In the April edition of The Australian Pipeliner, Gemseekers International Managing Director Steve Dykes talked candidly about the challenges associated with delivering a 2.2 km high-pressure gas pipeline that was required to be operational in four months.
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2017: Heating up underground at Leigh Creek
With the potential to bring more that 3000 PJ of gas to the Australian market, the Leigh Creek Energy Project is quickly warming up. The first in Australia to utilise in situ gasification (ISG) processes, the Project will be one of Australia’s largest land-based gas developments.
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2016: Steel yourselves: the NGP fast approaches
The first steel to be used on the Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) has been rolled and coated, signalling the start of linking northern Australian gas with the East Coast Gas Market.
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2016: Zinfra begins work on major Queensland gas project
Now the wet season is coming to a close in central Queensland, Zinfra has begun work on the construction of the 28 km Bundaberg Port gas transmission pipeline.
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2016: Stopping the rot: subsea pipeline management
At offshore oil and gas fields around the world, there are thousands of kilometres of subsea pipelines connecting drilling rigs and production platforms to wellheads and onshore facilities.
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2015: A pipeline rises in the East
Construction by APA Group of the 293 km gas pipeline to the Sunrise Dam and Tropicana Gold Mines in Western Australia remains on schedule, with delivery of first gas expected by 1 January 2016.
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2015: APA introduces the Wallumbilla evolution
A lot of change has happened in Australia’s east coast gas market over the past four years, and many of those changes have centred on Wallumbilla, the small rural town 436 km west of Brisbane that would be largely unknown if not for its status as a gas trading hub.
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2015: Engineering pipeline innovation in the West
As part of the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project in Western Australia, the Jansz-Io subsea pipeline development tested the limits of design and construction.
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2015: A stranded asset no more
The McConnell Dowell team has been busy working on a project that will open up increased gas supplies for the Sunshine State, enabling previously stranded gas to be captured and moved on to Ballera for processing.
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Moving forward in pipeline technology
Every year, around 380 km of new pipelines are installed worldwide using Herrenknecht technology.
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A diverse approach to innovation
RDO Australia Group CEO Julie Whitcombe says every kind of diversity, be it gender, race, socio-economic status or age, is critical to an industry’s long-term sustainability.
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2015: Heralding a new era: memories of constructing the Roma-Brisbane Pipeline
The 440 km Roma to Brisbane natural gas pipeline is Australia’s oldest gas pipeline, and heralded the dawn of an industry – not only in Queensland, but across the nation.
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New testing system shows off Pipe Tek wares
Pipe Tek is continuing its upward trajectory as one of Australia’s leading pipeline testing firms with the opening of its new inline inspection demonstration piping system.
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Savcor Products Australia salvages unpiggable pipelines
The definition of an unpiggable pipeline is somewhat of a moving target in the pigging industry.
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Investigating pipeline corrosion management and prevention technologies
This paper provides an overview of recent major research and development activities from the Energy Pipeline Cooperative Research Centre.
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2015: Dingo Gas Project paves the way for NT gas frontier
Central Petroleum’s Dingo Gas Pipeline project, located in the remote Northern Territory, has been a remarkably successful project for the Australian pipeline industry in 2015.
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An increase in SUPERIORity
Superior Manufacturing has expanded its broad range of equipment and products.
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2015: Victoria’s VNIE Project: a first-class capacity upgrade operation
To meet the growing demand for natural gas in northern Victoria and New South Wales, APA Group’s Victorian Northern Interconnect Expansion project has been a major project for the Victorian pipeline industry.
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A leading BRANDT for the industry
As market leaders in oil and gas, National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has been manufacturing shakers and centrifuges, its flagship products, for more than five decades – longer than many companies have even been in operation.
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Braving higher forces
Through its expertise in pipeline integrity, ROSEN Group used a combination of multiple technologies to save a subsea pipeline damaged by the strong forces of nature.
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2015: Securing Thailand’s gas supply with HDD
Since June 2014, McConnell Dowell has been working on a project that will meet increasing gas demand in Rayong, Thailand.
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A PSA about ICA
Industrial Coatings and Access provides expert industrial fabric maintenance services across a range of sectors, including oil and gas.
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2015: Fortescue River Gas Pipeline moves forward
Work on the 270 km Fortescue River Gas Pipeline in Western Australia's Pilbara region is progressing well, with DBP Development Group more than halfway through construction as at December 2014.
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STATS grows with Santos
STATS Group has been awarded a significant pipeline isolation services contract by Santos.
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2015: Piping water to Melbourne’s west
In the ever-expanding western suburbs of Melbourne, Melbourne Water and contractor John Holland have recently commenced construction on a project to increase drinking water supply for one of Melbourne’s fastest growing regions.
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AMS eyes continued growth
Founded in 1978, AMS has grown from a four-person organisation in Melbourne to a large team with offices all over Australia.
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