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The Bayou Companies LLC have been awarded contracts totaling approximately $5 million to provide corrosion coating for two major pipeline projects in the Gulf of Mexico, parent company Insituform Technologies has announced.
The contracts involve the export lines delivering natural gas from the Walker Ridge Gathering System, an ultra-deepwater project, and the Big Foot pipeline that connects production facilities to existing subsea pipeline infrastructure.
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Technip |
Technip, of Houston, will develop the Walker Ridge gas gathering system, including engineering, fabricating and installing 160 miles of steel catenary risers and pipelines.
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Bayou will provide Fusion Bonded Epoxy (FBE) coating for the Walker Ridge Gathering System and Big Foot Development projects.
2 Pipeline Projects
Upon completion, the Walker Ridge Gathering System will include about 190 miles of eight- and 10-inch diameter pipelines, located at depths of 5,900 to 7,000 feet in the Gulf of Mexico. Technip, of Houston, will manage the project.
Bayou will also provide the corrosion coating for the Big Foot Pipeline, a 40-mile, 20-inch diameter pipeline that connects 100,000 b/d of production to existing subsea pipeline infrastructure.
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Chevron |
| The Big Foot Pipeline is a 40-mile, 20-inch diameter pipeline that connects 100,000 b/d of production to an existing subsea pipeline infrastructure. |
The $4 billion Big Foot project will be Chevron's sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, located about 225 miles south of New Orleans in water depths of 5,200 feet. First oil is anticipated in 2014.
‘Highly Technical and Demanding’
“Bayou is very excited to be part of the Walker Ridge and Big Foot Development projects,” said Dorwin Hawn, Senior Vice President of Insituform’s Energy & Mining Group.
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Insituform Technologies |
| The Bayou Companies has applied anti-corrosion fusion bond epoxy (FBE) pipeline coatings for more than 40 years. |
“We believe these project awards demonstrate our customer’s confidence in Bayou’s ability to execute at a highly technical and demanding level.”
Bayou expects to begin these projects in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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