2012-08-28: Contract Award Cecon ASA with its subsidiary Cecon NL BV is very pleased to announce a new contract award. GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V. has issued a Letter of Intent to Cecon NL BV to install rigid pipelines on three projects totalling 57km, all in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea, in the first half of 2013.
Cecon will execute pipeline installation with the new DP Pipelay and Heavy-Lift vessel “Sampson”, delivered from shipyard after upgrading early August 2012.
Cecon will perform project management, including subcontractors and engineering, from the Dutch office in Leiden.
About Cecon ASA
Cecon is a subsea contractor involved in the fields of project management, engineering and subsea installation for the offshore oil and gas and renewables industry.
The Sampson pipelay and heavy lift vessel its maritime crew and workforce, is capable of laying pipelines in diameters up to 48 inches OD, with a thruster capacity of 23 MW and a total installed power of 30 MW. A deepwater 3-section stinger is constructed to handle all possible pipe configurations in any waterdepth between shallow and ultra-deep.
Furthermore the o/b cranage, with a 200T subsea crane and a 1600T fully revolving Liebherr crane makes this vessel a unique combination vessel for deep water projects.
