THE BLUESTREAM deep-water pipeline, which will carry dry gas from Russian fields across the Black Sea to a landfall in Turkey, is set to tear up the record books. It will be in the deepest waters in the world, reaching 2100 metres with more than 70% of its 390-kilometre length beyond 2000 metres. The current deepest production record is only 1853 metres at Roncador in the Campos basin off Brazil.
Deep and meaningful
The Bluestream pipeline project to carry dry gas across the Black Sea is testing engineers' limits
2 April 1999 0:00 GMT
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2 April 1999 0:00 GMT