Dubai-based Future Pipe Industries (FPI), a manufacturer of large-diameter fiberglass pipe systems, has won a new contract valued at over US $138 million, to supply Fiberstrong fiberglass pipes and fittings for Phase 2, category II, of the project to expand the seawater cooling facility at Ras Laffan Industrial City, in Qatar.
“This important contract demonstrates our ability to service some of the world’s largest infrastructure projects. Our home market, the GCC, is the fastest growing fiberglass pipe market in the world and it is here that FPI has proved that fiberglass can be the pipe solution of choice for the biggest infrastructure and industrial projects,” said Rami Makhzoumi, president and CEO of FPI.
FPI, through its subsidiary, Future Pipe Industries Qatar, has already supplied Fiberstrong for a portion of Ras Laffan’s piping systems in connection with Phase 1 and the category I of Phase 2. By the time Phase 2 is complete, FPI is expected to have delivered approximately 176 000 meters of Fiberstrong fiberglass pipes – equivalent to one third of the length of Qatar’s coastline.
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FPI Fiberstrong pipe systems will be used for above and below ground seawater cooling lines, firewater and chlorination.
“In the case of Ras Laffan, our fiberglass pipe systems demonstrated their ability to perform at a superior standard to other materials, given harsh environmental conditions in the Gulf region, the design parameters, and the highly corrosive elements of seawater being transported. Technological innovation and quality make FPI’s Fiberstrong pipe systems ideally suited for a project of this caliber, the largest of its kind in the region,” said Makhzoumi.
Located 80km north east of Doha, Ras Laffan City’s industrial port, operated by state-owned Qatar Petroleum, is amongst the largest facilities in the world for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The project is expected for completetion by the first half of 2010, in which case Qatar Petroleum expects demand for more than 1 million m3 of cooled water per day, compared with supply of just under 600 000 m3 now.
