Major milestones were reached on many of these projects, including the commissioning of the Pluto Gas Project, and the commencement of pipe-lay for the Gladstone LNG Project and the Australia Pacific LNG Project. Below are the ten most popular articles from The Australian Pipeliner, which capture the most interesting pipeline industry developments in 2012.
1. Queensland: a pipeliner’s dreamland profiles seven companies carrying out contracts in Queensland on some of Australia’s most exciting and promising natural gas projects. Companies interviewed include Origin Energy, OSD Pipelines, WorleyParsons and more.
2. The good, the bad and the ugly of pipeline integrity interviews world-recognised integrity specialist Professor Phil Hopkins about his experiences and views on the future of the pipeline industry from an integrity-management perspective.
3. New pipelay vessels test their sea legs profiles the latest pipelay vessel offerings from Saipem and Subsea 7 and profiles a current model from Leighton Offshore.
4. Diamantina Power Station: set to deliver a competitive and reliable energy supply for Queensland provides an update on the Diamantina Power Station from project proponent APA Group.
5. How to fix a gas leak on a major pipeline details the response effort of APA Group’s operations team when dealing with a gas leak. A must-read for anyone involved in pipeline repair strategy.
6. Tackling the skills shortage head on provides a comprehensive overview of the initiatives being undertaken across the nation to address the skills shortage issue faced by the pipeline industry.
7. The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme is a fascinating historical account of the construction of one of the most complex integrated water and hydro-electric power schemes in the world.
8. Tunnelling into trenchless: microtunnelling and pipe jacking explained examines the technical, safety and environmental benefits of trenchless tunnelling methods, as well as recent innovations in the world of trenchless technology.
9. Pipeline works abound at QCLNG provides a brief overview of Murphy Pipe and Civil’s contract award for the upstream network of high-density polyethylene pipelines for the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project.
10. Constructing Queensland’s future is an exclusive, in-depth feature on construction contractor McConnell Dowell’s work on three of the country’s biggest natural gas projects – the QCLNG Project, the Australia Pacific LNG Project and the GLNG Project.
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