KDS JV AS, the joint venture between DOF Subsea and Aker Solutions, has been awarded a subsea decommissioning contract for DNO at the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
The contract includes engineering, preparation, removal & disposal work (EPRD) of associated subsea hardware.
The project shall be delivered by an integrated expert team from the JV partners. DOF Subsea shall deploy Skandi Acergy from its fleet, and Aker Solutions will use its disposal site at Stord for recycling.
Engineering will start immediately, with offshore execution planned for the first quarter of 2022, although there is a possibility for an earlier start in the last quarter of 2021.
Included in the project scope is the removal and disposal of subsea infrastructure such as template, manifold, production spools, umbilical, covers and associated hardware.