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PIPELINES
JANUARY2015
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Editor's comment
Strategising)in)the)face)of)strategies.
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Pipeline news
Keystone)XL;)TAPI;)TANAP;)Ojinaga-El)Encino)pipeline;)Colombian)
Bicentennial)pipeline)and)more.
REGIONAL REVIEW
12.
Energy-hungy China makes friends and
influences people
Dr.)Hooman)Peimani)outlines)the)major)pipeline)projects)to)watch)in)
China.
REMOTE SENSING
18.
Fibre optic leak sensing in the Arctic
Dr.)Premkumar)Thodi,)Mike)Paulin,)Larry)Forster)and)Glenn)Lanan,)
INTECSEA,)Canada.
24.
Optimal surveillance
Adrian)Banica,)Synodon,)Canada.
31.
Managing the risk
Phil)Saxton,)General)Manager)at)Dräger)Marine)and)Offshore,)UK.
INLINE INSPECTION
34.
Are you getting the most out of your pigging
data?
Tom)Gilmour,)DNV)GL)-)Software,)USA.
39.
A new year of resolution
Dave)Latto)and)Stephen)Westwood,)Baker)Hughes,)USA.
45.
Calculating pressure
Borja)Martinez,)Daniel)Molenda)and)Markus)Brors,)ROSEN)Group,)Germany.
PIPELINE STEELS
51.
Developments in welding
Mark)Atkinson)and)Simon)Slater,)MACAW)Engineering,)UK,)and)David)
Teasdale)and)James)Gilliver,)National)Grid,)UK.
57.
The next generation
Cindy)Trahan,)FlexSteel,)USA.
COATINGS & LININGS
63.
No compromise for offshore maintenance
Joao)Azevedo,)Sherwin)Williams)Protective)&)Marine)Coatings)Europe,)
Middle)East)and)Africa)(EMEA).
WELDING
67.
A new spin on welding
Scott)Funderburk,)Chief)Operating)Officer,)Weld)Revolution)LLC,)USA.
PIPELINE INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT
74.
The industrial internet revolution
Mauricio)Palomino,)Solutions)Architect,)GE)Oil)&)Gas,)Measurement)&)
Control)Business,)USA.
81.
Important epoxy developments
Ian)Fordyce,)Principal)Consultant,)Anthony)Wood,)Senior)Consultant)and)
Huw)Jones,)Mechanical)Engineer,)DNV)GL,)UK.
PIPELINE MACHINERY REVIEW
85.
World Pipelines'
pipeline machinery review
Featuring)Worldwide)Machinery,)USA.
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makes friends and influences people
Dr.Hooman
Peimani
outlines the
major pipeline
projects to
watch in
China.
C
hina begins 2015withmajormilestones
achieved in thepreceding years tomake the
widely-used termof emerging economy an
inaccuratedescriptionof its regional and
global status.Corrected in termsofpurchasingpower
parity,China’sGDP surpassed thatof theUS as the
world’s largest economy inOctober 2014, according
to the IMF, although theAmerican economy is still
larger in absolutedollar terms. The countryovertook
itsAmerican rival in termsof energy consumption
in 2010,with its totalprimary energy consumption
of 2339.6million toewhen thatof theUSwas
2284.9million toe. It has since retained its status as
theworld’s largest energy consumer– as reflected
in its 2013 totalprimary energy consumptionof
2852.4million toe equal to 22.4%of the global
consumption against theUS’s 2265.8million toe equal
to 17.8%of such consumption. The twomilestones
should not be a surprise, as they have been the
Energy-hungry
China
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