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13 TH VOLUME, NO. 33 DATED 19 AUGUST 2012
system, combined with a clear deck area of in excess of 600m2 and a 25tonne deck crane. The vessel
has a service speed of 12 knots with twin 1750bhp main engines. The first deployment will see the
vessel operating in Malaysia in the medium term, however strong demand both within South East
Asia and the Middle East looks to provide a strong future for the vessel elsewhere. (Press Release
MEO)
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HELIX WELL OPS CHARTERS SKANDI CONSTRUCTOR
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops UK
(Well Ops), a business unit of
international offshore energy company
Helix Energy Solutions Group (Helix
ESG), is expanding its Europe and Africa
well intervention fleet with an
investment that will create 60 jobs. A
leading global provider of subsea well
intervention, Well Ops will take control
of the mono-hull well intervention vessel
Skandi Constructor in spring 2013, after
agreeing a three-year charter with DOF
Subsea. The move to strengthen Well Ops’ regional fleet, which currently includes the 132-metre
(433ft) long Well Enhancer and the 114-metre (374ft) long MSV Seawell, will lead to the creation of
approximately 50 jobs offshore and a further 10 onshore over the next nine months. At the moment
the firm employs 70 staff in Aberdeen and a further 300 offshore. Launched in 2009, Skandi
Constructor is a 120-metre (393ft) long Ulstein SX121 DP3 mono-hull well intervention vessel that
features the new X-bow design. The 8,500-tonne vessel accommodates up to 100 personnel and is
capable of working in depths of up to 3,000 metres (9,842ft). It has a deck capacity of 1,470 square
metres (15,822 sq ft) and features an 8m x 8m (27ft x 27ft) moon-pool, a 150-tonne crane, a multipurpose
tower with 140-tonne lift capability and two work class ROVs. Well Ops will build and test,
ready for use, a specially designed version of its 7⅜” subsea intervention lubricator (SIL) to enable
subsea well interventions to be undertaken from Skandi Constructor. The SIL is a single trip well
intervention system that provides well access, while managing containment when the well is ‘live’
and under pressure. The SIL is configured to undertake work through all types of subsea xmas trees.
The vessel and SIL will allow Well Ops to provide its regional clients with a solution for deeper
water wells and well interventions, which to date has been limited within the mono-hull vessel
market. (Press Release Helix)
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