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THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER 38

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Letter from the President page 3

News from Geneva page 4

Member News page 6

Health & Safety Statistics page 8

CONTENTS:

WITH NEWS FROM: THE INDUSTRY, MEMBERSHIP, ALLIED & SISTER ASSOCIATIONS

MARCH 2009

San Francisco page 14Convention update

2 THE IPLOCA NEWSLETTER

CONTENTSLetter from the President 3

News from Geneva 4

Board Meeting Update 4

Novel Construction 5

The Membership Page 6

Health & Safety Statistics 8

Predicting Pipeline Damage 11

Chevrons Safety Messengers 12

French Regional Meeting 12

Cindy Dirkx, Pipeliner by Coincidence 13

Convention Update 14

Press on the Press… 16

Upcoming Conferences 17

IPLOCA Board of Directors 19

The following is the IPLOCA Mission for 2009 and beyond:To provide value to members through a forum for sharing ideas, engaging the industry and its stakeholders, facilitating business opportunities and promoting the highest standards in the pipeline industry.

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Letter from the President

Time is passing quickly and spring will be here before we

know it. We are already well ahead with plans for the

San Francisco Convention and expect to be able to open

registration during April.

The Convention is earlier this year, so please mark your

calendars now for the week beginning Monday, 14 September,

remembering that it is important to register early to avoid

disappointment.

In February we held a Regional Meeting, hosted by Entrepose in Paris, followed, just as

we go to press, by our Board Meeting in Versailles. We are also finalizing arrangements

for the next Novel Construction Plenary Session (scheduled for mid-March in Geneva –

see page 5) which will be an important step in moving toward the deliverables we will

produce at the meeting during the Convention.

Our committees continue to work hard. The Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)

Committee will meet in Geneva the day prior to the Novel Construction meeting, and

the Training Committee has significant plans under development and meets again in

Versailles.

I hope that 2009 is going well for you in spite of the significant downturn in the

worldwide economy and that you are having a successful year both at personal and

Company levels.

Bruno de La RoussièreBruno.delaroussiè[email protected]

NUMBER 38 MARCH 2009 3

BOARD MEETING UPDATE Rome, December 2008The Board of Directors met in Rome at the beginning of

December, with 12 board members in attendance.

Concurrent meetings on New Technologies, Training, HSE

and Strategic Development were held during the first

morning and the board members then regrouped for the

regular meeting format.

By-LawsThese are being examined by the Strategic Development

Committee to see whether they still meet the needs of

IPLOCA. Following a complete analysis any suggested

changes will be put to the Membership for approval at

the Annual Meeting at the San Francisco Convention

in September.

Regional MeetingsPossible locations for this year include the UK, USA,

Germany and China. Dates and locations will be confirmed

at the upcoming Board Meeting in Versailles.

Speakers for San FranciscoThe slate of speakers was discussed and is in development.

Members are encouraged to submit suggested speakers no

later than the end of March.

For New Technologies (Novel Construction) and Training

Committee see page 5.

Board Member Orientation PackageNew and existing board members now have access

to a password-protected section of the website where

orientation materials and other documents are housed to

assist them in becoming familiar with the association.

Next Board MeetingThe next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for

May 19-21 in Beijing, China.

Gilberte and Bruno de La Roussière visit the Trevi Fountain in Rome.


NEWS FROM GENEVAJuan Arzuaga, Executive Secretary, has settled into his

new position and is surviving his first and colder-than-

usual winter in Geneva.

Juan has, in fact, suffered through three consecutive

winters because of moving from the north to the southern

hemisphere and back again. He’s looking forward to

experiencing a summer, for a change.

Juan’s email address, should you need to contact him, is:

[email protected].

The lease on our Secretariat offices will soon be up for

renewal and we plan to request an extension to allow us to

continue to operate from this convenient location close to

the airport. An extension of the nearby tram line to the city

is also in progress, which will be an added benefit for us.


NOVEL CONSTRUCTION Plenary Session in Geneva The Novel Construction Initiative will hold a Plenary

Session in Geneva on 19 and 20 March at the Ramada

Park Hotel, a short distance from Geneva Airport.

At press time 26 participants had registered to attend the

meeting which is an especially important one as steering

group leaders and work group participants prepare to

finalise deliverables due at the September meeting in

San Francisco.

For those still unfamiliar with the Initiative, its mission is

to stimulate innovation in the technology and processes

required for execution of onshore pipeline projects by

engaging all contributors to the pipeline construction

supply chain. This will be achieved through the provision

of leadership and direction to the pipeline industry by

IPLOCA to enable development and delivery of improved

technology, equipment and supporting processes.

The six working groups within the Initiative are as follows:

- Contract Negotiating & Risk Sharing

- Planning, Design & Data Collection

- Pipe Facing, Lining Up & Welding (FLUW)

- External Corrosion Protection System (ECPS)

- Pipeline Earthworks

- Lowering and Laying

Should you be interested in participating, please contact

[email protected].

2009 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AWARD

sponsored by BPWe will soon be calling for submissions for the

2009 New Technologies Award, for a significant

contribution to innovation by an IPLOCA

Member or Associate Member related to cross-country

onshore pipeline construction.

This New Technologies Award, sponsored by BP, is

presented every alternate year during the annual

Convention of the International Pipeline & Offshore

Contractors Association to an IPLOCA Member or

Associate Member who, in the opinion of the adjudication

committee and BP, has made a significant contribution to

innovation in pipeline construction.

This award is in recognition of a significant contribution to

innovation in the engineering of, the provision of equipment

for, and the construction of pipelines by virtue of:

- a technological or engineering breakthrough

- a new piece of equipment, tool or construction supply

- a new or revised construction practice

- a new type of permanent material

- other

Supporting documentation is required showing proof that

it has been successfully used on a major project, in the

field or is of such significant merit in its development stage

to warrant a joint industry award.

TRAINING COMMITTEETraining Committee members Leonid Bokhanovskiy,

Phil Bond, Bob Deason, Jesus Garcia Pons, Karl Trauner and

Liu Weimin have been developing a questionnaire to be

circulated to the membership.

Two versions (one short, and one longer) are currently in

preparation for discussion at the upcoming board meeting.

The committee is also making progress on educational

systems research and is in communication with various

experts. They are interested in developing a Training Award

and anticipate that once the criteria are finalised and

publicised, that this will be ready to be presented in 2

or 3 years. The Committee will meet again in February

(Versailles) and in May (Beijing).

Membership InvoicesMembership invoices were sent in November, with a

payment due date of 5 January.

These were delivered both by postal mail and email to

the key representative and/or the accounting contact

for each company. At press time, almost 90 percent of

membership fees had been received. Reminder letters

were sent on 16 January and on 16 February, both by

email and postal mail. Please note that payment for

2009 fees is now overdue. Remaining payments must

be made in Swiss Francs immediately to assure the

inclusion of your company listing in the Yearbook and

your eligibility to attend the San Francisco Convention.


THE MEMBERSHIP PAGE Welcome Newest Members and Associate Members

GEOCEANCreated in 1984, GEOCEAN has become

an EPC contractor specialised in shallow

water pipeline projects. For the last 15 years,

GEOCEAN has engineered and installed all sorts and sizes

of pipelines from the shore to water depths of typically 50

m. GEOCEAN expertise covers from survey activities to

pre commissioning, including engineering, installation,

trenching and post trenching. GEOCEAN is established

in France and in Indonesia, and operations cover mainly

Mediterranean, West Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Offshore International FZC Offshore International FZC is a new JV company formed

by the leading engineering company, M/s.Larsen & Toubro

Limited (L&T) of India, and a leading regional offshore

Oil & Gas services provider, M/s.SapuraCrest Sdn Bhd,

Malaysia (SapuraCrest) to provide offshore construction

services for platforms and pipelines. The company is

registered in the Hamriyah Free Zone of Sharjah, UAE.

The company is in the process of constructing a heavy lift

pipelay vessel (HLPV) through renowned shipyard, M/s.

ASL Marine Pte Ltd., Singapore.

Shareholding Structure

The company has two shareholders namely, M/s.Larsen

& Toubro International FZE (a wholly owned subsidiary

of L&T) and M./s.Petro Plus Sdn Bhd, Malaysia (a wholly

owned subsidiary of SapuraCrest). The company’s

equity is held in the ratio 60:40 by L&T and SapuraCrest

respectively.

Geographical Areas of Operation

The areas in which the vessel is intended to operate

are India, Middle East comprising of UAE, Oman,

South East Asia, Australia and Sakhalin Island. The vessel

can accommodate about 290 crew members. The Main

Particulars of the vessel are as follows:

- LOA: 161.5 mtrs

- Beam: 37.8 mtrs

- Depth: 15 mtrs

- Propulsion: 2 each L drive initially (provision for future

conversion to DP has been made)

- Crane capacity: - Lift capacity: 3,000 ST (fully revolving)

- Pipelay capacity: Pipes OD 6” to 60” in S lay method.

UP HoldingsUP Holdings is the parent company of two of the world’s

leading providers of project management, engineering,

procurement and construction management services to the

energy industry.

Universal Ensco, with 1800 employees, is one

of the world’s largest pipeline engineering

companies. In addition to pipeline design,

the company provides facilities engineering,

survey and mapping, state-of-the-art geographic

information systems, right of way acquisition, pipeline

integrity services and inspection services.

Pegasus International, with over 600

employees, provide professional services to the

world’s offshore and subsea markets including

offshore pipelines, subsea facilities, platforms

and topsides, risers, tie-ins and well control systems.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, UP maintains offices

throughout the United States (Fort Worth, Salt Lake City,

Monroe, Lafayette, Tulsa, South Bend, and Kansas City).

In addition, UP Holdings have full service international

offices in Calgary, Canada; London, Aberdeen UK and

Ankara, Turkey. Through affiliations with other companies,

the company also has representative offices in Columbia,

Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Nigeria. UP has

During 2008 the following new Members and Associate

Members joined IPLOCA.

Members Aktor S.A., Greece, Europe Mediterranean

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd., India, East & Far East

Ledcor Pipeline Ltd, Canada, The Americas

J&P Avax, Greece, Europe Mediterranean

UP Holdings, USA, The Americas

Offshore International FZC, India, East & Far East

Archirodon, Greece, Europe Mediterranean

Geocean, France, Europe Mediterranean

Associate MembersTrikausch India PVT Ltd., India, East & Far East

Specialty Polymer Coatings, Inc., Canada, The Americas

Petro IT, India, East & Far East

Saygili PDC Ltd, Turkey, Europe Eastern

TT Technologies, USA, The Americas

WASCO Energy Ltd, Malaysia, East & Far East

Vermeer, USA, The Americas

Stopaq Europe BV, Netherlands, Europe Northwest

Lastechniek Europa PB, Netherlands, Europe Northwest


experience with some of the world’s largest and most

complex projects. Current examples include full EPCM

services on TransCanada’s $12.5 billion Keystone projects,

BP’s Taurt Field Subsea System project offshore Egypt and

Anadarko’s Independence Hub project, which includes 195

miles of deepwater subsea pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico.

UP provides a full range of services from feasibility study

through full EPCM and has partnered with construction

contractors to provide EPC services.

Stopaq Europe B.V.STOPAQ EUROPE B.V. is a producer

of innovative products based on viscous-elastic technology.

The solutions are crucial for the long term protection

against the damage caused by water infiltration and

corrosion. The patented STOPAQ products offer optimum

corrosion protection and improvement of the entire

cathodic protection system. STOPAQ products are certified

according to KIWA BRL K911 and NSF/ANSI 61 for drinking

water. Industry sectors using STOPAQ products are:

- Oil and Gas

- Water and waste water

- Chemical and petrochemical

- Utilities and their contractors and installers

- Telecommunications

- Cable

- Marine

Philosophy

STOPAQ EUROPE introduces with the development,

production and sales of viscous-elastic products a new

philosophy in the field of corrosion prevention and sealing.

During the development of STOPAQ, the application

conditions were taken into account and special attention

was paid to a good, efficient and simple application.

Moreover, special and extra attention was paid to safety

and environmental aspects during and after application.

The results are high class corrosion prevention and sealing

system.

R&D

STOPAQ EUROPE B.V. invests highly in Research and

Development to maintain its technological lead and

develop new applications. Testing and research is carried

out in the laboratory at Stadskanaal. The high quality of the

products is continuously monitored according to sound

quality procedures, from concept to application. STOPAQ

EUROPE B.V. operates according tot NEN-EN ISO 9001.

Coating Warranty

Underground pipelines coated with STOPAQ CZH are

guaranteed against external corrosion of the substrate to

the original purchaser for 30 years.

Member News

China on the MapThe China Natural Gas Map version 1.3 records over

1,500 geographic locations for around 500 LNG plants,

terminals as well as natural gas pipeline projects in

this nation. The map is a publication of ARA research

and publication Inc., which can be accessed via www.

chinagasmap.com or [email protected].

Su Shifeng (left), President of China Petroleum Pipeline

Bureau, meets with Luc Heriod, IPLOCA Senior Advisor in

October 2008.

A Familiar Face Leaves EuropipeWe have just learned that our friend and a familiar face

from Europipe, Lauri Malkki, will leave the company at

the end of July this year. Lauri is well known to many,

and not only because of his presence at the Convention

representing Europipe and its generous support of the car

lottery for so many years.

Lauri states, “I look back with

satisfaction and pride at my time

with the company. In my time of

service as the Managing Director/

Global Sales the company broke

all the records, today being the

world’s largest and most profitable

large diameter line pipe supplier. I

will now firstly concentrate on an

oil and gas supply chain study, starting on a European

basis. “I would like to thank you all for your support and

cooperation during the last five years. I wish you luck,

success and health for the time ahead and hope to see you

soon again.”

Lauri can be reached via email at [email protected].


An email was sent on 20 January and a first reminder

on 17 February, but if you have not yet acted upon it,

your 2008 Health & Safety Statistics Return is due to

the IPLOCA Secretariat no later than 13th March 2009.

Please send it to the attention of Juan Arzuaga, Executive

Secretary. Both the Return Form and guidelines to help you

complete it are available at www. iploca.com.

As a condition of membership, companies agree to submit

their annual safety statistics to IPLOCA, such that aggregate

statistics for the industry can be monitored and published.

The IPLOCA HSE Committee has revised the form to better

detail the number of man-hours worked by subcontractors

and to provide more information on road incidents. This

information must be part of your input. The formula for

establishing the tabulated results will be the number of

accidents giving rise to absence x 1,000,000, divided by

the total man-hours worked (or in the case of offshore,

exposure hours).

The statistics include four different categories:

- Onshore I: for onshore contractors with more than

1’500’000 man-hours,

- Onshore II: for onshore contractors with less than

1’500’000 man-hours,

- Offshore Contractors

- Field Services

The returns should cover pipeline construction sites or

offshore operations and all infrastructure-related projects.

Please note that Main Construction, EPC Contractors and

EPCM Contractors should report all incidents, including

those related to their subcontractors. In the case of

integrated JVs, the Technical Leader should report the

totality of the JV incidents.

The accidents, incidents and near misses taken into

account are those that happen within the jobsite perimeter,

or when travelling from camp to jobsite or during any

other transportation. Travel accidents, incidents and near

misses from home or from any other private location to the

worksite must be included. If your company has already

earned ISO, OHSAS or any other accreditations, please

advise us when you submit your return.

The statistics will also be taken into account when

analyzing entries for the 2008 Health and Safety Award.

(Submissions for this award will be requested by the

end of May 2009). Please be assured that your return is a

confidential document used only for the purposes outlined

above and is not shown or passed to any third party, other

than the Board’s Safety Committee working within the

IPLOCA office.

Guidelines for Health and Safety Systems Structure Where health and safety are concerned everyone is to

a degree responsible, health and safety is of utmost

importance and must be fully integrated into all aspects of

operations. We must all strive to make the consideration of

health and safety issues paramount throughout all phases

HEALTH & SAFETY STATISTICS RETURNS ARE DUE

History of Statistics Returns

History of Man Hours

Accident breakdown

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Man Hours 724'382'2406 50'132'559 4 99'169'602 7 73'954'572 1 '141'168'919

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Earth collapse

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of work from conception to completion. The development,

implementation and constant improvement of an effective

health and safety management system results in many

measurable returns inclusive of:

- Increased client confidence

- Enhanced employee morale

- Reduced production costs

- Improved productivity

In order that IPLOCA members may fully understand the level

of implementation suggested, the following elements should

form the basis of all health and safety management systems:

Management Commitment - Management should indicate a clear commitment

with regard to provision of adequate resources to

ensure achievement of objectives and maximise the

effectiveness of the health and safety system. Resources

should include a comprehensive departmental structure

and all necessary equipment, materials and information

needed by said department.

- Management should be directly involved in the

implementation, maintenance and the continual

improvement of the system.

- Management should endorse and fully support a clearly

defined, documented, health and safety policy, which

indicates a high level of commitment.

- Management should ensure that a system of setting,

monitoring and continually resetting objectives is

implemented at relevant levels. Objectives should be

measurable, time-framed and realistic.

- Regular management reviews of the system should be

conducted to ensure the improvement cycle.

- Management should lead by example therefore

promoting a proactive approach.

- Management should ensure a high level of adherence,

involvement and commitment of all personnel to the

health and safety management system.

PlanningThe importance of planning with health and safety in mind

cannot be overstressed. Every activity should be carefully

evaluated and appropriate health and safety measures

introduced to ensure optimum performance.

Some elements of planning include;

- The implementation of a health and safety programme,

which should define actions to be taken, time-frames,

required resources and responsibilities and

- Formulation, control, distribution and where required

revision of documented procedures, methodologies and

instructions

- Hazard and risk assessment

- Emergency preparedness plan

- Provision of first aid / medical coverage

- Evaluation and planning of welfare needs

- Identification of requirements

- The setting and monitoring of clear positive objectives/

goals/targets.

Implementation and ApplicationThe system should be documented, approved, initiated

and communicated to all levels of staff and should cover all

perceivable activities. Some key elements to be considered

may include;

Competency

Competency requirements for specific tasks should be

identified. Where required, additional training should be

proposed and conducted to ensure personnel are capable

of performing in accordance with requirements.

Training

Training should be planned, adequate resources should

be made available, and training should be evaluated for

effectiveness.

Monitoring

- Permanent health and safety surveillance/inspections

- Regular planned audits and feedback

- Implementation of a preventive/corrective action

process

- Incident and accident reporting

- Identification of non-conformance

- Health checks

- Performance indicators

Action

Action can be defined as both immediate action and action

which is proposed during periodic analysis process.

Some immediate action would include;

- Action to correct non-conformance

- Preventive and corrective actions

- Actions recommended in audit results

- Action proposed by incident investigation

- Action taken to meet changes in requirements

Analysis

Only through a comprehensive system of data gathering

and analysis can the prime objective of continually

improving the system be achieved. Data analysis is

a key indicator of the maturity and efficiency of any

system. Therefore, a high level of importance should

be emphasized with regard to the analysis, results and

recommended action.


Communication

The importance of communication cannot be overstated.

It is not enough to merely develop and distribute rules,

regulations, etc. It should be clearly indicated within the

system that management will ensure that all relevant

information is communicated to all levels of personnel.

Care must be taken to confirm the levels of understanding

due to specific difficulties encountered in employing

a multinational workforce. An efficient system of

communication includes many elements and is supported

by follow-up and confirmation activities. Some media

useful in communicating health and safety issues would

include;

- Orientation

- Periodic publications

- Posters

- Safety lines

- Toolbox talks

- Meetings

- Job safety analyses

- HAZOP, HAZID

- Stop card

- MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)

- Internet

- Subscription systems within the company

System Review

System review includes such elements as;

- Regular, periodic management review

- Process review

- Operational reviews

- Audit results

- Review of previous action

Reviews will be comprehensive and, where possible,

conducted by teams formed from all relevant levels. They

shall be documented, and all proposed and agreed actions

communicated to all levels. The objectives of system

reviews are to ensure that the system complies with and

addresses constantly changing requirements both external

and internal.

Improvement Initiatives

The overall objective must be to constantly monitor

and improve the management system. Therefore, every

effort should be made to solicit ideas/suggestions for

improvement, involve and motivate personnel at all levels

and reward efforts.

Due to the diversified nature of projects/clients/locations

specific operational/activity related controls have not

been addressed. However these controls are recognized

as being of importance in the overall health and safety

management system. Operational and/or specific activity

related documentation, procedures/instructions should be

formulated, distributed and enforced to assist in achieving

optimum performance.

IPLOCA Health and Safety Policy

This document is that to which every

IPLOCA Member and Associate Member

subscribes and to which every applicant for membership

of this Association has to agree as one of the conditions

of acceptance as a Member or Associate Member.

IPLOCA is totally committed to the promotion of health

and safety in all areas of its influence and subscribes to the

philosophy that all accidents are preventable. Therefore

IPLOCA will encourage all member organizations to

implement the most efficient health and safety measures

applicable to their activities. Measures should take into

account client requirements, local and international

laws and regulations, which should be supplemented by

additional activity related controls resulting in a proactive

management system monitored, evaluated and improved

on a continual basis. IPLOCA promotes to its members a

zero incident/accident philosophy based on the adoption

of a clear documented health and safety management

system. This system should have as its basis the

following elements:

- Management commitment

- Planning

- Implementation and application

- Monitoring

- Analysis

- Actions

- System review

- Improvement initiatives

IPLOCA shall promote the highest level of health and

safety to all its members, require all members to

designate a safety manager, encourage members to

implement effective health and safety initiatives, and

require its members to submit annual safety statistics.

IPLOCA shall in addition encourage the communication

of a “lessons learned” system between its member

organisations in order to promote improvements

multilaterally.


Some activities which may require specific controls include;

- Lifting operations

- Excavations

- Confined spaces

- Working at height

- Scaffolding

- Welding operations

- Working over water

- Diving operations

- Plant and equipment

- Use of explosives

- Radiography

- Night working

- Traffic safety

- Work permits

- Signs, signals, barricades

- Fire prevention

- Control of hazardous substances

- Drug and alcohol control

- Electrical works

- Tools

The above is not intended as a complete list. Different

circumstances will require different measures, therefore,

a comprehensive evaluation of project scope should be

undertaken to ensure all aspects are addressed.

In addition, the production, distribution and

implementation of a management system should not ever

be deemed as complete. The management system should

be viewed as dynamic and subject to revision to address

ever changing situations.

PREDICTING PIPELINE DAMAGE

IPLOCA members were recently asked to participate in a

web-based survey being administered as part of a doctoral

research project at Newcastle University in the UK.

Student Rowland Adewumi’s research into GIS-Based

Prediction of Third-Party Damage Using Hybrid Multivariate

Statistical Methods is sponsored by the Petroleum

Technology Development Fund (Nigeria) and led by

Dr. Julia Race and Professor Richard Birmingham. The study

area of the research project is the Niger Delta oil producing

region of Nigeria. We are grateful to those members who

took the time to respond. In reported pipeline failures

worldwide, third-party activities have been recognised as

a dominant failure mechanism in the oil and gas industry,

although there has been limited research in this area. The

aim of this research project therefore, is to determine and

explore correlations and relationship between land use,

population density, pipeline intrinsic properties (e.g. depth,

thickness, and size), and environmental, socioeconomic and

socio-political factors using hybrid multivariate statistical

methods by designing a prediction model with Geographic

Information System (GIS) to predict where third party

interference will occur in a pipeline alignment.

Pipeline third-party damage has been classified into two

categories: intentional and unintentional damage. The main

objectives of this research project are to:

1. Examine and analyse implementation schemes of various

prevention and detection tools for third-party damage in various

agencies by conducting a survey questionnaire to secure

the participation of the oil and gas companies, government

agencies, professional bodies and the civil society. This is to

study evolving difficulties of third-party interference, capabilities

and complexities of various applications methods that have

been implemented in the industry.

2. Develop a statistical prediction and analysis model with

Generalised Linear Models (GLM) for unintentional third-party

damage by modelling the direct relationship between land use

type, pipeline geometry and counts of third party damages to

reveal determinants of failure frequency of pipelines.

3. Analyse intentional third-party damage with hybrid

multivariate statistical analysis using a combination of

socio-economic, socio-political and pipeline variables

to identify and predict vulnerable pipeline segments.

The model predicts regions (pipeline segments) within a

network where pipeline damage will likely occur or will

likely not occur.

For more information, please contact Dr Julia Race

([email protected]) or Prof. Richard Birmingham

([email protected]).


CHEVRON’S SAFETY MESSENGERS Chevron Pipe Line Company’s (CPL) Fernando

Granda, Manager, Engineering Scoping (now

retired) and John Truhe, Manager, Construction, attended

the International Pipe Line & Offshore Contractors

Association (IPLOCA) Annual Meeting held in Athens,

Greece in September 2008.

There is perhaps no better way to communicate a message

than to put an award to it. To that end, CPL sponsored

IPLOCA’s annual safety award, which was presented to

contractors who met criteria including:

- Outstanding safety performance resulting from pro-

active programmes

- Unique innovation or initiative to avoid accidents

- New and well-defined systems, procedures or practices

enhancing safety

- Implementation of lessons learned

The winner was Bonatti S.P.A, for their work on a 48”

gas pipe line in Sicily, where they demonstrated unique

innovation and construction procedures for improved job

safety. “By sponsoring the award and presenting our safety

requirements, it gives contractors a better vision of our

safety philosophy,” said Truhe. “We want our contractors to

have the same safety mindset that we have – that everyone

goes home incident and injury free everyday.”

IPLOCA’s membership consists of contractors,

manufacturers, and engineering firms. The group has more

than 100 Member companies and 110 Associate Members

representing companies in the East & Far East, and Central,

Eastern, Mediterranean, North-West Europe, along with

the Middle East & Africa and the Americas. More than 400

people attended the annual meeting.

Prior to presenting the award, Truhe gave the attendees

an overview of CPL‘s Contractor Safety Programme,

including Chevron’s Tenets of Operation. Since many of

the international contractors in IPLOCA aren’t completely

familiar with CPL, the meeting was successful in

communicating the company’s expectations of contractors.

Being able to showcase safety operations will assist the

contractors in doing business with the company. “One of

our strategies is to give CPL international exposure and an

avenue to meet contractors throughout the world,” noted

Granda. “Our overall impression was very positive. This

has created an opportunity for us to get to know these

contractors and let them get to know us and our Chevron

safety values.”

FRENCH REGIONAL MEETING On 4 February 2009 Entrepose Contracting hosted an

IPLOCA Regional Meeting at their offices in Colombes,

near Paris.

The meeting was very well attended, with 36 persons

participating. Among the guests were representatives of

pipeline operators such as Total, GRT Gaz, Fluxys and Trapil.

Total and GRT Gaz made a presentation on their projects to

a large number of onshore and offshore main contractors

and various suppliers of line pipe, equipment and services.

Bruno de La Roussière, President of IPLOCA and Executive

Vice President of Entrepose Mergers and Acquisitions

made a presentation to introduce IPLOCA and detail the

association’s development objectives.

Luc Henriod spoke on the Novel Construction Initiative

and our key objective of producing deliverables in time

for the San Francisco Convention in September. Executive

Secretary Juan Arzuaga was on hand from the Geneva

Secretariat and a number of past IPLOCA directors (Jean

Claude Van de Wiele, Hans Ringers and Daniel Gasquet)

were also in attendance.

The presentations were followed by lively discussions on

subjects of interest to the pipeline community in France,

Belgium and around the world. Finally the participants had

the opportunity to participate in smaller group discussions

during a buffet dinner. The general consensus was that the

meeting was very beneficial and similar meetings should

be held at least once a year.

Sylvain Hendricks of GRT Gaz shows various investment

alternatives on the Gas Grid at the Entrepose-hosted IPLOCA

Regional Meeting in Colombes on 4 February 2009.


CINDY DIRKX Pipeliner by Coincidence“Since I was in my mid-teens I knew I wanted to study

Economics”, said Cindy Dirkx, 33, of Nacap in Holland. She

did study it, at the University of Groningen, and along the

way she also worked on her languages, becoming fluent in

four (her native Dutch, English, German, French). She also

has good Italian skills, and some basic Finnish.

Looking for a job relevant to her qualifications via an

agency in Holland, she was referred to Koop Holding b.v.

where, in 1997, she began working on prequalification

documents and public relations activities.

“I liked what I was doing but after a year or so I wasn’t

feeling challenged any more. Because I liked the company

and the activities, I proposed to continue to the next step

towards a project: the tendering process.”

She moved on to a position doing estimates for

international pipeline projects with Nacap, but after a while

again became restless, with an increasing feeling that she

wanted to get some real practical knowledge to help her

in her work. “I really wanted to know and understand the

process of pipeline construction in detail, and to be able to

define each main activity, from the way a bending machine

works to defining the minimum number of personnel

needed for a certain activity” she said.

NACAP supported her need for the hands-on knowledge

and in 2002 sent her to a project site in France where she

gained some practical insights into the construction of a 57

km 28” gas pipeline and found herself faced every day with

new challenges.

Coordination of personnel, equipment, suppliers and

subcontractors, progress control, purchase of materials…

there was much to do. “It was a great feeling to work in a

team and actually build something. To see people working

on the pipeline, so focused in their specialty and skills; the

pipeline is their life!”

For the next few years, she worked in the estimating

department, and executed a project in Finland and Holland.

“After the 3rd project I realised that I would need to

improve my technical expertise to enable further growth.”

She eventually enrolled in a multidisciplinary master’s

degree programme in Pipeline Technology, developed

by the Dutch Pipeline Industry Guild and the Pipeliner

Foundation.

Off duty: Cindy Dirkx and friends, relaxing on a backpacking tour of

Argentina near Ushuaia, the most southern city in the world

“The first year was mainly focused on technical knowledge

– mechanics, making stress calculations, defining execution

methods and maintenance of the system. As an economist

I found it quite difficult. The second year of the course is

more general, covering items like governmental policies

towards pipelines, legislation and endurance of a system.”

During the second year of the programme Cindy acquired

a much wider view, seeing firsthand what is involved in

construction, in designing a pipeline and understanding

how it impacts the public interest. She saw different

approaches to rights of way, and discussed governmental

legislation, and safety was a hugely important topic.

“Many young engineers have a certain arrogance and

expect to be promoted really quickly and be behind a desk

managing projects after as little as three years. But there’s

so much responsibility when you’re dealing with, say, a

20 million Euro project based on a 6-8 month execution

period. First it’s necessary to go out into the field and

really understand how we work on something like this.”

Working in progressively responsible positions combined

with studying, she doesn’t have much free time. Still she

did take some time off to backpack around Argentina early

this year. “I’m pretty typical of my generation and my

personal life is very important to me.”

NACAP has a very loyal employee base. Many of Cindy’s

colleagues have been with the company for more than

10-15 years.

NACAP supports and encourages cross-training,

recognising that when someone works hard and likes the

company, it’s important to encourage and channel that

enthusiasm to keep them as an employee.


CONVENTION UPDATE Fairmont San Francisco, 14-18 September

“The more San Francisco changes, the more she stays

the same. The past is not dead; it is alive and well on the

windy crest of California Street, where a man can stand

and look down into the innards of an indisputably modern

city, yet catch a hint of the wild, free optimism that may

have been the essence of the American Dream.”

(T.H. Watkins, conservationist and historian)

Everyone, it seems, loves (or loved) San Francisco. From

distant voices of the past – Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur

Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde – to much more recent visitors,

all have an opinion to share.

Take this special opportunity to form your own view,

spending a week in this famous city, at one of its foremost

hotels. The Convention format, as usual, will include a

number of tours to allow you to visit the most famous

sights of both the city and the surrounding areas in the

company of friends and colleagues, peers and competitors.

Convention Manager, Caroline Green, is developing a list

of excellent tours and expects online registration to be

available in April. Meanwhile Juan Arzuaga, Executive

Secretary, along with the Board of Directors, is developing

a slate of speakers and technical sessions to ensure that

the Convention meets your business needs.

Caroline is in the process of contacting potential sponsors.

If you haven’t heard from her and would like to gain

some visibility for your company among this international

group by sponsoring a tour or an event, or if you have any

questions about sponsorship, please get in touch with her

as soon as possible: [email protected].

Likely locations for tours this year include the California

wine country, Muir Woods and Sausalito, Fisherman’s

Wharf, the Legion of Honor, the de Young museums,

the Golden Gate Bridge, a walking tour of Chinatown…

the list goes on. And let’s not forget, of course, Alcatraz.

If there’s someone you’d like to leave there, it could

probably be arranged… Above all, this is your opportunity

to meet your colleagues from all over the world and to

introduce yourself, follow up, or brainstorm together.

“San Francisco has only one drawback. ‘Tis hard to leave,”

said Rudyard Kipling. (And he wasn’t referring to the

prison island …)

“It’s an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to

be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and

possess all the attractions of the next world.” (Oscar Wilde)

“It’s simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any

of those streets, and you couldn’t be anywhere else - it’s

so beautiful, and there’s that location, and the sense of

the free spirit. Who couldn’t become ravenous in such a

place?” (Julia Child, Chef)

“We’re crazy about this city. First time we came here,

we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody

hassled us. People smiled, friendly-like, and we knew we

could live here. We’d like to keep our place in Greenwich

Village and have an apartment here, God and the

Immigration Service willing. Los Angeles? That’s just a big

parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San

Francisco.” (John Lennon and Yoko Ono)


SPECIAL RECOGNITIONThanks from the UN Foundation to Europipe and IPLOCA

In January we received a letter of thanks from the UN

Foundation on behalf of its Nothing But Nets campaign.

As you will no doubt remember, it was the Nothing But

Nets charity that John and Deidre Reed chose to be the

recipient of the Europipe Lottery funds at the Athens

Convention. Tim Wirth, UN Foundation President USA,

wrote to IPLOCA:

“On behalf of our Chairman, Ted Turner, and our Board

of Directors, I would like to thank you for your generous

contribution. This gift has been distributed entirely to the

United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign.

It is possible to prevent and control malaria through simple

and effective tools including long-lasting insecticide-

treated bed nets. Since 2001, the UN Foundation’s malaria

efforts have helped increase the distribution of these

lifesaving bed nets in African countries during country-

wide measles vaccination campaigns. Your support will

help expand distribution to additional African countries

where measles campaigns are being conducted. We

appreciate your vote of confidence in our work and hope

you will consider continuing your support in the future.

Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those

who need us most.”

Travelling to the US? Get your Visa

Beginning January 12,

2009, all nationals and

citizens of Visa Waiver

Program (VWP) countries will be required by law to

obtain a travel authorization prior to initiating travel

to the United States under the VWP.

This authorization is similar to the programme

established by the Australian government. Visas may

be obtained online through the Electronic System

for Travel Authorization (ESTA™), a free Internet

application administered by the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS) through a U.S. government

Web site. DHS does not charge VWP travelers a fee for

completion of an ESTA™ application.

Eligible visitors seeking to travel to the United States

under the VWP may apply for travel authorization via

the ESTA™ Web site at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov.

VWP travelers should be aware that unauthorized

third-parties have established Web sites, which charge

visitors seeking to travel to the United States under the

VWP, for information about ESTA™ and for submitting

ESTA™ applications to DHS on behalf of the traveler.

These businesses and Web sites are not endorsed by,

associated with, or affiliated in any way with DHS or the

United States Government. The ESTA™ application Web

site is available in 16 languages and includes a help

section that provides additional information for VWP

travelers to guide them through the application process.

Additional information about ESTA™ may be found at

http://www.cbp.gov/esta.


PRESS ON THE PRESS…Oildom Publishing Celebrates 100th AnniversaryBy Ollie Klinger

I will never know precisely what was on my grandfather’s

mind that day in 1908 when he decided it was time for

a career change. Oliver C. Klinger Sr., the 30-year-old

engineer for Standard Oil Company (forerunner to Exxon)

had already written several energy-related articles. He

recognized a need for a special journal to focus on the

rapidly growing petroleum industry. This was only eight

years after the discovery of Spindletop changed the face of

the industry forever.

It has been 100 years since he created Oildom Publishing

Company in the landmark Woolworth building in New York

City. During that century, two constants have marked this

unique company’s history. The first is a continuing

tradition of publishing excellence; the second is that an

Oliver C. Klinger is still the president and publisher.

Let’s go back to those early years and revisit my

grandfather. His first venture was Oildom, a monthly

magazine that covered a variety of petroleum-related

issues. As World War I ended, he built a printing plant in

Bayonne, NJ which was Oildom’s headquarters for more

than 50 years.

Klinger Sr. gradually added different publications including

Oildom Daily Service and The Oildom Marketer. In 1928 he

began publishing Pipeline News monthly in order to track

construction jobs. We still publish Pipeline News.

Perhaps a bit ahead of his time, my grandfather started

a natural gas magazine in the early years of the Great

Depression, but the industry was still in its infancy and

the magazine didn’t quite take off until years later.

Today, Pipeline & Gas Journal, known as P&GJ, is one of

the world’s largest, oldest and most-respected magazines

that covers the natural gas and oil products pipeline

businesses.

During the 1930s, my grandfather was joined by his son

(my father), Oliver Jr., a journalism graduate of Columbia

University, and they began publishing Fuel Oil News to

cover the heating oil market. That publication was well-

received by dealers throughout the Northeast.

In 1949, Oildom acquired Pipeliner, now published as

Underground Construction, a leader in that sector of the

industry. That purchase also gave the company a significant

foothold in Houston, which was becoming the world’s

oil capital. As the pipeline business continued to boom,

Oildom added several petroleum-related directories and

books to its mix.

The publishing patriarch died in 1954 and ownership

of the business passed to his three sons. In 1956, John

Klinger sold his interest to Oliver Jr. and Curtis Klinger.

They divided the business until Oliver Jr. assumed

control in the early 1970s. I, Oliver III, joined the company

in 1971 after graduating with a marketing degree from

Lehigh University. We soon sold the printing plant and

consolidated the company in Houston.

By 1991, my father had semi-retired and I was running

the company. That year we completed the most important

deal in the company’s history by acquiring P&GJ, which

traces its history to a Wall Street newsletter first published

in 1859. Oildom Publishing Co of Texas, Inc. was now the

world’s largest publisher of pipeline magazines.

In addition to magazines, Oildom sponsors two successful

industry conferences. Our Pipeline Opportunities

Conference has become a premiere event for the industry

since its inception in 2005. The company’s Underground

Construction Technology conference began in 1995 and is

the largest trade show and conference for that market.

Very few privately held companies make it to this

milestone, and it would not have been possible without the

incredible people we have had helping us over the years.

UPCOMING CONFERENCESGas Asia 200917-18 March 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia www.theenergyexchange.co.uk/ga1overview.html

2009 Global Oil & Gas Pipeline Congress 18-20 March 2009Beijing, China www.globalpipelinecongress.com

Asian Biofuels Roundtable 2009 24-25 March 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiawww.wraconferences.com/assets/2/4/33/167/ Asian_Biofuels_1st_Programme.pdf

Atyrau Oil & Gas Exhibition 20097-9 April 2009Atyrau, Kazakhstan www.atyrauoilgas.com/2009

OilTech Kazakhstan 20097-9 April 2009Atyrau, Kazakhstan www.oiltech-kazakhstan.com

Hannover Messe 2009 20-24 April 2009Hannover, Germany www.hannovermesse.de

4th Pipeline Technology Conference22-23 April 2009Part of HANNOVER MESSEHannover, Germanywww.ptc2009.com

Base Oils and Lubricants in Russia and the CIS - 2nd Annual Meeting21-23 April 2009 Moscow, Russia www.wraconferences.com/2/4/articles/43.php?

Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada26-30 April 2009Victoria B.C., Canadawww.pipeline.ca

2009 Oil and Gas Pipelines in the Middle East - 9th Annual Meeting 4-6 May 2009 Abu Dhabi, UAEwww.theenergyexchange.co.uk/3/13/articles/46.php

Iran Pipe Tech 20092nd Iranian Pipe & Pipeline Conference24-25 May 2009Teheran, Iran www.iranpipetech.com/pipe2009/en-index.php

17th Biennial EPRG-PRCI-APIA Joint Technical Meeting on Pipeline Research11-15 May, 2009Milan, Italywww.eprg.net

The 9th Annual CIS Oil & Gas Summit 2009 27-29 May 2009Paris, France www.theenergyexchange.co.uk/3/13/articles/52.php

10th Moscow International Oil & Gas Exhibition and 7th Russian Petroleum & Gas Congress23-26 June 2009Moscow, Russiawww.mioge.com/2009

16th India Oil & Gas Review Submit 10-11 September 2009Mumbai, India www.oilasia.com/IORS/about_IORS.html

43rd Annual IPLOCA Convention14-18 September 2009San Francisco, USAwww.iploca.com

24th World Gas Conference (WGC2009) 5-9 October 2009Buenos Aires, Argentina www.wgc2009.com

Pipeline Technology 2009 12-15 October 2009Ostend, Belgium www.ti.kviv.be/conf/pipeline2009/

Australian Pipeline Industry Association Convention 17-20 October 2009Cairns, Australiawww.apia.net.au



IN THE HEADLINESGazprom Delays Gas Pipeline to Europe on Investment Decline Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- OAO Gazprom plans to delay natural-

gas deliveries to Europe through its South Stream pipeline

as Russia’s largest energy producer cuts investment amid

slowing global economic growth and declining energy

demand. Gazprom, which originally said it would start

shipping gas through South Stream in 2013, expects a start

date at the end of 2014 or 2015, according to a presentation

to investors today in Moscow. Gazprom spokesman Sergei

Kupriyanov couldn’t be reached for comment.

Bloomberg.com, 6 February 2009

Military repels attack on gas plant in NigeriaLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Assailants attacked a natural gas

production plant in southern Nigeria on Saturday, but

the military said its forces repelled the onslaught and

killed three gunmen. The region’s main militant group, the

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, claimed

responsibility for the attack, launched one week after it

called off a months-long cease-fire. But the group denied

any deaths among its fighters.

Associated Press, 6 February 2009

China starts work on east end of giant gas pipeline BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) - China has started work on the

eastern section of a natural gas pipeline to bring cleaner

fuel from central Asia and China’s remote northwest to

the energy-hungry, polluted southeast, the official Xinhua

agency said.The massive project will have the capacity

to carry 30 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year, cost

around 142 billion yuan (S$31.4 billion) and is expected to

come online at the end of 2011, the report said.

Asiaone.com, 8 February 2009

Obama says Alaska gas pipeline is ‘project with potential’WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Wednesday

called Alaska’s proposed natural gas pipeline “promising”

as a national energy resource and pledged to discuss it with

Canadian leaders during his Feb. 19 trip to Ottawa.

“It’s a project of great potential and something I’m very

interested in,” Obama said Wednesday during an interview

in the White House with the Anchorage Daily News and 15

other regional newspapers.

Miami Herald, 12 February 2009

6 January, 2009

In MemoriamIt is with great sadness that we

announce Vance Arthur McNeil

passed away on January 5, 2009

after a brief but valiant battle

with cancer.

“We will not only miss Vance’s expertise, but also his

humor, his loyalty and his friendship,” said PipeLine

Machinery International (PLM) President Mel Ternan.

“He was so well known and respected in the community,

the equipment industry and increasingly over the past

four years – in the pipeline industry, his passing

affects many.”

After graduating from Texas A & M University in

1963, Vance began his Caterpillar career when he was

hired by Frank Tucker and joined Mustang Tractor and

Equipment Company on July 8, 1964. He was initially

trained in earth moving machine sales by Mr. “Polo”

Claverie. Through the years, Vance worked in New

Prime Product Sales, Parts and Service Sales, Used

Equipment Management, and Rental/Used Equipment

Sales.

When Mustang and three other Cat dealers

(Fabick, Finning, Ring Power) partnered to start a new,

international industry-specific pipeline dealership in

May 2005, Vance was one of the early recruits to the

PLM team. His expertise with equipment mobilization

and operation was invaluable to a fast-growing

dealership, in a fast-moving industry.

Vance is fondly remembered at Mustang for his

extraordinary knowledge of equipment and his

willingness to share his knowledge with others.

His co- workers at PLM in Houston and around the

world will hold him close in their hearts.

Vance is survived by his wife of 45 years, Georgana

Faye Dettman (McNeil), his children Keith Dettman

McNeil (Allison) of Lantana, TX, Vanessa McNeil

Rocchio (Michael) of Birmingham, AL, and

grandchildren, Julianna Marie McNeil, Matthew Thomas

Rocchio and Emma Elizabeth McNeil.

A celebration of Vance’s life was held on Friday,

January 9 in Houston, Texas.


Left to right, front row: Karl Trauner, John Reed, Adam Wynne Hughes, Bruno de La Roussière, George Demetriou, Phil Bond, Juan Arzuaga

Middle row: Greg Miller, Weimin Liu, Marco Jannuzzi, Doug Evans, Kaan Dogan, Roberto Castelli Back row: Luc Henriod, Andy Lukas,

Jesus Garcia Pons, Najib Khoury, Bob Deason, Leonid Bokhanovskiy Inset Nasser Issa

IPLOCA 2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OfficersBruno de La Roussière (Entrepose Contracting)

President

Adam Wynne Hughes (Land & Marine)

1st Vice President

Karl Trauner (HABAU)

2nd Vice President

Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat)

Treasurer

John Reed (Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland BV)

Immediate Past President

DirectorsLeonid Bokhanovskiy (Stroytransgaz)

Director, Europe Eastern

George Demetriou (J&P)

Director, Europe Mediterranean

Kaan Dogan (Attila Dogan Construction & Inst. Co. Inc)

Director, Europe Eastern

H. Douglas Evans (Gulf Interstate Engineering)

Director, The Americas

Jesus Garcia Pons (ARB Arendal)

Director, The Americas

Nasser Issa (C.A.T. International Ltd)

Director, Middle East & Africa

Marco Jannuzzi (Caterpillar)

Director, Associate Members

Najib Khoury (CCC)

Director, Middle East & Africa

Andy Lukas (AJ Lucas)

Director, East & Far East

Weimin Liu (China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau)

Director East & Far East

Greg Miller (Pipeline Inspection Company Ltd)

Director, Associate Members

Directors at LargePhil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat)

Roberto Castelli (Bonatti)

Bob Deason (J.Ray McDermott)

Executive SecretaryJuan Arzuaga

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