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August 2014 Vol.1 (Special Edition)

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  1. Showcase your company’s PE/CSG gathering lines capabilities

  2. ExcelPlas Receives Full NATA Accreditation for its Pipe Testing Labs
    ExcelPlas Pty Ltd, a leading Australian Polyethylene Welding Testing Organisation and ISO Weld Testing Facility in Dalby (Queensland), has officially received full NATA Accreditation for tensile testing of butt fusion and electrofusion polyethylene welded joints.
  3. The Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) and its Coal Seam Gathering (CSG) code of practice now require destructive testing to be carried out on a number of welds cut out of existing pipelines prior to commissioning as an industry best practice.
    With the increasing use of polyethylene piping in infrastructure and construction, testing of welds has seen a corresponding rise over the last few years making NATA accreditation more important than ever for quality assurance.
    The integrity of piping welds is critical as welded joints are considered the weak points of a pipeline.
  4. The National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation officially approves ExcelPlas for conducting tensile tests of polyethylene welded product according to ISO 13953 and Peel Decohesion Tests on pipe and related products including electrofusion pipe fittings to ISO 13954.
    This recognition combined with 8 dedicated pipe testing stations makes Excelplas the leader of a very select group of internationally recognised laboratories in Australia eligible to offer these testing services.
  5. The NATA recognition also ensures that the mechanical testing of polyethylene welded joints performed by ExcelPlas laboratories meet a very stringent and demanding set of test protocols.
    The NATA accreditation also assures clients that Excelplas test methods and procedures meet the exacting requirements of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and as well as those of the Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZ).
  6. New Flexible Rubber Leak Clamp Seals Cracks and Failures in HDPE Pipes

  7. New Poly Pipe Tender (NSW)

  8. Pipe Poly News (PPN) Australia is now Australia’s most current and comprehensive source of news on polyethylene pipes and poly pipe welding

July 2014 Vol.3

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  1. HDPE Welding Contract Awarded to Offaly Civil for the Roy Hill Project July 2014

  2. ExcelPlas Expands Pipe Testing Laboratory in Dalby
    ExcelPlas Dalby boasting 8 testing stations is now the Largest Poly Pipe Testing Lab in Australia
    The new facility has multiple CNC machines for sample preparation as well as a dedicated NDT lab

  3. Santos’ Pilliga Exploration Plans Approved

  4. Cromfords open New pipe manufacturing facility for Mackay

  5. QGC to sell off CSG Pipeline Assets

  6. The Complete Guide to Pipe Selection for Trenchless Projects

  7. Electrofusion Confusion – Lies, damn lies and statistics

  8. Appeal bid fails after $730 million pipe contract stalls

  9. Inaccessible locations are an advantage for electrofusion welding

  10. Study on the Allowable Temperature for Preventing Over Welding during Thermal Welding of Polyethylene Pipe

  11. Standard DVS 2207-1 covers electrofusion, Butt Fusion and Socket Fusion welding
    Specific statements and requirements in relation to quality and training:
    – The quality of the welded joints depends on the qualification of the welder
    – The welding work must be monitored
    – Every welder has to be trained and has to be in possession of a valid qualification certificate
    – The welding zone must be protected from bad weather influences
    – Couplings not to be used if coils are oval and bent

July 2014 Vol.2

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  1. Technical Program Announced for Plastic Pipes 17th World Conference (22-24 September 2014)
    Selected Papers:
    • Analysing the Performance of Electrofusion Tapping Tees When Subject to Contamination
    • Essential Variables of Heat Fusion Joining of Polyethylene Pipe
    • Non Destructive Evaluation of Improper Fusion for Polyethylene Heat Fusion Socket Joint
    • Butt Fusion of Large Diameter Pipe
    • Butt Welding of Big Pipe
  2. New Pipe Fusion Data Logger Offers Wireless Capability
    Data logging is being required on more and more job sites to verify polyethylene pipeline integrity 
  3. Inspection issues for the welding and installation of PE natural gas distribution mains and service pipes 
  4. Prevention of leaks & blowouts in new gas and water pipeline by BIAXR banding of fusion butt welds and damaged wall sections of HDPE pipe 
  5. New Poly Pipe Weld Cooling Process:
    Cool Pack® is a Fast Fusion patented process that allows HDPE welds to cool as much as 70% faster than the same techniques used for over 40 years. 
    The Cool Pack system is available for pipe sizes to handle pipes up to 20″, 36″, 48″, and 65″.
    The Cool Packs are retrofittable to all fusion machines to reduce weld times.
  6. Electrofusion Welding Tips for Cold Weather:
    With Winter well upon us, we tackle the main issue faced by installers when installing PE100 Electrofusion Piping Systems in sub 10°C weather – Moisture.

    * Moisture Presence:
    – While adequate scraping is commonly stressed, the presence of moisture in the welding zone is rapidly being recognised as a leading cause of EF Weld failure.
    – Colder weather usually accompanied by rainy days raises the risk of water presence greatly.
    – While the greatest risk is actually from the alcohol used to clean the surfaces after scraping, this takes a good while to totally evaporate in cooler temperatures.
    – Water or alcohol becomes a gas and expands at higher temperatures if entrapped within the electrofusion welding zone, both the moisture and escaping steam or gas usually prevent successful fusion.* Suggestions & Tips:
    – Be observant for the presence of moisture on the surfaces to be welded, ensure your spigots are completely dry prior to scraping and check there is no condensation within the sealed bag containing the EF fitting.
    – On application of the alcohol wipes ensure all trace of alcohol has evaporated before assembly the joint.
    – It is not necessary to clean the EF Fitting with alcohol wipes if it is clean and the packaging is unbroken, simply remove the fitting from its bag and assemble immediately without contacting the inside of the fitting or the pipe spigots with your fingers.

July 2014 Vol.1

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  1. Murphy Pipe & Civil Launches Pipeline Inspection and Testing Arm (UPT)

  2. Murphy Pipe & Civil Seeking Senior Laboratory Technician

  3. Australian Fusion Welding Meets Growing Needs of CSG Industry in Dalby

  4. Murphy Pipe & Civil Subsidiary Australian Fusion Welding providing Pipe Prefabrication Services

  5. Online copy of AS/NZS 4130:2009 Polyethylene pipes for pressure applications Publication Date 18 June 2014

  6. QGC Publishes Approved Supplier Contractor List

  7. Pipe Conference and Exhibition 18-21 October 2014 at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria

  8. GD Pipelines Seeking Poly Welders for Toowoomba & Darling Downs Region

  9. QGC starts up major gas processing network

  10. *FREE* Download Polyethylene Pipe Butt Welding Safe Work Method Statement

  11. Ritmo launches two new electrofusion welders

  12. List of Global Standards used for Polyethylene Pipe – TWI

June 2014 Vol.3

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  1. Sold Out – 2014 Australian Pipeline Industry Association APIA Exhibition is Now Sold Out
    18 – 21 October 2014 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre     
  2. Spiderplough Delivers a World-first in PE Pipeline Installation 
  3. MP&C currently deployed on three projects across the Surat Basin in Western Queensland including the 5000+ km 4.3-24.8 inch HDPE pipeline for the QCLNG Gathering Project 
  4. Australian Fusion Welding (AFW) seeking Poly Welders for Dalby Expansion 
  5. WDS is celebrating its service delivery to Santos Limited with the roll-over of the Construction Services Agreement for the GLNG Project for works to be carried out in the Roma, Fairview and Arcadia fields for a further year 
  6. WDS Energy Division will be a Principal Contractor to the GLNG Project and will carry out field installation of gathering systems pipework for the connection of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) wells in GLNG’s Surat Basin gas fields 
  7. Gas industry has Led to a Boom in the Rural Economies of Queensland’s Gas Fields
    Around Dalby unemployment has dropped from 8% to 1.7% in five years while Chinchilla’s population rose from 3000 to 7000 in five years and has now hit almost 10,000     
  8. WDS Limited Joint Venture Signs Contract with Arrow Energy 
  9. QCLNG contractor Thiess has now mobilised on 21 sites for the four CPPs and 17 Field Compression Stations (FCS) which are spread over a distance of 200 kilometres from Dalby, north west to Wandoan
    Andrew Kinsey is in charge of delivering the Jordan CPP and is preparing to gear up for the process piping phase. It’s a very big job. We’ll be ramping up to a total crew size of close to 450 people on this site alone.     
  10. New Method for determining the strength of butt-welded joints in polyethylene pipes 
  11. Murphy Pipe & Civil wins Pipeline Industries Guild Technology Award 2014 
  12. GEM delivers HDPE welding services to the Water Treatment Facilities at the gas gathering system south of Miles in Central Queensland 
  13. New eBook Available on Non-Destructive Testing of Polyethylene Pipe Butt Fusion Welds
    21 State-of-the-Art Chapters on TOF Ultrasound, Phased-Array Ultrasound and Microwave Assessment
    Cost A$99, to order: [email protected]

  14. GD Pipelines, Iplex Pipelines, Murphy Pipe & Civil, Vinidex all exhibiting in Melbourne at APIA Pipe Conference