TPi October 2011

business & market news

Call for young speakers The Institute of Water is offering young professionals from the water industry the opportunity to take centre stage at its annual conference, titled ‘2012 – Changing the Industry for a Sustainable Legacy’, to be held at The Royal Society in London on 17 and 18 May 2012.

many changes taking place and what the implications/outcomes of those changes are likely to be. The young speaker chosen for this session will talk about their experience of change within the industry or what the changing demands on the industry mean for them and their career/company. The second young speaker will be given the opportunity to speak alongside lead Defra director for water policy in England, Sonia Phippard, and CEO of Anglian Water, Peter Simpson. Both speakers will be challenging the audience to think about water, and the value of water to society, in a new way. They will be talking at a strategic level on how to change hearts and minds inside companies and in communities so that behaviour changes. The young speaker selected for this session will give their opinion on this strategy, highlighting their own experiences or their views on significant water projects.

leaving a sustainable legacy for future generations. Young speakers have become an integral part of the Institute of Water annual conference in recent years, giving young professionals the opportunity to showcase themselves in front of key personnel from within the UK water industry. Speaking about the initiative, Institute of Water chief executive Lynn Cooper commented, “This part of the event has become increasingly popular amongst delegates offering them an insight into the industry from a young person’s point of view. It is always refreshing and

By May 2012 most elements of the water industry will be re-structured, under review or changing. This conference will bring together key people in the sector to discuss the implications of these changes and give their views on how they will ensure the industry can meet the current challenges, while

inspiring to hear from tomorrow’s leaders and it does of course offer the young people an excellent learning experience.” The first session will consider the implications of the recent sector change, review and restructure. Delegates will hear the views

Lucy Johnson, a distribution technician from Portsmouth Water, spoke as a young speaker at this year’s conference and was overwhelmed by the positive response that she received

from the water sector (Martin Baggs, Thames Water); Ofwat (Marian Spain); and CCWater (Yve Buckland) on the

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Pipe with premium connections at Yurkharovskoye Field

TMK operates 24 production sites in the USA, Russia, Romania and Kazakhstan. The largest share of the company’s shipments belongs to high margin oil country tubular goods (OCTG), and in 2010 TMK’s pipe sales totalled approximately four million tonnes, shipped to customers in more than 65 countries.

parameters specified by the customer, and all of the TMK PF connections successfully sustained the bending load when transitioning between the well’s vertical and horizontal sections. “The experience provided by this run is unique for Russia, since it was the first time that Russian pipe was used in that type of well to run a string from its onshore section to the offshore zone,” said Alexander Shiryaev, TMK CEO. “As a result, TMK has further advanced into the offshore drilling market, using its cutting-edge technologies.”

Oil and gas steel pipe producer TMK has run casing with its PF premium connections in both the onshore and offshore sections of a gas well at Novatek’s Yurkharovskoye Field. This well consists of both a vertical section, which is located in the onshore zone, and a horizontal section that is located offshore. TMK is the first Russian pipe company to run a string in this type of well. The total depth of the run was 5,602m; the horizontal section was 2,740m. During the run there we no deviations from the

TMK – Russia

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