Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from December 2008

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from December 2008

Editor's notebook.
December 1, 2008... With the results of November's elections barely a week old, Don Santa, president of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) caught everyone's attention last month at the INGAA Foundation's annual conference in Palm Coast, FL...

Valerus Compression Services receives Texas Training Grant.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Valerus Compression Services will receive a $583,000 grant designed to provide formal safety and technical training as well as continuing education courses for its more than 490 Texas-based employees. The grant was...

CRC-Evans celebrates 75th year.(Newsreel)(CRC-Evans Rehabilitation Systems Inc.)
December 1, 2008... Houston-based CRC-Evans, a global provider of pipeline equipment and services, announced on Nov. 10 the launch of its 75th anniversary celebration, which honors those who built the pipeline industry. In print ads and an exclusive...

Alaska studying risks posed by oil, gas infrastructure.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Alaska is beginning a study of risks posed by its aging oil and gas infrastructure. The study was prompted by a rising number of spills, leaks and corrosion discovered on the North Slope in recent years. Leaks from two corroded oil pipes in...

El Paso trimming capital spending in 2009.(Newsreel)
December 1, 2008... El Paso Corp. announced last month it will reduce capital spending through the end of 2009 as a means to preserve cash to meet debt and other obligations. The company said plans include the sale of $150 million of several noncore assets by...

Mike Stice joins Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P.(Newsreel)(appointment of J. Mike Stice )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Chesapeake Energy Corp. has named J. Mike Stice as senior vice president--Natural Gas Projects and president/ chief operating officer of Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. (CMP). Stice spent 27 years with ConocoPhillips and predecessor...

Heating costs likely to rise 10-30%, AGA says.(Newsreel)(American Gas Association )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The American Gas Association speculates that the 2008-2009 winter heating season will probably see a 10-30% increase in home-heating costs. AGA executives said that while production activity and storage figures remain strong, several factors...

Granherne selected for two pre-FEED studies by BG Trinidad/Tobago.(Newsreel)(pre-front-end engineering and design)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... KBR's consulting subsidiary Granherne was named contractor for two pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies by BG Trinidad & Tobago (BG T&T). The contracts are valued at $1.2 million. Under the first pre-FEED study, Granherne...

PSE completes Jackson Prairie Natural Gas Storage expansion.(Newsreel)(Puget Sound Energy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Puget Sound Energy has finished a $44 million, 18-month expansion effort at the Pacific Northwest's largest natural gas storage reservoir, enabling the Lewis County facility to meet one-fourth of the region's peak wintertime demand for natural...

FERC accepts formal application for Oregon LNG.(Newsreel)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accepted Oregon LNG's formal application for an import facility located on the Skipanon Peninsula. The project will increase natural gas supplies in the Pacific Northwest and other western...

GTI wins award on advanced heat recovery technology.(Newsreel)(award for Gas Technology Institutes)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... GTI has been awarded a Chicago Innovation Award on its Transport Membrane Condenser (TMC) advanced heat recovery technology. This technology allows the capture of waste heat and water vapor from exhaust/flue gas for reuse which can increase...

ConocoPhillips committed to UAE sour gas development.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Despite the turmoil in world financial markets, ConocoPhillips indicated it remains committed to a sour gas development project in the United Arab Emirates. While the company has not disclosed how much its investment will be, outsiders have...

Falling corn prices forcing VeraSun into Chapter 11.(Newsreel)(VeraSun Energy Corp.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... VeraSun Energy, which was an up-and-coming ethanol producer a few months ago, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month because corn prices have plummeted on the stock market. VeraSun locked in when the price was $8 a bushel in...

Emerson, Fluor agree on Supplier Services contract.(Newsreel)
December 1, 2008... Emerson Process Management has been selected as a preferred supplier of automation and control instrumentation and services to Fluor Corporation. The two global industry leaders have entered into a Supplier Services Agreement to collaborate on...

Turkey, Israel and India plan transnational pipeline.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... India has scheduled talks with Turkey and Israel next month for a pipeline that could help it access crude supplies from the Central Asian and Caspian region, according to a Rigzone news report. The project to be discussed involves piping...

New MAOP leeway pretty narrow.(Government)(Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure)(Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
December 1, 2008... PHMSA finalized new rules allowing transmission companies to operate pipeline segments in Class 1 locations at 80% of specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) of the steel; but what PHMSA calls "rigorous" requirements will kill the...

Standards of conduct go INGAA's way.(Government)(Interstate Natural Gas Association of America )
December 1, 2008... You know a federal rulemaking was complicated when the chairman of the agency in charge admits: "It has been difficult to get this rule right." That may be an understatement with regard to the final rules on standard of conduct for pipelines...

OSHA lauds Flint Hills Resources for work practices.(Government)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Wichita, KS-based Flint Hills Resources employees in four Texas cities were honored by federal officials for their commitment to safe work practices. Fuel terminals, owned and operated by Flint Hills Resources, in Austin, San Antonio, Waco and...

Kinder Morgan completes pipeline expansions to 5 Nebraska plants.(Projects)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. finished a $23 million expansion of its Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission (KMIGT) pipeline to serve five new plants near Grand Island, NE, four of which will produce...

Spectra focuses on expansion projects.(Projects)(Spectra Energy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Positive open seasons could see Spectra Energy offering customers in British Columbia and the U.S. access to supplies of natural gas. In British Columbia, Spectra Energy is holding an open season to solicit...

West Virginia expansion announced.(Projects)
December 1, 2008... NiSource Inc. unit Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. and MarkWest Energy Partners, LP are in discussions with natural gas producers regarding plans to provide new gathering and processing services near Columbia Gas' Cobb aggregation system in...

Bredero Shaw awarded pipe coating work.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Bredero Shaw has received a contract in excess of $60 million to provide concrete weight coatings (CWC) and anode installation for the National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd.'s North East Offshore (NEO) and Tobago Pipeline Projects. ...

Work begins on Mexico-U.S. pipeline.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A Pemex subsidiary has begun construction of a controversial multimillion-dollar fuel pipeline that will run from far East El Paso County to Juarez. The U.S. State Department issued an approved presidential permit on Oct. 8 to PMI Services...

VSW to supply pipe for Turkmen-China pipeline.(Projects)(Vyksun Steel Works )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Russia's Vyksun Steel Works (VSW), part of the United Metallurgical Company (OMK), is manufacturing and supplying large diameter pipe for the construction of the Turkmenistan--China gas pipeline. OMK will supply a total of 355,000 tons of...

Global to begin work in Bay of Campeche.(Projects)(Global Industries Ltd.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Global Industries Ltd. is scheduled to begin work for Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for pipeline work in the company's Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Bay of Campeche. The $46 million project is scheduled to begin in March 2009 and be...

Leaf River Energy's storage facility gains FERC certificate.(Projects)(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Leaf River Energy Center LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westport, CT-based NGS Energy LP, has received a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorizing development and...

Dresser-Rand wins equipment order for floating LNG plant.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Dresser-Rand has received a Letter of Authorization to Proceed from Kanfa Aragon to supply the compression equipment for the world's first floating liquefaction plant (FLNG), the Flex LNG Ltd. LNGP1, destined for operation offshore Nigeria. The...

Atlantida Socotherm awarded coating contract in Venezuela.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Atlantida Socotherm, a subsidiary of Socotherm, was awarded the concrete weight coating of the Dragon-Cigma pipeline that will be installed off Venezuela as part of the Mariscal Sucre LNG project being developed by PDVSA, Shell, Mitsubishi and...

China to build more pipelines.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... According to recent news reports, China plans to build a total of 93,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines in the coming 12 years. The figure was reported at the fifth China International Pipeline Exhibition, held in Langfang Hebei Province. ...

Construction of Kenyan-Ugandan pipeline scheduled.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Kenyan and Ugandan officials expect construction of the long awaited Kampala-Eldoret oil pipeline to transport petroleum products to start early next year. Current plans indicate that the 220-mile pipeline will be in place by July 2010.

TNK-BP deliver first oil to East Siberian oil pipeline.(Projects)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... TNK-BP has commenced deliveries of crude oil produced at the Verhnechonskoye (VC) field to the East Siberian oil pipeline. TNK-BP Chief Operating Officer Tim Summers said, "The first shipment of VC crude into the East Siberian oil pipeline...

Iran, Russia, Qatar moving forward on gas cartel.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Russians, Qataris and Iranians--who account for nearly a third of the world's natural gas exports--are discussing forming a natural gas cartel similar to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The notion of a gas cartel is...

South Korea agrees to import Siberian gas from Russia.(International)
December 1, 2008... South Korea has agreed to a $US90 billion deal to import Siberian gas from Russia. The deal could enable Moscow to diversify away from Europe while bringing South Korea closer to its neighbor via "pipeline diplomacy". South Korea wants to...

Common pipeline suggested for Southeast Asia.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew called for a common grid and pipeline for Southeast Asia while emphasizing the need for a cooperative stance against climate change. Lee told the Singapore Energy Conference that despite previous negative...

Chances slimmer for Nabucco pipeline project.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The fate of the proposed 3,300-kin Nabucco pipeline appears to be hanging by a thread. A senior European Union official said in Brussels last month that transit talks with Turkey have stalled. In addition, Azerbaijan is dithering between...

Shell may move team of foreign workers to Iraq.(International)(Royal Dutch Shell Plc)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Royal Dutch Shell Plc may become the first major western company to move a large team of foreign workers to Iraq, the London-based Times reported. Shell may send up to 200 workers to Basra after signing a preliminary deal worth $4 billion to...

China's Second West East pipeline exceeds 1,000 km.(International)(China National Petroleum Corp.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has completed 1,024 km of the Second West East gas pipeline, which will interconnect with the Turkmenistan to China gas pipeline. The $US23.3 billion project involves construction of a 6,500-km...

Caspian gas pipeline comes together.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Moscow has ratified an intergovernmental agreement between Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the building of the Caspian gas pipeline. The accord was originally signed by the countries in December 2007. Turkmenistan and...

Sakhalin pipeline now complete.(International)(Sakhalin Energy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The construction of Sakhalin Energy Company's (SEC) 800-km gas pipeline has been completed. Gas will soon be supplied from the offshore shelf deposits in the Sea of Okhotsk to the Prigorodnoye port in Sakhalin's south. First shipment is...

Saudi Aramco, ConocoPhillips delay Yanbu project.(International)(Saudi Arabian Oil Co.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Saudi Aramco and ConocoPhillips will halt the bidding process associated with construction of the planned 400,000 bpd export refinery at the Yanbu Industrial City in Saudi Arabia, citing uncertainties in financial and contracting markets. The...

Gazprom may work with ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips on LNG projects in Arctic Peninsula.(International)(Liquefied natural gas )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Gazprom is considering U.S. majors ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips for its liquefied natural gas projects in the Arctic Yamal Peninsula, according to Alexander Medvedev, the firm's deputy chairman. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller met with...

South Korea eyes greater pipeline opportunities with Russia.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... South Korea's growing economy is hungry for oil and is actively competing with China for oil and natural gas from Russia. South Korea is interested in getting a spur of the Asian pipeline being built by Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft as a...

China predicts pipeline increase through 2020.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... China will build a total of 150,000 km of oil and gas pipelines in the coming 12 years, according to figures released at the recently held China International Pipeline Exhibition. Pipelines now under construction include the Second West East...

GE Oil & Gas sets installation record in China.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... GE Oil & Gas recently completed work ahead of schedule for two of the final four compression stations being built for an expansion of China's landmark West-to-East Gas Pipeline, increasing the supply of natural gas to Shanghai prior to the...

Baku-Supsa pipeline online again.(International)(Baku-Supsa )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... BP has resumed operations at the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline that was closed for three months due to the recent hostilities between Georgia and Russia. The pipeline will operate at a capacity of 90,000 bpd and will gradually be increased until the...

Iran and Turkey sign MoU.(International)(Memorandum of Understanding )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Iran and Turkey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of two phases of Iran's South Pars gas field and the transfer of gas to Turkey before progressing to Europe. The South Pars project, which is the northern...

Construction nears on Myanmar Pipeline Project.(International)(Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Construction of the $US2.9 billion Myanmar Pipeline Project will start early next year following an agreement between China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise. The oil and gas pipeline project will connect a...

Junggar Basin pipeline network leaps into action.(International)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The Junggar Basin pipeline network, with a total length of 1,515 km and a capacity of 12 Bcm/a of gas, recently became operational after a two week trial. China anticipates that the pipeline network will satisfy the need for gas transmission in...

Sakhalin II development to begin LNG deliveries in 2009.(International)(Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd.,)(Liquefied natural gas)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... After a long delay, shipments of LNG from Russia's Sakhalin Island to Japan are scheduled to begin early next year under the Sakhalin-II project. According to Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., a new plant at the Sakhalin II...

Tight credit, other problems making perfect storm for energy.(Burner Tip)
December 1, 2008... Like a perfect storm--it all came at the same time--financial markets collapsing and bringing on tight credit; high crude oil prices making gasoline go over $4/gal for a time and causing demand destruction" then a 60% decline in crude oil and...

A measurement Christmas carol.(Measurement Matters)
December 1, 2008... Marley was dead to begin with. He died several years earlier. Scrooge and he had been partners. They had operated their measurement department with precision and control, or so they thought. In reality, they chose the easy way. They knew a lot...

UCT + you ... the perfect fit!(Underground Construction Technology: International Conference & Exhibition)
December 1, 2008... Greetings! It's mere weeks before we open the doors to the 15th annual Underground Construction Technology International Conference & Exhibition. Weeks until contractors, municipalities, consulting engineers, pipeline managers and many...

Travel.(Underground Construction Technology: International Conference & Exhibition)
December 1, 2008... Getting to UCT The San Antonio International Airport is eight miles away and is served by 12 airlines, offering non-stop flights from major domestic and international destinations. Our official airline partner is Air Tran. Call the...

UCT 2008 products & services guide.(Buyers guide)
December 1, 2008... Astec Underground/American Augers #121 www.astecunderground.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Astec DD-1215 provides power in a compact package. The new Astec EarthPro Series DD-1215 horizontal directional drill offers 12,000 lbs. of...

Pipeline & Gas Journal's 2008-2009 line pipe tables.
December 1, 2008... Line Pipe Tables Abbreviations Denoting Type of Production Process CBW = Continuous Butt Weld CSR = Continuous Butt Weld Stretch Reduced EFW = Electric Fusion Weld EFW-DSA = Electric Fusion Weld- Double...

Gas demand, maintenance projected to drive distribution spending.(P&GJ's 43rd Annual Pipe Report)
December 1, 2008... The U.S. saw an increase in total natural gas consumption in 2007, its first since 2004. According to the Energy Information Administration, consumption rose 6.2% in 2007 to 23 Tcf, compared with 21.7 Tcf in 2006. The EIA's Short-Term Energy...

Rapid crack propagation increasingly important in gas applications: a status report.(PE Pipe)
December 1, 2008... Polyethylene (PE) is the primary material used for gas pipe applications. Because of its flexibility, ease of joining and long-term durability, along with lower installed cost and lack of corrosion, gas companies want to install PE pipe instead...

Flood response pre-planning pays off for PSE&G.
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Through extra effort during two major storms in an eight-year period, Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) of New Jersey was able to overcome some major obstacles in responding to the gas and electric outages and...

Pipeline permitting process eased by early state, local involvement.(Cultural Resource Evaluation)
December 1, 2008... The inventory, evaluation and treatment of cultural resources represent a significant challenge for those charged with siting and permitting natural gas pipelines. Recent pipeline projects in the U.S. have involved environmental study corridors...

Integrated pipeline GIS finance and work management.(Geographic information systems)
December 1, 2008... Traditionally cost accounting, materials procurement, maintenance planning, geospatial pipeline data, and work processes have been maintained separately in different systems with redundancy and manual handoffs of information. Pipeline operators...

Enduro Pipeline Services.(What's New In ... Pigs, Pigging And HDPE Fusion And Fittings)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enduro Pipeline Services says it now is offering dual-diameter DigiTel Flux Logger (DfL[TM]) utilizing "Magnetic Flux Leakage" (MFL) technology. Pipe ranges covered are said to be 10 inches x 12 inches, 8 inches x 10...

Steve Vick International.(What's New In ... Pigs, Pigging And HDPE Fusion And Fittings)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steve Vick International offers a new gas service taper tool that it describes as a safe alternative for chamfering PE pipe. The company says when dead inserting gas services from outside the premises, it is...

GE oil & gas--PII Pipeline Solutions.(What's New In ... Pigs, Pigging And HDPE Fusion And Fittings)
December 1, 2008... GE's PII Pipeline Solutions has published a four page, color brochure that says the company's new MagneScan[TM] takes in-line inspection data to its highest level yet. The company says it has re-invented MFL technology, combining its newest and...

Ritmo America.(What's New In ... Pigs, Pigging And HDPE Fusion And Fittings)
December 1, 2008... The Polyfusion 10 sheet welder from Ritmo America is said by the company to weld PE, PP, PVC and PVDF sheets by butt fusion. The machine performs three different fusions: plane butt, circular (for making tubes and/or cylinders) and angular...

Lymtech Scientific.(What's New In ... Pigs, Pigging And HDPE Fusion And Fittings)
December 1, 2008... Lymtech Scientific has launched a new size of Lymsat's Prep Wipe for Electrofusion pipe joints. The company says HDPE pipe installers can now choose 96% Isopropyl Alcohol Presaturated E-Fusion Prep Wipes in 4 x 3 inches or 8 x 6 inches...

Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group.(What's New In ... Pigs, Pigging And HDPE Fusion And Fittings)
December 1, 2008... Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group (PMG) has introduced the CPCM[TM] Inline Cathodic Inspection (ILI) Service which the company describes as the industry's first method to assess the effectiveness of a cathodic protection system from inside...

The Structure Group.(What's New)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Structure Group[R], which says it is an industry leader in strategic business consulting services for energy industry companies, offers a regulatory compliance program designed to help market participants fully...

Konecranes Americas.(What's New)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Konecranes, a manufacturer of overhead lifting equipment, offers the CXT1[R] electric wire rope hoist. It is said to be made for one and two ton lifting applications where smooth, trouble-free performance is...

BJ Pipeline Inspection Services.(What's New)
December 1, 2008... A 12-page PDF brochure is offered on the company's website devoted to its pipeline inspection services. The brochure says that BJ Pipeline Inspection Services introduced the patented GEOPIG tool in 1988. Since that time, according to the...

Walker Technical Resources.(What's New)
December 1, 2008... Walker Technical Resources offers what it describes as an innovative composite pipe repair product, "Technowrap" PRS. WTR says the latest innovative technology that has been added to the company's existing product line is a composite repair...

American Superconductor.(What's New)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... American Superconductor Corporation says it is preparing four distribution voltage Static VAR Compensator (SVC) solutions for a major oil pipeline company to manage power demand at pumping stations. The SVC systems will be deployed on an oil...

Intertec.(What's New)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Intertec has begun offering a passively cooled enclosure that it says exploits a novel phase-change material to maintain the temperature of electronics equipment 10 degrees lower than peak ambient temperatures....

EnSolve Biosystems.(What's New)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Anadarko Petroleum and its services contractor, Weatherford International Ltd, have deployed a pair of biotechnology water treatment systems from EnSolve Biosystems for a natural gas pipeline network in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The EnSolve...

Critical Pan-European Oil Pipeline moves forward.(pipeline construction UPDATE)
December 1, 2008... Romania launched the Constantato-Trieste Pipeline Project to connect the following route: Romania Serbia-Croatia-Slovenia-Italy. That project is now known within the European Union as the Pan-European Oil Pipeline-PEOP Project. And that project...

Gas pipelines from Azerbaijan could provide impetus for Middle East peace.(pipeline construction UPDATE)
December 1, 2008... Special To Pipeline & Gas Journal Azerbaijan's massive hydrocarbon resources have begun to attract the attention of an increasing number of energy-poor nations in the Middle East, including Israel and Jordan. While the logistical problems...

New studies may determine outcome for Mackenzie pipeline.(pipeline construction UPDATE)
December 1, 2008... P&GJ Staff Report The proposed Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) may be languishing in bureaucratic offices in Canada, but apparently it is not ready to be killed off. Under the auspices of the seven-member Joint Review Panel (JRP), a series of...

Moscow playing hardball on Nord Stream plans.(pipeline construction UPDATE)
December 1, 2008... Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned last month that Russia might abandon the Nord Stream gas pipeline planned connect the Baltic seabed to Germany. It is now suggested that Russia could switch to liquefaction and export the LNG from Russia's...

Wood Mackenzie expects gas prices of $5-6 MMBtu to 2015.(pipeline construction UPDATE)
December 1, 2008... peaking at Wood Mackenzie's recent Houston Energy Forum, Jen Snyder, Head of Wood Mackenzie North American Gas Research, presented the company's new--lower than previous estimates and current market view--U.S. natural gas price outlook, warning...

Field testing of innovative slurry water treatment solution.(pipeline construction UPDATE)
December 1, 2008... This case study involves the construction and operation of an in-field treatment stem for dewatered slurry pumped out of a pipe trench in a stream crossing at Drakes Creek in Portland, TN. The project was part of the Midwestern Gas...

Simulation helps reduce pressure drop on gas turbine inlet duct by 50%+.
December 1, 2008... Duke Energy uses a GE Frame 5 gas turbine to drive a compressor used in a natural gas pipeline. The intake system required retrofitting with a silencer to meet current regulations and the need also existed to reduce particle contamination. The...

MCS conducts pipeline integrity trials for BP.(Offshore)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MCS, a subsidiary of the John Wood Group PLC, has completed trials to assess the capabilities of more cost-effective inspection methods to establish the integrity of subsea pipelines on BP's deepwater assets. ...

Arthur D. Little predicts subsea sector consolidation.(Offshore)(Report)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The subsea oil and gas sector faces significant challenges to ensure future growth, says a report by Arthur D. Little. The report, "Opportunities and threats in the maturing subsea market," warns that shortages of skilled personnel, production...

Petrobras charters pipelay vessel.(Offshore)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Technip has been awarded a $100 million charter contract by Petrobras for a two-year charter of the Normand Progress, a vessel specializing in flexible pipeline installation. The contract includes engineering and support services, as well as an...

AMEC and SeaMetric team up to provide decommissioning services.(Offshore)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... AMEC and the marine heavy-lilting company SeaMetric International AS have signed a cooperation agreement to provide a new international offshore decommissioning service for clients. The combination of skills from the two companies is expected...