Deep sea fishing
Here, Gord Cope provides an update on oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico, with an eye to potential challenges for the future.
Stopaq Europe opens new production facility in Saudi Arabia
On 17th June, Stopaq Europe B.V. opened a new production facility in Saudi Arabia. The plant will manufacture Stopaq’s patented Viscous-Elastic Corrosion Prevention Coating. Operating under the name Stopaq Saudi, this company is a joint venture between a major oil and gas supplier, Alsuwaiket Group,†and Stopaq Europe B.V. from Stadskanaal, The Netherlands. The opening of the new facility, located on the King Abdul Aziz Seaport Highway in Dammam, was conducted by Abdullah Alsuwaiket, Mr. F.P.M. Nooren owner of Stopaq Europe B.V., J.F. Doddema Managing Director of Stopaq Europe B.V., Mr J. Wakim Managing Director of Stopaq Saudi, and Your Excellence Mr. R. Strikker Ambassador of the Dutch Embassy in Riyadh.
Hot off the press: Two new books published
Industrial Press Inc. have published two new books on Maintenance Management and Failure Mapping.
National Oilwell Varco: disaster recovery assurance with SteelEye
SteelEye Technology, Inc. a leading provider of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for multi-vendor IT infrastructure, and Nordicmind, SteelEye’s competence and support centre for Northern Europe, today announced the implementation of SteelEye Protection Suite for SQL Server for National Oilwell Varco’s (NYSE: NOV) Falcon System, the world’s largest system integrating information flow and monitoring with oil drilling processes. SteelEye protects the Falcon System’s 148 Windows servers and applications across 74 oil rigs in the Indian Ocean.
Keppel FELS wins ‘Best in Show’: Golden Valve Awards
The results are in, and Keppel FELS Limited has been awarded ‘Best of Show’ in the annual IntergraphÆ Golden Valve Awards Competition, announced this week at the Intergraph 2009 user's conference in Washington DC.
GE Sensing introduces DM5E portable, ultrasonic thickness gauges
The DM5E family is the latest generation of portable, ultrasonic, corrosion monitoring thickness gauges from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies.
Future Fibre Technologies opens Middle East office
Developer, manufacturer and installer of fibre-optic intrusion detection systems, Future Fibre Technologies (FFT), has opened a new office in Dubai.
Applus RTD acquires CTS
The Applus RTD Group has announced the acquisition of CTS in France, a company specialised in non-destructive testing and inspection (NDT&I) for the oil and gas, chemical, and other related industries.
Mott MacDonald to assist on new Kenya-Uganda Pipeline Extension (KUPLE)
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Tamoil East Africa to supply project management services for a new Kenya-Uganda Pipeline Extension (KUPLE). The purpose of installing the line is to provide deliveries of fuel to Uganda from Kenya (Mombasa) terminals via a pipeline instead of by road, as this will provide a more secure supply while reducing road congestion and associated safety hazards of transporting fuel by road tanker.
BTC pipeline scheduled to pump in July
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline is expected to pump 27.2 million bbls of crude oil in July, the equivalent of 877 419 bpd of oil, rising from 800 000 bpd planned in June, according to a crude oil trader who received the loading schedule.
Uganda and Kenya begin talks to finalise the expansion of the Mombasa-Eldoret oil pipeline
Uganda and Kenya have begun biliteral talks to finalise details of the pending upgrade and extension of the Mombasa-Eldoret oil pipeline.The talks are being fast tracked to ensure the design of the pipeline plan is changed before the end of the year, Fred Opolot, who is the head of the state-run Uganda Media Center, said.
The complete landfall contractor
This article by Bas van Bemmelen, Boskalis Offshore, The Netherlands, discusses trenching, pipeline installing and backfiling on the Balearic pipeline, Medgaz pipeline and Dhirubhai pipeline projects
Holiday detector headaches
Barry Ward, Pipeline Inspection Company, USA, offers some expert advice to Holiday Detector operators, describing common jeeping scenarios and explaining the technology behind the equipment.
Feeling the heat
Mike Lee, Inductotherm Heating and Welding Technologies Ltd., UK, discusses how IHWT Radyne is supplying the power for field joint processing on all subsea sectors of the Medgaz pipeline project. The article looks at work onboard Saipem’s Castro Sei, and heating and coating operations for shallow and deepwater pipelay.
July 2009
Nord Stream will be making an important contribution to Europe’s future energy supply: in July’s issue, a report analyses the pipeline consortium’s environmental responsibilities in meeting the predicted energy gap. A regional review focuses on India and the growth of its natural gas transmission grid, including an in-depth look at GAIL’s transmission activities. In other articles, CRTS discusses preparing pipe for field joint coating; Siemens introduces it’s pre-engineered gas turbine-driven pipeline compressor packages; and Inmarsat and FoundOcean both deal with aspects of repair and rehabilitation.
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