Jackets En Route for 2nd Stage of Filanovsky Field

Lukoil has started transportation of jackets for the offshore ice-resistant stationary platform #2 from the port of Astrakhan to the Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea.

The platform is intended for drilling and operation of wells within the second stage of field development, the company informed.

Jackets for the platform were fabricated at the Galaktika shipyard in Astrakhan. Each jacket weights over 2,500 tons.

Furthermore, the company informed that the topside of the platform is currently being fabricated in the Astrakhan region.

Topside of accommodation platform for the second stage is currently being built at shipyards in Astrakhan.

Jackets for the accommodation platform were transported and installed in the Caspian Sea in early July.