Island Offshore's support vessel Island Victory has commenced a 60 to 90 days' contract for Ocean Installer at Equinor's Johan Castberg and Askeladd fields in the Barents Sea.
The scope of work at Askeladd includes installation of subsea manifolds and performing extensive survey and subsea activity, using the vessel's two work class ROVs as well as its 250-tonne offshore crane.
At Johan Castberg, the vessel will be used to install a complete mooring system, including 15 suction anchors and 11.45 metres of Ø170mm chain. The chain itself has a weight of about 590 kilograms per metre in air.
