Pipeliners

30.03.2005 14:33 MSK MosNews - Sakhalin Energy will reroute offshore pipelines in its oil and gas development projects in the Russian Far East to help protect an endangered western gray whale, Royal Dutch/Shell said on Wednesday. The pipelines linking two production platforms in the Piltun-Astokhskoye field off Sakhalin Island to the shore will be moved 20 km (12 miles) south of the original location, away from the key feeding area of the critically endangered whales, Reuters reported. Sakhalin Energy has confirmed that, following a review of its original site selection, the location of the second platform in the Piltun-Astokhskoye field will not be changed.