OSD-IMT to design well intervention vessel for Austin Offshore

UK-based ship designer, OSD-IMT, is designing two IMT9120 Riserless Light Well Intervention / IMR vessels for Austin Offshore Pte Ltd, the shipping arm of Upstream Drilling Pte Ltd, Singapore.

The vessels will be built by China Merchants Industry Holdings Co Ltd, Hong Kong, China, under a contract with Singapore-based Upstream – Austin Offshore Pte Ltd signed at the Marintec Conference and Exhibition in Shanghai on Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

The diesel-electric propulsion vessels are intended to carry out riserless light well intervention, light construction, subsea installation, inspection maintenance and repair of subsea installations.

They are capable of deploying three ROVs, have a 250-tonne capacity AHC crane and a travelling gantry well intervention tower system. The 9500 t vessels accommodate 140 persons.

The IMT9120 ships are 120 m long, with a 30m beam and an operational draft of 7.5 m.

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