Saudi Aramco says it has set a new record for heavy lift operations in its Arabiyah-Hasbah gas fields project about 150km offshore Saudi Arabia.
The heavy lift barge Lan Jing completed the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform (TP) using its 7500-ton crane, carrying weight that reached about 5000 tons.
The new tie-in platform was installed as part of the ongoing work to complete the Arabiyah-Hasbah offshore gas fields project, which will produce 2.5 billion scf/d through the Wasit Gas Plant when completed. An intermediate injection platform was also installed.
The Lan Jing has also completed the installation of the Arabiyah field tie-in platform, which weighs 4600-ton, and the intermediate injection platform, which weighs 1800-ton.
The complete development of the two fields encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a total of 12 wellhead platforms, two tie-in platforms and one injection platform, besides to a 36in. 260km-long export trunkline and approximately 200km of mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) pipelines, 200km of subsea electric and control cables and 40km of offshore flowlines.