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APRIL 2014 Think Big WORLD PIPELINES ® Volume 14 Number 4 - April 2014 APRIL 2014 www.energyglobal.com BRS4703 Risk Cover_WP 02-2014.indd 1 2/10/14 8:16 AM Think big. Size does matter. ROSEN maintains the industry’s most com ­ pre hensive technology portfolio, from hardware to soft­ ware, as well as the largest tool fleet. Meaning more flexibility for you. www.rosen-group.com 23 68 91 CWORLD oPIPELINESntents | VOLUME 14 | NUMBER 4 | APRIL 2014 03 Editor's comment PIPELAYING CASE STUDIES Corridors of power. 57 Collaborative innovation 05 Pipeline news Alasdair Cowie, Managing Director at Cortez Subsea, UK. Updates on Blue Stream; Iraqi pipeline system; Trans-Anatolian; Moho Nord project; South Stream; and more. EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS REGIONAL REVIEW 62 Working on top of the world John Yates, Marsh, UK. 12 High seas New discoveries bolster the Gulf’s future as a prime production basin, but OFFSHORE WELDING challenges remain, examines Gordon Cope. 68 A suitable habitat Ian Branch, Hyperbaric Welding Operations Manager, Subsea 7, UK. PIPELINE CORROSION 78 Conquering subsea corrosion seasHIGH Robert Walters, The IFL Global Project Director and Chairman of APS, Dubai, New discoveries bolster UAE. the Gulf’s future as a prime production basin, but challenges remain, examines Gordon Cope. 87 A contractor's delight xplorers in the Gulf of Mexico are on a roll. In the last two years, several significant new deposits have been Ing. Sander Hofstee, Seal for Life Industries, the Netherlands. discovered across a wide swath of the Eregion, from the younger Miocene period (an exploration play that is essentially an extension of onshore discoveries), to the more challenging Lower Tertiary anticlinal traps (which sit in deep waters beneath a thick layer of salt). Don't let AC interfere Discoveries and development 91 In December 2013, BP announced it had struck oil in its Gila prospect in the Keathley Canyon region, 300 miles southwest of New Orleans. The exploration well, drilled in 4900 ft of water to a Jayne Bringer, Aegion Corporation, Corrpro, USA. total depth of 29 221 ft, encountered hydrocarbon bearing sands in the Lower Tertiary strata. That same month, Noble Energy announced it had made an oil discovery in its Dantzler prospect, located near its Big Bend and Troubadour discoveries. The exploration well, drilled in 6580 ft of water to a total depth of PAGE 19 234 ft, encountered at least 120 ft of crude in Miocene-aged rock. Noble estimates gross resources at 55 - 95 million boe. It plans to drill at least two more similar prospects this year. ULTRASONIC INSPECTION 12 13 12 95 A new wave Matthew Fleming, Sonomatic, UK. COATINGS FOR OFFSHORE APPLICATION METERING AND MONITORING 19 Covering every angle to cut offshore risk Paul Kleinen, Bredero Shaw, USA. 101 Straight to the point A discussion between Wim Volmer, Senior Product Manager Oil & Gas at NMi, the Netherlands and Eveline Janse, Comorama, the Netherlands. 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Some 53% of tendency towards aggression, was very [email protected] Russian gas exports to Europe pass apparent to all recipient countries. Lthrough Ukraine. Ukraine receives a 30% Current unrest in the Crimean peninsula MANAGING EDITOR James Little discount price for the natural gas it gets from – where Russian forces have taken control [email protected] Gazprom, as negotiated in a deal with now- – means that Ukraine’s geo-political EDITORIAL ASSISTANT deposed, pro-Moscow President Yanukovych. position and gas pipelines are once again Hannah Priestley-Eaton This deal may soon expire, as relations under the microscope in Europe and [email protected] between Russia and Ukraine deteriorate. beyond. At the time of writing, there has EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Gazprom insists that it is forced to hike been little interruption to the considerable Rosalie Starling prices because, it claims, Kiev owes commodities infrastructure that resides in [email protected] US$ 1.55 billion for gas supplied in 2013 and Ukraine (Ukraine is not only a vital link in ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTOR the first few months of 2014, among other the gas chain, it is a key supplier of wheat Rod Hardy debts. Gazprom cites and corn, metals and [email protected] Kiev’s inability to meet minerals). 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WEBSITE MANAGER Over New Year in IT LACKS South Stream will also Tom Fullerton [email protected] 2005/2006, Gazprom IMPORTANT bypass Ukraine, routing announced a price hike, under the Black Sea, and WEBSITE EDITOR 3 Callum O’Reilly from US$ 50/1000 m to EU APPROVALS will lead to even less [email protected] US$ 230. Kiev rejected European dependence on the price and Russia Ukraine’s pipelines. DIGITAL EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Katie Woodward turned the gas off. Europe felt the effects: at Gazprom has been busy announcing some [email protected] the time, Ukraine carried 25% of Europe’s gas major deals for South Stream: Saipem has PUBLISHER requirement and, of that, 80% was secured deals worth e2 billion to build the Nigel Hardy transported via Ukraine. 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