It has been announced that the submission period for the ASME Global Pipeline Award (GPA) is open until 15th August, 2013.

This award was established by the Pipeline Systems Division (PSD) of the International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME). The Global Pipeline Award is presented each year to, in the opinion of the judging committee, the organisation that has been responsible for the most outstanding achievement in the field of Pipeline Transportation for the year. Other criteria include outstanding innovations and technological advances in the field of pipeline transportation.

Previous winners

Past years’ winners have included: PetroChina Pipeline Company (2012), Liderroll (2011), Technip (2010), DNV (2009), TransCanada (2008), CPTI/PUC-RIO (2007), Petrobras (2006), TransCanada (2005).

2012

PetroChina Pipeline Company

Application of inline inspection technology and feature assessment for spiral weld defects in pipeline integrity management

2011

Liderroll

Liderroll Project for PLANGAS

2010

Technip

Technip Cyrogenic Pipe-in-Pipe Technology Featuring Hess LNG's Weaver Cove Energy Project

2009

DNV

Offshore Standard for Submarine Pipeline Systems, Oct. 2007 and the associated recommended practices

2008

TransCanada

Ontario pipeline project, including the first commercial application of high strength X100 steel pipe at the 18 km (11 mile) Deux-Rivières Loop and the 19.7 km (12.2 mile) Stittsville Loop

2007

CPTI/PUC-RIO

"Snake Feeler Pig: The Simple Way to Detect Internal Corrosion and Size" for an innovative tool for inspecting oil and gas pipelines, capable of producing a mapping of internal corrosion with high resolution.

2006

Petrobras

Petrobras’ Agro-ecological Family Farming Project along Pipeline Stretches (Right of Way), launched in Brazil in December 2005.

2005

TransCanada

Peerless Lake and Godin Lake Technology Loop Pipeline Project

Rio Pipeline 2013

The award will be presented at the Rio Pipeline Conference 2013, taking place at the SulAmérica Convention Center, Rio de Janeiro on 24 - 26 September.

Application form

Please visit the award website: http://asme-ipti.org/pipeline-division/gpa/ or contact Kim Miceli, micelik@asme.org, for further information and application form.

Adapted from press release by Cecilia Rehn.