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Stabilize Energy Production Sites
NEOWEB
Stabilize Energy Production Sites
Stabilizing an unstable world!
Stabilizing an unstable world!
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Environmentally Aware
PRS Soil Retention
About PRS
PRS is the worlds leading supplier of cost-efective soil stabilization solutions. Combining unique, proprietary technology
with specialized engineering expertise, PRS delivers proven solutions for load support, slope and channel protection,
earth retention, reservoir and landll applications. With a global network of fully owned subsidiaries and independent
local distributors, PRS provides a full range of end-to-end support services. Since its establishment in 1996, PRS has
implemented thousands of successful projects in over 40 countries worldwide.
RECENT RECORD OF ENERGY PROJECTS
PRS has been involved in a large number of
upstream hydrocarbon projects across Europe,
Siberia and Africa. These include millions of
square meters of access and service roads for
pipeline construction, transport and maintenance
activities (Zapolyarnoye, Tuzovsky, STRO-
Torzhok, Vankor); oil and gas pipeline protection
and bypasses (STRO-Torzhok, Urengoy); berm
protection and load support for petroleum
terminal and storage tanks (Fos Sur Mer Cavaou,
France). Major clients included Gazprom, TNK-
BP, ZAO Yamalgazinvest, JSC Urengoygazprom,
Rosneft, Sofregaz, Shell, and KBR global
engineering consultants.
PRS Neoweb Stabilizes
Energy Access Roads and Pipelines
FAST INSTALLATION AND LONG-LASTING
SOLUTIONS
Pipelines face enormous environmental, climatic,
geological, operational and safety challenges to
ensure that gas and oil ows efciently and safely.
Neoweb 3D cellular connement technology
ofers solutions for each challenge.
The Neoweb long-term connement and
reinforcement of soil substrata maintain the
integrity of pipelines, service roads and base
stabilization (for pumping stations, terminals and
depots) even in the most challenging soil, slope
and logistic conditions.
COST-EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE
The superior geotechnical performance of
Neoweb not only reduces the amount of inll
required; poorly graded, inferior native soils can
be used for inll as well. The reduced aggregate
requirements are crucial to energy development in
remote locations midstream projects are faster
and their costs lower.
Advanced polymers provide the longest term
design strength and dimensional stability
that makes piplines and roads with Neoweb
more durable than any other solution. The net
result is reduced maintenance, a cost-efective
solution and fast return on investment even over
thousands of kilometers of roads and pipeline.
Why PRS?
ENGINEERING BENEFITS
Highest load bearing capability in poor
soil & subgrades
Reduce infll quantity & costs by 50%
Utilize local marginal infll
Easy & fast installation
Reduced maintenance
Longest term design strength
Save wear and tear on tires and vehicles
ADVANCED RESEARCH
Strongest material composition and strength
available
Long term investments in R&D materials
and engineering
Cooperation and testing with leading institutions
Exceeds industry standards
TOTAL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Guaranteed end-to- end consulting
and support
Assistance for planning, design installation
MANUFACTURING
Largest in world
Guaranteed supply of 200 containers/month
ISO-9001 Certifed Quality Control
STABILIZE YOUR SITE
The construction of infrastructure, roads and
pipelines in the oil, gas and energy elds often
face extreme geotechnical and environmental
conditions in remote locations. PRS ofers unique
solutions for pipeline protection and stabilization,
service roads, storage facilities and terminals.
Based on the PRS Neoweb soil reinforcement
technologies, these proven solutions stabilize,
protect and reinforce soil of all types, including
peat bogs, sandy deserts, water channels and
frozen tundra. Neoweb high performance reduces
fll requirements up to 50% while fast installation
cuts project schedules by half. The result is a
sustainable solution that saves time and costs.
PRS success stems from its dedication to quality
and unique total customer support philosophy.
Our experts work hand-in hand with customers
and project engineers throughout all stage of the
project, from planning and design, through on-
time delivery, to on-site training and installation.
LOAD SUPPORT FOR PLATFORMS
Neoweb technology is ideal for ground
stabilization of platforms subject to heavy loads
in weak or saturated soils, such as terminals,
pumping stations and depots. The unique 3D soil
reinforcement creates a stif cellular mattress that
increases load distribution of the subgrade, base
and surface. The Neoweb is non-degradable and
impervious to petroleum and chemicals.
LOAD SUPPORT FOR RAIL LINES
The unique Neoweb 3D connement provides
outstanding load distribution and bearing, particularly
critical for midstream rail lines. Aggregate
connement signicantly extends the life span of
rail ballast and track stability by more than three,
thereby reducing expensive maintenance. The result
is smoother, safer and economic access and transport
of heavy loads regardless of problematic terrain.
LOAD SUPPORT FOR ACCESS ROADS
Neoweb provides the highest load bearing
capacity of any geosynthetic for service and
access roads as well as rails used for extraction
and transport. It strengthens service roads despite
difcult soil conditions, topography and water
crossings enabling work crews to get wherever
they need to. In projects for the Gazprom energy
company in frozen arctic tundra for example,
Neoweb performance consistently exceeded
customer requirements and expectations.
FAST SUPPORT FOR DURABLE ROADS
Neoweb provides fast and durable construction
of access, service and haul roads in poor
load bearing soils, difcult terrain and
harsh environments. The Neoweb 3D soil
connement technology improves stress-
bearing capacity, reduces deformation, and
signicantly extends the lifetime of unpaved
surfaces, with lower quantity and quality inll.
STABLE ROADS LOWER WEAR AND TEAR
The resulting stable road surface improves vehicle
traction, ride comfort and fuel economy. Neoweb
reinforced access roads resist cuts, impacts and
degradation and reduce tire and vehicle damage.
The result is more efcient, safe and economic
operations.
MORE REINFORCEMENT AT LESS COST
Neoweb geotechnical capabilities:
Reduce logistics and installation (by 50%)
Reduce infll quantity (35-60%)
Use poor quality local infll
Less haul and construction equipment
Increase road/rail life span (x6)
Reduce long-term maintenance
Save construction time and operational costs
Advantages of PRS Solution
SAVE TIME
Simple and fast installation -
2 km/day by 4 man team
Use poor quality, local infll
HIGH LOAD BEARING
Highest load bearing capacity
Year-round stability
Most durable solution
COST EFFECTIVE
Saves material, time, maintenance
Reduced haulage, fuel costs, work crews
Save wear and tear on tires and vehicles
SUSTAINABLE
Environmental and engineering sustainability
Reduces local carbon footprint
Saves aggregate resources
HIGHEST PERFORMANCE
Strongest dimensional stability
Longest long term design life
STABILIZE THE SUPPLY LINES
Multiple threats to pipeline integrity are mitigated
by Neoweb solutions. Neowebs exceptional soil
connement capabilities stabilize the pipeline,
anchoring it to the ground. This prevents buckling,
diferential settlement or movement caused
by unstable soil conditions, geological tremors
or fash foods. Independent seismic testing
of Neoweb demonstrated that its exibility
dampens vibrations and ground movement, while
maintaining its structural strength and integrity.
PROTECTION FROM FLOODS AND ICE
Enhanced stability and drainage properties
prevent the erosive impact of storm water runof.
Neoweb reinforced mounds, berms and pipe
passages provide structurally sound pipeline
crossings over rivers, streams and ood channels,
and protection from ice oes in arctic regions.
Neoweb with gravel or concrete inll provides the
same level of ood protection as other traditional
but more expensive solutions. Neoweb also
shields pipelines from damage caused by rock
falls, avalanches and ice packs.
IMPERVIOUS PROTECTION
The advanced polymer Neoweb alloy is
non-degrading and impervious to extreme
temperatures, UV radiation, chemicals and
moisture. Neoweb systems prevent pipeline
exposure from the corrosive efects to the metal
piping of Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HDC), as
well as from extreme weather, including large
temperature swings (freezing-thawing) or severe
heat or cold.
Multiple Layers of Pipeline Protection
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
In regions with frozen tundra, the Neoweb helps to
insulate the permafrost soil layer from mechanical
damage and heat. Neoweb can be covered with
local native soil, which lessens the visual impact
of the pipeline in above ground installations in
particular and integrates it with the landscape.
The Neoweb covering also provides easy passage
for wildlife.
PROTECTION FROM HUMAN RISKS
Neoweb above ground implementations also
protect the pipeline from accidental or malicious
human activities. In addition to physical
protection, Neoweb enables construction vehicles
to pass over the pipelines. The thick physical
Neoweb covering also enhances pipeline security
by: preventing accidents from hunters or military
maneuvers; discouraging wonton vandalism; or
making intentional sabotage by hostile elements
much more difcult. Neoweb protects your
pipeline and your investments.
Load Support For Roads, Rails and Platforms
SRTO-Torzhok Gazprom Pipeline
Additional Containment, Protection & Retention Applications
Storage and Fuel Tank Protection protect storage containers and fuel tanks with stabilized berms or
cover partially buried facilities with Neoweb stabilized earth and a green face.
Reservoirs and Waste Ponds Neoweb used with geomembranes creates impermeable, durable
impoundment berms for power plant cooling ponds, or when used with concrete inll, provides
environmentally safe and non-corrosive treatment ponds.
Slopes and Embankments easy and efective soil connement stabilizes berms and slopes.
Perforated Neoweb provides excellent drainage, soil lock-up and landscape rehabilitation potential.
Retaining Walls for gradients up to 80% and to prevent erosion in water channel diversions,
Neoweb retaining walls maintain structural stability, even in wet, compressible or unstable subgrades.
Sustainable Solution
Neoweb is a green solution that makes energy exploration and production more sustainable. By reducing the
amount and type of inll needed to reinforce soil, the usage of haul and earthmoving equipment is reduced.
This in turn decreases fuel use, pollution and the carbon footprint, and at the same time minimizes on-site
disruption from dust, erosion and runof.
The perforated Neoweb also facilitates landscape restoration, as the 3D cells provide excellent soil
protection, water drainage and growth stratum for plants, which further enhances carbon sequestration.
The long-term design life of Neoweb technology means that maintenance and the associated environmental
costs are signicantly reduced, as are long-term economic costs.
GAS FROM SIBERIA TO EUROPE
Petroleum exploration by Gazprom, Russias largest
energy company spans the continents. As
Gazproms preferred supplier of soil reinforcement
solutions, PRS has supplied Gazprom with
thousands of km of Neoweb. A recent project
involved access roads and pipeline protection along
the 2000+ km SRTO-Torzhok gas line.
HARSH AND CHALLENGING
Pipeline construction and maintenance in Siberia
is possible only during the summer when the
top soil layer (sand, silt and peat bogs) is not
frozen. However, melting snows in spring fll up
the tundra with marshes, lakes and overowing
rivers. Conventional roadways were made from
continuous 14 cm thick, reinforced 6x2 m concrete
plates. Subject to severe heaving and buckling
from yearly thaws, a road that was passable for
more than one season was considered successful.
In addition, large ice fows carried by spring foods
threatened the pipelines and required protection.
FROM SEASONAL TO SUSTAINABLE DURABILITY
Gazprom turned to PRS for the solution. Easily
transported and quickly deployed in remote
terrain in 3 months, Neoweb sections were inlled
with local sandy soil; it was unnecessary to
import aggregate. Impervious to freezing, thawing
and moisture, Neoweb also provides excellent
drainage. The 3D soil-cell interlock signicantly
increased the strength of the unpaved road
structure.
The result was smooth and stable road surfaces
that maintain their integrity in frozen and
saturated conditions. Roads are contiguous, easier
to travel and reduce tire and vehicle damage. In
addition, Neoweb was used to reinforce earth
berms that support the pipeline in areas subject
to breakaway ice oes. These protect the pipeline
and help channel the oodwaters. Neoweb also
minimizes environmental damage to the tundra
and protects the permafrost layer.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Neoweb has maintained its dimensional stability
through 5 years of Siberian winter freeze-thaw
cycles and will continue to do so in the future.
Gazprom engineers were pleasantly surprised by the
Neoweb durability and sustainability; their nance
department valued the fast return on investment
and savings; and the eld crews appreciate travelling
at normal speed on smooth roads.