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Letter from the President page 3

News from Geneva page 4

Member News page 5

Call for Nominations page 13

CONTENTS:

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

SEPTEMBER 2007

Sydney Convention update page 7with background information on events


CONTENTSLetter from the President 03

News from Geneva 04

Board Meeting Update 04

Novel Construction 04

The Membership Page 05

Iploca Yearbook 06

Convention Update 07

Special Recognition 09

Upcoming Conferences 10

[email protected] 10

Your Help Needed 11

In the Headlines 12

Call for Nominations 13

Next IPLOCA President 13

Captured on Camera 14

In Memoriam 14

IPLOCA Board of Directors 15

The following is the new IPLOCA Mission for 2007 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.

Letter from the President

How quickly the last year has passed! By the time you

receive this there will be but a few weeks left until I

pass the gavel to my successor, John Reed, during the

Convention in Sydney.

As you might imagine, the convention is at the forefront

of my mind as we make final arrangements to welcome

you all to our city and country. The registration deadline

has long since passed and we are expecting more than

500 people for another exceptional event.

During the last year your Board of Directors has worked very hard to make IPLOCA

more effective for you, and thus positively affect the industry as a whole. During the

convention we will be seeking members’ votes of approval on some issues that will

affect IPLOCA’s future development and we hope you will be present.

It has been my great pleasure and honour to serve as your president this year. I will

continue to be active in IPLOCA as your immediate past president and to work with

my fellow board members to continue the progress we have made over the past

months.

I hope to speak personally with many of you during the convention, but to those who

are unable to join us in Sydney, I wish you all the best for the future and hope to see

you at a future date.

Thank you – for a great year and a great opportunity to serve IPLOCA.

Andy Lukas

NUMBER 32 SEPTEMBER 2007 3


NEWS fROM GENEvA . . . Summer - if that’s what we’ve just experienced in Geneva -

is almost over. Students have returned to class and

the Convention is almost here. In addition to the usual

and sometimes frenetic activity around the Convention

arrangements, in the past months we have launched a

new www.iploca.com, added an in-house membership

database and co-hosted an international Novel Construction

meeting with participation from more than 30 companies

around the world.

Professor Steven Markham (North Caroline State University

College of Management) presented his case for innovation in

pipeline construction to the meeting attendees.

Putting their heads together: Novel Construction Working Groups

take shape at the Moevenpick Hotel near Geneva Airport during July.

BOARD MEETINGUpdate

In-depth discussions at the June Board Meeting in

Venice over a three-day period centred mainly around

the structure and organisation of IPLOCA, its Board of

Directors and its committees.

The Board agreed that their role should be to define

and approve committee missions and that the technical

committees should consist of individuals with appropriate

specific expertise rather than solely of board members.

It was agreed that continuity was an important feature and

that in order to achieve their goals, the committees needed

to undergo structural changes. These will be proposed to

the AGM in Sydney for members to vote upon.

Elizabeth Spalding, Business Administrator, provided

the Board with a demonstration of the new website and

Secretariat database and answered questions.

Luc Henriod, Executive Secretary, reported that the Sydney

Convention was already nearing the anticipated capacity

and the Board decided to make some logistical changes

to the Convention arrangements such that all would-be

attendees could be accommodated.

NOvEL CONSTRUCTION October Meeting

Further details to follow at www.iploca.com

The Novel Construction Working Groups will next

meet as follows:

Tuesday-Wednesday, 30-31 October 2007

The Hilton Hotel, Heathrow Airport

Attendance at the meeting is limited to those

companies having signed the Memorandum of

Understanding.

For more information please contact:

[email protected]


THE MEMBERSHIP PAGEWelcome New Members

Three new Assiciate Members were accepted at the June

Board Meeting in Venice.

Elmed GmbH, GermanyISOTEST Mobile Holiday Detectors, ISO-AUTOMAT

Holiday Detector Systems

For almost 60 years ELMED Dr. Ing. Mense GmbH,

Germany, has specialised in the design and manufacture

of measuring and testing equipment and for decades

ISOTEST holiday detectors have been used on construction

sites all over the world. The company makes high

performance in-plant stationary systems, ISO-AUTOMAT,

ensuring a factory coating fundamental to longevity and

interference-free operation of pipelines.

According to the company, in corrosion protective coatings

the unique high voltage impulse technique developed

by ELMED is a testing method suitable even for large

diameter pipes and for all year weather conditions, and

the company’s expertise and experience guarantee

professional service and technical advice meeting the

different requirements of international customers.

The website is www.elmedgmbh.de.

Jotun Powder Coatings A/S

A leading international fusion bond epoxy coatings

manufacturer and supplier to the pipeline industry, the

company is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab

Emirates. A division of the Jotun group, Jotun Powder

Coatings has nearly 40 years’ experience in the powder

coatings industry with 11 manufacturing sites and an

extensive network covering more than 75 countries.

Segment Manager, Denis Grimshaw, says that Jotun

Powder coatings has been a forerunner in meeting the

challenges put forward by the oil and gas industry, with

high temperature systems and low temperature systems

being recent examples.

The website is www.jotun.com.

Taian City TaiShan Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd, China

Established in 1989 the company is a professional

manufacturer of pipeline construction machinery, including

the Daifeng brand hydraulic pipelayer, marsh pipelayer,

multifunction pipelayer, track crane, hydraulic backfiller,

colligated welding vehicle and pipeline mobile power station.

According to Dennis Yu, International Marketing Manager,

the Daifeng brand hydraulic pipelayer has become famous

in China because of its quality and outstanding service

and ranks first in market share in China. The capacity of

their pipelayer line is from 15 to 90 tonnes. The company

has obtained ISO9001:2000 certification and the product

has received an export licence for Russia. The pipelayer

has been exported to Russia, India, the Middle East,

Kazakhstan and South America.

The company’s website is www.taishangcjx.com.

MEMBER NEWSMidwestern Manufacturing Co. Announces New Sideboom AttachmentMidwestern Manufacturing Co. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has

completed field testing of its newly engineered

200,000 pound sideboom attachment for a Caterpillar D9H

tractor body.

The new Midwestern M594C includes hydraulic pilot

controls, an upgraded hydraulic system with load-sense

pressure compensated piston pump, an off-set 35 inch

track shoes (59,612 square cm of ground contact area), a

gross machine weight of 58,318 kg, a good Weight to HP

ratio, and a 335 cm track length.

Modifications were also made to the D9H case and frame

by the addition of rear “track to frame” supports, a stiff bar

and the addition of fish plates to strengthen the sideboom

mounting structure.


Since the 1950s, when Midwestern first introduced the

world’s first hydraulic operated sideboom attachment

for small tractors (“Baby Boomers”) the company has

continuously designed, engineered, manufactured and

tested new and ever larger sideboom attachments for the

worldwide pipeline construction industry. The new M594C

attachment at 200,000 lbs. is the largest ever produced by

Midwestern in its 50 year history.

Website: www.sidebooms.com

NPCC Awarded UAE ContractNational Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC),

jointly with Technip, has been awarded an engineering

procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the

Zakum Gas Processing Facilities in the offshore areas of

Abu Dhabi. The contract value is approximately 1.4 billion

UAE Dirhams (EUR 279,500,000)

The project consists of installing gas processing and

compression facilities to increase the production capacity

of the Zakum field, while maintaining the reservoir

pressure.

The new gas compression platform will be connected to the

existing lower Zakum Platform by a bridge and will have

two gas turbine-driven centrifugal compression trains, a

triethylene glycol dehydration unit, an air cooling unit and

a vapour recovery system.

The facilities are scheduled to be operational in January

2010.

Punj Lloyd Ventures into Integrated Drilling ServicesPLL, a global EPC player in the energy and infrastructure

sector has set up a new subsidiary - Punj Lloyd Upstream

Limited (PLUL).

Initially PLUL will be engaged in providing Onshore

Integrated Drilling Services to exploration and production

companies in the domestic oil and gas sector. Drilling

requirements under the New Exploration Licensing Policy

(NELP), coupled with the high crude oil prices, have

resulted in a substantial increase in the requirement of

Integrated Drilling Services (IDS).

The new subsidiary will deploy two onshore drilling rigs by

the end of the fiscal year and increase the fleet periodically.

SocothermIn association with Isoplus, Socotherm has been awarded

a contract for a total value of approximately EUR 20 million

for the thermal insulation of 240 km 20-inch pipes in

Kuwait.

The contract relates to the HFO Pipeline from the MAA

Refinery to the Doha West Power Station and was issued by

the Ministry of Energy of the Kuwaiti Government.

The project refers to the application of Polyurethane Foam

insulation covered by a PE jacket (THERMAPIPE ®) on

about 240 km 20-inch pipes and fittings, their subsequent

3-layer polypropylene anticorrosion coating (PLASTYKOTE

®) and field joint insulation at site (JOINTKOTE ®).

Socotherm has also won an offshore contract in Vietnam

for a total value of about USD 11 million. Insulated and

weight coated pipes will be laid in the offshore field of Cuu

Long in the Vietnamese coast of the Southern China Sea,

operated by the Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company, and

forming, with other three fields, an area which is expected

to produce 700 million barrels in 2010, opening a very

interesting market in the sector of anticorrosion coatings.

IPLOCA YEARBOOk 6th Edition

The 6th edition of the IPLOCA Yearbook is at the printer and

first copies will be made available in Sydney. If you require

additional copies, please fill out the request form available

at www.iploca-yearbook.com and copies will be sent to

you directly from Pieter Schoonenberg, the publisher.


Last Chance for Sponsorship

We are extremely grateful for the continuing support of

our generous sponsors, who step up and help us year

after year, allowing us to offer you a really memorable

convention week, full of exceptional events and social

opportunities.

Following are details of the few sponsor opportunities

remaining at press time. To provide visibility for your

company in Sydney, please get in touch immediately with

[email protected] and let us know what you

would like to sponsor.

Important Things to Note for Sydney Convention Surprised — and very pleased — by the number of

registrations already received for the Convention by mid-

June, we were faced with a difficult decision:

Should we impose a limit on the number of registrants,

cutting registration off before the registration deadline and

disappointing many would-be registrants?

Or should we move the larger social events from the

Sheraton to another location, allowing us to accommodate

more than 500 people?

The answer from IPLOCA’s Board of Directors was clear

and we contracted with the Westin Hotel, just five minutes

away from the Sheraton, to hold the larger events: the

Dodsal Welcome Cocktails and Dinner, the CRC-Evans/RTD

Luncheon and the Final Banquet (black tie) at the Westin.

Please note transportation details to be provided on-site,

should you prefer not to walk between the two locations.

CONvENTION UPDATE - SYDNEY

Sponsor opportunities available:

Tour 13. Sydney Opera House & Botanical Gardens (Wednesday) Available

EUR 5,000

Photographers at the ConventionAvailable

EUR 14,000

Coaches to the airport at end of ConventionAvailable

EUR 4,000

Convention Fund ContributionAvailable

Contact Caroline Green: [email protected]


BadgesThree new badge colours will be in use at this year’s

event. In addition to a colour for First Time Attendees

(now green), members of IPLOCA’s Board of Directors will

wear dark blue badges and members of the press can be

identified by their red badges. The fourth colour is sky blue,

like last year. There’s still time to coordinate your dress

accordingly…

Pipeline Induction Heat (PIH) Golf TournamentBy Phil Bond

Arrangements for this year’s tournament are progressing

well and applications received to date confirm we will have

another great turnout. By now you should have received

confirmation that your application has been received at PIH.

If you registered online and have not received confirmation

please contact Linda ([email protected]) or via fax:

+44 1282 855011.

Please don’t forget to register at the Golf Desk (next to the

Convention Registration Desk) on either Sunday or Monday.

If late arrival prevents this, please advise Linda before

16:00 on Monday, 1 October. The Team Sheet must be

finalised and forwarded to St. Michaels Golf Club no later

than Monday evening.

The Golf Registration Desk will be open as follows;

Sunday, 30 September 09:00 to 16:00

Monday, 1 October 09:00 to 16:00

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone

for their support of the tournament and l look forward to

seeing you all in Sydney.

Worldwide Machinery Tennis TournamentBy Alan Greenberg

White City Tennis Club

Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 08.00 - 13.00

The White City Tennis Club is as much a part of Sydney’s

culture as the Sydney Cricket Ground and the famous

Bondi Beach. The Club has a tennis history that is

unmatched by any other venue in Australia. The list of

champions reads like a Who’s Who, and the Davis Cup

tradition is apparent as soon as one steps through the door.

Worldwide Machinery’s event starts with a continental

breakfast in the clubhouse. Immediately following will be

a two level round robin competition on synthetic grass

and rebound ace courts. A full lunch will follow the tennis,

including the awarding of prizes and, of course, a gift for all

participants. The bus will return everyone back to the hotel

in time for the afternoon tour.

Tennis rackets, transportation, equipment, drinks, breakfast

and lunch are included.

Appropriate tennis attire is required.

Rackets will be provided as needed.

NUMBER 31 JUNE 2007 9

AGM Scheduled for friday 5 October at 09:00

Although traditionally held at the same time as the

Members’ Luncheon on Friday, this year’s AGM will

take place at 09:00 on Friday 5 October, prior to the

Second OGM.

The many board discussions over the past year have

resulted in a number of important proposed By-Law

changes which will be presented to the membership for

ratification.

This information is also posted on the IPLOCA website and

has been emailed to the Members.

All Members and Associate Members are cordially invited

to be present so that they can remain for the 2nd OGM

which follows, but only the Member Representatives are

entitled to vote on the proposed ByLaw changes.

Don’t forget to apply for your visa, required of all visitors.

Go to www.eta.immi.gov.au for full details, but hurry!

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONCelebrating 40 Years: Attila Dogan Construction & Installation Company

Atila and Nilufer Dogan celebrate the success of AD Group of

Companies.

The celebrations were held at the Ankara Sheraton Hotel

on the same date and also at AD’s major manufacturing

hub in Izmit, Turkey.

State officials, local government officials, representatives

of foreign missions, clients, suppliers, employers and

guests participated in both of the celebrations and shared

in the special 40th anniversary events.

The chairman of the group of companies, Mr. Atila Dogan,

the president of the construction company, Mr. Kaan

Dogan and the president of the manufacturing & offshore

fabrication company; Mr. Gokhan Dogan gave speeches

overviewing the 40th year in business and highlighting

corporate achievements to date.

Atila Dogan on Camera


Important Location and Schedule Information

Three Sydney events will be held at the Westin Hotel

(seven minutes walk or a rather longer (in time) bus

ride around the one way streets from the Sheraton):

Dodsal Welcome Evening (Monday, 1 October)

CRC-Evans/RTD Luncheon (Thursday, 4 October)

Fabick Cocktails and Final Banquet (Friday, 5 October) AGM 09:00, Friday, 5 October

Sheraton Ballroom

IPLOCA 41st Annual Convention

1 - 5 October, 2007

Sheraton on the Park, Sydney, Australia

www.iploca.com

Rio Pipeline 2007 Conference and Exposition

2 - 4 October, 2007

Rio de Janeiro

www.ibp.org.br/pipeline

15th Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas Exhibition and

Conference

2 - 5 October 2007

Almaty, Kazakhstan

www.kioge.com

European Autumn Gas Conference

9 - 10 October 2007

Dusseldorf, Germany

www.theeagc.com

17th International Conference on Pipeline Protection

17 - 19 October 2007

Edinburgh, UK

www.bhrgroup.co.uk/confsite/pp07home.htm

2nd Regional Mangistau Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference

7 - 9 November 2007

Aktau, Kazakhstan

www.mangistau.oilandgas.kz/en/2007

Oil and Gas Maintenance Technology Conference

9 - 13 December, 2007

Bahrain

www.oilandgasmaintenance.com

Global Petroleum Show

10 - 12 June 2008

Calgary, Canada

www.petroleumshow.com

19th World Petroleum Congress

29 June - 3 July 2008

Madrid, Spain

www.19wpc.com

GASTECH 2008

10 - 13 March 2008

Bangkok, Thailand

www.gastech.co.uk

Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and

Conference (ADIPEC)

3 - 6 November 2008

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

www.adipec.com

UPCOMING CONfERENCES


[email protected] you have not yet had a chance to visit the new

www.iploca.com which launched on 1 July 2007, we

encourage you to do so and send us your feedback using

the Contact button at the top right of the page.

By its very dynamic nature a website is never finished.

Our goal with the IPLOCA site is to provide an additional

means of interaction with our current and potential

members and a one-stop-shop for information on your

membership and topics of importance to the industry.

We welcome your news, commentary and participation.

Coming soon to www.iploca.com will be a Members

Only section. More details on this “closed user group”

– and the necessary member passwords to access

the information – will be communicated in the weeks

following the Convention.

Novel Construction participants are already using a

password-protected area of the site.

In the meantime, please send your latest news and

photographs to share on the site and in this newsletter.

We know that you have news of importance to share.


!

YOUR HELP NEEDEDBuilding the IPLOCA Membership Database

A new in-house IPLOCA Secretariat Database is now in place.

This is in addition to the Pedemex database maintained for

the Yearbook and will help us better communicate person

to person within our member companies on specific

topics such as safety, marketing or accounting, the annual

convention or committee work. While the IPLOCA Yearbook

contains overall company listings and information about

offices and key executives, the IPLOCA Secretariat database

is the detailed daily work horse that is especially important

when we are communicating within our larger member

companies. We want to ensure that information reaches the

right individuals in a timely way.

Please fill out the information on the form and fax to us in

the IPLOCA office: +41 22 306 02 39, or scan and email to

[email protected].

[email protected] you have not yet had a chance to visit the new

www.iploca.com which launched on 1 July 2007, we

encourage you to do so and send us your feedback using

the Contact button at the top right of the page.

By its very dynamic nature a website is never finished.

Our goal with the IPLOCA site is to provide an additional

means of interaction with our current and potential

members and a one-stop-shop for information on your

membership and topics of importance to the industry.

We welcome your news, commentary and participation.

Coming soon to www.iploca.com will be a Members

Only section. More details on this “closed user group”

– and the necessary member passwords to access

the information – will be communicated in the weeks

following the Convention.

Novel Construction participants are already using a

password-protected area of the site.

In the meantime, please send your latest news and

photographs to share on the site and in this newsletter.

We know that you have news of importance to share.

Company Name

Designated Representative (key contact for IPLOCA membership)

Name

Title

Email* Phone

Postal address

Representative’s Assistant:

Name Email*

Marketing and PR contact: (for logos, company news etc.)

Name Email*

Membership Invoice/Accounting contact: (to be copied on Member invoice)

Name Email*

Safety Statistics contact:

Name Email*

Environmental contact:

Name Email*

Other Technical contact:

Name Email*

Other IPLOCA contact:

Name Email*

IPLOCA Newsletter Recipients: (please specify postal address if not as above)

Name Email*

Name Email*

Name Email*

Name Email*

*No “info@” addresses please

IN THE HEADLINESConsortium mooted to lay natural gas pipelineThe Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas

pipeline is likely to be implemented by a consortium of

companies representing the four countries. The consortium

approach is part of a draft framework agreement that the

ministry of petroleum and natural gas has circulated for

discussion with other ministries. This comes even as the

fate of another framework agreement for Iran-Pakistan-

India natural gas pipeline is unclear. Sources said a

meeting of the steering committee of the participating

countries was scheduled to be held on August 22-23, 2007

at Islamabad, where the draft would be further fine tuned

based on suggestions of the four countries.

Daily News & Analysis, India, www.dnaindia.com,

9 August 2007

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Proposes Gas Pipeline to CubaVenezuela President Hugo Chavez supports constructing

a natural gas pipeline beneath the Caribbean to supply

neighboring islands and Cuba, and possibly extending

to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Chavez called for the

Venezuela-to-Caribbean pipeline in a speech today to the

PetroCaribe summit, a gathering in Caracas of energy

ministers and heads of state from the region. The speech

was broadcast on Venezuelan state television.

Bloomberg News, www.bloomberg.com, 11 August 2007

Iraq, Syria agree to reopen key oil pipelineIraqi and Syrian oil ministers agreed on Wednesday to

repair and subsequently reopen a key pipeline between

their two countries that connects Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk

region and a Syrian port. The agreement between Iraqi Oil

Minister Hussain al-Shahristani and his Syrian counterpart

Sufian Allaw came at the end of a three-day visit here by

a top Iraqi delegation, headed by Prime Minister Nouri

al-Maliki.

The Jerusalem Post, www.jpost.com, 22 August 2007 China Pres Urges Faster Oil Pipeline Talks with RussiaChinese president Hu Jintao urged China and Russia to

speed up negotiations to build oil and natural gas pipelines

between the two countries, the official Xinhua News

Agency reported Friday. The two countries have been in

talks for a crude oil pipeline and two natural gas pipelines

for two years, but haven’t reached an agreement on

pipeline routes and energy pricing formulas.

Oil & Gas Eurasia, www.oilandgaseurasia.com,

20 August 2007

U.S., Azerbaijan sign $1.7 mln grant deal on Caspian pipelineThe United States and Azerbaijan Thursday signed an

agreement on a $1.7 million grant for a feasibility study

of Trans-Caspian oil and gas pipelines. The agreement

was signed by General Counsel for the U.S. Trade and

Development Agency James Wilderotter and President

of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company Rovnag Abdullayev

in the presence of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar

Mamedyarov and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for

Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan.

Russian News & Information Agency, Rionovosti,

16 August 2007

UK CATS gas pipe repairs on track for Sep restartRepairs to the CATS North Sea gas system are on track and

the pipeline that supplies up to a fifth of Britain’s gas should

reopen in September, a spokeswoman for operator BP (BP.L:

Quote, Profile , Research) said on Tuesday. The pipeline

carrying associated gas from a cluster of North Sea oil and

gas fields was shut on July 1 for repairs after its protective

concrete casing was damaged by a ship’s anchor.

Reuters, www.investing.reuters.co.uk, 14 August 2007

Sinopec pipeline approvedChina’s top economic planner has given Sinopec the nod

to build a pipeline from gas-rich Sichuan to South China, a

source from Asia’s top refiner said yesterday. “As reserves

from Sichuan’s Puguang Gasfield prove to be larger than

expected, we have been given the greenlight to pipe gas

from Sichuan to ... the Pearl River Delta,” the Sinopec insider,

who didn’t want to be named, told China Daily, citing

documents approved by the National Development and

Reform Commission, the country’s top economic planner.

“By the end of 2009, Sinopec may supply natural gas to

Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao,” the source added.

People’s Daily Online, http://english.people.com.cn,

3 August 2007

Gazprom to reduce gas supplies to Belarus unless bill is paidIn the latest of its many disputes over payments with

neighboring countries, the Russian energy giant Gazprom

said Wednesday that it would reduce natural gas supplies

to Belarus starting Friday, unless the former Soviet state

paid an outstanding gas bill of $456 million before that

time. As in previous disputes, the tough tactics could

affect Gazprom customers farther west along the pipelines.

Poland, Lithuania and parts of Germany are supplied via

the pipeline that crosses Belarus, Gazprom said.

International Herald Tribune, Europe, www.iht.com/articles,

1 August 2007



Call for Nominations:

IPLOCA BOARD Of DIRECTORSNominations — including self-nominations — are currently

being sought for the upcoming Board elections.

The IPLOCA By-Laws explain eligibility for service on the

Board of Directors.

3.7 Member Representation

3.7.1 All Members, Associate Members and Academic

Members shall nominate in writing to the Executive

Secretary the name of a person who shall be their

Representative. Members or Associate Members

may change their Representatives at any time on

notification to the Executive Secretary.

3.7.2 Election to the Board

Representatives of Members shall be eligible for

election to the Board of Directors, providing they

are owners or executive officers of the respective

Member.

3.7.3 Associate Member Representation

The Associate Members shall elect two Directors to

the Board, who shall have the same voting rights as

any other Directors.

Our sincere thanks to the following outgoing members

of the IPLOCA Board of Directors whose board seats are

becoming vacant within their geographical area.

Juan Maria Arzuaga

The Americas (1 vacant seat)

Andy Lukas

East & Far East (1 vacant seat)

Osman Birgili

Vladilen Ermolin

Europe Eastern (2 vacant seats)

Roberto Castelli

Jean-Claude Van de Wiele

Europe Mediterranean (2 vacant seats)

Sherif El Kurdi

Middle East & Africa (1 vacant seat)

Gus Meijer

Associate Member Representative (1 vacant seat)

Our grateful thanks also to Immediate Past President Issam

Shammas, who leaves the board this year. Since he will

not be at the Sydney Convention, we take this opportunity

to thank him for his service to IPLOCA.

If you wish to run for an open position please prepare a

résumé and then visit the IPLOCA website Leadership page.

Click on the appropriate Application for Nomination to the

Board of Directors located at the foot of the Leadership

Page to download the application form.

Send the completed documents (résumé and application

form) to Luc Henriod, Executive Secretary - luc.henriod@

iploca.com as soon as possible but no later than Thursday,

20 September so that we can identify those seeking to run

and make the information available to the membership so

that they may learn more about you.

Please be aware:

The association asks that you make a full commitment to -

the position and are willing to share your expertise and

enthusiasm for the betterment of the industry.

There are four separate board meetings each year -

requiring international travel and your attendance.

Absence is strongly frowned upon.

Becoming a director can be expensive. Your company -

must be prepared to spend up to USD 40,000 for travel,

hotels, meals etc. during a one-year term.

This amount is approximate, of course, but it is a realistic

estimate. Please be very mindful of these issues before

committing to run.

Running for Election for the IPLOCA Board of Directors

1. Review and complete the appropriate Application for Nomination as Board Member (available at www.iploca.com – at the foot of the

Leadership page)

2. Prepare your professional résumé

3. Send these two documents to Luc.Henriod @ iploca.com, to arrive no later than Thursday, 20 September.


NExT IPLOCA PRESIDENT CEO of Heerema

John Reed, CEO of Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland

B.V. , will succeed Andy Lukas as President of IPLOCA and

assume leadership of the association during the Sydney

Convention.

John and his new Board of Directors will be presented to

the membership on Friday morning during the Annual

General Meeting, following the elections that take place on

Thursday to fill the open board positions.

From 2006-2007 John served on the IPLOCA Board

of Directors as its 1st Vice President, under outgoing

President Andy Lukas.

Early in his career John worked as a staff engineer in the

tyre and pharmaceutical industries in his native State

of Mississippi. He graduated from the University of

Mississippi with an engineering degree and later obtained

an MBA from Delta State University.

John joined Heerema in 1981 in the Commercial

Department where he prepared and negotiated tenders

and contracts. Later he was promoted to Commercial

Manager. As deepwater efforts expanded in the Gulf of

Mexico he was named General Manager of North and

South America and helped launch Heerema’s efforts in

the region.

Following an assignment with INTEC Engineering he

returned to Heerema in 2006 as its CEO.

Ready to take the helm: John Reed (right) getting on board with

Andy Lukas in Argentina.

Says John, “Our current President, Andy Lukas, initiated a

change process to vastly improve the value of IPLOCA to

our membership.

The Board has worked extremely hard to turn good

ideas into practical reality. As next year’s president, I

look forward to building on the current initiatives to

further enhance the value and influence of IPLOCA on our

industry.”

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Way north in Naryan Mar, Russia, in the Arctic Circle, this beautiful

creature was curious about the work under way. Photo submitted

by Egbert van der Lugt, NACAP.

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related photograph. Send your best image of unusual

terrain, new equipment, an animal on the work site or

another interesting image, in .jpg format with caption, to

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In MemoriamWe have received notification from J. Patrick Tielborg

of the sad loss of Kathy Somerville, wife of Paul

Somerville, Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.

Kathy died on 26 July 2007 after a long battle with

cancer. She is survived by her husband Paul and

daughter Courtney; brother Jim Gorman and his wife

Bea; and by her mother Rosalie Gorman. Funeral

services were held in Houston, Texas on 30 July.


BOARD Of DIRECTORS2006-2007

Officers President - Andy Lukas (AJ Lucas Group Ltd, Australia)

1st Vice President - John Reed (Heerema Marine Contractors

Nederland B.V.)

2nd Vice President - Jean Claude Van de Wiele (Spiecapag,

France)

Treasurer - Phil Bond (Pipeline Induction Heat, UK)

Immediate Past President - Issam Shammas (C.A.T.,

Lebanon)

DirectorsDirector for the Americas - John Allcorn, (Willbros USA, Inc.)

Director for the Americas - Juan Maria Arzuaga, (Techint SA

de CV)

Director for Europe Eastern - Osman Birgili (Tekfen

Construction & Installation Co. Inc., Turkey)

Director for Europe Mediterranean - Roberto Castelli

(Bonatti, Italy)

Director for Middle East and Africa - Sherif El Kurdi (Al

Jaber Energy Services LLC, UAE)

Director for Europe Eastern - Vladilen Ermolin (PTPS,

Russia)

Associate Members Director - John Fabick IV (Pipeline

Machinery, USA)

Director for Europe Central - Maximilian Hofmann (Max

Streicher GmbH & Co KG, Germany)

Associate Members Director - Gus Meijer (CRC Evans B.V.,

The Netherlands)

Director for Europe Northwest - John Reed (Heerema

Marine Contractors Nederland B.V.)

Director for Europe Mediterranean - Jean Claude Van de

Wiele (Spiecapag, France)

Director for Europe Northwest - Adam Wynne Hughes

(Land and Marine Project Engineering Ltd, UK)

2006-2007 Committee ChairsExecutive Committee - Andy Lukas

Convention Committee - Andy Lukas

Environment Committee - Osman Birgili

Finance Committee - Phil Bond

Legal Committee - Andy Lukas

Membership Committee - Vladilen Ermolin

New Technologies - Roberto Castelli

Promotion Committee - Juan Arzuaga

Risk Sharing (Contracts) - Jean Claude Van de Wiele

Safety Committee - Osman Birgili

World Federation - Luc Henriod

CONTACT IPLOCA Secretariat International Pipeline & Offshore

Contractors Association

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1214 Vernier/Geneva

Switzerland

Telephone +41 22 306 02 30

Fax +41 22 306 02 39

E-mail [email protected]

Website www.iploca.com

IPLOCA Newsletter Editor Elizabeth Spalding

Lay-out Peter Schoonenberg

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Cover photo courtesy of Böhler Welding & A. Hak

Industrial Services

IPLOCA © 2007

Back row, left to right: John Fabick IV, John Allcorn,

Juan Maria Arzuaga, Maximilian Hofmann, Vladilen Ermolin;

Middle row: Osman Birgili, Luc Henriod (Executive Secretary),

Adam Wynne Hughes, Gus Meijer, Sherif El Kurdi;

Front row: Phil Bond, John Reed, Andy Lukas, Issam Shammas,

Jean-Claude Van de Wiele, Roberto Castelli

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