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Membership Renewals are now due for 2010
Published: 15 December 2009
Membership Renewals are due January 1st.
If you wish to renew, you can now do this online using our secure PayPal™ Payment Standard Procedure.
Online membership renewal is a very easy procedure and is our preferred payment option. You can view the status of your membership on the My Account page.
We look forward to welcoming you to another year of GPA Europe Membership and to seeing you at future conferences throughout 2010.
GPA Europe is Seeking a New Administrator
Published: 19 November 2009
Due to the forthcoming retirement of the present incumbent at the end of November 2010, GPA Europe is seeking to appoint a new Administrator to handle all day-to-day Administration Office Duties, coordinate membership applications and renewals as well as handle all registrations, venue arrangements and destination contractual matters for our four conferences per year.
If you are interested in offering your services for this important role please confirm your formal expression of interest by contacting us
Deadline for “Expressions of Interest” is 31st December, 2009.
Formal bid packages will be sent to applicants by 01st February, 2010 with proposals requested by February 28th 2010
Technical Meeting on Multiphase Pipeline Issues
Published: 14 November 2009
GPA Europe's last gathering of 2009 took place in London on Thursday 12th November.
In the morning there was a Knowledge Session titled "Masterclass on Pipeline Multiphase Hydraulics" presented by Gert van Spronsen, Principal Technical Expert - Fluid Flow & Flow Assurance, Shell Global Solutions International BV, The Netherlands.
The Masterclass covered pipeline hydraulics. The day started with the basics of pipeline hydraulics for single phase flow, after which the specifics of multiphase flow was covered. With the presentation of a case study the potential impact of multiphase pipeline design on a project concept was shown. The need for a slugcatcher, it's sizing and layout was presented and the session closed with actual examples of multiphase pipeline systems and some of their interesting aspects.
In the Afternoon there was a Technical Meeting on Multiphase Pipeline Issues with three papers presented on:
- Assuring Gas Deliverability from BP Egypt’s First Subsea Tie-Back to Shore by BP Egypt.
- Liquid surge handling at Åsgard by model predictive control by Statoil Norway.
- The Lifecycle Application of OLGA® on Subsea Gas/Condensate Projects by SPT Guildford.
These papers are now available to download by GPA Europe Members.
26th Annual Conference
Published: 28 September 2009
Our 26th Annual Conference concluded on Friday 25th September 2009.
The event was well attended with 110 registered delegates and 34 Companions. 13 Countries were represented and 34 of the delegates were first time attendees at a GPA Europe Conference. 17 Technical papers on very interesting topics were presented and these papers are now available for members to download from the Library area of the website.
Our thanks to our sponsors who helped make the event a success, Pietro Fiorentini and ABB Engineering Services
Networking sessions were entered into eagerly by all attendees and certainly proved the point that "Nothing beats people coming together under one roof to share information, build rapport and motivate each other"
Website Welcome
Published: 24 August 2009
Welcome to GPA Europe's new website which has been redesigned and modernised utilising the latest web technologies.
These improvements include on-line membership and conference registrations along with easy and secure payment procedures utilising the world leading PayPal™ Website Payments Standard.
We hope you have not been inconvenienced during the switch over.
If you need help or clarification regarding any aspect of the site please feel free to contact the Admin Office. Alternatively, members can use the Meta Forum to raise issues or make suggestions.