Northern Eire-based Decom Engineering has secured three decommissioning contracts value over $635,000, marking its entry to the Australian decommissioning sector and strengthening its place within the Asia Pacific area.
The decommissioning specialist was commissioned to provide and function its chopsaw slicing applied sciences on behalf of a serious operator in Victoria’s Bass Strait in addition to contract awards from two different purchasers for scopes in Australian waters.
Decom carried out three cuts on a 20” concrete weight coated carbon metal inflexible pipeline and 25 cuts on a 13″ in-filled versatile stream line jumper, with a 4.5” piggy again, utilizing its C1-24 chopsaw at water depths of round 400 meters.
The C1-24 chopsaw was powered by a WROV utilizing Decom-supplied sizzling stabs and solely two blades have been used all through. One other C1-24 chopsaw has lately been utilized on property in Australia’s North West Shelf, working at round 500-meter water depths.
“The award of those three contracts by main operators is a transparent sign that our dedication to the Australian decommissioning sector is being rewarded.
“With the in depth track-record Decom has established on tasks within the UK North Sea, Africa and Asia, we judged that now was the precise time for us to enter the Australian market and we’re eager to be a part of the sector’s journey to sustainability,” stated Sean Conway, Decom’s managing director.
In time, Decom additionally plans to introduce its Pipe Coating Removing (PCR) system to Australia to supply a full-service decommissioning possibility for redundant oil and fuel metal pipes.
The PCR strips metal tubulars of all coatings and transforms the pipe right into a reusable product appropriate for development tasks and different makes use of, whereas reducing carbon footprint and returning worth to the asset proprietor, in keeping with the corporate.
“So far our PCR system has processed greater than 30,000 tonnes of metal tubulars from surplus prime and decommissioned oil and fuel fields and we predict that that is an providing which may introduce vital environmental and monetary advantages to the large Australian decommissioning sector,” added Conway.
