Natural gas giant Gazprom start challenging subsea pipeline construction
2008.08.17 -
Projects
Gazprom said that it has started the construction work of the challenging section along the Bovanenkovo – Ukhta gas trunkline system – a subsea pipeline crossing via the Baidarata Bay. The Baidarata Bay is a gulf in the southern Kara Sea, situated between the continental coast and the Yamal Peninsula.
1,219 mm steel pipes being used for the submerged crossing construction have 27 mm wall thickness and are designed for 120 atm pressure. The pipes were made and encased in concrete by domestic companies. All the marine operations are also being effected by a Russian company.
Laying gas pipes with such technical parameters in the Baidarata Bay remarkable by its specific environment will be the first project of this kind not only in Russia but also in the world practice.
The FPSO Sevan Piranema has today commenced oil production on the Piranema field, off the coast of Aracaju, in the state of Sergipe, Brasil.
Q is located in Mississippi Canyon block 961. The natural gas field is developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operated Independence Hub facility in the eastern US Gulf of Mexico. StatoilHydro has a 50% working interest in the Q field.
The Piranema field, 25 km off the coast of Sergipe, started producing oil this Wednesday (10/10), in deep Northeastern Brazil waters. With operations going online in this field, Petrobras is taking another step towards maintaining Brazil’s oil self-sufficiency. The Piranema oil, of excellent quality, at 44º API, is the lightest oil produced in deep waters in Brazil.
The first tanker with a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Snøhvit field left port at Melkøya near Hammerfest, northern Norway
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, has started production from the Marimba North project, designed to develop 80 million barrels of oil in approximately 3,900 feet (1,300 meters) of water more than 90 miles (145 kilometers) off the coast of Angola.
