Page 19 of World SkyCat Brochure by World SkyCat Ltd

skyline pipeline transport able to operate fully autonomously in the remotest regions of the world the megalift skycat-1000 offers a uniquely cost-effective and flexible heavy equipment transporter for the oil and gas industry and specifically for the delivery of pipeline direct to trench site large payload module with a payload module of 400ft 123m in length the 160ft lengths of pipeline produced at the factory need not be cut for transport and welded back together on site indeed two lengths could be welded at source and carried as a single 320-ft section a total of 12 such lengths could be carried by the skyline vehicle in a single trip equivalent to 1.2km of pipeline stacking and unloading the 320-ft lengths would be stacked in 2 tiers thereby greatly facilitating loading and unloading the skycat could even unload the pipeline directly alongside the trench by taxying on its hover-cushions and discharging the pipe behind it by means of a system of ramp rollers this would offer significant savings on handling and damage major cost savings initial evaluation of a sample route lake baikal russia -beijing indicates that fleet of 3 skycat-1000s could transport 4km of pipeline a day at a cost of some $115,000 per km and complete the 3,000km pipeline route in just 2 years in addition to the direct cost savings significant cost benefits accrue from enabling the pipeline to come on stream far earlier and with it the revenue flows other key applications these include the transportation of crews and accommodation units as well as heavy equipment in units such as compressors ­ and particularly in regions otherwise accessible only in certain seasons of the year 19

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