UK: Subsea 7's new remotely operated vehicle support vessel (ROVSV), the 'Normand Subsea', has commenced her first project for Shell in the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
The vessel will be utilised exclusively to service the long-term underwater services contract Subsea 7 holds with Shell entities, operating in Europe, for inspection, repair and maintenance programmes and for some of Shell's capital projects and decommissioning works, across its offshore fields and facilities.
The 'Normand Subsea's' first workscope at Ormen Lange includes template and pipeline inspections and shipwreck surveys.
The vessel, which is on long-term charter from Solstad Offshore, has a unique combination of capabilities that include: a fully-enclosed hangar; a built-in 35-tonne module handling system; a 150-tonne heave compensated crane; an extensive spread of two work class ROVs and four observation class ROVs, all equipped for 1,200-metre depths; a hull with five moonpools; a well treatment system and an extensive online and offline survey suite.
It also has on-board facilities for a ship's complement of 90 people.
