Geoquest has partnered with oil & gas developers since 1973, so this is familiar territory for our technical team
The strength, resilience and flexibility of our solutions give our clients the confidence to meet their demands for designing structures under extreme loading conditions, situated on poor soils, and building in remote and environmentally sensitive locations.
Our structures support:
- Site development structures such as retaining walls and platforms
- Sub-grade reinforcement, erosion control drainage and waterproofing.
- Industrial haul roads
- Tipping and crusher pockets
- Settler pools and frothing tanks
- Live storage bunkers
- Pipeline enclosures
- Containment bunds
Geoquest engineers are experts in designing containment solutions that are accepted worldwide. We use techniques and materials that are inherently designed to meet cryogenic safety standards for rapid thermal shock and explosions. Geoquest’s Reinforced Earth® MSE walls are proven through full-scale cryogenic testing and live accident documentation to perform under extreme conditions. For instance, stable structural performance at temperatures of -160 degrees C° for liquid natural gas, and up to a flame temperature of 1100 degrees C° has been documented. These walls are also routinely designed to mitigate damage caused by explosions and bombardment. A series of tests spanning 40 years confirms the efficient performance of Geoquest Reinforced Earth® MSE structures subjected to high-level pressures.
Due to their high resilience and ductility, these walls also withstand natural forces such as earthquakes, hurricanes, rockfall and avalanches.
Storage and conveyance
Our teams work with engineers to solve problems relating to storage tank settlement. As opposed to cast-in-place walls, a Geoquest Reinforced Earth® MSE ring wall mitigates the effects of settlement. These walls can shift naturally with the tank bottom, which controls differential settlement between the centre of the tank and the edge of the tank.
For pipeline protection, whether on land or in water, we provide a protective shelter from the elements using either Geoquest TechRevetment™ geosynthetic formed concrete mattress or precast concrete arches to protect pipelines from external assault, scour, and to mitigate damage in the event of leakage.
Benefits of using Geoquest
Highly stable
Highly stable
The composite Reinforced Earth® mass is a highly stable explosion barrier that impedes the propagation of a blast at ground level and absorbs high levels of energy due to its tolerance for deformation. Resistant to multiple fracturing, our panels minimise the dispersal of debris.
Non-flammable
Non-flammable
Geoquest’s Reinforced Earth® MSE with steel reinforcements is inherently non-flammable and highly resistant to thermal variations, which makes it an ideal choice for the construction of structures for the oil and gas industry.
Impermeable
Impermeable
Geoquest’s retaining walls are impermeable when combined with waterproofing. Often used for safety dykes around large tanks of volatile liquid petroleum products, the Reinforced Earth® MSE dyke contains the escaping liquid should a tank rupture.
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Engineering expertise and 120 years or more of service life
Geoquest offers unrivalled engineering expertise to provide you with the best design and supply package, coupled to commercial excellence that will make your next road development project a success.
Guaranteeing long-term life duration and minimum necessity for maintenance of the infrastructure is of outmost importance, and our designs are optimised based on the service life that is required.
