Project Management and Engineering work has started in Ceona’s Houston office with support from the corporate offices in London and Aberdeen.
Mark Preece, Ceona’s Executive VP Commercial and Business Development, said: “We are extremely pleased that the Amazon has secured her first contract, with final vessel delivery on time and within budget. This will also be her first rigid pipelay project and we look forward to demonstrating the Amazon’s capabilities in this area.
“As such, we would like to thank Walter Oil & Gas for having such confidence in the Amazon and her distinctive, cost-effective capabilities which is a huge endorsement of Ceona’s vision for designing a vessel that takes subsea construction and installation into a new era. The project will be managed from Ceona’s Houston office and the team will ensure Walter Oil & Gas is highly satisfied by the quality of our project execution and vessel performance.”
Janelle Pence, Ceona’s VP Commercial Americas, said: “The award of Coelacanth is a milestone for Ceona and fully demonstrates our commitment to the region. We look forward to working closely with Walter Oil & Gas to deliver a safe and successful project.”
Shipbuilding specialist Lloyd Werft successfully delivered the Ceona Amazon less than two years after the letter of intent for its construction was signed. Last month, the Amazon was equipped with her inclined multi-lay VLS with a top tension of 600te, and with two 400te Active Heave Compensated (AHC) masthead cranes able to work in tandem. The two 18m (59 ft) diameter wheels on the top tower and deck are also being installed. All deck installation work has been carried out at the Huisman yard in the Netherlands.
The Ceona Amazon will represent the second new vessel – after the Polar Onyx – that Ceona has brought to the market on time and budget. The Ceona Amazon is 199.4m (655 ft) long and 32.2m (106 ft) wide, drawing 8.0m (25 ft) with a gross tonnage of 33,000te. She is due to enter service in March 2015.
About Ceona
Ceona is a SURF and heavy subsea construction contractor in the deepwater market, specialising in full-service engineering, pipelay and construction project management and execution, including floater installation (Semi, TLP, SPAR). The company has already established an impressive track record which has seen it expand into West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil.
With backing from majority shareholder Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Ceona is developing its fleet of state-of-the-art vessels. It also has offices in London, Aberdeen and Houston, with strategic partners in Brazil and West Africa.
Ceona’s flagship vessel is due for delivery in early 2015. With capacity to carry 9,500te of pipe (rigid and flexible) – 2,500te on deck and 7,000te in the two holds – the Ceona Amazon will be able to lay rigid and flexible pipelines and umbilicals, and install heavy subsea structures or floaters (TLPs and FPSOs) using its two 400te subsea cranes working in tandem in 3,000m (10,000 ft) water depth.
The vessel’s innovative G-lay pipelay system, developed and patented by Ceona, features an inclinable lay spread with a top tension of 600te and a rigid pipe firing line system. It combines the offshore assembly of rigid pipe joints along a traditional firing line, then plastic bending of the pipe through a route similar to that of a reel-lay vessel, completed by a vertical exit through the moonpool (J-lay).
Among the company’s state-of-the-art fleet of vessels are The Polar Onyx and the Normand Pacific. The Polar Onyx is a high-capacity new-built flexible pipelay and construction vessel designed to the highest standard for dynamic positioning, DP3 (Operations+), and equipped with a 250te AHC offshore crane and a 275te vertical lay system. Like the Ceona Amazon, it is capable of installing pipeline and umbilicals to water depths of 3,000m (10,000 ft). She is chartered for 5 years from GC Rieber Shipping, with option for 5 additional years.
The Normand Pacific, built in 2010, is a DP3 offshore construction vessel equipped with a 200te knuckle boom crane. She has been chartered by Ceona for one year and fitted with a 75te vertical lay tower, a reel drive system and two new high-specification work class ROVs for deepwater flexible pipelay and subsea construction in deep and ultradeep waters.
For more information, please visit : http://www.ceona-offshore.com
Ceona awarded first rigid pipelay project for pioneering Amazon vessel in Gulf ... - Your Subsea News (press release)
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