The contract is signed with Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering after a tender announced by Gazflot, a subsidiary of Gazprom. Rubin is widely known for designing several of the Russian nuclear powered submarine classes, like the giant Typhoon subs.
The conceptual design stipulates a platform with space for five helicopters, autonomous power supply, ready for round-the-clock and year-around operations in the north-eastern part of the Barents Sea where the Shtokman field is located, reports Oil&Gas Journal Russia.
Operational time-frame for the platform is set to 40 years.
The heli-pad platform will facilitate for workers flying from Teriberka on the coast of the Kola Peninsula to the Shtokman field, a distance of hundreds of kilometres.
Read all BarentsObserver articles on Shtokman-project.
