THE COVER PICTURE shows 14-in high-frequency induction-welded coated linepipe from Corus Tubes of the UK being reeled onto the Apache reelship for a rapidly-undertaken recent project for the Forties North Sea field. Corus manufactured and delivered the 5.25km, 16-mm wall thickness, linepipe within nine weeks from receipt of order. The pipeline, located between the Charlie and Bravo platforms in the Forties field, is now in place and is ready for tie-in, the complete project taking only 95 days from conception to completion.
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