Pioneering Spirit departures from Rotterdam port to recommence works on TurkStream

Today marks the first anniversary of the official launch ceremony of the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially launched TurkStream in Istanbul.

Gas transmission through both lines of TurkStream has started again following the completion of annual maintenance works.

Gas transmission through both lines of TurkStream will be temporarily halted from the morning of June 23 till the morning of June 29 for annual maintenance and basic diagnostic works.

TurkStream donates health and sanitation materials to Kiyikoy locals and regional health facilities

Gazprom supplied the first billion cubic meters of gas through the TurkStream Gas Pipeline.

The official launch ceremony for the TurkStream Pipeline has been held today. Gas supplies via TurkStream will boost the energy security of Turkey and European countries.

The filling the first of the two TurkStream offshore pipelines with gas has commenced by injecting natural gas into the system. This is the final step in the commissioning of the pipelines.

Construction progress of the receiving terminal for the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline has reached 95%. All works are in line with the schedule. First gas is expected to flow by the end of 2019.

South Stream Transport B.V. and Saipem S.p.A. signed an agreement to amicably settle the arbitration case regarding the contract for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, which was concluded on March 14, 2014.

The final weld that connects the offshore and the nearshore sections of TurkStream was completed, marking the finalization of the entire pipeline system in the Black Sea.

The pipe-laying vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed the construction of the offshore section of the TurkStream gas pipeline today.

On Sunday 22 July, nearshore works started for the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline near the Turkish town of Kiyiköy.

Today, Pioneering Spirit resumed pipelaying of the second offshore string (Line 2) for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline towards Kiyikoy in Turkey.

Today at the Black Sea coast of Turkey, the deep-water pipelay for Line 1 of the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline has been completed.

On 6 March, 50% of the offshore section for the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline has been installed. As of today, over 930 kilometer of pipeline has been laid in total on the seabed of the Black Sea, divided over two strings. Pioneering Spirit, the vessel responsible for the deep-water sections of the pipeline, passed kilometer point 706 this morning for the first line. For the second line, 224 kilometers were installed in 2017.

On 19 February, Pioneering Spirit installing the first line of the TurkStream gas pipeline passed KP660 in the Black Sea near the border of Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone.

Today South Stream Transport BV has officially announced the start of construction of the Receiving Terminal of the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline. With the start of the onshore construction in Turkey, the project is now being implemented in three construction areas: onshore Russia, onshore Turkey and offshore in the Black Sea.

The first pipeline of the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline entered the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on 4 November 2017. Pioneering Spirit, world’s largest pipelay and construction vessel, marked the occasion by laying down on the seabed the section of the pipeline with Russian and Turkish flags, symbolizing the crossing of the EEZ border between the two countries.

The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization announced the final approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the offshore section of the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline.

Today, Gazprom PJSC has started the installation of the TurkStream pipeline in the deep-water section near Anapa.The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin gave an official start to the pipelaying works during his visit to the pipelaying vessel Pioneering Spirit .

On Wednesday 21 June 2017, the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization published the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the offshore section of the TurkStream Gas Pipeline Project.

Pioneering Spirit has entered the Black Sea today in order to commence pipelaying towards the materialization of the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline project.

Construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline was commenced today in the Black Sea near the Russian coast.

Today South Stream Transport B.V. and Allseas Group S.A. signed in Amsterdam a contract to build the second line of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section. The document is signed within the framework of an option envisaged by the contract for the first line signed in 2016.

South Stream Transport B.V. signed a contract with Allseas Group today to lay the first line of the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline, with an option for laying the second line.