Subsea service and technology firm DeepOcean said today that BP had been given it a job to do on the Foinaven field, west of Shetland.
Netherlands-headquartered DeepOcean said the agreement would create opportunities for the workforce in the north-east of Scotland.
DeepOcean, which has an office in Westhill, will install a new flexible water injection riser on Foinaven – an remove the existing one – as part of a master service agreement (MSA) with BP.
Work offshore is slated to be carried out in the third quarter of 2017 using the Edda Freya vessel.
The onshore project team will work out of DeepOcean’s offices in Westhill and Haugesund, Norway.
Rolf Ivar Sørdal, DeepOcean’s commercial director for subsea services, said: “I am pleased that we have signed a new MSA with BP which validates the relationship we have developed since 2010.
“The scope of work in the MSA covers a wide range of subsea activities. In a challenging market it is difficult to predict the work volume that can be generated under the MSA, but in any event I’m sure this MSA will provide work opportunities for the local workforce in the Aberdeen area.”
“The call-off of the Foinaven SURF work is the first scope we have been awarded under the new MSA and we are appreciative of BP’s confidence in the DeepOcean team to prepare and execute this critical offshore work.
“DeepOcean values local contents and hence more than one third of the personnel involved in this project will be British.”
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