TECPESA

Pipeline work without shutting down flow

TECPESA specializes in hot tapping, line stopping, and pipeline interventions for the energy industry. Its core work involves maintaining, repairing, and replacing sections of fluid pipelines without stopping the flow, helping avoid shutdowns and interruptions. The company also designs and manufactures the equipment and accessories needed for this work.

Services

• Hot tapping: cutting into an operating pipeline through a valve or tee, with diameters from 1/2 to 72 inches, pressures up to 100 bar, and temperatures up to 400°C, in materials such as polyethylene and stainless steel.
• Line stopping: isolating pipelines using single to quadruple configurations, with or without a bypass. Options range from one-inch low-pressure balloon systems to line-stop heads for low, medium, and high pressures.
• Tecpesa RED: a patented line-stop system for high temperatures up to 400°C, with a double seal and aerospace-industry materials adapted for the energy sector.
• Maintenance: preventive inspections, scheduled maintenance, and complete equipment disassembly at service centers.
• Training: operating courses for supplied equipment, held at TECPESA facilities or at the customer's site.
• Custom services: product and service development in collaboration with customers' technical departments.

Equipment and accessories

TECPESA designs and manufactures hot-tapping and line-stopping equipment and accessories, including tapping machines, hydraulic line-stop cylinders, slim valves, line-stop heads, hydraulic power units, housings, adapters, and tools. Each product is supplied with its corresponding certificates, and quality control follows customer specifications and applicable regulations.

Industries and applications

• Clean and renewable energy, including concentrated solar power plants and hydrogen and carbon dioxide pipelines
• Plant networks, refineries, and petrochemical facilities
• Domestic and intercontinental transportation pipelines
• Medium- and low-pressure gas distribution networks
• Drinking-water and wastewater lines, particularly in large metropolitan areas
• Offshore platforms and subsea infrastructure

History and international growth

TECPESA's origins date to 1971, when Prodipe S.A. was established in Madrid. In 1980, it began distributing T.D. Williamson products in Spain. Técnicas para la Industria Petroquímica S.A. was formed in 1983 and adopted the name TECPESA S.A. in 1989. The company carried out its first hot-tapping and line-stopping operations in Spain in 1997 and began international expansion in France in 2004. It moved its headquarters to Alcalá de Henares in 2005. Projects followed in Asia and Oceania in 2008, Africa in 2010, the Americas in 2011, and subsea and offshore work in 2012. In 2016, it began working at renewable-energy plants; in 2017, TECPESA S.A. de C.V. was established in Mexico. It opened a new office in Bordeaux, France, in 2018, and TECPESA Engenharia Ltda. was established in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2022. In 2023, the company established new corporate offices in Tecnoalcalá, Spain, and Monterrey, Mexico.

International offices and service centers

• Spain: Corporate headquarters at Punto Net 10, Parque Científico Tecnológico Tecnoalcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. Phone: +34 918 797 975. Back office: Rosselló 216, 11th floor, 08008 Barcelona. Phone: +34 934 510 760.
• France: Service center at 19 Rue de la Source, 33170 Gradignan; office at 2 boulevard Vauban, 66210 Mont Louis. Phone: +33 7 61 11 12 84.
• Mexico: TECPESA MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V., Calle A 1000–1, Col. Nuevo Centro Urbano, 66603 Apodaca, N.L. Phone: +52 332 332 58 58.
• Brazil: TECPESA BRAZIL ENGENHARIA LTDA, Avenida Ayrton Senna, No. 04701, Stores 137, 138, and 139, Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, ZIP 22775004. Phone: +55 (21) 9 9618 7163.
• Cameroon: 1300 Av Prince de Galles, Akwa 15709, Douala.
• Argentina: Adolfo Alsina No. 1476, 9th floor, Office 34, CP C1088AAL, Buenos Aires.
• Colombia: Carrera 8 No. 13-30, Los Fundadores neighborhood, Guamal, Meta, 507051.
• Egypt: 31 Falah Street, Mohandessin, Cairo 12411.
• Iraq: Baghdad, AlQadisiyah, S12, V604.
• Portugal: Rua da Grota, No. 64 B, 2755-093 Alcabideche.
• Romania: Strada Reconstructiei 10, Sector 3, Bucharest.
• Poland: ul. Leśna 8, 83-010 Straszyn.
• Turkey: Esentepe M. Kasap S. 13/8, Şişli 34394, Istanbul.

Quality testing and certifications

Product quality control and testing follow customer specifications. The company uses nondestructive methods such as X-rays, ultrasound, and magnetic-particle testing. Hydraulic, impact, or destructive tests can also be performed when requested by the customer. TECPESA says it complies with various international quality standards and has held ISO and environmental certifications since 2004 and 2014, respectively.