World Pipelines - March 2020

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6 World Pipelines / MARCH 2020
WORLD NEWS
IN BRIEF
MALAYSIA
On 10 February, the team at
Cortez Subsea mobilised the
Grand Canyon II offshore vessel
for its project to lay the first ever
subsea pipeline using mechanical
connectors offshore Malaysia. The
Global 1201 vessel will also be
mobilised to install the pipeline
system for the Tembikai Non-
Associated Gas Development by
Vestigo Petroleum.
UAE
ADNOC has announced the award
of two contracts worth a
combined US$1.65 billion for the
construction of offshore facilities,
including pipelines and umbilicals,
for the Dalma Gas Development
Project, located approximately
190 km northwest of Abu Dhabi.
The contracts were awarded to
Petrofac Emirates LLC and a joint
venture between Petrofac and
Sapura Energy Berhad.
POLAND
The West Pomeranian Voivode has
issued a decision approving the
extension of the gas compressor
station in Goleniów. It is the first
of three decisions to be obtained
by GAZ-SYSTEM for the expansion
and construction of these
infrastructure elements as a part
of the Baltic Pipe project, which is
aimed at creating a new gas
supply corridor in the European
market.
CANADA
The Canada Energy Regulator has
issued Safety Advisory SA 2020-01
to all its regulated companies
regarding high strength steel pipes
and the connecting welds.
Companies that are currently
constructing projects will need to
demonstrate that all potential
hazards have been considered in
the design, construction, and
operation of pipelines where
strain could potentially
accumulate in undermatched girth
weld areas.
TC Energy announces two expansion projects
TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy) has
announced that it has approved two new
expansion projects totalling CAN$1.3 billion on
its wholly-owned natural gas pipeline systems.
The CAN$0.9 billion 2023 NGTL Intra-Basin
System Expansion will deliver natural gas from
the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
(WCSB) to markets within Alberta, Canada, on
the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd (NGTL)
system, while the US$0.3 billion Alberta XPress
project will see the expansion of the ANR
Pipeline to provide a seamless path for
Canadian production to access growing LNG
export and other markets along the US Gulf
Coast.
“Our natural gas pipeline systems require
expansion as customers continue to contract
for incremental pipeline capacity to meet
growing demand,” said Russ Girling, TC Energy’s
President and Chief Executive Officer. “These
new investments within our existing system
footprints supplement our ongoing
CAN$30 billion secured capital programme
and demonstrate the long-term need across
North America and in global energy markets
for clean-burning natural gas, as well as the
value of our existing infrastructure as a
platform for organic growth.”
The 2023 NGTL Intra-Basin System
Expansion is underpinned by approximately
309 million ft3/d of new firm service delivery
contracts. Customers have executed
agreements with 15-year terms, with service
commencing in 2023, that will connect WCSB
supply to growing Alberta market demand in
the power generation, oilsands, petrochemical,
and utility sectors. The 2023 NGTL Intra-Basin
System Expansion will include approximately
119 km (74 miles) of new pipeline in existing
rights-of-way and 90 MW of additional
compression. Applications for approvals to
construct and operate the facilities are
expected to be filed with the Canada Energy
Regulator in 2020 and, pending receipt of
regulatory approvals, construction will
commence as early as 4Q21.
The Alberta XPress project on the ANR
Pipeline is underpinned by approximately
160 million ft3/d of new firm service contracts
and will include compressor station
modifications and additions within the existing
ANR Pipeline footprint, as well as utilise
existing capacity on the Great Lakes Gas
Transmission and Canadian Mainline systems.
Customers have negotiated agreements, which
include customary conditions precedent, with
weighted average terms of 19 years and service
commencing in 2022.
Applications for approvals to construct
and operate the ANR Pipeline facilities will be
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) in 2020. Pending receipt of
FERC approvals, construction will commence
as early as 3Q21.
NDT Global acquired by Eddyfi/NDT
NDT Global, a supplier of ultrasonic inline
inspection (ILI) and integrity services has
announced that on 4 February 2020, NDT
Global was acquired by Eddyfi/NDT.
Eddyfi/NDT, the combination of Eddyfi
Technologies and NDT Global, is a private test
and measurement technology group focused
on non-destructive testing (NDT).
Richard Matthews, President and CEO of
NDT Global, comments, “Joining with Eddyfi
Technologies offers tremendous opportunity
to leverage our respective knowledge to
develop even better solutions. At NDT Global
we want to continue our trend of being a
technology disruptor whilst delivering new
and never seen before solutions to our
customers through out of the box thinking,
creativity and collaboration – we believe
Eddyfi Technologies will help us materialise
this vision.”
Martin Theriault, CEO of Eddyfi/NDT, says:
“We have spent the past 10 years developing,
acquiring and perfecting the most advanced
NDT modalities in the world. At every level of
technology, pushing the limits of NDT to new
heights has allowed us to solve critical
problems and deliver superior, information-
rich data for the benefits of our clients. But
selling inspection instrumentation and
technology alone in certain very niche and
specialised sub-verticals, such as ILI, simply
doesn’t suffice. We are therefore excited to
join forces with NDT Global and work with
them and their clients to take ILI NDT to the
next level.”
Moelis & Company acted as exclusive
financial advisor to NDT Global in the
transaction.
Hogan Lovells acted as lead legal advisor
to NDT Global.