ENGINEERING SERVICES SECTION SPONSOR Gaining
Momentum in the Offshore Interconnector Market
With the aim of securing a project pipeline and establish foundations for future growth, 2015 has been a spectacular year for DeepOcean. The Darlington based subsea service provider is celebrating a string of recent multi-million pound awards in offshore cable installation markets and invites the North East of England along for the journey.
WINDFARM CONTRACTS The company is a leading provider of subsea survey, installation, intervention, inspection, maintenance and repair services to the global offshore industry. In early September the company secured a contract with Nobelwind BV to install and trench 55 subsea array cables between offshore wind turbines on the Bligh Bank Offshore Windfarm in Belgium. Operations commence in 2016.
Success continued throughout October as they secured two more projects with renewable giant DONG Energy. The works are to install and trench 91 array cables on Race Bank Offshore Windfarm on the East Coast of the UK in 2016-2017 and to install and trench 159km of export cable from Walney Extension Offshore Windfarm in the Irish Sea to mainland UK in 2017.
INTERCONNECTOR MARKET The final award arrived in November with a contract for the installation of Nemo Link a 1000MW electrical interconnector between the UK and Belgium, which will increase energy security for the UK. Nemo is the largest contract to date and when added to the contract haul, sits DeepOcean atop its largest project backlog in its 22 year history.
The company invests in the future and has committed to delivering the Maersk Connector, a newbuild installation vessel with 7000Te cable carrying capacity. Introducing the Connector to their vessel fleet played a pivotal role in securing recent backlog. DeepOcean continues to invest in class leading technology such as the T3200 the world’s largest and most powerful subsea trenching vehicle, which will be deployed on Nemo to tackle the challenging seabed conditions.
DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS Ultimately the company owes its success to its team of engineering, operational and supporting professionals who provide the knowledge and expertise required to deliver successful projects. DeepOcean supports individual development from grass roots and is involved in school, college and university level initiatives in the North East of England. The company also offers graduate and apprentice opportunities to harness tomorrow’s talent.
“The recent project awards are fantastic news for DeepOcean and the region as a whole. Our clients now look to us to apply our technical experience and engineering excellence, to successfully deliver these projects over the coming years” says Conrad Guyatt, Head of Engineering, Darlington.
PROGRESS IN THE NORTH EAST The company has prospered in the North East with access to a network of skilled people and an innovative supply chain. DeepOcean is committed to continued local economic growth and is a member of regional and national bodies including Renewable UK, NOF Energy and EnergiCoast, of which they are a steering committee member focused on representing the offshore renewable capabilities of the North East.
“We had a difficult start to 2015 as a result of the international oil price slump. However, we are flexible and determined and are now leading the charge in the offshore renewable and power sector. The Darlington office is a hive of activity as a result of recent project commitments, but it is important we also look beyond 2018 to future opportunities in renewables, power and the resurgent oil & gas market. We are bucking the trend and in the fortunate position of offering opportunities to commercial, HSE and engineering professionals. We invite you to join us for the journey” Pierre Boyde, Commercial Director, Darlington.
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