South Pars Phase 16 Subsea Pipe-Laying Operations Underway

The first phase of an operation to lay a new offshore pipeline to link the first deck of Phase 16 (SPD 16A) of South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf to onshore gas refining facilities has been completed by domestic experts, the project manager said.
According to the Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company, shore pulling operations to transfer pipelines to SPD 16A site were carried out last week and they will be laid at the bottom of the sea soon, the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana reported.
An undertaking of Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company, the new 32-inch pipeline that will extend over 110 kilometers is expected to help transfer 28 million cubic meters of gas from the platform to the onshore processing facility.