Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from August 2004

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from August 2004

AGL Resources to acquire NUI corporation.(Newsreel)
August 1, 2004... AGL Resources' board of directors has approved a definitive merger agreement under which the company will acquire all outstanding shares of NUI Corp. The transaction is valued at $220 million along with the assumption of NUI's outstanding debt...

Dresser DMD changes name to Dresser Natural Gas Solutions.(Newsreel)
August 1, 2004... Dresser DMD, a business unit of Dresser, Inc., recently changed its name to Dresser Natural Gas Solutions. The company provides metering, regulation, and pressure control solutions to the natural gas industry, with products and aftermarket...

Keystone natural gas expands storage capacity.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Unocal Midstream & Trade, a subsidiary of Unocal Corp., announced it had placed a third natural gas storage cavern into service at its Keystone Gas Storage Facility. The company added that mining operations for the fourth and fifth caverns are...

Alon acquires product pipeline system.(AtoFina Pension Trust, Alon USA)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Alon USA announced that it has purchased the 380-mile Trust and River fuel product pipelines from the AtoFina Pension Trust. These pipelines connect Alon's Big Spring pipeline with its product terminals in Abilene and Wichita Falls, TX. In...

Shell signs agreement to sell products pipeline.(Shell Oil Products Co., Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Shell Oil Products has signed an agreement with Magellan Midstream Partners, L.R for the sale of pipeline and storage assets located in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. Included in the sale are the Orion, Hearne, Chase, and Cima]Ton...

El Paso to purchase assets in Brazil.(El Paso Production Co., Unocal Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... El Paso Production Company, a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a Unocal Corp. affiliate that indirectly holds a 50% interest in UnoPaso, a joint venture that owns oil and natural gas...

Oregon Steel places pipe mill on idle.(Oregon Steel Mills Inc.,)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. has placed its large diameter pipe mill in Napa, CA on idle indefinitely. Jim Declusin, CEO, stated, "In this tight steel market we do not believe the operating margin opportunities in large diameter pipe justify the...

ConocoPhillips finalizes agreement on LNG terminal In Texas.(Freeport LNG Development L.P.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... ConocoPhillips has finalized its agreement with Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to participate in a proposed LNG receiving terminal in Quintana, TX. ConocoPhillips has acquired 1 Bcf/d of regasification capacity in the terminal, has obtained a...

Vectren Source now offering natural gas in Georgia.(Newsreel)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Georgians will now have more choice when making their natural gas purchase decisions with the entry of the state's newest natural gas marketer, Vectren Source, a retail energy marketing subsidiary of Vectren Corp. The firm was recently...

Oil pipelines continue to be lead carrier of oil & refined products.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The latest numbers are now officially in, and oil pipelines have extended their dominance in carrying the crude oil and refined products that America needs every day. Measured in ton-miles (one ton of product, moved one mile), the oil...

Pacific Energy completes mid Alberta pipeline acquisition.(Pacific Energy Partners L.P., Imperial Oil Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. has completed its acquisition of the Mid Alberta Pipeline (MAPL) from Imperial oil valued at approximately $34 million. MAPL originates at the Edmonton, AB oil hub and extends south to a connection with the...

Crosstex enters agreement with Transco for pipeline assets.(Crosstex Energy L.P., Williams Natural Gas Co., Transco Energy Co.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Crosstex Energy, L.P. has executed a definitive agreement to acquire from Williams certain onshore pipeline assets south of its Transco Compressor Station 30 in Wharton County, TX, for $27.4 million. These assets are part of a federally...

MarkWest Energy partners to acquire East Texas pipeline system.(East Texas Gas Company)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. has entered into an agreement with American Central East Texas Gas Company, L.P. to acquire American Central's Carthage gathering system and gas processing assets for approximately $240 million. The 180-mile...

Editor's notebook.
August 1, 2004... I reluctantly surrendered an hour's worth of my favorite wrestling show to watch Larry King interview Ken Lay (pro wrestling has more credibility than Kenny Boy). These days Kenny Boy is mounting a full-court PR blitz telling anyone who will...

GTI, PRCI feel the pinch.(Government Guidelines)(Gas Technology Institute)(Pipeline Research Council International, Inc.)
August 1, 2004... The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) is scrambling to compensate for a $60 million annual stipend from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which disappeared on Aug. 1. That FERC contribution, funded by a mandatory surcharge assessed...

Pipelines oppose relocation of OPS.(Newsreel)(Office of Pipeline Safety)
August 1, 2004... Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's proposal to stick the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) in the Federal Railroad Administration hasn't gone over well with gas pipelines. Mineta made the proposal in December when he announced his intention...

OSHA to consider trenching safety initiatives.(Newsreel)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... An industry task force will be making recommendations to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on how the agency can obtain better compliance with its excavation standard. The task force first met in April after the OSHA...

Contractors begin work on Cheyenne plains pipeline.(Projects)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Work is under way on the Cheyenne Plains Pipeline Project. Construction of Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company's 380-mile, $425 million is being carried out by two contractors--Associated Pipe Line Contractors and AMEC's Houston-based U.S....

Cheniere Energy selects LNG tank subcontractor.(Projects)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Cheniere Energy Inc. has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Matrix Service Company as the LNG tank subcontractor for its Texas-based Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG receiving terminals. The work will entail engineering and construction...

Tuscarora Gas plans mainline expansion.(Projects)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Servicing portions of Oregon, California and Nevada, Tuscarora Gas Transmission, of Reno, NV recently held an open season to solicit expressions of interest for incremental firm transportation service on its mainline system. According to...

Williams plans Transco system expansion.(Projects)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Williams Cos. has called a 30-day open season to determine shipper interest in a $180 million expansion of its Transco natural gas pipeline system from Leidy, PA to delivery points in New York and New Jersey. Under the proposal, pending FERC...

Gas deliveries begin from Algeria's in Salah project.(Projects)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The In Salah Gas project, a joint development by BP and Sonatrach, the Algerian state energy company, has commenced gas sales. In Salah gas is the largest dry-gas joint development project in Algeria and one of the largest joint investment...

WIC gains support for WyomingInterstate Expansion.(Projects)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Wyoming Interstate Company (WIC) has received binding bids for 350,000 Dth/d of transportation capacity on its proposed Piceance Lateral Expansion project as part of a recently announced open season. The planned expansion will involve the...

E.ON Ruhrgas, Fluxys join Dutch Gasunie in BBL company.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... E.ON Ruhrgas (Germany) and Fluxys (Belgium) have decided to join the newly created BBL Company which will build, own and operate a 235-km pipeline that will link Balgzand on the Dutch North Sea coast north of Amsterdam with the UK shore at...

Gazprom, E.ON sign agreement.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Gazprom has signed a cooperation agreement with German utilities giant E.ON to access the latter's European networks in return for E.ON tapping Gazprom's South-Russkoye and other gas fields. The companies will decide on the actual list of...

Ukraine reaches deal with TNK-BP.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Ukraine said it will sign a contract with BP Russian venture, TNK-BP, allowing it to ship Russian crude oil through Ukraine's Odessa-Brody pipeline to the Black Sea port of Odessa. Ukrtransnafta, the state oil transportation company, which runs...

Telvent gets final acceptance for Caspian project.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Telvent announced that it has received full acceptance for the SimSuite Pipeline Leak Detection System for the Caspian Pipeline. The completion of the extensive Leak Detection Field Test represents the final sign-off required for the Caspian...

India signs oil pipeline deal with Sudan.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp., has received clearance to invest US$200 million in an oil pipeline in Sudan, an expenditure for which India will be paid back in crude oil. The 741-km, 12-inch...

Dresser-Rand gets work on Dolphin Gas Project.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dresser-Rand Co. was tapped to provide DATUM centrifugal compression technology to Rolls-Royce Systems Ltd. as part of the $3.5 billion Dolphin Gas Project in the Middle East. The contract to D-R is valued at more than $20 million. Six D-R...

GE to supply 2nd compressor train for LNG plant in Indonesia.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... GE Energy has received a contract to supply a second compressor train for the new Tangguh LNG Project in Bintuni Bay Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia. Last year, GE was selected to supply the first compressor train for the project. When both...

Venezuela, Colombia agree to build pipeline.(International Highlights)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... On July 14, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, signed an agreement to build a 177-km gas pipeline that will interconnect both nations. The project will first supply the western region of Venezuela with...

Kazakh pipeline gets European funding.(International Highlights)(ZAO Northwest Pipeline Company MunaiTas)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will finance part of Kazakh debt in a project to build the Kenkiyak-Atyrau pipeline. The EBRD plans to provide a credit of $81.6 million to the operator of the project, ZAO Northwest Pipeline...

Pakistan taps energy solutions leak detection software for pipeline.(International Highlights)(Energy Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Pakistan, which holds 46% of total oil and 37% of total gas reserves in Pakistan, has selected Energy Solutions' advanced pipeline leak detection software for its Qadirpur Pipeline System. The...

CRC-Evans wins welding contract in Oman.(International Highlights)(CRC-Evans Automatic Welding)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... CRC-Evans Automatic Welding of Houston has won a contract to provide welding equipment and related services for a new 265-kilometer pipeline serving the Sah Nihayda gas plant in Oman. CRC-Evans will supply its P-600 dual torch welding system to...

Future looks pretty rosy: $450 billion expected to be spent in petroleum industry.
August 1, 2004... Securities analyst John E. Olson has probably seen--and personally experienced--more of the up-and-down cycles in the petroleum industry than any other analyst. Today, the well-respected energy guru believes the business is ready for an...

Welding executive upbeat over pipeline prospects.(Domestic Pipeline Construction Report)
August 1, 2004... Two overviews of domestic and international pipeline construction activity planned and under way are presented on the following pages. The first is based on an exclusive interview with Lincoln Electric Co.'s Manager of Pipeline Products, Peter...

Pipeline & Gas Journal's 2004 international pipeline construction report.(International Pipeline construction Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Pipeline & Gas Journal's latest international construction survey figures indicate 47,758 miles of new and planned pipelines are under construction and planned. Of these, 37,303 miles are projects in the planning phase and 10,455 miles account...

P&GJ's construction overview.(International Pipeline Construction Report)
August 1, 2004... There is a high level of international activity to add pipelines to meet the growing demand for natural gas, particularly for electric generation in industrialized nations. Following is a discussion of many of the major projects planned and...

Pipeline construction scorecard: projects planned and under construction.(Illustration)
August 1, 2004... Pipeline Construction Scorecard Projects Planned And Under Construction Company Name Project Name Length Cost U.S. And/Or Location (Miles) ($Million) FUTURE...

Pipelining across China offers life-altering experience.
August 1, 2004... The largest pipeline project under construction in the world is nearing completion in China. Called the West East Pipeline Project, it is a 40 inch OD natural gas pipeline that extends more than 3,850 km, from the oil and gas fields around...

Ultrasonic tool inspects long seam of ERW pipeline.(Pigging: 2004 PPSA Section)
August 1, 2004... Pre-1970 Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) pipe has increasingly become a concern in the pipeline industry due to concerns with the susceptibility to longitudinal seam failure. Suncor Energy (USA) Pipeline Company, as a part of its ongoing...

Major engineering, logistic problems overcome.(Pigging 2004 PPSA Section)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... SonelGas, the Algerian state-owned utility company, recently completed construction of a new gas-powered power station in the port area of Algiers to supplement existing regional electricity supplies. The project's success was critically...

New laws boost demand for pipe remediation systems.(Wrapping Method)
August 1, 2004... In compliance with the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline Integrity Management rule, signed Dec. 15, 2003, companies are rushing to pig and otherwise inspect the high consequence segments of their pipelines for defects, anomalies,...

Nacap completes second Indonesian Gas Pipeline.
August 1, 2004... A significant track record in pipeline projects throughout the region was one of the key factors for Nacap Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd being selected for one of its latest projects, the PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) Persero Sakernan-Kuala Tungkal Gas...

Environmental compliance: bringing technology solutions to regulatory problems.
August 1, 2004... Environmental compliance in the pipeline industry, as with any industry which must meet regulatory mandates, is typically a non-revenue generating headache even for companies amenable to dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's. This...

Pipeline Inspection Company.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... Pipeline Inspection Co. claims to have the strongest signal strength and range available among all pig tracking transmitters. One simply installs the transmitters inside the pig, launches the pig and awaits a signal from either a non-intrusive...

ClampOn, Inc.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... The ClampOn DSP Leak Monitor helps operators identify and quantify gas/liquid leaks, enabling them to take action. The theory is that any leakage will create a high frequency noise that can be monitored by an ultrasonic sensor. In a "non-leak"...

Flowserve Corp.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... Flowserve Corp. has released Flowserve StarTalk XP for Windows[R], a software package that directs the revolutionary Flowserve StarPac[R]. The world's first and only industrial valve that both controls and measures flow, StarPac is used in the...

Magal Security Systems Ltd.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... Magal Security System's PipeGuard is an innovative security system, aimed at protecting oil and gas pipelines from terrorism, theft and third-party damage. Based on state-of-the-art patent-pending embedded technologies, PipeGuard helps prevent...

Control Microsystems.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... Control Microsytems recently introduced Model 5906 Ethernet Gateway. That means the company's SCADAPack PLC/RTU series is now available with an integrated Ethernet modem. Ethernet SCADAPacks provide a secure interlace between serial RS-232/485...

Sinclair Technologies.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... Sinclair Technologies has announced its black anodized Yagi antenna. Designed to provide outstanding durability in all weather condi-tions and re-duce ice loading, the Yagi antennas have a black an-odized finish and are ideal for SCADA...

CEA Instruments.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... CEA Instruments offers the newly designed Tetra complete personal multi-gas monitor. Tetra monitors one to four gases with a single button that controls all functions. A backlit "at-a-glance" display provides simultaneous viewing of all gas...

Honeywell Sensotec.(What's New In Leak Detection, Monitoring and Inspection)
August 1, 2004... Honeywell Sensing and Control offers a hand-held vibration meter from its Sen-sotec Test and Measurement business, The portable, battery-powered Model VM enables engineers to prevent damage by monitoring machine vibration. Placing the probe...

Indonesian pipeline presents construction, environmental challenges.(Punj Lloyd)
August 1, 2004... Punj Lloyd, an Indian engineering construction company providing turnkey solutions for onshore and offshore pipelines, cryogenic tanks and terminals, moved into the Asia Pacific in 1993 by opening an office in Jakarta with an eye on...

LDCs seek revolution in rate setting.(Distribution Forum)
August 1, 2004... LDCs joined with environmentalists recently in urging state regulatory commissioners meeting in Salt Lake City to revolutionize rate structure to give the utilities an incentive to promote reduced gas use by their customers. The American...

Mustang introduces versatile welder package.(Tech Notes)(Mustang Companies Inc.)
August 1, 2004... Safety is essential in the construction of any pipeline project, making secure pipe joint connections a must. For this, Mustang Cat introduced the VEI Model 156 Welder Package that is designed to improve automatic or stick welding productivity....

Rupture Pin Technology.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... Rupture Pin Technology offers a solution to challenges arising from excess pres sure, vacuum or pressure isolation with a product that can go from straight to buckled in milliseconds to handle high and low pressures, high and low temperatures,...

Brown Bear Corp.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... Brown Bear Corp. offers a machine capable of performing two operations. The operations are backfilling and row cleaning. Brown Bear manufactures products for the utility industry used for backfilling in pipeline and tile drainage installation,...

Ashcroft.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... The Ashcroft[R] digital test gauge features 0.05% Terminal Point, Total Error Band full-scale accuracy including span, linearity, hysteresis and temperature from 0[degrees]F to 150[degrees]F, 0.66-inch display, 3-inch stainless steel case,...

Calibron Systems, Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... Calibron Systems is offering DENSITRAK[R] liquid density meters with "U" tube and Straight-Through design. Accuracy of 0.0001 g/cubic centimeter: repeatability greater than 0.01%; and operating temperature from 0[degrees]C to 121p[degrees]C. In...

Flowserve Corp.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... Flowserve Corp. has launched its Mark 100 globe control valve, described as competitively designed for improved capacity, extra-fine control, and easy maintenance. The Mark 100 delivers higher capacity in a valve than conventional globe control...

CRC-Evans weighting systems.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... The Saddle Bag Weight is used in wetland or environmentally sensitive areas. The Saddle Bags are less expensive to produce than concrete weights, easier to handle and faster to install. These weights are manufactured-to-specification bags...

TNO DIANA.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... TNO DIANA has launched DIANApipe, a version of DIANA, its general-purpose finite element analysis (FEA) software. aimed specifically at pipeline engineers. Developed in collaboration with Tebodin, Consultants & Engineers, DIANApipe intends to...

Pigs Unlimited, Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... Pigs Unlimited was founded because some companies manufacture foam pigs, some steel pigs, some cups and disc, and others manufacture brush units, but no one manufactures a total inclusive line. Pigs Unlimited fills this gap by manufacturing all...

CECO Pipeline Services.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... CECO Pipeline Services Company, Inc. offers a color folder describing its full range of pipeline maintenance services. Brochures describe and illustrate the company's enterprises involved in pipeline integrity work (anomaly digs, coating...

Voith Turbo.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... For the drive and speed control of underwater multiphase pumps at depths between 600 m and 3,000 m, Voith Turbo designed a new subsea variable-speed drive, which is sited between a fixed-speed motor and the pump (twin-speed and...

Marcel Dekker, Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... A new book, Liquid Pipeline Hydraulics, by E. Shashi Menon of SYSTEK Technologies, Inc:., Lake Havasu City, AZ is available from Marcel Dekker, Inc. The book covers liquid properties that affect flow-through pipelines, calculation of pressure...

IRISPig Inc.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... IRISPig offers ultrasonic pigging tools for thickness measurement of short piping and lines. It is described as portable, lightweight and capable of being run as either tethered or self-contained units. Data are available within minutes of pig...

Bristol Babcock.(New Products)
August 1, 2004... Bristol Babcock offers the 3808 MVT multivariable, smart transmitter. The unit provides network communication as well as accurate measurement of differential pressure, static pressure and process temperature with lower power consumption. It has...

National Energy Marketers Association (NEM).(Association News)(appointments)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Green Mountain Energy CEO and President Paul D. Thomas has been named to chair the Executive Committee of the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) for the 2004-05 term. President/CEO of Shell Energy Services Co., Steven Murray, and...

The American Gas Association.(Association News)(Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The American Gas Association recently recognized Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., as an industry leader in safe operations at a ceremony in Phoenix. Tennessee Gas executives accepted the 2003 AGA Safety Achievement...

C.S. (Stewart) Ash, P.E.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement recently named C.S. (Stewart) Ash, P.E. as the recipient of the 2004 Laurance S. Reid Award. Asia received the award for his contributions in hydrocarbon measurement. After a long career in...

Metrix Networks.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Metrix Networks Inc.)(Hanover Compression)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Metrix Networks has finalized a service agreement with Houston-based Hanover Compression to provide the electronic hardware, data communications management and data gathering and hosting for an initial deployment of 900 compressor packages....

Harsco Corporation.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Harsco Corporation has introduced a new operating and market identity for its gas containment and control-related businesses under the name Harsco GasServ. Under the Harsco GasServ banner, these businesses--Taylor-Wharton, Sherwood, Structural...

Smithco Enterprises, LLC.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc., Asheville, NC has finalized a second contract for rental franchises in Texas. Smithco Enterprises, LLC will own and operate a Volvo CE Rents center in McKinney, a suburb of Dallas. This is the second...

Battelle.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... A number of companies are reporting new office locations. Battelle reports it has relocated its Waltham, MA office to One Cranberry Hill, 750 Marrett Road, Suite 202, Lexington, MA 02421.

Tractebel Energy Services, Inc.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Tractebel Energy Services, Inc., the U.S. retail energy business of Tractebel Electricity & Gas International, has opened an operations office in Edison, NJ. The offices are located at 333 Thornall St., Sixth Floor, Edison, NJ 08818.

Wartsila Mexico.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Wartsila Mexico, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wartsila North America (WNA), is expanding its operations by opening a new service center in Veracruz. The facility is located at Calle de Constitiucion No 383 esquina Hidalgo, near the Port of...

Transmeridian Exploration, Inc.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... In Azerbaijan, Transmeridian Exploration, Inc. has opened a new operating office in Baku. The company will be targeting projects that have existing proved reserves with potential for expansion as well as those with low-risk upside...

Allegro Development Corp.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Roderick Macnab appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Also, Allegro Development Corp. opened a new office in Singapore to meet the growing demand for its software products in Asian Pacific energy markets. Roderick Macnab was named director of sales and marketing for the Asian-Pacific operations.

ISCO Industries.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(ISCO Industries L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... In addition, ISCO Industries, a leading distributor and manufacturer of HDPE piping products, has a new sales and distribution facility in Milwaukee. The facility offers pipe storage, a full line of fittings and a selection of McElroy fusion...

Maverick Tube Corp.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... In other news, Maverick Tube Corp. has announced plans to consolidate the Republic Conduit operations into a state-of-the-art facility in the Midwest. Two sites remain tinder consideration and final selection will occur later this year. The...

BJ Process & Pipeline Services' Continental Europe-Northern Africa Region.(Personnel Changes)(Iain MacLennan appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Iain MacLennan was named business development manager for BJ Process & Pipeline Services' Continental Europe-Northern Africa Region (CENA). He is responsible for driving BJ PPS business development efforts and maintaining relationships with...

Atmos Energy Corp.(Personnel Changes)(Gary Gregory appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Atmos Energy Corp. named Gary Gregory as president of its Texas Division based in Lubbock. He succeeds Tom Hawkins Jr., who was named president of the company's Louisiana Division in Baton Rouge. Gregory had been vice president, technical...