Performing both subsea launching and subsea receiving activities on the same pipeline is very rare during life of eld operations (though less so for commissioning) and poses a number of challenges, including the installation/recovery of temporary equipment subsea and the need for expensive vessels to carry out the operation. The solution We provided technical assistance to the design and planned operation of the subsea pigging facilities. This included reviewing pig launcher and receiver designs and the base case launching and receiving operational concepts. We made a number of recommendations for trap design improvement which were then incorporated prior to manufacture. Subsequently, we conducted a feasibility study, concept development and risk assessment for kicking pigs using MEG supp

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