TPi September 2016

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Offshore Energy 2016 Registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC 2016) is now open. The ninth edition of the event is expected to attract 11,500 offshore professionals and more than 650 exhibiting companies. The event takes place on 25 and 26 October 2016 at Amsterdam RAI in the Netherlands. Offshore Energy is an annual event focused on the complete offshore energy industry. It covers both the exploration and production of the conventional energy resources oil and gas, as well as the expanding renewable part of the energy mix such as offshore wind and marine renewable energy. Renewables play an important role during OEEC 2016. Next to the exhibition, which covers four halls at Amsterdam RAI totalling an area of approximately 26,000m 2 , more than 80 speakers representing some of the major players in the offshore energy industry will feature at the conference. The extensive three-day conference programme consists of keynotes, technical sessions, master classes, meetings of industry organisations, the Marine Energy Event and the Offshore WIND Conference. ‘Entering a new area’ has been chosen as theme for OEEC 2016. The theme will also be reflected in the three- day conference programme, where subjects such as subsea processing and infrastructure, decommissioning, knowledge management, asset integrity, Iran, LNG and optimising value by building alliances across the E&P chain will be presented and discussed. One of the new developments this year will be the attendance of Iranian companies, who will present themselves at the Iran pavilion during the entire event. OEEC 2016 together with CBC Oil & Gas have tailored activities for Iranian companies to meet the international energy industry at their national pavilion and during a dedicated technical session on Iran, where the developments in the Iranian oil industry will be discussed.

Tube Products INTERNATIONAL appoints sales and marketing executive

by the IKT Institute (institute for underground infrastructure, Stuttgart, Germany), the Austrian company Hobas came out on top. 13 different rehabilitation systems were tested, which involved the renovation of a 5m-high concrete manhole, DN 1000. The providers were asked to re-establish the manhole’s leak- tightness and structural integrity. The individual approaches were then examined and the rehabilitated shafts exposed to long- and short-term groundwater pressure. With an overall score of ‘Good’ (1.6, German grading system from 1 to 6, with 1 being best), Hobas GRP manholes were the test winners. Hobas Engineering GmbH – Austria info@hobas.com www.hobas.com He lives in Warwickshire, UK, with his wife and young daughter and his interests include travel, food and cricket. He is excited about the opportunity to help companies in the tube and pipe industry with their marketing and advertising campaigns in order to help them to gain outstanding international exposure for their products. Tube Products INTERNATIONAL magazine is distributed globally to a comprehensive database of decision makers and buyers in the tube industry and is present at all major international tube events. Mr Singh can be contacted on email at: steve@intras.co.uk or by calling: +44 1926 834688. A media pack with detailed advertising information and a forward features list is available at: www.read-tpi.com

Steve Singh of Tube Products INTERNATIONAL

Steve Singh has joined the Tube Products INTERNATIONAL magazine team as sales and marketing executive. Mr Singh has extensive experience in media sales including a number of years at leading regional newspapers throughout the UK.

Hobas GRP manholes win product test

In a recent review of manhole rehabilitation products and methods

Inspection by the IKT testing team (copyright/source: IKT)

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Tube Products International September 2016

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