Feb 28, 2025 | Abrasive waterjet cutting, Advanced Hydrodemolition for Offshore Decommissioning, Dredging and Cleaning, High tech cutting technics, News, North Sea oil and gas rig decommissioning
Submar’s Powerful New 1,300 Bar Offshore Pump A few days ago, we proudly took delivery of our newest pump. 1,300 bar at 212 litres per minute, what a force, what a beast! And with seawater it quenches its thirst. To be fully in tune with offshore and decommissioning...
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...
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...
