Overseeing the Construction of Cutting-Edge Laying Support Vessels

Due to the removed J-Lay tower onboard the DCV BALDER, Heerema Marine Contractors requested, another time, the engineering services from The Offshore Partners, for the preparation and execution of a Light Ship Weight survey as well as an inclining test.

Ulstein Sea of Solutions requested assistance from The Offshore Partners to support the concept and basic design of the pipelay and lifting equipment, onboard the new construction vessel for Petrofac.

In 2012 TLO Offshore, a subsidiary of Sapura Kencana awarded The Offshore Partners the contract to provide site office support and construction supervision of 5 newbuild Laying Support Vessels with a top tension capacity of 550t and one with 300t respectively.

In 2012 Heerema Offshore Services B.V. requested The Offshore Partners to supply engineering management, design supervision, discipline engineering and site supervision for the concept development, the design and new building of the dynamically positioned 20,000t semi-submersible crane vessel.

Huisman Equipment B.V. requested assistance from The Offshore Partners to supervise the design, engineering and construction of the mission equipment onboard the new build pipelay and heavy lift construction vessel Lewek Constellation.

Ocean Installer requested assistance from The Offshore Partners to perform site management at Huisman during the construction and testing phase of a vertical lay system (VLS).

Noble Energy requested assistance from The Offshore Partners to supervise the construction, implementation and testing of the mission equipment by Emas onboard the new build pipelay and heavy lift construction vessel Lewek Constellation.

In June 2014 Red Box Energy Services awarded The Offshore Partners the contract to provide resources for the basic and detail design for the newbuilding Polar Class heavy transport arctic module carriers.

Noble Energy requested assistance from The Offshore Partners to supply a client representative onboard the Lewek Constellation to supervise the pipelay projects BigBend/Dantzler and Gunflint.

The Offshore Partners is currently involved in the construction supervision of a series of offshore pipe-lay vessels for TL Offshore, a subsidiary of the Malaysian company SapuraKencana, who together with the Norwegian company Seadrill have won contracts for a major South American operator, to lay flexible pipelines with a diameter of 100mm to 630mm, in a depth of up to 2500 metres.