Under an alliance with Weatherford International, Norson Services is supplying pre-commissioning services to main contractor Technip for Egypt's Simian, Sienna, and Sapphire development.
Under an alliance with Weatherford International, Norson Services is supplying pre-commissioning services to main contractor Technip for Egypt's Simian, Sienna, and Sapphire development. The Scottish company has just completed its first application of a newly-designed subsea remote flooding module, which can flood and pig pipelines in water depths close to 1,000 m. The system will now be applied on the project's remaining 21 interfield lines, under a $6 million-plus contract.
According to Norson's Les Graves: "Newly installed pipelines are laid on the seabed at atmospheric pressure. Our remote flooding module uses the available seawater pressure outside the pipe as a source of power and water to flood and pig the lines while still meeting the desired filtration and chemical specifications. The benefit of our remote system is that it is ROV friendly and removes the need for connection to a surface vessel, thereby saving substantial costs and time."
