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The petroleum industry is very protective of the integrity of their pipelines and facilities as they transport millions of dollars worth of pressurized gas or crude oil to their production and refining facilities through a complicated network of oil and gas pipelines that stretch across North America.
In the early 90s Badger Hydrovacs began to be recognized by this industry for their safety benefits and cost effectiveness when working in built-up facilities and around pipelines. Today, many producers and contractors will specify that Hydrovac must perform any excavations around buried infrastructures. Badger's commitment to safety, training, fleet size and oil patch experience makes it the natural choice to service the petroleum industry.
The industrial and petroleum industries
place tremendous importance on safety
and the integrity of underground
infrastructure. Hand exposing or
Hydrovac excavation is generally
required prior to machine excavation.
For plant and facility maintenance,
Badger Hydrovacs can provide peace of
mind when excavating around high-pressure
lines in tight, congested areas.
Each Badger unit is manufactured for
efficiency, thereby increasing production
rates and lowering costs on most
maintenance projects.
During new construction and installations,
Hydrovacs can be used to expose
pipeline crossings of conflicting facilities.
Quite often, new plants or compressors
are built on top of old facilities where the
extent and location of underground lines
is unknown. Slot trenching and pre-dug
piling holes (up to 30 feet deep) can verify
the existence, depth and orientation of
buried infrastructure.
Badger Hydrovacs minimize costly
incidents involving pipeline damage
and worker safety. Our full-time Safety
Advisors can assist companies
with their Hydrovac policies and
procedures and create responsible
methods for excavating in potentially
hazardous areas.
Badger’s extensive field experience in
the industrial and petroleum industries
is pulled from our numerous field offices
and Hydrovac units across North
America. Badger will continue to be a
leader in this area by providing efficient,
safe and cost-effective applications to
challenging excavation projects. |
