Tim Jackson

Pipelines in NSW: what lies ahead?

The Australian Pipeliner provides an update on the progress of all proposed and under construction pipeline projects in the New South Wales region, which is now subject to some of the strictest policy regulations in the nation.
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Undertaking HDD under the Condamine

Carrying out 26 horizontal directional drilling bores under the Condamine River, Queensland, including for the Australia Pacific LNG Project, has been an exceptional feat for subcontractor Pipeline Drillers Group.
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Critical infrastructure professionals to flock to Sydney

In September 2013, the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre will play host to international trenchless event, No Dig-Down Under. The whole of industry event will provide over 1,000 delegates from around the world with insights into innovative and new trenchless techniques. This forum will provide the tools necessary to position trenchless professionals at the forefront of the industry.
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Mining for opportunities: pipeline construction in WA

Geographically and economically separate to the east, the Western Australian gas market remains - and is set to remain - the largest gas-producing state in Australia, driven by LNG export projects and the state's booming mining industry. The Australian Pipeliner caught up with OSD Executive Director Keith Horstmann to discuss the opportunities for the pipeline industry in Western Australia.
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Journey-man returns home

After taking his innovations from Australia to an international platform, founder of trenchless company Edge Underground and creator of the Vermeer AXIS Guided Boring system Stuart Harrison has come back to the land Down Under. Originally speaking to Great Southern Press publication Trenchless Australasia, Mr Harrison speaks about his passion for innovation, what his experience in the trenchless industry has taught him and what he sees for the future of trenchless technology.
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Slurry sector steps up in Australia

With the advent of Australia's mining "˜boom', the slurry pipelines sector has received a welcome boost to its level of investment and construction activity, most of which has been particularly notable in Western Australia.
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Installing the Yarra sewer siphon

Originally speaking with Great Southern Press publication Trenchless Australasia, with Yarra Valley Water Project Manager David Fox discusses the utility's $A2.7 million project to replace a 100-year-old sewer siphon that crosses underneath Melbourne's Yarra River in Abbotsford by using horizontal directional drilling.
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An innovation in installation: steel wire mesh-reinforced HDPE pipe

A new product emerging on to the Australian market is setting the bar high for pipeline installation and construction techniques. Roobuck Business Development Manager Richard Barton explains what makes Roobuck steel wire mesh-reinforced high density polyethylene pipe so different, and how it can deliver significant financial and environmental savings.
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Red Gully: expanding Western Australia’s gas industry

The back-to-back Gingin West-1 and Red Gully-1 gas discoveries - the closest ever gas discoveries to Perth - have instigated the development of the Red Gully Gas and Condensate Processing Facility, which will help diversify supply and meet the high demand for gas in Western Australia. However, having already identified other potential reserves nearby, Empire Oil and Gas Managing Director Craig Marshall says that building the processing facility and pipeline is just the beginning.
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Australian Truck Hire’s fleet grows by 148 in twelve months

In August 2012, the Australian Truck Hire Company supplied four trucks to Murphy Pipe and Civil for its upstream gathering projects in Queensland. Since that time the small truck hire company has grown substantially and has well surpassed Managing Director Kevin Kealy's goal of owning 20 trucks.
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Liquid pipe coating failures during hydrostatic pressure testing

With the increasing use of liquid coatings on field joints, an emerging issue is that of cracking defects in the coating during hydrostatic pressure testing of the pipeline. Specialty Polymer Coatings conducted a series of tests to examine the performance of its liquid coating SP-2888 when subjected to hydrostatic pressure testing.
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GHD looks to oil and gas growth

GHD has recently teamed up with a United States consulting engineer to support it securing a major contract for a global energy brand's brownfield operations in Western Australia.
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Project update: Fyshwick TRS Upgrade

The Fyshwick Trunk Receiving Station Upgrade Project is a major upgrade to the capacity of an existing gas trunk receiving station owned by ActewAGL, located in Fyshwick in the Australian Capital Territory.
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Papers announced for PTC in October

Europe's premier high-level scientific and technical pipeline conference, the 6th Pipeline Technology Conference, is set to be held from 7-9 October 2013 at the Thermae Palace Hotel, Ostend, Belgium.
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