Feb 26, 2025 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, Advanced Hydrodemolition for Offshore Decommissioning, High tech cutting technics, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
Safety is of the essence. If you succeed in improving a technique so that a task can be done in half the time, then the exposure time for all workers and the risk of an incident is also cut in half. During cutting tests, we are always amazed by the great cutting...
Feb 5, 2025 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
When the designs were ready and all the parts were in production, Duncan approached us: ‘Where are you going to do the assembly of your wonderful machines?’ Usually, we assemble our machines in our workshop with our own people. That way, our cutting masters and...
Jan 5, 2025 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, Advanced Hydrodemolition for Offshore Decommissioning, High tech cutting technics, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
At a depth of 40 metres, a series of platform piles stick out of the seafloor. SUBMAR was awarded the scope of removing these piles but there is a problem. The piles have been cut over a metre above the seafloor and are packed with bone-hard grout. Before we can cut...
Nov 25, 2024 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, Advanced Hydrodemolition for Offshore Decommissioning, High tech cutting technics, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
To ensure the safe and effective operation of our advanced high-pressure and ultra-high-pressure pumps, Submar has initiated comprehensive training for all employees. Our first group of team members recently completed specialized training at Hammelmann, a globally...
Sep 18, 2024 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, Advanced Hydrodemolition for Offshore Decommissioning, High tech cutting technics, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
An extensive series of endurance tests at our facility in Ostend is behind us. Many, many, many hours in a row, we tested our latest ultra-high-pressure pump and our newest cutting heads at 4.000bar. And everything is holding up well, just perfectly. The pump...
Sep 16, 2024 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, Advanced Hydrodemolition for Offshore Decommissioning, High tech cutting technics, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
Some time ago, a series of wells were cut and removed from a platform. One well presented a challenge. The 30’ conductor was found to have a steel cage around it. And this posed problems during decommissioning. As a result, the well could not be removed through the...
