Success Story Management Expertise and Steel-Reinforced Pipe Surmount Challenging Bolivian Jungle Application The Challenge Almost four hours from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, The Los Cusis oil field is located deep in the Amazon rainforest. The area’s heavy rainfall often causes flooding, which can make construction projects expensive and difficult. Recently, a major Bolivian oil and gas company with wells in the area needed to build a pipeline to convey highly corrosive produced water approximately 7.5 mi (12 km). The new line needed to be durable enough to operate effectively under cyclic pressure conditions, and it would have to be installed on a right-of-way with a water table of less than 3 ft (.09 m). Without the use of specialized equipment in this rainy area, installation trenches left op

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