Insituform to coat Saudi Aramco offshore pipelines
Wed, 20 July 2011
Insituform Technologies subsidiary CRTS Inc has been awarded a $US48.4 million contract from Eni S.p.A. subsidiary Snamprogetti Saudi Arabia to provide robotic coating of internal field joints for Saudi Aramco's offshore pipelines that will transport natural gas from new offshore wells in the Hasbah and Arabiyah gas fields.
CRTS and its local partner, Diversified Lines for Petroleum Services, will provide robotic internal field joint coating for pipelines ranging in diameter from 10–36 inches.
In 2010, CRTS completed a similar, $US12 million project three months ahead of schedule for Saudi Aramco's subsea pipelines at the Karan gas field located off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
Mobilisation and preparatory work for the project is expected to begin this month.
Preparations include equipment construction, materials and weld quality control testing and shipment of materials to the job site. Internal field joint coating activities are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2012, and take approximately 12 months to complete.
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The two offshore fields northeast of Dhahran will add a combined 2.5 Bcf/d of natural gas to Saudi Aramco's existing capacity. The gas recovered from Hasbah and Arabiyah will be sent to Saudi Aramco's onshore Wasit gas plant to be processed.
The $US6 billion Saudi Aramco Wasit gas plant is expected to be operational in 2013.
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