Gazprom Constructing Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi

Gazprom set to constructing the offshore section of the Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline in the Black Sea near the city of Tuapse.

Construction is performed with the use of the fleet of service vessels comprising, inter alia, the C-Master (operating in medium depth waters) and Bigfoot I (laying pipes in shallow waters) pipe-laying barges. The offshore section is projected to be completed in June 2010.

Construction of the Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline is progressing according to the schedule. At present, 11.8 kilometers of the onshore line pipes have been laid. Horizontal directional drilling is underway to install the pipeline landfall sections near the city of Tuapse and the Kudepsta settlement. Identical operations have been completed near the Novomikhailovskoye and Dzhubga settlements.