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The first three companies have already booked their sponsorship package for Pipeline Technology Conference 2014 and will from now on be part of the international marketing of the event.

• Rosen Group (Platinum)
• NDT Systems & Services (Golden)
• Gottsberg Leak Detection (Silver)

Please visit our sponsorship section for more information and contact us if you are also interested in joining ptc as sponsor.

The 2-day seminar on "In-line inspection of transmission pipelines" started directly after the 8th Pipeline Technology Conference on 21 March 2013. Some of the international ptc delegates from Saudi Arabia, Libya, Switzerland and Germany made use of the opportunity to stay for two more days in Hannover in order to go further into details and to meet some potential future business partners. The two lecturers Dr. Michael Beller and Dr. Konrad Reber gave a comprehensive overview on the technical backgrounds, latest ILI technologies in the market, reporting and defect assessment.

Besides the conference program, the 8th Pipeline Technology Conference for the first time features a range of specialized post-conference workshops and a seminar on "In-Line Inspection of Transmission Pipelines” for different target groups.

The last Pipeline Technology Conference advisory committee meeting took place from 6-7 Sept. at the line pipe manufacturing plant of EUROPIPE in Mülheim, Germany. Main points of discussion were:

• ptc 2013 special focus "Materials - Steel Line Pipe"
• ptc 2013 special focus "Stations and Components"
• ptc 2013 sepcial focus "Public Perception"

The respective working group chairmen reported from their activities and the further steps to be taken.

Manfred Bast, Managing Director of GASCADE is new member of the ptc Advisory Committee. His company is an operator of a more than 2,200 kilometer long natural gas pipeline system which covers large parts of Germany.

The Pipeline Technology Conference 2012 has just started and the first sponsor has already signed for ptc 2013 - Rosen Group will again be Platinum Sponsor.

Uwe Ringel, Managing Director for the Department of Technology of ONTRAS, is new member of the ptc Advisory Committee. His company ONTRAS is a trans-regional gas transmission system operator in the European grid system and operates Germany’s second-largest high pressure pipeline network, over 7,200 km in length.

Mr. Sanjeev Sinha is Head of the Focus Market Segment Pipelines at Siemens and has been involved in the Pipeline Technology Conference since the first conference was held in 2006. He is well connected in the international pipeline community and will promote the further development of ptc as new member of the advisory committee.

Operating in more than 70 countries and employing more than 10,000 people worldwide, TÜV NORD Group is one of the largest technical service providers in Germany.

With Siemens as new Platinum Sponsor the Pipeline Technology Conference 2012 gets now support from 8 sponsors - this is more than ever before with still 5 months to go.

Besides his work as "Asset Manager Pipelines" for BP Europa SE in Bochum, Mr. Andreas Haskamp is also chairman of the DGMK technical committee on crude oil pipelines. The German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology (DGMK) is also one of the main supporters of the Pipeline Technology Conference.

Carlo Maria Spinelli is technology planner for eni gas & power. He is the eni official member in EPRG (European Pipeline Research Group), in GERG (Groupe Europeenne Recherce Gaziere) and in IGU (International Gas Union) .
Mr. Spinelli gave a presentation on "Technical challenges facing the transport of anthropogenic CO2 by pipeline for carbon capture and storage purposes" at the Pipeline Technology Conference 2011.