Norway: Statoil Hires New Vessel Island Constructor for LWI Services

Statoil awarded Island Offshore a framework agreement for light well intervention (LWI) services from their Island Constructor vessel. The new vessel is set for operation in December, and is Statoil’s third light well intervention vessel in operation on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

Light well intervention vessels – known as cat A – are an important tool to increase recovery from the fields on which Statoil operates.

Compared with conventional drilling units, these LWI vessels reduce the cost of well interventions substantially. Reduced well intervention costs also helps increase the number of interventions.

“Performing conventional jobs of this kind for subsea developments in areas with low volumes of oil in place has been expensive“, says Statoil drilling and well technology operations manager Øyvin Jensen. “To address this, Statoil has put LWI vessels into service on a large scale. This is of high value to us, both in terms of efficiency and cost reduction”.

The Island Constructor has been designed as a light well intervention and subsea construction vessel. The vessel is capable to meet and fulfil the toughest requirements in the industry, and has already experience from several types of subsea projects not limited to the below;

* P&A work

* Construction work

* Tower and module handling

* Installation work

* IMR work

* Survey work

* Crane work

* Diving work

ISLAND CONSTRUCTOR

L.O.A.: 120,2m

Width: 25,0m

DW: 8700T / 7,9m

Deck area: 1.470m2

Accommodation: 90 persons

Subsea crane: 150T

Moonpool: 8x8m ,Tower with guide wire winches, Skidding system 2xWork ROV w/heavy weather LARS

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, December 16, 2011; Image: islandoffshore