MFRI partners with Dutch firm to bid on oil pipeline

NILES - MFRI's Perma-Pipe subsidiary has formed a consortium with Danish company Logstor to bid the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project.

The consortium joins the leading pre-insulated piping manufacturers in North America and Europe to take advantage of their combined fabrication, engineering and material science expertise.

The EACOP project is a 900-mile-long heavy crude oil pipeline from the Lake Albert Basin in Uganda to the Tanga port in Tanzania being developed by French oil company Total E&P, China National Offshore Oil Corporation and London-based Tullow Oil. The pipeline is 24 inches in diameter, and is electrically heat traced.

"We are very excited by this opportunity to join forces with Logstor to bid what will be the longest insulated and heat traced pipeline in the world," said CEO David Mansfield. "We believe that the combined experience and expertise of our two organizations can bring significant value to the various EACOP stakeholders.''