Harkand mobilizes vessel for Premier Oil in UKCS
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom -- Harkand has embarked on a contract awarded by Premier Oil Plc to support the company's activities on the Solan field development, West of Shetland.
Siem Spearfish, a multi-purpose service vessel on long-term charter to Harkand, arrived in Newcastle, UK, earlier this month to begin mobilization for the campaign, which will see it perform walk-to-work duties for the ongoing commissioning work on site.
The Siem Spearfish is being fitted with an Ampelmann active motion compensated gangway, which will allow personnel to walk onto the Solan platform safely, even in high wave conditions.
The Siem Spearfish is due to arrive on site, in Block 205/26a in the UKCS, later this month, with the work expected to run until August.
The 120 m Spearfish was launched last year after being designed and built at the Vard facility in Norway with input from Harkand.
Constructed with a deck layout specifically designed to increase the efficiency for mobilization and demobilization, the vessel is equipped with a 250 tonne AHC offshore crane with 3,000 m of wire and two heavy workclass Triton 4,000 m XLS ROVs. It can accommodate a crew of 110.
