TDW Offshore develops largest ever Smartplung isolation tool

摘要

TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS (TDW) announced that it has successfully designed and built a customised 48-inch SmartPlug~R pipeline pressure isolation tool for Nord Stream AG. Weighing approximately 12 tons, it is the largest SmartPlug tool ever produced. Nord Stream retained TDW to assist in developing contingency solutions for pipelay, pressure testing and planned future maintenance of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Upon completion, the two 48-inch pipelines will extend approximately 1,220 km from Russia through the Baltic Sea to Germany.