Jumbo buoys for a Caspian success
Four big buoys of 30 ton net buoyancy were supplied by Resinex in the spring of 2005.
They were used to support the chains and anchors during the installation of the pipeline which Saipem (www.ct.infn.it) did for the BP Azeri Project (Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil field) in the Caspian Sea. The four big buoys have integrated the 20 modular plastic buoys (6 ton net buoyancy) which were supplied to Saipem in 2004 for the same project.
The four buoys were made with 18 independent modules in reinforced plastic material and filled with high density polyurethane foam. The modularity and filling make them unsinkable and give the possibility of continued use even in the event of partial damage. The damaged parts can anyway be easily repaired on site.
This part of the BP Azeri Project was completed in record time. The utilization of the buoys certainly contributed, even if only a minute manner, to this success.
