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LOGISTICS FLEX LAY PROJECTS such as buoyancy modules, tether clamps, bend stiffeners ported by road to the port of choice - eliminating depen- or restrictors, thanks to the retractable work platform. dency on marine transits.

The work platform - offering up to 4.5m height clear- ance - provides a safe working environment for Te Decommissioning Balance Challenge personnel utilizing the systems integrated within the Effciently increasing production or power supply is not

HLS, such as davit arms and runway beams, to install or the only challenge that the global energy players are cur- remove jewelry which, without the right tools, can be a rently facing as the need for reinstatement of the seabed highly manual and time-consuming process considering to its natural state is increasingly becoming a requirement the volumes of modules to be installed on long lengths of dictated by state laws.

dynamic products. With that, the decommissioning sector is growing in

DNV-verifcation guarantees that this portable package busy markets such as Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea is purpose-built and can therefore be confdently deployed or Australia, owing to the maturity of their oil and gas in- on any vessel of opportunity - ensuring that mission safety frastructure. As more offshore assets reach the end of their is prioritized in both design and operation. productive lives, there is an increasing demand for recov-

What is also particularly attractive is the compact and ery services. This can be costly in deep waters, which in integrated nature of the system, which allows it to be trans- their prime required specialist construction vessels to bring 52 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM