Leighton Offshore has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Iraq’s South Oil Company to install 120 km of onshore and offshore pipelines and three single point moorings in the Persian Gulf, offshore Iraq.
The scope of work to be carried out under the contract includes the installation and commissioning of two 48 inch diameter parallel pipelines, with 10 km onshore and 40 km offshore, which will link the new Fao onshore terminal to the new single point moorings (SPMs). In addition, Leighton will install and commission approximately 20 km of in-field pipelines and the shore crossing for a third pipeline to be installed during future expansions.
Installation of SPMs complete with subsea pipeline end manifolds;
Fabrication and installation of a subsea valve manifold; and,
Dredging works to achieve pipeline burial.
The project will provide enhanced export facilities from the Fao Terminal near Al Basrah, and forms a major part of the South Oil Company’s strategic redevelopment programme for Iraq.
Leighton Offshore will use its vessels, Eclipse, Stealth and Mynx, to complete the project.
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The contract forms part of the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project which is developing offshore loading facilities to enable export capability of 4.5 MMbbl/d of oil.
Image caption: Leighton Offshore’s Stealth vessel, which will be used to complete work for SOC in the Persian Gulf.
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