Lukoil has begun the next phase of works on construction of sea named Yuri Korchagin field in the Caspian Sea, said the oil company.
This phase provides for loading on barges, transportation and installation of the pier point (TP) - a reference base and superstructure - at a distance of 58 kilometers from the mining of marine ice stationary platform (MLSP).
TP and MLSP will be joined by an underwater pipeline diameter of 300 mm, which is already laid on the seabed and is ready to connect to those facilities.
Sea depth at the point of installation TA - 20.5 meters. Height above sea level TA - 27,2 m, weight - 1725 tons. Reference point ground berth will be attached to the bottom of the sea five svayami diameter of 2130 mm.
After the installation of the TS by means of special devices will be moored floating oil deadweight of 28 thousand tons.
At the end of May has been installed at the sea ice platform to the residential unit and a helicopter pad. The goal is that the transport of sea ice platform with drilling set to begin in late July. Then, these objects will be connected by a transitional bridge length 74.2 meters.
Commissioning of the Yuri Korchagin field name is scheduled for December 2009. The deposit is located 180 km from Astrakhan, and 240 kilometers from Makhachkala. The depth of the sea in the vicinity of the deposit of 11-13 meters. The reserves of the deposit by category 3R estimated at 570 million barrels. Mr. e. The maximum level of oil and gas condensate is 2.3 million tons per year and 1.2 billion cubic meters. meters of gas a year.
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