Europipe II branch pipeline

Offshore pipelay
Lorelay
Pioneering Spirit
Europipe II

Installation of a 105-kilometre shallow water branch line linking the existing Europe II gas pipeline with the west coast of Denmark, as part of the Baltic Pipe project to create a new gas supply corridor in the European market. 

Company : Energinet 

Location : West coast of Denmark, North Sea 

 

15 – 40 m

Water depth 

Scope of work 

  • Installation of ~105-km, 32-inch branch pipeline connecting Europipe II with the Danish mainland 
  • Survey works, commissioning, pipeline burial (103 km) & backfilling 
  • Mattress installation (at cable crossings) & cable cutting 
  • Pull-in to shore (1.1 km) 
  • Landfall preparation at Houstrup Beach pull-in location (subcontracted) 

~105-km

32-inch branch pipeline

Europipe II

Specials & challenges 

  • Shallow water pipeline installation by largest construction vessel in the world Pioneering Spirit (DP pipelay operations in 15 m water depth) 
  • Modifications to pipelay vessel Lorelay for trenching (burial) scope 
  • Trenching in cobble layer areas  
  • Pull-in operation in open trench area in North Sea conditions  
  • Perform logistic operation in unionised port 

15 m

DP pipelay operations

Europipe II
Europipe II
Europipe II
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