Dredging works for Arctic LNG 2 wrap up

FSUE Hydrographic Company, a company of Rosatom, has completed the dredging works of the federally owned facilities at Utrenny terminal for LNG and gas condensate under Arctic LNG 2 project.

The operations under the contract between Hydrographic Company and MRTS signed in 2020 have now been completed in full, said Rosatom.

The scope of dredging performed over three years of the project implementation on the access canal and in the water area of Utrenny terminal (section No 2 of Sabetta seaport) exceeded 24 million cbm.

The construction of the Southern and Northern ice protection facilities of over 4.4 km long has been also completed.

A total of 5,759 piles have been driven when building the facilities. The total volume of concrete hydraulic engineering facilities makes 155 thousand cbm.

The works included the creation of safe navigation systems, construction of a building for control authorities including a border check point.

Hydrographic Company commenced dredging works at Utrenny terminal in 2019. The construction of ice protection facilities began in summer 2020.