--- title: High-pressure fluid transport url: https://madacan-africa.com/pexgol-case-studies/high-pressure-fluid-transport/ date: 2025-02-25T09:20:22+00:00 modified: 2025-02-25T11:05:57+00:00 lang: en_ZA --- # High-pressure fluid transport #### Customer ### Minera Antapaccay Peru | 2023 #### Working Conditions Exposed pipe with 30 bar (435 PSI) repump system #### Pexgol Pipes Pexgol 355 mm (14”), class 30 #### Application Drain water transport #### Length 270 m / 885 ft #### Categories [Dewatering](https://madacan-africa.com/tag/dewatering/), [Mining](https://madacan-africa.com/tag/mining/), [Water](https://madacan-africa.com/tag/water/) [Download Case](https://www.pexgol.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport.pdf) ![Large spooled reel unwinding thick black coiled tubing across a gravel industrial site with distant hills](https://madacan-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport-01.webp) ### The Challenge Minera Antapaccay faced the challenge of laying a pipeline over the slope of the Southern Pit from level 3870 to level 3632; for its project to drain groundwater from the bottom of the pit to connect to the water network for the plant, located in the mine area. Given the morphology of the slope in the terrain and the difference in heights (238 meters), a pipeline was required that would provide safety for working with high pressures and that could be exposed to the sun and low temperatures without the need to bury it. ### The Solution It was decided to install Pexgol since it is supplied in roll format, in this case up to 90 m in length. Compared to steel and HDPE, which are supplied in 12 or 14-meter sections, this supply format minimized labor and the likelihood of failure. Likewise, the potential for making joints on the slope’s body was reduced, decreasing the exposure of personnel to high-risk work. The laying was carried out using the brand’s equipment, making use of a pipe uncoiler, yellow line equipment, and manual pulling equipment (tirfor), due to the limited space for unrolling. Connections were made using electrofusion couplings and stub-ends. [Workers in safety vests and helmets near a Volvo excavator digging at a quarry site with large pipes on the ground](https://madacan-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport-02.webp) [Volvo excavator digging near workers installing large black pipes at a construction site with coiled piping stacked nearby](https://madacan-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport-03.webp) [A crane truck lifts a large spooled industrial hose reel mounted on a wooden frame at an outdoor site](https://madacan-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport-04.webp) [Volvo excavator and workers in safety vests laying large pipes at a rocky open-pit mine site](https://madacan-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport-02-1.webp) [Large spooled reel unwinding thick black coiled tubing across a gravel industrial site with distant hills](https://madacan-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cs_156-high-pressure-fluid-transport-01.webp)