Search results

Pipeline Induction Heat (PIH), on behalf of Kestrel Subsea (main contractors to Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia Ltd.), recently completed a contract to internally clean and coat 17.6 kilometres of 6in and 10in diameter pipes. These pipelines may carry a mix of crude oil and corrosive gas at elevated temperatures, and therefore were internally protected against corrosion. The project was the first of its kind in the North Sea and combined the application of a cold cure liquid epoxy paint with a novel PIH‐designed electrical heating system, which ensured that the entire 17.6 kilo‐metre length of pipeline was maintained at acceptable temperatures throughout the cleaning and coating operations. This not only aided chemical cleaning but also ensured a rapid and satisfactory cure for the coating.

Pipeline Induction Heat (PIH) Ltd. win major pipeline contract. Work has now begun on the prestigious Trans‐Mediterranean Gas Pipeline Project — from mainland Tunisia across the Mediterranean Sea to onshore Italy.

Pipeline Induction Heat Ltd (PIH), Burnley — UK, has successfully completed a rehabilitation project for the British Pipeline Agency, UK. This work involved the internal cleaning and coating of a 36 metre diameter × 6 metre high semi‐buried aviation fuel tank. The tank was constructed approximately 50 years ago and has been in full service throughout this period.

Queen's Award for Pipeline Induction Heat. Pipeline Induction Heat Ltd of High Wycombe has been honoured with the 1985 Queen's Award for Export Achievement. The award has been granted to P.I.H. in recognition of substantial achievement in exporting high technology pipeline equipment to markets throughout Europe, the Middle East, Far East and Australia.

There are a number of buried pipeline coating survey techniques, and their acronyms abound. But one combination of equipment and operator technique has proven to be most precise, reliable and cost effective. This is the pulsed d.c. technique developed by John Mulvany which is available as a service from Pipeline Induction Heat Australia (PIHA).

Pipeline Induction Heat (PIH) Ltd. have recently completed two field joint coating and infill service contracts, awarded to them by Allseas Marine Contractors for Norsk Hydro's “Oseberg 2” MTS Pipeline Development Project and Stena Offshore Ltd. for the Amerada Hess “Scott Field Development System”.

Texas Eastern, PIH and BRIT in research contract. Pipeline Induction Heat, the specialist pipeline technology company based in High Wycombe, U.K. and Texas Eastern North Sea, Inc. the U.K. subsidiary of the Houston based oil company has signed a major pioneering research contract to develop advanced internal/external coating systems for the pipeline industry. It will be the first research and development contract in Britain to arise from the new criteria for North Sea oil companies laid down by the Department of Energy in the 9th Licencing round.

Esso protect with Denso. Denso anticorrosion treatments from Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd are being applied to over 17 miles of jetty pipeline at Esso Petroleum's Fawley Refinery in the multi‐million pound project, Jetty Lines Phase II. This represents the second stage of a comprehensive three phase programme to upgrade the jetty lines. Its design incorporates the latest thinking in stress analysis and the latest developments in pipeline technology.