From Deepwater Horizon to Orskov Yard
MARITIME INDUSTRY: The new year has started off well at Orskov Yard in Frederikshavn with a busy order book and a number of offshore vessels docked for repair projects, maintenance and conversions. One of the offshore vessels visiting Orskov Yard is the Skandi Neptune.
The Skandi Neptune is a construction/pipelay vessel capable of performing multi-purpose roles including ROV support, flexible pipelay installations, umbilical installation as well as deepwater construction projects. The vessel is equipped with twin ROVs, a vertical lay system and a heave compensated 140 t crane.
Last year, Skandi Neptune participated in the clean-up operation following the devastating oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Maconda Prospect Oil Field 40 miles of the Louisiana coast.
Skandi Neptune was one of the first vessels on the scene participating in the rescue operation in search of missing crew members. And later, Skandi Neptune was for a while positioned right above the damaged wellhead monitoring and trying to control the well in what turned out to be the most comprehensive subsea operation ever seen.
Skandi Neptune is at Orskov Yard for maintenance and conversion of the crane facilities. Orskov Yard cooperates with several local maritime service companies on the Skandi Neptune project and the team includes among others Nicon Industries, Scanel, Norisol, Vestergård Marine Services and Victor Industri.
At Skandi Neptune the existing 140 t crane has been removed and with the mounting of a new and reinforced crane pillar the vessel is being prepared for the installation of a new 250 t crane. Skandi Neptune will be ready to leave Orskov yard in the middle of February taking off to Kristiansand in Norway for the final installation of the new crane. The existing crane has a 2,500 m working depth whereas the working depth of the new crane is 3,000, giving the vessel a real offshore lifting advantage over many similar vessels.
The Skandi Neptune is owned by the Norwegian shipping company District Offshore. District Offshore, DOF, owns a modern fleet of offshore and subsea vessels and with divisions from the North Sea to the Asia Pacific, DOF is a leading supplier of offshore services around the world. DOF offers high quality services within e.g. offshore drilling, exploration, construction and subsea operations facilitating the increasing demands of the offshore industry.
Skandi Neptune is, however, operated by Subsea 7 and has just recently been awarded a new 3-year contract. Subsea 7 is a deepwater operations expert delivering the full spectrum of subsea engineering, construction and services and is with an extensive experience in deepwater projects a preferred partner for international energy companies.
Source: Orskov / maritimedanmark.dk
