Steel Pipes out ... Flexible Pipes In

Steel pipes out ... flexible pipes in

THE PROJECT AQUATIC’S ROLE

Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish bay in Venezuela, South America, connected to Aquatic supplied the technicians and equipment to handle and deploy the pipelines the Gulf of Venezuela by the Tablazo Strait (55 km) at the northern end, and fed by and provided Project Management, Engineering and Operational support throughout numerous rivers, including the Catatumbo. The lake is a major shipping route to the the project. ports of Maracaibo and Cabimas. The surrounding Maracaibo Basin contains large Aquatic’s equipment spread, 500Te modular drive system, 50Te tensioner, and reserves of crude oil, making the lake a major profit centre for Venezuela. ancillaries, were loaded at Port of Blyth, UK on the transportation vessel, HC Paulina Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and Roffco completed the first ever project to replace for shipping to Ciudad Ojeba, Venezuela, where all the reels and Aquatic equipment, large diameter steel oil pipelines with flexible oil lines, using PDVSA’s production units were transferred to the installation vessel. in Lake Maracaibo. Aquatic performed the installation, using the purpose-built Panama flagged installation vessel,Zumaque Tracer. [email protected] THE OUTCOME

Commenting on this project in the Americas region, Managing Director, Martin Charles, said “Aquatic continues to remain a dependable partner of choice. It is essential that we are able to maintain key customer, partner and operator relationships during the management and delivery of projects, and I am confident that the success of this partnership will be repeated in the future.”

UNRIVALLED EXPERIENCE

Aquatic is the leading independent operator of modular equipment for the global oil and It’s our equipment range and the acknowledged, proven expertise and experience we gas, telecommunications and energy industries. We are global partners for complete have in abundance. It’s reflected in our technical skill and SURF knowledge and the lay solutions, delivering assured, optimised project outcomes through the consistent quality of local personnel we use on projects around the globe. We work safely, and provision of the best people, equipment, reach and approach. we do not take unnecessary risks on any operation we’re involved with. This strength in depth means we’re dependable and our customers enjoy working with us, time and Strength in depth sums up what Aquatic is about. again.

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