Ocean companies supplier DeepOcean has secured a contract from Equinor ASA to ship pipeline inspection and survey scopes on the operator’s pipelines within the North Sea.
DeepOcean’s scope of labor consists of pipeline inspections, seabed mapping, and ad-hoc pipeline survey and lightweight building work. The settlement is legitimate for 2024 and is an extra award beneath DeepOcean’s body settlement with Equinor for the availability of offshore survey companies, the corporate stated in a information launch Wednesday. The monetary particulars weren’t disclosed.
“Equinor is the most important operator on the NCS [Norwegian Continental Shelf] and Europe’s main vitality supplier via each oil and fuel and renewable vitality property. We’re proud to proceed to help Equinor with subsea companies within the North Sea”, Trond Hagland, Business Supervisor for Survey and Inspection at DeepOcean, stated.
“We’ll make the most of the vessel Edda Flora with our Superior Survey ROV [remotely operated vehicle] to carry out the survey work”, Hagland stated.
The Superior Survey ROV “offers unmatched ROV survey efficiency”, DeepOcean stated, including that the unit’s hydrodynamic form, energy and modular design “offers glorious operational versatility and knowledge high quality”.
“Seamless integration with the ROV management system ensures steady and exact ROV flying capabilities, which interprets to cost-effective, high-quality inspection and survey deliveries”, in response to the discharge.
DeepOcean stated it plans to handle the contract supply out of its workplace in Haugesund, Norway, supported by the corporate’s operations in Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Pipeline Service Contract in U.S. GOM
Just lately, DeepOcean accomplished the burial of a gas help pipeline within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on behalf of Genesis Vitality after introducing its jet trenching system to the U.S. market.
The corporate’s trenching system UT-1 was used for the burial of a portion of the Excessive Island A5 gas help pipeline. The trenching work was carried out from the Volantis subsea building vessel, which has been on constitution to DeepOcean since 2008.
“We’re thrilled to introduce our UT-1 jet trenching system and the Volantis to the US market. The UT-1 is able to drastically altering the trenching trade in U.S. waters, offering our shoppers with the identical, unparalleled outcomes we have now seen in different areas worldwide”, Tony Stokes, president of DeepOcean’s U.S. operations, stated.
The UT-1 is a flexible 2,800 horsepower trencher able to conducting subsea trenching for cables and pipelines as much as 46 inches in diameter, in response to an earlier information launch. It’s able to finishing up backfill operations to supply additional pipeline safety.
The Volantis and UT-1 are scheduled for additional tasks each offshore within the USA and globally, providing a variety of trenching companies for subsea pipelines and cables, in response to DeepOcean.
“The UT-1 ensures the integrity and stability of subsea property, enhancing the general reliability of subsea infrastructure. We’re assured that the mixture of the UT-1 and the Volantis [will] exceed the expectations of our U.S. prospects”, Stokes added.