United Living Infrastructure Services (ULIS), part of the United Living Group, has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to divert two sections of the Catton-Cummersdale high-pressure gas pipeline in Cumbria.

The firm was appointed by Northern Gas Networks (NGN).

The first aspect of the project requires a 600m diversion of the existing 450nb high-pressure Catton-Cummersdale pipeline to facilitate the construction of the new Carlisle Southern Link Road (CSLR) bypass. The second diversion is a circa. 550m diversion crossing the river Caldew to remediate areas of minimal cover within the riverbed. Both projects will require traditional Bypass and Stopple Arrangement, as the pipelines cannot be shut down at any time of the year.


The contract marks the first project the company has been awarded since ULIS won a place within the Northern Gas Networks Major Projects Framework earlier on this year, and the first project with NGN for over 5 years. The works will be carried out by the Energy Services division of ULIS, a specialist in the construction of oil and gas transmission pipelines and associated network infrastructure.

Benn Cottrell, Managing Director, United Living Energy Services, commented: "We are delighted to be Northern Gas Networks' preferred supplier on this important project. With increased energy prices, the provision of well-maintained oil and gas infrastructure throughout the UK is of vital importance to United Living Energy Services, and the broader United Living Group. Since our appointment to the Northern Gas Networks' framework of suppliers, we look forward to an ever-closer relationship with NGN in which our two organisations can advance their commitment to stakeholders, the environment and communities in which we work."