Pensher Skytech Working on South Caucasus Pipeline
Pensher Skytech is delighted to be working on the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion Project (SCPX) that is being spearheaded by BP.
Last year, Pensher worked on the first installment of the project and supplied a range of blast and fire-resistant doors and windows for the facilities that run alongside the pipeline. The products needed to offer the highest levels of resistance to ensure that no workers would be harmed should there be an accidental gas explosion from the pipeline.
Pensher Skytech has been working with Turkish engineering and construction company, ENKA on this project. As the next phase of the South Caucasus Pipeline is installed, Pensher’s specialised skillset was called upon once again.
A significant order was placed for the project. Pensher Skytech designed, manufactured, and installed 36 bespoke, high specification steel blast-resistant doors, steel fire-resistant doors, and 16 blast-resistant windows. These were required for the valve and metering stations that run along the pipeline.
John Richardson, Pensher Skytech’s Commercial Manager has said: ‘We are thrilled to be asked to work with ENKA on such a significant project. We are glad that BP is taking the safety of their workers very seriously by protecting them with some of the highest protective levels against blast and fire that doors and windows can have. We are looking forward to seeing the project completed, and hope to work with both ENKA and BP once again.’
The South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion Project requires two new compressor stations in Georgia, and six valve stations – one in Georgia and fix in Azerbaijan, as well as reduction and metering stations.
The 692km pipeline is being built in order to transport gas from the Shah Deniz field into the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea through Georgia and into the Georgia-Turkey border. The pipeline has been operational since late 2006, but the expansion which sees new pipeline across Azerbaijan hopes to see triple the gas volumes exported. It is expected that upon completion the pipeline will export up to 25 billion cubic metres of a gas a year.
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