Woodside Pluto

General information

Client Woodside Burrup Propriety 
Project Woodside Pluto 
Year 2009 
Location North of Western Australia 
Vessels Audacia, Tog Mor 
Max. water depth 830 m (2723 ft)

Scope of work

  • Feed, engineering and procurement
  • Fabrication
  • Installation
  • Pipe haul
  • Flooding, gauging and testing

Project specials

Flowlines:

  • Injection moulded PP field joint coating for insulation
  • Clad section near in-line tees
  • Installation over sleepers to allow for lateral buckling
  • Installation of sliding FTA in J-mode

Trunklines:

  • Crossing of LNG shipping channel by means of pipe pull over seabed
  • 4 midline tie-ins (on the sides of the shipping channel)
  • Shore pull-in of piggy-backed pipeline

Pipe characteristics

27/17 20 23.1/25.0 DNV Gr.450 / 625 Clad
27/17 20 23.1/25.0 DNV Gr.450 / 625 Clad
181/112 36 24.0/26.7 DNV Gr.450
6 piggy-back 10.3/12.7 ISO 3183-4 L450 MC

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