LUKOIL BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSHORE FACILITIES FOR SECOND STAGE OF FILANOVSKY FIELD

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Astrakhan’s Krasnye Barrikady shipyard has begun construction of the living quarter platform (LQP-2) for the second stage of Vladimir Filanovsky field developed by LUKOIL in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

The shipyard will construct two bearing blocks, the topside of the LQP and a catwalk bridge to connect the LQP-2 and the ice-resistant platform (IRP-2).

The LQP-2 will accommodate 55 people and include a helicopter pad.

The LQP-2 is to be commissioned in the autumn of 2016.