Cookstown, UK — Decom Engineering has secured two contracts worth more than £300,000 in the North Sea and offshore West Africa.
The company designed and developed a range of cold cutting saws, which are deployed on a variety of energy sector decommissioning projects that require pipelines and associated infrastructure to be safely removed.
The UK Continental Shelf contract is a conductor recovery and removal project deployed topside on a vessel, and Decom’s C1 Chopsaw is expected to complete eight cuts on behalf of a global offshore contractor.
Separately, Havfram has commissioned Decom to carry out cutting operations on a ROVCON connecter in water depths of up to 800 m off the coast of West Africa.
Both projects were secured following a series of technical trials at JFD Global’s testing tank and the National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen, and they follow the successful completion of two phases of another international workscope offshore in the Gulf of Thailand in which Decom’s chop saws performed hundreds of cuts on piping of up to 16” diameter.
“Recent technical trials in Aberdeen have proven our cutting technologies can operate safely in deeper waters and that they are preferable to rival solutions where accessibility to subsea infrastructure is an issue," said Sean Conway, Decom Engineering managing director.
Decom aims to secure a more significant workscope from the same client on a second North Sea platform.
“Both of these contracts are firsts—the first conductor removal and the first ROVCON connector project we have undertaken, which underlines the versatility and flexibility of our technologies," added Nick McNally, Decom Engineering commercial director. "The technical trials in Aberdeen gave reassurance and confidence to the end clients and proved our saws are capable of operating in water depths of 800 meters or more, opening up new opportunities for engagement on more challenging decommissioning projects.”
Earlier this year, Decom opened up a new base near Aberdeen to be located closer to potential North Sea clients.
Additionally, Decom's R&D and engineering teams are working on new chop saws that are capable of handling piping of up to 36” diameter in anticipation of potentially winning other contracts in the second half of this year.
07.07.2022
