48″ Gas Pipeline – Trench Excavation, Oman
Saih Nihayda To Al Kamil Gas Transmission Pipeline 2005.
A Big Pipeline Requires Big Machines
If you are constructing a 48″ diameter gas transmission pipeline you need to consider the trench excavation and the high specifications required by the oil and gas companies. It’s not just, “dig a trench and bury the pipeline” the trench has to meet strict requirements as to depth and cover. The pipeline must not be lowered on to rocks etc. The newly welded pipes are treat like babies and have to be put to bed on a layer of sand which is previously screened and all rocks removed. This sand must be at least 150mm deep and in some cases 300mm all around the circumference of the pipe. If the contractor does not own or has not made provision for hiring sand screening plant, then the sand has to be hauled from suppliers many Km away at great cost.
Posted by sidewallfusion Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009
Categories: Pipelines
Tags: Backfill, backfilling, desert, earth cutting, engineering, excavation, excavator, explosives, gas, oil, pipeline construction, pipeline welding, profit margins, sand padding, screening plant, Trenching, V2
