OREANDA-NEWS. June 9, 2008. PJSC Stroytransgaz has completed welding work for the new SHBAB-2 oil pipeline. The facility, 217 kilometers long and 30 inches in diameter, is part of a project to increase the transmission capacity of the Sheiba-Abqaiq (SHBAB-1) oil pipeline in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco is the customer for the project, which is being realized on EPC terms.

A large portion of the welding was done with a CRC-Evans automatic welding unit. The quality of welded joints was tested with a unit that uses automatic ultrasound control, delivering results quickly and providing high accuracy where defects in the welded joints are revealed. Modern welding technologies and quality control have enabled Stroytransgaz to make significant increases in the pace of welding and to ensure the high quality of its welding work.

The SHBAB-1 oil pipeline (640 kilometers long, diameter of 46 inches) runs from the Shaybah field in the Rub al-Khali desert on the border with the United Arab Emirates to a refinery in Abqaiq, 70 kilometers from Dammam in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.