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Utility - Gas Trenchless Australasia - June 2005 23 Atteris breaks new ground in pipeline engineering Recent successful projects, including the shore crossing for the 42 inch North West Shelf second trunkline offshore Western Australia and the 20 inch Otway gas export pipeline at Port Campbell in Victoria have strengthened the position of Atteris as a specialist in the field of pipeline engineering and construction management. A tteris commenced operations in 1999 and according to Owner and Managing Director Eric Jas, the company literally formed overnight when its first client requested assistance with a drilled shore crossing for a gas pipeline in Taiwan. The job had been experiencing problems for several months prior and after arriving on site two days after the initial phone call, Eric found that the 36 inch pipeline had been stuck halfway up the 1000 m long horizontal borehole for over a week. The crossing needed redesigning and from there it was installed successfully. Several other projects followed for energy companies such as Woodside, BP, ChevronTexaco, OMV and ROC Oil, as well as for engineering companies including Technip Oceania, Intec, Genesis Oil & Gas and Kellogg Brown & Root. The jobs completed for these clients were predomi- nantly oil and gas pipeline shore approaches and shoreline crossings in Australia and Southeast Asia. Atteris operates from a new office in Perth, employing a handful of specialists in the field of pipeline engineering and construction, site surveys, dredging, rock dumping, horizontal directional drilling and microtunnelling. The company and its employees are focused on assisting the pipeline industry in these often misunder- stood areas. Atteris excels in innovation, as proven on the North West Shelf project, where there was a no-cover rock berm design and the pipeline was stabilised by deep-water dredging. The Otway project also broke new ground, involving a cased shore crossing. Eric says “Although we carry in our portfolio significant expertise in the field of trenchless installation of pipelines, it is not our business to promote this technology to our clients per se. We are probably the only engineering company in the Southeast Asian region with the in-house expertise to objec- tively provide advice on the most cost-effective construction method for a par- ticular crossing, be it a river, shoreline or other obstacle.” As such, Atteris can provide services in and outside of Australia for pipeline shore approaches and landfalls, water intake lines, effluent outfalls, and crossings in onshore pipeline and cable routes. The company can work from the concept stage of a project on site selection and the collection of site data, through to design engineering, tender prepa- ration, and construction management. Pipeline Engineers for Shoreline and River Crossings Atteris Pty Ltd Level 6 68 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 PO Box 7305 Cloisters Square WA 6850 Tel: +61 (0) 8 9322 7922 Fax: +61 (0) 8 9322 7988 Web Site: www.atteris.com.au Email: [email protected] Pipeline Engineers for Shoreline and River Crossings

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Utility - Gas

Trenchless Australasia - June 2005 23

Atteris breaks new ground in pipeline engineering

Recent successful projects, including the shore crossing for the 42 inch North West Shelfsecond trunkline offshore Western Australia and the 20 inch Otway gas export pipeline atPort Campbell in Victoria have strengthened the position of Atteris as a specialist in thefield of pipeline engineering and construction management.

Atteris commenced operations in1999 and according to Owner andManaging Director Eric Jas, the

company literally formed overnight when itsfirst client requested assistance with a drilledshore crossing for a gas pipeline in Taiwan.The job had been experiencing problems for several months prior and after arriving onsite two days after the initial phone call, Ericfound that the 36 inch pipeline had beenstuck halfway up the 1000 m long horizontalborehole for over a week. The crossingneeded redesigning and from there it wasinstalled successfully.

Several other projects followed for energycompanies such as Woodside, BP,ChevronTexaco, OMV and ROC Oil, as wellas for engineering companies including

Technip Oceania, Intec, Genesis Oil & Gasand Kellogg Brown & Root. The jobs completed for these clients were predomi-nantly oil and gas pipeline shore approachesand shoreline crossings in Australia andSoutheast Asia.

Atteris operates from a new office inPerth, employing a handful of specialists inthe field of pipeline engineering and con-struction, site surveys, dredging, rockdumping, horizontal directional drilling andmicrotunnelling. The company and itsemployees are focused on assisting thepipeline industry in these often misunder-stood areas.

Atteris excels in innovation, as proven onthe North West Shelf project, where therewas a no-cover rock berm design and the

pipeline was stabilised by deep-water dredg-ing. The Otway project also broke newground, involving a cased shore crossing.

Eric says “Although we carry in our portfolio significant expertise in the field oftrenchless installation of pipelines, it is notour business to promote this technology toour clients per se. We are probably the onlyengineering company in the Southeast Asianregion with the in-house expertise to objec-tively provide advice on the mostcost-effective construction method for a par-ticular crossing, be it a river, shoreline orother obstacle.”

As such, Atteris can provide services inand outside of Australia for pipeline shoreapproaches and landfalls, water intake lines,effluent outfalls, and crossings in onshorepipeline and cable routes. The company canwork from the concept stage of a project onsite selection and the collection of site data,through to design engineering, tender prepa-ration, and construction management.

Pipeline Engineersfor Shoreline andRiver Crossings

Atteris Pty Ltd

Level 668 St Georges Terrace

Perth WA 6000

PO Box 7305Cloisters Square WA 6850

Tel: +61 (0) 8 9322 7922

Fax: +61 (0) 8 9322 7988

Web Site:www.atteris.com.au

Email:[email protected]

Pipeline Engineersfor Shoreline andRiver Crossings

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