By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Dec. 10 -- Dragon Oil PLC, Dubai, has begin shipping crude oil and natural gas from Lam and Zhdanov fields in the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan through a new 30-in., 40-km pipeline to an onshore central processing facility.
The trunk line runs from Block II to the CPF, whose capacity has been doubled to 100,000 b/d of liquids and 220 MMscfd of gas. The CPF expansion is being commissioned.
The new line will gradually replace two existing 12-in. pipelines that will be maintained in working condition.
Dragon Oil is adding an 18-in. pipeline from the Dzheitune (Lam) 28 platform to the Dzheitune (Lam) A platform and a 20-in. line from the Dzheitune (Lam) A platform to Block II. It is also completing a 14-in. pipeline from the Dzheitune (Lam) B platform to the Dzheitune (Lam) 28 platform.
The in-field pipelines will allow throughput capacity to be increased and will help accommodate future development of the western area of Cheleken field. Dragon Oil expects to commission the in-field pipelines by the end of December.
The 30-in. trunkline and the expanded CPF will enable the company to deliver unprocessed raw gas to the Turkmen gas pipeline system.
Photo from Trans Mountain.
US Government Accountability Office.
