Crossing underneath the Mississippi River using horizontal directional drilling sounds like it could be something out of a driller’s fairy tale.
Pipeline owner, Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream, made that fairy tale a reality with the Westlake Brine Pipeline project: a 26-mile endeavor starting from the Bayou Choctaw Storage Terminal in Plaquemine, La., to the Westlake Chemical Facility in Geismar, La. The pipeline will transport brine from a salt dome in Bayou Choctaw on the west bank of the Mississippi River to a brand new chlor-alkali plant on the opposite east bank.