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Fig. 4 - 36” Lean
Sales Gas Pipeline

A camp, including a site clinic, was built at the heart during the summer months. Most significantly,
of the pipeline corridor to facilitate the construction management of heat stress for all workers on site
team’s efforts. This was carried out in the face of a was given the highest priority, with a dedicated
number of operational challenges, not least the fact training program and continuous monitoring of
that the site is extremely inaccessible for the delivery worker conditions.
and transportation of materials. This made meeting The engagement with other key stakeholders
the project schedule very challenging. (such as regulatory authorities, local government,
Particular efforts were made to preserve the and third-party owners) presented a further
construction materials and equipment against the challenge in the construction of more than 300
extreme temperatures (> 50 °C) experienced crossings of existing facilities and networks.

Etihad Rail Project:
Shah-Habshan-Ruwais Railway

he Etihad Rail Project (figure 5) will be a Operational Control Center will be located.
core part of the UAE Railway Network, Etihad Rail’s first trains will be carrying granulated
which will link the principal centers of sulfur for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. The Railway is
T population and industry in the UAE, and expected to haul about 7 million tons of granulated
form part of the planned Gulf Cooperation Council sulfur a year from the oil and gas fields at Shah and
(GCC) Railway Network. It will run as part of the Habshan, for export from the port of Ruwais. This is
interoperability corridor linking the six countries of the equivalent of two 11,000 tons trainloads per day.
the GCC. The train will be operated using seven SD70 ACS
Saipem is developing the first stage of this diesel locomotives, supplied by the US supplier
network, a 264 km of freight railway lines between EMD, and 240 covered hopper wagons, supplied by
the new Gas facilities in the Abu Dhabi desert in Chinese CSR. Operation of the Railway will be
Shah and Habshan, to the port facility of Ruwais, managed by a joint venture between Etihad Rail and
to transport the sufur extracted from the gas. All DB Schenker Rail.
trains will depart from the operational freight The line will also comprise 124 km of double track
maintenance depot in Mirfa, where the railway along the coastline, as part of the future development

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