OREANDA-NEWS. LLC "STROYGAZMONTAZH" has completed the pulling under the Kuban River on the Southern Corridor gas pipeline, Pisarevka - Anapa section, km 570 - km 768.5.

The tunnel length is 1,508 m, the diameter is 2.5 m, the pipe-laying depth in the river bed accounts for 14 to 21 m and on river bank equals 5 to 18 m. Podvodtruboprovodstroy Ltd played a role of the contractor to construct the crossing. GAZPROM INVEST LLC was the Customer of the Southern Corridor gas pipeline system.

During the laying of the Southern Corridor gas pipeline system the particular attention was paid to environmental issues, according to Nikolay En, Head of Territorial Manufacturing and Construction Division of LLC "STROYGAZMONTAZH" in Krasnodar. SGM Group of Companies uses the latest technologies that is why it has chosen the microtunneling method to construct the water crossing under the Kuban River. This method is the most ecologically efficient and doesn't impede maritime traffic.

It is important to note the precise work of surveying service for tunneling system that calculated and pulled the tunneling machine to an accuracy of 3 mm. The well-coordinated erecting crew, who pulled the pipeline segment without any emergencies, is worth mentioning as well.