Pipeline Industries Guild

The J.W.Jones award is awarded every two years to the author(s) of a written paper presented to a Branch technical meeting which best meets the award criteria (available from the Guild). Among the aims of this award is the encouragement of younger authors, although no age limit is imposed. The award is made in honour of the eponymous founder of the Guild and its first chairman, who died in 1971.

1st	1974	The welding of hot-tap connections to high-pressure gas pipelines, by B.A.Cassie
2nd	1976	The use of large-diameter polyethylene pipelines by British Gas, by J.M.Greig
3rd	1978	Steel pipelines for high-pressure gas transmission, by J.E.Hughes
4th	1980	Wytch Farm oilfield development, Dorset, England, by M.R.Cole
5th	1982	The development of a flowline and umbilical burial systems, by C.J.Hedley
6th	1984	The Manchester Ship Canal crossing, by E.J.B.Hotchkiss
7th	1985-86	Innovation in pipeline pig tracking techniques, by R.C.Brown
8th	1987-88	Horizontal directional drilling by P.Hay
9th	1989-90	Compulsory water metering in Hotwells, Bristol, by C.J.Byles
10th	1991-92	Pipeline isolation using remotely-activated spheres, by W.J.Newman
11th	1993-94	Failure investigations and refurbishment of a 34- in gas pipeline by A.K.Denny
12th	1995-96	The design of pipeline systems for high-pressure/high temperature offshore field development, by R.J. Williams
13th	1997-98	Lies, damn lies and leakage statistics, by D. Pearson
14th	1999-00	Inspection of Contractor Construction by A. Hibbert & T. Harris
15th	2001-02	Practical Experiences with X80, by Nigel Curry
16th	2003-04	Development of integrated flood prevention schemes in Shrewsbury, by David Kinston.
17th	2005-06	Welding of Steel Catenary Risers (SCR's) and other Deepwater Fatigue Critical Items focusing on Automatic Welding & Construction Issues by Ian Stuart

The Competition is held annually and is aimed at fostering links between the Guild, universities, and students, with particular emphasis on pipeline-related topics. Each year a number of universities are invited to enter a paper for this competition.

1996/97 The University of Aberdeen - Mrs. E. Wright

1997/98 The University of Newcastle - Mr. S. H. Meek

The Pipeline Industries Guild organises three technology awards: subsea; land based and utility pipelines. The entries are submitted annually and judged by an award panel on the following criteria:

This award, introduced in 1993, is made annually for the most significant contribution to subsea pipeline technology. The objective is to promote the development of new ideas in the general field of subsea pipeline technology.

1999 Fuel Subsea Engineering (a division of Smit Land & Marine Engineering Ltd.)

As with the subsea award, this award, introduced in 1996, is made annually for the most significant contribution made to land-based pipeline technology or its ancillary apparatus. The objective of the award is similarly to promote the development of new ideas in the general field of land-based pipeline technology.

This award, introduced in 2003, is made for the most significant contribution to utility pipeline technology. The objective is to promote the development of new ideas in the general field of utility pipeline technology.

The Ruth Allen Award, introduced in 2005, is made to a person involved in the Pipeline Industries Guild Young Person's Network who has contributed substantially to the aims of the Young Person's Network in that year.