- Italy - Karachaganak field (Kazakhstan)
- 241,000 kg, 22.18x4.73x5.49 meters
- Cargo is the Sludge catcher
In 2023, IPL Kazakhstan has executed a major project to deliver the sludge catcher of more than 240 tons to the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field, Kazakhstan, is one of the largest oil and gas condensate fields in the world. The project took 80 days to complete and divided into several stages.
The first stage was the delivery of the sludge catcher from the manufacturer's factory in Italy and its transshipment in the port of St. Petersburg. The "Northern" route for transportation was chosen for special reasons since the procedure for receipt of the passage of loaded foreign vessels under the Crimean Bridge and its inspection have been introduced that could lead to demurrage of the vessel and extra costs. Under the capable guidance of our specialists and the developed stowage and securing project, the sludge catcher transferred to barges using two LHM-800 mobile harbor cranes with a lifting capacity of 300 tons each.
Upon arrival at the port of Kazakhstan, the company had to complete the final stage of delivery using its own equipment: transshipment of cargo from the barge to a hydraulic modular trailer with 22-axles and 2 ballast prime movers and transportation by road to Aksai, where the Karachaganak processing complex is located. The 1,600 km long ground route featured of the dangerous parts with long lifts and a large number of high-voltage lines that were temporarily disconnected or dismantled for the safe passage of the road train. The tasks of the company were to dismantle the frames of speed control system that limited the maximum height of vehicles passing through as well as to implement engineering solutions for the arrangement of temporary detours.
