Offshore staff
ABERDEEN, UK — Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has delivered three of its 200-HP Perry XLX-C work-class ROVs to Brazil-based OceanPact.
The systems, which were manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, will be deployed across two of OceanPact’s vessels to support inspection, repair and maintenance services for the state-owned oil company’s oil fields (Petrobras).
The 3,000-m depth rated compact 200-HP XLX-C delivers the high performance of a work-class vehicle in a smaller form. FET said the vehicles benefit from an "impressive" high flow auxiliary hydraulic circuit combined with a high payload capacity to carry additional tools and sensors.
Each XLX-C was supplied with an underslung tooling skid for additional tooling and options fitment, complementing the vehicles high performance. A comprehensive supplementary tooling package, including torque tools, verification units and fluid injection systems, also was provided.
The ROVs were supplied with active heave compensated Dynacon launch and recovery systems (LARS) as well as associated surface power and control installations.
As part of the scope, FET has supplied a VMAX ROV Simulator configured with a complete XLX-C Console. The simulator is provided with a host of training exercises or scenarios, each designed to train and evaluate pilot competence in a variety of skills such as tether management, manipulator control and operation of tooling.
VMAX can offer bespoke scenario builds for training and engineering analysis purposes. Using VMAX as a pre-operation or prefabrication tool has proven to be a valuable way to verify equipment design, de-risk operations and ultimately save time and money, FET said.
01.11.2023
