Tuesday 9 October 2018

Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed energy consultancy group Aqualis ASA was contracted by GS E&C to provide engineering and supervision services related to the loadout, transport and floatover of the topside. Aqualis Offshore managed the floatover operation out of its Singapore office.

The 7,000 tonnes topside was successfully mated with the 1,800 tonnes steel jacket in 17 metres water depth, 4 kilometres offshore Bahrain with operation by APMC. Aqualis Offshore engineered and managed the jacket installation in May 2018.

The topside was fabricated in Thailand and loaded out onto the Giant 5 barge prior to loading the barge onto Zhenhua 15 semi-submersible vessel for ‘piggyback’ transport to Bahrain. The topside installation was completed following the barge offload in Bahrain.

Aqualis Offshore is a specialized marine and offshore engineering consultancy focusing on the shallow and deep-water offshore segments of the oil and gas sector.