PetroSafe, PPC assess environmental impact of pipeline replacement

Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company (PetroSafe) held a joint consultation session with the Petroleum Pipeline Company (PPC) to discuss the environmental impact of replacing and renewing a part of the PPC’s crude pipeline.

The session was conducted at Ras Ghareb in the Red Sea governorate. The company said that this project is an important step towards boosting the efficiency of PPC’s national pipeline network for oil transportation.

During the session, a presentation was given by PetroSafe and PPC elaborated that the proposed pipeline route was based on the applicable standards that take into consideration the shortest as well as the lowest cost path, in addition to considerations of engineering design and factors related to the environment and the surrounding community.