Offshore staff
ABERDEEN, UK --Saipem has awarded BJ Process and Pipeline Services a two-year contract to provide pipeline pre-commissioning services on stretches of the Kashagan field in the Caspian Sea.
BJ's services will include swabbing, air drying, nitrogen purging and packing, and calliper survey on the main 71 cm (28 in), 95 km (59 mi) oil and gas pipelines; the 20.3 cm (8 in), 95 km (59 mi) fuel gas trunk lines; and associated 20.3 cm (8 in), and 15.2 cm (6 in.) infield lines.
The operation has been designed to minimize consumption of liquid nitrogen, reduce costs, and limit logistics problems. BJ will manage the operation from its Kazakh bases in Aksai and Atyrau.
02/22/2007
