an’s thirst for energy knows
no limits. As Asia rises, its
demand for energy is quickly
matching the per capita
consumption of developed
regions. Even plumbing the depths of the
deep South China Sea is an option when
engineering genius is deployed by one of
the world’s most sophisticated integrated
energy and energy-related companies,
Husky Energy.
“Liwan is Husky Energy’s largest project to
date and places us inside the door of one of
the fastest growing energy markets in the
world,” said Asim Ghosh, CEO of Husky
Energy. “It was a massive undertaking and
is a great achievement for deepwater gas
production in the Asia Pacific Region.”
Husky Energy didn’t do it alone. The Liwan
Gas Project is China’s first deepwater gas
field development project, jointly developed
by Husky Energy and China National
Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd. (CNOOC).
There was a clear division of labour in the
project. Husky Energy was in charge of
the deepwater part of the project, which
included drilling and installing the subsea
production facilities and deepwater pipeline.
CNOOC was in charge of the shallow part,
including building and transporting the
central platform, laying the shallow water
pipeline, and constructing and managing the
onshore gas processing plant.
Challenges, incoming!
It took over a year to construct the upper
part – or topside – of the central platform in
Qingdao, a seaside city and part of China’s
heavy industrial heartland. The topside
of the central platform is the heart of the
whole project. All oil and gas extracted
from the five surrounding undersea oil/gas
fields is pressurised and processed here
before transportation through undersea
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Husky Energy and China’s
CNOOC coordinated the biggest
deepwater gas extraction
project in the history of Asia.
Mankind’s energy future
depends on projects like this.
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