Platinum Pipeline Services, LLC

Platinum Pipeline Services, LLC is an oilfield construction and maintenance contractor with its yard in Big Spring, Texas and a corporate office in Midland. The company dates its start to 1974 and describes more than four decades of construction and maintenance work across all sectors of the oilfield industry, specializing in directional boring, poly fusion and road boring. Projects run across Texas, southeast New Mexico and southwest Oklahoma, and the company states that thousands of miles of pipeline have been installed throughout Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

All services are completed in house using company-owned equipment and supervised by company employees, which the firm gives as its approach to quality and consistency.

## Pipeline installation and maintenance

Full-service contracting covers pipeline installation, repairs and maintenance, using trenching (the cut-and-cover method) or directional boring depending on the site. Crews handle the sequence from right-of-way clearing through cutting and trenching, stringing, connecting and fusing, lowering piping, fitting and securing, testing, backfilling and restoration.

## Directional boring

Directional boring is offered as a non-invasive method of installing underground utilities such as pipelines and cables, and the company notes it works across a range of soil conditions. It is used for crossings under congested areas including roads, waterways and buildings, where it limits ground disturbance and interruption to traffic and other activity.

The company states that its crews steer the drill bit up, down, left and right in order to route around existing underground utilities.

## Right-of-way clearing

Right-of-way clearing and maintenance prepares the corridor around buried pipelines and utility facilities and keeps it open afterward. The company describes maintaining a cleared area of at least 10 to 15 feet on both sides of buried lines and utility facilities.

Clearing and maintenance work includes:

- Cutting
- Mowing
- Mulching
- Reseeding
- Spraying and weed control

## Dirt construction

Dirt construction covers oilfield site locations, roads, right-of-way work and general earthwork, including site grading, trenching and erosion control. Operators run company-owned heavy equipment including backhoes, motor graders and rollers.

## Hydro excavation

Hydro excavation, also called hydrovac, uses high-pressure water and a vacuum system to expose underground utilities, clear debris and dig without mechanical contact with existing lines. The company states its team carries more than 200 years of combined experience in the environmental service industry, and offers the service in Midland, Texas and surrounding areas.

Applications named for the hydrovac fleet include:

- Daylighting buried lines
- Potholing and slot trenching
- Trenching for new installations
- Soil removal in sensitive areas
- Debris removal and industrial site cleaning