Offshore Pile Cutting and Grout Removal – SUBMAR’s Engineering Approach

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...

Mastering Sandwich Cutting with Abrasive Waterjets

Dec 20, 2024 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, High tech cutting technics, News

SUBMAR’s Innovative Approach to Overcoming Challenges in Cutting Complex Structures Abrasive waterjet cutting has great capabilities but also some serious challenges. Cutting a sandwich structure with water layers between the steel layers is such one. At SUBMAR,...

Building Expertise: Submar Employees Master High-Pressure Technology

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...

Building Trust: Ensuring Quality Through Certification

Nov 8, 2024 | News

Who doesn’t once sigh at all the work surrounding certifications?All that paperwork… and not once but over and over again. By certifying, we prove that we meet thoughtful standards. That’s reassuring for us but especially for our customers. As we are...

Pushing the limits! – 4.000bar cutting

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...

Multistring Conductor Cutting: A Unique Solution for Offshore Well Decommissioning

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...