Huge “made in Vietnam” oil rig jacket in action

A 11,000-tonne jacket structure for the Moc Tinh oil rig has been launched successfully at Vietsovpetro port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The jacket structure includes three-dimensional frames made from large tubular steel members, allowing the jacket, which takes the loadings from the topside and sea environment, to be attached by piles to the seabed.

With construction work starting in June last year by the Petroleum Equipment Assembly and Metal Structure Joint Stock Company (PVC-MS), the 136- metre high structure is the largest manufactured in Vietnam.

In April the company also manufactured and launched a jacket structure for the Dai Hung oil rig that is 120m high and weighs 7,000 tonnes.

The Moc Tinh oil rig is part of the Bien Dong 1 project, invested by the Bien Dong Petroleum Operating Company (Bien Dong POC), and the rig’s jacket structure will be installed offshore by September 5. – VOV

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Posted by VBN on Aug 30 2011. Filed under Oil-Gas & Petroleum. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry