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The Caspian Sea water pipeline

Kazakhstan
Projects
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After winning the tender in Kazakhstan, Renco will build the second line of the Astrakhan'-Mangyshlak water pipeline covering 151 kilometres plus a 22-kilometre bypass around the settlement of Beyneu, on the Caspian Sea coast.

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173
km

pipeline

48
inches

diameter of the steel pipe

12
mm

pipe thickness

115K

water carried each day

Project type
Pressurised water pipeline
Status
In progress
Client
Main Waterline
Contractor
Renco KAT
Location
Astrakhan' - Mangyshlak
Date of delivery
2023

key info

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FOCUS
Water: an essential commodity for development

In detail

The construction of the Astrakhan'-Mangyshlak water pipeline is a strategic project for Kazakhstan. It will double the size of the current conduit of the water pipeline around the Caspian Sea. Further batches will be added to the infrastructure in 2023 and in the subsequent years, for a total length of around 800 kilometres.

Main Waterline, subsidiary of KazTransOil JSC
200 million €

' The company, through its subsidiary Renco KAT, is on the front line in sustaining the industrial development of Kazakhstan, where it can rely on an established presence in the area and on its own technical-engineering expertise '

Bruno GhirelliCountry Strategy Manager
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Focus on the details

CLOSE-UP ON THE PROJECT

The pipeline will be laid using large-size pipe layers. A high number of technologically advanced mechanical vehicles will be used which will be purchased locally, in order to favour the local economy and employment market.

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Specialised technicians of the Renco Group will oversee both the design and construction of the infrastructure, as well as the logistics for the many personnel teams employed. A high number of local personnel will be employed to work on the project. Mutuality and the bond with the country and the territory where we work have always been part of the Renco Group values and principles.

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There are several highly critical aspects from a logistical and operating perspective: work will be conducted at low temperatures and several temporary camps will be set up for personnel

Cold weather, ice and the wind of the prairie are the biggest problems

Renco’s portfolio also includes the Pesaro water pipeline

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A RETURN TO THE PAST WITH A GREENER APPROACH

Looking back, in the early 1980s Renco constructed that which would become Pesaro’s new water pipeline connecting the water purification plant in Tavernelle sul Metauro with the depot in San Gaetano (Marche, Italy). It was a gigantic work for the times and also an indispensable one: up to then, the distributed water came out red due to the presence of iron and salt caused by seawater seeping into the local urban aquifers.

Most Renco employees only discovered this story after we won the tender for the Caspian Sea water pipeline project. It was something of a green environmental revamping for the Group’s future.

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