TPi September 2014

business & market news

Pipe coating services contract for South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion

and service facilities located around the world.

The contract involves coating approximately 491kmof predominately 48" pipe with three-layer polyethylene and internal flow coating.

ShawCor’s pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value of approximately US$70mn from BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Ltd, for and on behalf of the South Caucasus Pipeline Company Ltd, for coating services for the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPX) project. The objective of the SCPX project is to expand the capacity of the existing SCP system to accommodate additional gas throughput from the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

Bredero Shaw, ShawCor’s largest division, specialises in pipe coating solutions, with offices and facilities in 15 countries. The division provides coating systems and related services for corrosion protection, insulation and weight coating applications on land and marine pipelines, including highly engineered corrosion and insulation systems for deepwater applications.

Coating is expected to commence in 2014 and be completed in late 2015.

ShawCor Ltd is an energy services company specialising in products and services for the pipeline and pipe services and the petrochemical and industrial segments of the oil and gas industry.

ShawCor Ltd – Canada www.shawcor.com

The company operates through eight divisions with over 75 manufacturing

Caspian Pipeline Consortium actuator contract

oil from the Caspian field to the Black Sea.

crude oil transportation initiative that involves Russia and Kazakhstan, plus leading oil and gas companies including Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil. The scheme will facilitate transportation of

Over 700 explosion-proof actuators, including controls, and 200 gearboxes have been supplied by AUMA to support the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). The project is a major international

AUMA GHT 360.2 gearboxes, with torques up to 50,000 Nm, were supplied to support the operation of the large valves incorporated into the pipelines, which are designed for a temperature range from -38°C to +50°C. AUMA Priwody, based in Moscow, Russia, represented the actuator manufacturer locally to support the CPC contract. Working with Tyazhpromarmatura, a producer of oil and gas valves, AUMA quoted a competitive technical actuation solution, which matched the customer’s precise requirements and succeeded in replacing the incumbent actuator supplier.

AUMA supplied 745 electric actuators plus controls and gearboxes for valve automation on the CPC project

AUMA – Germany riester@auma.com www.auma.com

AUMA Priwody – Russia aumarussia@auma.ru www.auma.ru

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