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Offshore: Technical Teams for Modification, Fabrication & Decommissioning
RAM site photograph — offshore workfront, Netherlands shelf
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Where RAM works offshore
Offshore work is defined by the asset and by the window in which you can reach it. RAM supplies execution capacity across three of them.
01
Offshore assets & units
Workfronts on offshore units and platforms where technical personnel are required for defined welding, piping, structural or mechanical activities.
02
Modification & fabrication
Modification and tie-in work on assets in service, and onshore fabrication feeding offshore installation or intervention.
03
Decommissioning & dismantling
Technical execution support around offshore-related dismantling and decommissioning work once the structure is ashore.
Two ways we work
Model 01
Workforce Solutions
Your asset. Your supervision. Our crews.
- Directs execution
- Your organisation
- RAM supplies
- Technical crews and specialists, with employment, documentation and mobilisation
- When it fits
- You own the offshore programme and need capacity against it
Model 02
Technical Subcontracting
A defined scope. A RAM-coordinated team.
- Directs execution
- RAM, around the contracted deliverables
- RAM supplies
- Crews, supervision and coordination against the agreed scope and interfaces
- When it fits
- The requirement is a package of work rather than additional trades
Offshore technical capabilities
No.CapabilityScope
01
Offshore welding
Coded welders on offshore units, platforms and the yards that support them.
02
Piping & small-bore tubing
Spool work, installed pipe runs and precision small-bore hydraulic and instrument tubing.
03
Structural & mechanical work
Structural steel, plate and mechanical assemblies on offshore structures.
04
Modification & tie-in support
Modification and tie-in work on assets already in service, around existing interfaces.
05
Fabrication for offshore workfronts
Onshore fabrication of spools and assemblies feeding an offshore installation programme.
06
Scaffolding, access & surface treatment
Access provision, surface preparation, coating and preservation on and around the structure.
07
Rigging & lifting support
Riggers and banksmen supporting equipment moves and lifting operations.
08
Supervision & offshore mobilisation
Foremen and supervisors, and the documentation and logistics that get a crew to the workfront.
Real RAM offshore experience
Four published records. Every photograph below was taken by RAM on the work itself.
Lead record
Haugesund — decommissioning yard
- Location
- Haugesund, Norway
- Environment
- Decommissioning yard — offshore structures ashore
Offshore structures brought ashore for dismantling. This is where an asset’s life ends, and it is the part of the offshore lifecycle RAM has photographed most directly.
Orange Nassau Energie
- Location
- Netherlands shelf
- Environment
- Offshore platform, offshore workfront
- Record
- Welding offshore project
Scarabeo 8
- Location
- Norwegian shelf
- Environment
- Offshore unit, in service
- Shown
- Small-bore tubing and pipe welding
Egina
- Location
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Environment
- Fabrication yard for an offshore project
- Shown
- Fabrication and lifting operations
Scope, client role and duration are stated only where RAM has published them.
Before we mobilise offshore
01
Scope & workfront
What has to be executed, and where on the asset it sits.
02
People & qualifications
Personnel selected against the requirements of that scope.
03
Documentation & mobilisation
Documents, logistics and access prepared for the assignment.
04
Interfaces & start
The team enters the scope according to the agreed interfaces and plan.
Frequently asked questions
- What offshore work does RAM support?
- Work on offshore assets and units, modification and tie-in work on assets in service, onshore fabrication feeding offshore installation, and decommissioning support once structures are ashore.
- Which offshore capabilities can RAM supply?
- Offshore welding, piping and small-bore tubing, structural and mechanical work, modification and tie-in support, fabrication for offshore workfronts, scaffolding, access and surface treatment, rigging and lifting support, and supervision and offshore mobilisation.
- Where has RAM worked offshore?
- Published records include a decommissioning yard in Haugesund (Norway), an offshore platform on the Netherlands shelf, the Scarabeo 8 unit on the Norwegian shelf, and fabrication for the Egina project in Port Harcourt (Nigeria).
- Can RAM work under our supervision?
- Both. Under workforce solutions your organisation directs execution and RAM handles employment, documentation, mobilisation and workforce administration. Under technical subcontracting RAM coordinates the trades and supervision for a defined scope, against the deliverables, interfaces and acceptance criteria set out in the contract.
- What does RAM need to know about an offshore job?
- The asset (unit, platform or yard), where the work sits, the schedule window and start date, and the activities and interfaces.
Tell us about the asset and the scope
What the structure is, where it sits, and when the work has to happen.
Asset
Unit, platform or yard
Location
Where the work sits
Schedule
Window and start date
Scope
Activities and interfaces
