Conference Alert & Call For Papers: PTC 2020

The organizers of the Pipeline Technology Conference (PTC 2020) (https://www.pipeline-conference.com/) scheduled for 30 March – 2 April, are asking for papers. Details appear below.

Now, I don’t know this, but I would expect the conference to include discussions on the use of drones. Drones are a double edged sword. On the one hand, they can improve inspection efficiency. On the other hand, they open up the possibility for bad actors to do bad things.

TIP: Google® pipeline drones

Two results of the search, illustrating both the one hand, and the other hand, appear below …

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Saudis say oil pipeline was attacked by drones, possibly from Yemen ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/...pipeline...drones.../bb7917e6-7652-11e9-a7bf-c8a4...
3 days ago - Two pumping stations on a major Saudi oil pipeline were attacked by drones Tuesday, halting the flow of crude along it, Saudi Energy Minister ...

Drone Services For Oil & Gas Pipeline Inspections - Landpoint
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Certified, accurate, and efficient drone data collection for methane detection on oil and gas pipelines

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Here are details on PTC 2020, taken from the PTC 2020 Web site …

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From 30 Mar. - 2 Apr. 2020 Europe’s leading conference and exhibition on pipeline systems, the Pipeline Technology Conference, will take place for the 15th time. ptc 2020 (https://www.pipeline-conference.com/) offers again opportunities for operators as well as technology and service providers to exchange latest onshore and offshore technologies and new developments supporting the energy strategies world-wide. More than 900 delegates and 90 exhibitors are expected to participate in the 15th ptc
List of Pipeline Operators
Delegations from almost 80 Pipeline System Operators from all over the World took part in the Pipeline Technology Conference 2019:
Botas, Turkey
BPA, United Kingdom
Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos, Colombia
Cepro a.s., Czech Republic
CONPET, Romania
Covestro, Germany
Danish Central Oil Stockholding Entity (FDO), Denmark
Danish Defense, Denmark
Dow Benelux, The Netherlands
Dow Olefinverbund, Germany
Ecopetrol, Colombia
Eni, Italy
Evonik, Germany
ExxonMobil Production Deutschland, Germany
Fluxys TENP, Belgium
GAIL, India
Gas Connect Austria, Austria
Gascade Gastransport, Germany
GASO, Latvija
GAZ-SYSTEM, Poland
Gazprom, Russia
GridServices, Czech Republic
Gomeltransneft Druzhba, Belarus
GRTgaz, France
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, India
Heide Refinery, Germany
IBN ZAHR, Saudi Arabia
INPEX, Japan
JANAF, Croatia
Kenya Pipeline Company, Kenya
KazTransOil, Kazakhstan
MERO, Czech Republic
MetroGAS, Argentina
MOL, Hungary
MVL Schwedt, Germany
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Net4Gas, Czech Republic
Netze BW, Germany
Nord Stream 2, Switzerland
Nord Stream, Switzerland
Nord-West Oelleitung, Germany
Nova Transportadora do Sudeste - NTS, Brazil
Oléoduc du Jura Neuchâtelois, Switzerland
Oleoductos del Valle, Argentina
Ontras, Germany
Open Grid Europe, Germany
Partex Oil and Gas / ADNOC Gas Processing, U.A.E.
PEMEX, Mexico
Petrobras, Brazil
PDO, Oman
PTT Public Company Limited, Thailand
Qatargas, Qatar
Rhein-Main-Rohrleitungstransportgesellschaft, Germany
Saline Water Conversion Corp., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Shell Nigeria, Nigeria
Shell UK, United Kingdom
SLOVNAFT, Slovakia
South Stream Transport, Netherlands
SPMR, France
Swissgas AG, Switzerland
TAL Group, Austria
TANAP, Turkey
Teiseki Pipeline Company, Japan
TenneT, Germany
TRANSCO, United Arab Emirates
Transportadora de Gas Internacional, Colombia
Transnafta Pancevo, Serbia
Transneft, Russia
Transpetrol, Slovakia
TRAPIL, France
Uktransnafta, Ukraine
Uniper, Germany
Vermilion Energy, Canada
YPF, Argentina
YPFB TRANSPORTE, Bolivia
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