Pipeline news updates

ASCO opens Teesside office following major regional growth.

Operational Excellence Day: the new HIMA China Innovation Centre.

New initiative brings together machine builders, software and automation technologies to address manufacturing challenges through integrated solutions.

New regional assessment identifies areas where UK capability can help overcome technical, regulatory and commercial barriers to APAC project development.

Balance sheets at strongest point in years, unlocking 5% investment rise and fresh wave of M&A in 2027 as companies rebuild post-2030 upstream portfolios.

Pipetech launches next stage of Norwegian growth through new facility and key appointment.

XRG has completed its acquisition of an equity stake in Southern Gas Corridor CJSC from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, following the satisfaction of all conditions precedent and receipt of customary regulatory approvals.

Baker Hughes and Venture Global LNG are expanding their long-standing collaboration to advance critical US gas infrastructure including the Cloud Connector Pipeline project and Plaquemines LNG facility.

These advancements form the basis for the company’s new Advanced Liquefaction Architecture (ALA).

STATS Group’s BISEP provides verified, leak-tight double block and bleed pipeline isolation through a single hot tap intervention. Its independently tested seals and monitored zero-energy zone improve safety, maintain operational continuity, and reduce emissions. Proven across hydrocarbons, hydrogen, CO2, and subsea applications, BISEP sets a benchmark for modern pipeline hot tapping and line stopping worldwide.

Pipeline Integrity Intelligence moves beyond periodic inspections by integrating ILI data, hydraulic simulation, SCADA, GIS, maintenance records, and AI into a unified digital pipeline model. This continuous, near real-time view of asset condition helps operators improve decision-making, manage risk proactively, and optimise integrity management throughout the pipeline lifecycle.

Hyperscale expansion drives 16% annual LNG demand growth in Southeast Asia through 2035, while India’s renewables-dominated grid shuts gas out entirely.

Harvest Midstream (Harvest) continues to build on its commitment to Alaska, supporting new North Slope production, delivering North Slope natural gas to Interior Alaska and advancing critical infrastructure solutions designed to meet Alaska’s evolving energy needs.

Expanded in-house validation helps customers reduce technical risk, accelerate qualification, and build confidence in critical applications.

New analysis finds land and ocean sinks are weakening and carbon prices and coverage fall short of what is needed to protect them, leaving net zero strategies built on unverified foundations.

One of the world’s largest pipelay vessels, Saipem’s Castorone, has arrived in the Southern North Sea, marking the opening of an exciting chapter for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), bringing one of the UK’s first carbon capture and storage networks closer to reality.

DNV called on the energy sector to treat infrastructure resilience as a strategic and societal necessity in the face of ever-changing and increasingly complex threats, unveiling its new ‘From concern to control’ position paper at the ONS conference.

Corinth Pipeworks awarded the Line Pipe Supply Package for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 Project in Mozambique.

CAN$2.7 billion transaction led by KKR in collaboration with Apollo to fund Aspen Point and Sunrise Expansion Programmes.

Alexey Dobrovolskiy, CEO, SPH Engineering, considers a practical approach to methane detection in the gas midstream sector.

Amber Grid, Lithuania's gas transmission system operator, has awarded ROSEN a three-year contract for the deployment of its award-winning Non-Intrusive Pipeline Assessment (NIPA) service across approximately 221 km of complex and unpiggable pipeline infrastructure.

Developed from PETRONAS-INSTEP industry-led expertise and formalised by OPITO, the programme supports the workforce transition across the evolving global energy sector.

Following a record gas demand in 2025, the 2026 global gas report shows a more resilient gas system faces a more demanding energy future.

Roberto Bruschi, Principal Consultant, Energy Systems at DNV, considers the evolving approach needed for pipeline integrity assessments.