Bibby Offshore Secures Second Subsea Inspection Contract with Shell
Bibby Offshore has been awarded two contracts from Shell this year to provide inspection services on assets in the Corrib Natural Gas field in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The first contract, completed in June this year, saw Bibby Offshore’s construction support vessel Olympic Ares – equipped with Quantum Work Class and SeaEye Cougar Inspection Class ROVs – perform subsea inspections 83km off the North West coast of Ireland, in water depths of approximately 360m.
The 40-day campaign involved pipeline survey inspection work on a 83km long 20” gas pipeline, and internal wellhead and manifold fault diagnostics, structural inspection and cathodic protection measurements, to ensure optimum levels of productivity were achieved. Bibby Offshore’s successful completion of this scope of work resulted in Shell awarding the company a second contract at its West Ireland assets. The project commenced in July and is set for completion by the end of this year.
The second contract will see Bibby Offshore also utilise its construction support vessel Olympic Ares – equipped with two Quantum Work Class ROVs. The three week campaign involves Bibby Offshore installing an electrical distribution unit and several replacement control jumpers. The company will also perform inspection, repair and maintenance services in water depths of 400m.