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voestalpine secures contract for Brazilian pipeline project

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World Pipelines,


After a planning and negotiation process lasting more than two years, voestalpine Grobblech GmbH, a subsidiary of the voestalpine Steel Division, has secured a further major contract in Brazil. The Rota 3 project will lay a deep-ocean pipeline near Rio de Janeiro at depths of up to 2500 m below sea level. Following the Tupi and Cabiunas projects, this is the third pipeline being laid in the Santos basin with the company’s long-term Brazilian partner Tenaris Confab. The customer is Brazil’s Petrobras, one of the world’s largest energy companies with annual revenues of around US$ 150 billion.

voestalpine will supply sour gas resistant, high strength linepipe plates which meet the highest quality standards, delivering them between September 2014 and March 2015. Rota 3 is a 380 km pipeline connecting the natural gas and oil field in the Santos basin just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro with the Comberj refinery. At 132 000 t, the 2012 forerunner project Cabiunas was the largest line pipe steel order in voestalpine’s history.

Third pipeline for the world’s largest oil field

Brazil is a country with one of the world’s largest oil reserves. Huge deposits were discovered just off the coast in 2007. The oil field in the Santos basin off the country’s southeastern coast alone extends over 340 000 km2. It holds approximately 8 billion bbls of crude oil, making it the world’s largest oil field. However, a majority of the reserves are at depths of up to 7000 m, subsumed under an immense layer of salt and rock. Other obstacles that need to be overcome include low water temperatures, extremely high pressure and heat generated by the oil and gas mixture as it flows out of the deposits. Consequently, premium steel grades, manufactured by the voestalpine Special Steel Division (Exploration) and voestalpine Grobblech GmbH (premium grade pipelines), are needed to extract and transport the oil.


Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/07072014/voestalpine_secures_contract_for_brazilian_pipeline_project_609/

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