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❙ Jotun posted a record result for 2012, pushing sales up 6.5% to NOK 11.35bn (€1.5bn) and profits up by more than 17% to NOK 1.126bn (€149m). The company reported particu- larly strong results in its Decorative Paints and Protective and Powder Coatings business units. Jotun CEO Morten Fon said the company had benefited from falling raw materials prices and the successful start-ups of its new factory at Sandefjiord in Norway and a new powder coatings plant at Zhangjiagang in China. www.jotun.com


❙ Sabah Shell Petroleum has awarded a contract for construction and installation of two new subsea pipelines for the Malikai Deepwater project in Malaysia, which will operate at depths up to 650m off the coast of Sabah, to Technip. The contract includes transportation, installation and pre-commis- sioning of a 50km 8-inch gas pipeline and a 55km 10-inch liquids pipeline. The contract will be run from Technip facilities in Malaysia and Singapore. www.technip.com


❙ Aegion subsidiary Insitu- form Technologies has been awarded a $5.6m three-year contract by the City of Dallas, in Texas, US, for in-situ rehabilitation of wastewater pipelines using its Cured-in- Place Pipe (CIPP) technology. The project will run to the end of 2015. www.aegion.com


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Plains All American to build crude pipeline


US-based Plains All American Pipeline said this month it is to construct a 95 mile (152 km) extension to its Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to service increasing production from the Granite Wash, Hogshooter and Cleveland Sands areas of western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. The new Western Oklahoma pipeline will provide up to 75,000 barrels/day of new crude takeaway capacity from Reydon in Oklahoma to Plains


All American’s existing Orion station, from where crude oil will flow on the company’s existing pipeline system to its terminal at Cushing. The pipeline extension is


expected to be in service by the end of the first quarter of 2014, the company said. The announcement was


made just weeks after the company said it is to construct a 310 mile (496km) 20-inch crude oil pipeline from McCamey to Gardendale in Texas. The Cactus Pipeline is


expected to begin service in the first quarter of 2015 and will transport both sweet and sour crude from the Permian Basin to the Eagle Ford JV Pipeline, which directly serves the Three Rivers and Corpus Christi markets and can supply the Houston-area market through a connection to the Enterprise South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline. The Cactus Pipeline will


initially be designed to provide approximately 200,000 barrels/ day of capacity. ❙ www.paalp.com


Trelleborg acquires Ambler


Trelleborg Offshore and Construction has acquired UK-based Ambler Technolo- gies, which develops and produces composite materials for buoyancy and insulation applications in deep sea environments. Ambler Technologies is


located near Manchester in the UK and generated sales of around SEK 50m in 2012 (around €5.8m). Trelleborg said the acquisition is part of a strategy designed to bolster its position


Fredrick Mueller


in oil and gas exploration by giving it access to specialist expertise in design and production of key components


such as buoyancy modules for remotely operated vehicles. “The acquired operation


commands unique expertise and experience in composite materials that complement our global offering,” said Fredrik Mueller, president of Trelleborg’s Offshore & Construction business unit. “In conjunction with the transac- tion, we will create a Centre of Excellence focused on advanced buoyancy modules in deep-sea environments.” ❙ www.trelleborg.com


Exova inks €1m test contract


Allseas has selected Exova to provide a range of pipeline testing services as part of a three-year agreement valued at up to €1m. Under the arrangement, Exova will provide coatings


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testing and consultancy services, immersion ultrasonic testing, mechanical and failure testing to Allseas on a global basis. “Allseas is a major


international customer and


this agreement will present exciting challenges on a global scale,” said Exova coatings expert and strategic account director for its global engi- neering division, John Carter. ❙ www.exova.com


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