Marine Subsea UK spreads the cost of well abandonment activity with major North Sea contracts
02 Jul 2010
Marine Subsea UK Ltd has been awarded a series of contracts worth more than GBP 2 million to carry out a multi-client well abandonment programme for operators in the North Sea.
In a campaign designed to spread the mobilisation and transit costs
associated with decommissioning activity, Marine Subsea UK will use its specialist
light well intervention vessel Sarah to plug and abandon a single Category 2.2 and four Category 1 suspended subsea
wells, spread across a large area of the North Sea.
The contracts are with a number of oil and gas operators including DNO, Bayerngas
UK and Tullow. Work is scheduled to
start in July with mobilisation in Aberdeen.
Marine Subsea UK will lead
the project to perforate, cement and carry out abrasive severing and recovery
of the wells. The company will also
be responsible for the recovery and disposal of residual oil-based muds.
Marine Subsea UK offers a range of subsea well
intervention, decommissioning and construction support solutions to the global
subsea oil and gas industry.
Alasdair Cowie, Managing Director of Marine Subsea UK said: “We bring
significant cost savings using this multi-client approach, helping to cut the
expense of subsea decommissioning. We are delighted to be awarded these high
profile North Sea contracts, which recognise our track record and safety
standards. We are well positioned to support operators in the North Sea and
globally, to carry out decommissioning to the highest standards.”
Marine Subsea operates a
fleet of vessels including two multipurpose/intervention vessels, five offshore
support units and one semi-submersible crane vessel.
The
Sarah is an Ulstein SX121 DP3 (dynamic positioning) vessel that is capable of
operating in depths of 3,000 metres. The vessel has deck capacity of 1,470
metres³ and main features include a tower, main crane and two heavy duty
workclass ROVs.
Marine Subsea is headquartered in Oslo, with operations in Aberdeen,
Angola, Nigeria and Cyprus.Established in
2006, the company operates in three main industry areas– subsea construction and well intervention,
offshore support and charter and logistics.
Issued on behalf of Marine
Subsea UK by The BIG Partnership. For further information please contact Gayle
Nicol on 01224 615019 or 07702 737135.
