Installation of dual 148-kilometre export pipeline bundles (16-inch piggybacked with 4-inch MEG) and five 10-inch utility lines connecting the deepwater Tamar gas field to the Tamar platform. 

Company: Noble Energy

Location: Eastern Mediterranean, 90 km west of Haifa, Israel 

1700 m 

Max. water depth

Scope of work 

  • Detailed design of subsea structures (ILSs, PLETs & FLETs)  
  • Fabrication of structures (2x ILSs, 4x PLETs & 10x FLETs) & 28x pipeline crossing supports  
  • Engineering & installation of ~300-km, 16-inch export pipelines piggybacked with 4-inch MEG lines (incl. ILSs) 
  • Installation of 5x 10-inch infield flowlines (total 23 km) 
  • Pull-in & subsequent installation of 39-km utility bundle (10-inch condensate, 6-inch water & 6-inch MEG lines) between shore and future Tamar platform 
  • Landfall construction at Ashdod 
  • Dredging from shoreline to 60 m water depth 

~300-km

16-inch export pipelines piggybacked

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Tamar Field Development

Specials & challenges 

  • Deepwater installation (1700 m) of piggybacked export bundles 
  • Dual piggyback pipelay of utility bundle 
  • Piggyback pipelay with suction pile sheave assembly 
  • Utility bundle pull-in at 230 m water depth 
  • Timely design, fabrication & delivery of subsea structures & crossings  

1700 m

installation of piggybacked export bundles 

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Tamar Field Development
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Tamar Field Development
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Tamar Field Development
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