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International wins for oil and gas company

Tue, 31 January 2012 GE Oil and Gas’ surface and subsea production equipment, control systems and services have been selected for the Nexen Golden Eagle Area Development project in the United Kingdom’s central North Sea, which involves pipeline infrastructure.

Regulation round-up

In the United States, a New Jersey pipeline safety programme has received approximately $US1 million funding, and a number of pipeline safety bills have been signed by the Californian Governor, in a major step toward preventing pipeline failures such as the San Bruno incident. Meanwhile, the Australian pipeline industry is working to expand its pipeline standard, and DNV has established its second pipeline technical committee in China.

QSN 3 – overcoming challenges in loops and bounds

Since June 2010, Nacap has been constructing the QSN 3 Project, a 938.5 km, 450 mm diameter pipeline from Wallumbilla in southeast Queensland to Moomba in South Australia. As the project nears completion, Nacap reflects on the challenges it has overcome to deliver this major Australian pipeline looping project.

Pipeline potential down under

A number of exciting pipeline projects are currently underway in Australasia, including LNG developments across Australia and Papua New Guinea. Pipelines International looks at the projects which are set to launch Australia to the position of second-biggest exporter of LNG and to the new frontier of LNG in PNG.

Gorgon pipeline inspections awarded to ROSEN

Wed, 20 July 2011 ROSEN Group has been awarded four major baseline pipeline inspections worth around $US9.7 million for the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG Project.

KBR to design three Australian CSG pipelines

Wed, 8 June 2011 KBR has secured two contracts in Queensland, Australia, including services for three coal seam gas pipelines.

Saipem awarded EPC contracts for new Australian onshore pipeline

Tue, 18 January 2011 Saipem has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas pipeline in Queensland, Australia.

Pipeline convention down under

“An unprecedented time in the pipeline industry, with unprecedented opportunities” was one of Australian Pipeline Industry Association President Peter Cox’s opening remarks in his welcoming address to the Association’s recent Annual Convention held in Darwin.

FID for Queensland Curtis LNG

Wed, 3 November 2010 BG Group has made a final investment decision (FID) to approve the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project, which comprises an $US7.9 billion onshore coal seam gas (CSG)-to-LNG production and export facility and a 380 km pipeline from QGC’s Surat Basin tenements to a port site, to be located on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia.

APIA: the voice of Australia’s pipeline industry

The Australian Pipeline Industry Association represents the full spectrum of Australia’s pipeline industry, embracing pipeline owners and operators, construction companies, engineering firms and suppliers of products and services and many other types of companies involved in all aspects of the industry. Pipelines International talks to Chief Executive Cheryl Cartwright about the Association’s role in meeting industry challenges.

Enerflex turns on the pressure down under

Enerflex has installed a pressure reducing metering station in Australia’s southern state of Victoria to allow gas to feed into the recently installed Mortlake Pipeline from a number of different supply lines.

Timor-Leste backs subsea pipeline plan

Fri, 30 April 2010 The Timor-Leste Government has held firm on its preferred plan for the construction of a pipeline and processing facility on Timor-Leste's shores to develop the gas resources of the Greater Sunrise gas fields, casting doubt on Woodside Petroleum’s plans for a 4 MMt/a floating LNG (FLNG) facility in the Timor Sea.

Oil Search: achieving safety in PNG

Active in Papua New Guinea since 1929, Oil Search Ltd is the country’s largest oil and gas producer, operating all of Papua New Guinea’s producing oil and gas fields. Developing these fields has required the installation of infrastructure through hazardous terrain. Here, Projects Superintendent Ian Black explains the safety measures that the company has developed to ensure a successful project

APLNG pipeline contract awarded

Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) joint venture partners Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips have awarded a consortium of McConnell Dowell and Consolidated Contractors a contract to build the 450 km gas transmission pipeline for the APLNG Project, to be located in Queensland, Australia.

Baosteel to supply Australia’s largest diameter gas pipe: QGC

Thu, 18 March 2010 Queensland Gas Company has awarded Baosteel subsidiary Howa Trading Co. a contract for the manufacture of 550 km of pipeline for its Queensland Curtis LNG Project.

BJ to provide pipeline precommissioning for Gorgon

Wed, 10 March 2010 BJ Services Australia has been awarded a $US80 million dollar contract by Chevron to provide pipeline precommissioning services associated with the construction of the Gorgon LNG Development, located off the coast of Western Australia.

Arrow Energy awarded Australian pipeline licence

Wed, 24 February 2010 Arrow Energy has been awarded a Petroleum Pipeline Licence to develop a pipeline between its coal seam gas (CSG) operations near Dalby in the Surat Basin and the proposed Gladstone ‘Fisherman’s Landing’ LNG Project, both located in Queensland, Australia.

Australian pipeline research centre appoints CEO

Mon, 11 January 2010 The board of Australia's Energy Pipelines Co-operative Research Centre (EPCRC) has appointed Professor Valerie Linton as the CRC’s inaugural Chief Executive Officer.

APLNG pipeline contract awarded

Wed, 6 January 2010 Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) joint venture partners Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips have awarded the McConnell Dowell and Consolidated Contractors joint venture the contract to build a 450 km gas transmission pipeline for the APLNG Project, to be located in Gladstone, Australia.

Australian industry gathers in northern Australia

The most prestigious Australian pipeline event of the year – the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) Convention was held between 17–20 October in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Pipeline link constructed in central Australia

Epic Energy recently completed construction of the QSN Link Pipeline, which for the first time directly links the sales gas systems in Queensland, Australia, to both New South Wales and South Australia.

Environmental navigation of German landfall and modelling pull-back operations

Environmental considerations for pipeline construction are discussed in the latest edition of Pipelines International’s sister publication The Journal of Pipeline Engineering (JPE). Here, Editor-in-Chief John Tiratsoo outlines articles discussing the Nord Stream Pipeline project and horizontal directional drilling construction methods.