Balticconnector Pipeline

General information

Client Elering and Baltic Connector OY  
Project Balticconnector Pipeline 
Year 2019 
Location Baltic Sea 
Vessels Lorelay 
Max. water depth 0 - 100 m (0 - 330 ft)

Scope of work

  • Drilling and blasting, trench excavation, pre-lay rock placement
  • Mattress installation (crossing preparations)
  • Pre and post-lay survey
  • 2 x shore pull-ins
  • Installation of 77 km, 20-inch pipeline
  • AWTI of the pipeline
  • Pipe storage and logistics
  • Post-lay rock placement and back-filling
  • Flooding, gauging and hydrotesting
  • Dewatering and drying

Project specials

  • Shallow water pipelay close to rock outcrops
  • Diverless AWTI on DP

Pipe characteristics

77 km / 48 miles 20 inch 15.9 mm HFW 450 FDU