Amid Active Oil Fields and Harsh COVID19 Restrictions, Resolve Marine’s Innovation Successfully Relocate an Oil Platform Jacket Off Coastal India
Isolated during a strict lock down in one of the worst areas impacted by COVID19, Resolve India was the logistical hub for response operations. Resolve salvage professionals quarantined at three global locations executed a complex methodology with senior project members as they virtually managed 24/7 teamwork and collaboration. Meeting virtually, the teams efficiently utilized networking technology across global time zones to provide onsite salvors with experienced advice, assistance, and consultancy. In addition to COVID 19 challenges, the response required intervention activities to mitigate environmental damage and complete the project before the site was impacted by an approaching monsoon.
In preparation for towing, on-site response teams conducted casualty inspections notating breaches in the buoyancy tanks that needed repair along with placement for a geo-location device and navigational lighting. Sharing inspection and preparation details virtually with senior project members, the response team executed detailed breach repairs enabling them to dewater flooded buoyancy tanks. Just as the impending monsoon’s effects began, the jacket was connected to the towing tugs and successfully transport to the disposal location.
With the jacket recovered and disposed, Resolve teams demobilized as they delivered on their commitment to the high-profile client. “The world was on lock-down and a storm was approaching, time was not on Resolve’s side,” said Commander Rajesh Ramkumar, General Manager Resolve India, “Project teams not only rose to the occasion but they excelled integrating technology and experience to overcome a tight timeline and remote challenges.” Resolve’s successful project, completed days before a powerful cyclone hit India’s west coast, was made possible by capitalizing on a global network of experienced salvors who go above and beyond to deliver when and where they are needed.
About Resolve Marine
Resolve Marine provides innovative response, recovery, and compliance solutions that solve our
client’s problems while making the world’s oceans cleaner and safer. Operating from strategically
positioned offices, depots, and warehouses around the world, Resolve’s owned and managed
assets ensure marine insurance companies, shipowners, offshore operators, and global
governments benefit from responsive teams who strive to protect client assets and marine
environments. Resolve’s salvage experience and technical expertise translates into regulatory
leadership as an approved OPA 90 SMFF, Alaska APC (1-Call Alaska), and China SPRO
provider. Find out more at www.resolvemarine.com
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