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Fri, 29 June 2012
Lean Field Developments has been awarded Australia’s first major composite-reinforced thermoplastic pipe supply and installation contract for a 171 km oil pipeline that starts near Moomba, South Australia, and extends to southwest Queensland.
The pipeline, to be constructed of Flexpipe spooled composite-reinforced thermoplastic pipe, will replace road freight in transporting oil between facilities for processing.
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The project scope involves using the SpiderPlow to simultaneously lay Flexpipe and fibre optic cable along with a detectable marker tape through close to 180 desert sand dunes and under the Cooper Creek.
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Image caption: Lean Field Developments’ product Flexpipe in action at Moomba last year.
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