Eni lets offshore gas pipeline contract to Saipem
Eni SPA subsidiary EniMed has let a contract to Saipem SPA for transportation and installation of an offshore gas pipeline connecting four wells in Argo and Cassiopea fields to the Sicilian coast.
The 60-km, 14-in. gas pipeline will be installed by Castorone and Castoro 10 pipelay vessels in 660 m maximum water depth. The Saipem 3000 vessel will install umbilicals connecting Cassiopea wells to the Prezioso platform.
The contract is worth about 300 million euro (US$306.81 million).
Construction of the complex in Sicily’s Gela area that will handle gas from offshore Argo and Cassiopea fields began in 2021.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
