http://www.pipewire.net NEWS en-us Copyright 2012 SSL, Ltd. ISRAEL has completed construction of an energy pipeline to Gaza. The Israel Defence Force's Civil Administration co-ordinated the project with representatives of the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the construction was undertaken by both Israeli and Palestinian crews. In a statement regarding the new pipeline, the Israeli army said it 'will continue to work in order to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip'. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2282 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 ASIA'S largest oil and gas producer, China's PetroChina, is to purchase two pipelines in western China from its state-owned parent, China National Petroleum Co, for about $1.4 billion. The assets to be acquired include a crude oil pipeline and a refined oil pipeline, each 1,858km long, running from Urumqi in the west to the Lanzhou in Gansu, in the east. The crude and refined oil pipelines have designed transmission capacities of 20m ton/yr and 10m ton/yr, respectively. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2280 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 IT IS UNDERSTOOD that China is planning to start construction of twin oil and gas pipelines through Burma in September with the aim of reducing the journey time for crude oil imports from the Middle East and Africa, the China Securities Journal reported recently. 'The pipelines in [Burma] will be built under the name of CNPC but whether CNPC or PetroChina undertakes the construction of the domestic [Chinese] section has not been decided,' the newspaper said, citing an unnamed CNPC official. CNPC, China's largest oil and gas producer, operates most of its domestic businesses via PetroChina. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2281 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 DUTCH offshore contractor Heerema is to set up a $160-million facility in Angola to support its pipeline work for BP's new deepwater projects. It is understood that the yard will be built in conjunction with local contractor Cembir Maritime Construction in Porto Amboim in South Kwanza province, south of the capital Luanda. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2279 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 RUSSIAN and other international companies are being invited to submit bids for the construction of an oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea to the Gulf of Oman, the government of Iran announced recently. Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Noureddin Shahnazizadeh told a delegation in Moscow that his country has concluded initial studies for the $2-billion pipeline, and would move forward with the contract phase soon. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2278 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 US OPERATOR Enterprise Products Partners LP is acquiring Teppco Partners LP in an all-stock deal valued at $3.3 billion, forming what the companies have said will be one of the US' largest publicly-traded energy-pipeline partnerships. The acquisition will unite the two closely-linked pipeline operators, which are themselves controlled by a general partnership company owned by Houston billionaire Dan Duncan. Under terms of the deal, Teppco shareholders will receive 1.24 Enterprise shares, valued at $31.36 each, for each of their Teppco shares, representing a 9.3% premium over Teppco's closing price at the end of June. The deal is valued at about $500 million more than the $2.8 billion cash-and-stock deal Enterprise first offered in March, and which was later rejected by Teppco's management as being too low. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2277 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 THE DM5E family is the latest generation of portable, ultrasonic, corrosion-monitoring thickness gauges from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. The new range of gauges are designed to offer improvements in performance over previous corrosion-thickness gauges in terms of better thickness measurement stability and repeatability at normal and, especially, at elevated temperatures. The units have been designed for operation in the harshest of working environments, performing wall thickness measurements on pipelines, pressure vessels, and storage tanks in the oil and gas industry, as well as the petrochemical and power generation sectors. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2283 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 RECENTLY PUBLISHED by London-based Infield Energy Analysts, the fourth edition of the Global perspectives pipelines and control lines update report (2009/13) provides an in-depth, independent analysis of the global offshore pipeline and control line market sectors from 2004 to 2013. The in-depth report covers pipelines of all lengths and diameters including SURF flowlines, trunklines, and conventional pipelines, as well as all control lines, including communication, power line, seismic cable, telecommunication, and umbilicals. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2284 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 HOUSTON-BASED Pipestream, a technology company focused on developing and bring new materials and constructions methods to the pipeline industry, has been incorporated and has selected its executive management team. Ronald A (Randy) Majors has become president and CEO, Raymond Burke the CEO, and David Mansfield the chief financial officer. The newly-formed company is focussing on the technical development of a metallic, X-200 rated, composite pipe that can be manufactured on site without welding, using 60% less steel and far lower wall thickness than more-commonly-used pipe, and installed using a portable manufacturing line. Pipestream is currently qualifying and completing testing and will be marketing the product later this year. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2276 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 INDIA'S INEPENDENT Reliance Industries (RIL) and state-run gas marketer GAIL are planning the second phase of construction of a pipeline to transport gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin to the southern parts of the country. The pipeline would be complete by 2012 with a total investment of over £15million. Both RIL and GAIL have received authorization from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 2007 to lay these pipelines. 'RIL is planning the final route of the pipeline,' said a company spokesperson without divulging further details. http://www.pipewire.net/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2275 Mon, 06 Jul 2009