KEM ONE, one of Europe’s largest vinyl producers, is rehabilitating an eight-kilometre section of a transport pipeline for brine with a total length of 92 kilometres between its saline in Vauvert and the production plant in Fos-sur-Mer in the south of France. From the brine, KEM ONE extracts raw materials to produce vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). In order to maintain the brine supply to the plant in Fos-sur-Mer and thus also production, the transport pipeline is being rehabilitated in eight sections of one kilometre each. To do so, a bypass is used for every rehabilitation section. A realisation period of one month is estimated for each section. The entire project, however, extends over 18 months, as there is a pause during the summer months due to the regional forest fire risk.
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