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SUBSEA TRENCHING THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
Effective cable installation and protection for offshore wind projects remains a challenge and is one of the key risks in constructing a project. The suitability of a project’s burial tools, deployment means and cable handling operations to the particular product and site, is vital in order to ensure an export or inter array cable installation project is successful.
REPUTATION North East based engineering specialist OSBIT Power, well known for its MaXccess offshore access systems, has developed a reputation for fast and effective equipment upgrade and modification projects to enable the industries trenching contractors to complete their projects on spec, budget and in time.
HERITAGE Robbie Blakeman, OP Director, comments on the company’s trenching heritage and the needs of their clients, “OP’s Engineers and Directors have long and successful track records in the offshore industry, with many having been instrumental in creating
CABLE PROTECTION
much of what are now industry standard means of burying cables and launching and recovering trenching assets.
“Trenching jobs are by their nature rather diverse, as soil conditions, water depths, products, sea conditions, vessels and environmental constraints all vary from project to project. Contractors need to be increasingly flexible to be able to bid for and carry out a wide variety of potential jobs. Often projects call for subtle modifications to clients’ assets to handle and bury a specific cable at a specific site more effectively.
“At OP we have a uniquely broad experience base covering many existing trenching assets, be these ploughs, jetting ROVs or mechanical trenchers. Because of this we are able to quickly understand client requirements and develop these into elegant, efficient and robust solutions often in very short time frames (typically 16 weeks down to days).”
PROJECTS OP’s trenching projects, like their clients, span both offshore wind, oil and gas and subsea telecoms developments. Over the past two years OP has completed 12 trenching related design and modification projects for clients such as Technip, DeepOcean, Canyon and Modus.
DELIVERING GREAT THINGS Robbie continues, “We care a lot about our culture at OP, about creating an environment where engineers are empowered to deliver great things. We maintain an open, communicative and mutually supportive environment where our engineers operate to lean systems and processes and without demarcated departments, allowing us to meet our clients commercial requirements without compromising our industry leading safety standards.
“This flexible structure allows us to move fast and respond dynamically to customers’ evolving requirements, whilst at all times maintaining engineering rigour and control of quality. Engineering, particularly offshore engineering, is a creative and highly rewarding vocation and we encourage passion for what we do throughout the team; I believe that this passion and pride comes through in all the projects we deliver.”
OP continues to deliver modification and upgrade projects to a range of clients, with the winter period being a traditionally busy time preparing assets for the coming installation season.
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