Lorelay completes Balticconnector offshore pipelay
Allseas’ Lorelay has completed construction of the offshore section of the Balticconnector gas pipeline across the Gulf of Finland.
Offshore pipelay started on the 20th May at Inkoo and finished on the 24th June with the final section in place at Paldiski on the Estonian coast.
Rock dumping has started over parts of the pipeline and will be completed next month. The next major step will be an offshore pipeline pressure test during July-August, after which the pipeline will be emptied and dried.
It will then be connected to the onshore pipelines in Finland and Estonia during the Fall, with the entire Balticconnector system due to be fully commissioned by the end of 2019.
Source: Offshore Magazine