Jungle mountains challenge Brazil oil line construction. [84-km line from Sao Sebastiano to Guararema]
Construction crews had their ups and downs while building an 84-km (52-mi.) crude oil trunkline for Petroleo Brasiliero in the Serra do Mar region of Brazil's State of Sao Paulo. The system begins at a tanker terminal and storage facility on the South Atlantic coast at Sao Sebastiano and extends inland to a storage plant at Guararema. The right of way is through a mountainous area with steep slopes and knife-edged ridges in a tropical jungle. Near the coast the climate is damp and rainy during most of the year. Inland it is wetter. On an average of 252 days per year and 150 to 250 cm (59 to 98 in.) of rain falls on this zone. Construction got under way in January 1975 and was completed in March 1976. Numerous grades of 50 percent were encountered and frequently, where the line was built along a ridgecrest, sections of the ROW were bordered by nearly vertical drops from 15 to 30 m (50 to 100 ft.) or more.
- OSTI ID:
- 7192246
- Journal Information:
- Pipe Line Ind.; (United States), Vol. 44:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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