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38 MTR October 2010 people & companies Jifmar Offshore Orders ROVs French Jifmar Offshore Services has ordered two Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROVs for a new Algerian contract. This project will involve work at three different oil terminal points where the ROVs will be used for IRM tasks on structures, pipes, manifolds and the umbilicals at five SPM buoys. Jean-Michel Berud, president of Jifmar Offshore Services, said that the Cougars will undertake a num- ber of vital tasks that include checking the critical shape of the ‘Chinese lantern’ buoy structure and determining chain integrity. To check the shape and location of these structures, the ROVs will be fitted with a 3D multibeam sonar. And the chain thickness measured using a Tritech Typhoon laser scal- ing system. Jifmar is also planning to fit a water jetting cavitation cleaning system for blasting mol- lusc clear of the chains. In addition the Cougars are equipped for a range of IRM tasks with equipment and tooling that includes low-light color and black and white wide-angle cameras on a pan and tilt mechanism; a USBL Tracking System; and a dual five- function heavy duty manipulator skid. www.seaeye.com DOF Adds Schilling ROV Schilling announced an order for two 200hp UHD ROV systems from DOF Subsea. In addition, two UHDs delivered to DOF Subsea in ‘06 will be upgraded to the advanced UHD Gen II design. Deliveries of the 4,000 meter rated UHDs are scheduled to start in 2010. www.schilling.com ABS Support for Papa Terra Field Development ABS was selected to class two of the major components in Petrobras’ Papa Terra offshore Brazil field develop- ment. The tension-leg wellhead plat- form (TLWP) known as P-61 and the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit known as P- 63 will both be ABS classed. The P- 61 is the first-of- its-kind TLP dry tree application to be installed in deepwater offshore Brazil. “ABS has a longstanding relationship with Petrobras and, since dry trees are being considered as one of the solu- tions for deepwater exploration in the region moving forward, we are excited to class this unit and look for- ward to assisting Petrobras in achiev- ing another milestone in its explo- ration and production history,” says Kenneth Richardson, ABS Vice President, Energy Development. Houston-based FloaTEC designed the TLWP which will be built at Keppel’s BrasFels yard in Angra dos Reis. The unit is a conversion of a very large crude carrier (VLCC) and, when completed, will have 16 top- side modules weighing more than 14,000 metric tons. The Papa Terra heavy oil field is located in the Campos Basin approximately 110 km (68 miles) off Rio de Janeiro in water depths of up to 1,200 m (3,940 ft.). Petrobras and partner Chevron are slated to put the field into production by late 2013. Technip Wins Contract Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Ltd. was awarded a seven year Framework Agreement Contract by Shell Upstream Europe for the sup- ply of umbilicals. The contract covers engineering, procurement, project management and associated services for the fabrication and loadout of thermoplastic umbilicals up to 17 km long. The Contract Provisions shall predominately service the SWEEP portfolio of prospects in the Southern North Sea, but also include new and existing requirements for Central North Sea Assets. Subsea 7 Picks BlueView Subsea 7 selected BlueView Technologies to provide the acoustic imaging systems for its new line of Autonomous Inspection Vehicles (AIVs). Under this agreement, BlueView will deliver both forward looking navigation and tracking sonar as well as ultra-high resolution MicroBathymetry sonar for three dimensional tracking and mapping of pipelines. DEA Books $30m Deal The Marine Services division of David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) announced the award of a three-year, $30m capacity indefinite delivery contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide LiDAR (light detection and ranging) hydrographic surveying and related support services for anywhere in the United States. www.deainc.com (Photo Jifmar Of fshor e Ser vices)
