Construction past halfway on gas pipeline in south west Scotland
Published by Lydia Woellwarth,
Editor
World Pipelines,
The BBC has reported that the Cluden to Brighouse Bay project aims to "reinforce security of energy supply" for Ireland. Construction began on the 31 mile (50 km) link last year and more than half has now been completed.
Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) said work would continue throughout this year and it was expected to be finished by the end of 2018.
The scheme has been backed by millions of pounds of European Union funding and will ultimately link gas supplies from Beattock in Dumfries and Galloway to Gormanstown in County Meath.
Phase one of the project was completed in 2002 and saw the construction of the subsea pipeline and a section between Beattock and the River Cluden near Dumfries.
The second stage started in March last year and 28.5 km of the 50 km was constructed. "Work is continuing in 2018 and it is expected that the project will be completed on schedule by the end of 2018," said a GNI statement.
The scheme has become a major feature along a large stretch of the Dumfries and Galloway landscape since it started.
The pipeline is being constructed using 900 mm (approximately 3 ft) diameter steel pipe, buried to a minimum depth of 1.2 m (approximately 4 ft) below ground.
GNI has said that once reinstatement work is completed there should be "little or no evidence" of the pipeline passing through.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/project-news/02052018/construction-past-halfway-on-gas-pipeline-in-south-west-scotland/
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