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Andy Bain, an accomplished veteran of the pipeline inspection industry, will be joining NDT Global as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the company's global business operations.

Saipem is seeking redress at the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce for € 759 million in damages sustained when Gazprom cancelled a contract to build a natural gas pipeline on the floor of the Black Sea.

Arbitration will be the preferred method of dispute resolution.

The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline consortium (TANAP) has selected Punj Lloyd - Limak Limited to build the 459 km section of the natural gas pipeline from Turkey's Eskisehir to the border with Greece.

Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel met last week in Nicosia to explore the possibility of constructing a gas pipeline from newly-discovered offshore gas fields in Israel to Greece via Cyprus.

The Fiber-Optic Methane Annunciator (Detector) intended for continuous monitoring of methane leakages from gas pipelines has been developed by the Moscow-based PetroLight Company. The device does not require additional electricity connection and is based on near-infrared diode laser with wave length of 1,651µm and is able to detect the methane concentration of 0,5 – 1%.

In the wake of Iranian President Rouhani's visit to Italy this week, Saipem has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning major pipeline projects in Iran.

Two oil pipelines belonging to the Nigeria Gas Company and Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – both government-controlled parastatals – and the subsidiary of US multinational Chevron, were destroyed by militants this past week in the Delta State of Nigeria.

Jesus Soto, PG&E's Senior Vice President of Gas Operations, has been elected to the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2016. CGA is a member-driven association of 1,700 individuals, organizations and sponsors advocating safe digging practices across the underground utility industry.

Magellan Midstream Partners and TransCanada Corporation announced today plans to connect TransCanada’s Houston tank terminal to Magellan’s East Houston terminal.

In the wake of several recent efforts by environmental activists to disrupt service on company high-pressure pipelines carrying tar-sands products, Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. is taking measures to strengthen the security of its pipelines.

In a sudden about-turn, Russian gas giant Gazprom has cancelled several tenders for construction of more than 400km of a gas trunk pipeline needed for the planned Nord Stream II project, according to documents posted on a government procurement website.

With great fanfare the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has launched the 'home-developed submarine pipeline Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) detector,' aiming to get a significant share of the lucrative pipeline inspection business in China and thus end foreign companies’ monopoly on the submarine pipeline inspection in China.

The U.S. government said this week that it would help Kenya find the estimated $18 billion needed to construct an oil pipeline from Lamu on the Kenyan coast to the oil fields located in an area called the "great rift" in the north of the country.

After months of ongoing but unsuccessful efforts by Southern California Gas Company to stem a massive natural gas leak spewing methane and other gases from a suspected 7 inch diameter, 61 year old underground natural gas pipeline into a Los Angeles neighborhood, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency last week.

TransCanada, the Canadian energy giant aspiring to be the leading energy infrastructure company in North American, has filed suit against the Obama administration for rejecting last November the proposed 2,639-mile cross-border oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast known as Keystone XL.

Shawcor, a leading global energy services company with a track record of executing some of the pipeline industry's most complex projects, has moved to enhance its pipeline engineering and integrity management services with the acquisition of Lake Superior Consulting, LLC for an undisclosed sum. The deal also includes a potential earn out payment to be made in 2016.

Tallgrass Energy Partners (TEP) announced this week that it is acquiring an additional 31.3 percent interest in the 760 - mile Tallgrass Pony Express crude oil pipeline running from Guernsey, Wyoming to Cushing, Oklahoma.

The company will offer a cash consideration of $475 million and 6.518 million TEP common units issued to Tallgrass Development.

On the last days of 2015 Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP), a leading North American provider of energy services, began operating the 270 mile, 20 inch diameter Aegis pipeline connecting Beaumont, Texas to the Mississippi River.

The pipeline will transport ethane to more than 20 petrochemical facilities dotting the Texas and Louisiana Coasts.

thyssenkrupp has announced that it will provide quality flat steel and logistics for a 440 km liquid gas pipeline running the length of Texas, the second biggest state in the USA, from Baden to Mont Belvieu. 44,000 tons of hot wide strip in grade X70 steel is required for the construction of the pipeline. The steel is a micro-alloyed fine-grain grade with a yield strength of 485 MPa.

Fluxys has tied up an agreement with Gazprom to acquire the Russian gas giant's 10 percent stake in the UK Interconnector, owner and operator of the offshore pipeline between the UK and Belgium.

In line with EU energy policy to diversify sources of energy and thereby enhance European energy security, Bulgaria and Greece have signed a landmark natural gas pipeline investment agreement dubbed the Interconnector Greece Bulgaria (IGB) -- the last step in the development process before construction begins.

ABB, a global leader in power and automation technologies, has won a large contract for the 1850 km Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP).

Last week the Senate Commerce Committee passed the Safe Pipes Act, a preliminary step to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) before House and ultimately Executive Level approval.

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) have agreed to work together to develop an estimated $10 billion, 1800 km transnational gas pipeline that would distribute Turkmen gas throughout the "perpetually energy-short" region.

Statoil has awarded contracts with a value estimated at slightly less than 2.5 billion Norwegian Kroner for the line pipe, coating and pipe installation of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines.