Offshore staff
DELFT, the Netherlands — Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit has completed infield pipelay for bp’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG development offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
Two months after reaching the field, the vessel’s production team welded, scanned and field joint coated the final piece of pipe for the second 16-inch gas export pipeline.
The pipeline, said to have been safely landed in a 2-m target box at a water depth of 2,400 m, will be recovered in a J-mode configuration to install the termination assembly. It will be using a specially engineered J-mode frame on the vessel’s aft with a 1,000-metric ton load capacity.
Allseas’ teams designed, built and installed the system within eight weeks.
Pioneering Spirit’s main firing line and double jointing facilities have run in parallel throughout the campaign. The vessel will conclude offshore works by installing the six remaining flowline termination assemblies.
02.21.2024
