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A STRAIT employee overlooking the lowering in of a pipeline by a side boom

PIPELINE  AND INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS

STRAIT specializes in the installation, replacement, and repair of gathering systems and midstream pipelines. We offer turnkey pipeline construction and integrity services with experience in all types of pipelines: HDPE, steel, fiberglass, and composite. We have extensive, in-depth knowledge, of the complexities of the Western Canadian geotechnical landscape. We understand what it takes to operate and excel in difficult and remote terrain from muskeg to mountains.

Over the past decade, through growth, experience, and trust, STRAIT has become a preferred pipeline construction company within the energy industry.

PIPELINE PLANNING

A pipeline riser and a clipboard indicating pipeline planning

STRAIT’s pre-construction process includes all of the planning, budgeting, and client meetings involved in a project before breaking ground. Our capabilities during this phase include:

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  • Building AFE budgets

  • Assisting in the selection of the routing of pipelines

  • Creating manpower and equipment loading schedules

  • Sourcing materials and subcontractors

  • Conducting or attending pre-job meetings with clients to discuss project scopes and other related issues

PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

A pipeline riser and a side boom indicating pipeline construction

Our pipeline construction process includes all on-site construction, customization, installation and field work required to complete a project. STRAIT’s capabilities include:

 

  • Timber salvage and right of way development

  • Topsoil stripping and grade work

  • Stringing, bending and welding of pipe

  • Coating of girth welds

  • Lowering in and tying in of pipe

  • Backfilling of trenches

  • Testing and commissioning of pipe

  • Final right of way clean-up and topsoil replacement

  • Management of HDD boring

  • Management of pipe haul

POST CONSTRUCTION

A pipeline riser and a leaf indicating pipeline post consrtuction

Our post pipeline construction includes all work completed during and after site clean-up, to test, certify, and formally complete a project including:

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  • Quality Control handover

    • Test charts

    • GPS weld mapping

    • GIS project tracking

    • MTR’s, etc.

  • Final clean-up

INTEGRITY

An excavator indicating inegrity

Our integrity capabilities are inclusive of much of the work involved in ensuring the optimal operation of pipelines including:

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  • Integrity / Identification Digs

  • Coating repair (NACE Level III)

  • Clock spring installation

  • Compression sleeve installation

  • Line replacement / abandonment

  • Geotechnical mitigation

  • Hydrotechnical mitigation

  • Liner removal / replacement

  • Pipeline pigging support

  • Hot tap / stopple support 

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