Harris Pye Engineering and Atwood Oceanics, Inc. have signed a deal to refurbish latter’s deepwater semi-submersible rig — Atwood Hunter —offshore Cameroon
Located at anchorage in the Port of Limbe, the project is reportedly demanding because of remote location, environmental conditions and inconsistent paperwork formalities for export and import.
The larger scope of work included a complete blast and paint of the underdeck and columns, approximately 250 tonnes of general steel and pipe renewals, change out of eight shale shakers for four state-of-the-art units, renewal of five fairleaders weighing eleven tonnes each, and major modifications to the mud pits and associated piping.
Michael Pue, project manager at Atwood Oceanics, Inc., said, “The objective of this project was to safely refurbish the rig with enhanced capabilities by executing the scope of work in a location which minimised transit time from the rig’s operating market to a shipyard and back.
“Three offers were evaluated for this job. Ultimately, Harris Pye was awarded the project because they had the experience required and resources necessary to execute such an aggressive project schedule in a complex foreign environment.”
Chris David, technical director at Harris Pye Group, added that they have worked with Atwood Oceanics, Inc. on numerous projects, all of which were a total success because of the strong team work between the two companies.
Harris Pye Engineering also recently purchased over 2MM USD of QuikDecK equipment, a specialist hanging staging system to access the rig’s underdeck. It is estimated that Safway’s QuikDecK technology reduced the overall timeframe of the scaffolding work by approximately 18 days, when compared to conventional scaffold systems.
