PTL awarded Ceona Amazon contract

SURF and subsea construction contractor Ceona has entered into a three year partnership agreement with Scottish welding contractor Pipeline Technique Ltd (PTL) for welding services and pipeline production management on-board the company's flagship vessel, the Ceona Amazon. The partnership will facilitate delivery of a best-in-class pipeline welding production system on-board this unique multifunction rigid, flexible pipelay and subsea construction vessel.

The Ceona Amazon

The Ceona Amazon is currently under construction and on track to enter service in January 2015. With this new build, Ceona will bring to the deepwater market a large cutting-edge multifunctional construction vessel capable of operating in multiple pipelay mode. The features, combined with its heavy lift capabilities and large storage capacity, will prove that the Ceona is ideally suited to execute full service remote deepwater subsea construction and field development projects.

Contractual agreement

Under the agreement, which was entered into on the 12th November 2013, PTL will deliver full pipeline production services management, covering onshore engineering and offshore welding, as well as non-destructive testing of pipe on-board the Ceona Amazon. PTL will also supply a crew of about 55 specialist welders to work on both carbon steel and exotic rigid pipes between 4 in. and 16 in. overall diameter.

Ceona’s Chief Operating Officer Stuart Cameron said, “This is an important strategic partnership for Ceona, and one that will enable Ceona to deliver a robust offshore pipeline production capacity. The Ceona Amazon is a state-of-the-art vessel with the capacity to carry over 9000 tonnes of rigid pipe, by partnering with expert welders PTL we are reinforcing our commitment to deliver high-quality project engineering and pipelay services.”

Managing Director of PTL Duncan McGregor said, “We are proud to be in this relationship and looking forward to working with them. Ceona’s company values of efficiency and safety mirrors that of our own.”

Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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