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June 2015

The June issue features a guest comment from the IENE about Turk Stream, a Canada regional review, technical pieces on testing and trenchless technology plus welding case studies and a pipeline flow Q&A.

A cloud of uncertainty in Canada
Canada’s pipeline sector has huge potential – and huge challenges, explains Gordon Cope.

Communication is key
Ryan Ray, Operations Director of R-Squared Global, USA.

Tracing pipeline DNA
Jeff Foote, Director of Pipeline Integrity Technology, T.D. Williamson, USA.

ECAs: an increasingly critical tool
Andy Barron, Element Materials Technology, UK.

Tap, send and improve
Richie Hart, CRC-Evans, UK.

The evolution of pipeline risk modelling
Mark Wright and Ian Diggory, MACAW Engineering, UK, and Borja Martinez Perez and Ricardo Almandoz, ROSEN Integrity Solutions, Germany.

Getting a grip on non-piggable pipelines
Peter van Beugen, Pipesurvey International, the Netherlands.

A promising start
Allen Mueller, Tiger Valve Company, USA.

Rehabilitation vs replacement
Robert A. Walters, IFL Global Project Director and Chairman of Anticorrosion Protective Systems, APS Dubai, UAE.

Defying depths
Gordon Davidson and Zach McCann, Sonomatic, UK.

Avoiding disruption
Richard Silk, Mirage Machines, UK.

A defence mechanism
Dr. Jacobs Mathew, PhD, Oil, Gas & Energy Management, Indonesia.

A healthy alternative
Dr. Jonathan Wylde, Clariant, USA.

World Pipelines' Flow Q&A
Featuring Endress+Hauser, Flexim and NEL.

Improving the flow
Todd Loudin, Flowrox North America.

Understanding safety systems
Leo Minervini, Pentair Actuation & Controls.

Versatile methods
Anne Knour, Tracto-Technik, Germany.

Under the Rio Grande
Patrick O’Donoghue and Matt Smith, Direct Pipe Manager, Michels Corporation, USA.

A long time coming
Gregg Hennigan, on behalf of Vermeer Corporation, USA.

The business of maintenance
Jack Wallin, Stoody (an ESAB brand).

The cost of poor preparation
Thomas Regourd, Protem, France.

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