Prirazlomnaya ready to be towed to Murmansk
The ice-protected platform Prirazlomnaya will soon be sent from the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk to Murmansk, where it will be completed. The platform is designed to operate on Russia’s first offshore hydrocarbon field in the Arctic.
Anchors, chains and other equipment for towage and mooring are now ready at the fishery port in the center of Murmansk, and will soon be shipped to Shipyard no. 35 outside Murmansk, where the last pieces of equipment will be installed, GTRK Murman reports.
The platform has been under construction at the Sevmash yard for 15 years. It is designed to operate at the Prirazlomnoye oil field which is located in the eastern part of the Pechora Sea about 60 km north of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
The Prirazlomnaya platform will be operated by a crew of about 200 men working on two-week shifts. The field holds resources of up to 41 million tons and annual peak production is believed to amount to about six million tons. A total of 36 wells will be drilled on site by year 2019.
The platform has a length and width of 126 meters, oil storage capacity of 136,000 cubic meters and a daily production capacity of 19,000 cubic meters. The topside of the platform is based on the “Hutton” platform, an installation previously operating in the North Sea and acquired by former license holder Sevmorneftegaz in 2002.
