Proserv wins $7 million Gulf of Mexico abandonment contract
Proserv’s Scottish-based Abandonment and Decommissioning strategic business unit (SBU), has been awarded a US$7 million contract for platform decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract involves the abandonment of two platforms along with associated wells, plus the removal of pipelines and subsea tie-ins for a major independent oil and gas company based in the Gulf of Mexico.
Following Proserv’s recent acquisition of leading well abandonment and decommissioning specialist, Twachtman Snyder and Byrd (TSB), it is significant for Proserv that this contract includes project management, in addition to contracting capacity. TSB has specialist knowledge in these areas, accumulated over 20 years, and its services will complement the decommissioning capabilities already on offer by Proserv’s newly formed Abandonment and Decommissioning division.
Commenting on the contract, Huey Kliebert, Vice President of Abandonment Services at Proserv said: “This contract underlines the added strength that Proserv Abandonment and Decommissioning SBU can bring to such projects, following the acquisition of TSB.
“The added dimension of TSB means we can now offer market-leading project management services to Proserv’s already established contracting capacity. Working as one team, this combination of expertise and resource is focussed on managing any abandonment and decommissioning project safely, on time and within budget.
“This unique ability, combined with strategically placed geographical bases, positions Proserv Abandonment and Decommissioning as not only as a leader in the Gulf of Mexico, but around the world.”
The Gulf of Mexico contracts are due to take place concurrently in both the Ship Shoal and High Island blocks, where water depths are 37 feet (11 metres) and 194 feet (59 metres) respectively.
Proserv Abandonment and Decommissioning will provide full marine management of the project. This includes simultaneously mobilising the appropriate lift boats, the well abandonment personnel and the required equipment to carry out decommissioning and structural removal at both locations.
Once these stages are complete, Proserv will co-ordinate the use of a 1,300-ton derrick barge, diving crew and dive support vessel for the removal of the platform and for the abandonment of the pipeline and associated subsea tie-in.
Once all the removal and abandonment works are complete, the project will be concluded with a comprehensive site clearance programme.