SolidTech has entered a 5 yearly agreement for Misc. inspection / survey of equipment for rigs within Seadrill's Europe Division.

Foto: Tidens Krav
Seadrill operates 5 drilling units in the NCS:
- West Phoenix
- West Epsilon
- West Alpha
- West Venture
- West Navigator
SolidTech range of services includes:
- Heavy / complex Drilling equipment (e.g. Top Drive, Drawwork)
- Lifting equipment in drilling area (winches, cherry picker, pipehandling equipment)
- Derrick inspection
- NDT of loose drilling equipment
- Pipe inspection (condition / w. thickn. measurements)
- Inspection of lifesaving equipment (davit, lowering arr. etc.)
and other services within SolidTech's competance.
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SolidTech has signed a service agreement for inspection of drilling related equipment with Transocean. The staff at Solidtech are proud to be a vendor to Transocean and are looking forward to provide an efficient service.
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Solid Offshore Technology AS has delivered inspection and verification services as core business since the start. Now the company has been certified as an enterpise of competence ("sakkyndig virksomhet") within inspection of lifting appliances.
- Earlier we have been using sub contractors to provide these services when customers have asked for help in individual cases. By taking this in-house we will be able to take control of every part in the delivery chain for this service, says technical manager Terje Bach.
Operational manager, Bernt Nielsen, says that this certification is an important milestone and that customers first of all will experience this as a more efficient service now that the process is within the company's own organization.
The next step is to hire more people to develope this segment further. - We need more expertise within the area of lifting appliances, tells the Managing Director Frode Tolcsiner and continues - at least 5 engineers and/or NMD approved competent persons.
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has found that Solid Offshore Technology AS meet the requirements for carrying out non destructive testing (NDT) on offshore projects and offshore units/components according to their Approval programme No. 402B.
- In order to provide such services to customers having components/structures which have or will have DNV classification the company needs to be approved by the class society, tells Dicsipline responsible for NDT, Morten Borøchstein.
The objective of the approval programme is to ensure the supplier is using appropriate procedures, has qualified and certified personnel toghether with a sufficient quality management system. Solid Offshore Technology AS will be using this recognition when it comes to services in connection with renewal and intermediate surveys on semi submersible drillingrigs.


