Subsea duo in pact to pursue targets in Atlantic region

DOF Subsea and Enpro Subsea have agreed on a partnership for independent and integrated flow intervention services.

Enpro Subsea said on Wednesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DOF Subsea which would leverage each company’s expertise and assets to deliver enhanced production solutions throughout the life of the field.

The announcement was made at the Subsea Tieback Forum and Exhibition in Galveston, Texas. Under the MoU, Enpro’s will deploy its flow intervention services (FIS) and flow access modules (FAM) technologies from international subsea operator DOF Subsea’s fleet of construction and intervention vessels.

The agreement will allow both companies to work together to pursue targets in the Atlantic region.

According to Enpro, its subsea hydraulic intervention solutions enhances production throughout field life. The FIS systems deliver multiple scale squeeze and fluid intervention processes including acid stimulation, chemical injection, scale removal, pipeline pre-commissioning and flowline clean and tubing washes and are suitable for a range of water depths.

The FAM system enables a capital flexible field development using standard subsea hardware.

DOF Subsea has a fleet of 26 vessels and provides an offering of integrated project management and engineered subsea solutions to the global offshore oil, gas, and renewables industries.

Raymond Semple, COO with DOF Subsea, said: “Enhanced recovery is a crucial element of our industry’s continuing efforts to effect sustainable improvements to subsea project economics.

“We are excited to be competitively coupling the complementary capabilities of DOF and Enpro to provide an independent and integrated service offering to operators to enhance production from their existing capital infrastructure.”

Enpro Subsea managing director, Ian Donald, said: “The collaboration with DOF Subsea is an exciting step forward for Enpro as this partnership will allow us to offer a full service offering to new and existing customers as we look to target projects in the Atlantic region line with our growth strategy.

“Our MoU with DOF Subsea allows us to integrate our enhanced production technology into their class leading fleet and offer an integrated solution to new customers.”