Odiliapeel – Melick Gasunie is going to realize the capacity for the high pressure gas pipeline from Northeast to Southwest and Southeast in the Netherlands. The gas pipeline between Odiliapeel and Melick is part of this overarching project. The route runs from the valve station in Odiliapeel located in the municipality of St. Anthonis, to the control station in Melick, located in the municipality of Roerdalen. In collaboration with the main contractor A.Hak Leidingbouw, A.Hak Drillcon is responsible for the seven drillings within this project.
Client
N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie Location
Odiliapeel-Melick Project
Gas pipeline Odiliapeel-Melick Period
June – November 2012
Alternative solution for crossing the Maas River
DRILLING TECHNIQUES
A.Hak Drillcon was responsible for the seven drillings on the route Odiliapeel-Melick. For these drillings three different drilling techniques were applied namely: Horizontal Directional Drilling Microtunneling Direct Pipe Drilling HDD Pipe line Ravenstein-Schinnen, river crossing the Swalm: length 720 m1, 48" Steel pipe line PP coated. Executed with the 330 tonnes drill rig. Microtunneling Kassen (Maasbree): 289 m1, 48" Steel Rijksweg A73 (Reuver): 93 m1, 48" Steel Perceel 2324 (Reuver): 213 m1, 48" Steel N280 (Roermond): 135 m1, 48" Steel Railroad Roermond-Vlodorp: 36 m1, concrete Ø1.500 mm/ Ø1.820 mm Direct Pipe drilling River the Maas, railroad Venlo-Roermond, national road N271 (municipality of Kessel, municipality of Venlo): 1.026 m1 Steel PP coated 48" DETAILS
The project was awarded to A.Hak Drillcon due to the innovative design of a Direct Pipe Drilling for the crossing of the river Maas. Originally designed as a HDD, the accompanying risks were deemed to great concerning possible damage to the pipe as well as practicability of the HDD technique for the local soil conditions. The Direct Pipe method greatly reduced these risks and proved to be invaluable for this crossing. The crossing of the river the Swalm proved to have its own challenges concerning available working areas. As the location was near forested areas, and the client expressed the wish to prevent any cutting of trees, the rig site was located near a main road. A vaulting construction was designed to prevent unsafe traffic situations and damage to the road. The bore hole was injected with a filler to prevent settlements.
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