Aberdeen-based survey and positioning service firm iSURVEY has announced the successful completion of a project for Shell on the Scarabeo 8 North Sea semisubmersible drilling unit.
The firm, who service the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, struck a three-year deal for a “non exclusive call-off contract” with Shell UK Ltd, Shell NAM, Norske Shell and Shell E&P Ireland last year.
iSURVEY provide rig and surface positioning services, subsurface positioning and dimensional control and platform surveys.
The company said that its services brought benefits to the Scarabeo project “including reduced HSSE exposure as well as a decrease in logistics, which both resulted in significant cost savings for the operator”.
The firm also confirmed that this was the first time remote positioning has been applied for a regular DP drill rig move operation on the Norwegian North Sea.
Tomas Frafjord, senior project surveyor at A/S Norske Shell, said: “iSURVEY contributed to the successful completion of this operation and brought many advantages.
“Additionally, we are pleased to have achieved an industry first, working with iSURVEY, with this being the first time remote survey support has been utilised on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.”
“The iSURVEY team was not only pro-active, but enthusiastic throughout the digitalisation project and we were happy to work alongside them.”
Oivind Roegh, Group CEO at iSURVEY, added: “We were exceptionally pleased to support the drilling campaign for A/S Norske Shell.
“The Norwegian Continental Shelf is, and remains, a target for iSURVEY and to be able to offer our services remotely was a fantastic opportunity, which brought many benefits to our client.
“We are determined to pursue this way of working in the future and give our clients further cost savings, which is central for the future of our industry.”