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Pipeline news
Pipeline machinery Review
Regional Review

China slowdown?
Ng Weng Hoong examines China’s oil market and the various pressures acting on it, including a decline in energy intensity and growing political risk.

Cleaning pigs

Propelling pigs
Peter Verkiel, Brenntag Oil & Gas, The Netherlands.

Barges

Going to great lengths
Faisal Mahmood and Hassan Dehaini, J. Ray McDermott, USA.

Going deeper
Stefano Bianchi and Roberto Bruschi, Saipem S.p.A., Italy.

Training & standards

Now hiring
David Edwards, Chief Executive of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), UK.

Managing change
Greg Lamberson, International Construction Consulting, LLC, USA.

Subsea Operation

Deep down and diverless
John Stobbart, Vector International, UK.

Project update

Arctic race
Gord Cope discusses the race between pipeliners to build the first natural gas pipeline in the Arctic.

Protecting against corrosion

Long-term performance
Dr. Shiwei William Guan, Bredero Shaw, Canada and Dr. Dennis Wong, ShawCor, Canada.

Damage detection

The knowledge void?
Pete Barnes, Dynalog, UK.

Welding Accessories

Welding in the Andes
Scott Funderburk, Lincoln Electric, USA.

World Pipelines Magazine November 2008

The November issue is packed with international reports, including: deepwater pipelay for the Chevron Tahiti subsea project in the Gulf of Mexico; welding at altitude in the Andes; cleaning pigs in Germany; and recruiting and training pipeline engineers in the UK. Alongside these articles, World Pipelines’ correspondent Ng Weng Hoong provides a comprehensive regional review of China’s oil market, while correspondent Gordon Cope examines the race to build the first natural gas pipeline in the Arctic.