Success Story Steel-Reinforced Pipe Meets Dual Application Demands for Marcellus Shale The Challenge Facing a short project deadline, a large oil and gas company needed a pipeline technology that would enable the prompt installation of produced water lines to sustain its fracing program in the Marcellus Shale. The project would require a 3.22-mi (5.18-km) pipeline that could endure the corrosive effects of produced water as well as the cyclic pressures produced by erratic transmission loads and changes in elevation along the right-of-way. In addition, because the project called for the pipeline to be installed across a wildlife preserve in a mountainous area, it was imperative that the impact of pipeline installation operations on this environmentally sensitive area be minimal. The company

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