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<strong>PetroTechnikally</strong> <strong>Speaking</strong><br />

AUTUMN<br />

2006<br />

Celebrating 25 years of UPP<br />

On 4 May 1981, Shell became<br />

the fi rst major oil company to<br />

use UPP polyethylene fl exible<br />

underground pipework as a<br />

viable alternative to metallic<br />

pipe at one of its service<br />

stations in Stockholm, Sweden.<br />

A quarter of a century later,<br />

PetroTechnik is celebrating<br />

the success of UPP as the<br />

world’s number one fuel<br />

pipework system.<br />

PetroTechnik company<br />

director, Jan Ageheim fi rst<br />

discovered the suitability<br />

of polyethylene for use<br />

with fuels when he was<br />

an engineering student in<br />

1969. He was ahead of his<br />

time and it took a while for<br />

the authorities to take him<br />

seriously.<br />

In the early 1980’s, with help<br />

from a Finnish friend, Olavi<br />

Winquist, now 84, Jan gained<br />

UPP’s first approval from the<br />

Swedish Fire and Explosives<br />

agency.<br />

Now with well over 30,000<br />

installations in 134 countries<br />

and UPP approved by more<br />

worldwide legislative and<br />

environmental agencies than<br />

any other similar product,<br />

PetroTechnik has a great deal<br />

to celebrate.<br />

Jan Ageheim revisits the fi rst site ever to use UPP products in May 2006.<br />

The site is still operational today using the original UPP pipework.<br />

PetroTechnik France<br />

wins signifi cant<br />

tank contract<br />

UPP System secures new<br />

UL 971 listing<br />

Puma International Congo has<br />

taken delivery of 36 CZ tanks.<br />

The contract, won by<br />

PetroTechnik France, was for<br />

14 FuelBank bunded storage<br />

units and for 22 double<br />

skinned underground storage<br />

tanks.<br />

PetroTechnik’s dealer in the<br />

Congo has also supplied<br />

and installed UPP pipework<br />

systems. The FuelBanks are<br />

to be used as mobile service<br />

stations along the Congolese<br />

roads and the tanks were to<br />

be installed mainly in the two<br />

major cities of the Congo,<br />

Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.<br />

CZ manufactured the tanks in<br />

the UK.<br />

IN THIS ISSUE ...<br />

2-5 NEWS FROM AROUND THE<br />

PETROTECHNIK WORLD<br />

Featuring PetroTechnik do Brasil on<br />

page 4<br />

The international newsletter of the PetroTechnik Group<br />

printed on recycled paper<br />

Same pipe construction<br />

New added benefi ts<br />

PetroTechnik’s existing UPP<br />

pipework system has secured<br />

UL and cUL 971 approvals<br />

from the Underwriters<br />

Laboratories in the US.<br />

Whilst many competitors<br />

have designed completely<br />

new systems, PetroTechnik<br />

has just made some minor<br />

changes to its existing UPP<br />

pipework system keeping the<br />

basic pipe construction the<br />

same.<br />

This means that UL approved<br />

UPP pipework is well proven<br />

6 TANK TALK<br />

Latest news from tank company<br />

Cookson & Zinn<br />

PetroTainer lowers tank shipping costs<br />

in the fi eld and not just in<br />

the lab. It also means that<br />

pricing can remain extremely<br />

competitive.<br />

The UPP UL 971 primary pipe<br />

has the same construction<br />

and liner as existing UPP<br />

Extra pipe, which has been<br />

in the fi eld since 1996. The<br />

new UL approved double wall<br />

secondary containment pipe<br />

is an integral pipe. It now has<br />

a thicker secondary wall with<br />

an inner permeation liner, the<br />

same as in the primary pipe.<br />

7-10 OFF THE DRAWING BOARD<br />

Andrea Ticci becomes director of<br />

engineering<br />

UPP UL 971 product range reviewed<br />

New EW8 hand-held welder<br />

The approval covers 2" and 3"<br />

double wall pipe for product,<br />

vent and vapor recovery and<br />

2" and 3" single wall pipe for<br />

vent and vapor recovery.<br />

In response to customer<br />

requests, PetroTechnik has<br />

reduced the size of the<br />

secondary containment of<br />

3" double wall pipe from 6"<br />

to only 4" achieving a 90%<br />

reduction in the interstitial<br />

space volume. This improves<br />

performance of continuous<br />

monitoring such as that<br />

required by vacuum systems<br />

in the State of California.<br />

11 HAPPY BIRTHDAY UPP<br />

An interview with Jan Ageheim,<br />

the man who started it all<br />

The 3" double wall system is<br />

less bulky, easier to handle<br />

and standard UPP tools can<br />

be used to cut and scrape<br />

the pipe. Sliding reducers<br />

are now available to make<br />

secondary in line joints and<br />

connections.<br />

All rubber test boots have<br />

been eliminated in the new<br />

UPP UL system in favor of<br />

welded polyethylene boots.<br />

The new UL approved UPP<br />

System is still entirely electrofusible<br />

and existing fi ttings<br />

and electro-fusion seals are<br />

all compatible.


NEWS<br />

Going from strength<br />

to strength in Japan<br />

Site in Japan in the early stages of development<br />

One year on from the<br />

formation of P&D Japan and<br />

demand for UPP products<br />

in that market is rising fast.<br />

Over the last few months,<br />

100 installers received on<br />

site training and the same<br />

number of installations were<br />

completed. This brings the<br />

total number of UPP sites in<br />

Japan to 500.<br />

Launched October 2005,<br />

P&D is a joint venture<br />

between PetroTechnik and<br />

Denaro International Inc., the<br />

company that introduced cash<br />

management equipment and<br />

vapour recovery technology<br />

to the Japanese self-serve<br />

petrol station market. The<br />

new venture is receiving great<br />

support from distribution<br />

company Nippon Engineering<br />

Services who have worked<br />

with PetroTechnik in Japan<br />

since 2001.<br />

As the use of rigid steel piping<br />

was still widespread in Japan,<br />

with the exception of some<br />

of the major oil companies,<br />

one of P&D’s fi rst goals was<br />

to familiarise the market with<br />

fl exible pipework systems.<br />

This meant training and<br />

certifying as many Japanese<br />

technicians as possible.<br />

PETROM a choisi UPP<br />

La compagnie marocaine<br />

PETROM a décidé<br />

l’emploi de la gamme<br />

de produits UPP sur<br />

l’ensemble de ses sites.<br />

Cette nouvelle alliance<br />

s’est concrétisée lors d’un<br />

stage de formation de<br />

l’ensemble des monteurs<br />

de la société sur le site<br />

BERRECHID – Kiaf.<br />

Les sites de CASA TIT<br />

MELLIL – Attacharouk et<br />

MARRAKECH – Bledna<br />

sont déjà sous commande.<br />

Avec plus de 230 stations<br />

sur l’ensemble du<br />

territoire, PETROM se<br />

positionne comme l’un<br />

des leaders nationaux.<br />

Shell’s new Caribbean licensees<br />

continue with UPP<br />

With Shell selling many<br />

of its Caribbean service<br />

stations to local licensees,<br />

the majority of retail gas<br />

stations in the area now fall<br />

under the control of the<br />

Barbados-based SOL Group.<br />

Miami-based Bolivar<br />

Trading Inc., PetroTechnik’s<br />

distributor of UPP<br />

products in the area, has<br />

succeeded in getting each<br />

new licensee to specify<br />

UPP as their underground<br />

piping standard for their<br />

projects.<br />

SOL now manages<br />

approximately 300 service<br />

stations including those in<br />

the Lesser Antilles islands,<br />

Suriname, Guyana, Belize<br />

and Puerto Rico. The Shell<br />

stations in the Bahamas are<br />

now managed by FOCOL/<br />

Sun Oil Bahamas, a local<br />

Bahamian company. Jamaica<br />

is now operated by COOL<br />

Petroleum, which is a part<br />

of the COOL Group, out<br />

of Jamaica.<br />

According to Chris<br />

Corrigan, Caribbean<br />

Territory Manager for<br />

Bolivar Trading, “The<br />

employees of these new<br />

companies had been using<br />

UPP under Shell and were<br />

comfortable with the<br />

product and the support<br />

they’d received thus far. I<br />

think this made keeping<br />

UPP as the piping standard<br />

an easy choice. We’re<br />

happy to continue to<br />

support them under their<br />

new management.”<br />

UPP for PETROM Morocco<br />

PETROM, one of the major<br />

oil companies in Morocco<br />

will use UPP for all their<br />

future projects. The company<br />

has more than 230 service<br />

stations all around Morocco.<br />

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The agreement was sealed<br />

during a training session<br />

for all installers on site<br />

at Berrechid, Kiaf. Two<br />

additional sites at Casa<br />

tit Mellil, Attacharouk and<br />

Marrakech, Bledna are already<br />

underway.<br />

Shell Redmans, Barbados<br />

Shell Thompson Blvd., Bahamas<br />

Autumn 2006 - <strong>PetroTechnikally</strong> <strong>Speaking</strong><br />

© PetroTechnik Limited


NEWS<br />

Shell Oman switches to UPP<br />

Shell Oman Marketing has<br />

installed UPP for the first<br />

time at the Darsait Service<br />

Station near Muscat in Oman.<br />

It’s a new-to-dealer site<br />

owned by Sheikh Mustahail<br />

Bin Ahmed Bin Ali al Mashaani.<br />

The station provides Super<br />

and Regular petrol from six<br />

dispensers and Diesel from a<br />

further two dispensers. Four<br />

50,000 litres tanks provide<br />

the storage capacity. The<br />

tank pit has a 2.1mm thick<br />

polyethylene liner.<br />

Installers used 200 metres of<br />

63mm UPP Extra secondary<br />

contained pressure line inside<br />

110mm UPP Duct and around<br />

30 metres each of fill and<br />

vent lines. The tank access<br />

chambers have PetroTite<br />

PowerLift PC76 access covers.<br />

The fi lling lines run from<br />

a PetroTite DS3617 sump,<br />

which is easily adapted as a<br />

fi lling box to the PetroTite<br />

DC4830 tank access<br />

chambers. They are seen<br />

The spill bucket jig<br />

Picture shows spill bucket and jig in Australian distributor Gilbarco’s workshop.<br />

From left to right: Peter Richards, Gilbarco Australia, Alex Boudry, PetroTechnik UK, four Gilbarco<br />

installers and Jim Craig, PetroTechnik Australia.<br />

The fi rst three UPP sites have<br />

been completed in Korea and<br />

eight more are expected by<br />

December 2006.<br />

Three UPP training<br />

programmes have been run<br />

On site at Shell Darsait in Oman. Zubin Thomas Mathew, Project & Maintenance Engineer for<br />

Apex Mechanical Engineering, discusses the 110mm UPP extra fi lling line with one of his fi tters.<br />

bolted to the underground<br />

storage tanks.<br />

All pipe and conduit entry<br />

boots to chambers and sumps<br />

are PetroTechnik 300 Series<br />

fusion seals meaning no metal<br />

fi xings buried in the ground.<br />

Visitors to the site from the<br />

local Shell Retail Engineering<br />

so far with more scheduled<br />

in the future. PetroTechnik<br />

Trainer, Wayne Cutting has<br />

received very favourable<br />

comments about the UPP<br />

system.<br />

Department have included<br />

Salim Al Busaidi, Engineering<br />

Manager; Hafi dh Al Azkawi<br />

and Sharad Nayak, Project<br />

Engineers and Roberto<br />

Abasolo and V. Elias. A training<br />

audit was carried out by<br />

Charles Smith, PetroTechnik’s<br />

sales manager for Europe and<br />

the Middle East.<br />

PetroTechnik engineer, David<br />

Brookes has invented a<br />

clever jig to make it easier to<br />

position pipe without having<br />

the spill bucket in place.<br />

The invention came about<br />

when Exxon Mobil asked for<br />

a solution to integrate UPP<br />

product lines with the new<br />

double wall spill bucket from<br />

OPW.<br />

The UPP fi breglass entry seals<br />

are completely compatible<br />

with the OPW product. The<br />

fi rst parts of the installation<br />

process can be completed in<br />

the workshop to save time<br />

on site.<br />

Installation was much easier<br />

than the Gilbarco installers<br />

anticipated as PetroTechnik<br />

has produced instructions<br />

with exact measurements.<br />

UPP well received in Korea<br />

“The trend until now was for<br />

polyethylene product lines<br />

and the rest of the system in<br />

stainless steel. Now they are<br />

familiar with UPP in Korea<br />

they can’t get enough of it.”<br />

Far left: From left to right: Mr Bong Guk Seo,<br />

Miss Hye Yong Kim, Mr Chun Byeong Lee, Mr<br />

Joo Young Lee, Mr Young Man Song, Mr Hyun<br />

Jin Jung, Mr Jae Yong Choi.<br />

UPP fi rst to be<br />

approved in India<br />

PetroTechnik has begun<br />

developing the market for<br />

UPP in India. UPP was the<br />

fi rst fl exible pipework system<br />

to be approved by the Indian<br />

regulatory authority. Over<br />

20 installers have been<br />

trained and more courses are<br />

scheduled in Bangalore and<br />

Mumbai later this year.<br />

PetroTechnik is pleased to<br />

be working with Midco, the<br />

market leading dispenser<br />

manufacturer and its services<br />

supplier OILCO who build<br />

stations for Shell. So far<br />

OILCO has completed four<br />

stations and has another six<br />

in progress. A further 36 are<br />

due to be started in October.<br />

UPP is stocked in Chennai,<br />

Bangalore, Mumbai and<br />

Calcutta and is ideally placed<br />

for reaching most regions of<br />

this vast market.<br />

Pole position in Australia<br />

Some of PetroTechnik’s<br />

Australian customers had a<br />

bird’s eye view overlooking<br />

the start / fi nish straight<br />

when they were invited to<br />

watch the Australian Grand<br />

Prix in April this year. Whilst<br />

the Aussie’s maintained<br />

confi dence in local driver<br />

Mark Webber, Brits Stephen<br />

de Wild and Alex Boudry<br />

were routing for the UK’s<br />

‘Jenson Button’ in pole<br />

position. You can imagine the<br />

disappointment when Webber<br />

retired with transmission<br />

failure and Button’s engine<br />

caught fi re 100 metres from<br />

the fi nish.<br />

Left: From left to right: Mr Bong Guk Seo, Mr<br />

Hyun Jin Jung, Mr Joo Young Lee.<br />

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Autumn 2006 - <strong>PetroTechnikally</strong> <strong>Speaking</strong><br />

© PetroTechnik Limited


FEATURING PETROTECHNIK DO BRASIL<br />

A fórmula para o sucesso<br />

Como a PetroTechnik do Brasil realizou sua primeira instalação UPP na Nicarágua e recebeu o prêmio Top<br />

of Business pela segunda vez, Moacir Arruda, Gerente de Vendas para a América Latina, pondera sobre o que<br />

mantém UPP como top do seu segmento de mercado.<br />

“Desde a criação da<br />

Petrotechnik, há 25 anos,<br />

duas preocupações sempre<br />

foram os principais motivos<br />

do sucesso da marca UPP<br />

em todo o mundo: qualidade<br />

do produto e qualidade da<br />

sua instalação no campo.<br />

A qualidade do produto é<br />

nossa “lição de casa” de todo<br />

dia; é total e continuamente<br />

monitorada pela Petrotechnik<br />

desde o projeto, passando<br />

pela escolha das matérias<br />

primas e indo até os testes<br />

fi nais com o produto pronto.<br />

O caso da instalação é<br />

bastante diferente, já que<br />

sempre envolve terceiros.<br />

Estes, se não forem alvo de<br />

treinamentos detalhados,<br />

amplos e regulares de nossa<br />

parte, poderão, ainda que<br />

muitas vezes em “boa fé”,<br />

instalar inadequadamente<br />

os produtos, podendo tornálos<br />

causa de acidentes e<br />

vazamentos.<br />

Nesse sentido a Petrotechnik<br />

proporciona, como padrão<br />

de suporte pós-venda, entre<br />

outros tipos e formas de<br />

assistência, o treinamento “in<br />

loco” aos instaladores dos<br />

produtos UPP, sendo que,<br />

em toda primeira instalação<br />

em cada país, o faz sem<br />

adicionar custos a eles ou aos<br />

distribuidores locais e, claro,<br />

nem ao cliente fi nal.<br />

Assim foi feito em setembro<br />

último, quando aconteceu a<br />

primeira instalação UPP na<br />

Nicarágua. Nosso distribuidor<br />

para a América Central e<br />

Caribe, a Bolívar Trading<br />

International (Miami – USA),<br />

através de sua Gerente para<br />

a Nicarágua, Sra. Hellen Rios,<br />

Eduardo Hiluey, General Manager of PetroTechnik do Brasil with the Top of Business trophy.<br />

The fi rst site is completed for Shell in Nicaragua. The team picture shows members of the Bolivar Trading installation team and some<br />

colleagues from PetroTechnik. Top from left to right Daniel Zamora, Felix Mejia, Jan Ageheim (PetroTechnik Sweden), Luis Gonzales, Alejandro<br />

Baltodano, Moacir Arruda (PetroTechnik do Brasil), Moisés Lechado. Bottom from left to right Edgar Zambrana D., Manoel Sandoval, Sergio<br />

Espinoza and Florencio Martinez.<br />

designou uma de suas equipes<br />

técnicas para os serviços de<br />

instalação de um Posto de<br />

Serviços Shell, o La Concha,<br />

na cidade de Rivas, distante<br />

100 Km da capital, Manágua.<br />

Nosso Diretor Jan Ageheim,<br />

da Suécia, auxiliado pelo<br />

nosso Gerente de Vendas<br />

para a América Latina, Moacir<br />

Arruda, proporcionou 4<br />

dias de intenso treinamento<br />

PetroTechnik do Brasil<br />

receives its second Top<br />

of Business Award<br />

PetroTechnik do Brasil<br />

received its second Top of<br />

Business award at a ceremony<br />

at the Gran Meliá Mofarrej<br />

Hotel in São Paulo on 14<br />

July 2006. The fi rst award<br />

was received in 2004 for<br />

the company’s performance<br />

inside Brazil. This year the<br />

award was for its exemplary<br />

performance on the<br />

international scene.<br />

PetroTechnik do Brasil<br />

provides UPP products and<br />

support to the 41 countries<br />

of Latin America and the<br />

Caribbean in partnership<br />

with 10 distributors and<br />

PetroTechnik France.<br />

Customers include Ipiranga,<br />

prático / teórico a todos<br />

os integrantes da equipe<br />

técnica da BT, os quais<br />

passaram a fazer parte de<br />

nosso Cadastro Geral de<br />

Instaladores Certifi cados.<br />

Treinamento intensivo<br />

na instalação é a melhor<br />

forma de garantir que os<br />

produtos UPP apresentarão<br />

a performance projetada e<br />

construída. “<br />

BR Distribuidora, Copec,<br />

PDVSA, Shell, Esso, Texaco,<br />

Repsol-YPF and some<br />

independent oil companies<br />

who have around 40,000<br />

service stations between<br />

them.<br />

The formula<br />

for success<br />

As PetroTechnik do Brasil<br />

completes its first UPP<br />

installation in Nicaragua<br />

and wins the Top of<br />

Business Award for the<br />

second time, Moacir Arruda,<br />

sales manager for Latin<br />

America, reflects on what<br />

keeps UPP at the top of its<br />

game.<br />

“From its foundation 25 years<br />

ago, two points have been<br />

fundamental to the success of<br />

the UPP brand all over the world:<br />

quality of product and quality<br />

of fi eld installation. Maintaining<br />

product quality is what we<br />

do every day; it is totally and<br />

continually monitored by<br />

PetroTechnik from design, to the<br />

acquisition of raw materials and<br />

goes on to the delivery of the<br />

fi nal product.<br />

Installation is different, as it<br />

involves third parties. Trained by<br />

us thoroughly and regularly, we<br />

ensure that installations are leak<br />

and accident free.<br />

This is why PetroTechnik<br />

provides, as standard, after-sale<br />

support and, amongst other<br />

types of assistance, “on-site”<br />

training to UPP installers. More<br />

than that and because only<br />

installers trained and accredited<br />

by PetroTechnik authorized<br />

personnel may install its<br />

products, the fi rst installation in<br />

each country is always overseen<br />

by PetroTechnik supervisors and<br />

is done without any additional<br />

cost to the installer, local<br />

distributor or customer.<br />

This is what happened in<br />

Nicaragua last September when<br />

the fi rst UPP installation took<br />

place. PetroTechnik’s distributor<br />

for Central America and the<br />

Caribbean, Bolivar Trading<br />

International (Miami, USA),<br />

via their Nicaragua Manager,<br />

Mrs. Hellen Rios, designated<br />

one of their technical teams<br />

for the installation of a Shell<br />

service station, the La Concha,<br />

in the city of Rivas, some 100<br />

kilometers from the capital city,<br />

Managua.<br />

PetroTechnik director, Jan<br />

Ageheim from Sweden, helped<br />

by myself, provided four days of<br />

intense practical and theoretical<br />

training to all technicians. These<br />

installers then became certifi ed<br />

and their names are added<br />

to our central list of Certifi ed<br />

Installers. Intensive training on<br />

the installation ensures that the<br />

UPP product will perform as<br />

intended by PetroTechnik.”<br />

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Autumn 2006 - <strong>PetroTechnikally</strong> <strong>Speaking</strong><br />

© PetroTechnik Limited


NEWS<br />

PetroFast praised for<br />

ease of installation<br />

On show at<br />

Automechanika 2006<br />

Frankfurt, Germany was the<br />

venue again this year for the<br />

biennial Automechanika trade<br />

fair – the largest specialist<br />

show for vehicles anywhere in<br />

the world.<br />

The PetroTechnik theme<br />

was the technical issue of<br />

Containment + Monitoring<br />

+ Recovery. On show was<br />

its range of containment<br />

products, which offer<br />

complete security against<br />

groundwater and soil<br />

pollution. Sales managers<br />

and engineers from the UK<br />

- HQ, Scandinavian and French<br />

offi ces were on hand to greet<br />

visitors and exchange ideas<br />

on the future of the forecourt.<br />

Picture shows PetroTechnik’s European Sales Manager, Charles Smith,<br />

demonstrating some features of the new LA-002-001 electrofusion PE chamber<br />

The Starz of the show<br />

A PetroFast modular tank<br />

system has just been installed<br />

for Shell at Bluecoats in<br />

Walsall, UK. The site had<br />

space restrictions making it<br />

ideal for PetroFast and the<br />

contractor was very pleased<br />

with the ease of installation.<br />

Confi rmando una<br />

colaboración duradera<br />

John Boudry, director general<br />

de Petrotechnik, visitó<br />

el pasado 20 de abril la<br />

compañía Fort Instalaciones<br />

Petroleras S.L. situada en<br />

la localidad Barcelonesa de<br />

Parets de Vallés.<br />

FIP (Fort Instalaciones<br />

Petroleras), empresa de<br />

suministros de equipos y<br />

servicios para estaciones de<br />

servicio, tiene una amplia<br />

red de distribución por toda<br />

España.<br />

Tras una larga e intensa<br />

jornada, se ratificó la<br />

explendida relación comercial<br />

que hay entre ambas fi rmas<br />

después de muchos años de<br />

relación.<br />

Picture shows PetroTechnik Chief<br />

Executive Offi cer, John Boudry<br />

(right) with José Maria FORT<br />

(left) and Miguel Angel FORT<br />

(middle) of Fort Instalaciones<br />

5<br />

The good safety elements<br />

of PetroFast were also<br />

highlighted such as no need<br />

to climb on tanks to fi x<br />

crane hooks and no need<br />

for personnel to enter the<br />

excavation until the tanks<br />

were in position.<br />

The system incorporated two<br />

60m 3 tanks and one 25m 3 tank.<br />

One of the 60m 3 tanks was<br />

used as a slave tank and the<br />

other 60m 3 tank and the 25m 3<br />

tank were used for goalpost<br />

canopy mountings. A further<br />

two PetroFast systems are<br />

now being processed for Shell.<br />

Confi rming a long standing partnership in Spain<br />

Petroleras (FIP) in Parets del<br />

Valles, Spain. FIP distributes<br />

a large range of products<br />

and services for the forecourt<br />

through a large network all<br />

around Spain. Both companies<br />

were reconfi rming their excellent<br />

business relationship after<br />

several years of working together.<br />

PetroTechnik was platinum<br />

sponsor at the Shell Trading<br />

and Retail Zone or ‘STARZ’<br />

show in Las Vegas earlier this<br />

year. As a platinum sponsor,<br />

PetroTechnik were able to<br />

demonstrate appreciation<br />

to Shell for making UPP its<br />

preferred global petroleum<br />

pipework system.<br />

Although PetroTechnik has<br />

over 600 UPP installations in<br />

the US, few are as yet aware<br />

of its benefi ts. There were<br />

many visitors to the stand,<br />

all very interested in seeing<br />

UPP’s electrofusion process<br />

for the fi rst time.<br />

PetroTechnik also exhibited<br />

its sumps and vacuum testing<br />

equipment to demonstrate<br />

how its electrofusion seals<br />

and fi breglass seals are leak<br />

tight and compatible with<br />

sumps of various shapes and<br />

materials of construction.<br />

The PetroTainer underground<br />

storage tank (see Tank Talk<br />

page 6) was also on show.<br />

C-Store in Australia<br />

Picture shows PetroTechnik’s<br />

stand at the C-Store trade<br />

show held at the Sydney<br />

Convention Centre earlier<br />

this year. C-Store is<br />

Australia’s biennial trade show<br />

for forecourt equipment and<br />

convenience stores. Many<br />

South East Asian visitors<br />

visited the stand some who<br />

had a particular interest in<br />

PetroTechnik’s CZ tanks,<br />

especially with the new<br />

‘PetroTainer’ substantially<br />

reducing shipping costs.<br />

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TANK TALK<br />

Base frame tank wins<br />

best new idea award<br />

First tanks delivered<br />

to Romania<br />

Four stainless steel<br />

tanks for nuclear<br />

submarine base<br />

Pictured above, Mike Knight,<br />

Cookson & Zinn’s commercial<br />

director (left) receiving Bovis<br />

Alliance Incident & Injury Free<br />

award from Mark Tasker of<br />

BP Bovis Alliance in February<br />

2006.<br />

CZ’s base frame tank<br />

developed in conjunction with<br />

BP Bovis Alliance won the<br />

award for the best new idea.<br />

Base frames and holding<br />

down straps are fitted to<br />

conventional underground<br />

storage tanks in the factory<br />

eliminating the need for<br />

site personnel to enter an<br />

excavation area whilst tanks<br />

are being placed in position.<br />

Once in situ, concrete is<br />

poured from above to cover<br />

the base frame.<br />

PetroTainer lowers<br />

tank shipping costs<br />

High shipping costs for<br />

storage tanks have previously<br />

made it too expensive for CZ<br />

tanks to be shipped outside<br />

Europe.<br />

Now there’s PetroTainer, a<br />

double skinned tank inside an<br />

ISO frame allowing shipment<br />

overseas at a similar cost to a<br />

standard container.<br />

The PetroTainer can be<br />

stacked with other containers<br />

on freight ships. The<br />

frame can be re-used after<br />

transport or buried with the<br />

tank for ease of installation.<br />

One 5,000 litre tank and<br />

two 2,500 litre tanks have<br />

been delivered to the<br />

British Embassy in Bucharest,<br />

Romania. Ordered by UK<br />

Easing the symptoms of<br />

Multiple Sclerosis<br />

CZ has manufactured and<br />

delivered a specialist one<br />

person Hyperbaric Oxygen<br />

Chamber to Diveline Medical<br />

Limited.<br />

wholesale electrical company,<br />

Britsource, the tanks will<br />

be used for storing oil for<br />

standby generators.<br />

The vessel is used for helping<br />

to ease the symptoms of<br />

Multiple Sclerosis sufferers.<br />

It has wheelchair access<br />

through a bulkhead door and<br />

there are benches to sit<br />

or lie on.<br />

Once a patient is<br />

inside the vessel,<br />

the pressure<br />

is raised. This<br />

is repeated<br />

periodically to give a<br />

great deal of comfort.<br />

Two 21-metre tanks delivered<br />

to remote location<br />

Rolls-Royce marine services<br />

recently ordered four CZ<br />

polished stainless steel tanks<br />

for a refurbishment project it<br />

was undertaking for the Royal<br />

Naval nuclear submarine base<br />

at Devonport.<br />

The tanks are to be used<br />

as part of the process<br />

for handling radioactive<br />

waste. As such, they needed<br />

signifi cant non-destructive<br />

testing. This included 100%<br />

X-ray, ultrasonic and hydraulic<br />

testing.<br />

Two very large CZ tanks<br />

ordered by Costain were<br />

delivered down extremely<br />

narrow lanes to the remote<br />

location of the Thames Water<br />

Sundridge Pumping Station<br />

near Sevenoaks in Kent, UK.<br />

The tanks are 2.4 metres in<br />

diameter, 21 metres long and<br />

weigh 24 tonnes. They are to<br />

be used near boreholes for<br />

dosing water with chlorine to<br />

disinfect it.<br />

The vessels have an internal<br />

fi lter plate and are lined<br />

with a DWI (Drinking Water<br />

Inspectorate) approved<br />

solvent free epoxy.<br />

CZ often has to deliver very<br />

large vessels to locations<br />

that were established before<br />

the need for large tanks<br />

was realised. This can often<br />

involve clearing the streets<br />

of cars and removing street<br />

signs.<br />

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OFF THE DRAWING BOARD<br />

New director of engineering<br />

PetroTechnik strengthens senior management team<br />

by appointing Andrea Ticci as director of engineering<br />

Andrea Ticci joined<br />

PetroTechnik in July, bringing<br />

with him a wealth of industry<br />

experience. Previously with<br />

one of PetroTechnik’s major<br />

competitors, Andrea<br />

was responsible for the<br />

concept and development<br />

of all petrol pipe product<br />

lines.<br />

Prior to this he held a number<br />

of technical engineering<br />

roles in the water and<br />

nuclear industries. He has<br />

a doctorate in Nuclear<br />

Engineering from Pisa<br />

University.<br />

Andrea wasn’t looking for a<br />

new role when PetroTechnik’s<br />

Chief Executive Offi cer, John<br />

Boudry approached him. John<br />

was very persuasive and<br />

when, fi nally, Andrea agreed<br />

to visit PetroTechnik he was<br />

impressed and realised the<br />

great opportunity offered. He<br />

describes the company as well<br />

organised and professionally<br />

structured. He also praises<br />

the company’s plain speaking.<br />

His key objective at<br />

PetroTechnik is to continue<br />

to keep the UPP product<br />

line one step ahead of world<br />

standards. He is also tasked<br />

with making the company self<br />

suffi cient in its research and<br />

development and product<br />

testing capabilities so that it<br />

can move even faster to meet<br />

its customers needs.<br />

New training and tracking<br />

system for approved installers<br />

Improving communication between<br />

customers and suppliers<br />

PetroTechnik’s customers<br />

can now find quality assured<br />

installers at the click of<br />

a button following the<br />

company’s investment in a<br />

secure online installer-training<br />

database.<br />

This has been supported<br />

by the introduction of an<br />

identity card training scheme<br />

for installers to give proof<br />

of training courses taken<br />

and accreditations received<br />

in each category of training.<br />

Each training certifi cate is<br />

protecting your liquid assets<br />

Training Registration Form<br />

Please complete this form providing ALL correct information, This form will be used to create trainee ID Cards,<br />

Certificates and to update the online installer database.<br />

Employer Details<br />

Employer (when trained)<br />

Employers Address<br />

Country<br />

Company Telephone<br />

Company Email<br />

Note: If training different groups<br />

to different competency levels<br />

use seperate forms for each<br />

group.<br />

If individuals do not wish to<br />

be included on the online<br />

PetroTechnik installer database<br />

please place an “X” clearly next<br />

to their name.<br />

For staff use only<br />

Trainers Name<br />

Training Location<br />

Accreditation Level<br />

Provisional Authorised Trainer<br />

Installer PetroTechnik Trainer<br />

I, the trainer, agree that training has been carried out as stated<br />

by the latest PetroTechnik Training guidelines and that the<br />

aforementioned Installers have been trained and are competent<br />

in the categories as outlined by myself above.<br />

Signature<br />

Date (dd/mm/yy)<br />

valid for three years after<br />

which the installer has to be<br />

retrained.<br />

So far, the database holds<br />

details of 1600 installers and<br />

customers are able to search<br />

by country, company or name<br />

to fi nd the PetroTechnik<br />

accredited installers they need.<br />

Only individuals trained by<br />

PetroTechnik are eligible to<br />

install its products. This way<br />

PetroTechnik can ensure its<br />

products are installed safely<br />

and securely.<br />

Competence Categories Trained<br />

P0 Compression Fittings<br />

P1 Tools, Welding, Using Welders<br />

P2 Primary Pipe<br />

P3 Secondary Pipe 75/63mm, 63/50mm<br />

P4 Secondary Pipe Fill and Vapour<br />

P5 Secondary Pipe 40/32mm<br />

P6 Duct, Retraction and Re-Pipe<br />

P7 Modification and Repair / Live-site work<br />

C0 Tank Chamber Installation<br />

C1 Dispenser Sump Installation and Valves<br />

C2 Mechanical Pipe/Conduit Entry<br />

C3 ElectroFusion Pipe/Conduit Entry<br />

C4 FibreGlass Pipe/Conduit Entry<br />

C5 Access Covers<br />

T1 Tightness testing of Pipe-lines<br />

T2 Vacuum testing of containment<br />

L1 Leak Detection<br />

S1 Safety awareness<br />

TR-01-12/05<br />

Trainee Personal Details<br />

Given Name Family Name Email Telephone Photo #<br />

Each ID card clearly displays information about the installer and the product categories for<br />

which they have received accreditation.<br />

The PetroTechnik competency training system includes 18 categories including overall site<br />

safety.<br />

Details can only be input by PetroTechnik Authorised Trainers.<br />

With oil companies becoming more removed<br />

from the day-to-day management of site<br />

construction, there is an urgent need for tighter<br />

controls and better communication between<br />

third parties. Lee Markham, PetroTechnik design<br />

engineer looks at how to streamline on site<br />

communication.<br />

The design and the<br />

construction of a forecourt<br />

involves many key players in<br />

the supply chain. With the<br />

continuous demand of quality<br />

improvement in every stage,<br />

from the conception to the<br />

construction, the importance<br />

of having an effective and<br />

immediate exchange of<br />

information has never been<br />

greater.<br />

From a PetroTechnik<br />

perspective, quality<br />

installations are achieved<br />

through high quality training<br />

practices and more effective<br />

communication. To maintain<br />

quality, a detailed appreciation<br />

of all equipment, product<br />

and installation procedures<br />

must be maintained and held<br />

within the third party project<br />

management consultancies.<br />

PetroTechnik is continually<br />

working with its suppliers and<br />

customers to eliminate the<br />

risk of miscommunication.<br />

Understanding customer,<br />

distributor and installer<br />

requirements and<br />

communicating clearly is<br />

what ultimately enables<br />

PetroTechnik to develop userfriendly<br />

products and services<br />

that are of the highest<br />

possible quality.<br />

The PetroTechnik way is to:<br />

1. Keep a dedicated team<br />

managing the training of<br />

installers and trainers on<br />

UPP products<br />

2. Provide its engineering<br />

team with the latest CAD<br />

and CAE tools making<br />

continual innovation<br />

possible<br />

3. Implement cross functional<br />

project teams to support<br />

the engineering team with<br />

product development<br />

4. Maintain a global network<br />

of distributors and<br />

installers closely supported<br />

by a highly experienced<br />

network of regional sales<br />

managers<br />

5. Work in partnership<br />

with manufacturers and<br />

suppliers at all levels to<br />

ensure everyone gets<br />

it right fi rst time with<br />

shorter lead times.<br />

The efforts of PetroTechnik<br />

will improve productivity<br />

and ultimately reduce<br />

costs by eliminating any<br />

need for corrective action.<br />

Oil companies can have<br />

the confi dence that the<br />

installations are being installed<br />

correctly but verifi ed with a<br />

close eye by the third party<br />

consultants.<br />

The question now is: ‘how<br />

can these types of supply<br />

chain evolve to enhance and<br />

improve productivity’ and<br />

‘where is it likely to end up’<br />

One option to reduce the<br />

number of communication<br />

channels is to create a series<br />

of cross-functional teams<br />

with representatives from<br />

each organisation within<br />

the supply chain. This would<br />

serve to eliminate the bulk of<br />

miscommunication. Working<br />

more closely to attain high<br />

standards of installations<br />

can be achieved at a faster<br />

rate and the consultants in<br />

charge of the project can<br />

communicate quickly and<br />

effectively with all concerned.<br />

It would also bring oil<br />

companies closer to the<br />

organisations that would<br />

otherwise have little or no<br />

interaction with them. In<br />

other words second and third<br />

tier suppliers will have direct<br />

communication with the oil<br />

companies.<br />

However productivity is<br />

improved in the future, the<br />

supply chain structures need<br />

to be organised so that<br />

communication routes are<br />

as short and as efficient as<br />

possible.<br />

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OFF THE DRAWING BOARD<br />

UPP System obtains revised<br />

Secondary pipe<br />

Barrier liner<br />

Primary pipe<br />

Barrier liner<br />

Electrofusion Secondary<br />

containment termination<br />

When your pipe is this good,<br />

New added benefi ts with same pipe<br />

Proven in the field<br />

Not just the lab<br />

New added benefits<br />

Less bulky,<br />

easier to install<br />

Pipe Product Details<br />

Whereas many of<br />

PetroTechnik’s competitors<br />

have had to design<br />

completely new pipework<br />

systems to meet the revised<br />

UL 971, its existing UPP<br />

System has secured UL and<br />

cUL 971 approvals from the<br />

Underwriters Laboratories<br />

Inc.<br />

PetroTechnik has made some<br />

minor enhancements to its<br />

existing system and kept the<br />

basic pipe construction the<br />

same.<br />

Not only does this mean<br />

that PetroTechnik customers<br />

have access to a well proven<br />

pipework system, as this<br />

generation of pipe has been<br />

in the fi eld since 1996, it also<br />

means that UPP pipework is<br />

available at very competitive<br />

prices.<br />

Whilst UPP Extra primary<br />

pipe remains the same, the<br />

new approved integral double<br />

wall pipe now has a thicker<br />

secondary wall with an inner<br />

permeation liner, the same as<br />

in the primary pipe.<br />

The outside diameter of the<br />

primary and secondary 2"<br />

pipe has not changed. This<br />

means that the new UL<br />

approved UPP system is still<br />

entirely electro-fusible and<br />

existing fi ttings and electrofusion<br />

seals are all compatible.<br />

PetroTechnik has eliminated<br />

all rubber test boots in favour<br />

of welded polyethylene boots<br />

that will not degrade over<br />

time.<br />

In response to customer<br />

requests, PetroTechnik has<br />

been able to reduce the size<br />

of 3" secondary contained<br />

double wall pipe from 6" to<br />

4" achieving a 90% reduction<br />

in the interstitial space<br />

volume. This improves the<br />

performance of continuous<br />

monitoring as required by<br />

vacuum systems.<br />

The 3" double wall system is<br />

less bulky, easier to handle<br />

and standard UPP tools can<br />

be used to cut and scrape<br />

the pipe. Sliding reducers<br />

are now available to make<br />

secondary in line joints and<br />

connections. The primary<br />

pipework can be visually<br />

tested before closing the<br />

secondary containment.<br />

*<br />

*<br />

Product Code<br />

Description<br />

Diameter<br />

Bend Radius UL Pressure Rating<br />

Application<br />

mm inches m ft +ve Psig -ve Hg<br />

UL Approval<br />

001.063 (V) UPP Single wall primary pipe 63mm 2" Vent/Vapor recovery 1 3ft 3" 90 26.6 APPROVED<br />

001.090 (V) UPP Single wall primary pipe 90mm 3" Vent/Vapor recovery 3 9ft 10" 90 26.6 APPROVED<br />

001.075.063 (PS) UPP Double wall secondary containment pipe 63mm 2" Product Vent/Vapor 1 3ft 3" 90 26.6 APPROVED<br />

001.110.090 (PS) UPP Double wall secondary containment pipe 90mm 3" Product Vent/Vapor 4 13ft 2" 90 26.6 APPROVED<br />

* Available both as coils or straight lengths<br />

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UL 971 specifi cation<br />

OFF THE DRAWING BOARD<br />

Choice of termination<br />

QL - Quick Release<br />

Threaded (Male)<br />

why change it<br />

Threaded (Female)<br />

construction meaning very competitive pricing<br />

Flexible, yet rigid<br />

UPP UL 971 pipe is still<br />

fl exible as its always been,<br />

allowing it to snake and bend<br />

on site without the need for<br />

elbows or joints.<br />

However, because of its<br />

rigidity, the UPP system can<br />

confi dently be installed using<br />

direct buried tees, elbows<br />

and joints for product, vent<br />

or vapor recovery. The UPP<br />

system can be laid out to suit<br />

a “fl exible pipe” site layout<br />

or a fi breglass routing in the<br />

trench.<br />

UPP pipe is also rigid enough<br />

to be certifi ed by CARB for<br />

vapor recovery applications<br />

No mechanical<br />

joints or leak paths<br />

Entry seals are available<br />

for single and double<br />

wall fi breglass sumps and<br />

containment units. This<br />

means no mechanical joints<br />

and no leak paths. The seals<br />

are resin bonded to the<br />

sump wall and fusion welded<br />

directly onto the pipework.<br />

Electrofusion seals are<br />

available for welding directly<br />

to polyethylene sumps and<br />

the seal incorporates an<br />

electrofusion entry, which<br />

also welds to the pipe itself,<br />

eliminating all rubber entries,<br />

bolt holes or sealant, unique<br />

to UPP systems.<br />

UPP UL 971 system key benefits<br />

• Based on existing product range and not newly developed to<br />

pass UL tests<br />

• Offers complete continuity and peace of mind<br />

• Proven in the fi eld since 1996 and not just in the lab<br />

• Approved for all UL test category fuels<br />

• Extremely competitive pricing<br />

• Entirely electro-fusible. All existing electrofusion fittings and<br />

seals are compatible<br />

• Can be installed using standard UPP installation tools<br />

• Welded polyethylene boot replaces degradable rubber test<br />

boot<br />

• Sliding reducer for easy inline joints and primary testing<br />

Elbow<br />

Elbow Union<br />

Tee<br />

UPP pipe approved for all test fuel categories<br />

Motor vehicle fuels (MV) – petroleum-based hydrocarbon fuels typically found in consumer<br />

dispensing stations, such as gasoline or diesel, including blended fuels with max 15% MTBE, 15%<br />

Methanol or 30% Ethanol<br />

High blend fuels (HB) – MV fuels with higher than normal gasoline blends with max 50% Methanol<br />

or 50% Ethanol<br />

Concentrated fuels (CT) – MV and alternated unblended fuels for up to 100% concentrations of<br />

Toluene, Methanol and Ethanol<br />

Aviation and marine fuels (A&M) – MV and speciality aviation and marine use fuels for up to 100%<br />

kerosene or leaded gasoline<br />

APPROVED<br />

APPROVED<br />

APPROVED<br />

APPROVED<br />

Tee Union<br />

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OFF THE DRAWING BOARD<br />

New electrofusion PE chamber<br />

Electrofusion of riser to base dramatically<br />

reduces number of potential leak paths<br />

New fusion welding for<br />

polyethylene chambers in<br />

just nine minutes using new<br />

EW8 light weight welder<br />

PetroTechnik has a new UPP<br />

polyethylene tank access<br />

chamber. The riser section<br />

is electro-fused to the base<br />

meaning no multiple boltholes<br />

and foam gaskets. This<br />

fusion system also reduces<br />

installation time. No scraping<br />

or cleaning of the surfaces<br />

to be fused is needed as the<br />

components are packaged<br />

with protective covering.<br />

With the EW8 welder the<br />

electrofusion process can<br />

be performed in just nine<br />

minutes.<br />

The base of the chamber is<br />

425mm (16.7") high allowing<br />

for easy installation of<br />

pipework before the riser is<br />

fused on. The burial depth of<br />

the complete system is 1.75<br />

meters (5 ¾ feet) maximum<br />

or 1.3 meters (4 ¼ feet)<br />

minimum.<br />

Unlike other chambers<br />

all 110 mm (4") fi ll<br />

line fl ange fi ttings can<br />

be located outside the<br />

tank man lid footprints<br />

allowing the easy<br />

removal of the<br />

tank man lid when<br />

needed.<br />

Access covers<br />

approved<br />

The PC51, 76, 77, 95 and<br />

95-DIP access covers are<br />

all approved to EN124 class<br />

C250 rated for 25 tonnes.<br />

The PC95-DIP is now tested<br />

and rated to 40 tonnes.<br />

PetroTechnik access covers<br />

are made from heavy-duty<br />

cast iron. They are spring<br />

loaded for easy opening and<br />

closing and can stay open at<br />

any angle. They are designed<br />

to lay fl ush with the forecourt<br />

surface.<br />

PC51<br />

PC76<br />

10<br />

PC77<br />

PC91<br />

PetroTechnik access covers designed for use<br />

where heavy traffi c is frequent<br />

C-clamp union fi ttings<br />

for US market<br />

The UPP 80.063QL quick<br />

release C-clamp union fi tting<br />

that sits under the pump<br />

dispenser is now approved<br />

and available for use in the US.<br />

The 90mm (3") version for<br />

use in the tank chamber with<br />

vent and vapour recovery<br />

lines is also approved.<br />

80.063 QL with clamp<br />

Smaller, lighter, lower<br />

cost EW8 welder<br />

PetroTecknik’s new lower<br />

cost UPP EW8 hand-held<br />

welder weighs in at just<br />

0.66 Kg (1.45lbs) or 3.2Kg<br />

(7.05lbs) when packed with<br />

welding leads in its handy tool<br />

roll style carry case making it<br />

very transportable.<br />

The EW8 is easy to use,<br />

language independent<br />

and there are 230V and<br />

110V versions. It uses the<br />

same constant current<br />

methodology as previous UPP<br />

welders and can be used on<br />

the full range of UPP fi ttings.<br />

Operation is very<br />

simple. You<br />

connect to the<br />

fi tting, switch<br />

on and press<br />

start. The unit<br />

runs a diagnostic<br />

check to sense the<br />

ambient temperature<br />

and automatically<br />

detects the type of<br />

fi tting it’s connected to so<br />

that it can provide the exact<br />

amount of electrical energy<br />

for a perfect weld. The easyto-read<br />

display shows weld<br />

progress and also indicates if<br />

a fault has occurred such as<br />

power supply interruption or<br />

low voltage supply.<br />

Hand-held welder with cable<br />

for welding new fusion chamber<br />

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY UPP<br />

The fi rst UPP pipework system was installed in Sweden by Shell<br />

on 4 May 1981. We take a look back at when UPP was fi rst<br />

discovered and speak to company director and UPP pioneer Jan<br />

Ageheim about why, with 30,000 installations in over 134 countries,<br />

UPP is still the number one fuel pipework system in the world.<br />

1981<br />

First installation of UPP pipe in<br />

Sweden<br />

1985<br />

First sale of UPP outside Sweden<br />

1986<br />

Fusion welding technology<br />

introduced<br />

1989<br />

First presentation of UPP to<br />

APEA in the UK<br />

1991<br />

First installation of UPP in the<br />

UK<br />

1992<br />

PetroTechnik launches second<br />

generation UPP pipe with<br />

integral liner<br />

First installation of UPP in France<br />

First installation of secondary<br />

containment pipework in the UK<br />

1994<br />

1,000,000 metres of UPP pipe<br />

installed worldwide<br />

2003<br />

UPP dispenser sump added to<br />

range specifi cally to fi t Gilbarco<br />

Encore dispenser<br />

PetroTechnik opens offi ce in the<br />

US<br />

First installation of UPP in India<br />

2004<br />

IP Version 2 approval awarded<br />

to PetroTechnik for entire UPP<br />

product range<br />

UPP product range passed ERA<br />

FUELSTAR surveillance scheme<br />

established by the Institute of<br />

Petroleum and Shell<br />

PetroTechnik launches 32mm<br />

UPP pipe<br />

New range of FRP/GRP tank<br />

and dispenser sumps and<br />

electrofusion seals launched<br />

New UPP Vacuum Evaluation<br />

Testing Unit<br />

New range of easy to use Power<br />

Lift access covers<br />

5,000,000 metres of UPP pipe<br />

installed worldwide<br />

First installation of UPP in China<br />

Jan Ageheim is quietly<br />

unassuming. He doesn’t take<br />

much credit for inventing<br />

and pioneering what was to<br />

become a world-class product.<br />

He believes that UPP was<br />

almost discovered by accident.<br />

As a student in 1969, he spent<br />

time looking at corroded<br />

steel pipe and analysing its<br />

problems. He felt strongly<br />

that plastic pipe was the<br />

solution and, with the right<br />

formula, it could easily be<br />

made fi t for hazardous fuels.<br />

But, at that time, he was told<br />

that he didn’t know what he<br />

was talking about.<br />

Jan then bowed to resistance<br />

and dropped the idea until<br />

he started working as a<br />

consultant to Shell in the<br />

early 1980’s. Shell took the<br />

right interest and gave him<br />

the go ahead to install UPP.<br />

He gained product approval<br />

from the Swedish authorities<br />

and the fi rst installation of<br />

UPP pipework took place in<br />

Stockholm in 1981.<br />

Installation of the fi rst UPP site in Coventry, UK.<br />

1995<br />

PetroTechnik opens offi ce in<br />

France<br />

1996<br />

PetroTechnik launches third<br />

generation UPP pipe with 100%<br />

polyamide liner<br />

1997<br />

PetroTechnik opens offi ce in<br />

Australia<br />

IP Performance Specification<br />

Compliance awarded to<br />

PetroTechnik for UPP<br />

2,000,000 metres of UPP pipe<br />

installed worldwide<br />

1998<br />

UL971 compliance awarded<br />

to PetroTechnik for UPP<br />

product range<br />

1999<br />

PetroTechnik opens offi ce<br />

in Brazil<br />

Electrofusion entry seals<br />

developed by PetroTechnik<br />

2000<br />

UPP manufactured in Brazil<br />

3,000,000 metres of UPP pipe<br />

installed worldwide<br />

2001<br />

PetroTechnik signs up new<br />

distributor for UPP in Japan<br />

2002<br />

4,000,000 metres of UPP pipe<br />

installed worldwide<br />

2005<br />

UPP systems is certified for use<br />

with Adblue<br />

2006<br />

8,000,000 meters of UPP pipe<br />

installed worldwide<br />

UPP secures revised UL 971<br />

listing<br />

Next came resistance from<br />

installers. UPP was more<br />

fl exible, easier to use and was<br />

going to cut installation time<br />

dramatically. Jan wasn’t to be<br />

stopped this time.<br />

In 1985, UPP achieved its<br />

fi rst installation outside<br />

Scandinavia and in 1991 Shell<br />

gave approval for the first<br />

installation in the UK with the<br />

permission of the regulator<br />

for Greater London, Jamie<br />

Thompson.<br />

It was when UPP was<br />

being presented to the<br />

Association for Petroleum<br />

& Explosives<br />

Administration<br />

(APEA) in the<br />

UK, that Jan met<br />

PetroTechnik’s<br />

founder and<br />

Chief Executive<br />

Offi cer, John<br />

Boudry. John was<br />

then the managing<br />

director of the UK’s<br />

leading tank company,<br />

Cookson & Zinn.<br />

John left Cookson<br />

& Zinn to form<br />

PetroTechnik in 1991,<br />

the company that was<br />

to act as the wheels to<br />

get UPP accepted and<br />

distributed around the<br />

world.<br />

PetroTechnik in the early days. PetroTechnik was formed by John Boudry in 1991 to distribute<br />

UPP around the world.<br />

What a company<br />

PetroTechnik is today! Over<br />

eight million metres of UPP<br />

pipe have now been used<br />

in over 30,000 installations<br />

across 134 countries.<br />

When asked why UPP has<br />

been so successful, Jan is quite<br />

clear with the answer.<br />

“It is because major oil<br />

companies believe in UPP.<br />

They trust our product and<br />

our company. We’ve built the<br />

business to take responsibility.<br />

We’ve never taken short cuts<br />

and always looked at the long<br />

term.<br />

“Listening hard to feedback<br />

from the field, both<br />

customers and installers, has<br />

been critical,” he continues.<br />

“We’ve kept on our toes<br />

to understand their needs<br />

and to support them in<br />

their different markets. It’s<br />

all about being fl exible in<br />

your thinking. We meet so<br />

many different cultures, it is<br />

important to understand that<br />

there’s not only one way to<br />

do things.<br />

“PetroTechnik has an excellent<br />

engineering department with<br />

very professional, very skilled<br />

people. They safeguard the<br />

product and make sure it<br />

continues to meet current<br />

and future needs”.<br />

With regard to manufacturing,<br />

Jan also believes that the<br />

PetroTechnik’s strategy to<br />

be fl exible has been the right<br />

one. The company has never<br />

had local restraints but it has<br />

always kept production close<br />

to its users.<br />

When asked about the future,<br />

Jan has a happy glint in his<br />

eye. UPP will just get better<br />

and better but for more<br />

information about that, you<br />

will just have to watch this<br />

space!<br />

left to right: John Boudry and Jan Ageheim<br />

UPP - 1981<br />

UPP - 2006<br />

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Autumn 2006 - <strong>PetroTechnikally</strong> <strong>Speaking</strong><br />

© PetroTechnik Limited


Engineering team continues to expand<br />

John West<br />

Wayne Cutting<br />

Mick McClelland<br />

John West was appointed<br />

Senior Design Engineer in<br />

September this year. Based in<br />

Ipswich, UK, John will initially<br />

be working on some design<br />

enhancements for Shell and<br />

on new product development.<br />

He joins from 10 years at<br />

Crane Fluid <strong>Systems</strong>, the<br />

UK’s leading manufacturer of<br />

valves and fi ttings for building<br />

services and general industrial<br />

applications. There he was<br />

responsible for developing<br />

products from concept to<br />

production.<br />

Prior to this, John spent<br />

seven years with British<br />

Aerospace where he was a<br />

design engineer using CATIA<br />

3D CAD for development<br />

projects on the Harrier GR7<br />

and T10.<br />

He has a BEng Honours<br />

in Mechanical Engineering<br />

from Imperial College<br />

London. He followed a<br />

Company fun day - 17 th June 2006<br />

four year Technican/Fitter<br />

Apprenticeship on leaving<br />

school at Ransomes and<br />

Rapier and gained an HND in<br />

Mechanical Engineering from<br />

Suffolk College. John enjoys<br />

golf, squash, going to the gym,<br />

gardening and walking. He is<br />

a supporter of Ipswich Town<br />

Football Club.<br />

Wayne Cutting became a<br />

Customer Support Engineer<br />

with PetroTechnik in January<br />

2006. His main role is to train<br />

installation technicians around<br />

the world making sure they<br />

are accredited to install UPP<br />

products.<br />

So far, his feet haven’t touched<br />

the ground and he’s provided<br />

multiple training courses in<br />

Madrid, Japan, Korea, India and<br />

the UK.<br />

When he’s not training,<br />

Wayne is involved in product<br />

testing and development.<br />

Before PetroTechnik, Wayne<br />

was engineering manager<br />

for a company providing<br />

monitoring solutions for large<br />

haulage companies. Wayne<br />

has a NVQII in Engineering<br />

including electrical. His<br />

hobbies include football,<br />

although he retired five years<br />

ago due to injury, computers,<br />

eBay and greyhound racing.<br />

Mick McClelland is on a<br />

year’s placement as design<br />

engineer in the UK. Mick is<br />

currently doing a five-year<br />

masters course in Product<br />

Design and Manufacture at<br />

Loughborough University,<br />

UK. He will be creating CAD<br />

representations of products<br />

and using Inventor11 to<br />

produce animations and work<br />

drawings.<br />

He is a Manchester United fan<br />

and has been kickboxing for<br />

two years at university level.<br />

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Olympus Close,<br />

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F: +44 1473 243301<br />

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Suffolk IP7 5PN<br />

United Kingdom<br />

T: +44 1473 825200<br />

F: +44 1473 824164<br />

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PetroTechnik Australia<br />

21 Aristoc Road - PO Box 47,<br />

Glen Waverley, Vic 3150<br />

Australia<br />

T: +61 3 95 50 18 74<br />

F: +61 3 95 61 94 77<br />

E: jimcraig@ozemail.com.au<br />

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01228-200 São Paulo - SP<br />

Brazil<br />

T: +55 11 3159 0909<br />

F: +55 11 3159 0909<br />

E: moacir.arruda@upp.com.br<br />

PetroTechnik France SARL<br />

129 Avenue du Général de Gaulle<br />

F-91170 Viry-Chatillon<br />

France<br />

T: +33 1 69 21 41 41<br />

F: +33 1 69 21 42 42<br />

E: petrotechnik@petrotechnik.fr<br />

PetroTechnik customers, distributors, suppliers and employees enjoying the Annual<br />

PetroTechnik Summer fun day in Suffolk, England. There was fun for all the family.<br />

Melanie Karistianos<br />

Melanie Karistianos<br />

joined PetroTechnik in<br />

June 2005 as Marketing<br />

Development Executive.<br />

Based in the UK, Melanie<br />

is a technologist in water<br />

and sewer operations. She<br />

has worked with companies<br />

in the automotive, waste<br />

management and chemical<br />

industries ensuring they<br />

complied with environmental<br />

regulations. Previously with<br />

government owned South<br />

East Water in Australia, she<br />

also had involvement in<br />

the design of wastewater<br />

treatment facilities, emergency<br />

incident response systems<br />

and improving internal<br />

quality management systems.<br />

Melanie has a BA in Biological<br />

Science with Honours in<br />

Ecotoxicology. She likes to<br />

travel and to try her hand at<br />

taking photos and drawing.<br />

Fernanda Lanzieri<br />

Fernanda Lanzieri joined<br />

PetroTechnik do Brasil Ltda.<br />

as Administrative Assistant<br />

last December 2005. Besides<br />

administrative tasks, Fernanda<br />

is also responsible for<br />

improving communications<br />

with the installer base in<br />

Brazil.<br />

Fernanda graduated in<br />

Business Administration. She<br />

is also a lawyer specialized<br />

in Tributary Law. Fernanda is<br />

married and in her free time,<br />

she likes to read books and<br />

watch movies.<br />

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