The long-delayed completion of a $200 million natural gas pipeline offshore Trinidad will be delayed further still by recent hurricanes in the region, the project's manager said Tuesday.
Clarance Harnanan told Platts workers have been unable to perform recent subsea work on the 62.9-km pipeline along Trinidad's southeast coast, delaying the line's completion until the end of September.
Hurricanes Dean and Felix have disrupted work in recent weeks, and Harnanan said the completion could be delayed more should new storms develop.
"The majority of what is being done is diving work," he said. "That's subject to the weather."
The original completion date for the pipeline was August 2005, but poor weather, repairs, contractor issues and other problems have delayed that by more than two years.
The line, known as the Beachfield Upstream Development project, is being installed by the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago. It runs from BP Trinidad & Tobago's Cassia B offshore central processing platform off Trinidad's southeast coast, and comes ashore at Rustville, Guayaguayare.
NGC was forced to change contractors on the project this year after the original contractor asked to be relieved of responsibility because of the delays.
The new line will increase NGC's transmission capacity to Point Lisas Industrial Estate on Trinidad's west coast from 1.4 Bcf/d to 2 Bcf/d. To help meet Point Lisas demand until the new line is ready, officials boosted the gas flow through an existing pipeline to 1.55 Bcf/d, up from 1.4 Bcf/d, as part of arrangements with gas suppliers.
Clarance Harnanan told Platts workers have been unable to perform recent subsea work on the 62.9-km pipeline along Trinidad's southeast coast, delaying the line's completion until the end of September.
Hurricanes Dean and Felix have disrupted work in recent weeks, and Harnanan said the completion could be delayed more should new storms develop.
"The majority of what is being done is diving work," he said. "That's subject to the weather."
The original completion date for the pipeline was August 2005, but poor weather, repairs, contractor issues and other problems have delayed that by more than two years.
The line, known as the Beachfield Upstream Development project, is being installed by the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago. It runs from BP Trinidad & Tobago's Cassia B offshore central processing platform off Trinidad's southeast coast, and comes ashore at Rustville, Guayaguayare.
NGC was forced to change contractors on the project this year after the original contractor asked to be relieved of responsibility because of the delays.
The new line will increase NGC's transmission capacity to Point Lisas Industrial Estate on Trinidad's west coast from 1.4 Bcf/d to 2 Bcf/d. To help meet Point Lisas demand until the new line is ready, officials boosted the gas flow through an existing pipeline to 1.55 Bcf/d, up from 1.4 Bcf/d, as part of arrangements with gas suppliers.
