Sanmarg Assists & Participates in Emergency Gas

Pipeline Leak Mockdrill

A message was received in client’s control room at 6:00 am in morning that

there was a suspected leak in a gas pipeline. Consequently the Operation

In-charge of the concerned pipeline, Operation & Maintenance team, HSE

Department and the local Government Authorities of that area were

immediately informed and mobilized. The operation & maintenance team

reached in less than the 4 hours with the fully equipped emergency

response vehicle. The fire tender and Ambulance were also on standby at

the affected site.

The affected area was cordoned at a radius of 30 meter and information

was conveyed to the control room to isolate the leakage area by closing

the nearest upstream/ downstream remote operated valves. The line was

depressurized. Once the valves were closed, explosive limit (LPG has the

lower explosive limit of 5 and upper explosive limit of 15) of the gas was

checked with the help of LEL meter. The excavation work was only

performed when the LEL became zero and manual excavation had been

done, exposing the pipeline. When proper clearance for inserting the leak

clamp was given, pinhole area was identified and needle was inserted in

that area to arrest the leak. It was ensured that the needle was of the same

material of the pipeline to avoid the occurrence of localized corrosion.

After inserting the needle, leak clamp was placed and clamp screws were

tightened with the help of appropriate tools and tackles (non-sparking tools

were used). To check the integrity of tightened leak Clamp, pressure

testing was done in consultation with the control room and gas content was

continuously checked with the help of LEL meter. When all activities were

completed at the leakage location, the manual backfilling, compaction,

leveling and restoration were done as per the site condition. Control room

was informed to restart the transportation of gas. Manpower & equipment

were demobilized and a final report was generated.

SANMARG NEW PROJECT UPDATES

• Apr, 14: Reliance Gas

Pipeline Ltd. awards 21

months PMC contract for

construction supervision,

QA/QC, maintaining

pipeline spread, and

warehouse management.

• Mar, 14: Cairn India

awards three year contract

for Electrical Maintenance

services for their Above

Ground Installations in

Mangala Development

Pipeline Operations.

• Feb, 14: Reliance Gas

Transportation

Infrastructure Limited

(RGTIL) awards two

month contract for Laying

of 12″ and 4″

Interconnecting Pipeline

for Fire Water and

Instrument Air between

RGTIL’s Compressor

Stations.

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SANMARG’s Role in the Mock Drill

• Provided Manpower for Excavation, Backfilling, Compaction, leveling and restoration.

• Provided Welders, Fitters, Grinders etc. • Supplied heavy equipment like JCB, Hydra and Cranes. • Supplied Welding Machines, all consumables, tools and tackles,

DG Set, Spanners etc. • Supplied All PPE’s • Supplied Site Vehicle.

The Safety Checklist

• All Personnel on site were in Proper Protective Equipment. • Fire tender and Ambulance were available at site and reached

in time. • Client’s control room Team and the Site Team were in full

coordination • Adequate number of Portable fire extinguishers of type DCP

and CO2 were available. • 5 Kg DCP powder refills were available in spare. • The Leakage location was properly barricaded and the

warning signs were installed. • No mobile phones were used for communication in the

barricaded area. • First Aid box with appropriate medicines were also available.

Learnings...

• Various awareness programs should be conducted for the Villagers close to the pipeline areas, educating them about causes of leak in a pipeline and action to be taken in case a leak is noticed.

• Dedicated vehicle for emergency transportation with Proper communication system and equipment should be made available round the clock.

• Mutual Assistance protocol should be maintained with neighboring industries and villages/towns. We are very grateful to our reputed client for giving us such a great opportunity to assist and participate in the Mockdrill.

By-Ranjeet Srivastava

Fitting of leak clamp in progress

Mobile Maintenance Vehicle (MMV).

Epoxy Painting on Leak Clamp

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Sanmarg Organizes a Four Day ISO

9001:2008 Internal Audit Training in

Collaboration With DNV.GL

SANMARG Employees have successfully completed an

intensive four day Internal Auditor’s training on ISO

9001:2008 standard which covered Quality Management

System, Root Cause Analysis and Corrective/

Preventive Action from 21 April 2014 to 24th April 2014.

Shri B.S. Negi Delivers a Talk on the Future

of Gas Pipelines in INDIA

Mr. B.S. Negi, Ex Member of the Petroleum & Natural

Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), visited SANMARG on

25th April 2014 and presented the current snapshot and

the future scenario of Natural Gas sector.

Sanmarg Projects Exhibits in the Tenth

Annual Get Energy Exhibition, London

SANMARG Projects participated in the Tenth Annual Get

Energy Exhibition which provides a networking and

information exchange platform for International E&P

companies, Engineering Services Providers,supporting

Industries and the Education sector (Universities and

Training Institutes). This Exhibition took place at

Business Design Center, London from 2nd till 4th of

June.

Internal Auditor’s Training

Session by Shri BS Negi

Mr. Subhadeep Tarat, Mr. Subbarao Cherukuri

NACE Level II NACE Level I

Congratulations!

Mr. Subhadeep Tarat (Assistant Manager, SANMARG)

and Mr. Subbarao Cherukuri (Site Incharge, SANMARG)

have successfully completed NACE Level II and NACE

Level I training respectively.

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Top Oil and Gas Headlines Around the World

Upcoming Projects

Russia and India are planning

to construct a $30 Billion Oil

Pipeline through Xinjiang in

China whose groundwork has

been started on 21 October

2013 after the visit of ex

Indian Prime Minister Dr

Manmohan Singh to Moscow

for 14th India-Russia Annual

Summit.

Almost 30 new port projects

worth INR 21,000 Cr have

been awarded by the Ministry

of Union Shipping in FY 13-14

in India, meansan additional

217 MT of capacity.

In December 2013, Iran and

India agreed to construct deep

water gas pipeline of 1400

km,31 Million cubic meters

capacity across the Sea of

Oman as India keen to boost

Energy ties with Iran

Indian Oil will begin Marketing

of Refinery Catalysts to

Domestic and International

markets which is formulated

and developed by its internal

R&D division to improve

refinery margins.

AEGIS announced early

commissioning of its 70,120 KL

bulk liquid terminal at Pipava port

in Gujarat, almost six months

ahead of scheduled time. With new

capacity, Aegis Group will be able

to handle liquid volumes of over 3

to 4 Million MT and Gas Volumes

of over 750000 MT.

Northern Gateway Pipeline (1177

Km) in Canada has been approved

which transfer 5,25,000 barrels

crude from Alberta oil sands to

country’s Pacific coast.

Mergers& Acquisitions

PETRONET has invited bids to

lease out their underutilized LNG

storage tanks at Kochi, Kerala.

The underutilization occurs due to

a delay in laying of pipelines

connecting the port to consumption

centers in Karnataka and Tamil

Nadu.

Cairn Energy Plc is seeking

shareholder approval to sell its

9.65% stake in Cairn India after

restrictions imposed by Income Tax

department were lifted. Cairn

energy is expected to receive over

INR 6665.35 crore for its 9.65%

stake at the current market price.

Adani Ports and Special

Economic Zone acquired the

strategic Dhamra Port on the east

coast of India for INR 5500 Crore

from a 50:50 JV between Tata

Steel and L&T. This deal is the

largest in Indian Port sector since

the Pipava Port.

ESSAR OIL gets nod to acquire

73.99% stake in group company

Vadinar Power to make it its fully

owned subsidiary after Essar Oil’s

shareholders accepted the

proposal.

HPCL to acquire 11-15% STAKE in

Petronet’s East Coast Terminal.

HPCL is expanding its Vizag

Refinery to 15 million tones pa

from its current capacity of 8.33

MT leading to increase the gas

requirement for HPCL is huge.

New Appointments

CAIRN India ‘s interim CEO Mr. P

Elango has quit. Mr Sudhir Mathur,

CAIRN’s CFO has assumed

additional responsibilities.

Mr. NK Verma, Director

(Exploration) ONGC have been

recommended by Public

Enterprises Selection Board to

head ONGC Videsh Ltd. His

appointment is yet to be approved

by the Government.

Message from Editorial Board….

Dear Readers, Hope you like the very first edition of SANMARG Quarterly Newsletter. We invite you to share your Experience, thoughts, ideas and any meaningful feedback regarding the Newsletter. E-mail your thoughts at editorialboard@sanmargprojects.in

Best Wishes

Ranjeet Srivastava

Shweta Singhal Jigyasa Kaul

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