Vitaz Marine Terminal
Vitaz Marine Terminal, located
8.6 nautical miles northeast of Sakhalin Island in
the Okhotsk Sea, is an industrial complex
focused on oil production. During operational months (June to November), oil
from the Piltun Astokhskoye field travels via a
subsea pipeline to the ice-classed Floating Storage
Offloading (FSO) facility named "Okha."
This FSO sits in around 30 meters of water and
connects to the pipeline through a Molikpaq SALM system.
The entire Vityaz Production Complex, part
of the broader Sakhalin II project,
is owned by Sakhalin Energy Investment Co and
operated by SBM Production Contractors. Due to
harsh ice conditions, production halts from December to May each year.