Kreuz Challenger starts IRM duties for Shell offshore Brunei

April 20, 2018
Kreuz Subsea has mobilized the newbuild dive support vessel Kreuz Challenger to support the company’s contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum BSP, which runs until 2022.

Offshore staff

SINGAPOREKreuz Subsea has mobilized the newbuild dive support vessel Kreuz Challengerto support the company’s contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum BSP, which runs until 2022.

This involves provision of inspection, repair, and maintenance services on offshore oil and gas structures in Negara Brunei Darussalam’s territorial waters, typically located in water depths of up to 80 m (262 ft). These include drilling platforms, production stations, mini-production stations with combined drilling and production functions, gas compression stations, vent jackets, two single buoy moorings, Brunei’s LNG loading jetty, and various pipelines.

The DP-2Kreuz Challenger was purpose-built by the Vard shipyard in Norway to meet BSP’s standards and requirements, along with the current industry-recognized diving system assurance, DNV class standards, and IMCA regulations.

It can accommodate 105 personnel and features a 100-ton active heave compensation crane, a 12-man saturation diving system, and a self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat.

Kreuz Subsea has formed a joint venture with Bruneian offshore marine services company SPHI Marine.

Terms of the venture include developing local personnel with competencies in offshore commercial diving and ROV services and transfer of technical knowledge over the remainder of the BSP contract.

04/20/2018