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Herrenknecht’s Green HDD Rig for Pipelines and Power Grids

The development of pipeline networks and power grids is the challenge of future energy supply. Trenchless methods are required for fast, safe and eco-friendly pipeline installations for oil, gas and alternative green fuels. In addition,…

Family Company – Goriziane – Grows With Third Generation

Through an innovative approach, advanced engineering and a strong aptitude to problem solving, for more than 70 years, Goriziane has been designing and transforming systems of advanced engineering and technology, aiming to bring innovation to…

Gulf Interstate Engineering Celebrates 70 Years of Pipeline Engineering

In 1953, construction began on the Gulf Interstate Gas Pipeline. The main pipeline ran from Louisiana to Kentucky to serve the growing U.S. markets for natural gas energy. Overall, the span of the transmission system…

Gascontrol Polska Hands Over Kędzierzyn-Koźle Compressor Station in Poland

Gascontrol Polska was awarded by Gaz-system S.A. the contract for the construction of the compressor station in Kędzierzyn-Koźle in the beginning of 2021. The project was completed in March 2022. The gas compressor station is…

The C.A.T. Group Strengthens Partnership with Aramco & Builds New Momentum with Qatar Energy and Chart Industries

Aramco and C.A.T. Group signed a long-term agreement as part of the Unconventional Resources Maintain Potential project (URMP) in March 2022, and another long-term agreement as part of the On-shore Maintain Potential Project (OMPP) in…

ALA Launches Free Commercial Advice Service for IPLOCA Members

Associate Member, A. Lamb Associates (ALA) is delighted to announce that it is launching a commercial advice service for Regular Members, with access to two hours of free commercial support. If you are a Regular…

Xionggu Pipeline Automatic Welding Machine Participates in 3rd West to East Gas Pipeline

The middle section of the 3rd West to East Gas Pipeline has a total length of 2090 km. It starts from Zhongwei, Ningxia Province, passes through 7 provinces in China, and ends at Ji’an City,…

New Appointments to the Board of Directors at Winn & Coales (International) Ltd.

It is with great pleasure that the Board of Directors at Winn & Coales International Ltd. announces the appointments of Andrew Stuart and James Winn as executive directors of the Board, effective from the beginning…

Wasco Coatings Completes Concrete Weight Coating for Qatargas

Wasco Coatings Middle East QFZ LLC, located in Qatar, and a subsidiary of Wasco Energy Group of Companies, recently celebrated the completion of Concrete Weight Coating (CWC) for the Qatargas NFPS EPCOL Project. The project…

Oscar Scarpari Appointed as New Global CEO of Techint Engineering & Construction

Oscar Scarpari succeeded Carlos Bacher as company CEO at a global level, effective January 1, 2023, while Carlos continues as Chairman, after 20 years at the helm of the company. Oscar is a mechanical engineer…

Seal For Life and Consistent Pipeline Protection

Over 50 km of new pipelines are being constructed in the Bisat area in the Sultanate of Oman. The pipeline diameters range from 10” through to 24” in diameter. Canusa CPS (a division of Seal…

SACDE and Techint Take Step Forward in Key Project for Argentina

SACDE and Techint Engineering & Construction, in an equal part consortium, are currently building sections 1, 2 and 4 of the President Nestor Kirchner Pipeline (GPNK), an infrastructure project of 573 km in 36” that…

Nacap Constructs 580 km Pipeline in Western Australia

Nacap has been engaged by the APA Group to construct the 580 km Northern Goldfields Interconnect Pipeline to connect the existing Dampier Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline, near Geraldton, Western Australia (WA) to the Goldfields Gas…

Monti-Werkzeuge GmbH Continues Bristle Blasting Innovations

Bristle blasting (blasting without loose grit) for field joint coating surface preparation creates similar results to ISO 8501-1 Sa2,5 cleanliness with roughness profile>50 micron without a flat area between the peak and the valley of…

Mears Group Inc. Installed Power Distribution System After Hurricane Ida

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida (Category 4, 2021), energy company Entergy began restoring and strengthening the power distribution system in the hard-hit coastal communities of Port Fourchon and Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S.A. The new…

New Honorary Member Najib Khoury

One of the highest honours that IPLOCA is able to bestow on any individual is that of Honorary Member. In order to receive this honour a person must have performed distinguished services to the onshore…

Vacuworx Third-time Winner of Oklahoma Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting

In 2022, the company was distinguished for global equipment manufacturing and exporting activities, becoming a third-time recipient of the Oklahoma Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting. Vacuworx has been welcoming new equipment dealers and strengthening…

MAX STREICHER S.p.A. Hands Over Two Compressor Stations in Poland

MAX STREICHER S.p.A. was selected by Gaz-System S.A. for the construction of two gas compression stations near the Polish municipalities of Goleniów and Gustorzyn in October 2020, as part of the Baltic Pipe Project, the…

SICIM Expands its Footprint in Mexico

SICIM has recently increased its portfolio in Mexico with a new contract acquired through its subsidiary Constructora SICIM. This contract constitutes a key to the strategy of the CFE investment plan, aimed at increasing the…

Serimax’s Field-Proven Internal Line-Up Clamp INTERNAX

Serimax has engineered and brought to market an internal welding clamp; INTERNAX features a unique pipe re-rounding capability and ensures full penetration of the internal bead with digital welding data record. The oscillation of eight…

M. Al-Barghash Co. Ltd, Received Award for Sponsoring Largest International Conference Event, Saudi Arabia

Al-Barghash Co. Ltd. (MBTC) sponsored the Saudi Pipeline International Conference and Exhibition 2022 held at Dhahran Expo from 3 to 6 October, which is the largest international conference and exhibition event held with the objective…

Goriziane E&C’s Innovative Automated Fabrication Concepts

Among Goriziane’s numerous products is the G-FIT (Goriziane – Fabrication Innovation Technology), which is a special equipment for jacket and platform fabrications, and multipurpose alignment operations. The system is used to make the alignment of…

Herrenknecht AG Receives Bauma Innovation Award 2022

Herrenknecht AG has received the highly coveted Bauma Innovation Award 2022 in the category “Machine Technology” for the new development of continuous tunneling. Up until now mechanised tunneling with shield machines in soft ground has…

Gulf’s New President & CEO and Involvement in Midwest Carbon Express

Gulf Companies (legal entity: Gulf Interstate Engineering) is pleased to announce that Kent Wilfur has been appointed President and CEO, effective 1 November 2022. He is taking the helm following the retirement of Rick Barnard,…

DENSO Group Germany Celebrates 100 Years of Invention and Experience

2022 is a special year for DENSO Group Germany: the Group is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Since it was founded on 14 November 1922, DENSO has evolved from a family company to an international group,…

Bin Quraya Company Awarded Water Supply Facilities Project by Saudi Aramco

Bin Quraya Co. Ltd has been awarded the Zuluf AH Dvelopment package project by Saudi Aramco, which involves construction of a water injection system facilities capable of supplying 1.063 MMBWD, with provisions to ultimately supply…

ISCO Helps Bring Safe Shores and Reliable Electricity to Rwanda

Through engineering and ingenuity, several companies were able to help turn a potentially disastrous problem into a powerful solution in Rwanda, where natural resources are limited. The country sits on the shores of Lake…

GDI Develops Microtunnel in Manzanillo-Guadalajara Pipeline

GDI is proud to have supported TC Energy by developing a microtunnel (MT) in the Manzanillo-Guadalajara Pipeline as a result of integrity campaigns of TC Energy.The microtunnel was successful for three main factors which allowed…

Goriziane Manufactures Internal Line-up Clamp (ILC)

Goriziane E&C S.p.A. has recently manufactured a new Internal Line-up Clamp (ILC). These ILCs are ready for final assembly and factory acceptance testing (FAT) before delivering them to onshore and offshore pipeline projects. The…

Xionggu Automatic Welding Machine Accelerates Welding Work on Section of Sino-Russia Eastern Pipeline Phase 3

The Nantong-Yongzhi section of the Sino-Russia Eastern pipeline phase 3 is a key oil and gas infrastructure project. After completion, it will realise the interconnection of the Sino-Russia Eastern pipeline, the 1st West to East…

Techint’s Sustainable Construction Amid Wetlands in Peru

Techint Engineering & Construction has built a 87-km pipeline to transport water to the Quellaveco mining plant in the south of Peru. Quellaveco is a 60/40 joint venture between Anglo American and Mitsubishi Corporation.

Further Awards for Streicher’s Fully Electric Driven Horizontal Drilling Rig

Since winning the 2021 IPLOCA New Technologies Award and being a runner-up for the 2021 IPLOCA Health & Safety Award, Streicher’s first fully electric driven horizontal drilling rig, the HDD80-E has recently won two further…

Seal for Life’s Stopaq Total Solutions

In 2021 Seal For Life (SFL) completed a year long gas pipeline project in Croatia utilising a number of SFL products to provide a total protection solution. The work was conducted on the new connecting…

ILF Consulting Commissioned for ETL in Germany

Gasunie has commissioned ILF Consulting Engineers as general planner for the Energy Transmission Lines (ETL) 179 and 182. These pipelines are related to the LNG terminals in Germany, which are now needed more than…

Bin Quaraya Co. Ltd Awarded Construction South Header LFDL, Saudi Arabia

Bin Quraya Co. Ltd has been awarded the contract to build a 63 km pipeline for the water injection trunkline junction at Lower Fadhili distribution to the central processing facilities plant Khurais in the Kingdom…

Xionggu Automatic Welding Machine Spreads Set Inherent Record in LNG Pipeline Project

The Binhai LNG project is located in the northeast of the Subei faulted basin in the Yangtze fault block area. The strata are well developed and a set of shallow marine, coastal and continental materials…

Baltic Pipe Project’s Pre-commissioning Operation by Techfem

The Baltic Pipe Project, developed by both GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Energinet, Denmark as co-investors, is a 36” offshore pipeline, which will connect the east coast of Denmark and the northern coast of Poland. The project…

SICIM Awarded Major Pipeline Project in Italy

Having been awarded the construction of 4 lots of the Ravenna – Chieti gas pipeline by Snam Rete Gas, SICIM is returning to its origins and is back in the Italian pipeline construction market after…

LogIC’s Pipeline Construction Digitalised Quality Management

Throughout pipeline construction, operations must be controlled with evidence to ensure traceability, quality and compliance with requirements. Necessary activities are carried out by field teams and a significant quality team but, thanks to LogIC’s QCM…

Increased Efficiency Onsite with Latest Liebherr Dozer Assistance Systems

Liebherr generation 8 dozers offer a variety of operator assistance systems to optimise the entire site process from preparation up to completion. With Liebherr Indicate, operators see the inclination of terrain as well as blade…

KPTL Oil & Gas Pipeline Business Awarded Major Pipeline Projects in India

In August 2021, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) was awarded the laying & construction of a steel gas pipeline and terminals along with associated facilities for Section II of the Mumbai – Nagpur Pipeline Project…

ILF Supports the Baltic Pipe Project

ILF is proud to support the Jutland Funen project, part of the overall Baltic Pipe project, with engineering services including, amongst others, project management, detailed design, owner’s engineer, and construction supervision. The Baltic Pipe project…

Goriziane’s First Fully Electric Bevelling Machine (EBM)

Goriziane E&C’s Pipe Facing Machines can be used for the construction of oil, gas and water pipelines. The company is able to design and manufacture custom-made machines as per each customer’s needs, such as the…

Cyntech’s Anchor System in Baltic Pipe Project

Cyntech is proud to share its involvement with the ongoing construction of the Baltic Pipeline. The watercourse crossings on this project present unique challenges; Cyntech’s pipeline anchor system was chosen as the technology to solve…

Goriziane’s 500th Pipe Facing Machine: Vertical PFM

Last year, Goriziane E&C S.p.A. designed and manufactured its 500th Pipe Facing Machine (PFM) – a Vertical Pipe Facing Machine (JF1), which is used for a J-Lay tower on deep water pipeline installations. It bevels…

Caterpillar Presentation to IPLOCA Past President

During a private celebration in Moscow on 25 January, 2022, Caterpillar is proud to have presented Iosif Panchak, IPLOCA Past President 2019-2020, with a symbol of their appreciation and sincere gratitude for leading IPLOCA and…

Xionggu Electrical Automatic Welding Machine Completes Welding of Langfang Branch Line

Phase I of the Mengxi SNG pipeline project includes three pipelines, one trunk line and two branches, passing through Tianjin city and nine counties in northern China. The pipeline is 366.51km long, crossing large and…

The C.A.T. Group Wins Gas Contract & Advances in Renewables Sector

APQ, a joint venture composed of Air Products, a world leader in the development and operation of the world’s largest industrial gas projects, and Qudra Energy, the Saudi renewable energy group, has awarded the C.A.T.

A.Hak Awarded Pipeline Rerouting Project in U.K.

After the successful completion of the Guinness Book of Records winning Humber Tunnel Pipeline project, A.Hak extends its relationship with the National Grid in securing a new project in the U.K. This is awarded to…

Winn & Coales Acquires FX-70® Structural Piling Repair and Protection System

Winn & Coales International Ltd. has acquired the FX-70® Structural Piling Repair and Protection System from Simpson Strong-Tie. In 2022 Winn & Coales’ long-established SeaShield™ Systems will have provided 50 years of pile protection and…

Tekfen Construction’s “Off-the-job Safety” Handbook New Version is Online

Many of us know that the way to keep ourselves safe in our workplaces is to follow our company’s regulations at all times. Thus, we can protect ourselves and our colleagues in our workplaces, which…

Seal For Life Canusa Products Providing Pipeline Protection in Australia

Canusa recently secured a major project for the BP Kewdale White-Oil Line (KWOL) Project. Governed and funded by West Australia Public Transport Authority (PTA), the pipelines connect the BP refinery in Kwinana to the ATOM…

Lincoln Electric’s Next-Gen Welder Delivers Welding Innovation to Pipelines

Introducing the new Frontier™ 400X Pipe diesel engine driven welder/generator, Lincoln Electric’s next generation machine delivers welding innovation to the pipeline spread. With an industry-first 7 inch (17.5 cm), field-tested and impacted-rated digital display, the…

Liebherr Machinery Assistance Systems

Pipe layers and earthmoving equipment rely on latest assistance systems that enhance safety and productivity. Assistance technologies play a key role on modern oil and gas construction sites, as the applied machinery moves heavy loads…

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd. Wins Tender of Grain LNG ‘Capacity 25’ Main Site Works

J Murphy & Sons is proud to announce that is has been selected as National Grid Ventures’ delivery partner to design and build the ‘Main Site Works’ workstream of ‘Capacity 25’, Grain LNG’s capital expansion…

Goriziane’s Pipe Facing Machine 60” to 88”

One of the biggest Pipe Facing Machines (PFMs) Goriziane E&C has ever made, PFM 60”-88” is now operating on a pipeline project in the Middle East. Goriziane has more than 30 years of experience in…

World-first by DENSO for Reliable Corrosion Protection

Reliable and permanent protection of pipe sections and weld seams are one of the main challenges in pipeline construction. A wide range of often time-consuming processes that differ for each application have previously been used.

Techfem Chosen for FEED of World-first Offshore Hydrogen Pipeline

A Techfem-led joint venture has been awarded a landmark contract to carry out engineering studies on what will be the world’s first offshore pipeline designed to carry green hydrogen between two countries. The USD 440…

Seal for Life’s Dhatec Product Deemed Successful Solution for DuraBond Industries’ Challenge

DuraBond Industries recently partnered with Seal For Life’s Dhatec product personnel to come up with a solution for protecting the flared ends on their 20” pipe. End caps are used on pipelines to prevent damage…

PipeSak Chosen to Protect Coast GasLink Pipeline in Western Canada

The Coastal GasLink pipeline project is approximately 670 km (416 miles) of 1219 mm (48”) O.D. pipe that will safely deliver natural gas across northern British Colombia to the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C.,…