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PIPELINE INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT: VIBRATION
47.
I'm pickin' up bad vibrations
Neil Parkinson, AVT Reliability, UK.
51.
Free span threats
GrahamWilson, Jee Ltd, UK.
SUBSEA OPERATIONS
56.
Providing problematic pipeline protection
Jason Tieman, Oceaneering Maritime Operations, PortVision, USA.
63.
Components to a comprehensive subsea PIMS
Tara Podnar McMahan and Jorge Suarez PhD, DNV GL, North America.
FLOW MANAGEMENT
69.
Maintaining reliable meters
Bart Winters and Seshasai Yesantharao, Honeywell Process Solutions.
75.
Flow management starts with pumps
Wally Baker, Emerson Process Management, Rosemount, USA.
81.
Maintaining flow around the globe
Alan Robinson, Arc Energy Resources, UK.
PIG LOCATION & TRACKING
85.
Fibre optic is here
Dr. Chris Minto and Dr. Alastair Godfrey, OptaSense, UK.
PIGGING
91.
Is your pipeline piggable?
Paul Westwood, Penspen.
PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
95.
Advising on HSE integration
Alan Fowler (Singapore) and Adelya Pavlenko (UK), Ramboll Environ.
PIPELINE EQUIPMENT
99.
Up to the challenge
Derrick Butterfield, Volvo Construction Equipment, Germany.
03.
Editor's comment
Update on Nigeria.
05.
Pipeline news
Numerous TransCanada pipeline projects undergo debate; British Columbia
may oppose Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion; Enbridge has
boosted its security after pipeline sabotage; and multiple subsea contracts
have been awarded.
REGIONAL REVIEW
12.
The battle for Central Asia
Central Asia’s strategic value grows amid escalating geopolitical conflicts,
explains Ng Weng Hoong.
COATING TECHNOLOGIES
20.
Shedding light on dual powder systems
Charles Zhou and Meghan Hodge, Axalta Coating Systems, Powder
Coatings, USA.
PIPELINE CORROSION
25.
Evolving CP practices
Len J. Krissa, Enbridge Pipelines Inc., Canada and Christophe Baeté,
Elsyca n.v., Belgium.
32.
Not just a walk along the ROW
Ted Huck, MATCOR Inc., USA.
PIPELINE INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT
37.
ILI data at the click of a button
Igor Mahkin and Andy Glover, Associated Technology Pipeline Ltd, UK.
42.
Trending drones
Jack Behar, Samollet, USA.
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or CentralAsia
The battle
CentralAsia’s strategic value grows
amid escalating geopolitical conflicts,
explains
NgW
engHoong
.
O
nce courted for their fast-growingmarkets and huge energy
resources,CentralAsia and theCaucasus (CAC) have become
amajorprize in a new complexmixof geopolitical struggles.
Ironically, the region’sdeteriorating economic and security
conditions have enhanced rather thandiminished its appeal for those
sucked into an increasingly confusing battleground that includes a
revivedColdWar, theUS-ledWaron Terror and the Islamic State’s (ISIS)
campaign for a global caliphate.
TheUS,China,Russia, India and Japan are stepping updiplomatic,
military and economic efforts to court the region’s eight troubled
countries that include Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,Azerbaijan and
Uzbekistan that haveoil and gas reserves, andArmenia,Georgia,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan thatdo not. ISIS is recruitingCentralAsians to
for CentralAsia
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