Chevron, Corinth Pipeworks partner on deepwater Tamar optimization project
Jan. 27, 2023
Corinth Pipeworks has been selected by Chevron to manufacture and supply steel pipes for the Tamar gas field optimization development in the southeastern Mediterranean.
The Tamar optimization project will provide critical infrastructure, connecting the subsea manifold at a maximum water depth of 1,700 m to the offshore platform.
Offshore staff
Courtesy Corinth Pipeworks
ATHENS, Greece—Corinth Pipeworks has been selected by Chevron Mediterranean Ltd. to manufacture and supply about 155 km of 20-inch longitudinally submerged arc welded steel pipes for the Tamar gas field optimization development in the southeastern Mediterranean.
The project will provide critical infrastructure, as it will connect the subsea manifold at a maximum water depth of 1,700 m to the offshore platform where gas will be processed before being transported to shore in Israel.
The pipes will be manufactured in Corinth Pipeworks’ facilities in Greece, and installation work will commence according to schedule within 2024.
Scope of supply also includes internal and external anticorrosion coating, applied at the same location as pipe manufacturing at Thisvi, Greece.
In September 2022 Corinth was awarded two other offshore contracts:
