations to Under the Early Contractor Involvement model, Jemena and McConnell Dowell Valve Maintenance will work collaboratively together during the planning phase in 2016, while Bonaparte DARWIN Leak-Tight Seals Jemena’s Industry Participation Plan McArthur Zero-Energy Zone targets for local business contracts and Browse employment are shared by McConnell Double Block & Wiso Bleed Isolation Dowell. Georgina The design and engineering contract for Tennant Creek Mt. Isa the pipeline was awarded to GPA Carnarvon Canning Engineering, while the engineering Galilee Amadeus Gladstone contract for the facilities was awarded to Alice Springs KBR. Warburton Cooper Tecno Plug™ | High Pressure Pipeline Isolation MRC Global has been awarded the Officer Moomba BRISBANE contract to supply 636 km of X70 grade Surat/Bowen Clarence-Morton high-pressure coated pipe and induction The Tecno Plug™ provides fail-safe Double Block and Bleed pipeline isolation for high pressure bends, with delivery expected to PERTH SYDNEY applications while the system remains live and at operating pressure. Dual seals provide a commence in late 2016. ADELAIDE Additional contracts have also been Gunnedah zero-energy zone to enable maintenance work to be carried out safely and efficiently while awarded to EcOz (environmental Existing pipelines consultation), Circle Advisory (indigenous Gas basin MELBOURNE Gippsland meeting industry-led Double Block and Bleed requirement. and local business participation Otway Bass consultation) and Maloney Field Services (land consultation). HOBART Jemena is also awarding an engineering, procurement and fabrication package for The route of the NGP from Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory to Mt Isa in Queensland, where it will the processing scope, which will be connect to the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline. www.statsgroup.com

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“The primary areas of interest for the • Remote driving risk – use of mine Jemena is cognisant of the family, fatigue people that we have spoken to are jobs specific vehicles by all personnel and health issues associated with FIFO and business opportunities. and in-vehicle to monitor driver works,” said Mr Spink. “Generally everyone has been very safety. Strategic work camps Jemena is also committed to maintaining supportive of the project as there are real locations will be needed to reduce its standard on environmental and cultural economic benefits for the Territory from driving distance. heritage protection. gas sector development.” • Fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) – up to “To the greatest degree possible the 900 people are needed to for the project is being designed to avoid or Project challenges construction of the pipeline. minimise any impacts to the environment With the pipeline route pushing through Jemena is seeking to employ as and cultural heritage,” said Mr Spink. some of the most remote outback in many locals as possible, and then More details on the Northern Gas Australia, Mr Spink says there will be a charter flights in and out for the Pipeline and its associated works are number of challenges that will have to be remainder of the workforce. expected to be known when detailed overcome during construction: “While this isn’t a unique challenge, design works commence in April 2016. • Access to water – negotiating bore access with landowners for dust suppression, trucking-in potable water for the camps and seeking GENERALLY EVERYONE HAS BEEN VERY town water for hydrotesting will be an issue in the dry north. SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT AS THERE ARE REAL • Road access to pipeline route – ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE TERRITORY FROM Jemena will need to construct and GAS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT. upgrade access tracks to reach the FP 20 pipeline route, some stretching as long Moving Pipe? as 100 km off the Barkly Highway. Increase productivity and safety, using our industry leading VacLifts. Pipeline PlantThey Hire deliver more features and benefits than any other machine available. Pipeline Plant Hire covers the largest range of VacLift equipment in Australia, from poly pipe to large diameter steel pipe. We can engineer a solution to suit your project that also improves productivity.

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www.ottowayengineering.com.au for safety reasons (operating facilities, • Weather conditions – wet weather amount of time drones can be Email: [email protected] plant, transport corridors) can be and winds over 30 km/h can be airborne, so larger projects would inspected and mapped safely with drones. problematic in controlling and require surveying to be split into operating drones; several flights. Drone drawbacks • Vegetation – mapping in dense Despite new technology such as drones vegetation limits the use of drones; Droning on streamlining data collection, sometimes • Underground services – for obvious Drones are becoming more and more there can be problems their use: reasons drones are limited in popular across a wide range of industries, • Accuracy – high-accuracy surveys underground environments which not just the pipeline industry. still require traditional survey require ground truthing; and, In Australia, drones are being methods; • Flight times – batteries limit the increasingly used for mapping and surveying of projects, particularly on Pipe spool Fabrication large-scale earthworks and construction projects. Pressure Vessel Fabrication Coupled with this rise in the new TRENCH BREAKER SPRAY FOAM technology comes legislation and policy Onsite Installation concerning its use. In Australia, the use of drones is Design and construction governed by the Civil Aviation Act (1998) and regulations, directives and of Oil and Gas Facilities aeronautical information and notices from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Pipeline Construction and AirServices Australia. FP 22 Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR) Part 101 applies to the operation of unmanned aircraft, while CASA has issued an advisory on UAVs, which provides guidance on the construction and operation of UAVs and the means whereby Ottoway 02 9678 9833 they may be legally operated. [email protected] To fly a drone for commercial purposes in Australia, the business requires a UAV HPI 3 Operator Certificate and the operator will require a UAV Controller’s Certificate.

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Standardising pipeliner training

By Karen Polglaze, Training Manager, APGA

The Pipeline Engineer Training Project is drawing to a close after a host of significant achievements that will provide an enduring legacy for the future of pipeline engineer training in Australia.

evelopment of all the major elements of what has become a comprehensive framework for understanding and Karen Polglaze, Training Manager, APGA. Dassessing competency in Australia’s pipeline engineers is almost complete. Born out of a concern that the industry was experiencing to make decisions and/or provide approval in a range of generational change in a way that might lead to future gaps in situations. knowledge, and hampered by the likely endurance of an industry Providing guidance to pipeline licensees and owners to size that would be unable to support post-graduate recognise the particular blend of knowledge and experience university-based training, the project began in 2009 with what required of an engineer to be a competent person in the different was essentially a blank sheet of paper. range of circumstances addressed in AS 2885, was a key factor in Seven years later, we have a comprehensive framework of more APGA’s decision to develop a competency-based system for than 200 competencies in the onshore sector, which include pipeline engineer training. FP 23 competency areas for both plastics pipe and composite pipe, The competency standards form a detailed matrix outlining the something which was not included in the first scope of knowledge needed, experience required and the resulting development. As well, the expansion of the competency standards expertise for each competency across 21 areas of pipeline into the offshore sector is now almost complete, with the official engineering – for example, pipeline structural integrity or launch scheduled for 21 April. corrosion control. A number of tools and resources were created for the onshore The competency standards and their associated tools and Fast Fusion competency standards to make it easier to use the competencies resources have a range of uses. These include career planning, and to access training courses. These tools and resources will also designing training courses, skills assessment for individuals and be replicated for offshore pipeline engineers. teams for project planning, recruitment, and planning staff The final element is registration of pipeline engineers based on rotations to engineering staff can access a range of vital industry the competency standards. This is now in place for onshore oil experiences. and gas pipeline engineers and should be available later in 2016 for offshore oil and gas pipeline engineers. The offshore competency standards The offshore competency standards were the dream of some of Why a competency-based system? our hard-working and dedicated members in Western Australia Pipeline engineering is multidisciplinary, requiring knowledge who scoped, drafted and developed the competency standards over and understanding of aspects of mechanical, civil, chemical and the past five years. These were then reviewed by a panel of other engineering as well as pipeline-specific skills. These are 15 global experts actively working in the offshore pipeline industry. mostly learned through on-the-job experience and in-house APGA members worked throughout the program in training. conjunction with the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Pipeline Engineer Training Program Project Manager Chris which is developing a set of competencies for subsea engineering. Harvey said there were good reasons to opt for a The 57 competencies related to offshore pipelines were developed competency-based system. under the APGA program and will be used by SUT in its system. “The reason for choosing a competency-based system is that it Of particular concern to the chairman of the reference group is widely recognised as the most effective and efficient approach which led the development of the offshore competencies, Eric Jas, to training,” said Mr Harvey. has been the separation of the offshore and onshore pipeline “A competency-based approach provides maximum flexibility sectors. Companies operating in both sectors is a rarity. in learning methods and targets outcomes rather than process. “This is not only an issue in Australia; it occurs in many other It allows engineers who have developed expertise and countries which have a specific national design code for hydrocarbon competency simply through experience and self-learning to be pipelines,” Mr Jas wrote recently in World Pipelines magazine. recognised, while providing a path for developing engineers to “In many cases there is inconsistency between the two codes. target their efforts.” “A single pipeline system may travel from offshore to onshore; Importantly, the Australian Standard for gas and liquid and the design, construction and operational methods can be petroleum pipelines, AS 2885, requires ‘competent persons’ vastly different.

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“It is at the shore crossing where both industries meet. Most that engineers who are registered have committed to a code of pipeline engineers feel comfortable in their own space (on dry ethics and to continuing professional development. Public safety land above the high water mark, or on the seabed covered by at is significantly enhanced when only competent practitioners are least 5 m of water). The zone in between these two (the shore registered and provide engineering services in critical areas. crossing) is often either incorrectly designed or under-engineered For engineers who practice in Queensland there is an additional by the time the construction contractors are engaged. Depending benefit as the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland on the level of expertise of the contractors, and the ability to (BPEQ) has added pipeline engineering as an area of practice for effectively collaborate between onshore and offshore, it is no Registered Professional Engineers of Queensland (RPEQ) and this wonder that complications are often experienced during the will recognise registration of pipeline engineers by the National construction and operational phase of a pipeline at this location. Engineering Register. “For this reason it is essential that the pipeline engineering The process for registration for offshore pipeline engineers is competencies, which have been developed in parallel for onshore still being finalised, but it is expected that there will be two and offshore remain fully compatible so that interfacing the classifications in the special area of practice: offshore and engineering between them can be performed effectively and onshore. Competency will be assessed on applicants meeting the efficiently.” minimum requirements for either offshore or onshore. The offshore pipeline engineer competency standards will soon be available on the APGA website. In-kind contributions elneryo The Pipeline Engineer Training Project has been an enormous Registration as an oil and gas pipeline engineer undertaking for APGA and its benefits, through the continuing Engineers Australia has recognised that pipeline engineering is maintenance of the competency standards and the increasing highly specialised and has created a special area for national numbers of registered oil and gas pipeline engineers, will go on registration of oil and gas pipeline engineering. The APGA for decades. It would not be possible to undertake a project like Pipeline Engineer Competency Standards are the basis of this without the significant contribution made by our members’ assessment for registration. companies and the people who work for them who willingly Registration as a pipeline engineer means you will be share their knowledge and experience for the benefit of all. recognised inside and outside the industry as having standing as a Three significant reference groups of volunteers and a large reliable, responsible and professional pipeline engineer. number of individuals have given their time and expertise over FP 24 Registration enables government, industry and individual hundreds of hours to ensure that this project was completed to a consumers to engage the appropriate practitioner or team to high quality. Future generations of pipeline engineers will thank perform the required engineering services and to have confidence you as will we all. AXS Want to make 2016 your most productive year yet? u pg r a d e

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FP 25 The NFPCA team at work at Deakin University in Geelong. PSSS NFPCA recognised with innovation award

The National Facility for Pipeline Coating Assessment has been recognised with an Excellence in Innovation Award by the Cooperative Research Centres Association.

t an award dinner held on 8 March 2016, Cooperative was for its work on the commercialisation of EPDECOM – Research Centres Association (CRCA) CEO Professor Tony software that provides information on the decompression of a APeacock congratulated the National Facility for Pipeline pipeline associated with a full-bore rupture and calculates the Coating Assessment (NFPCA) and the Energy Pipelines CRC for required toughness to arrest a propagating fracture – which it their quality contributions to Australia’s innovative future. received in 2014. Playing an important role in the Australian pipeline industry, Energy Pipeline CRC CEO Valerie Linton has thanked the the NFPCA is the only independent commercial pipeline testing NFPCA team and its industry advisers for their work in facility in Australia – allowing companies to test and evaluate establishing the facility and continuing to support the strong team pipeline coatings with a capability to support innovative research of researchers and students at Deakin University in Geelong. into coating performance. The NFPCA has also recently received NATA accreditation, Pipeline coatings are the primary method of protecting buried providing customers further confidence in the quality and pipelines against corrosion and costly pipeline failure, and the accuracy of tests carried out in the facility. NFPCA’s ability to select, assess and independently verify The NFPCA will continue to expand on its research and testing pipeline coatings has seen it recognised at a national level for the capacities in the future, as well as continuing to develop second time. commercial relationships and providing quality service to the The first Excellence in Innovation Award the NFPCA received Australian pipeline industry.

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Gas energy recovery: turbo expanders and maximising pipeline efficiency

By Amir Emam, Senior Consultant, CE Group

While pipelines are extremely reliable in transporting large amounts of energy, not much thought is given to the hidden energy that is lost along the way. CE Group Senior Consultant Amir Emam explains how turbo expanders can play in vital role in recovering lost energy from gas pipelines.

urbo expanders, also known as city gates to upgrade to power generation energy saved in the gas stream will be used expansion turbines, are machines plants. and turned into electricity. Tthat provide a way to reclaim the This article focuses on the application of Power generated by this method is energy lost in natural gas pipelines and turbo expanders for energy recovery from proportional to pressure ratio, flow rate facilities and are used in several pipelines and power generation from and temperature of the gas stream. Higher industries for a wide range of energy regained. flow rates and pressure differential will applications. result in higher power generation. The benefit of using a turbo expander Pipeline power For optimised power generation from a rather than a regulator is that not only can Any high pressure gas flowing through a turbo expander, the location of using this the gas pressure be reduced to the desired transmission pipeline is a potential technology must be carefully studied. level, but also electricity can be produced resource for energy recovery. The process design of a turbo expander from the energy obtained from gas The general principles for the function usually refers to the steps taken to choose pressure reduction. of a turbo expander can be explained as the best design in which a turbo expander FP 26 Almost 20 per cent of electricity will be converting kinetic energy to electricity by will have the highest performance in all lost in distribution network, which is due using turbines and electrical generators. operating conditions. to the distance between power stations Firstly, a turbine is coupled to the These include pressure, temperature and and end users. generator. When high pressure gas flows flow rate of the gas, while the Localised low-capacity power into the turbo expander it passes through aerodynamic design refers to the generation is the key to preventing energy the turbine and spins it. The coupled mechanical design of a turbo expander – Shawcor loss and saving more energy. generator starts spinning and generates considering factors such as speed (RPM), electricity, thus, by replacing a regulator number of stages, specific number of Where are they used? valve with a turbo expander, the potential stages and polytropic efficiency. The main application of turbo expanders is in cryogenic processing plants to provide low-temperature refrigeration. Gas Outlet Gas Inlet Some of the main industries where turbo expanders are used include low-pressure air separation plants and liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants for expanding high Heater Regulator pressure gas. Figure 1: GPRS Typical Arrangement. The size of turbo expanders used in air separation plants is usually too small to be cost effective for power generation Heater applications but the majority of those used in gas and hydrocarbon plants range in the M order of 100 hp to 8,000 hp and more, making the energy recovery feasible. M Power Turbo expanders have been widely used Turbo Generator in LNG plants is Australia and worldwide. Expander Application of turbo expanders in power generation as a new technology has been Regulator Heater first studied by Enbridge Inc. in Calgary of Canada and the plant was constructed to produce 2.2 MW, enough to power about 1,700 residences. Gas Outlet Gas Inlet Feasibility studies are undergoing in Middle Eastern countries to locate the best Figure 2: Upgraded Pressure Reduction Plant.

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Significant temperature loss happens In both cases a heater must increase the using a combined-cycle power station. during the gas expansion process due to gas temperature upstream of the pressure Some of the most important benefits of the Joule-Thomson effect. If pressure regulating unit, either a regulator or turbo using a turbo expander in a gas pressure reduction is the main objective, then expander. reduction station to produce electricity power generation from the expanded gas are: is considered a beneficial by-product. Turbine design • Low energy consumption Current commercial models produced Parameters affecting the selection of a • Higher return on investment period by industry leaders in high-tech turbo expander are gas pressure, flow and comparing to the same scale unit machinery such as GE Power and Atlas viscosity. utilising gas turbine, steam turbine Copco exist in the power range of 750 W The optimum design for a turbo or combined-cycle technology to 25-plus MW, so, many applications expander is the one in which the • Lower CAPEX and OPEX (50 per are possible. maximum electricity is produced while cent of thermal power stations) Centrifugal (radial inflow) turbo consuming minimum quantity of gas for • No NOx emission expanders are well adapted to such heaters. • Lower COx emission comparing to energy conservation schemes and, with Therefore, selecting a turbo expander is other power stations (50 per cent recent developments that have increased case-dependent and no general or typical less emission) their reliability, are suitable for design can be recommended for a gas • Mechanical efficiency of 80 per unattended service on a 24/7 operational pressure reduction station (GPRS). cent and more; thermal efficiency basis. Figure 1 shows the typical arrangement of 60 per cent and more (more than Some of the recent developments made of a GPRS using a regulator. combined-cycle power stations) by industrial leaders such as Bearings Existing stations can also be upgraded to In the current global energy climate, Plus, Dresser-Rand and Sulzer-Roteq produce electricity. In that case the new getting the maximum output from pipeline include better shaft seals, thrust bearing arrangement of the station will be as infrastructure should be of paramount monitoring, and superior control devices. shown in Figure 2. importance to operators and all associated FP 27 Temperature loss in a regulator, based parties. on the rule of thumb, is 5°C per 1 MPa Summary Turbo expanders have been proven to pressure drop while in a turbo expander is Using turbo expanders in gas pressure deliver in reclaiming energy lost between about 15°C. reduction stations to produce electricity the power stations and end users. This is a rough estimation and will reduce CAPEX and OPEX This could be particularly applicable for temperature drop will be calculated based significantly compared to combined cycle the Australian market considering a large PIHA on the gas composition, flow rate and or any other type of thermal power portion of Australian gas is marked for aerodynamic characteristics of proposed station. The cost of producing electricity export, securing the energy stuck in turbo expander during the detailed design using turbo expander is much lower than pipeline networks can make a difference Delivering innovative technical solutions, safely, reliably and efficiently accurately. producing the same amount of electricity to Australia’s local market. Part of the Mineral Resources group, PIHA is regarded in Australia and overseas Turbo expanders explained as a leader in innovation and excellence in the fi eld of pipeline engineering • Polytropic efficiency is considered as the small stage efficiency in a turbo expander and that is where the expansion and construction. is divided into numerous small with the steps contain similar isentropic efficiency. Isentropic efficiency is a comparison of the actual efficiency and ideal machine efficiency in which the work transfers are frictionless. • The Joule-Thomson Effect is the temperature change in a gas when it is forced through a regulating valve or any PIHA provides extensive project management and delivery for the expanding machine. following products and services: • A combined-cycle power station is a plant that uses both gas and steam turbine to produce power. The waste heat from a gas turbine stack is used to boil water and produce steam to run steam turbine. Waste heat in a simple-cycle • Pipeline engineering and construction plant is released into the atmosphere while in a combined-cycle plant is used in heat recovery steam generators • Turnkey mine dewatering systems (HRSG) to produce steam. • Thermal efficiency is the ratio of the work done by rotary machine to the heat energy supplied to it that costs. • PIHA’s ‘tight fi t’ HDPE lined steel 1 Sleat Rd • Mechanical efficiency is the ratio of energy and power input to a machine to the output mechanical work or • Polyethylene pipe fi ttings and components movement of it. Applecross WA 6153 • NOx is a term for any sort of gas containing nitrogen and oxygen such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) which is toxic to • Rock trenching and terrain leveling Locked Bag 3, Canning Bridge humans. • Underground cable installation Applecross WA 6153 • Cox is a term for any sort of gas containing carbon and oxygen such as carbon dioxide (CO2) which is a T + 61 8 9329 3500 greenhouse gas. • Plant and equipment hire F + 61 8 9329 3501 • Viscosity is the measure of the resistance of a substance (liquid or gas) to the motion against an applied force. E [email protected] www.piha.com.au www.piha.com.au 58 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au INTERVIEW

A new age for contractors

Born and bred in Melbourne, Scott Cummins has travelled the world for the past 30 years as an executive for a world-leading offshore services provider. Now, he has returned to his home town to lead international contractor McConnell Dowell in his new Melbourne-based role as Chief Executive Officer. New McConnell Dowell CEO Scott Cummins. fter a brief stint as a graduate with Esso Australia, Mr Cummins joined McDermott International in Perth during planning process that will set the contractor on a new, and even Athe boom period of the North West Shelf. His enjoyment more international, path for the future. of the contracting side of the business – plus a yearning to see the world – led to his international postings working on projects in The business objectives Southeast Asia, the Middle East and eventually the UK. So what business objectives will Mr Cummins pursue over the Mr Cummins’s impressive 30-year career has involved many next few years? different roles, including project and fabrication management, First up is a focus on developing the business’s infrastructure FP 28 commercial, business development, and finally general focus, and diversifying its market spread. management. His career at McDermott ended as Executive Vice “Market conditions have obviously changed significantly in President in charge of offshore operations and commercial Australia over the course of the last year, and everyone is familiar business on a global basis, based in London. with the decline in mining and oil and gas investment in Australia. Throughout this career at McDermott, Mr Cummins’s clients “I think equally people are well versed on the need for civil have included Chevron, Shell, BP, INPEX, Woodside, and Esso infrastructure development, and whether it be in Australia or ISCO Australia. While the work undertaken for these clients has internationally, the public only has to have a look at population primarily been in an offshore environment, he has extensive growth that is being experienced and is being forecast and the PROVIDING tOtal experience in fabrication for onshore projects – including the corresponding need for new infrastructure. fabrication of LNG modules for Chevron’s mammoth Gorgon “So I think it’s very important that McConnell Dowell has the PIPING sOlutIONs! LNG Project out of Batam, Indonesia. right strategy for the prevailing market, and for us to adjust our Speaking to The Australian Pipeliner at the company’s headquarters organisation’s focus accordingly.” Make ISCO your single source! Besides being the industry’s in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Mr Cummins is confident his experience The second priority is further developing the company’s

PLUSPIPE leading distributor of HDPE pipe, we’re your connection to a will hold him in good stead to lead McConnell Dowell, where he international growth opportunities – particularly in South East formally commenced employment in September 2015. Asia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. full line of fusion equipment, extrusion welders, electrofusion “I bring a strong understanding of the challenges and Mr Cummins says that when it came to taking up the role at products, tooling and more. We provide custom fabrication opportunities faced by clients within the oil and gas industry and McConnell Dowell, he was attracted to its multi-disciplinary a collaborative approach to partner with these project teams to capability and international track record, particularly given his across many applications – delivering complete systems deliver cost effective solutions.” familiarity with those markets. And while Mr Cummins’s first six months at the company has “I was familiar with Australia, but particularly familiar with to the field, saving time and budget. We also sell and rent been spent understanding the organisation’s capabilities, markets, South East Asia and the Middle East where I have spent most of top quality McElroy® fusion equipment. We’re one call away and customers, he is now looking to embark on a strategic my working life. for everything you need, including service and spare parts support. And, if you need in-the-field training and support, we offer that too. “IF ONE MARKET IS GOOD, AND ANOTHER IS SUFFERING, HAVING GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY ENABLES US TO SPREAD OUR RISK; IT ALLOWS YOU TO RETAIN A GOOD RESOURCE BASE.” ISO 9001:2008- More at www.isco-pipe.com.au – McConnell Dowell CEO Scott Cummins certified quality management system

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Pipeline personality: George Wettenhall

“All countries in those regions are very different in the way coordination is critical. McConnell Dowell has demonstrated the ‘Work hard and play hard’ is a phrase often heard in the pipeline industry, and it is a philosophy that pipeliner business is executed. But if you know the business environment, it success of early development of collaborative relationships with George Wettenhall lives by as a well-known character in Australia’s pipeline industry. George tells us his story makes it that much easier to establish the business approach and clients and stakeholders on many major projects.” the appropriate strategy to take the company forward in those A focus on quality and safety has also been a big change for hailing from the coating and protection sector of the industry. markets. clients and contractors. “McConnell Dowell is fortunate in its diversity, both “The oil and gas industry has become a lot bigger – the projects What is your position title? geographically and capability wise. From major cross country are bigger, the water depths they’re operating in are greater, and I am the National Product Development Manager for Pipelines pipelines like the QCLNG and APLNG pipelines in Australia as the focus on quality has just been tremendous. It is well with Denso Australia. part of the MCJV, to the remote Komo airport in PNG for acknowledged that the reliability of oil and gas facilities is very ExxonMobil and developing Thailand’s pipeline projects for high in terms of industry standards, so having that has been a big How long have you been working in the pipeline PTT, McConnell Dowell has an exceptional, long history in these change. industry for? areas. “I also think the business has progressed significantly in terms I have been working in the pipeline industry since 2008. “I particularly look at South East Asia as a very robust market of safety, and I think it needs to continue progressing. I think that I commenced work with Denso Australia in 2013 and, prior to with significant growth potential for McConnell Dowell. We have the oil and gas industry has been exemplary in leading the path in that, I was with PPI Corporation between 2008 and 2013. Prior had a real presence and strong local staff resources from the engineering and construction world – it has set the bar. to this I worked in the plumbing industry, which in some ways is executing projects in South East Asia the past four decades and “It’s great to have that bar there, and I know I will use that in closely connected to the pipeline industry. our fabrication and plant yards in Thailand and Batam, McConnell Dowell. I know what safety execution is at the highest Indonesia.” level, and we need to be striving to that in all of our industries.” What is your favourite aspect of working in the pipeline Mr Cummins is emphatic that a contracting business gains most industry? value from having a diversity of geographies. New relationships I really enjoy the people in the industry. Over the years some of George Wettenhall. “If one market is good, and another is suffering, having Finally, Mr Cummins believes developing early solution my best working relationships have blossomed into great techniques used fall in line with our application instructions and geographical diversity enables us to spread our risk; it allows you focused strategies for project development is not only critical to friendships. the relevant standard for the project. to retain a good resource base. the future of client-contractor relationships, but in getting Along with the friendships developed there are varying markets Where required, training on the site is offered prior to project “It is very easy if you have a project in South East Asia, projects going in Australia full stop. within the pipeline industry, making it a diverse industry to commencement, followed by our presence at pre-production Australians are very mobile and willing to go work on a project “I think that as a consequence of all of the above – project operate in many ways. trials or pre-qualification trials. in, say, Thailand. Our operations in these regions are also well complexity and longevity, the need to drive safety and have an Throughout the project we are available to liaise with coating placed to support specific Australian project requirements. excellent standard of quality – is the recognition and effectiveness What has been your favourite project to work on and inspectors from both the client and contractor where we can offer “Overall, it makes so much sense for an Australian organisation of customers, contractors and governments working in a more why? technical assistance for application of the coating being applied. to be a part of the South East Asian and Middle East markets; it is collaborative, solution-finding mode. Two come to mind as my favourite projects to work on. one flight away, time zones are not problematic – it makes a lot of “I think the challenges we are seeing in the industry today are Recently, the Eastern Goldfields Gas Pipeline project stands out Who do you look up to in the industry and why? sense in terms of making all that synergy work across all of those potentially going to bring that into sharper focus. given the challenges it posed logistically in transporting nearly During the past eight years in the industry, many people have geographies.” “The process of ‘here’s a project, here’s a contract, you sign it 30,000 litres of Protal across the countryside to one of the most rubbed off me in one way or another, however Dominic Allen, Papua New Guinea is also a key area of focus for the company. and deliver’ is not necessarily the most cost-effective way to do remote places in Australia. Due to the professionalism of whom I worked under at PPI Corporation, really helped me grow “PNG is certainly a country of interest. It’s great having the things. I think now the industry is being asked that, given the Spiecapag Lucas JV these issues were easily resolved. as not only a person but a professional. knowledge that McConnell Dowell has a long history of challenges we’ve got and the emphasis put on cost-effective The other project that stands out was the Victorian Although he is now not currently working in the industry, we delivering projects in PNG, such as the recent Komo Airfield for solutions, it’s going to drive the contracting and client Desalination Plant’s pipeline project. I worked on this project regularly keep in touch and I am able to bounce ideas off him and the PNG LNG project. There is also going to be continuing organisations closer together to work out how to more during my time at PPI Corporation alongside Thiess Degremont, receive good advice when needed. significant investment in PNG which we are well placed to cost-effectively execute and reliably deliver projects. and found that the challenges it posed both from a manufacturing support. “I’m a real believer in having the right relationships and and logistics perspective made it thoroughly interesting. Do you have any anecdotes of activities in the field? “There are obviously issues [working in PNG] that need to be involvement early on. That’s one of the biggest things I’ll be Further, given its sheer size it was a pleasure to see the project Without mentioning the name of the project, a coatings addressed, but if you partner and work collaboratively with your driving with McConnell Dowell – yes the oil and gas industry is a through from start to finish. inspector once came to me and told me he had issues with the client, you would work out what the problems are and work bit pressed at the moment, but let’s make sure we have the right coating on the pipeline we were working on. through them together.” relationships with people, and are at the solutions table early on. What projects are you working on at present? Upon inspecting the field joint he was fast to point out to me Herein lies Mr Cummins’s third business objective: early, “Because of the size of projects, not all of them have gone as Denso currently has a supply contract with the Spiecapag Lucas that there was a lump running circumferentially around the pipe collaborative client relationships. well as what people would have liked. When you have a market JV (SCL) for the supply of field joint coating materials on APA in the centre of the field joint. that we’re in now, none of us can afford to take on a project and Group’s Victorian Northern Interconnect Pipeline Project. I was then I felt obliged to point out that the lump actually Change and progress for it to end up costing twice as much as everybody thought. The project is in its early stages, however given we have happened to be the weld bead! “I have seen a lot of change for contractors over my 30 years in “We have got to get that reliability around schedule and cost, supplied the SCL on several recent projects, a strong working the industry, but also for the clients,” says Mr Cummins. so that as an industry we can proceed ahead with developments in relationship with the business is coming on steadily and both Do you have any advice from those just beginning their “The first change is that the size and the complexity of the confidence.” parties have a good understanding of what to expect from one careers in the pipeline industry? projects are much bigger than what they were 30 years ago. I used Mr Cummins concludes: “If you can’t proceed with confidence, another. Work hard and play hard! Networking at industry events or to get excited when we had won a $100 million contract; now it’s the project won’t proceed – or it won’t proceed in Australia. And forums can pay off in the long run. Also never forget there is $1 billion or $2 billion contracts, or even greater than that. it is certainly in Australia’s interest that we reach these common Can you outline a typical day in the field? someone out there that is willing to do your job for less, so stay “Due to this size and complexity, effective project planning and goals and get these projects up and running.” As a supplier, our job on site involves us ensuring the motivated and never take your job for granted.

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twice as fast with double the axial sensor – up to four times higher axial NDT keeping resolution which adds up to a factor of resolution NGP evenly four improvement. • Extended inspection distance – shorter tool lengths The Northern Territory it smooth Maintain flow rates and revenue • Customisation – maximised ILI tool Government has recently selected NDT Global’s new line of ultrasonic flexibility. the proponent, pipeline route Taking ultrasonic in-line inspection metal loss and crack, in-line inspection and lead contractor for the to a new level, NDT Global has tools offer the fastest data acquisition construction of the Northern Gas launched its new fleet featuring speed in the industry. Pipeline (NGP). As all parties gear the innovative EVO Series 1.0. This means you get the accuracy you need, while maintaining your flow rates IN CONCRETE TERMS, up for construction, it’s time to and pipeline revenue. THIS MEANS THE consider the benefits of selecting epresenting the state of the art in quality equipment for a safe and electronics and incorporating high- Highest performance at maximised TOOLS WILL EITHER long-lasting installation. Rresolution sensor carriers, the Evo flexibility BE CAPABLE OF The Northern Territory is lighting up for the NGP. Series 1.0 marks a milestone in in-line The tools features include: TRAVELING FOUR inspection (ILI) evolution. • No reduction of flow rate – up he NGP involves the construction “Spacing systems for the pipeline will also be considered when looking at soil It is set to boost the performance of to four times faster inspection TIMES FASTER, OR and operation of a 623 km buried need to be able to withstand the weight of conditions. inspection equipment by a factor of four. speed SENSOR RESOLUTION Thigh-pressure gas pipeline from the pipeline without breaking or bending. Acid sulphate soils (ASS) are found In concrete terms, this means the tools will • High-performance metal loss WILL INCREASE Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory “Abrasion is also something to consider below the water table, and become acidic either be capable of traveling four times profiling and pitting inspection – up to Mount Isa in Queensland. Associated as the weight of the pipeline can put if disturbed and exposed to oxygen. faster, or sensor resolution will increase to four times higher axial resolution FOURFOLD. aboveground facilities at various locations pressure on the runner and result in “The acidic soil conditions in the NT fourfold. Alternatively, the tools can be • High-performance crack profiling will also be built along the pipeline. significant wear if not considered in the require a non-metallic spacer so as to not Jemena, the chosen proponent for the spacer design.” corrode in the harsh environment,” said project, has submitted its Environmental Mr Linaker said that as the NGP is to be Mr Linaker. Authority for a Petroleum Pipeline made from steel, corrosion resistance of “A metallic spacer would be subject to Licence: Supporting Information, which the chosen spacers should also be a top severe corrosion if coming into contact outlines environmental considerations, consideration. with acid sulphate soils that may be left including those which mention “Spacers made from inert materials behind in the annulus after installation of underwater crossings and hydrostatic would be the optimum choice for this type a road or river crossing. testing. of installation,” said Mr Linaker. “Even stainless steel is subject to According to kwik-ZIP Managing “Not only do inert spacers remain free accelerated corrosion from such soil Director Jason Linaker these underwater from corrosion damage themselves, but conditions. crossings will require trenchless they will also prevent wear on the pipe “Such corrosion can be transferred via installation, where associated centralising casing.” the metallic spacer to the steel pipeline techniques of the pipe must be considered. According to Jemena’s submitted itself. Inert non-metallic pipe spacers are “High-pressure gas pipelines are licence, corrosion of the spacer should resistant to such conditions.” generally very heavy, so associated pipeline equipment needs to be of the For more information on kwik-ZIP’s products and services visit highest quality and strength,” said www.kwikzip.com HPH 8 Mr Linaker. Creative Matters QPH 2 Savcor

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Michell returns control to the Ushering in 2016 safely user As the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association The new HygroSmart HS3 continues to recognise the importance health and advanced interchangeable relative safety among its members, it is an aspect of the humidity and temperature probe pipeline industry that is constantly changing. The from Michell Instruments is Australian Pipeliner spoke with the APGA HSE 100 per cent configurable to allow Committee Chair Mark Twycross to see what steps maximum flexibility to the user. the industry will take in 2016.

his gives users the ability to alter What are the top safety concerns the Australian Pipelines APGA HSE Committee Chair Mark Twycross. their relative humidity (RH) and and Gas Association Safety Committee currently Ttemperature measurements to keep discussing? step with changes or developments in their We are planning a Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) WHILE OUR SOCIAL LICENCE TO process, with no extra costs. Michell’s HS3-P Probe. workshop for 12 May in Brisbane, where we will convene our Customers can set the zero/span range, members into workshop groups, with subject matter experts on: OPERATE DEPENDS UPON OUR output signals and choose from five output seconds to carry out. Using the replaceable Designed for demanding industrial • Mental health issues on our gas projects and work places, RECORD ON SAFETY AND THE parameters (including dew point). sensor ensures that the HygroSmart HS3 conditions, the HygroSmart HS3 probe which will link into our fatigue management guidelines ENVIRONMENT, OUR COMMITMENT All these changes and settings are easily probe has a low lifetime cost, when features a solid corrosion-resistant body, • HSE lessons learnt off the back of the recent development made on a computer via the application compared to fully disposable probes. 10 bar pressure sealing and IP67 pressure of Australia’s CSG projects TO EACH GOES BEYOND software. For customers who value Alternatively, minor calibration rating. • Trucking and the Heavy Vehicle National Regulator COMPLYING WITH RELEVANT simplicity above flexibility, they can order adjustments can be easily made on any In addition it also has an accuracy of (HNVR). The pipeline industry needs to understand how LAWS AND REGULATIONS – their probes fully configured to their installed HS3 probe, with a five-point 0.8 per cent RH, making it among the the HVNR and our industry can work together to optimise specifications directly from Michell. digital trim adjustment via the application most accurate and reliable RH probes on the regulations and the requirements of our industry. PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE AND OUR The new probe also ensures zero process software to ensure maximum accuracy the market. The outputs will give our organisation updated and new ENVIRONMENT IS FUNDAMENTAL downtime by keeping maintenance to a without needing to replace the sensor. guidelines for the safety and wellbeing of our industry. TO OUR CULTURE. minimum with an interchangeable sensor. When recalibration is due, the old What safety projects processed by the committee have HygroSmart HS3 sensor is simply Michell products are distributed in Australia by AMS Instrumentation been implemented? exchanged for a new, freshly calibrated & Calibration. You can find out more at www.ams-ic.com.au We continue to produce great quality outcomes with the APGA What will the focus for the committee be in 2016? one. For more information on Michell’s products and services and International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Pipeline The May workshop will give us great output to upgrade This simple procedure allows the probe visit www.michell.com Appendix to the IECA white book a standout. existing guidelines and to implement drafting of new guidelines. to remain installed, and takes only a few This project took over 12 months to complete and is an The overall focus for the committee is to review ongoing example of APGA working with IECA to get an outcome that is a projects and issues and, of course, we welcome new projects from credit to both organisations. the committee and members There was focused consultation with members but we will continue to get more feedback as our members look to implement What is the main goal and purpose of the committee and the Appendix. how will its findings translate to the wider industry? Additionally since we last updated The Australian Pipeliner, the Our goal and purpose is clearly spelt out in our charter. cornerstone Fatigue Management Guidelines and toolkit will add While our social licence to operate depends upon our record on Lott Field Services Pty Ltd are consultants and can assist you to the 12 May outcomes on mental health the issues and the safety and the environment, our commitment to each goes providing or finding people for the following services. fatigue management output. beyond complying with relevant laws and regulations – protecting Other outputs over the past year include: our people and our environment is fundamental to our culture. • Project Management • Ensuring our guidelines are noted as guidelines only and The committee has set its priorities, terms of reference and • Construction Management not issued for contractual use future agenda to build upon the significant achievements of the • QPHConstruction Design 3Verification • Developing stakeholder guidelines many APGA members who have helped drive our • Construction Design, Survey & Asbuilt • Revising APGA construction health and safety guidelines industry-leading commitment to doing no harm to our people or Lott Field Services Pty Ltd 1 The Grove, Woodville • Tender compilation • Developing ongoing training modules for supervisors our environment. S.A. 5011 • Tender evaluation • Managing the ongoing AS 2885 Part 1 review Lott •Field Inspection services Services to the pipeline industry • Developing an issues paper for native vegetation pipeline Telephone: 08 8244 3786 Mobile: 0428 745 843 offsets The HSE Committee will next meet in Member of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association Email: [email protected] • Sharing HSE Committee members’ safety moments, aimed Melbourne, Victoria on 23 June. at collective learning.

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It was a very sad blow to our entire company. We are a tight- Was it easy getting crews to fill in the survey about how knit family, and the fellow was a service truck driver on our they were feeling? projects for a number of years, so had a lot of personal contact We’ve had a great participation rate since introduction with with many in our workforce. around 98 per cent of our crew buying in each swing. It goes up and down a bit from time to time, due to it being voluntary, but How did this sad incident prompt MPC to develop we are very happy with the uptake by our crews. the app? I think the key to getting good buy-in was making the app easy I think our colleague’s death made us all ask ourselves, ‘Why to operate. The mental health questions were developed by Mate didn’t he say something?’, ‘Why didn’t he seek some help?’, or Check through the engagement of a professional in this specific ‘Why didn’t any of us pick up that he was struggling?’. There field, but they were conscious of using wording that was carefully were a lot of whys. But when we started really looking into those tailored so that our guys could relate to the questions. whys, we soon realised that we really didn’t have anything in Because our crews were filling it out on a plane to and from place that could identify people who needed help or provide their work sites, we only had limited time with them, so ease of them with the type of counselling that our workforce actually use was the key; the whole process takes less than two minutes wanted. per person.

Where did the idea of a mental health app come from? The app has been in place now across your projects for It came from a discussion that I had with Paul O’Brien, the just over one year now. How would you rate the success owner of AVMIN which is the company that manages all of the of it? company’s FIFO air charter services. I think the best and most objective way to rate it would be to We were both in an airport departure lounge waiting for a look at the statistics that have come in. flight and got to talking about the recent death of our colleague, Apart from the good participation rate by our crews each and the sad fact that he had probably been battling on in silence swing, our safety team now has access to data which shows the with no one really knowing he needed some help. It got us to overall wellbeing of our crews across a number of areas. We now thinking about never really knowing if someone is struggling know if our crews are feeling happy or sad, anxious or relaxed which led to a discussion about a mental health app the American and can look at ways of improving or maintaining that sentiment, Murphy Pipe and Civil welders on the job. Defence Force was using with its returning soldiers. rather than just operating blindly ‘hoping’ our measures are I guess the light bulb moment was that the mental health survey working. was being done while soldiers were on planes going home and I guess a fairly telling, but also somewhat sad outcome of myself and Paul thought, ‘Hey, our guys fly to work on planes; gaining a better understanding of your workforces’ wellbeing, is New tech offers a clearer picture of FIFO why can’t we do the same thing with them during their flights?’ when you are confronted with statistics of people who have That’s where the idea took off, so to speak. reached out for help using the app. We all know mental health wellbeing stress is an issue in our industry, but when you see that in twelve How long did the app take to develop and what were you months 67 of your employees have used the app to seek Addressing mental health issues within the resources sector has been a trending topic right across the industry, hoping it would achieve? counselling assistance it really highlights that no company is or Light bulb moments generally end with working well into the can be immune to it. with parliamentary reviews, seminars and workshops all focusing on ways to curb and manage what has now dark and needing lots of light bulbs. We decided to team up with become a well-documented problem. Mate Check, an app developer specialising in mental health You’ve developed the app in a way to conceal a person’s technology. identity and responses, so how do you ascertain who rogress has been made with this widespread industry issue, What was the main driver for the development of It took about two months to arrive at a suitable end product needs help? and it is now a topic very much ‘front and centre’, rather the app? but from the outset we decided there were three key areas that we When developing the app with Mate Check we told them Pthan residing in the shadows. I’d like to say the driver was MPC foreseeing mental health wanted the app to address: straight away that it had to work on an anonymous basis – we While there’s still much work to be done to address the issue, issues with its crews and then immediately implementing 1. It had to ask crews to self-check themselves based on a know our crews and they would flat out reject it if we did companies working within the resources sector have decided to measures to address them – but that isn’t the case. series of slider bar emotions in areas such as depression, otherwise. Asking someone to tell you about their mental health pick up the mental health baton and run with it. MPC was just like any other construction contractor. We had an fatigue, anxiety and confidence. status is a very personal and private matter and we respect that. Murphy Pipe and Civil (MPC) is one of those of companies, Employee Assistance Program in place, which included a 24-hour 2. It had to provide an easy-to-access avenue for crews to Our main aim for introducing this app was to simply provide and its effort to understand the mental health status of its helpline service to manage the personal issues of our employees. seek anonymous assistance, either through mental health another gateway to help, which we hoped they would never need, 1,000-plus fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workforce and introduce strategic We thought, ‘Yep, we’ve got it covered, we’re doing the right information which gets emailed to them, or through actual but was there if they did. measures that address mental health issues, has been a resounding thing, we’ve done our bit’. But little did we know, that in the last personal contact with people from well-known counselling We let our crews know that their identity wold not be known, success. two years only two people had ever used the EAP phone in organisations such as Beyond Blue, Mates in Construction, but impressed on them, that through their assistance we can still The company was awarded the Safety Award at the 2015 service, and a survey of crews at a ‘Stop and Consider’ meeting Lifeline and AA. use their anonymous mental health data to help us generate a Australian Pipeline and Gas Association’s annual conference after revealed they didn’t actually want this type of service at all. 3. It had to provide a two-way street of communication to detailed statistical report that helps us understand the issues and it introduced an innovative mental health app that helps the Our crews told us they wanted face-to-face assistance onsite, management so they could learn first-hand about ways helps us improve the workplace. While the overall report helps company’s safety team gauge the well-being of its workforce. not a random, anonymous person on the end of a helpline. It was MPC could improve the workplace environment. This last paint a clearer picture of how our crews are doing each swing, it The Australian Pipeliner sat down with MPC’s Social very insightful and useful information to gain, but unfortunately, area resulted in the addition of a feedback section where is important to also understand that sometimes it is the build-up Performance and Communications Manager Glenn Pfluger, who we came to understand it all too late, because not long after this crews could submit ideas about safety and general camp of the little things around camp and on the right of way (RoW) played a key role in the app’s development and rollout. one of our colleagues took his own life. and work life which management could address. that can become the catalyst for a much bigger issue.

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Is this where the app’s feedback section comes into play? in through the app’s mental health section. We looked at what Exactly. When we developed the app, the addition of a location of the project that the spike was coming from, because feedback section was critical. In very simple terms, you need to the last thing you want is tired machine operators on the RoW. know what gives your workforce the absolute shits. We soon saw a correlation between this fatigue spike and an We let crews know that this section was ‘their voice’ and was a increased amount of negative feedback coming from crews in a direct line of contact to project management, because that’s particular area of the project who said they were having issues exactly what it is. Each swing all feedback submissions are given with the quality of camp they were in. Crews were saying the ACs straight to the project manager for review and actioning, and were on the blink, beds were too small, food fairly ordinary and a Safety in numbers these actions are then fed back to crews via Toolbox Talks, or on truck parking lot nearby had rigs cooling their turbos down the app during the next swing. We even have a prize for the best outside their rooms at 2 am. The result was around 80-odd crew Australia’s pipeline industry prides itself on the high standard of safety on its projects. feedback, positive or negative, each month. members were not getting much sleep at all, so they were tired every day and wanted us to know about it. We acted straight lthough safety statistics are only part of the process in *This definition does not include instances where the person Has the feedback been useful? away and moved our crew to a better camp and we immediately ensuring safe working practices, APGA believes that the is medically cleared to resume work, but leave is taken in Very much so. In fact we were astounded by the sheer volume witnessed a massive drop in fatigue stats. Sometimes it can be as Aindustry should publish its pipeline construction safety the interest of the person’s wellbeing. of submissions coming in each swing. Since we rolled out the app easy as that – read the signs and act. statistics to allow benchmarking and trends to be established. • Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) Rate – No. of lost time we’ve had around 2,500 individual feedback submissions from The following measures of safety were developed in accordance injuries / man-hours worked x 1,000,000 our crews. Prior to the app, our paper based submissions, which How often do crews participate in the mental health with AS 2885.1, and are a good indication of how industry • Medical Treatment Injury (MTI) – A serious work injury were put into drop boxes at camp, would rarely reach 100 a survey and what does it cost MPC? performed year-on-year. requiring defined prescribed medical treatment by a swing. While 2,500 feedback submissions came in, you can We ask that our employees use the app once per swing, and the • Lost Time Injury (LTI) including fatalities – A work-related Registered Medical Practitioner, which is beyond the scope imagine there were a lot calling for more money and less hours – app lets us know if the person is starting, finishing or on rest and injury or illness that results in permanent disability or time of normal First Aid, for example: back injuries, burns, I’d actually be concerned if we didn’t get those ones – because relaxation, so we can accurately correlate the information coming. lost of one complete shift or day. The absence from work fractures, serious lacerations, gassings, or dermatitis. This let’s face it, we’re all human. The fee is $2 per employee each swing, but we see this as more must be supported by an approved medical certificate excludes conditions such as cardiac arrest, where work is But I think a perfect example of how this app works in terms of of an investment in our people than a cost. You only have to ask citing work-related factor/s as the reason not a substantial contributing factor. using mental health statistics and crew feedback, can be seen in a yourself the price of a life, or how valuable is understanding your for leave. recent issue we had with camp accommodation. For two swings people’s mental health and wellbeing to arrive at the conclusion, we saw a major spike of increased fatigue and restlessness coming that it’s an investment all companies should buy into. APGA Quarterly H&S Statistics 30.00 6,000,000

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Frequency Rate Frequency 10.00 2,000,000 AMS 5.00 1,000,000 Ready for the ﬁ eld? 0.00 0 Sep-06 Dec-06 Mar-07 Jun-07 Sep-07 Dec-07 Mar-08 Jun-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 Mar-09 Jun-09 Sep-09 Dec-09 Mar-10 Jun-10 Sep-10 Dec-10 Mar-11 Jun-11 Sep-11 Dec-11 Mar-12 Jun-12 Sep-12 Dec-12 Mar-13 Jun-13 Sep-13 Dec-13 Mar-14 Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15 Sep-15 Dec-15 AMS INSTRUMENTATION & CALIBRATION PTY LTD Manhours Worked in Quarter LTIF Rate TRIF Rate Unit 20, 51 Kalman drive Boronia VIC 3155 APGA HSE Committee Chair Mark Twycross. AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61-3-9017 8225 APGA quarterly health and safety statistics Fax: +61-3-9729 9604 HPH 9 E-mail: [email protected] Lost Time Injuries Medical Treatment Total manhours LTIF rate TRIF rate Internet: www.ams-ic.com.au Injuries worked in year Year ended June 2007 5 36 2,966,397 1.69 13.82 AMS Year ended June 2008 10 50 4,610,418 2.17 13.01 Year ended June 2009 7 101 6,034,731 1.16 17.9 Year ended June 2010 7 54 6,139,961 1.14 9.93 Year ended June 2011 19 34 6,418,416 2.96 8.26 Year ended June 2012 7 44 7,268,284 0.96 7.02 Being a fi eld calibration technician is a tough job: you need to have many skills and carry multiple devices, environmental conditions can be challenging and constantly Year ended June 2013 6 52 10,213,190 0.59 5.68 changing, documentation of data takes time and is diffi cult in the fi eld and work Year ended June 2014 5 53 14,202,220 0.35 4.08 effi ciency requirements are demanding. However, having the right gear makes the work www.beamex.com Year ended June 2015 3 38 8,004,872 0.37 5.12 much easier and also more effi cient. Learn more at beamex.com/readyforthefi eld [email protected] TOTAL 69 462 65,858,559 1.05 8.06

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A. Three-port valve as used for launching cleaning tools

B. Low pressure or low flow can be major challenges for successful ILI inspections.

C. A bi-directional MFL tool.

Piggable, challenging or un-piggable: how do I know? The main purpose of any inspection utilising non-destructive testing technologies is to collect accurate, reliable and robust data about any flaws and defects which may be present in the pipe wall and in turn impair its mechanical integrity. This implies that any inspection device used for the inspection of ‘challenging’ pipelines B must fulfil the same requirements placed on testing ‘piggable’ pipelines. An anomaly must be detected, sized and located accurately. This aspect is discussed in Beller and Reber (2003). In addition to fulfilling certain inspection requirements, the tools used must also be able to access the line and travel through it. When addressing challenging pipelines the issues of accessibility, geometry, and operational parameters must A therefore be considered. The creation of an optimised tool implies all aspects of mechanical design, suitable non-destructive testing technology, Inspecting challenging pipelines electronics, storage devices and propulsion means are taken into account, as described by Steinvoorte and Vages (2013). The latter By Dr. Michael Beller, Tom Steinvoorte and Stefan Vages, ROSEN Group requires access to different propulsion designs in order to provide and ensure maximum traction for a given pipeline environment. Pipelines are a valuable asset and need to be protected. In order to achieve this a modern pipeline integrity It is important to understand that the inspection of a challenging pipeline requires more than just a specialised tool. It management program includes regular inspections followed by integrity assessment and, if required, repair and C also entails developing and using tailor made processes for a given rehabilitation measures. inspection task, in other words it requires an optimised solution Different categories of internally applied tools, also referred to as engineering approach. This not only includes the measurement well-proven method for the inspection of pipelines, The term ‘piggable’ is associated with the ability to use existing ‘non-traditional ILI’ or ‘speciality free swimming’ are available for systems but also the required cleaning and pipeline preparation, especially high-pressure transmission pipelines is the use free-swimming ILI tools for inspection purposes. The successful challenging pipelines today. These term relates to specialised or as well as tool tracking procedures. There are a variety of A of automated inspection tools which can survey pipelines use of such a tool means that the inspection device can be inserted modified free swimming ILI tools which can negotiate pipelines contributing factors which determine whether a pipeline is from within providing full circumferential and axial coverage. into the line at a suitable location and subsequently retrieved. In with certain geometric restrictions, obstructions or challenges. piggable, challenging or truly un-piggable. These tools, generally referred to as free swimming in-line general, this addresses the accessibility of a line. It implies that a Examples may be multi-diameter lines, small bend radii, certain inspection tools (ILI) or intelligent pigs, utilise non-destructive pipeline needs launchers and receivers. pipe installations such as wye- or T-pieces, or single access pipes The issue of accessibility testing techniques such as magnetic flux leakage (MFL), The second consideration is whether a chosen tool can freely that require bi-directional tools in order to be launched and Any inspection device used internally must be introduced into ultrasound technology (UT), eddy current (EC), or a combination travel through the entire line. This regards the issue of received at the same location. Special designs may also have to be the pipeline to be investigated. This implies that the line is thereof to detect, size and locate possible anomalies or flaws. negotiability. Free swimming ILI can negotiate certain pipeline used to accommodate for special operating conditions, such as low- accessible. Unfortunately not all types of pipelines can be investigated with geometries, but not all. If a line to be surveyed has some ‘unusual’ flow or low-pressure operating conditions. ‘Piggable’ lines need suitable launchers and receivers and are this type of tool in a straightforward manner, and therefore some geometric design features, it could be labelled ‘un-piggable’. In addition, there may also be benefits to applying a cable- generally inspected in a uni-directional mode. If tool traps are not pipelines have been labelled ‘un-piggable’. A strength of traditional ILI tools is that they can usually be operated or tethered tool, where the cable can be used for energy available or not suitable, access has to be achieved via other The oil and gas industry can be divided into three major applied while the pipeline remains in operation, in turn this supply, and/or data transfer, or simply as an option to pull the means. Accessibility can be achieved through technical and/or segments: upstream, midstream and downstream. Globally there implies that the operational conditions during a survey must tool back to retrieve it. Tethered tools generally do not have their procedural means. are close to four million kilometres of transmission pipelines comply with its capabilities. ‘Unusual’ operating conditions can own drive and need to be pumped in at least one direction. If One solution may be the use of temporary traps, another to use allocated to the midstream sector and references can be found also make existing ILI tools obsolete. pumping or provision of a differential pressure is not feasible, a hot tapping operation. Then again procedures can be developed that approximately 40 per cent of those lines are ‘un-piggable’. The third topic to address is the issue of propulsion, i.e. how is then an inspection device would need its own drive unit. This to use a given flange or any other access point, for instance a Additional challenging or ‘difficult to inspect’ pipelines can be the tool moved in the line. introduces the realm of ‘robotic’ tools, also referred to as valve, as a point of entry. Tools can also be designed to allow for found in the upstream and downstream sector resulting in a total All in all, many factors come together in determining whether a crawlers. single access, i.e. entering and leaving the line at the same of at least two million kilometres of ‘un-piggable’ pipelines that line is piggable or not. A further difference between traditional ILI and the internal location. In this case a bi-directional tool and appropriate potentially require attention. It has been proven that, for difficult to inspect pipelines, inspection solutions for challenging pipelines is that the latter in procedures must be utilised. internal inspection is often possible and still provides the most most cases requires individual tailor made inspection procedures So what does un-piggable really mean? efficient and effective means to collect data for subsequent rather than predefined and standardised ones. Case study: accessing a line using a three-port valve If an inspection of a pipeline asset cannot take place through a integrity assessment and fitness-for-purpose investigations. The If an inspection from the inside is not possible at all then The mission of this project was the inspection of a number of standard process, meaning that either the equipment used or line industry today is therefore using the term ‘challenging’, rather external techniques and procedures will need to be utilised. 10-inch flow-lines transporting a multi-phase medium consisting to be inspected have to be modified significantly, then the term than ‘un-piggable’ for these pipelines. Selected examples are External inspection techniques such as Direct Assessment will not of oil, water and natural gas. The lines transport the multi-phase ‘un-piggable’ is often used. introduced in this article to illustrate the point. be considered here. medium to a gathering line.

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There were no launchers and receivers and it was not feasible batteries. High-quality data was collected utilising advanced hall to install them, even temporarily. The customer required an sensors with no lower speed limit. An eddy current-based system internal inspection ensuring full coverage of the pipe wall. was used to differentiate internal and external features. The only access to the line available were specialised three-port Special procedures were devised in order to mitigate any risk valves which had originally been installed to launch cleaning regarding the low flow conditions including a ‘kicking’ option, scrapers (see Image A). i.e. depressurising the line downstream of the tool, if necessary. The special requirement in this case was therefore to modify an A specialised pipeline data logger was included to record ILI-metal loss survey tool in order to fit into the very confined differential pressures during a gauge tool run in order to gain a space of the three-port valve. In addition, a launching and full understanding of operational conditions prevailing in the line receiving procedure had to be developed to ensure that the ILI during inspection. tool would safely enter the line and could also be safely retrieved. One major benefit to the customer was that the inspection did In order to ease the actual introduction of the tool into the valve not impair with the routine operation of the line and high-quality a special metal cage was designed into which the tool could be inspection data was obtained. pre-loaded. Then the entire cage was introduced into the valve, locked and the valve closed. On the issue of propulsion From here the tool could be launched safely and then the cage The issue of propulsion relates to the question on how the tool retrieved. For receiving a similar device was used at the is moved through the line. Above: The RoHelix, a self-propelled robotic crawler. downstream valve into which the tool travelled, was then stopped In traditional ILI the inspection devises are pumped and the The storage tubes serve as an alternate to storage caverns or and could then be retrieved. propulsion of the tool is provided by the differential pressures abandoned oil/gas wells to store ethane, which is used in the for traps. Highest level of safety with no need for human A very important and indeed critical aspect was the tool across the driving unit. Pumping, if possible, is also one of the production of ethylene products. These storage systems enable personnel to enter the line. Minimised risk due to the fail-safe tracking during the inspection and especially as the tool options for moving tools during a ‘challenging inspection’ the operator to gather sufficient product in order to ship it mechanism incorporated into the design of the propulsion unit. approached the receiver. operation. efficiently through their pipeline network. The challenge here was Further case studies relating to the issues of accessibility, It was of great importance to be able to detect the tool However, providing this differential pressure is the challenge if to develop a solution to inspect these storage tubes, diameters negotiability and propulsion can be found in the literature, Beller approach and measure with high precision, to ensure that the the inspection cannot be performed during normal operations. 48 inch and 54 inch, from within with the precision and et.al. (2015). tools final approach could be controlled and stopped exactly at In addition to pumping inspection tools can also be moved or reliability usually associated with ILI inspection, and without the the location of the valve. retrieved through the use of special cables or so-called tethers. need for personnel do be physically inside the line during Conclusions The cable in these cases can have three functions. Any of these inspection, the method previously used. Today many pipelines previously considered ‘un-piggable’ can On the issue of negotiability can be used independently or in combination. Obstacles that needed to be overcome were that only a single be inspected internally. A toolbox approach must be used for a The term negotiability addresses whether an inspection device First, the cable can be used for tool movement. This application access point was available without any traps, and no flow was successful inspection ensuring that the most suitable can get through a line. is often referred to as a wireline service. available during the inspection requiring a tool incorporating its non-destructive testing technique is available as well as addressing Hindrance of achieving this may be due to the mechanical Second, the cable can be used for power supply, and finally it own propulsion unit for movement. The inspection requirements the issues of accessibility, negotiability and propulsion which design of the line or the operational conditions during the can be used for data transfer. One major advantage of cable- set by the operator were optimum probability of detection (POD) differentiate the ‘un-piggables’ from the ‘piggable’ lines. inspection. The former relates to items such as tightness of bends, operated tools is that they can be stopped during the inspection and probability of identification (POI) for internal and external Tailor-made procedures are necessary to accommodate for the type of bend – for instance miter bends, diameter variations, to enable a stationary inspection for a specific time. This may be metal loss as provided by free swimming ILI tools. special requirements of each line. The importance is that a variety installations that need to be passed, such as wyes or unbarred an advantage during video inspections (allowing operators to The solution required the development of a reliable propulsion of technical aspects covering drive, optimised inspection T-pieces. have a closer look), or during specialised crack inspections that unit to move the inspection tool through the tube, which was not techniques, maneuverability inside the pipe and also procedural The latter addresses issues such as low flow, low pressure, or utilise ‘time of flight diffraction’ (TOFD) techniques which are available initially. For this reason a special robotic design was aspects, built largely on experience and skills sets of the personnel the opposite of particularly high pressures or flow and currently not possible with axial tool movement. The price to be utilised, incorporating a self-propelled movement technology as involved must be considered. It can therefore truly be stated that temperatures. In short, all those operational conditions may not paid is that tethered tools travel at much lower speeds than free shown in Image D. This design was based on an earlier helical a vast proportion of the pipelines present globally which were allow for the use of a traditional ILI tool. swimming tools. movement design and then extended to be used in conjunction deemed ‘un-piggable’ until now can be inspected from the inside If pumping or pulling is not possible, the situation arises where with an axial movement technology. The robotic technology with full coverage and with all the associated benefits. Negotiability example: ultra-low flow inspection a tool must have its own propulsion unit. This is the realm of design includes an autonomous onboard power supply, online It may therefore be advisable to refer to these lines as The project was to inspect a 16-inch onshore gas pipeline robotic tools, also available in the today’s industry. charging, a failsafe tethering retrieval unit, visual monitoring in ‘challenging’ in future and leave the term ‘un-piggable’ to the during normal operation. These special crawler devises are used to move the required front and rear, accurate power consumption monitoring and is proportion of lines which cannot be inspected from the inside at The challenge resulted from the operational conditions during inspection unit through the pipeline, uni-directionally or capable of negotiating the 48-inch to 54-inch diameter range. all and therefore need to be accessed from the outside. the inspection. The pipeline in question is used to feed several bi-directionally. The fail-safe system includes retractable yokes for the MFL customers through various offtakes distributed along the route. The two most important aspects relating to the use of robotic inspection unit, emergency power supplies as well as a backup References Towards the final offtakes the flow velocity reduces to values tools is to have access to the right configuration for the job, wireline for power, communications and evacuation. Beller, M., Reber, K., Tools, Vendors and services: a review of around 0.1 m/s. A high resolution MFL inspection was required i.e. a unit providing precisely the traction forces required for a The inspection speed was approximately 90 m/h. The five current in-line inspection technologies, in: J. Tiratsoo (ed.), providing full coverage at a pressure well below requirements for given task. If traction is too low, the tool train may become stuck. storage tubes which formed part of the project were successfully Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Technology, third ed., Scientific traditional ILI. If traction is too high, the line may be damaged. inspected in September and October 2014. The data quality and Surveys Ltd., Beaconsfield, UK and Clarion Technical publishers, Here the solution concentrated on designing a customised pull The other paramount requirement is a fail-safe use: what goes quantity was assessed in the field and determined to be good. A Houston, TX, 2003, pp. 357-374. unit which provided optimum sealing at all times during the into the line, must come out. This implies that robotic tools must first screening for any metal loss was performed on site and first Steinvoorte, T., Vages, S., Tailored ILI Services – Delivering inspection and thus ensuring no risk of bypass. With the incorporate collapsible designs to ensure that they can be reliably results could be presented within 12 hours of the completion of Solutions for Challenging Pipelines. In Proceedings Rio Pipeline prevailing low flow the latter would have invariably resulted in retrieved in case of malfunction. the inspection. Conference & Exposition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Brazilian stoppage of the tool. In addition to the sealing issue, a low- A great benefit was achieving full ILI specification for a pipe Petroleum and Biofuels Institute, 2013. friction magnetiser was used to minimise friction during the run. Propulsion example: inspection of storage tubes section or tube considered un-piggable. A further advantage was Beller, M., Sabido, C., Schaller, D., Steinvoorte, S., Vages, S., Due to the low travel speed, it also had to be ensured that the An operator had the challenge to determine a viable solution to the capability to inspect lines with different diameters with a Speciality Solutions for the Inspection of Challenging Pipelines, in onboard power supply was capable of handling the run time. This inspect his storage tubes with lengths ranging from 246 to 875 m single crawler device and achieving full coverage of the line. Proceedings Rio Pipeline Conference & Exposition, Rio de Janeiro, was achieved by using a modified pull unit housing extra and wall thicknesses ranging from 13.2 to 25.4 mm. Application of automated internal inspection without the need Brazil: Brazilian Petroleum and Biofuels Institute, 2015.

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The material selected for the blocks is low-density PE (LDPE), moved out, meaning that lay down area is quickly reclaimed, or which is tough but softer than the material that is used for coated can be moved to smaller sections with multiple access points.” pipe, so it can never damage the coating layer. The spokesperson said that when the distribution of pipe is Based on the elasticity of the blocks, the supporting surface will excessively handled, Pipe Stop is “efficient since the positioning is easy take over the curvature of the pipe, which means the coating of to set up by prepared configurations. The adjustability of the system the pipe is protected against damage. The LDPE material has enables one set of material to be used for multiple pipe diameters”. proven itself in all Dhatec’s transport and storage systems and was subject to all kind of testing with coated pipes. The next level of Pipe Stop Besides being able to prevent coating damage and enabling In 2014, Dhatec was approached by one of the world’s leading spacing between each pipe, Pipe Stop offers the advantage of contractors for a pipe storage system on vessels. supporting sideways on two surfaces which reduces the ovality. With the existing Pipe Stop system in mind, Dhatec’s After being introduced to the market Pipe Stop defined a new development team had thorough discussions with naval engineers standard for supporting pipe and tubes during storage. For to determine the possibility of adapting Pipe Stop for vessels. Dhatec’s customers it is possible to control the quality of the pipe Since Pipe Stop was only applied on static surfaces, the challenge and its coating and, even more importantly, it offers a safe of transporting pipe on vessels with Pipe Stop is to withstand the working environment for employees. dynamic surface. Together with external engineering teams, Dhatec made new Aussie experience calculations for the Pipe Stop system in which the dynamic A good example of the Australian pipeline industry embracing surface, the influence of the ship breaking into the waves and the the Pipe Stop technology was on the Victorian Northern influence of the movement of the ship were taken into account. Interconnection Expansion Pipeline Project. Leading logistics After extensive contact with naval engineers and approval of services provider, Qube Energy, used Pipe Stop as a safe, efficient the contractor, nine pipe supply vessels have been equipped with and secure stacking system as part of its stockpile management at Dhatec’s Pipe Stop system. Again, Dhatec has set a new standard the South Wharf facility in the Port of Melbourne. for high level quality protection throughout the logistic process. According to a Qube Energy spokesperson, the technology is “a New challenges for the Dhatec team and Pipe Stop are already Dhatec’s pipe stacking technology has been used on a number of projects in Australia very secure, safe and efficient system allowing Qube Energy to being discussed in regards to equipping a system that can support remove sections of track not required once line pipe has been pipes on the bottom of ships. Top level pipe stacking for the Australian industry OSD AT APPEA CONFERENCE By Bernadet Gijsbers and Maureen Kersten

In the global supply chain of pipeline projects, pipe lengths often travel long distances before they are installed onshore or offshore. During the different stages of transport, quality loss to the pipe and coating can easily occur.

ith pipe lengths being handled, transported and stored system, research showed the company that enormous forces are multiple times before they arrive at a construction site, exerted on the supports of the pipe. During two years of Wthey can be subject to high loads and inclement weather. development, all forces in pipe stacks were analysed and the According to industry research, supports that are used behaviour of pipe in a stack was evaluated, where it was proved throughout this process to mitigate quality loss to the pipe are to be important that the distances between the pipe in the bottom HPH 10 often not designed to reduce these threats. In fact, the supports layer are equal. used can worsen the situation. Dhatec’s engineering team concluded that to make sure the Dutch company Dhatec, part of the Shawcor family, is a distance between the pipe is equally divided, each pipe length manufacturer and supplier of high quality products which enable the needs to be blocked from rolling. Working with wedge-shaped OSD delivery of pipe from production mill to the construction site intact. supports of constant quality controls the distance between pipes In 2009 Dhatec introduced the Pipe Stop technology – an and makes the stack more stable. engineered, safe and secure storage system for pipe. Fast forward The Pipe Stop system goes even further by providing support to today, and the system is used worldwide by many different based on the diameter of the pipe, made up of polyethylene (PE) customers for safe and stable storage, reducing the footprint of compound blocks that are easily positioned on a steel reinforced expansive storage yards. Recently, a new level of performance PE compound gear rack. was achieved by Pipe Stop, with the technology being used as a With four different types of blocks a diameter from 203.2 to safe stacking system for the support of pipe on vessels. 2,450 mm (8 to 100 inch) can be covered, with a very easy setup because the configurations for the stack are prepared. This also Science behind Pipe Stop enables a safe work environment and prevents employees working When Dhatec initiated the development of a safe storage between the pipe during the handling processes.

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Connecting port to pipeline

Qube’s Energy Division has demonstrated its supply chain expertise and capabilities in delivering a fully integrated ‘ship to site’ supply chain solution for Tranche 1, 2 and 3 of the Victorian Northern Interconnect Expansion project, currently one of the pipeline industry’s major projects in Australia.

he Victorian Northern Interconnect Expansion (VNIE) project, which is operated by APA Group, involves looping Project key Tsections of the existing 260 km Victorian Northern Interconnect (VNI) pipeline to increase capacity, as well as Length: 336 km increasing compression capacity north and south of the VNI. Diameter: 406 mm One of the biggest challenges of the VNIE project was the logistics of transporting 336 km of pipe sourced from China to Pipe length: 18 m the project site, with several laydown areas spread across central Number of pipe lengths: 19,800 and northern Victoria.

The ‘ship to site’ supply chain As part of this process Qube unloaded a massive 19,800 pipe Qube was contracted by Bao Australia to manage the supply lengths at the Melbourne South Wharf facility. chain for Tranche 1, 2 and 3 of the VNIE pipeline project, Importantly for the smooth management of the supply chain, at including vessel management to pipe laydown at Wallan, no time was there any interruption to urban traffic during Tallarook, and Benalla in central Victoria, and up to Harefield in discharge because Qube operates the facility at South Wharf and New South Wales for the Tranche 3 deliveries. In addition to the manages the wharf laydown. this supply chain, Qube was also responsible for: This arrangement offered flexibility to the VNIE project’s • Full project management stakeholders, and also meant that costs and risks for the project • Stevedoring at Qube’s South Wharf facility in the Port of were reduced. Melbourne Qube also stevedored the vessel which allowed for a • Storage and stockpile management tightly-planned and open communication operation. • Transportation of the pipe to the laydown areas at Wallan, Tallarook and Benalla, Victoria and Harefield, NSW Storage and stockpile management • Excavation and vac-lift unloading operations of pipe into A number of innovative handling and stacking methods were the laydown areas at respective locations. deployed by Qube in the storage and stockpile phases of the operation: Stevedoring large shipments • Specially designed coated pipe hooks to protect and ensure The cargo of the VNIE project’s pipe reached Australia in eight the coating and integrity of the pipe was maintained. total shipments from China, with Tranche 1 and 2 requiring two • Specialised spreaders were used to ensure the maximum A pipe convoy prepares to leave the Port of Melbourne for central Victoria. separate shipments each, and Tranche 3 a total of four shipments. number of pipes could be lifted safely and efficiently from

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both the vessels and mobile cranes on the wharf. • Qube utilised the advanced Dhatec Pipe Stop system for Shipping stockpiling of line pipe at its wharf facility. Sections of track not required could be removed once line pipe had from China been moved out or moved to smaller sections with multiple access points, meaning that the laydown area was With a total of eight quickly reclaimed. shipments from China, Provide services to Australia’s pipeline industry? • Qube used the Vacuworx vacuum lift system to attach to getting the VNIE project Target the most influential members of Australia’s resources industry. Qube’s forklifts meaning no additional machinery needed to in place in central be hired for the project. This enabled quick load-out of the Victoria was a logistical line pipe from storage and onto the trucks for transport. challenge. Below are the The load-out of pipe was coordinated around curfew hours Be seen on the Australian Pipeliner’s Major Pipelines Map 2016 specs of each shipment: to enable trucks to deliver multiple loads in one day. The Major Pipelines of Australia map includes all major existing oil, gas, ethane, Tranche 1 Transportation challenges First shipment from AAL Hong Kong carrying slurry and LPG pipelines, and is constantly updated throughout the year. Transporting the numerous pipe lengths to laydown sites in 32 km of pipe (3,166 tonne, or 1,564 lengths) The Major Pipelines of Australia map is widely referenced and hugely popular across northern regional Victoria and New South Wales was logistically challenging, with as many as 1,385 truckloads required to shift Second shipment from AAL Pusan carrying many different industries and government bodies. the pipe to construction sites. 38.5 km of pipe (3,116 tonne, or 2,130 lengths) The pipe was successfully transported on extendable trailers, Tranche 2 with between eight and eleven trailer loads delivered to different LEGEND Gas Pipeline MAJOR PIPELINES B5 Oil Pipeline First shipment from AAL Newcastle carrying From Bayu-Undan Ethane Pipeline B8 sites daily. 1 2 Slurry Pipeline 30 31 Ichthys Mount Todd MAP 2016 Blacktip Gas Field B6 LPG Pipeline BONAPARTE BASIN B7 B1 Mataranka Under Construction 51.9 km of pipe (4,309 tonne, or 2,887 lengths) Angel Wadeye North Compressor The first 30 km of pipe was transported to Wallan just north of Rankin Io Rankin Jansz Wheatstone BROWSE BASIN Pump Station Xena Brulimar Reindeer BEETALOO BASIN Daly Waters 200 m elevation B2 McArthur Melbourne, and the remaining 306 km of pipe was taken to North Gorgon River Mine 500 m elevation Central Gorgon Second shipment from AAL Brisbane carrying DAMPIER James Price Point Karumba 1,000 m elevation Devil Creek Browse B1 1,500 m elevation Q11 locations at Tallarook, Benalla, and Harefield. Century Mine 47.5 km of pipe (3 925 tonne, or 3,925 lengths) North Rankin Townsville 3 Goodwyn W11 28 4 Macedon Angel 29 GSPW13 FP 1 Mt Isa Tubridgi W12 W7 Pluto W9 Woodstock Q1 EXMOUTH Reindeer W10 Port Hedland At all times Qube prioritised safe work practices and principles, Campbell Q10 Mackay Dampier W6 W14 East Spar Telfer B1 Devil W8 Cannington Griffin W21 Wodgina GEORGINA BASIN W16 Creek Tranche 3 W17 Moranbah Nifty Copper Mine Tubridgi B3 W19 Solomon West CANNING BASIN Exmouth Angelas Mereenie Alice Springs Q9 Barcaldine which has resulted in a five years lost time injury (LTI) free safety Cape Preston Paraburdoo Newman BOWEN BASIN W1 Rockhampton B4 ADAVALE BASIN Rolleston W4 Palm Valley W20 CARNARVON BASIN B9 Blackall AMADEUS BASIN Q2 Gladstone Q25 Q3 Q4 Q12 Gilmore Field Injune Bundaberg Plutonic Fairview Q24 First shipment from AAL Hong Kong carrying Glentullock performance. The VNIE project was no exception, maintaining Durham Q23 Carnarvon Q2 Q21 Jundee Tarbat Q15 W4 Q5 Q22 Q5 Roma Miles Maryborough COOPER-EROMANGA BASIN Ballera Q19 5 Q16 Wallumbilla 26 6 Cheepie 27 Mount Keith Moomba S1 Darling Downs Q20 Q18 Q17 Jackson Q6 Q13 Toowoomba zero LTI, and zero incidents in a high risk environment. W1 Q14 Leinster 39.5 km of pipe (3,305 tonne, or 2,197 lengths) N5 Q7 COOPER BASIN Mount Magnet Jaguar Berywndale Q8 W18 Moonie Murrin Murrin N4 South Leonora W22 W3 Windimurra Geraldton SURAT BASIN W4 S2 Dongara Cawse Kalgoorlie N5 W2 Second shipment from AAL Shanghai carrying PERTH BASIN N4 GUNNEDAH BASIN Kambalda S3 Tamworth W15 Port Bonython N8 Neerabup Narromine Whyalla S7 W5 Dubbo Stakeholder engagement COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY GREAT SOUTHERN PRESS PTY LTD Steel N6 Whyalla Works Wellington t: +61 3 9248 5100 f: +61 3 9602 2708 e: [email protected] www.pipeliner.com.au W2 Port Parkes Pirie Orange Pinjarra W1 N7 Newcastle 42.0 km of pipe (3,544 tonne, or 2,334 lengths) NOTE: This map is a schematic representation only and shows approximate location of Esperance Angaston Lithgow N4 TAP majorMap completed and under construction pipelines. It does not show exact pipeline routes. Pre-OrderS3 Mildura Bunbury Forbes Marsden S4 Berri Griffith N5 Given the size and importance of the expansion project, it was 7 8 Source Data/Map courtesy Geoscience Australia, Canberra. 24 25 Crown Copyright ©. All rights reserved. www.ga.gov.au 0 100 200 300 400 500 Murray Wagga Wagga Illabo Bridge Wollongong Pipeline information and graphic design © Great Southern Press 2016 kilometres Culcairn N3 S6 Koonoomoo Tumut The coloured basins on this map are gas-producing basins of Australia. Note they are approximate N2 in size and the varying colours are not representative of estimated reserves or developed infrastructure. Horsham Echuca V2 Carisbrook Wodonga Third shipment from AAL Hong Kong carrying S5 N1 Penola Stawell Ararat V1 a priority of Qube’s to manage the complex communication Wollert SYDNEY BASIN Snuggery V7 Hamilton Mortlake (Reference No., Name, Owner, Product, Approx. length) S8 GIPPSLAND BASIN Altona N1 V16 S6 B1. Amadeus Basin - Darwin Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 1,671 km Q6. Roma - Brisbane Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 849 km S3. Moomba - Adelaide Pipeline System, QIC Global Infrastructure, Gas, 1,184 km W3. Midwest Pipeline, APA Group/Horizon Power, Gas, 351.5 km Mt. Gambier V12 Orbost B2. Daly Waters - McArthur River Gas Pipeline, Power and Water Q7. Jackson - Moonie Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 797 km S4. Angaston - Mildura Pipeline, Envestra, Gas, 379 km W4. Goldfields Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 1,590 km Long Sole Corporation, Gas, 332 km Q8. Moonie - Brisbane Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 307 km (no longer in service) S5. SESA Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 45 km W5. Kambalda - Esperance Gas Pipeline, Esperance Pipeline Company Pty Ltd, Portland Geelong Island Patricia Baleen B3. Mereenie - Alice Springs Oil Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 270 km (no longer in service) Q9. Carpentaria Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 840 km S6. SEA Gas Pipeline, APA Group (50%)/SEA Gas (50%), Gas, 687 km Gas, 342 km Casino Longford V8 B4. Palm Valley - Alice Springs Pipeline, Envestra, Gas, 147 km Q10. Cannington Lateral, APA Group, Gas, 97.4 km S7. Whyalla Slurry Pipeline, OneSteel, Slurry, 62 km W6. Pilbara Pipeline System, APA Group, Gas, 219 km V3 V5 V13 Bass Strait Fields B5. Bayu-Undan - Darwin Gas Pipeline, ConocoPhillips, Gas, 502 km Q11. Century - Karumba Slurry Pipeline, MMG Century, S8. South East Pipeline System, QIC Global Infrastructure, Gas, 71 km W7. Telfer Pipeline, Energy Infrastructure Investments, Gas, 442 km V10 V14 required between the many project stakeholders. These V6 47.2 km of pipe (3,708 tonne, or 2,315 lengths) B6. Blacktip Gas Export Pipeline, Eni Australia B.V., Gas and Condensate, 110 km Zinc and lead slurry, 304 km T1. Tasmania Gas Pipeline, Tasmania Gas Pipeline Pty Ltd, Gas, 736 km W8. Nifty Pipeline, Energy Infrastructure Investments, Gas, 45 km HORSHAM B7. Bonaparte Gas Pipeline, Energy Infrastructure Investments, Gas, 286 km Q12. Fairview - Wallumbilla Pipeline, Santos, Gas, 130 km T2. Tasmanian Savage River Magnetite Slurry Line, Grange Resources Limited, W9. North West Shelf Trunkline 1, North West Shelf Joint Venture, Gas and Minerva V11 Geographe V9 T1 B8. Ichthys Gas Export Pipeline, INPEX, Gas, 889 km Q13. Braemar 1 Pipeline, Alinta Energy Group, Gas, 115 km Slurry, 83 km Condensate, 134 km Thylacine B9. Dingo Gas Field Pipeline, Central Petroleum, Gas, 50 km Q14. Braemar 2 Pipeline, Braemar 2 Power Partnership V1. Victorian Gas Transmission Pipeline System, APA Group, Gas, 1,992 km W10. North West Shelf Trunkline 2, North West Shelf Joint Venture, Gas and V4 N1. Eastern Gas Pipeline, Jemena, Gas, 797 km (ERM Power and Arrow Energy), Gas, 105 km V2. Carisbrook - Horsham Pipeline, Gas Pipelines Victoria, Gas, 181 km Condensate, 135 km Yolla N2. Interconnect Pipeline Culcairn - Wodonga, APA Group, Gas, 57 km Q15. Spring Gully - Wallumbilla Gas Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 87 km V3. Lara - Iona Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 144 km W11. Angel Export Pipeline (to North Rankin A), North West Shelf Joint OTWAY BASIN WOLLERT N3. Interconnect Pipeline Wagga Wagga - Culcairn, APA Group, Gas, 87 km Q16. QSN Link, APA Group, Gas, 182 km V4. WAG Pipeline,Viva Energy Australia, Liquids, 136 km Venture, Gas and Condensate, 49 km BASS BASIN N4. Moomba - Sydney Pipeline System, APA Group, Gas, 2,084 km Q17. Jackson - Moomba Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 273 km V5. Long Island - Altona Ethane Pipeline, Esso/BHP Billiton, Ethane, 78 km W12. Wanea/Cossack export line, CWLH Joint Venture, Oil, 33 km Port Latta T1 Sole N5. Moomba - Sydney Ethane Pipeline, Ethane Pipeline Income Fund, Q18. Berwyndale to Wallumbilla Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 112 km V6. Longford - Dandenong Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 174 km W13. Pluto Trunkline , Woodside Petroleum, Gas and Condensate, 180 km Henry stakeholders included line pipe supplier Bao Australia, the Ethane, 1,375 km Q19. Wallumbilla - Darling Downs Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 205 km V7. Longford - Long Island LPG Pipeline, Esso/BHP Billiton, LPG, 188.3 km W14. Wodgina Lateral, Talison Wodgina Ptd Ltd, Gas, 80 km Bell Bay LONGFORD N6. Central West Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 255 km Q20. Silver Springs to Wallumbilla Pipeline, Mosaic Oil, Gas, 120 km V8. Longford - Long Island Pipeline, Esso/BHP Billiton, Oil, 185 km W15. Neerabup Pipeline, NewGen Neerabup partnership (ERM Power and N7. Sydney - Newcastle Liquids Pipeline, Caltex, Liquids, 211 km Q21. Peat Lateral, APA Group, Gas, 121 km V9. BassGas Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 215 km Energy Infrastructure Trust), Gas, 30 km GEELONG Kipper 9 N8. Central Ranges Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 295 km Q22. Tarbat - Jackson Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 130 km V10. Casino Gas Pipeline, Santos, Gas, 46 km W16. Reindeer Raw Gas Pipeline, Apache Energy, Gas, 102 km 22 10 Tuna 23 T1 Fourth shipment from AAL Shanghai carrying Q1. North Queensland Gas Pipeline, North Queensland Pipeline No 1 Pty Ltd Q23. Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 415 km V11. Otway Gas Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 83 km W17. Griffin/Tubridgi Pipeline, BHP Petroleum, Gas, 88 km (no longer in service) T2 (50%)/North Queensland Gas Pipeline No 2 Pty Ltd (50%), Gas, 392 km Q24. Wallumbilla to Gladstone Pipeline (WGP) (formerly QCLNG Pipeline), V12. Mortlake Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 83 km W18. Jaguar Lateral, Jabiru, Gas, 33 km Minerva Turrum Q2. Queensland Gas Pipeline, Jemena, Gas, 627 km APA Group, Gas, 340 km V13. South Gippsland Natural Gas Pipeline, Multinet Gas, Gas, 65.5 km W19. Fortescue River Gas Pipeline, Fortescue Metals Group, Gas, 270 km Manta Gummy Q3. Wide Bay Pipeline, Envestra, Gas, 274 km Q25. GLNG Pipeline, Santos, Gas, 435 km V14. Brooklyn to Corio Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 50.7 km W20. West Angelas Pipeline, Rio Tinto, Gas, 85 km Casino Barracouta Q4. Cheepie Barcaldine Gas Pipeline, Ergon Energy, Gas, 404 km S1. Ballera - Moomba Pipeline, Santos, Raw Gas/Liquids, 180 km W1. Dampier - Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline, DBP, Gas, 1,828 km W21. Cape Preston Slurry Pipeline, CITIC Pacific, Slurry, 30 km Geographe Q5. South West Queensland Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 937 km S2. Moomba - Port Bonython Pipeline, Santos, Oil/Condensate, 659 km W2. Parmelia Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 416 km W22. Eastern Goldfields Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 292 km Basker shipping line delivering the pipe into South Wharf, the Port of Thylacine Bass Strait Fields 45.3 km of pipe (3,829 tonne, or 2,535 lengths) Yolla Melbourne authority, and owner/operator APA Group. Stakeholder engagement was critical to being well-prepared for 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 the arrival of the shipments and to ensure that all parties were “Qube was extremely professional in the execution of its fully equipped with the documented procedures for handling of delivery logistics associated with the VNIE project, from coated line pipe. This ensured the safety and integrity of both unloading the pipe off the ship at the wharf, right through to employees and the line pipe at all times. loading pipe into the APA pipe stockpile,” said APA Group’s Project and Construction Manager for the VNIE Project, Richard YOUR AD COULD BE HERE Project management Cherney. Project managing the VNIE pipeline across eight separate Bao Australia’s satisfaction with Qube’s supply chain expertise shipments required Qube to be flexible, yet scheduling and and quality service delivery has led to the pipe manufacturer pre-empting any delays was critical to ensure the wharf area was awarding Qube Energy the final looping sections of the VNIE always clear to receive the line pipe from each vessel. pipeline project, incorporating another 167 km of pipeline. PUBLISHED BY A PROUD MEMBER OF As a result of Qube’s project management and running the “Qube has completed the inland logistic job for APA VNIE GREAT SOUTHERN PRESS operation through South Wharf for all stockpile management, Tranche 1 and 2 professionally, including discharging pipe at Port load-out and transport, any changes were able to be implemented Melbourne, stocking, and transiting to the APA Group – quickly through the stakeholder engagement process. nominated yard located inland Victoria. With its excellent AUSTRALIAN OWNED INDUSTRY Qube was also able to ramp up the number of trucks each day as management and performance, we have awarded Qube another PUBLISHERS SINCE 1972 required, ensuring the project was delivered on budget and on time. job of APA VNIE Loop 6 to 9 inland logistics,” said Bao Australia Managing Director Lei Jin. Delivering on expectations Qube demonstrated significant supply chain expertise and To find out more about Qube’s capabilities capability in delivering reliable logistics services to the project, visit www.qube.com.au and its stakeholders concur. Contact The Australian Pipeliner’s Sales Manager Dave Marsh

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The pipeline state: Queensland region review

Pipeline projects continue to spring up in Queensland, with a number of new pipelines underway. The Australian Pipeliner gives a quick overview of what is happening in Australia’s pipeline capital.

QCG’s Charlie Development The construction contract for the pipelines was awarded to CPB ∘∘ Pipe trenching, laying, backfilling and tying in X52 PSL2 high-pressure 3LPE coated steel linepipe. Involving the construction of 300–400 wells, a large field Contractors (previously Leighton’s Contractors), who has engaged connections. Once complete, the pipeline will have the capacity to deliver a compression station and associated pipelines and facilities, QGC’s Murphy Pipe and Civil as the early works pipeline contractor. ∘∘ Construction of gathering risers into well leases. further 0.5 TJ/d of gas above the required 1.1 TJ/d to support the Charlie development will feed into existing gas processing and This work is in addition to ongoing installation of gas and ∘∘ Rehabilitation of construction sites and pipeline development of the new $70 million Knauf Plasterboard facility. water infrastructure at Woleebee Creek. water gathering pipelines to connect new wells to QGC’s existing easements. The pipeline is expected to be operational in early 2017, with The works are part of the continuous development of QGC’s processing networks. At the time of writing, the following public consultation likely to start in the first half of 2016 on the tenements in the Surat Basin to sustain natural gas supply to both activities were scheduled for March: AGN to develop Bundaberg Gas Pipeline potential for a State Development Area around the Port of domestic customers and the two-train Queensland Curtis LNG • West and north west of Wandoan The Queensland Government has entered into a development Bundaberg. Zinfra was awarded the construction contract for (QCLNG) liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone. ∘∘ Pipe trenching, pipeline laying and backfilling and agreement with Australian Gas Networks (AGN) for the delivery the pipeline. QGC’s pipelines team has begun mobilisation of crews for the tying in connections. and operation of the 28.5 km Bundaberg Gas Pipeline. construction of the Charlie water and gas pipelines. ∘∘ Construction of gathering risers into well leases. The Queensland Government announced plans to invest Market uncertainty halts Arrow Bowen pipeline The Charlie project is located in the Surat Basin, Queensland, ∘∘ Rehabilitation of construction sites and pipeline $19 million into a new gas pipeline in Bundaberg in August 2014. Volatile oil prices have resulted in Arrow Energy continuing to and includes a 33 km steel gas pipeline and a 31 km water easements. The pipeline is expected to increase business prospects and postpone development plans for its Bowen Basin tenements. pipeline, connecting the new Charlie Field Compression Station • West and south of Chinchilla employment in the region, with the potential to create up to An Arrow spokesperson told The Australian Pipeliner that the to the existing Woleebee Creek plant. ∘∘ Pipe stringing and welding. 100 new full-time jobs and 600 indirect jobs. company is undertaking additional work to underpin an The Bundaberg Gas Pipeline will begin at the existing Wide Bay economically-sound investment proposal to shareholders on both pipeline, situated west of Bundaberg, and extend through to the the Bowen Gas Project and Arrow Bowen Pipeline. Port of Bundaberg. The project includes a 430 km, 1,067 mm (42 inch) diameter Edgen Murray has secured the contract to supply pipe for the buried high-pressure steel pipeline to transport coal seam gas from CHARLIE FIELD Bundaberg gas pipeline, which involves the supply of API 5L the Bowen Basin to a gas hub 22 km north-west of Gladstone. COMPRESSION STATION

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“This work is on-going, as such, the impacts on project pipeline commenced in July 2015 was completed in schedule are unknown,” the spokesperson said. December 2015. The final stages: VNIE Loopings 6–9 Arrow moved into the front-end engineering design (FEED) AGN Chief Operating Officer Mr Andrew Staniford said the phase for the Arrow Bowen Pipeline in December 2014, awarding pipeline is being built to accommodate for future additional The final stages of APA Group’s Victorian Northern Interconnect Expansion (VNIE) project began in February the contract to engineering services firm WorleyParsons. connections along its route as the property development 2016, when construction contractor Spiecapag Lucas mobilised its crew to the project site. FEED for the Arrow Bowen Pipeline was originally scheduled progressed, while North Harbour Project Director Mr Peter for completion in December 2015, despite the decision to Lightbody said the gas pipeline was a significant feature of the postpone its upstream Bowen Basin development plans. state-of-the-art development. he VNIE Project involves looping sections of the existing The company initially confirmed the delay in November last APA Group-owned pipelines in Victoria (Wollert to year, citing production challenges, resulting from deeper and Wodonga Pipeline) and New South Wales (Young to SYDNEY Government to review GasFields Commission T tighter coals when compared with the Surat Basin. The Queensland Government will undertake a review of the Wagga Wagga Pipeline). Young Technical difficulties, as well as an environment of rising costs Queensland GasFields Commission. Spiecapag Lucas (SCL) were awarded the contract for and falling global oil prices, have contributed to the ongoing The GasFields Commission is an independent statutory body construction of loopings 6–9 on 17 December 2015, which is the delay. established to manage and improve sustainable coexistence third phase of the VNIE Project with Loopings 1 (Phase 1) and CANBERRA between rural landholders, regional communities and the onshore 2–5 (Phase 2) already completed. Culcairn A third compressor unit to be added to the Culcairn compressor station New pipeline part of major gas supply deal gas industry, and is led by former NFF President John Cotter. A new 10.5 km high-pressure gas pipeline is set to be The commission was formally established in July 2013, at a Scope of works Springhurst Barnawatha constructed to supply the North Harbour development at time of rapid development of the CSG to LNG industry. The SCL’s scope of work consists of the construction of 165 km of Euroa 2 Moreton Bay, Queensland. Government said that after operating for almost three years, it pipeline across New South Wales and Victoria. 3 2 162 km looping of the VNI to be SA-based Australian Gas Networks (AGN) is investing an was “timely” to conduct a review of the GasFields Commission. This is made up of 95 km of 400 mm outside diameter (OD) completed in 3 stages estimated $13.2 million over the next 20 years to connect and It has appointed Bob Scott, a former Deputy Director-General in pipe in Victoria and 70 km of 450 mm OD pipe in NSW. These Wollert 1 supply gas to the $600 million North Harbour development. the former Queensland Department of Lands, to lead the review. sections are then further broken down into seven loops, two of APA’s Dandenong Winchelsea MELBOURNE LNG Storage AGN will invest an initial $5 million to construct the new The review findings and recommendations will be provided to which are in NSW and five in Victoria. New compressor station at Winchelsea on APA’s South West Pipeline pipeline. the Minister for State Development and be used to determine The works have been split into three separable portions for APA Group assets The further $8.2 million will be invested over the next 20 years whether the current model works effectively or needs changing to practical completion purposes. This is to ensure that the sections in laying and connecting over 64 km of reticulation piping to manage disputes between resource companies and landholders, or of work are completed prior to the winter months where heavier each individual property – which will be a combination of if an alternative model, such as an independent Resources rainfall would make pipeline construction extremely difficult. A map of APA Group’s Victorian Transmission System and the works associated commercial, residential and retail. Work on the high-pressure Ombudsman, is appropriate. Construction dates for each of these sections are as follows: with the expansion project. • Separable Portion 1 (one loop in NSW and three loops in Victoria) by 27 June 2016. • Australian Truck Hire Company – plant and vehicle hire • Separable Portion 2 (one loop in NSW and two loops in • Pipeline Plant Hire (PPH) – plant hire Victoria) by 31 January 2017. • Dunstans – horizontal directional drilling • Separable Portion 3 (a portion of one of the Victorian • Vac Group – service location. loops that needs to be completed early due to environmental constraints) by 31 March 2016. Project challenges Spiecapag Lucas’s full service execution will provide trench Speaking to The Australian Pipeliner, Spiecapag Australia excavation, pipe welding, pipe placement and lay-in, surface Managing Director John Walsh said there will be a number of protection and remediation of the right of way. challenges involved in construction of the loopings. He identified the tight timeframe on Separable Portion 3 as the Trusted information for the international Past experience first obstacle to overcome, and with construction progressing SCL secured the contract for loopings 6–9 off the back of their smoothly with crews mobilising last month, he is confident SCL pipeline industry partnership with APA on the 292 km Eastern Goldfields Pipeline will finish on schedule. in Western Australia, according to AJ Lucas Managing Director The land that construction will take place in will also throw up and Chief Executive Russel Eggers. a few hurdles, particularly with many crossings to negotiate. GSP HPH 1 “This new contract with APA Group builds on our long-term These will require both horizontal directional drilling as well as MAJOR PIPELINE SYSTEMS OF THE USA A detailed overview of select existing major pipeline systems in the USA. » Quarterly magazine relationship of delivering their gas pipelines, which was open cut trenches. 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Stringing of the Halladale and Speculant pipeline in early February 2016. The Halladale well site in south-western Victoria. New development heats up in Victoria’s west

Construction on Origin Energy’s Halladale, Blackwatch and Speculant Project in western Victoria is in full swing, access and compensation agreements. There are also several creek • Port Campbell Surf Life Saving Club following first soil being turned on 11 January 2016. crossings and one river crossing which will be undertaken utilising • Timboon Kindergarten standard trenching methods and also HDD as well as thrust bore. • Nullawarre CFA The main issue identified in negotiating access and • Peterborough Community Hall. he project, which aims to have first gas by mid-2016, has following an existing pipeline easement compensation agreements with landowners centred on minimising been designed to recover commercially defined raw gas • The 7.5 km East Section – running from the Heytesbury the impact of the pipeline installation on existing farming What contracting methodology was adopted for the Tfrom the retention lease VIC/RL2(V) in the offshore Gas Plant to the Otway Gas Plant. operations. project? Halladale and Speculant gas fields. The pipeline will be routed to utilise existing Origin Energy Origin has a dedicated team on landowner liaison specialists on An EPCM contract with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions Three extended reach wells (Halladale, Speculant-1 and pipeline easements between Croft and Heytesbury (central site every day during pipeline installation works – to ensure the Australia (TKISA) was established to manage to works of OERLs Speculant-2) have been drilled into the gas fields from an onshore section). New easements have been obtained for sections linking key terms within individual landowner access agreements are behalf, a lump sum PC contract was awarded to –McDow. Within well site located near Nirranda South, located approximately the HBWS Well Site to Croft and Heytesbury to the OGP. adhered to by contractors. the Lump Sum works there is a PC Sum for Land Owner specific 30 km south-east of Warrnambool in south-west Victoria. A three-phase power cable will be installed adjacent to the More broadly, there is a dedicated project community requirements. Gas from the offshore fields is proposed to be transported from pipeline easement between Croft and the HBWS Well Site (west engagement committee established and chaired by the Moyne the well site to the Otway Gas Plant (OGP), north of Port section) for the supply of electrical power to the HBWS well site. Shire Council. The committee is comprised of community Environmental innovation Campbell, by a 33 km onshore pipeline. Associated works include a pipe laydown area, construction representatives and has received regular briefings on the project The key environmental and cultural heritage challenge of the Produced fluids will be transported by pipeline to the existing right-of-way (ROW), additional work spaces and access tracks. from Origin representatives since its inception around two years pipeline installation has been to minimise ground disturbance OGP for processing. Mono ethylene glycol (MEG) and corrosion In addition to these works, there will be two 33 km long ago. beside water courses. The adoption of HDD techniques at key inhibitor will be piped from the OGP to the HBWS well site for pipelines installed. The local district has also be kept up-to-date on project crossings, such as the Curdies River, have assisted in overcoming injection into the produced fluid stream. The first 33 km pipeline will be a 200 NB, API 5LX65 line with developments via a project newsletter and supporting editorial in this challenge. a wall thickness of 9.37 mm for standard trench installation and local media outlets. In addition to dealing with water courses, Origin Energy Pipeline works 14.03 mm for HDD and thrust bore installation. initiated the engagement of a qualified agronomist pre-clear and The installation of a new produced fluid pipeline between the The second 33 km pipeline will be a 50 NB spec MEG line, Local community benefits grade to establish current ground condition and to obtain wellsite and OGP will comprise of: with a steel grade of API 5LX52 and a wall thickness of 5.54 mm. A full analysis of the economic contribution of the overall recommendations as to the most effective means to conduct • A DN200 gas pipeline project has not yet been completed, however initial works at the rehabilitation and ensure the best outcome for the landowner. • A DN50 MEG line Safety considerations well site saw over 90 contracts valued at approximately $26m The agronomist was also engaged to verify that clear and grade, • A 30-core fibre optic cable (FOC) installed in the pipeline A detailed construction safety management plan (CSMP) was awarded to Victorian firms. Several more will be engaged trenching excavation and stockpiling is in accordance with trench to provide communication between OGP and the developed and submitted to authorities as part of the project’s through-out the pipeline installation phase of the project. recommendations as well as final inspections of the rehabilitation. wellsite. regulatory approval. An influx of workers during both well site and pipeline works Wherever possible the emphasis has been on limiting tree The pipeline, MEG line and FOC will be installed within a Daily ‘tool box’ meetings help ensure that the commitments has seen indirect flow-on benefits to local businesses. removal and reducing the ROW to limit environmental impacts. common trench within the pipeline easement, which can be made within the CSMP are adhered to by all staff and A dedicated community investment fund has seen a number of Finally, a further innovation was implemented on the project defined into three distinct sections: contractors. local groups and initiatives supported, including: through engaging the ‘Game Day’ philosophy used on Origin • The 1.5 km West section – running from the Halladale • Heytesbury and District Land Care Network Energy’s Australia Pacific LNG Project and its four operating Speculant well site to the Croft well site Stakeholder liaison • Peterborough Seaside Festival pillars – Safety, Quality, Environment/Community and Progress. • The 24 km Central section – running from the Croft well The pipeline is being installed through productive farming land • Heytesbury Agricultural Society At the time of writing approximately 100 Origin employees site to the site of the former Heytesbury Gas Plant, where considerable importance was placed on securing landowner • Port Campbell Board Riders and contractors were working on the pipeline installation.

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DUET secures 100 per cent stake in DBP DUET has reached an agreement with Alcoa to acquire its 20 per cent interest in the Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) for WA appoints new Petroleum Minister Cairns to host NAIF headquarters $205 million. A cabinet reshuffle in Western Australia has seen The Queensland city of Cairns will host the headquarters of the As a result of the acquisition, DUET’s aggregate ownership of the DBP increases from 80 per cent to 100 per cent. Sean L’Estrange appointed as Minister for Mines, Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility With financial close expected in April, DUET has launched a fully underwritten capital raising via a placement and security purchase Petroleum and Small Business. (NAIF). plan to fund the acquisition. Minister L’Estrange is taking over the portfolio Chosen for its connectivity to Asian markets, Minister for Northern DUET CEO David Bartholomew said: “The acquisition of the remaining 20 per cent interest in DBP further simplifies our group from Bill Marmion, who in turn has taken over the Australia Josh Frydenberg said the decision was an essential step towards structure. State Development Portfolio. implementing the AU$5 billion facility. “Entities in the group [DUET] will own, in aggregate, 100 per cent of 4 out of 5 operating businesses. Minister L’Estrange has been welcomed into the “We are implementing our plan to unlock the huge economic “DBP is a core business for DUET and our management team has deep experience with DBP following 12 years of ownership. new position by a number of resource associations. potential of northern Australia and the NAIF is the centre of this plan,” “After completion of the acquisition, we will maintain our close relationship with Alcoa, and expect that our management of DBP’s Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration said Mr Frydenberg. operations, cash flows and capital structure will continue to enhance the value of the DBP.” Association (APPEA) COO Western Region “It will help deliver the infrastructure projects needed to drive The pipeline runs for 1,596 km, with laterals totalling 258 km, and is operated by DUET subsidiary DBP. Stedman Ellis said the minister’s appointment economic and population growth in our north.” comes at a critical time for the oil and gas industry. Furthermore, it was announced that project proponents and financiers “We now have a tremendous opportunity to will have access to expert advice from the government’s export credit convert the state’s onshore natural gas resources agency, the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), to help into long-term prosperity,” said Mr Stedman. ensure projects are ready for NAIF’s formal launch. “It is vital, therefore, that the new minister Commencing in 2016-17, the NAIF will offer up to $5 billion in Cooper and AGL in Sole agreement focuses on policies that ensure access to resources, concessional loans over five years to encourage and complement Cooper Energy has signed its second gas supply encourage exploration and reduce unnecessary red investment in northern Australian infrastructure. agreement for the Sole gas field, and the first for and green tape.” NAIF loans will be used to finance major economic projects, like the nearby Manta field, both located offshore Prior to entering parliament Mr L’Estrange airports, ports, roads, rail, energy, water and communications Victoria. established his own successful management infrastructure. The loans will help to build the economic capacity and The agreement provides the supply of up to 53 consulting practice in Perth, and served his country longer term expansion of industry and population in northern Australia, PJ from Sole over eight years, together with as an Army Lieutenant Colonel in Afghanistan. and deliver public benefit to all Australians. options for a two-year extension and for supply of up to 4 PJ per annum from Manta. The development of the field also includes a proposed 350 mm diameter, 65 km pipeline which will run from the Sole Gas Field to the onshore Patricia Baleen Plant. Queensland Government to review GasFields The pipeline will have a capacity of 82 TJ/d and The Queensland Government will undertake a review of the a metering station at the onshore plant. Queensland GasFields Commission. Cooper signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) The GasFields Commission is an independent statutory body established to manage and improve sustainable coexistence between with AGL Energy, which is subject to an A schematic of the proposed development of the Sole Gas Field. affirmative Final Investment rural landholders, regional communities and the onshore gas Decision (FID). industry, and is led by former NFF President John Cotter. Sole is currently the subject of Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a FID around the September quarter 2016, with The commission was formally established in July 2013, at a time current schedules anticipating first gas from the project in the January quarter of 2019. of rapid development of the CSG to LNG industry. Cooper Energy and Santos Limited each hold a 50 per cent interest in Sole and the Orbost Gas Plant which is planned to be The Government said that after operating for almost three years, used to process gas produced from Sole. it was “timely” to conduct a review of the GasFields Commission. The field is located in VIC/RL3, offshore Victoria, approximately 62 km from the Orbost Gas Plant. It has appointed Bob Scott, a former Deputy Director-General in the former Queensland Department of Lands, to lead the review. The review findings and recommendations will be provided to the Minister for State Development and be used to determine whether the current model works effectively or needs changing to John Cotter (on left) looking at a pipeline map on a pipeline easement with Brett manage disputes between resource companies and landholders, or DeHayr former Landcare national facilitator who assisted the Commission with APA buys-out Diamantina Power Station project if an alternative model, such as an independent Resources the stocktake. APA Group has secured 100 per cent ownership of the Diamantina Power Station project after purchasing AGL’s half of the project Ombudsman, is appropriate. for $151 million. The Diamantina Power Station project (DPS) is a large-scale gas-fired power station that owns and operates two separate power facilities with shared infrastructure – the 242 MW combined-cycle gas turbine Diamantina Power Station and the adjacent 60 MW open cycle gas turbine Leichhardt Power Station. APA Group Managing Director Mick McCormack said “We are pleased to have had the opportunity to acquire the remaining Stay informed with all this news! Subscribe to PPO today. 50 per cent interest in DPS and become the sole owner of this quality asset. “The acquisition fits with APA’s growth strategy to build our energy infrastructure business to leverage our asset management, To find out more and to get a one-month free trial visit development and operational capabilities.” www.ppo.com.au

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NDT awarded Statoil ILI pipeline contract North America, Asia to drive growth, pipeline NDT Global has received a multi-million euro contract from Statoil to develop CAPEX to 2019 an in-line inspection (ILI) tool for the 707 km Åsgard Transport gas pipeline. In close collaboration with Statoil, NDT Global is developing a suitable ILI Onshore pipeline expenditure is forecast to grow by tool for the Åsgard Transport gas pipeline. The company will also supply the ILI 14 per cent between 2015 and 2019, with approximately tool to perform the corresponding survey. The Åsgard gas pipeline is part of the 309,000 km of pipeline expected to be installed globally, Norwegian gas infrastructure system, owned by the joint venture named Gassled. Ageing Pipelines Conference is a hit in Belgium according to the latest global pipeline market report. Gassco is the operator of Gassled, and Statoil is the technical service provider for The first-ever conference to discuss issues concerning ageing Market research firm Douglas Westwood has released its Gassco. Statoil has a 5 per cent ownership share in Gassled. The Åsgard transport high-pressure oil and gas pipelines was held in Ostend, Belgium, World Onshore Pipelines Market Forecast 2015–2019. While pipeline starts at the semi-submersible Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian Sea, on 5-9 October. Organised by the Soete Laboratory of the the report states that the fall in oil prices continues to impact and terminates at the Kårstø processing plant in southwest Norway. It has been University of Gent, Belgium, and Tiratsoo Technical, a division the pipeline industry, mainly in North America, the five-year in operation since October 2000. of Great Southern Press, UK, and in association with Clarion outlook for the global pipeline industry is positive. Technical Conferences of Houston, the event attracted First phase of Texas Roadrunner gas 110 delegates to its programme of 30 papers and presentations. pipeline complete ONEOK Partners has completed the first phase of the Roadrunner Gas Transmission Pipeline Bahrain pipeline conference programme Project in West Texas, US. Roadrunner is a 321 announced as Dr Mirza updates parliament km pipeline connecting ONEOK Partners’ existing on pipeline WesTex natural gas pipeline system near Coyanosa, Texas, to a new international border-crossing A conference programme featuring 75 papers from 17 countries connection at the US and Mexico border near has been announced for the Middle East’s premier pipeline San Elizario, Texas. The project is fully subscribed industry event, the Pipeline Operations and Management under 25-year firm fee-based commitments. The Middle East (POMME) Conference and Exhibition. Established completed first phase provides 170 MMcf/d of now as the Gulf region’s definitive, essential congress on pipeline capacity to markets in Mexico and El Paso, Texas. technology and management, the simultaneous tracks for the technical programme of the event include: planning, design, construction and materials, operations and maintenance best practices, repair and rehabilitation, asset integrity management, inspection and cathodic protection, automation and control, and leak detection. Uganda, Kenya to decide on export pipeline route Uganda and Kenya will meet in April to further discuss the feasibility of a new export pipeline between the two countries. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni recently met to discuss route options for construction the pipeline from Hoima on Lake Albert via a Kenyan northern route through the oil fields of Lokichar, and a Kenyan southern route through the town of Nakuru, with a loop to Lokichar were discussed, as well as a route from Hoima to Tanga in Tanzania. The two leaders plan to meet in April to discuss the most cost-efficient construction option, and to address construction issues along all route options, including existing and planned Development required to ensure gas supplies: AEMO infrastructure, terrain and elevations. The viability of export port options at Lamu, Mombasa, and Tanga will also be discussed. Industry analysts have stated that the The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) 2016 Gas construction of the export pipeline is critical to boost East African oil production; however Pipe storage logistics installed for TANAP Statement of Opportunities shows gas reserve development is required deliberation over the best route has been ongoing for some time. Operators Tullow Oil and by 2019 to ensure long-term gas supply in eastern and southeastern Dhatec has supplied its Pipe Stopsystem to aid in pipe Australia. AEMO Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Africa Oil prefer a pipeline route from Uganda through northern Kenya to Lamu, whereas storage logistics for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Total East Africa prefers southern routes due to security concerns in northern Kenya. Matt Zema said that the 2016 Gas Statement of Opportunities shows Pipeline Project (TANAP). The 1,841 km TANAP is that developed reserves in eastern and south eastern Australia are designed to transport natural gas produced in the Shah only sufficient to meet forecast gas demand until 2019. “This means Deniz 2 field and other fields in Azerbaijan and its that currently undeveloped gas reserves, including those reported as neighbours, through to Turkey and Europe. Pipe for the contingent resources and possible reserves, will be required to ‘come project, with diameters of 48 and 56 inches, has arrived online’ to meet forecast demand as early as 2019 when developed from Shanghai, and is being temporarily stored in reserves are forecast to start to deplete,” said Mr Zema. Operation begins on Shell Corrib Gas Pipeline Turkey’s Port of Limak before the project construction Shell’s Corrib Gas Pipeline has officially commenced operations, contractors collect the pipe for installation. following approval from Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, subject to 20 conditions relating to environmental management, operation, control and monitoring. Gas was first discovered at the Corrib Gas Field in 1996; however progress to commercialise the gas has been delayed due to local concerns about the impact of the pipeline on its surrounding Interested in the global pipeline industry? environment. Shell has been through an extensive approvals process and committed to a thorough biodiversity plan for the area Subscribe to the free Pipelines International surrounding the project. e-newsletter at www.pipelinesinternational.com

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From a factory in Bulgaria to the City of Zhezkazgan in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Trenchless International looks at the ISTT’s 2015 winner in the category of Project of the Year: Rehabilitation. The award-winning project involved the rehabilitation of two parallel pipelines used for the discharge of Relining cooling water from electrical generators. in the republic The Award-winning rehab project from Kazakhstan The generators and pipelines were located on an energy production plant in central Kazakhstan, owned by Page 16

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The plant was constructed in the 1950s, and due to degradation over time, many of the original pipes TRI_Winter16_Cover.indd 1 12/02/2016 5:04 PM were adversely affected by corrosion and had begun to leak through numerous pinholes. While the site owner had replaced some sections of pipe using open trench methods, the lines that ran alongside the main building and underneath several structures required trenchless rehabilitation. JOURNAL OF To read more or subscribe to Trenchless International, visit trenchlessinternational.com Reliability engineering: a target-driven approach to PIPELINE integrity management ISSUE 27 | MARCH 2016 ENGINEERING As seen in Pipelines International GSP FP 2 In the past several years, Enbridge has gathered an extensive amount of data from in-line inspections (ILI), investigative excavations, pipe replacements, and hydrostatic tests.

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It does not show exact pipeline routes. Bunbury Mildura Forbes Marsden S4 Berri Griffith N5 SYDNEY Queensland. Source Data/Map courtesy Geoscience Australia, Canberra. ADELAIDE Crown Copyright ©. All rights reserved. www.ga.gov.au 0 100 200 300 400 500 Murray Wagga Wagga Illabo Bridge A.C.T. Wollongong Pipeline information and graphic design © Great Southern Press 2016 kilometres Culcairn N3 S6 Koonoomoo Tumut The coloured basins on this map are gas-producing basins of Australia. Note they are approximate VICTORIA N2 CANBERRA in size and the varying colours are not representative of estimated reserves or developed infrastructure. Horsham Echuca V2 Carisbrook Wodonga N1 Penola S5 Stawell Ararat V1 Wollert SYDNEY BASIN Snuggery V7 Hamilton Mortlake KEY (Reference No., Name, Owner, Product, Approx. length) S8 MELBOURNE GIPPSLAND BASIN Altona N1 V16 S6 B1. Amadeus Basin - Darwin Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 1,671 km Q6. Roma - Brisbane Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 849 km S3. Moomba - Adelaide Pipeline System, QIC Global Infrastructure, Gas, 1,184 km W3. Midwest Pipeline, APA Group/Horizon Power, Gas, 351.5 km Mt. Gambier V12 Orbost B2. Daly Waters - McArthur River Gas Pipeline, Power and Water Q7. Jackson - Moonie Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 797 km S4. Angaston - Mildura Pipeline, Envestra, Gas, 379 km W4. Goldfields Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 1,590 km Long Sole Corporation, Gas, 332 km Q8. Moonie - Brisbane Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 307 km (no longer in service) S5. SESA Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 45 km W5. Kambalda - Esperance Gas Pipeline, Esperance Pipeline Company Pty Ltd, Portland Geelong Island Patricia Baleen B3. Mereenie - Alice Springs Oil Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 270 km (no longer in service) Q9. Carpentaria Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 840 km S6. SEA Gas Pipeline, APA Group (50%)/SEA Gas (50%), Gas, 687 km Gas, 342 km Casino Longford V8 B4. Palm Valley - Alice Springs Pipeline, Envestra, Gas, 147 km Q10. Cannington Lateral, APA Group, Gas, 97.4 km S7. Whyalla Slurry Pipeline, OneSteel, Slurry, 62 km W6. Pilbara Pipeline System, APA Group, Gas, 219 km V3 V5 V13 Bass Strait Fields B5. Bayu-Undan - Darwin Gas Pipeline, ConocoPhillips, Gas, 502 km Q11. Century - Karumba Slurry Pipeline, MMG Century, S8. South East Pipeline System, QIC Global Infrastructure, Gas, 71 km W7. Telfer Pipeline, Energy Infrastructure Investments, Gas, 442 km V10 V14 B6. Blacktip Gas Export Pipeline, Eni Australia B.V., Gas and Condensate, 110 km Zinc and lead slurry, 304 km T1. Tasmania Gas Pipeline, Tasmania Gas Pipeline Pty Ltd, Gas, 736 km W8. Nifty Pipeline, Energy Infrastructure Investments, Gas, 45 km V6 HORSHAM B7. Bonaparte Gas Pipeline, Energy Infrastructure Investments, Gas, 286 km Q12. Fairview - Wallumbilla Pipeline, Santos, Gas, 130 km T2. Tasmanian Savage River Magnetite Slurry Line, Grange Resources Limited, W9. North West Shelf Trunkline 1, North West Shelf Joint Venture, Gas and Minerva V11 Geographe V9 T1 B8. Ichthys Gas Export Pipeline, INPEX, Gas, 889 km Q13. Braemar 1 Pipeline, Alinta Energy Group, Gas, 115 km Slurry, 83 km Condensate, 134 km Thylacine B9. Dingo Gas Field Pipeline, Central Petroleum, Gas, 50 km Q14. Braemar 2 Pipeline, Braemar 2 Power Partnership V1. Victorian Gas Transmission Pipeline System, APA Group, Gas, 1,992 km W10. North West Shelf Trunkline 2, North West Shelf Joint Venture, Gas and V4 N1. Eastern Gas Pipeline, Jemena, Gas, 797 km (ERM Power and Arrow Energy), Gas, 105 km V2. Carisbrook - Horsham Pipeline, Gas Pipelines Victoria, Gas, 181 km Condensate, 135 km Yolla N2. Interconnect Pipeline Culcairn - Wodonga, APA Group, Gas, 57 km Q15. Spring Gully - Wallumbilla Gas Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 87 km V3. Lara - Iona Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 144 km W11. Angel Export Pipeline (to North Rankin A), North West Shelf Joint OTWAY BASIN WOLLERT N3. Interconnect Pipeline Wagga Wagga - Culcairn, APA Group, Gas, 87 km Q16. QSN Link, APA Group, Gas, 182 km V4. WAG Pipeline,Viva Energy Australia, Liquids, 136 km Venture, Gas and Condensate, 49 km BASS BASIN N4. Moomba - Sydney Pipeline System, APA Group, Gas, 2,084 km Q17. Jackson - Moomba Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 273 km V5. Long Island - Altona Ethane Pipeline, Esso/BHP Billiton, Ethane, 78 km W12. Wanea/Cossack export line, CWLH Joint Venture, Oil, 33 km Port Latta T1 Sole N5. Moomba - Sydney Ethane Pipeline, Ethane Pipeline Income Fund, Q18. Berwyndale to Wallumbilla Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 112 km V6. Longford - Dandenong Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 174 km W13. Pluto Trunkline , Woodside Petroleum, Gas and Condensate, 180 km Henry Ethane, 1,375 km Q19. Wallumbilla - Darling Downs Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 205 km V7. Longford - Long Island LPG Pipeline, Esso/BHP Billiton, LPG, 188.3 km W14. Wodgina Lateral, Talison Wodgina Ptd Ltd, Gas, 80 km Bell Bay LONGFORD N6. Central West Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 255 km Q20. Silver Springs to Wallumbilla Pipeline, Mosaic Oil, Gas, 120 km V8. Longford - Long Island Pipeline, Esso/BHP Billiton, Oil, 185 km W15. Neerabup Pipeline, NewGen Neerabup partnership (ERM Power and N7. Sydney - Newcastle Liquids Pipeline, Caltex, Liquids, 211 km Q21. Peat Lateral, APA Group, Gas, 121 km V9. BassGas Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 215 km Energy Infrastructure Trust), Gas, 30 km GEELONG Kipper N8. Central Ranges Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 295 km Q22. Tarbat - Jackson Pipeline, Santos, Oil, 130 km V10. Casino Gas Pipeline, Santos, Gas, 46 km W16. Reindeer Raw Gas Pipeline, Apache Energy, Gas, 102 km TASMANIA T1 Tuna Q1. North Queensland Gas Pipeline, North Queensland Pipeline No 1 Pty Ltd Q23. Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 415 km V11. Otway Gas Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 83 km W17. Griffin/Tubridgi Pipeline, BHP Petroleum, Gas, 88 km (no longer in service) T2 (50%)/North Queensland Gas Pipeline No 2 Pty Ltd (50%), Gas, 392 km Q24. Wallumbilla to Gladstone Pipeline (WGP) (formerly QCLNG Pipeline), V12. Mortlake Pipeline, Origin Energy, Gas, 83 km W18. Jaguar Lateral, Jabiru, Gas, 33 km Minerva Turrum Q2. Queensland Gas Pipeline, Jemena, Gas, 627 km APA Group, Gas, 340 km V13. South Gippsland Natural Gas Pipeline, Multinet Gas, Gas, 65.5 km W19. Fortescue River Gas Pipeline, Fortescue Metals Group, Gas, 270 km Manta Gummy Q3. Wide Bay Pipeline, Envestra, Gas, 274 km Q25. GLNG Pipeline, Santos, Gas, 435 km V14. Brooklyn to Corio Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 50.7 km W20. West Angelas Pipeline, Rio Tinto, Gas, 85 km HOBART Casino Barracouta Q4. Cheepie Barcaldine Gas Pipeline, Ergon Energy, Gas, 404 km S1. Ballera - Moomba Pipeline, Santos, Raw Gas/Liquids, 180 km W1. Dampier - Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline, DBP, Gas, 1,828 km W21. Cape Preston Slurry Pipeline, CITIC Pacific, Slurry, 30 km Geographe Q5. South West Queensland Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 937 km S2. Moomba - Port Bonython Pipeline, Santos, Oil/Condensate, 659 km W2. Parmelia Gas Pipeline, APA Group, Gas, 416 km W22. 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(1) FULL MEMBERSHIP Category Applied for (please tick) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP/EMPLOYEE MEMBERSHIP

OWNER MEMBER(2)(3) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP(1) EMPLOYEE MEMBERSHIP LEAD MEMBER(4) APPLICANT’S NAME:

CORPORATE MEMBER ORGANISATION: POSITION: POSTAL ADDRESS: ORGANISATION NAME: ABN: SUBURB: STATE: POSTCODE: POSTAL ADDRESS: STREET ADDRESS: SUBURB: STATE: POSTCODE: SUBURB: STATE: POSTCODE: STREET ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: SUBURB: STATE: POSTCODE: MOBILE: EMAIL: PHONE: FAX: WEBSITE: INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION: I hereby apply for Individual Membership of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association and agree to abide by the Company’s Constitution and any By-laws set from time to time. Payment for the appropriate portion of the first year’s subscription APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE (5) is attached. NOTE (1): Open to any individual consultant with an interest in the pipeline or gas industries. This membership category is designed to accommodate the one-man consultants working within the pipeline and gas industries and will not be open to consulting organisations consisting NAME: of more than one person. Employees of a company will not be accepted as an Individual Member of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association POSITION: unless the company employing that person is a Full Member of APGA. PHONE: FAX: EMPLOYEE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION: (Open to employees of full members of APGA) I hereby apply for Employee Membership of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association and agree to abide by the Association’s Constitution and any By-laws set from time to time. Payment for MOBILE: EMAIL: the appropriate portion of the first year’s subscription is attached. SIGNED: DATE: ORGANISATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE (if different from above): NAME: TITLE: SUBSCRIPTION RATES (2015/2016 Membership year 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016)

APGA POINT OF CONTACT – for distribution of APGA information within your organisation (if different from Appointed Representative) AUSTRALIA NAME: POSITION: Membership year 1 OWNER LEAD CORPORATE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE POSTAL ADDRESS: July 2015 to Applicable to own- $9,860 1-5 Employees AUD $2,080 $560 $210 30 June 2016 ers only - fee upon (incl. GST) 6-25 Employees AUD $2770 (incl. GST) (incl. GST) SUBURB: STATE: POSTCODE: application 26-50 Employees AUD $3,490 >50 Employees AUD $4,350 PHONE: FAX: (incl. GST)

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Please indicate which of the following industry sectors you are primarily working in (please tick ONLY ONE box) PAYMENT Gas Water Oil Slurry EFT Bank Westpac Banking Corporation, Swift/ABA/Routing# WPACAU2S. IBAN No. 032729162756. BSB: 032-729. Account No: 16-2756. We hereby apply for Full Membership of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association in the Category and Interest Group indicated above and agree to abide by the Association’s Constitution and any By-laws set from time to time. We attach our payment for the appropriate portion of the first year’s subscription. I enclose my cheque made payable to The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association, or APGA. SIGNED: DATE: Please debit my credit card (please tick) Amex Visa MasterCard Diners NOTE (1) Upon payment of the relevant fees, an organisation may hold more than one category of full membership.

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5 – 8 June 2016 8 – 11 October 2016 Brisbane, Australia Perth, Australia July 2016 edition www.appea.com.au www.apga.org.au The Australian Pipeliner

The APPEA Conference & Exhibition attracts delegates from APGA’s Annual Convention brings together participants from all across the country and around the world, and is the southern sectors of the pipeline industry as well as other industries that are hemisphere largest annual upstream oil and gas conference. associated with natural gas and the transportation of energy, slurry and water.

APGA New Membership Approvals

CORPORATE MEMBERS Adviser/Consultant Pap Solutions (Michael Papantoniou)(CMZ) Manufacturer of Equipment or Material PetrolValves Australia Pty Ltd - Shane Kirkbride EMPLOYEE MEMBERS Pinar Genc - Zinfra Pty Ltd Don’t miss our Northern Territory region review Service Provider ASME Projects - Ross Barnes INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS Jeff Jones Trenchless technology Machinery and equipment APGA Exhibitor profiles

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What I know about pipelines PATRICIA FRIEND-PEREIRA, PIPELINE ENGINEER, ATTERIS FIVE YEARS IN THE PIPELINE INDUSTRY

I grew up in Tullamore, Ireland, the home of Tullamore Dew spent over two years in the office working on the secondary whiskey. It is a medium-sized country town in the heart of stabilisation design I was itching to get into the field and to see a Ireland. I enjoyed growing up in the countryside and having the design turned into a reality. freedom to go out exploring nature. My most challenging pipeline job was working and living I loved going cycling in summer, particularly to the nearest offshore on dredging vessels. It was a great experience but not village, which was about three miles away, to hit a tennis ball without its challenges, particularly when you are in the minority. against a wall for an hour or two and then cycle home after Having said that, I have always found the majority of people having guzzling a bunch of penny sweets and fizzy drinks! I work with to be supportive and encouraging.

Hobbies when I was younger included pretty much every sport My favourite aspect of the pipeline industry is definitely the going. I have a few medals in tennis, camogie – women’s version of people! The pipelines are pretty awesome too, don’t get me hurling – hockey, rowing and even some athletics. Today I still play wrong. But for me what makes it special are the people. hockey; I have made some of my best friends in Australia through hockey and we have even won a few grand finals together. The people I most admire in the industry are the people I have met who have dedicated their careers to the industry and give What I like to do most away from work is spend time with my their time freely to make the industry better for everyone. partner, Barry, and you guessed it, play hockey! #hockeyislife I am very proud to have recently been promoted to Senior My first pipeline job was on the Wheatstone Project – I felt Engineer. It is an important step in my career and I was honoured fortunate to have my first job on such an impressive project. to achieve that recognition. I joined the project just as final investment decision (FID) was made and I was able to be part of the team right through until One piece of advice I would offer to those coming into the construction. industry is work hard and play hard! Get involved in the YPF, go along to the events and even put your hand up to be on the state My favourite pipeline job was getting to go offshore for the committee. Wheatstone trunkline trenching and backfill campaign. Having

Young pipeliner Patricia Friend-Pereira living the high life offshore.

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