Wireline Issue 48 - Summer 2020

Member News

(DES) and derrick removal services on Cormorant Alpha by TAQA.

Inspections and verification are vital for offshore companies to comply with legislation and ensure the efficiency and performance of their assets and equipment. Using mobile cameras and existing personnel, Bureau Veritas employees can carry out these essential services remotely onshore, limiting close contact and reducing the need for travel.

ODE achieves duty holder milestone

The scope of services includes the engineering design and preparation activities, derrick dismantlement in modular sections by specialist rope access teams followed by the deconstruction and removal of the DES drillfloor and major structures. Following removal of the existing DES package Archer’s engineering teams will prepare the platform’s drilling and pipedeck structures to enable the platform to receive a modular drilling rig for plug and abandonment (P&A) operations. The engineering activities in relation to the derrick removal activities are estimated to commence from mid-May 2020 with the offshore deconstruction works estimated to commence mid to late Q1 2021.

on Babbage installation

ODE Asset Management Ltd (ODE) has secured a contract from NEO Energy for the Babbage Field in the Southern North Sea, its first appointment as duty holder on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). ODE is no stranger to the Babbage asset. The company has acted as operations and maintenance provider since the project phase and successfully transitioned the platform from normally manned to not normally manned status in recent years. The company’s continued involvement in Babbage is important business continuity for NEO Energy, particularly in securing existing jobs managing the offshore asset.

Archer’s UK Engineering

division awarded Cormorant Alpha contract Archer has secured a formal contract award for the provision of derrick equipment set

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