STATS Group was engaged by CUEL Ltd to address physical damage to a specific section of an 8” gas condensate export pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand. This damage was quite significant: the pipeline section had been dragged by a vessel anchor approximately 8 meters out of its original position and required a permanent repair.
The challenge was to execute this repair on a live, pressurised pipeline operating at 60m water depth and under pressures ranging from 7 to 21 bar.