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DATE 12/11/15 JOB No MIT13437 PROOF No 1 SOFTWARE Indesign CC DIMENSIONS 297mm d X 210mm w SCALE 100% COLOURS ■ Cyan ■ Magenta ■ Yellow ■ Black Full page to appear in Gas Today Summer Issue 2016 CONTENTS CONTENTS 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 The Halladale well site during drilling operations in late 2014 Image courtesy of Origin Energy. 2 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au www.pipeliner.com.au THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 3 REGULARS 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 Cover: Pipe stockpiled in northern Victoria for the Victorian Northern Interconnect Expansion (VNIE) Project. Read The Australian Pipeliner Image courtesy of Qube Energy. Opp Contents on your device! To view the digital edition on your device, scan the QR code Dunstains or go to pipeliner.com.au Follow us on Twitter @AussiePipeliner Like us on Facebook Average Net Distribution 2,433 DUNSTANS CONSTRUCTION GROUP has developed a Call 03 5722 1515 for a copy of our capability brochure The Australian Pipeliner Period ending September 2015 proven record of delivering turnkey infrastructure projects or to discuss our services with one of our managers: for our clients since 1951. We are a leading company > The Australian Pipelines and Gas providing construction, engineering, maintenance and Telecommunications Association’s vision is to lead the industrial services to the telecommunication, resources, > Maxi Horizontal Directional Drilling sustainable growth in pipeline energy and infrastructure sectors. We build, maintain > Equipment Hire The Australian Pipeliner is the official journal of the Australian infrastructure for Australasia’s energy. Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) and is distributed to and support customer operations through safe, reliable, > Cable and Pipe Ploughing members without charge and circulated to interested The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) innovative and cost effective services. > Gathering Systems Great organisations throughout Australia and overseas. It is also is a non-profit organisation formed to represent the interests of its members involved Southern available on subscription. The publishers welcome editorial in: the ownership, operation, maintenance, design, engineering, supply and And we always get the job done. > Small Diameter Pipelines Press contributions from interested parties. However, neither the construction of pipelines, platforms and all other structures used in or in connection publishers nor the APGA accept responsibility for the content of these contributions with the drilling for, extraction and transmission of hydrocarbons, solids, slurries and the views contained therein are not necessarily the views of the publishers or the and similar substances both onshore and offshore. As a single voice representing the APGA. Neither the publishers nor the APGA accept responsibility for any claims collective interests of its members, the APGA is dedicated to encouraging the made by advertisers. All communications should be directed to the publishers. extension and development of the industry. 4 THE AUSTRALIAN PIPELINER | APRIL 2016 www.pipeliner.com.au www.dunstans.com.au 155 Dunstans full page Pipeliner advertAW.indd 1 7/08/13 12:26 PM EXECUTIVE REPORTS 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.