VOL. XLVII

No 03

19-January-2004

IRAN

Statoil Begins Platform Installation For Phases 6-8 Of South Pars

Norways Statoil has installed the jacket for the first of three wellhead platforms to be used in the development of Phases 6, 7 and 8 of the South Pars gasfield offshore Iran. The1,500 ton jacket was installed in 65 ms of water on 5 January, and will be secured with four 180ms piles in an operation expected to take about 14 days. Two similar jackets are close to completion at the Bandar Abbas...