Saipem has in a press release announced that it has bagged a contract from midstream firm GreenStream BV to service a pipeline that runs between Italy and Libya. A contract that consolidates its long-term cooperation with GreenStream BV.
Saipem had in 2002 won the contract for the pipelaying of the GreenStream pipeline, which it said achieved the record for deepest pipelaying with anchors.
The firm will ensure the supervision and the subsea intervention services of the GreenStream pipeline throughout the offshore and onshore sections at the Mellitah terminal in Libya and Gela terminals in Sicily and Italy, the release stated. The financial details of the contract are yet to be disclosed.
The contract “merges the activities that Saipem has been undertaking for GreenStream since 2008 as to asset integrity, inspection, maintenance and emergency pipeline services, and expands them to cover a wider range of scenarios and customer’s needs,” Saipem said.
The Italy based firm added that the activities will be managed by Sonsub, its center of excellence for robotics, underwater technologies and services. The activities will also be executed in coordination with the Saipem Engineering Hub located in Fano, Italy.
Specifically, repair interventions in case of damage will be performed via SiRCoS technology, a remotely operated repair system industrialized by Sonsub and qualified to operate in water depths of up to 7,217.8 feet (2,200 meters).
Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. The company has 7 fabrication yards and an offshore fleet of 21 construction vessels (of which 17 are owned, and four owned by third parties and managed by Saipem) and 15 drilling rigs, of which 9 are owned.
Saipem said it is committed to supporting its clients on the energy transition pathway towards Net Zero.
