October 2012

The October issue is packed with a range of articles, looking at welding accessories; pipe and tube manufacture; risk assessment; EPC; and a very timely regional report on the Middle East by regular contributor Dr. Hooman Peimani; and much more.

A theatre of events
Under the threat of sanctions and civil wars, and facing growing energy supply demands from Asia, the Middle East is seeing increased pipeline activity. Dr. Hooman Peimani reports.

SCADA upgrade potentials
Jochen Frings, ILF Consulting Engineers, Germany.

Raising the alarm
Kelly Doran, Product Manager, Telvent, USA.

Shaking off old shackles
Matt Sheehan, WebMapSolutions, USA.

Seeking stronger steel
K. Emre Erciyas, Erciyas Steel Pipe Co., Turkey.

Shedding light on the situation
Jon C. McClean, ETS, LLC, USA, and Valerie J. Yeager, Boots and Coots – a Halliburton Service, USA.

Going deep with HDD
Trent Miller, Senior Project Manager – Natural Resources, Golder Associates, USA, and Tom Bryski, Associate and Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Golder Associates, Canada.

Good things come in small packages
Bruce Chantry and Matthew Albright, The Lincoln Electric Company, USA.

Keeping welding on track
Cortez Perotte, Pipeline Industry Representative, Global Pipeline, Caterpillar Global Construction & Infrastructure, USA.

Proving its mettle
Stephen Hall, Manager – Technical Support and Development, Tata Steel, UK.

A new plan of action
Michael A. Romano, P.Eng., Tyco Flow Control, USA.

To protect and serve
Rob Mohacsi, Senior Global Sales Manager for unmanned ground vehicles, MIRA, UK.

A foundation to build on
Dr. Tom Bubenik and Anthony Alfano, Det Norske Veritas (USA), Inc. and Kent Muhlbauer, Det Norske Veritas (USA), Inc. and WKM Consultancy, USA.

Making risks remote
Graham Marshall, Subsea Project Manager, Sonomatic, UK.

Protecting deepwater assets
Tim Sheehan, Vice President and Business Unit General Manager of Wachs Subsea, LLC, USA.

October 2012

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