Blue Stream was a testing ground for both Saipem and the industry. At the time, working at a depth of nearly 2,200 meters had never been done before.
The Oil & Gas twin onshore pipeline system in the harsh subarctic environment of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East is one of the world’s biggest integrated Oil & Gas projects, that connects the Piltun-Astkhskoye and Lunskoye field's landfalls in the NE of Sakhalin Island to the LNG Plant & Oil Export Terminal in the South.
Thanks to its engineering skills, Saipem modified Scarabeo 9 to pass the Bosphorus Strait and the Black Sea bridges.