FoundOcean Projects BLOG

On arrival in Kuantan (KSB) in Malaysia we loaded the diving vessel (Allied Conquests) with all grouting equipment ready to complete the grouting on three jackets for Petronas plus two grout bags which were to be installed at a pipeline crossing. The Jacket’s to be grouted are TBCP-A, MLDP-A and TBDR-A. All three jackets have been pre-installed prior to us arriving in the field.

On 08/09/10 the vessel departed KSB port to head out to the field. The first jacket to concentrate on was the 8 legger, TBCP-A, where we grouted two legs. Once the first two legs were complete we only had sufficient cement to complete the grout bags at the pipeline crossing. The vessel headed for the crossing and within 24 hours the pipeline was lifted and the grout bags successfully installed and grouted. It was then a sail to KSB port to reload with cement.

After returning to the field on 15/09/10, the vessel was instructed to go to a different platform as they needed the divers on the vessel to carry out important work elsewhere in the field. This lasted for three days before we headed back to TBCP-A where we grouted a further two legs before heading into port again to top up with cement.

This continued for the next two weeks till we completed TBCP-A and MLDP-A (4 legger), grouting two legs at a time due to the vessel’s cement capacity. All packers and grouting on the first two jackets went really well with no problems to report.

Equipment onboard the Allied Conquests	The first two jackets are placed and grouted

On arrival back to TBDR-A we implemented FoundOcean contingency proceedures to complete grouting as the packers had failed.

We are now down on bad weather here as we have been for the last three days so hopefully when the weather calms down we can get the vessel back to the jacket and successfully set the remaining three grout plugs and complete the grouting operations.