TPi July 2008

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Contract for offshore project

of the world’s largest gas reservoirs. The gas is processed onshore at Nyhamna, in Aukra municipality, and exported 1,200km to Easington, UK, through the world’s longest offshore gas pipeline. At peak production, Ormen Lange will produce close to 20% of the UK’s gas requirements, and establish Norway as the world’s second-largest exporter of natural gas after Russia. Socotherm SpA – Italy socotherm.corp@socotherm.com www.socotherm.com

strategic contract, as part of the Frame Agreement signed with Staoil last year. Under this agreement, which had an initial term of five years, Socotherm and Statoil work closely in an extensive partnership aimed to guarantee Statoil’s coating needs for its projects either in North Sea or abroad.

Socotherm SpA has been awarded a contract in the Ormen Lange Southern Field Development Project – Phase II. The contract, awarded by Statoil, relates to the application of external 3-layer polyethylene anticorrosion coating (Plastykote ® ), internal blasting SA2, and anodes application on about 36km of 16" pipes and 14km of 6" pipes to be laid offshore. Coating works, for a total value of €2.5m, will be performed at the Socotherm Marine Base, Pozzallo, Italy, in the 4 th quarter of 2008. Saint-Gobain’s new regional sales manager Saint-Gobain Pipelines has appoin- ted Gary Dwyer as regional sales manager for the UK’s Midlands area, to develop customer relations and strengthen the water and sewer team. Mr Dwyer’s previous experience includes European sales manager for ULVA International Ltd and sales roles at Rockwell and Armacell Insulation. He will be developing new business, maintaining key accounts and enhancing customer service in his region. Saint-Gobain Pipelines supplies ductile iron pipes, fittings, valves, access covers and gratings, and also produces cast iron above and below ground drainage systems. Its markets include water and sewerage, telecommunications, highways, civil engineering, con- struction and housing. The company is part of the multinational Saint-Gobain Group, which has three business divisions – glass, high performance materials and housing products. Saint-Gobain Pipelines – UK sales.uk.pipelines@saint-gobain.com www.saint-gobain-pipelines.co.uk Zeno Soave, chairman and CEO of the group, considers Ormen Lange a

The Ormen Lange field, discovered in 1997 in the deep-water of Norway, is one

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