A shared vision

Chevron’s Lianzi field reflects advances in both cross-border co-operation and technology application. Producing the deepwater tieback project, which came on stream in early November 2015, required unitisation between Angola and Congo-Brazzaville and took direct electrical heating technology to new depths, as Jennifer Pallanich writes.

Key role: Subsea 7 was awarded contracts to install the flowlines and DEH system, and to provide topsides modifications and equipment. Pictured is the deepwater construction vessel Seven Pacific alongside the BBLT platform
Key role: Subsea 7 was awarded contracts to install the flowlines and DEH system, and to provide topsides modifications and equipment. Pictured is the deepwater construction vessel Seven Pacific alongside the BBLT platform
Published 12 February 2016, 01:00Updated 6 January 2017, 12:58
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