Pipe Manufacturing

Moving these huge amounts of water latent at Al kufra, Sreir, Tazerbu and Fezzan basins from south to northern coast requires a giant conveyance system of large scale pipelines. For this purpose two of the most modern and largest factories in the world were established to produce pipes. One of which located at Brega and the other in Serir. With total production capacity of 220 pipe a day. This ranked Libya today at the top of the list of Pre Stressed Concrete Pipe Manufacturers in the world.

Factors taken into consideration on producing these pipes; nature of the region, type of earth which will accommodate pipelines, hence using material and substances that resist corrosion and erosion and can withstand high pressure fluctuation. Pre-stressed concrete pipes are manufactured of iron, steel, cement, sand, gravel, grout, carbon and other reinforcing elements.

Each pipe segment is 7.5 meters long, 4 meter diameters and weighs between 73 and 80 tons, buried in 7 meters wide, 7 meter deep land trench. Tons of the soil produced in trench works are immediately transferred to pipe factories to be recycled in forming the pre-stressed concrete paste for pipe fitting.

Connecting pipe segments into one pipeline involves accurate engineering processes so that segments gradually overlap by means of rubber-bands in accordance to accurate specifications.

These laid pipes are extend from sources of water in the south to north of Libya for more than 4000 km’s. So the Great River of Pipes is ready and equipped to accommodate and transfer immense of fresh water to cover all coastal areas in Libya, in particular to lands suitable for agriculture.