Subsea Decommissioning Pile Cutting System - Embedment Cutting Head

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas)

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Safeguard Nautica Limted

Feasibility Study

Innovate UK

01 November 2015

31 October 2016

12 months

£123,065

South West

Competition Call: 1503_FS_ENRG_CF - Cleaner,more efficient conventional fuels - FS. Activity Cleaner,more efficient conventional fuels - FS

Project Contact, Safeguard Nautica Limted

Project Contact, Exeter Fabrication Limited
Project Contact, University of Plymouth

Within the North Sea Oil & Gas sector, decommissioning of oil field inventory is set to become a major sub- sector in it's own right. The logistical and environmental challenges present a unique and discernable opportunity for the development of reliable, repeatable and cost effective techniques which have strong market potential regionally and globally for many years to come. To address these needs, a consortium led by marine consultants Safeguard Nautica Ltd, will perform a Technical Feasibility Study for a subsea cutting system optimised for piled foundation removal. The project is supported by an expert design engineering knowledge base from Plymouth Univeristy and will including experimental testing facilitated by specialist marine and offshore fabrication company, Exeter Fabrication Ltd.Within the North Sea Oil & Gas sector, decommissioning of oil field inventory is set to become a major sub- sector in it's own right. The logistical and environmental challenges present a unique and discernable opportunity for the development of reliable, repeatable and cost effective techniques which have strong market potential regionally and globally for many years to come. To address these needs, a consortium led by marine consultants Safeguard Nautica Ltd, will perform a Technical Feasibility Study for a subsea cutting system optimised for piled foundation removal. The project is supported by an expert design engineering knowledge base from Plymouth Univeristy and will including experimental testing facilitated by specialist marine and offshore fabrication company, Exeter Fabrication Ltd.Within the North Sea Oil & Gas sector, decommissioning of oil field inventory is set to become a major sub- sector in it's own right. The logistical and environmental challenges present a unique and discernable opportunity for the development of reliable, repeatable and cost effective techniques which have strong market potential regionally and globally for many years to come. To address these needs, a consortium led by marine consultants Safeguard Nautica Ltd, will perform a Technical Feasibility Study for a subsea cutting system optimised for piled foundation removal. The project is supported by an expert design engineering knowledge base from Plymouth Univeristy and will including experimental testing facilitated by specialist marine and offshore fabrication company, Exeter Fabrication Ltd.

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