Production • Processing • Handling
Subsea inspection and repair technology keeps production at its peak
Companies specialising in subsea inspection, repair and maintenance are making major investments in new technology in order to maximise production from offshore assets. Sean Ottewell reports.
Sean Ottewell informa que las compañías especializadas en la inspección, la reparación y el mantenimiento submarino hacen mayores inversiones en nuevas tecnologías y piden maximizar la producción de activos en el mar.
Unternehmen, die auf Inspektion, Reparatur und Wartung unter Wasser spezialisiert sind, tätigen bedeutende Investitionen in neue Technologien, um die Produktion von Offshore-Anlagen zu maximieren. Sean Ottewell berichtet.
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ubsea inspection, repair and maintenance and light construction specialist Harkand has extended its remotely operated vehicle
(ROV) support vessel fleet operations in the North Sea by signing a charter agreement for the Surf Ranger. Te multi-purpose vessel, owned by Go
Offshore, will be deployed immediately on a pipeline and structural inspection campaign for TAQA’s UK business. Te project includes structural inspection at the Harding, Cormorant Alpha, North Cormorant, Tern and Eider (Fig. 1) assets, as well as the inspection of various pipelines, dredging works and mattress installation. Te 85.4m Surf Ranger is a DP2 multi-purpose ROV, survey and air diving vessel featuring a helideck, 60 tonne TTS Energy active heave compensated knuckle boom crane and can accommodate 69 personnel. It is permanently equipped with a Triton XLS work class ROV.
Meanwhile, Harkland continues to pursue its growth strategy with agreements to build up to two new DSVs for the North Sea.
Te company has awarded a contract with global shipbuilders Vard Holdings for one DSV, with options for a second. Delivery of the first vessel is scheduled for the second quarter of 2016. Te deal, which marks an investment of US$200m (€148 million) per vessel including additional plant and equipment, is the latest in a series of announcements Harkand has made around the growth of its global vessel and ROV fleet, including the recent addition of the new-build Harkand Harmony to its Asia Pacific operations and the long-term charter of the Siem Spearfish for its US operations. Te contract brings Harkand’s
investment in its global operations since its formation in February 2013 to more than US$300 million (€222 million), boosting its vessel fleet to eight and its ROV fleet to 33.
Fig. 1. TAQA UK’s Eider rig is among a number undergoing structural inspections by the new ROV.
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