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Installation of gas and oil export pipelines connecting the future Hugin A platform to onshore terminals at Øygarden and Kartso, Norway for processing.
Company: Equinor
Location: Central North Sea, 160 kilometres west of Bergen
Water depth: 110 - 140 metres
Solitaire executing full pipelay scope independentl
ILT dimensions push the limits of Solitaire’s tensioner and stinger envelope
Pioneering Spirit to install massive Hugin A topsides in 2026
Scope of work
- Design & fabrication of inline-tee (ILT) structure & pipeline heads
- Installation of 73-kilometre, 28-inch carbon steel gas pipeline (incl. ILT)
- Installation of 46-kilometre, 24-inch carbon steel oil pipeline
- Pre-commissioning (flood, clean, gauge & pressure test)
- Pre- & post-lay survey
- Pipe storage & load out
- Boulder relocation
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Specials & challenges
- Size of structure relative to tensioner and stinger envelope
- Pipelay without CSV
- Solitaire to perform her own TDP monitoring
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