Ocean providers supplier DeepOcean stated it has been awarded a simultaneous marine operation and manufacturing set up (SIMOPRO) contract by Equinor ASA.
DeepOcean’s scope of labor entails set up work on each the Åsgård and Visund fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. The corporate will undertake onshore undertaking administration, engineering and procurement providers, in addition to offshore operations, in keeping with a information launch.
A SIMOPRO operation refers to a posh offshore job the place marine development or set up actions are carried out whereas an offshore facility is producing hydrocarbons, DeepOcean stated.
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The scope of labor on Åsgard consists of riser elimination on the Åsgard B platform, in addition to the set up of a brand new manufacturing riser and dynamic umbilical connecting the Berling subsea manufacturing property to Åsgard B. The scope additionally consists of set up of two static infield bypass umbilicals, set up of flying leads and safety covers, the corporate stated. At Visund, the work scope consists of the substitute of a manufacturing riser.
The set up work can be carried out throughout the primary summer time season of 2026, using the state-of-the-art development vessel Edda Freya, DeepOcean stated.
“One of these job requires high-level coordination and security planning from each the operator and subcontractors to make sure clean execution. Now we have efficiently delivered such tasks prior to now for Equinor and are subsequently delighted to be chosen as soon as once more,” Olaf Hansen, managing director for DeepOcean Europe, stated.
“These tasks require detailed planning of the offshore actions. Our strategy is to conduct onshore simulator coaching of the vessel’s marine crew prematurely, to make sure secure and managed operations as soon as we’re offshore,” Hansen added.
The Åsgard subject is situated within the Norwegian Sea, roughly 124 miles (200 kilometers) off the coast of Mid-Norway, whereas the Visund subject is situated within the North Sea, roughly 87 miles (140 kilometers) west of Florø, in keeping with the discharge.
Growth of ROV Fleet
In June, DeepOcean stated it added eight new remotely operated autos (ROVs) to its fleet of practically 60 models, with 13 models obtainable as choices.
To facilitate environment friendly subsea inspection work, the brand new ROVs can be outfitted with the identical software program integration as DeepOcean’s current autonomous inspection drone (AID), permitting the ROVs to carry out pre-programmed inspections of subsea property, the corporate stated in an earlier assertion.
“Our working mannequin is based on engineering, undertaking administration, proprietary know-how, an in depth subsea instrument pool, ROVs and a flexible subsea fleet. The ROVs function our eyes and fingers on the seabed, enjoying a significant function on this equation. Now we have collaborated intently with Kystdesign for 26 years, and we’re excited to take the event to the subsequent degree collectively,” DeepOcean CEO Øyvind Mikaelsen stated.
“Increasing our ROV fleet at this scale will allow us to additional strengthen the providers we offer to shoppers worldwide, throughout each the oil and fuel and offshore wind sectors. The brand new models function the most recent and most effective underwater applied sciences obtainable and are totally suitable with our distant, autonomous and digital options,” Hansen stated.
DeepOcean has an current ROV fleet of roughly 60 ROVs all through the Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and Americas areas. The ROVs are utilized for inspection, upkeep and restore (IMR), development, surveying in addition to elimination and recycling of subsea property, the corporate acknowledged.
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