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GeoGathering announces keynote speaker and preliminary agenda

Thu, 9 May 2013 The GeoGathering Committee has announced its first day Keynote Speaker will be President and Motivational Safety Speaker of Safety Awareness Solutions Eric Giguere, presenting The Buried Truth Uncovered.

Heartland on the horizon for Alberta

Thu, 9 May 2013 TransCanada Corporation has reached binding long-term shipping agreements to build, own, and operate the proposed Alberta-based Heartland Pipeline and TC Terminals projects.

Bauer to Lycium oil pipeline comes online

Thu, 9 May 2013 The PEL 91 joint venture has announced that its 47 km, 152 mm diameter, Bauer to Lycium oil pipeline, in South Australia’s Cooper Basin, is now operational.

Head to UPSF next week

Thu, 9 May 2013 With the Unpiggable Pipeline Solutions Forum taking place next week in Houston, Texas, make sure to block out your calendar and visit the exhibition.

Open season for Nabucco announced

Thu, 9 May 2013 Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH announced the launch of an open-season process for capacity booking in the Nabucco pipeline.

Training available online for emergency response

Thu, 9 May 2013 Enbridge Inc. and Enbridge Energy Partners, LP have announced the successful launch of an online portal to offer free, customised pipeline emergency training to first-responder organisations located along the companies’ over 80,467 km of onshore pipelines in the United States and Canada.

LOI signed for Port of Fujairah

Thu, 25 April 2013 IL&FS Engineering and Construction Co Ltd has received a Letter of Intent from IPTF, Fujairah, for oil pipeline work at the Port of Fujairah, on the Eastern seaboard of the UAE, approximately 130 km from the Straits of Hormuz.

Programme announced for CO2 event

Thu, 25 April 2013 The programme has been announced for the forthcoming Fourth International Forum on Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline, including an important preceding training course.

Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System sold to QIC

Thu, 25 April 2013 Australia’s APA Group has announced the sale of the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System to QIC Global Infrastructure for $US411 million.

Phase 2 of Halfaya commences

Thu, 25 April 2013 Chinese construction company CNPC has commenced the second phase of its Halfaya Project in southern Iraq, which includes a 272 km long pipeline.

Register now for unpiggable solutions

Thu, 25 April 2013 With only three weeks until the Unpiggable Pipelines Solution Forum, to be held from 15–16 May in Houston, Texas, make sure you register and don’t miss out on this important event.

A prickly new pipeline for Texas

Thu, 25 April 2013 Plains All American Pipeline has announced they will be constructing the Cactus Pipeline, a new 499 km, 20 inch crude oil pipeline from McCamey to Gardendale, Texas, US.

Gazprom and EuRoPol GAZ co-operate for Yamal – Europe-2

Thu, 11 April 2013 Gazprom and EuRoPol GAZ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Yamal – Europe-2 Gas Pipeline Project.

Shah Deniz to conduct final evaluation

Thu, 11 April 2013 The Shah Deniz consortium is about to conduct the final evaluation of two transportation options and make an informed decision on the preferred export route to Europe.

CNPC and KazMunayGas to expand Kazakhstan-China Pipeline

Thu, 11 April 2013 CNPC and KazMunayGas have signed an agreement regarding the expansion of the 2,228 km Kazakhstan-China Crude Pipeline.

HGA signed and finalised for TAP

Thu, 11 April 2013 The Albanian Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project have signed the Host Government Agreement (HGA), formally agreeing the terms of engagement for the Southern Gas Corridor pipeline’s future delivery.

Developing a geospatial data strategy: data collection and sharing

Thu, 11 April 2013 The theme of this year’s GeoGathering Conference, which will be held from 21–22 August 2013 in Colorado, US is Developing a Data Strategy: Data collection and sharing.

Texas regulator joins UPSF programme

Thu, 11 April 2013 The Unpiggable Pipeline Solutions Forum has added an additional speaker to its programme – Pipeline Integrity Programme Lead, Railroad Commission of Texas Randy Vaughn. Register now and don’t miss this conference.

Developing a geospatial data strategy at the GeoGathering conference

Thu, 11 April 2013 The theme of this year’s GeoGathering Conference is Developing a data strategy: data collection and sharing. Want to know why? Today, acquisitions and fast growth in the gathering industry are forcing operators to develop a data strategy and look deeper at all aspects of their pipeline asset data – from how it is collected, to making it available to decision makers.

TransCanada launches binding open season for eastern pipeline

Wed, 3 April 2013 TransCanada Corporation will hold a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for the Energy East Pipeline Project to transport crude oil from Western Canada to Eastern Canadian markets.

Information management for Sino-Myanmar

Thu, 28 March 2013 Schneider Electric has been selected by China Petroleum Materials Corporation, subsidiary of CNPC, to provide the enterprise control and monitoring technology for its new 793 km Sino-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline.

OptaSense signs extension with Shell

Thu, 28 March 2013 Real-time asset intelligence company OptaSense has signed a £10 million (approximately $US15 million) extension to the product development framework agreement (PDFA) with Shell, originally announced in 2010.

Lanzhou-Chengdu Crude Pipeline completed

Thu, 28 March 2013 The 880 km long Lanzhou-Chengdu Crude Pipeline, which extends from China’s Western Crude Pipeline terminal in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, to Pengzhou terminal station in Sichuan Province, running through Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, is now completed.

FEED completed for TAP

Thu, 28 March 2013 The Trans Adriatic Pipeline has completed the front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage, preparing the natural gas pipeline project for the next steps including detailed engineering, start of tendering for steel pipes, and construction services.

Head to Newcastle for the CO2 Forum

Thu, 28 March 2013 Following on from the success of the last three years, the Fourth International Forum on Transporation on CO2 by Pipeline will return to Newcastle, UK, from 19–20 June 2013, providing a great way to get involved with the conversation on CO2.