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Nord Stream: Germanischer Lloyd cooperates with Penspen to provide certification services

The subsea and offshore engineering company Penspen / Andrew Palmer & Associates and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd have formed an alliance for the certification tasks of the Nord Stream pipeline. In an unincorporated joint venture the expert organisations offer independent analysis in the design phase, a close monitoring of the material manufacturing and the supervision of the installation up to the commissioning of the pipeline.

The two partners will bid for the complete range of services required to ensure quality, integrity and safety of the offshore pipeline. Their submission will include services related to environmental impact and protection which are particularly critical to this project.

Germanischer Lloyd has extensive experience in verification and certification of pipelines. Projects include activities in the implementation of EUROPIPE I and II in the North Sea between Norway and Germany, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline as well as the involvement of the Libyan-Gas Transmission System through the Mediterranean Sea. As an expert on behalf of the German Mining Authority, Germanischer Lloyd has been working for many years for the oil and gas industry, especially in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Penspen / Andrew Palmer and Associates have extensive experience in providing consultancy related to design, construction and operational aspects of onshore and offshore pipelines. Projects include BP's Clair pipeline, BP's Farragon pipeline, BGI's Atlantic and Cromarty pipeline, BP's Western export pipeline and the Trans-Sahara pipeline.

The Nord Stream pipeline partners, GAZPROM, E.ON and BASF, plan to build two parallel gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea from Vyborg to Greifswald - each 1,200 km long and 1,219 mm (48") in diameter with a 210 atm working pressure and a rated annual capacity of 55 bcm. By 2010 the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany will additionally provide Western Europe with gas.

Germanischer Lloyd 
The classification society Germanischer Lloyd, based in Hamburg, Germany, sets standards in technology, safety and quality for the maritime and industrial sectors. As a technical supervisory organization with a global network it employs 3,200 personnel at 173 locations in 75 countries. Apart from maritime services, Germanischer Lloyd offers comprehensive services in business segments such as Oil & Gas, Wind Energy, Systems Certification and Materials & Failure Analysis. More: www.gl-group.com/glo 

Penspen / Andrew Palmer & Associates
Andrew Palmer and Associates have been providing submarine pipeline consultancy since 1985 and have been responsible for the design and operational support of North Sea and international pipeline projects. The wider Penspen Group has 1,500 employees and has provided engineering, management and operations and maintenance services to the oil and gas industry worldwide for over 50 years. The 5,000 projects to-date cover almost every country in the world and range from the economic evaluation of pipelines in developing nations and complex integrated design and construct contracts, to limit-state design of pipelines in adverse conditions. Penspen has an international network of offices servicing every major centre. More: www.andrewpalmer.com  -  www.penspen.com 

Posted April 17, 2007

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