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The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will be made up of four parallel pipelines of 931 kilometres each. Each pipeline is constructed of over 75,000 pipes of 12 metres each. Pipe-supply contracts for the first line were signed in January 2014 with producers in Germany (Europipe) and Russia. Following delivery and stockpiling of pipes at the Black Sea coast, offshore construction will start in autumn 2014. The first offshore pipeline is scheduled to start operations by the end of 2015.
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Saipem to construct the first line, shore crossings and
associated facilities
March 14, 2014 + + +
South Stream Transport has contracted the Italian company Saipem for the
construction of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. Oleg Aksyutin, CEO
of South Stream Transport B.V. and Stefano Bianchi, SVP of Saipem S.p.A
signed the contracts in Amsterdam today. Two vessels involved in pipeline construction The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will be laid by several pipe-laying vessels of Saipem: Saipem’s Castoro Sei, a S-lay vessel suitable for both shallow and deep waters ... and Saipem 7000, a J-Lay vessel suitable for ultra-deep water that had already constructed the Blue Stream pipeline in the Black Sea.
For the shore crossings, four micro-tunnels will be
constructed on both the Russian and the Bulgarian side, each with a
length of over 1 kilometre. These tunnels allow construction of the
pipeline without significant construction works at the surface of the
beach and shallow waters, thereby preserving the integrity of Russian and
Bulgarian shores and mitigating environmental impact.
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