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<title><![CDATA[SUBSEA PRECOMMISSIONING—1: Nord Stream natural gas pipeline highlights need to integrate precommissioning]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As subsea natural gas pipelines get longer and more remote, precommissioning requires increased integration into the overall project plan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Focused-beam reflectance method aids hydrate blockage prediction]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the variance of hydrate particle size with focused-beam reflectance measurements (FBRM) yields a clearer understanding of the microscopic mechanisms guiding hydrate formation and plugging, with the square-weighted chord length method emerging as capable of predicting hydrate plugging ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dilbit, heavy crudes are similar, NAS panel told]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Diluted bitumen (dilbit) from Alberta's oil sands is so similar to heavy crude oils, which US pipelines have handled for years, that it is unlikely to pose corrosion problems, experts told a National Academies of Science panel on July 23.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Diluted bitumen, heavy crudes are similar, NAS panel told]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Diluted bitumen (dilbit) from Alberta’s oil sands is so similar to heavy crude oils, which US pipelines have handled for years, that it is unlikely to pose corrosion problems, experts told a National Academies of Science panel on July 23.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study improves estimation of damage from stuck pigs, hydrates]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two new field-verified calculation methods can provide efficient simulation tools for both pipeline design and operation analysis in assessing likely damage from dislodging a stuck pig or hydrate plug.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New tools, techniques allow deepwater ILI]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/vol-110/issue-06/special-report-pipeline/new-tools-techniques.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROPLAST GmbH]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 May 2012 15:49:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ROPLAST GmbH]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Freezing in the dark]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reporters see an endless flow of press releases. Some are vital, many are at least helpful, but a few are what my British friends might colorfully describe as "pig-ignorant."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OGJ Newslette]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraq's SOC lets contract for Sea Line project]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:14:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Iraq’s South Oil Co. (SOC) let a $518 million contract for part of Iraq’s Crude Oil Export Facility Reconstruction Project, also known as the Sea Line Project, to Leighton Holdings Ltd. unit Leighton Offshore.]]></description>
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