DeepOcean’s subsea vessel to keep servicing its lifetime client for another five years

Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a five-year contract extension with a Mexican company that provides services and solutions for the oil industry for its construction and subsea vessel.

Thanks to the contract extension with Diavaz, DeepOcean’s Arbol Grande vessel will work on inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services in Mexico for the next five years.

Operations will be managed out of DeepOcean’s office in Ciudad del Carmen.

“We are very pleased to continue the relationship with Diavaz and committing Arbol Grande on a longer-term contract. The vessel has proven capabilities that fit very well for the southern part of Gulf of Mexico,” said Tony Stokes, Managing Director of DeepOcean Americas.

“The vessel has through her lifetime been employed with the same client, Diavaz, which for two decades has been a key client for DeepOcean in Mexico. We look forward to continuing to support Diavaz for safe and efficient operations in many years forward.”

Arbol Grande was delivered in 2003 with specifications tailor-made for the Mexican market. The construction and subsea vessel has been used as an accommodation and topside maintenance support vessel for several IMR contracts involving saturation and air diving, as well as other light construction support operations, DeepOcean said.

The Mexico-flagged vessel, part of DeepOcean’s overall fleet of 17 vessels, has built-in accommodation for 199 persons and a 60Te constant tension crane, in addition to a secondary 60Te telescopic crane.