Pipeline Business

NDT Global has opened its new office in Melbourne, Australia. The new Key Account Manager, Tim Shaw will be responsible for establishing its presence in Australia.

Yokogawa UK, a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, has received an order from the British Pipeline Agency (BPA) for a management and control system for a multi-product fuel pipeline.

This project will replace BPA’s existing pipeline management and supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) systems.

PTT, Thailand's largest energy company, has selected a Marubeni / Itochu joint venture to construct a 430 km natural gas pipeline in Thailand.

Chavalit Punthong, chief operation officer of Infrastructure and Sustainability Management Group, said the pipeline will stretch from Rayong to Nonthaburi, just north of the capital Bangkok.

Globalization means that many countries and regions, which quasi have hitherto been pre-industrialized, are striving to strengthen their economic base by bringing them closer to the international level of industry. Thereby the coverage of energy and water requirements via pipelines always plays a decisive role.

Allseas Pioneering Spirit, the largest ship in the world, has been awarded a contract to build the 900 km Turkstream pipeline on the floor of the Black Sea. Pipe laying operations are to begin in the second half of 2017.

Algeria has concluded a major gas deal with Italy, supplying 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually and thereby strengthening Italy's (as well as the rest of the EU's) security of supply.

The gas will be shipped through the Transmed pipeline and will meet 16 percent of Italy's natural gas requirements.

Morocco and Nigeria have signalled their readiness to collaborate on the construction of a giant natural gas pipeline which would serve as the engine for widespread economic development throughout west Africa and connect the region to Europe.

The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division, has received orders to supply five gas turbine-driven compressor trains for two pipelines in Mexico.

The customer is the Mexican project developer Fermaca Enterprises (Fermaca)

ExxonMobil Corporation XOM and Sunoco Logistics SXL recently announced their decision to form a strategic joint venture (“JV”) by combining their key crude oil midstream assets, mainly in the Permian basin of West Texas. Alongside the transaction, ExxonMobil and its associates will enter into a preferred provider agreement with the JV.

NDT Global, inline inspection supplier and data analysis, announced today the appointment of Andreas Haindl as CEO of Middle East Operating Company. He will be based in the Dubai office which services the needs of the customers in Middle East and India.

Last week, Germany’s largest pipeline operator Open Grid Europe hosted a debate about the Climate Action Plan 2050 and interlinking of sectors at the 3rd Energy Policy Dialogue in Essen. Some 130 decision-makers from the worlds of politics, commerce and society took part in the debate about the energy transition, the interlinking of sectors and the role of gas and gas infrastructure.

Enbridge, an energy transportation and distribution company from Canada, has sold one of its key assets, the South East Saskatchewan pipeline system, including 1600 km of crude oil pipelines, to Tundra Energy, a private infrastructure company, for $1.08 billion.

Enbridge and Spectra Energy have agreed to merge their respective companies in a stock-for-stock transaction to create the largest energy-infrastructure conglomerate in North America.

Enbridge shareholders will own about 57 percent of the combined company and Spectra’s will own 43 percent, according to a statement released by the companies on Tuesday.

Egypt and Cyprus have signed an agreement for the delivery of gas to Egypt through an undersea pipeline in the eastern Mediterranean. The deal is part of an effort to commercialize a gas reservoir discovered recently off of Cyprus's southern coast and holding an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet.

The Field Products and Service line of ROSEN will provide effective equipment for pre-commissioning activities to SPIECAPAG (France) by suppling 48’’ pre-commissioning tools, tracking equipment, as well as accessories to be used for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).