ShawCor Ltd. on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary, Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd., has received a contract with a value in excess of $50 million to provide coatings for the Enbridge Alberta Clipper project. Coating will commence in the third quarter of 2008 at the
company's Regina pipe coating facility.
Enbridge's Alberta Clipper project will consist of approximately 1,600 km
of 36" pipe and will be coated with fusion bonded epoxy anti-corrosion coating
and a dual layer fusion bonded epoxy coating for sections of the pipeline
requiring additional protection during construction. Shaw Pipe Protection will
also provide Enbridge with rail car loading services for the coated pipe. This
project is a crude oil pipeline that will extend from Hardisty, Alberta to
Superior, Wisconsin and is expected to be in service by mid-2010.
ShawCor Ltd. is an energy services company specializing in products and
services for the pipeline and pipe services and the petrochemical and
industrial segments of the oil and gas industry. The company operates through
six divisions with over sixty manufacturing and service facilities located
around the world.
Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd. is a wholly owned unit of Bredero Shaw,
ShawCor's largest division. Bredero Shaw is the global leader in pipe coating
solutions and employs approximately 4,000 permanent and contract personnel
located at offices and facilities in fifteen countries. The division provides
specialized coating systems and related services for corrosion protection,
insulation and weight coating applications on land and marine pipelines
including highly engineered corrosion and insulation systems for deepwater
applications.