Maurepas Swamp Land Pipeline

Maurepas Swamp Land Pipeline

American EPC Provider & Midstream Pipeline Operator | River Parishes, Louisiana, USA

Challenge

Designing and installing a complete heat management system for a heavy distillates Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO) pipeline through protected wetlands in the Gulf Coast region.  

Solution

The nVent TRACER team designed the world’s first heated underground petroleum pipeline commissioned with Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS). Managing every aspect of this project from engineering to installation and commissioning, the team was able ensure that this one of its kind projects was completed on time, safely and to the satisfaction of both customers involved.