据管道新闻5月20日消息称，波罗的海天然气管道海上部分（爱沙尼亚—芬兰的天然气互连部分）的管道安装将于今日开始。2018年，海上所有前期准备工作全部完成，海底管道已准备就绪。

从希腊帕尔迪斯基港运来的海上管道共有6400多根，总重量达36000吨。安装海上管道的船Lorelay于5月16日抵达帕尔迪斯基港，从那里驶往芬兰因库的斯卡莫岛南侧。管道安装工作今天(2019年5月20日)开始，管道安装工作将以每天2-3公里的速度向爱沙尼亚推进。管道铺设后的干预工作将于6月开始，并与管道作业并行进行。安装工作将于7月完成，之后，海上管道将进行压力测试，之后将进行干燥，并连接到芬兰和爱沙尼亚的陆上管道。

波罗的海管道公司项目总监汤姆?弗雷明林表示：“海上管道是波罗的海连接管道的重要组成部分，我们很高兴按计划启动管道安装。”

波罗的海管道连接公司总裁兼首席执行官Herkko Plit表示:“我们很高兴地注意到，我们的项目正在按计划进行将海上管道与芬兰和爱沙尼亚的陆上管道连接起来，将使该项目的所有建筑工地交织在一起，标志着芬兰和爱沙尼亚天然气市场的一体化。该项目的这一阶段的完成，将确保波罗的海连接管道在2020年初开通，从而打开芬兰天然气市场。”

埃利林公司董事会主席兼首席执行官塔维?维斯克马伊表示：“从今天起，我可以保证，埃利林在收购爱沙尼亚天然气传输网络期间设定的目标将得到实现，该网络将于2020年启动芬兰-波罗的海天然气市场。这将带来更大的供应安全，更有效的市场，并可能为消费者带来更好的价格。”

芬兰陆上部分的建设工作已按计划进行。陆上管道焊接将于6月完成，机械竣工将于8月完成。英库压缩站建设工程也按计划进行，机械竣工也将于8月完成。天然气测试将于9月开始，芬兰的陆上部分将于2019年12月投入商业运营。

波罗的海连接管道的爱沙尼亚陆上部分的建设按计划进行，92%的焊接工作和90%的绝缘工作已完成，34公里的管道已挖沟。Paldiski和Puiatu压缩站的建设已经开始。目前的进展允许在2020年初以较低的管道运营能力运行管道。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻

原文如下：

Offshore pipeline installation of Balticconnector starts

Pipeline installation of the offshore part of Balticconnector, the Estonian-Finnish gas interconnection, will begin today. In 2018, all preparatory offshore works were completed, and the seabed is now ready for the pipeline to be installed.

All the offshore pipes – more than 6400 in number – with a total weight of 36 000 t have arrived in the Port of Paldiski from Greece. The ship installing the offshore pipeline, Lorelay, arrived in the Port of Paldiski on 16 May and sailed from there to the southside of Sk?mm? Island in Inkoo, Finland. The installation work of the pipeline begins today (20 May 2019) and the pipeline installation will progress at a rate of 2 - 3 km/d towards Estonia. Pipe post-lay intervention work will begin in June and progress in parallel with pipelay operations. The installation work will be ready in July and after that the offshore pipeline will undergo pressure testing after which it will be dried and connected to the onshore pipelines in Finland and Estonia.

“The offshore pipeline is a crucial part of the Balticconnector pipeline and we are happy to start the pipeline installation as planned”, says Tom Fr?mling, Project Director of Baltic Connector Oy.

“It is a great pleasure to note that our project proceeds according to the schedule. Connecting the offshore pipe to the onshore pipelines in Finland and Estonia will intertwine all the project’s construction sites together and will mark the integration of Finnish and Estonian gas markets. The completion of this phase of the project will ensure opening of the Balticconnector pipeline and consequently also the Finnish gas market at the beginning of 2020”, says Herkko Plit, President and CEO of Baltic Connector Oy.

“As of today, I can assure that the goal Elering set up during acquiring the Estonian gas transmission network to launch the Finnish-Baltic gas market in 2020, will be met. That brings greater security of supply, more effective market and presumably better price for consumers,” says Taavi Veskim?gi, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Elering AS.

The construction work of the Finnish onshore parts has progressed as planned. The onshore pipeline welding will be ready in June and mechanical completion will be in August. Inkoo compressor station construction works also progress as planned and mechanical completion will be also reached in August. Test runs with gas will start in September and the onshore parts in Finland will be ready for commercial operation in December 2019.

The construction of the Estonian onshore part of Balticconnector has proceeded on schedule and 92% of the welding work and 90% of the insulation work has been completed, and 34 km of pipeline has been trenched. The construction of Paldiski and Puiatu compressor stations has commenced. The current progress allows operating the pipeline at a reduced capacity already in the beginning of 2020.