Special reports

Gareth Urukalo, Technical Authority, and Ross McHardy, Chief Operating Officer, ICR Group, UK, reflect on the evolution of composite repair systems set to enhance pipeline maintenance.

Javvad Malik, Lead Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4, raises awareness about cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure, a growing geopolitical threat to the midstream sector.

Matteo Dondeo, Managing Director, Pipeline Business Solutions, Italy, explains how the midstream sector is transforming Argentina’s role in the global oil and gas market.

Paul Stockwell, Process Vision, sets out the implications of new process imaging technologies for the measuring of gas quality, and in particular what it means for the traditional reliance on hydrocarbon dewpoint as the standard measure.

Anupama Pantheeradiyil, Blueye Robotics, discusses safer and efficient methods for inspecting offshore infrastructure and how ROVs are reshaping how pipeline, FPSO, and confined-space inspections are carried out.

Catherine Rowley-Williams, OMMICA Ltd, Scotland, outlines how chemical treatment, including corrosion inhibitors and biocides, can minimise the risk of corrosion on pipelines, drawing on a case study from the North Sea.

Brian Lawson, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Fluid Components International, Derik Hoover, President, Hoover Energy, and Mike Conn, President, ESquaredi, analyse how a thermal flowmeter with multi-calibration groups has simplified a portable monitoring system for flare gas units.

Jordan Ferguson, CEO, Pier Solutions, discusses the importance of hydrogen detection and safety in the pipeline market.

Successful offshore operations, particularly in oil and gas pipelay activities, heavily depend on understanding sea state conditions, emphasises Chris Moncrieff, Miros, drawing on a Northern Lights pipelay project.

Dr James Dean, CEO, Plastometrex, details the growing importance of accurate material verification in ensuring the safety and integrity of pipelines, a critical component of pipeline management in light of recent regulations.

Rystad Energy’s oil market update: 25 November.

Jeremy Silber, Eric Yang, Christopher Lepore and Yash Yadav, Delta Energy Group, USA, compare pipeline leak detection technologies and the challenges and misconception of fibre optic leak detection.

Daniel Kashmir, CEO and Co-Founder, Momentick, explores the key factors that complicate methane detection, its economic and environmental impacts, and the efforts needed to address this pressing issue.

Matthew Green, Director of Technical Service, CSNRI, considers the past, present and future of engineered composite repair systems for pipelines.

Sanjay Patel, Managing Director, Tembo Global Industries Ltd., India, provides this overview of the evolution of oil and gas pipelines and the overall midstream sector over the course of the last few decades.