ONGC MUT Project
The Offshore & Engineering
Division received a large-scale order
worth $600 mil. from India’s flagship
public sector enterprise, Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), for
the MUT (Mumbai Uran Trunk)
Submarine Pipeline Project.
The project involves replacing the
existing MUT pipeline system, which
has supplied oil and gas from ONGC’s Mumbai High Field to Uran Onshore
Terminal for the last 25 years, and
other associated work therewith.
The scope of work for this EPIC contract
covers detailed design/engineering,
procurement, fabrication, coating,
installation and trenching/burial and
hydrotesting/pre-commissioning of the
506km-long submarine pipeline system,
which consists of 30˝ oil and 28˝ gas trunk line and seven small-sized
feeder lines. It also involves
upgrade/modification of six platform
facilities and the Onshore Uran
Terminal.
The division’s success in this
mega-sized project strengthens its
strong presence in India’s offshore
market, which is expected to see a
drastic increase in energy demand.
The division will begin installation
work by the end of this year after engineering
and procurement work, and
wrap up the project by May 2005.
1,100-ton Block Lifting
The Offshore & Engineering
Division completed the lifting and installation of a 1,100-ton block using
its 1,500-ton gantry crane. The block is
the heaviest ever lifted since the
gantry crane was set up in the offshore
yard.
The lifted block is the upper part of
Module “L”, a Separation Train Module
with a total weight of 2,360 tons,
which is to be installed on Kizomba B
FPSO’s hull.
This heavyweight block lifting and
installation as a single unit is very
meaningful in the development of construction
process. It is an important
step in on-ground mega block fabrication
for offshore structures.
Meanwhile, introduction of the
1,500-ton gantry crane has helped to
increase the division’s production
capacity and make worksites safer.
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