Subsea

Subsea

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Subsea Well Intervention

Subsea Well Intervention is a crossover area that involves drilling, completion and subsea experts. A company that delivers multi-discipline expertise is a must to ensure flawless, incident free intervention. Waterford Subsea Inc. (WSI) and sister company Waterford Energy Services Inc. (WESI) provides the skill sets that customers demand and deserve. WSI brings together experience and engineering capabilities to solve subsea intervention and abandonment challenges for clients.

Applications:

  • Vertical and Horizontal Trees
  • Control PODS
  • Manifolds, flowlines and jumpers
  • Shifting Sliding Sleeves
  • Chemical Injection
  • Setting and Pulling Wireline Plugs
  • Cementing
  • Perforating & logging
  • Setting & Pulling Gas Lift Valves
  • Plug & Abandon Wells
  • Well control

Subsea Engineering

WESI gives clients access to experienced engineers and technicians who provide detailed planning and execution of services for the design, fabrication, installation, intervention and maintenance of subsea and associated topside equipment. Specific topics where our personnel can assist clients include:

  • Riser analysis and offshore riser installations
  • FEA modeling using DnV SEASAM, ANSYS
  • Structural design, fatigue and strength calculations
  • Vessel motion analysis
  • Electrical and hydraulic control systems analysis and design
  • Develop Interface Management, Technical Query (TQ), Request for Information (RFI) and Opportunity/Vulnerability (OV) Processes/Procedures for project.
  • HAZOP studies
  • Oversee the fabrication of equipment such as manifolds and rigid spools (structural steel, duplex and super duplex piping, controls, and hydraulics).
  • Manage construction staff, contractors and sub-contractors to ensure incident free operations.
  • Develop scope, organization charts, develop Expression of Interest (EOI) Bid documents, bid evaluation and award. Develop and implement contracts.
  • Hookup and Commissioning of FPSO topsides, turret and subsea assets.
  • Interfacing with drilling and completions teams to ensure efficient overall project planning and execution.

Subsea Installation

Installing your valuable assets safely and efficiently is what we are good at, no matter what environment and conditions you are faced with. Waterford Subsea Inc. can provide assistance in the planning and execution of offshore campaigns for installation, modification and repair of subsea equipment such as risers, flow lines, umbilicals, trees, flying leads, templates and manifolds. If required, our drilling and completions experts can add their input for a true multi-discipline approach.

WSI offers personnel with expertise in the following areas:

  • Installation of risers, flow lines, umbilicals, trees, flying leads, templates and manifolds.
  • Field development and design concepts
  • Equipment Factory Acceptance Testing
  • Overseeing delivery of equipment from EPC contractor
  • Planning and execution of equipment System Integration Testing (SIT)
  • Planning and execution of offshore installation program with EPC contractor and Installation Contractor
  • Direct liaison with Installation Contractor, Offshore Client Rep on Installation Contractor vessel(s)
  • Liaison with Drilling Group and ROV Supplier for equipment interfacing
  • Contracting and procurement of equipment and services, managing subcontractors
  • Vessel audits and suitability review
  • Flexible flowline tie-in’s and control umbilical installation
  • Spool flushing & removal, spool metrology & installation
  • Subsea Distribution Unit (SDU) electrical and hydraulic flying lead installations
  • Pre-commissioning and commissioning of subsea equipment
  • Barrier testing and subsea system leak tests
  • Rigid pipelay
  • Diving and ROV supported projects
  • Dredging and piling operations

Subsea Construction – Fabrication Project

  • Pre-FEED and FEED Services.
  • Develop Interface Management, Technical Query (TQ), Request for Information (RFI) and Opportunity/Vulnerability (OV)
  • Processes/Procedures for project.
  • HAZOP studies.
  • Oversee the fabrication of equipment such as manifolds and rigid spools (structural steel, duplex and super duplex piping, controls, and hydraulics).
  • Manage construction staff, contractors and sub-contractors to ensure incident free operations.
  • Develop scope, organization charts, develop Expression of Interest (EOI) Bid documents, bid evaluation and award. Develop and implement contracts.
  • Hookup and Commissioning of FPSO topsides, turret and subsea assets.
  • Interfacing with drilling and completions teams to ensure efficient overall project planning and execution.