Subsea 7 has opened its new pipeline fabrication spoolbase in Port Isabel, Texas. The Spoolbase was officially opened by Joe Vega, the Mayor of Port Isabel and Ian Cobban, Vice President -- North America for Subsea 7, at a ceremony held on the base.
The investment in the spoolbase, in excess of $30 million, allows the company to expand its presence and capabilities in the North America and Mexico regions and provide customers with a leading edge world-class solution to serve the increasing deepwater pipeline and steel catenary risers (SCR) market.
The state-of-the-art spoolbase covers an area of 58 acres and is 2km (6000 ft) in length. The spoolbase will fabricate and store oil and gas pipelines of up to 20" diameter (16" steel plus 2" insulation coatings) in lengths of up to 1.2km (4000 ft) for spooling onto reeled pipelay vessels.
The facility will be equipped to weld any steel line pipe material from traditional carbon steel to duplex and clad pipe. In addition, the base will be able to complete the fabrication of plastic-lined pipelines, pipe-in-pipe systems and SCRs. When in full production the base will be able to hold approximately 18,000 tonnes of pipe stalks.
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We live right across the water way In long Island Village. We watch the Ship reeling on the pipe and I must say that is quite an accomplishment . We hate to see the ship leave Port each time, We take pictures of the sun set with the ship in the picture. Oh and at night we enjoy it all lit up. My husband and I would love to ture the plant and ship. We noticed the reel is real high in the air, are they working on it? Would love to see laying the pipe line in person. Anna and Roger
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