Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Union Gas Replacement Work to Resume

(Union Gas photo)

Union Gas will resume its work in May to replace its aging infrastructure in Fort Frances.

Construction Manager Luke Skaarup says part of the work this year includes the abandonment of old underground natural gas pipe.

"Basically cut the main into sections," says Skaarup. "The sections will be every block or no more than 150 metres. Purge all of the gas out of it, cap it with wooden plugs, back fill and compact it."
Union Gas has already installed several kilometres of pipe and hundreds of new gas metres.