Engineering and installation of ~500 kilometres of mixed diameter pipelines for the innovative “subsea-to-shore” tie-back system connecting the Laggan and Tormore fields with the new gas processing at Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands. 

Company: Total Exploration & Production UK

Location: West of the Shetland Islands, U.K. North Sea  

600 m 

Max. water depth

Scope of work 

  • Detail design & engineering 
  • Procurement, logistics & supply 
  • Landfall construction at Orca Voe & pull-ins for 2x 18-inch flowlines and 30-inch export pipeline 
  • Installation of parallel 142-km, 18-inch flowlines (incl. ILTs)  
  • Installation of & 225-km, 30-inch export pipeline (incl. ILTs) 
  • Fabrication and installation of protection structures for ILTs and FLETs 
  • Construction of onshore export pipeline from gas plant to Firths Voe and import pipelines from Orca Voe to gas plant 
  • Survey support 
  • Rock dumping 
  • Flooding, cleaning, gauging & testing 

225-km

30-inch export pipeline

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Specials & challenges 

  • Installation of 6x ‘overtrawlable’ protection structures at 600 m water depth 
  • Onshore construction of pipelines  
  • Environmentally challenging conditions 

6x 

‘overtrawlable’ protection structures at 600 m water depth

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