Besides the conference program, the 8th Pipeline Technology Conference for the first time features a range of specialized post-conference workshops and a seminar on "In-Line Inspection of Transmission Pipelines” for different target groups. These events provide a unique opportunity to go into details, learn more about state-of-the-art technologies and to discuss problems and solutions in smaller working groups.

NDT Systems and Services GmbH & Co. KG, a leading supplier of ultrasonic pipeline inspection and integrity services, has signed a global pipeline inspection contract with British oil and gas giant BP.

The renewed global contract – one of four awarded by BP – is effective since 1 December, 2012. It emphasizes quality and HSE issues and significantly enlarges NDT's scope of services by providing pipeline cleaning, pipeline integrity assessment, and relevant engineering services.

The ROSEN Group announced the appointment of Friedrich Hecker as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2013.

Working together with Founder and President, Hermann Rosen, Friedrich Hecker will be responsible for leading the implementation of new ROSEN Group strategies whilst maintaining the Group’s culture, core principles of customer focused innovation, organic growth and operational excellence.

The GAZELLE gas pipeline was officially commissioned today in Přimda, Czech Republic. Bringing this pipeline into service opens up the “new northern route” for the transportation of natural gas to Western Europe. Construction of the Gazelle pipeline is of major strategic importance for both the Czech Republic and for Europe as a whole.