DeepOcean awarded Nord Stream contract

DeepOcean, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has announced that the company has been awarded the contract for inspection of the Nord Stream gas export pipelines in the Baltic Sea by Nord Stream AG.

The contract is for two years and confirms DeepOcean’s strong position as a provider of advanced pipeline inspection services to operators of key subsea pipeline systems in Europe.

“Winning the Nord Stream pipeline inspection contract in the Baltic Sea has been a key target for us”, says Commercial Director Rolf Ivar Sørdal.

Inspection of subsea pipeline systems

“DeepOcean has a very strong track record in the inspection of subsea pipeline systems running from Norway to UK and mainland Europe as well as similar systems crossing the Mediterranean and the Black Sea With a total capacity in the order of 55 billion m3.year, the two, 48 in.”

“Nord Stream pipelines from Russia to Germany constitute one of the biggest offshore gas transmission pipeline systems in the world. DeepOcean is very pleased to be the preferred survey service provider to the pipeline operator Nord Stream AG”, Sørdal said.

The contract

The contract is for two years in 2014 and 2015 and includes the full external inspection of the two pipelines using ROV and ROTV methodologies.

DeepOcean plans to use its vessel Deep Vision for the 2014 campaign. The expected duration of work is four to six months each year.

Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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