ShawCor Ltd announced that its pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value of approximately US$ 70 million 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.
This contract involves coating approximately 491km of predominately 48 in. pipe with 3-layer polyethylene and internal flow coating. Coating is expected to commence in 2014 and be completed in late 2015.
Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling