Norwegian overseas boring specialist Island Drilling has actually gotten Ecochlor to mount their brand-new EcoOne Container Unit aboard the Island Innovator semi-submersible gear.
Vidar Vik, Technical Section Leader at Island Drilling, claimed: “Our research in choosing a BWMS for the Island Innovator was a very difficult process because of the unique ballasting needs for offshore rigs.
“We had an interest in the EcoOne Container Unit since it was filterless, which permitted a really straightforward installment, it is very easy for our staff to utilize and also it supplied us the chance to utilize it on an additional gear as opposed to resting still till our following action.”
The Island Innovator is a semi-submersible gear with 4 independent ballast water supply, onward and also aft in each pontoon.
The EcoOne Container Unit will certainly be positioned on the deck, needing just power and also water products. Unidirectional 1″ pipelines will certainly feed the anti-bacterial from the main therapy container per of the 4 ballast systems.
Due to the little pipeline size, they can utilize the port and also starboard lift shafts ─ 2 pipelines per lift. Once at the pontoon degree, one pipeline will certainly result in the onward and also the various other to the aft shot flange near the sea upper body, streamlining the installment procedure.
“Our EcoOne system can use gravity ballasting, which is a huge benefit for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs),” claimed Sören Scheid, Ecochlor Regional Business Development Manager for UK and alsoEurope
“For stability reasons, semi-subs usually ballast via four sea chests located in the far corners of the rig. Any full-flow BWMS would require the installation of four separate units, which would cause some issues with the tight spacing of the pontoon. With the filterless EcoOne® BWMS, we can serve up to four separate ballast sub-systems simultaneously utilizing one system.”
