Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from July 2007

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from July 2007

Editor's notebook.
July 1, 2007... They're debating yet another energy bill on Capitol Hill these days, but don't hold much hope out for any significant developments that will either lessen our reliance on imports or reduce prices. This is now a perpetual charade for the...

CRC supplying equipment for pipeline project in Wales and England.(Newsreel)(CRC-Evans Automatic Welding)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... CRC-Evans Automatic Welding is supplying equipment for a major pipeline project under construction in the Welsh and English countryside. Following a 122-mile (196 km) route from Felindre, near Swansea in South Wales, to Tirley, Gloucestershire,...

Phillips resigns from enterprise products.(Newsreel)
July 1, 2007... Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced on June 4 that Robert G. Phillips resigned as director, president and CEO of its general partner, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, effective June 30. No reason was given for Phillips' departure. Dan...

Tillerson suggests northern pipelines now too expensive to build.(Newsreel)(Rex Tillerson)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... With costs more than doubling to more than $15 billion, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson told reporters after the company's annual shareholders meeting in Dallas last month that it is probably too expensive to build a long-proposed natural gas...

Consumers want energy independence but still prefer NIMBY.(Newsreel)(Not In My Backyard)(Survey)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... While 90% said the U.S. needs to find ways to produce more of its own oil rather than rely so heavily on foreign sources and 80% said they were concerned about energy self-sufficiency, most Americans oppose the construction of oil refineries or...

AT&V sells oil storage, pipeline equipment to Ghana.(Newsreel)(American Tank & Vessel Inc.)(Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... American Tank & Vessel Inc. (AT&V), with offices in Houston and headquartered in Mobile, AL, will export oil storage tanks and pipelines to the Republic of Ghana backed by a $109.5 million loan guarantee from the Export-Import Bank of the...

R&D funding for transmission, distribution sectors falls by $25 million, study finds.(natural gas)(research and development)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... A study from the American Gas Foundation shows that funding for research and development of the natural gas transmission and distribution sectors (T&D) has dropped nearly 50% from three years ago. The report, titled "Research and...

Gas pipeline proposed from Czech Republic to Baltic.(Newsreel)
July 1, 2007... The Czech branch of German energy company RWE is considering construction of a high-capacity natural gas pipeline that will connect the Czech Republic to the Baltic Sea. By installing this line, RWE would prepare for the projected 2012...

Texas FutureGen sites pass initial environmental review.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... The Texas effort to host FutureGen advanced significantly with the announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy that the proposed sites in Odessa and Jewett both passed the initial environmental review. DOE has already scheduled public...

MAN TURBO AG to supply gas turbine for pipeline station.(Newsreel)(E.ON Engineering)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... E.ON Engineering has awarded MAN TURBO AG a contract to supply a gas turbine compressor unit, consisting of an FT8-55 gas turbine with a drive power of 25 MW and a pipeline compressor. The system will be used in the Waidhaus Pipeline Station of...

Interpipe to open pipe coating plant in Ukraine.(Newsreel)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Interpipe is building a new production line for external anticorrosive coating for seamless and welded pipes for oil and gas transportation. The new line is situated at the company's Interpipe Novomoskovsky Pipe Plant in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine....

PHMSA proposes new safety measures for low-stress liquid lines.(Government)
July 1, 2007... With Congress peering over its shoulder, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is strengthening its low-stress liquids pipeline safety regulation, which was proposed last September, and then revamped in mid-May 2007...

FERC uses new penalty authority on gas companies.(Government)(United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Columbia Gulf Transmission paid the federal government a $2 million fine for refusing to allow Tennessee Gas Pipeline to build an interconnection at the Blue Water Project in Louisiana. The two companies own and operate Blue Water jointly. It...

Senate approves energy bill.(Government)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) praised the Senate 65-27 passage of an energy bill that focuses on new sources of energy and conservation to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. The bill includes major provisions initiated by Lugar, including...

Gulf interstate engineering wins Enbridge contracts.(Projects)
July 1, 2007... Gulf Interstate Engineering Company has won a contract from subsidiaries of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. and Enbridge Inc. to provide detailed engineering, design, and procurement services for the U.S. portion of the Alberta Clipper and...

Pipeline companies, operators form Gulf emergency response cooperative.(Projects)(BP Exploration and Production Inc., ENI Exploration Co., Enbridge Inc., Enterprise Products Partners L.P.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enbridge, two Gulf of Mexico pipeline operators, along with Gulf of Mexico producers BP Exploration and Production, Inc. and Eni have formed a cooperative arrangement that will improve access to repair...

Millennium receives approvals to construct pipeline.(Projects)(Millennium Pipeline Co.)(Army Corps of Engineers)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... The Millennium Pipeline Company has received two major environmental approvals, paving the way for the construction of its 181-mile, natural gas pipeline across New York's Southern Tier and lower Hudson Valley The Buffalo and New York City...

Canadian crude headed south?(Projects)(Enbridge Inc. and ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. planning a pipeline)
July 1, 2007... Enbridge and ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. are involved in a joint study that could ultimately evolve into the construction of a 1,000+ mile pipeline from a transportation hub in Patoka, IL to the Gulf Coast, which would expand the market for...

Gas storage facility planned in southwestern Pennsylvania.(Projects)(Tenaska Power Fund L P. and eCORP LLC)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Tenaska Power Fund L P., of Omaha and eCORP, LLC, of Houston plan to develop a new high-performance natural gas storage facility near Uniontown in southwestern Pennsylvania. The facility will be developed by a jointly owned entity, Chestnut...

NEB approves $350 million Brunswick Pipeline.(Projects)(Canada's National Energy Board)(Emera Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... As expected, Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) has given its seal of approval to Brunswick Pipeline, owned by Emera Inc., for its proposed US$330 million Brunswick Pipeline from the Canaport LNG project site at Saint John to a connection...

Weatherford wins pipeline project in Taiwan.(Projects)(Weatherford's Pipeline & Specialty Services Group)(Taichung-Tunghsiao-Tatan Offshore Gas Pipeline System)(Taiwan's Tatan power plant)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Weatherford's Pipeline & Specialty Services Group has been awarded its first offshore gas pipeline project in Taiwan. Work commences third quarter 2007. The scope of work includes cleaning, gauging and flooding operations, as well as...

Enagas studies Nigeria-Algeria gas pipeline link.(Projects)(Empresa Nacional del Gas S.A.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Enagas SA is considering construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria to the Algerian coast. As proposed, the pipeline will be 2,796 miles long and cross Nigeria, the Niger and Algeria up to the Mediterranean coast. It is set to begin...

Maritimes & northeast holds open season for phase V expansion.(Projects)(Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.P.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline is launching an open season to gather support for the system's second major expansion. The open season for the planned Phase V expansion extends to Aug. 31. Maritimes is seeking customer interest in Canada and the...

EnergySolutions to implement PipelineTransporter at Freeport LNG terminal.(Projects)(PipelineTransporter-Gas[R])(Freeport LNG Development L.P.)(Energy Solutions International Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Energy Solutions International, Inc., a Houston-based supplier of oil and gas pipeline management software, recently announced that Freeport LNG Development L.P., (FLNG) has selected its PipelineTransporter-Gas[R] application to manage gas...

Quoddy Bay LNG facility to use new vaporization technology.(Projects)(Black & Veatch Corp.)(liquified natural gas)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Quoddy Bay LNG announced a new development will be incorporated into its 2 Bcf/d LNG import facility to be located in Washington County, ME. Quoddy Bay's lead engineering company, Black & Veatch has developed a new patent-pending vaporization...

Willbros to build 80-mile gas pipeline for ETP.(Projects)(Willbros Group Inc.)(Energy Transfer Partners L.P.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... The construction operations unit of the Willbros Group Inc. was awarded a contract by Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (ETP) to build an 80-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline from Farrar to Kountze, TX. ETP officials anticipate construction beginning...

Falcon's MoBay storage hub affiliate gets corps of engineers permit.(Projects)(Falcon Gas Storage Co.)(MoBay Storage Hub LLC)(Army Corps of Engineers )(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Falcon Gas Storage Company, Inc. has obtained a final permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for MoBay Storage Hub LLC authorizing construction of its 50 Bcf gas storage facility. Located in Mobile County, AL, MoBay will provide natural...

Construction of central Asian pipeline to start in 2008.(International)(says Mikhail Fradkov )(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said construction of a pipeline to transport gas from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan along the Caspian Sea coast to Russia would begin in the second half of 2008. "By Sept. 1 we have to draft an...

Gazprom may help Greece build gas line.(International)(OAO Gazprom)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Gazprom said it will study a Greek proposal to build a gas pipeline alongside the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. That pipeline would eye the same southeast European markets as Nabucco, the project to diversify European supplies by...

Russia, China in gas pipeline talks.(International)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Russia and China are in talks to develop a gas pipeline between the two countries. Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko told Reuters. Russia wanted to build gas pipelines from gas fields in eastern and western Siberia. Decisions would be made...

New pipeline between Italy, Greece endorsed.(International)(built by Edison Gas S.p.A. and DEPA of Greece)(European Commission)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... A gas pipeline stretching under the Ionian Sea between Italy and Greece was conditionally approved by the European Commission. The Poseidon pipeline is being built by Italy's Edison and DEPA of Greece. The EC is giving the firms preferred...

BG Group finalizing Middle East gas project.(International)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... BG Group is set to conclude a deal worth an estimated US$4 billion to supply gas from a field offshore Gaza in Palestine Authority waters to Israel. Officials from BG will meet Israeli negotiators to sign a 15-year supply contract covering...

Chevron to invest $US4 billion in Asian gas projects.(International)
July 1, 2007... Chevron is planning to invest $US4 billion in gas projects in Asia this year. "The company sees Asia as a very attractive place for investment for future growth," Managing Director of Chevron Asia South Steve Green told Dow Jones...

GAIL to double pipeline network, triple revenues by 2011.(International)(Gas Authority of India Ltd.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Expansion of Gas Authority of India Limited's (GAIL) pipeline network underpins the company's plans to almost triple its revenues to $US11 billion by 2011. Plans are to double GAIL's pipeline network to 11,195 km by 2011 by building new...

Uncertainties of measuring systems.(Part 3 Of A 3-Part Series)
July 1, 2007... Measuring systems include several measuring instruments. The uncertainty of a measuring system includes uncertainties of its measuring instruments. Based on previously stated uncertainties of measuring instruments, we are able to evaluate...

Successful fluid leak detection benefits from Coriolis Flowmeters.
July 1, 2007... Over the past three decades the strategy for pipeline safety has remained virtually unchanged: prevent leaks that an operator can control and promptly detect and quickly repair the rest. Risk-based analysis has favored the pursuit of both...

Simulation helps quantify risks in LNG terminal design.(liquefied natural gas)
July 1, 2007... Is liquefied natural gas (LNG) the solution to part of the nation's energy shortage or is it a dangerous terrorist target? A looming domestic natural gas shortage has led to increased public debate about the construction of new LNG terminals in...

Use of differential pressure flowmeters expands with the petroleum industry.
July 1, 2007... Rising prices and expanding production in the petroleum industry has increased the need for flow measurement. Differential pressure (DP) flowmeters are among the most widely used in the industry. In fact, the use of DP flowmeters is on the rise...

A crucial part of GIS for oil and gas database models.(geographic information system)(Discussion)
July 1, 2007... The structure of a pipeline company's data model is important to any company's geographic information system (GIS) implementation. Database model selection is one of the first steps in building a GIS since all of the data for the GIS will...

Model improves measurement and control; helps locate liquids.
July 1, 2007... Increasing demand for natural gas and the changing composition of supplies has created variations in the properties of natural gas in the pipeline grid. This has raised safety concerns and operational issues for transporters as well as...

Automation Products, Inc.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Automation Products, Inc., has published the Dynatrol[R] 50th Anniversary CD Catalog devoted to its line of on-stream process analyzers, measurement and control instruments, level detectors and new accessories. The Density Section highlights...

Flo-tech.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Flo-tech[TM] says its portable hydraulic testers can make all flow, pressure and temperature measurements simultaneously from one point. The testers are designed for fast diagnostic troubleshooting of all types of mobile or stationary hydraulic...

GE Inspection Technologies.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... GE Inspection Technologies has published a four-page brochure in which it says its Weldstar is the latest pipeline girth weld inspection system. It features a combination of conventional and Phased Array ultrasonics. GE says thiscombination...

3M oil and gas.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... 3M offers a 12-page brochure focusing on its products and services to customers in 30 oil and gas producing regions around the world. 3M entered the oil and gas business 50 years ago and now offers nearly 10,000 3M products and materials for...

Cameron's Flow Control.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Cameron's Flow Control business recently held an open house at its Actuation Control Center in northwest Houston. The company produced a brochure illustrating the center's mission of supporting Western Hemisphere Actuation Market from Houston....

Rupture Pin Technology.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Rupture Pin Technology offers a four-page brochure devoted to its color-coded Rupture Pin Valve pressure relief and emergency shutdown applications. The company says it has built many valves since 1990 and asserts that its proven technology is...

Emerson Process Management.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Emerson Process Management announces the CSI XP32 Machinery Health Expert to monitor plant machinery. The system fills the gap between the world's leading two-channel portable analyzer and the permanently installed online vibration monitor. The...

Lincoln Electric Company.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... The Power Wave AC/DC 1000 inverter power source from The Lincoln Electric Company has been designed as part of a modular welding system for single or multiple arc applications targeted at submerged arc customers with these objectives: increased...

SpectraSensors, Inc.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... SpectraSensors says the costs, hazardous waste and other maintenance issues associated with lead acetate tape systems, UV analyzers, chromatographs and other technologies traditionally used by process industries for H2S measurement can now be...

FF-Automation Oy.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... FF-Automation, founded in 1976, manufactures AutoLog[R] RTUs. It also designs and supplies complete automation systems for remote monitoring and control applications. Producers are using Autolog RTUs to control oil pipelines, cathodic...

FMC Technologies Inc.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... FMC Technologies Inc. has launched a configurable flow management computer to provide graphical information for multiple liquid and gas petroleum metering systems allowing operators to continuously monitor operations, record historical data,...

Iconics, Inc.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Iconics, Inc. offers its flagship industrial automation software suite, Genesis32, providing Web-based HMI/SCADA visualization. It connects to real-time and historical data through firewalls and integrates with standard Internet browser...

Metso Automation Valvcon.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Valvcon[R] brand of Metso Automation has developed a series of training videos for its actuators and board options. They are available online or in DVD form. Ranging from two to eight minutes, the videos use animations with voiceovers to inform...

Weed Instrument.(What's New ... In Measurement, Instrumentation, Signs And Markers)
July 1, 2007... Weed Instrument offers a new permanently installed sensor, designed to provide convenient and accurate temperature measurement of liquid hydrocarbons in tanks or other large storage vessels. The ACCU-TEMP Type M Tank Measurement Sensor...

Measuring flow of high-viscosity liquids.
July 1, 2007... Measuring custody transfer of high-viscosity fluids has always presented challenges, and as the world relies increasingly on heavy crudes with various amounts of wax, bitumen and sand, the challenge increases. Crude oils typically flow at rates...

New pipeline planned for Malaccan strait.
July 1, 2007... Plans are under way for the construction of a $7 billion oil pipeline that will allow oil shipped from the Middle East to East Asia to bypass the busy Malacca Strait, after Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi granted approval for the...

200-year-old shipwreck recovery begins in gulf.(Offshore)
July 1, 2007... Excavation of a historic shipwreck located in federal waters 40 miles off the Louisiana coast began in late May when archaeologists from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) and Texas A&M University's...

Regulators reject planned LNG terminal off California.(Offshore)(liquified natural gas)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected an application by an Australian energy company to build an $800 million floating LNG terminal off the southern California coast. BHP Billiton's proposal previously was rejected by the State...

McDermott purchases 14 multi-purpose vessels.(Offshore)
July 1, 2007... J. Ray McDermott, S.A. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Secunda International Limited, including 14 harsh-weather, multi-functional vessels, with capabilities which include subsea construction,...

BJ services expands hydrohammer fleet.(Offshore)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... BJ Tubular Services is expanding its fleet of hydraulic hydrohammers with the addition of the S-280, the group's most powerful hydrohammer. Its ability to drive bigger piles and achieve deeper penetration will enable BJ to drive the larger...

Aker Kvaerner awarded subsea umbilical contract in gulf.(Offshore)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a US$14 million contract to supply subsea umbilicals to Helix Energy Solutions through its subsidiary Energy Resource Technology, Inc. The contract includes engineering, management and manufacturing for Helix's...

Central gulf OCS lease sale scheduled.(Offshore)(Outer Continental Shelf Oil)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has proposed that a lease sale be held in the newly configured Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. Lease Sale 205 is scheduled for Oct. 3 and is the first Central GOM sale to be held in the MMS 2007--2012...

High-performance PE resin for distribution pipe applications.(Tech Notes: Product Developments)
July 1, 2007... Special To Pipeline & Gas Journal The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) recently introduced CONTINUUM[TM] DGDA-2420 NT Bimodal Polyethylene resin, the first bimodal medium density resin produced in North America. The product is designed for gas...

Natural gas interstate pipeline shows new players in ownership.(Tech Notes: Product Development)(Statistical table)
July 1, 2007... In the June 2007 issue of P&GJ, the article on gas interstate transportation described the evolution of the U.S. natural gas interstate pipeline system over the last 15 years as federal decontrol of the pipelines continued. Most of the...

Provider of hard inner lining is looking at line pipe market.(Tech Notes: Product Development)
July 1, 2007... (Pipeline & Gas Journal does not endorse any product or service) Sub-One Technology of Pleasanton, CA, says it has a new technology to apply a lining--described as "super-hard, amorphous and inert"--on downhole tools, couplers and drill...

Vermeer introduces CD tutorial for HDD planning.(Tech Notes: Prodcut Development)
July 1, 2007... Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal (Pipeline & Gas Journal does not endorse and does not seek to appear to endorse products or services.) Vermeer Manufacturing Co. recently introduced Bore Pilot[TM], a horizontal irectional drilling...

Cameron's flow control division.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Cameron's new flow control division facility in Houston offers a 24-page brochure focusing on its Ledeen[TM] valve actuators. The facility's capabilities include the assembly and testing of flow control equipment, specifically the Ledeen...

Dresser-Rand.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Dresser-Rand offers a brochure devoted to its line of Datum centrifugal compressors. D-R says the Datum line of centrifugal was designed for maximum performance in all pressure and flow applications. D-R says the Datum line's efficiency,...

Lincoln Electric Company.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Lincoln Electric's family of Pipeliner[R] products has grown with the additions of six new stick electrodes--the 7P+, 8P+, 17P, 18P, 19P and 20P. They help position Pipeliner as a more complete line for application solutions in the pipeline...

Zeck Systems.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Zeck Systems says the Z9000 is an optically based, pumpless odorizer for natural gas that the company is now offering in a new package. It is a turnkey approach to odorization focused on small to mid sized natural gas odorization needs. The 4x8...

Ametek.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Ametek Process Instruments says its Model 5100-NCM Analyzer is a tunable diode laser system that directly measures water vapor concentration in natural gas. It is said to offer natural gas producers, pipeline operators and service companies...

Caterpillar.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Caterpillar recently introduced three mid-sized hydraulic excavators--the 320D L with standard swing radius, the 320D LRR with reduced swing radius and the 321D LCR with compact radius. The D-Series machines are said to feature greater...

Cuming Corporation.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Cuming Corporation says its new C-FLOAT syntactic foam materials combine the functions of buoyancy and thermal insulation for long-term deep sea use. These materials, when cast into precisely engineered modules, are described as being ideal for...

Duoline Technologies.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Duoline[R] Technologies has released its new literature, "The Truth of Why you Need Duoline." Duoline points out that the cost of replacing failed subsea flow lines is extremely high and anyone installing line pipe needs information. In...

Equalizer International.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Equalizer International--a UK-based engineering design business--has launched the latest product in what it describes as its revolutionary Zero-Gap flange spreading range. The Zero-Gap is said to be a revolutionary range of tools which can...

Gas Certification Institute.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Gas Certification Institute (GCI), a Houston-based gas measurement training facility, offers standard operating procedures (SOP) designed to provide a written process for gas measurement. Crafted in a Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) format for gatherers,...

Phoenix Contact.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Phoenix Contact says its new industrial digital UHF Wireless Radio modern products provide protected FCC-licensed wireless communication and an unprecedented level of data protection. The UHF industrial radios are the first of their kind to...

Covalence Adhesives Polyken.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Covalence Adhesives Corrosion Protection Group has announced Polyken 4000 PCS, described as a new cold applied primerless coating system for the corrosion protection of joints, fittings and specialty piping. In response to market demand for a...

Vermeer Manufacturing Company.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Vermeer has expanded its drilling-fluid supply systems for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) equipment with the introduction of the MX240 Modular Drilling Fluid Mixing System. The system is designed to provide fast, efficient high-volume...

Setra Systems, Inc.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Setra Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of pressure measurement devices, has introduced its new Model 595 digitally compensated submersible pressure transducer. Setra says the Model 595's integral specific gravity compensation gives a...

Ball Winch Pipeline Services.(New Products: Send for information)
July 1, 2007... Ball Winch Pipeline Services offers a wide range of custom coating services. Anti-corrosion coatings include fusion bonded epoxy, dual layer FBE, TLPE, TLPP, liquid applications of urethanes and epoxies. Ball Winch Pipeline Services says it...

Author offers perspective on oil industry.(dialogue with Lisa Margonelli)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... Energy books rarely make bestsellers but Oil On The Brain by Lisa Margonelli (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, 2007, $26, 324 pp.) is one that anyone concerned about oil and gas should read. Margonelli, an Irvine Fellow at the New America...

Meetings: upcoming events 2007.(Calendar)
July 1, 2007... July 30-Aug. 1, SGA Operating Conference With Exhibits, Hyatt Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX. e-mail: pdowney@southerngas.org. Aug. 1-3, MEA Gas Operations Conference, Ames, IA. Phone: (952) 832-9915; Fax: (952) 832-9308. Aug. 14-17, 67th...

Midwest Energy Association's (MEA).(Association News)
July 1, 2007... Midwest Energy Association's (MEA) Chairman Bill Dory, executive vice resident, Vectren Corp., announced that Patrick Van Beek will succeed Ric Hinkie as MEA president on Oct. 1, 2007. As part of the transition process, Van Beek became COO,...