In September 2024, Bezemer Dordrecht added another project to their reference list. Bezemer provided a winch for the landfall of a pipeline for the second phase of the Sakarya Gas Field Development Project.

About the project

The Sakarya gas field in the Turkish Black Sea was the country’s first deepwater gas field discovery. The development project has two phases. In 2022, Bezemer sent one of its winches to the Black Sea to complete the shore pull of a 16” gas line and a 10” MEG line. In 2024, during the second phase of the project, the same winch was used to pull a 28” concrete-coated gas pipeline to shore.

To complete the beach pull, Bezemer provided the C1100, a 500T continuous linear winch. The C1100 is ideal for projects like this. The winch provides a continuous pulling motion, resulting in a relatively high pulling speed. Additionally, the 500T winch is relatively small, allowing for easy transport by truck.

In addition to the C1100, Bezemer provided a hydraulic power unit to power and control the winch and a high-capacity storage winch. The storage winch was fitted with a reel with 1350 meters of 102 mm steel wire rope. Once this wire was placed on the seabed and connected to the pipeline’s pull head, it was time to pull the wire back in and pull the pipeline to shore.

Appreciation for Bezemer

Subcontractor Aras Deniz expressed appreciation after the operations were completed. The project manager said, “We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude about your operators and their cooperative and outstanding performances throughout the operations.”

The operators provided support during the winch spread installation, operations and disassembly. Once the winch was ready for demobilisation, the complete spread was transported back to the Netherlands. The winch is now at the Bezemer warehouse, ready for its next operation.