Pipeline Coating 2012. Pipeline industry grows with the need for increased security

 

Pipeline Coating 2012. Pipeline industry grows with the need for increased security

Pipeline operators are renewing and repairing existing pipes and laying new pipelines to secure energy and water supplies across the world. There are also new applications upcoming including carbon dioxide sequestering. Alongside this there is intense international interest in pipeline integrity and delegates from around 40 nations are expected to meet to discuss current issues and solutions at the AMI conference, Pipeline Coating 2012, which takes place from 27-29 February in Vienna, Austria. Expert consultant Noru Tsalic of AMI will lead the event with a review of market trends.

Oil, gas and water are being transported under very hostile conditions including extremes of temperature and pressure from subsea to deserts and arctic environments. The steel pipelines carrying these materials have to be protected from both the exterior and from interior corrosive factors in the fluid that is being transported. This is carried out using techniques such as cathodic protection and polymeric coatings.

Pipe coating system suppliers have been examining the needs of the industry and Bredero Shaw has produced new equipment for mobile pipeline coating. Pipeline operators are looking for more robust, durable protection and the latest research on this subject including new pipe coating materials will be presented at Pipeline Coating 2012.

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