December 2012

We finish the year off with a bumper issue of World Pipelines. Don’t miss our annual global round-up, discussing pipeline activity worldwide during 2012. There is an interesting keynote article from Baker Botts about pipeline safety regulation changes in the US – including information on PHMSA requirements, the Pipeline Safety Act of 2011 and subsequent regulations. Elsewhere in the issue, find technical articles on integrity, surveying, valves and turbomachinery, plus a massive feature on trenching – with four offshore trenching case studies and one onshore trenching equipment focus.

Tentative and tempestuous 2012
A year of variation, economic troubles and a wealth of enterprises. Dr. Hooman Peimani provides a global report on pipeline activity in 2012.

Changes ahead
Kirk K. Van Tine, Partner, Jessica Fore, Senior Associate, and Kyle Wamstad, Associate, Baker Botts, L.L.P., USA.

The inside track
James A. Huggins and Caroline A. Fisher, CRTS, Inc., USA.

An IT-enabled solution
Santanu Sur, Oil and Gas Consultant, India.

Making the right decisions
Maher Nessim, Chief Engineer and C-FER Fellow, and Laurel Dombroski, Research Engineer, C-FER Technologies, Canada.

Proactive security programming
Jamie Bodley-Scott, Account Director – Systems Integrators, Cryptzone, UK.

Protecting personnel
Doug Woodbridge, Director, S3 ID, UK.

Storm-proof solutions
Dr. Bassem Youssef, Atteris, Australia.

Switched on design
Douglas McGuire, Nevis Pipeline Products, LLC, USA.

A bolder approach to boulder removal
Mike Wilson, Managing Director, Ecosse Subsea Systems, UK.

Covering all tracks
Ankit Munjal, Project Engineer, Ocean Engineering Systems, Australia.

A subsea shelter
J. R. Manchester, IHC Engineering Business UK.

Buried in the sand
Domenico Gerace, Sales & Marketing Director – High Voltage Underwater Cables, Nexans, Norway.

Digging for victory
Bryan Blankenship, National Sales Manager, and Stefano Leghissa, Market Analyst, Tesmec USA, Inc., Texas, USA.

Letting nothing go to waste
Dr. Guenther Ognar and Ing. Joachim Winter, LMF, Austria.

Machinery review
Featuring Rig Source, Inc., Sawyer Manufacturing Company and Vermeer.

December 2012

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