BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. In the first quarter of 2022, the Shah Deniz 2 project progressed on schedule towards the production start-up from the West South flank in the middle of the year, Trend reports with reference to bp.
The subsea construction vessel Khankendi safely completed most of the subsea installation activities on the West South flank including the installation of subsea pipelines, production trees, manifolds and control umbilicals. The diving activities for pipeline tie-ins progressed with the view to be completed in the second quarter.
In parallel, the project progressed with the topsides construction activities on the Shah Deniz Bravo platform. These activities are currently nearing completion. The pre-commissioning and testing activities for both topsides and subsea parts of the project are progressing on schedule. The best practices and experience from the start-up of the first deep water flank - East South - are being widely applied throughout the West South flank construction activities.
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