NEXT WEEK'S ANNUAL Pipeline pigging and integrity management conference and exhibition, organized by Global Pipeline Monthly in partnership with Clarion Technical Conferences is being held in Houston on 14-15 February. The conference, which forms an annual landmark for the pipeline pigging industry world-wide, contains 16 papers of considerable current significance to all involved with oil- and gas-pipeline pigging and maintaining integrity and fitness-for-purpose: details are in the programme at www.clarion.org. Alongside the conference is an important exhibition of equipment and services: already 93 of the possible 97 stands have been booked, and 60 companies are represented, providing a unique opportunity for visitors to see a complete cross-section of solutions available to the industry. The event also forms one of the primary opportunities for networking, a testament to the increasing delegate and visitor numbers in recent years. All the details are available at the above link, or you can call or email the organizers: John Tiratsoo in the UK (+44 (0)1494 675139), or BJ Lowe in the US (+1 713 521 5929).