AS Norske Shell has let a subsea engineering procurement removal and disposal (EPRD) contract to DOF Subsea for the Atlantic region which includes more than 100 combined days utilization of vessels Skandi Hera and Maersk Installer.
DOF will deliver an integrated solution of project management, engineering, design, analysis, and survey. The scope includes recovery and recycling of umbilicals, risers, rigid spools, manifolds, and other subsea structures and infrastructure, at Knarr and Gaupe fields.
Preparations have started and the project will be run from DOF offices in Bergen and Aberdeen with offshore execution planned in second- and third-quarter 2025.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).