USA: Forum Subsea Solutions Announces Sale of Super Mohawk II ROV System to Abyss International

Forum Subsea Solutions, a division of Forum Energy Technologies,  announces the sale of a Sub-Atlantic, Super Mohawk II ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) system to Abyss International Benthic Exploration S.A.R.L. of Montpellier, France.

The Super Mohawk II is an excellent general purpose professional ROV system suitable for observation, survey, pipe-lay support, light to medium work and NDT inspections. Abyss International will use this system for inspection, survey and intervention work in North and West Africa on contracts for several key, high profile clients.

Abyss International, supported by French MEDEF and G.E.P, has almost two decades of experience in diving operations to draw on through its sister company, Ulis International. The purchase of the Super Mohawk II ROV system gives Abyss International the opportunity to provide long standing customers, as well new customers a high quality ROV service, holding ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications.

As a member of IMCA, Abyss International has ambitious plans to expand its fleet over the next 18 months. The Super Mohawk is an especially good fit because it can perform many of the tasks carried out by work-class vehicles. Super-Mohawk provides high quality video for inspection work and also has the capability of running under-slung tooling packages such as tree valve torque tools, high-pressure water jetting pumps and industry standard manipulators.

In addition to this purchase, Abyss International will work closely with Forum Subsea Solutions DPS Offshore, UKPS, VisualSoft and VMAX in order to provide their clients with the best possible service and support, to better meet their customer’s demands with market driving solutions.

Jean-Marc of Abyss International says, “I was persuaded by my first impressions of the Forum Energy Technologies ethos and vision. Many questions arise in our profession and multiple inputs from a variety of stakeholders and disciplines are often required to best meet and respond to customer needs. It seemed to me that, in addition to the quality of the Sub-Atlantic Super Mohawk ROV, a professional group of enterprises, organized under the same banner was a pledge of engagement, completely oriented towards a ‘total ROV Solution’. This partnership will assist me in the diversity of my needs and allow me to best meet my clients’ demands.”

The 2000m rated Super Mohawk with advanced subCAN control software will be delivered in October 2011 with full Launch & Recovery, Tether Management Systems and Control Van.

About FET

Forum Energy Technologies Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a global provider of manufactured technologies and applied products to the energy industry. With over 2,800 employees strategically located throughout the world, FET is well positioned to provide the products and technologies essential to solving the increasingly complex challenges of the oil and gas industry.

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Source: sub-atlantic, September 20, 2011;