Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP)
awards control infrastructure contract
ABB’s System 800xA extended operator workplace

Dec. 17, 2015    + + +  ABB has been awarded a large contract for the 1,850 km Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP). ABB will deliver the control infrastructure to contribute to safe, secure and reliable operation of the pipeline throughout its lifetime. The US$11 billion pipeline will bring Azerbaijan’s natural gas directly to Europe and will interconnect with two others: the South Caucasus at Turkey’s border with Georgia, and the Trans Adriatic at its border with Greece ... read more

Statoil awards North Sea pipeline contracts

Dec. 10, 12015   + + +  Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners, has awarded contracts for the line pipe, coating and pipe installation of the Johan Sverdrup oil field export pipelines. The total contract value is estimated at slightly less than NOK 2.5 billion (US$0.29 billion). The three contracts cover both the oil and gas export pipelines for Johan Sverdrup, located in the North Sea, approximately 140 km west of Stavanger, Norway. ... read more

Scheuerle and Cygnus Gas Field

Dec. 02, 2015   + + +  For the expansion of the infrastructure for the Cygnus gas field in the North Sea, ALE UK has once again been relying on SCHEUERLE SPMTs. On 168 SPMT axle lines and using a loose coupling mode, a 4,140 t segment of a production platform as well as a total of four support elements with unit weights of between 1,180 and 2,125 t were transported ... read more

MAN Diesel & Turbo
Acquires Cryo’s Marine Fuel & Bunkering Business

Nov. 19, 2015 + + +  MAN Diesel & Turbo Sverige AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (part of MAN and Volkswagen Group), acquires the marine fuel gas supply system (FGSS) business from the Sweden based Cryo AB, part of the Linde Engineering Division and a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment for the storage, distribution and handling of liquefied gases. It will be integrated into the company’s four-stroke marine business ... read more

AUV-borne leak detection system inspects Mediterranean pipelines

Nov. 05, 2015   + + +  Following extensive offshore trials, Co.L.Mar’s acoustic leak detector (ALD) has completed its first deployment from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for inspection of pressurized pipelines ... read more

TAP Awards Contract to Salzgitter Mannesmann International
for Onshore Line Pipe and Bends

Oct 29, 2015  + + +  Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) awarded a contract to Salzgitter Mannesmann International GMBH for 270 km of the onshore 48-in. OD line pipe, as well as the bends TAP requires for both onshore (48-in.) and offshore (36-in.) use. Salzgitter will provide 48-in. line pipes and bends for TAP’s onshore sections in Albania, Greece, and Italy, and 36-in. bends for the offshore section across the Adriatic, a total of roughly 170,000 tonnes of line pipe ... read more

TAP Awards Three Pipeline Equipment Contracts
Two Italian Companies Selected as the Successful Tenderers

Oct. 16, 2015  + + +   Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has awarded three contracts for the engineering, manufacturing and delivery of 48” and 36” fittings, isolating joints and scraper traps. This equipment will perform various key functions, and will be installed along the TAP route, in line with the project technical specification ... read more

Gassco takes charge of new UK-Norway offshore gas pipeline

Oct. 04,  2015   + + +  Gassco has assumed operatorship of the new 94-km (58-mi) Utsira High gas pipeline (UHGP). This starts at the Edvard Grieg field, 57 km (35 mi) north of Sleipner in the Norwegian North Sea, and will transport up to 5 MMcm/d (177 MMcf/d) of rich gas to a connection point at the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (Sage) pipeline system in the UK, and onward to the St Fergus terminal north of Aberdeen ... read more

Statoil: Polarled gas pipeline crosses Arctic Circle

Aug. 21, 2015  + + +  The Statoil ASA-operated Polarled gas pipeline construction project reported crossing the Arctic Circle. The line will connect Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamna in western Norway. The 482-km, 70 million standard cu m/day pipeline is being laid in as much as 1,265 m of water, marking the first time a 36-in. OD gas pipeline has been installed at such depths, Statoil says, adding that Polarled is the first pipeline to take Norwegian gas infrastructure across the Arctic Circle ... more

BASF and Gazprom sign Memorandum of Understanding
to expand Nord Stream pipeline

July 31, 2015  + + +  BASF subsidiary Wintershall intends to participate in expanding the capacities of the Nord Stream pipeline, which delivers Russian natural gas to European customers via the Baltic Sea. A Memorandum of Understanding to this effect was signed today. This expansion of the Nord Stream pipeline will consist of two additional pipelines that could transport up to 55 billion additional cubic meters of Russian natural gas directly to Germany ... more

Voith’s Variable Speed Planetary Gear Vorecon with Dual Torque Converter Growing in U.S. Market

July 13, 2014  + + +  Voith’s patented Vorecon with Dual Torque Converter is expanding its footprint in the U.S. market, with five Vorecons equipped in compressor stations transporting natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation into markets in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast states. These Vorecons are increasing transport capacity by over 25 percent, and improving reliability and efficiency in the process ... more

July 2, 2015 + + + The tender process initiated by Bomin Linde LNG for contracting a LNG bunker supply vessel has entered the final phase. The vessel is expected to be ordered in the third quarter this year and will become operational in 2017  ... more.

June 24, 2015 + + + Gazprom says Turkey has issued a permit on engineering surveys for the offshore section of the planned Turkish Stream gas pipeline system in the Black Sea. Investigations will be performed within Turkey’s exclusive economic zone and territorial waters for installation of the first pipeline string. The offshore section of Turkish Stream will eventually comprise four strings, each with throughput capacity of 15.75 bcm (556 bcf)  ... more

June 19, 2015 + + + Three subsea templates have been installed ahead of schedule at the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea in 1,300 m (4,265 ft) of water. Aker Solutions built the templates in Sandnessjøen. According to operator Statoil, all are of a new design in which the top structure is separated from the base structure. This allows the templates to be installed in deep and rough waters using a smaller installation vessel  ... more

Gazprom, E.ON, Shell and OMV agree upon developing gas transmission capacities to deliver Russian gas to Europe

ene installation under way from Norwegian Sea

June 18, 2015   + + +  Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Klaus Schaefer, Member of the Management Board of E.ON, Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell and Manfred Leitner, Member of the Executive Board of OMV signed Memorandums of Intent stipulating the cooperation among the said companies within the project for constructing the gas transmission infrastructure for direct supply of Russian gas to European consumers. The documents were inked today within the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015 ... more

Siemens to provide service for compressor stations along Yamal-Europe Transit gas pipeline system in Poland

ene installation under way from Norwegian Sea

May 18, 2015 + + + Siemens has been awarded a service and maintenance contract (in a frame of public procurement law) for the turbo-compressors operating at five compressor stations in Poland along the Yamal-Europe Transit Gas Pipelines System. The customer is EuRoPol GAZ s.a., a company owned by the Polish PGNiG, Russian Gazprom and Polish Gas-Trading S.A  ... more

The time has come for cranes at Expom S.A.

June 16, 2015   + + +  Expom, the leader in production of davits according to DNV qualification association, now goes for the production of marine cranes. Another two Knuckleboom cranes, in which advanced anti-corrosion solutions were applied, left the company's factory ... more

Volga-Dnepr Delivers Wellhead Control Panel
and Hydraulic Power Unit to Singapore

ene installation under way from Norwegian Sea

April 07, 2015 + + +  A wellhead control panel and hydraulic power unit with a combined weight of 17 tonnes has been delivered by Volga-Dnepr Airlines to Singapore in conjunction with leading oil & gas project logistics forwarder ‘Pentagon Freight Services’.  The WCP and HPU form part of the contract awarded by Det norske to SMOE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine for the engineering, procurement and construction of the process, drilling and quarters platform (PDQ) topside to be installed in the Ivar Aasen development in the North Sea ...more

Panalpina adds freighter calls in Baku, Azerbaijan

ene installation under way from Norwegian Sea

April 27, 2015   + + +  Panalpina is adding calls in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, as part of its long-term strategy to expand and optimize its controlled air freight network. Scheduled charters that are operated by Silk Way West Airlines and fly between Luxembourg and Shanghai now call in Baku four times per week. Silk Way deploys 747-8 freighters, which are particularly well-suited for the transport of outsized oil and gas equipment ... more

AirBridgeCargo Starts 2015 with 20% Growth in Tonnage

ene installation under way from Norwegian Sea

April 16, 2015   + + +  In the January 1-March 31 period this year, ABC carried 103,816 tonnes across its international route network connecting customers in Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific through its hub in Moscow. Denis Ilin, Executive President of AirBridgeCargo, said: “20% growth of tonnage and 28% growth of FTK is a solid first quarter performance ... more

Statoil: Polarled pipeline installation under way from Norwegian Sea

ene installation under way from Norwegian Sea

March 27, 2015  + + + The Solitaire pipe-laying vessel has started Stage 1 of the Statoil ASA-operated Polarled installation project connecting Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamna in western Norway. The gas pipeline is now connected to the Nyhamna processing plant, which Royal Dutch Shell PLC will prepare for gas reception ... more

TAP Issues Contract Notice for Italy Onshore Construction

March 25, 2015 + + + Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) invites companies to pre-qualify for the construction of the Pipeline Receiving Terminal (PRT) and the installation of onshore pipeline in Italy. For further information on TAP’s procurement process and the contracts that it plans to award, please go to: www.tap-ag.com/project-opportunities/for-companies.

TANAP - Trans-Anatolien-Pipeline
Rival Russian scheme could complicate future Caspian gas exports

March 19, 2015   + + +   A ceremony took place in Kars in eastern Turkey on Tuesday to mark the ground breaking for the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) project. According to analyst Wood Mackenzie, this is an important step in the 15-year process to export gas from the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea to central and western Europe, providing an alternative to a reliance on Russia gas supplies ... more

TAP Invites Companies to Pre-qualify
for Offshore Construction and Line Pipes

March 03, 2015   + + +  Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105 km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The greatest depth the pipeline will be laid is 820 meters ... more 

German gas TSOs launch consultation on their 2015
Network Development Plan

Feb. 23, 2015   + + +   The German gas transmission system operators (TSOs) have today launched a consultation on their fourth Network Development Plan which presents more detailed plans for the conversion of low calorific value gas networks to high CV gas supplies. According to the 17 TSOs, the 2015 NDP, which has now been published, largely confirms the projects described in the 2014 NDP. At the same time, it provides a more detailed outlook on the situation in the high CV and low CV sectors for the period to 2030 ...  more 

Panalpina and Atlas Air renew partnership
with network expansion in mind

Feb. 12, 2015   + + +   Panalpina and Atlas Air are strengthening their long-standing partnership in the air freight industry. As a cornerstone of a new five-year agreement, Panalpina will switch one of its wet-leased aircraft to more than 200 scheduled charters per year, thereby expanding its unique air freight network ... more

See also: Panalpina establishes Energy Solutions to serve world's biggest logistics demands

MOL Group and Transpetrol Completed the Reconstruction of the Friendship I/Adria Oil Pipeline

Feb.09, 2015   + + +   MOL Group and Transpetrol finished the reconstruction and capacity expansion of the Friendship I/Adria oil pipeline leg between Százhalombatta and Ipolyság in Slovakia. As a result of this strategic investment, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will now be able to further diversify their energy supplies thus significantly improving regional energy security ... more

Moving 50 Tons of Gas Equipment to Uzbekistan
Earns VOLGA-DNEPR Another Long-Term Partner

2015-Feb-06   + + +  Logistics provider G&O Solutions chose to partner with Volga-Dnepr Airlines when it needed to transport 50 tons of gas equipment for a compressor station from Kazan in Russia to Karshi, Uzbekistan. The cargo was moved onboard two IL-76TD-90VD freighter flights and included rotor and wheelspace, piping and tanks, pumps, coolers and other supporting equipment. These are being used to increase gas production at the Shurtan compressor station in the biggest gas-condensate field in Uzbekistan ... more 

Kanon Marine loading arms
Twin Arms

2014-Dec-22   + + +   KANON Loading Equipment BV is a Netherlands-based first-class supplier on the international market for Marine, Rail and Road liquid transfer systems. The loading and unloding sequence is a time consuming event, as the feed lines have limited capacity. To cope with this limitation, often more than one loading arm are connected at the same time ... learn more about twin-arms in the news section of Kanon's website

Worldwide Pipeline Construction
Oil & Gas Journal’s Forecast & Review

The Forecast & Review/Worldwide Pipeline Construction 2015 Webcast will address Oil & Gas Journal’s outlooks for the oil market and pipeline construction in a year of turbulence. Based on two annual special reports, the webcast will be presented by OGJ Editor Bob Tippee and OGJ Managing Editor-Technology Chris Smith, January 30, 2015  ... more

Russia’s Turkey pipeline deal possibly may keep
door to Europe ajar

Dec. 18, 2014 + + + Russia’s memorandum of understanding to build a natural gas pipeline to Turkey after canceling its South Stream project could help keep the door open for it to eventually sell more gas to Europe, two Washington-based observers suggested (OGJ Online, Dec. 2, 2014) ... more

Sulzer Delivers its 1000th Pump to Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Dec 17, 2014 + + + Sulzer recently delivered its 1000th pump to Enbridge, marking a unique event in the history of both companies as well as in the industry. The event crowns a relationship that has spanned over six decades ... more

Technip awarded a €100 million Onshore Oil & Gas Terminal project by ONGC in India

Dec. 17, 2014   + + +  Technip has been awarded an approximately €100 million contract by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) to build a 6 MMSCMD (1) onshore terminal at Odalarevu in Andhra Pradesh, India, as part of the Integrated Development of Vashishta (VA) & S1 fields ... more

TAP Invites Companies to Pre-qualify
for Line Pipes and Bends

Dec. 17, 2014   + + +  Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has launched its pre-qualification process for onshore line pipes and bends. The scope for this contract has been divided into six lots which will be delivered to marshalling yards in Kavala and Thessaloniki in Greece and Durres in Albania. The total length required for the line pipes will be approximately 780 km, totalling approximately 443,000 tonnes in weight, with a diameter of 48 inches and 36 inches respectively ... more

TAP issues Invitation to Tender for Large Diameter Ball Valves

Dec 09, 2014   + + +   Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG’s (TAP) procurement process moves forward as it issues its next Invitations to Tender (ITT) for the supply of large diameter ball valves and actuators. The ITT covers 55 valves at 48” and 36”, class 600 and 900. The requirements and quality of the large diameter ball valves and actuators ... more

ENSURING THROUGHPUT IN POLAND
Complex Pipeline Refurbishment Program Delivers Major Gains

Dec 08, 2014 + + + Keeping hundreds of miles of Poland’s pipelines flowing at optimum capacity isn’t easy. It’s a demanding job, requiring great care and attention to planning and executing the rigorous maintenance programs necessary to ensure that every line is clean and free of defects, especially those that could eventually cripple production. A recent pipeline refurbishment program carried out by a major gas transmission operator in the mountains of eastern Poland, along the Ukraine border, illustrates the complex nature of maintaining pipelines ... more

HBM: Fiber Optic Strain Sensors Monitor Pipeline Integrity

Dec. 05, 2014 + + + Using strain gauges to monitor stress on oil and gas pipelines helps prevent failure, but using them effectively and affordably requires highly skilled technicians. A new pipeline monitoring solution using fiber optic strain sensors offers an easier solution. Bragg grating strain sensors entail simpler wiring and require no calibration. In a pipeline application, chains of these sensors can connect to a monitoring system via a single pair of fiber optic cables, not only simplifying implementation but reducing cabling costs compared to conventional strain gauge sensors. Fiber optic cables are also safer in such potentially explosive environments .... more ... Source: Oil & Gas Journal Newsletter DAILY UPDATE

After scuttling South Stream,
Russia plans line to Turkey instead

Dec. 02, 2014    + + +  Russia has decided against the construction of the 930-km South Stream natural gas pipeline across the Black Sea from Russia to Bulgaria, citing delays on the part of the European Union in taking the steps necessary to move forward. Press reports have OAO Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller as confirming the decision originally announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Miller and Mehmet Konuk, chairman of Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corp., signed a memorandum of understanding Dec. 1 on instead building an offshore gas pipeline from the Russkaya compressor station (also South Stream’s starting point) under construction in the Krasnodar Territory across the Black Sea to Turkey.

Pipe Cold Bending Machines from Schwarze-Robitec
Bending the Costs Downward

Dec 02, 2014    + + +  There are many kilometres of pipe on oil platforms, complex chemical plants, refineries and large power stations. All feature similarly large stretches of pipeline. In view of these quantities, pipe fitting plays a special role in plant and pipeline construction; the conduit system must be installed quickly and efficiently. Moreover, these constructions are essential for the function and efficiency of the plants ...

TAP issues Invitations to Tender for Compressor Stations

Nov. 26, 2014    + + +   Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has issued its next Invitations to Tender (ITT) for compressor stations in Greece and Albania. TAP is issuing two separate ITTs – one for Greece and one for Albania. In Greece, the ITT will cover the provision of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of one compressor station at Kipoi. In Albania, the ITT is for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of one compressor station at Fier, and one metering station at Billisht. The metering station is designed to measure natural gas coming from the Greek section of TAP ....

Pipeline transportation market set for 10% annual growth

TAP issues EPC tender invitation for onshore pipeline sections

Enagás joins Trans Adriatic Pipeline

Linde awarded engineering contract for LNG plant in Canada

Panalpina establishes Energy Solutions
to serve world’s biggest logistics demands

Volga-Dnepr's IL-76TD-90VD fleet
sees Oil and Gas Deliveries double in first half of 2014

South Stream: Supervisory Board Takes Note of Preparations
for Construction of South Stream Offshore Pipeline