Health and safety at forefront of APGA seminar
The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) hosted at the start of March an insightful APGA/IPLOCA Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) Seminar in Melbourne.
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POG 2023 tackles the big industry questions
2023’s Pipeline Operations Group (POG) Seminar, held 2 March, took a hard look at what the pipeline industry has learned in the last year, and what the future might hold for industry operators.
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Small but mighty: reducing gas emissions from venting just got easier
The new ZEVAC Mini series has entered the Australian and New Zealand market, allowing pipeline operators a more lightweight, versatile option to reduce their emissions from venting activities.
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Pipe Tek enforces safety of pressurised hoses
Australian pipeline testing and inspection service company Pipe Tek has featured in a new safety video for a leading pipeline contractor about pressurised hoses.
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Woodside renounces clean-up costs
Alongside industry heavyweights Chevron and ExxonMobil, Woodside is seeking to overturn new legislation forcing offshore oil and gas producers to pay decommissioning costs for old infrastructure.
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The optimum choice in pipeline analytics
Picarro is a leading provider of hardware-enabled software solutions for the energy industry and has now introduced its gas network assessment and pipeline replacement optimisation applications to the Australian market.
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Report: Corrosion costing $20b per year
More than 7 per cent of gross domestic product in the oil and gas industry is spent on corrosion mitigation and repair, according to a new report.
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Picarro puts leak detection in cruise control
Picarro is a leading provider of solutions to measure greenhouse gas concentrations, trace gases and stable isotopes across a range of applications.
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Government unveils new decommissioning measures
The Australian Government has approved new measures it says will strengthen the country’s offshore oil and gas decommissioning framework.
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The Australian Pipeliner launches webinar series
The Australian Pipeliner is presenting a free webinar series that will discuss a range of hot topics within the industry.
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CSIRO study finds little impact from fracking
A study conducted by the CSIRO has found the impacts on air quality, soils, groundwater and waterways from hydraulic fracturing to be minimal.
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Industry tries to maintain health amid virus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world operates and, like everyone else, the energy and pipelines industries are facing many challenges.
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Working safer and smarter
Land Access & Management Services is refining the approach to its work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in order to continue its operations as Australia’s top land access service provider for utilities.
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Industry job losses continue
The COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse of the oil price continues to be felt in Australasia’s oil and gas industry.
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Orbost plant close to first gas
After several delays, Cooper Energy says the Orbost Gas Processing Plant is expected to come online in February.
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Public comment opens for pipeline standard
Standards Australia has opened the public comment period for AS 2885.3 Operations and Maintenance.
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Mental health app for FIFO workers takes top honours at QMC Awards
An innovative app developed by Murphy Pipe and Civil (MPC) to gauge the mental health and wellbeing of its 900 fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers, has been recognised by the industry at this year’s Queensland Mining Contractors Awards.
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QLD govt to review GasFields
The Queensland Government will undertake a review of the Queensland GasFields Commission.
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Public safety of high pressure natural gas pipelines in Australia: is all as well as it should be?
High pressure natural gas transmission pipelines are a vital part of Australia’s infrastructure, however, it appears that some of the engineering lessons of the past are not being followed today.
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Shutdown success and safety recognition for Pipemech Australia
Pipemech Australia has successfully completed the upgrade of Scraper Station 4 and shutdown at APA’s Eastern Haul Project, and recently received recognition from Thiess for its safety performance during the construction of the Matilda John Compressor Station on the Queensland Curtis LNG Project.
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New Miller Titanium welding helmets released
One of Australia’s leading welding supply companies, Welding Industries of Australia, has announced the release of the Miller Titanium range of welding helmets.
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Pipeline industry achievers recognised
The 2013 official Australian Pipeline Industry Association industry awards, presented by the Hon.Tom Koutsantonis MP at the APIA Convention in Adelaide, highlighted the cream of the crop of the industry’s high achievers.
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WA Chapter/YPF Technical Evening
In conversation with Savitha Balu
After working as an engineer for 11 years, Savitha Balu has returned to university to complete a PhD at the Australian National University. Ms Balu recently spoke with The Australian Pipeliner about the research project she is involved in as part of her PhD, which looks at the hierarchical standing of technical experts and safety specialists within their organisation and examines whether they have any real decision-making power.
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Five tips for better compliance
Compliance can be a very complex and daunting process for an organisation, particularly when there is no clear context, sound guidance or defined objectives. Continuity and Compliance Management Services provides a few tips for improving your organisation’s approach to compliance.
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Tapex supplies Fairwarning tape for the QCLNG Project
Construction of twin 540 km underground pipelines and a feeder pipeline network has created high demand for Tapex’s Fairwarning tape in Queensland.
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