Saipem Awarded E&C Contract for Kashagan

Italy’s oil service company Saipem said it has been awarded a new Engineering & Construction contract for the Kazakhstan’s Kashagan offshore field project. The company reported that the contract is worth around $1.8 billion.

‘The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) has awarded Saipem a contract for the construction of two 95 kilometer pipelines, which will connect D island in the Caspian Sea to the Karabatan onshore plant in Kazakhstan’ the company wrote on Friday, adding that the work will include the pre-commissioning of the two pipelines. 

According to Saipem, the construction will be completed by the end of 2016.

Kashagan's resources are over 4,000 metres below the seabed, and the difficult conditions of the field turned the spotlight on the pipes and on related technical aspects.  

‘The two pipelines, with a diameter of 28 inches, are made of carbon steel, internally cladded with a corrosion resistant alloy layer, and will each have an offshore length of about 65 out of the total 95 km.’