Subsea construction firm Ceona has awarded a five-year contract worth over £45million to ROV provider ROVOP.
The contract will see ROVOP provide hydraulic, work-class ROV services on board Ceona’s fleet of new, purpose-built deepwater pipelay and construction vessels including the Ceona Amazon and the Polar Onyx.
As a result of this contract, ROVOP is creating 50 new jobs company’s fast-evolving track record for delivering advanced ROV expertise and equipment, which is underpinned by its high-value quality of service and dedicated team of experienced personnel.
ROVOP will deploy hydraulic work-class ROV systems, manufactured by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, from its fleet of ROVs. The HD ROVs are in a modular design that improve repair and maintenance times, and have a range of “auto-pilot” style functions for safety and efficiency.
Ceona's Polar Onyx and Amazon vessels are due to come into service in March 2014 and January 2015 respectively.
Based on a drill-ship design, the Ceona Amazon multi-layer vessel, which is SPS compliant and equipped with a DP2 system, is a large, multi-functional, dynamically-positioned, pipelay and construction vessel.
The vessel is capable of laying rigid pipelines, flexible pipelines and umbilicals as well as installing large, subsea structures using one or both of its two compensated masthead cranes in tandem-lift mode to 3000m water depth. The vessel does not require a spool base to support its operations and can be remotely operated, making it extremely well suited to overall field development.
The Polar Onyx is designed for operations in harsh conditions and deep waters, with a length of 130m and a 25m beam. The vessel, which is being built to the highest standard for dynamic positioning, DP3, and is equipped with a 250-tonne AHC offshore crane, is designed to operate in the SURF (subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines), construction, and inspection repair and maintenance markets.
With capacity for flexible pipe loads below deck and on main deck, the Polar Oynx is being equipped with a 275-tonne vertical lay system above a moonpool, which is capable of installing flexible pipe and umbilicals to 3000m water depth.