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27th Annual Conference 2010
Published: 14 July 2010
27th Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
22nd - 24th September 2010
The Programme details have now been finalised for this prestigeous event and online registration is now available.
We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon
GPA EUROPE confirmed as official partners of Gastech 2011
Published: 18 March 2010
We are delighted to announce that GPA Europe has been confirmed as official partners of Gastech 2011, 21st – 24th March 2011, Amsterdam.
As I am sure all of our members are aware; Gastech is the most significant Global Gas Exhibition for the International Gas marketplace. As partners of Gastech we recommend the event as an ideal platform for GPA members to meet, network and forge new business relationships with Producers, Utilities, Energy Companies, EPC Contractors throughout the world.
GPA Europe will be running a full day of workshop sessions (Technical Papers and Knowledge Sessions) in the theatre located in the exhibition area on Wednesday 23rd March. Our Members are invited to submit Titles and Abstracts for this event to admin@gpaeurope.com.
February Issue of In Brief... is now available
Published: 15 March 2010
The latest issue of GPA Europe Newsletter "In Brief..." is now available. This is our biggest edition so far (20 pages) and includes a lead article titled "LNG Project Decisions needed NOW". There are also in depth reports from our last two meetings, Venice and London.
Hard copy will be mailed to all members shortly but in the meantime you can download it from the website.
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.
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.