May 2012, Vol. 239 No. 5

Projects

Technip To Install Pipeline In China Sea

Offshore Oil Engineering Co. has awarded Technip a pipeline installation contract for the Liwan 3-1 shallow water project, located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, China Sea. With a length of 160 miles, the pipeline will link the Liwan gas platform to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s Gaolan gas plant.

Technip’s work includes installation of 100 miles of a 30-inch export oil/gas two-phase pipeline from the Liwan gas platform to a water depth of 230 feet. Technip is scheduled to complete the job by the end of 2012.