After two years of online Pipeline Technology Conference (ptc) and a hybrid event, ptc 2023 will once again emphasize face-to-face networking. From 8-11 May 2023, participants from all over the world will again travel to Berlin for the Pipeline Technology Conference and exhibition. About two-thirds of ptc visitors come from abroad.
The KPI "First Run Success Rate" reflects the number of successful runs, related to the total number of first inspection runs for a defined period of one calendar year.
France and Germany have agreed to reactivate a gas pipeline originally built for east to west flows to help each other over the approaching European winter.
Energinet and Gasunie on September 1, 2022, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the preparations for cross-border hydrogen infrastructure between Denmark and Germany.
Plans are taking shape: LNG pipeline link should be ready before the end of 2022.
Pipeline Technique (PTL), a market-leading firm in onshore and offshore infrastructure welding, coating, and inspection technology, on August 23, 2022 finalized its transformational acquisition of triple businesses from Stanley Black & Decker. This is the second acquisition for 2022 after the company acquired Global Project Services in April.
Amid rocketing energy prices in Europe Russia's Gazprom has halted gas supplies to Germany via Nord Stream 1 citing "maintenance" issues.
Yara and Northern Lights, on August 29, 2022, signed a partnership deal to transport carbon dioxide captured in an industrial facility in the Netherlands and permanently store it in Western Norway. This will be the first cross-border CO2 transport and storage contract when the commercial terms are finalized.
A ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Poland – Slovakia gas interconnector was held in Strachocina, Poland, on Friday, August 26, with representatives from the Polish and Slovak governments among the dignitaries who graced the occasion. The new gas connection is scheduled for commercial operation in October 2022.
Energy Transfer LNG Export, LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer LP, has entered into a contract with Shell NA LNG LLC to supply LNG from Lake Charles.
For the second time in less than a year Canada has invoked a 1977 Pipeline Treaty with the United States to prevent the closure of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline in Wisconsin.
Russia is burning an estimated $10 million worth of natural gas every day near its border with Finland, close to a compressor station at the beginning of Nord Stream 1, one of the main Russian pipelines carrying gas to Germany.
Last month, Gazprom and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a $40 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU has been hailed as a move that will enable Iran and Russia to implement their long-standing plan of becoming the major players in a global cartel for gas suppliers, similar to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for oil suppliers.
Direct-C, an Alberta-based company with leak detection and monitoring, has been working with Henkel Adhesive Technologies since 2018 to assess whether its oil leak detection technology could be used alongside the German manufacturing giant’s repair wrap product.
USA-headquartered refiner Phillips 66 (PSX.N) has tendered an offer to acquire public units of DCP Midstream (DCP.N) in a bid to scale up the company's value and output. According to a Reuters report published on Wed August 17, 2022, the deal would bulk up Phillip's natural gas liquids business and value the pipeline operator at $7.2 billion.
