The final phase of commissioning the Balticconnector pipeline was completed on 28 November 2019 when the offshore pipeline was filled with gas and pressurized as well as connected to Estonia’s gas transmission network. Balticconnector will be in commercial use as of 1 January 2020. The pipeline’s construction work and laying on the seabed of the […]
Balticconnector pipeline will be ready for use on schedule
The Balticconnector project on the Finnish side has reached a phase where the construction works have been completed and the onshore pipeline has been filled with gas. The trial run of the Inkoo compressor station was successfully completed in October. During November, the offshore pipeline will be filled with gas and connected to Estonia’s gas […]
Inkoo compressor station trial run successfully completed
The trial run of the Inkoo compressor station was successfully completed on 11 October 2019, ensuring that the compressor station can be commissioned according to schedule.
Inkoo compressor station completed and compressor trial run started
The construction work of the Inkoo compressor station, which is part of the Balticconnector project, has been completed and the construction project has been handed over. The construction ended on 30 August 2019, and from hereon commissioning procedures will be conducted at the station.
Balticconnector onshore pipeline filled with natural gas and trial run has started
The construction of the Balticconnector onshore pipeline has progressed to a phase in which the pipeline is filled with natural gas in order to conduct a trial run of the pipeline and the compressor station. Before reaching this phase, the pipeline has been welded, inspected, tested, marked in terrain and connected to Finland’s existing natural […]
Balticconnector offshore pipeline completed on schedule
The Balticconnector project’s offshore pipeline has been completed. Of the five worksites of the project, the offshore pipeline was the first one to reach completion.
Balticconnector offshore pipeline construction work in the sea completed
Construction work in the sea for the Balticconnector project offshore pipeline was completed Friday 12 July 2019. Pipe laying was finished at the end of June, and the shielding work was begun in mid-June. Now that the shielding work has been finished, all construction work in the sea has been completed. Next, the offshore pipeline will […]
The buildings of the Balticconnector project’s Inkoo compressor station completed for the station’s commissioning
The commissioning inspection of the buildings at the Inkoo compressor station took place on 5 July 2019 and established that the compressor station’s buildings were ready for use. The buildings were inspected by Inkoo municipality’s building inspector and Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department’s inspector.
Pipe laying work of Balticconnector’s offshore pipeline completed on schedule
Laying the offshore pipeline on the seabed of the Gulf of Finland began on 20 May 2019 in Inkoo, marking a new phase in the Balticconnector project. The pipe laying, which was started on the Finnish end, progressed efficiently thanks to favourable conditions, with the end of the pipeline laid on the seabed on 14 […]
Balticconnector onshore pipeline welding work completed in Inkoo
Balticconnector’s onshore pipeline running from Pölans in Siuntio to Fjusö in Inkoo has been welded together and lowered in the excavated trench. The work on the pipeline route started with tree removals in winter 2018 and continued with excavation work in June 2018. At the moment, the work is progressing with finishing work on the […]