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On Dec. 3, 2009, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published its final regulations for control room management (CRM). These regulations were the result of a multi-year effort to address concerns expressed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

If your projects typically yield $1 million or more in hard-dollar benefits and have a three- to six-month payback, then life is good. But if you would like to experience such gains regularly, then you might consider implementing in-the-field decision-support systems, which can result in tremendous ongoing cost savings and operational improvements.

Energy conversion technology has played a major role in the oil and gas industry for more than a century, and Dresser-Rand is an industry leader in designing, manufacturing and servicing centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, gas and steam turbines, expanders, rotating separators and control systems.

The number of compressors installed in each compressor station of a pipeline system has a significant impact on the availability, fuel consumption and capacity of the system. Depending on the load profile of the pipeline, the answers may look different for different applications.

Announced/Ongoing Projects

The Dawn Gateway Pipeline Limited Partnership withdrew its applications with Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) and will work to advance its Dawn Gateway Pipeline project under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Energy Board (OEB).

Keystone Midstream, a newly formed joint venture between Rex Energy Corp. and Stonehenge Energy Resources, L.P., will initially invest up to $25 million to build a high-pressure gathering system and cryogenic gas processing plant in Butler County, PA.

The Joint Review Panel has conditionally recommended approval of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project, after considering its socioeconomic and environmental impact for five years.

Pemex has awarded Mexico-based Caro Infraestructura y Construccion a $US32 million contract to build a 9-mile slurry pipeline connecting the Bateria Samaria II gas complex in the southeastern state of Tabasco.

Nico International has secured an EPC contract from the Fujairah Refinery Company Ltd. for work on the Oil Terminal 2 Connection project, located in the Port of Fujairah, near the eastern seaboard of the United Arab Emirates.

Regency Energy Partners, GE Energy Financial Services and Alinda Capital Partners announced Jan. 27 that their joint ventures the Haynesville Expansion Project and Red River Lateral are in service.

CRC-Evans Automatic Welding is providing equipment for a gas pipeline project under way in France and scheduled for completion shortly.

On Dec. 14, the presidents of China, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan launched the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline.

AB Resources has teamed with Caiman Eastern Midstream, LLC to build and operate midstream pipelines and facilities within AB Resources’ acreage in the Marcellus Fairway – a gas-productive formation spread across Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

A global training and consulting firm, ek pass, announced Jan. 7 that it has been commissioned to perform hoisting and lifting operation audits on a major project for TransCanada Pipelines.

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