Ceona awards £45 million deal to ROVOP

Global oil and gas subsea construction specialist Ceona has awarded a five year contract worth over £45 million to independent ROV provider ROVOP.

Contract covers hydraulic, ROV services on new pipelay fleet

The contract will see ROVOP provide hydraulic, work-class ROV services onboard Ceona’s fleet of new, purpose-built deepwater pipelay and construction vessels including the Ceona Amazon and the Polar Onyx.

Stuart Cameron, COO at Ceona, said: "This partnership with ROVOP is a significant milestone in the development of Ceona's new high-capacity fleet. The construction of the Ceona Amazon and the Polar Onyx is progressing on schedule, and with this partnership we're ensuring our vessels have the best technology on board to match their capabilities and equip them for projects in the most remote and challenging environments."

50 new jobs

As a result of this contract, award-winning ROVOP is creating 50 new jobs further underlining the 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.

Steven Gray, Managing Director at ROVOP, said: “The long-term commitment agreed between Ceona and ROVOP reflects the shared vision of using advanced technology and personnel with decades of experience to challenge conventional thinking. This brings safer, more efficient and reliable services to the subsea construction market.” 

The scope of the contract

ROVOP will deploy hydraulic work-class ROV systems, manufactured by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, from its growing fleet of modern ROVs.

These HD ROVs represent the most technologically-advanced ROV systems available in the market, including a modular design that significantly improves repair and maintenance times, as well as providing a range of ‘auto-pilot’ style functions that improve safety and efficiency.

Ceona's Polar Onyx and Amazon vessels are due to come into service in March 2014 and January 2015 respectively.

Ceona Amazon

Based on a drill-ship design, the Ceona Amazon boasts exceptional sea-keeping characteristics making it ideal for operations in remote and challenging locations. The multi-layer vessel, which is SPS compliant and equipped with a DP2 system, is a large, state-of-the-art, 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 3000 m 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.

Polar Onyx

Ceona’s high-capacity Polar Onyx is designed for operations in harsh conditions and deep waters, with a length of 130 m and a 25 m beam. The vessel, which is being built to the highest standard for dynamic positioning, DP3, and is equipped with a 250t 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 t vertical lay system above a moonpool, which is capable of installing flexible pipe and umbilicals to 3000 m water depth.

Adapted from press release by Elizabeth Corner

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