TPi October 2012

business & market news

SmartFit wins Land-Based Pipeline Award Pipe measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) Ltd has been recognised by the Pipeline Industries Guild for its innovativepipemeasurement and fit-up system, SmartFit TM . (from left) Les Dawson OBE, president of the Pipeline Industries Guild, Jim Buston of OMS, and Richard Price, national chairman of the Pipeline Industries Guild

At the Pipeline Industries Guild’s 55 th Annual Dinner, held in London in March, OMS received the Award for Significant Contribution to Land- Based Pipeline Technology 2012, for its SmartFit system. First introduced in 1996, the objective of the Land-Based Pipeline Award is to promote the development of new ideas in the general field of land-based pipeline technology. Its scope includes any aspect of pipeline engineering, including design, construction, operation and maintenance. The award is typically for an achievement developed in the last five years, which has been successfully implemented or completed within the last 12 months, resulting in a significant contribution to land-based pipeline projects. The Pipeline Industries Guild supports eight annual awards and competitions throughout the year. This includes three technology awards for ‘subsea’, ‘land- based’ and ‘utility’ pipelines. Entries are submitted annually and judged by an award panel. Jim Buston, client solutions executive at OMS, who received the award on behalf of the company, commented, “We are delighted that SmartFit has won the Land-Based Pipeline Award 2012, which further confirms OMS’s position as a leading provider of innovative

of a laptop computer system used prior to the pipe firing line, for example, in a ‘ready rack’ on a pipe-laying vessel or in an onshore pipe holding area. The Pipeline Industries Guild’s membership comprises those with interests in pipelines, transporting hydrocarbon products, chemicals, water, wastewater, and many other substances, both onshore and offshore. All are governed by the industry’s twin need to combine quality with safety, while at the same time meeting all the latest environmental and legislative requirements. Optical Metrology Services Ltd – UK info@omsmeasure.com www.omsmeasure.com

pipe measurement, inspection and fit- up solutions to the global oil and gas sector, both onshore and offshore.” SmartFit is a suite of hardware and software tools, which together provide a powerful system for pipeline contractors, ensuring that pipe fit-up, welding and pipe-laying processes run as smoothly as possible with minimal interruptions. Elements of SmartFit are deployed in different ways to suit the practicalities of different production processes, both onshore and offshore. After pipe end measurements are complete, SmartFit also provides software that uses this measurement data to optimise the sequencing and fit up of pipes. Typically, SmartFit consists

Stainless tube and bar depot built Marmon/Keystone LLC has announced the addition of a new stainless steel bar depot at the its Spring Valley, Illinois location. The 200,000ft 2 building houses state-of-the-art Amada automated CNC saws that can provide value-added services for all cut-to- length orders. location,” said product manager Patrick Gibbons. “This new depot enhances our inventory of stainless bar that is currently stocked at our 26warehouses. It offers greater accessibility for large- volume requirements, and will provide our customers with faster deliveries.”

than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless and aluminium tubular and bar products. Service centres and sales offices are located throughout North America, with corporate headquarters in Butler, Pennsylvania. Marmon/Keystone LLC – USA sales@marmonkeystone.com www.marmonkeystone.com

A leading wholesale distributor of tubular products for over 100 years, Marmon/Keystone inventories more

“The stainless bar depot provides a wider range of sizes and grades in one

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October 2012 Tube Products International