Managing technical and logistical challenges on a deepwater gas field pipeline pre-commissioning and inspection project

摘要

THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON the technology and logistical challenges for a long-distance, deepwater pipeline precommissioning and inspection project. Weatherford Pipeline and Specialty Services (P&SS) performed this work on hehalf of Noble Energy Inc., a major oil and gas exploration and production company. Its subsidiary, Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd., contracted directly with Weatherford P&SS as part of their development of a subsea gas production and transportation system connecting the deepwater Tamar Gas Field (see figure 1 below) to an offshore receiving and processing platform linked to the existing Mari-B Platform in the Mediterranean sea.