17 November 2013
Valentine Maritime performed the longest HDPE liner installation through a 24" Carbon Steel pipeline pulled through, in a one single segment, for Occidental Petroleum.

Details as follows:

  • High Density Polyethylene pipe length of 2.5 km x 590 mm dia. x 15 mm wall thickness pulled through a 2.5 km long 24" diameter subsea steel pipeline from shore to an offshore subsea installation in 20 m water depth.

  • The "Significance" and the "Firsts" in the industry of this pull are as follows:

    1. Being longest single section pulled to date

    2. Being the largest outside diameter pulled to date

    3. Being done offshore

This successful operation provided a huge saving to the operator (Oil Company) by avoiding the utilization of expensive exotic material (Inconel) overlay / lining of the CS pipeline used for produced water disposal.

The job was successfully done during the summer of 2013

Valentine Maritime, Abu Dhabi, UAE,  Tel: 00971-2-5555868, Website: www.vmgulf.com

© Press Release 2013