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14 Tube Products International July 2016
Bibby Offshore secures first
Norwegian contract
Bibby Offshore’s Norway division,
Bibby Offshore AS, has secured its
first contract in the region with
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia.
Managed from Bibby Offshore’s
Stavanger office, the scope of the
contract involves project management,
installation engineering, procurement
and subsea installation works, related
to maintenance activities on the Norpipe
Oil pipeline.
The contract is due for completion in
Q3 2016 and will utilise the construction
support vessel Olympic Ares to support
operator ConocoPhillips on integrity
management of the Norpipe Oil pipeline
between the Ekofisk area and the
Teesside facility in the UK.
Arne Lier, managing director of Bibby
Offshore Norway, said, “We are delighted
to have secured our first Norwegian
contract with a leading E&P company
such as ConocoPhillips.”
The company stated that award
demonstrates that it has the capability
to provide the service and support
required in the Norwegian sector.
“Over the years, Bibby Offshore’s
international divisions have successfully
secured regular and repeated work with
a number of operators. Our goal in
Norway is to grow and develop the
business in a similar way by successfully
delivering on projects safely and
efficiently, and to develop our reputation
as the go-to subsea service provider for
the region,” concluded Mr Lier.
Bibby Offshore (UK) has also secured
a multi-million pound contract with
a North Sea operator, to deliver
decommissioning operations in the
Northern North Sea East Shetland
Basin.
The agreement, due to be completed
by the end of 2016, will utilise one of
Bibby Offshore’s construction support
vessels with adequate deck space and
crane capabilities to execute operations
approximately 550km northeast of
Aberdeen, UK.
The company has been appointed to
carry out remedial rock placement over
the existing 16" oil export pipeline,
recovery of 12" pipeline bundles, subsea
structure removal with pile severance,
and debris removal within the platform’s
500m zone and along bundle routes.
Waste disposal services will also be
provided, recovering items that can be
decontaminated, disposed or recycled,
followed by an over-trawl of the cleared
field.
Fraser Moonie, chief operating officer of
Bibby Offshore, said, “We are looking
forward to building on our existing
relationship with this particular client and
continuing our partnership to provide
subsea services for its offshore assets.
“Decommissioning work is of a
specialist nature and, with more oil
and gas infrastructures reaching the
end of their design life, multi-industry
experience is key to ensure each project
is completed in a safe and responsible
manner. With ten years of experience
in decommissioning projects globally,
often in highly challenging conditions,
we have built up a strong track record
and are ideally positioned to support
companies’ operations.”
Bibby Offshore – UK
Olympic Ares construction support vessel
Bibby Offshore chief operating officer Fraser
Moonie
Arne Lier, managing director of Bibby
Offshore Norway