Typical HDD Projects
HDD Ashore Crossing for CNOOC Yacheng 13-1 Submarine Pipeline Gaolan Branch
On June 14, 2018, Huayuan completed shore pulling of a submarine pipeline by using HDD Technique for the first time domestically, and innovated a brand-new construction technology for onshore / offshore pulling of submarine oil / gas pipelines.
Gaolan Branch of CNOOC Yacheng 13-1 Submarine Pipeline is the first project whose shore pulling was successfully completed by using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technique, resolving such difficulties as large difference of elevations, complicated topography along the coast, obstacles of live pipelines in vicinity, and huge waves of the sea; reducing cost and construction time; ensuring the accomplishment of subsequent follow-up works. The Client CNOOC and the EPC Contractor gave a high appraisal to Huayuan for this excellent performance.
Gaolan Branch of CNOOC Yacheng 13-1 Gas Pipeline, is one of CNOOC’s projects for developing the Gas Fields in the South China Sea. After completion of this project, GaolanTerminal will be connected with the Gas network of Hong Kong, eventually forming vast gas transmission networks on the sea which can link up the Eastern gas fields and Western gas fields, and connect Eastern Terminal, GaolanTerminal and Hong Kong Terminal. Gas sources and their transmission then can be flexibly, efficiently deployed in large scale.
The HDD entry site is located within Gaolan Terminal, which belongs to parts of CNOOC’s deep-water gas field in the South China Sea; the exit site is located at the seabed. HDD crossing chainage length is 876m, with 100m of maximum vertical depth, the level difference between the entry point and exit point is 60.6m, the φ610mm×δ22.2mm pipeline is coated with 3LPP anti-corrosion layers.
