Exciting assignment in Statoil project

In a year's time, Statoil will set a world record on Åsgard at a depth of 300 metres. A branch pipe will be connected to the main pipe when gas flows under high pressure inside the main pipe. A specially developed tool will be used to weld a manifold to the main pipe on the seabed. In a year's time, Statoil will set a world record on Åsgard at a depth of 300 metres. A branch pipe will be connected to the main pipe when gas is flowing under high pressure inside the main pipe. A specially developed tool will be used to weld a nozzle to the main pipe on the seabed. As soon as the drill reaches through the pipe wall and into the gas flow, a valve will close the borehole to prevent gas leakage. This type of drilling and remote-controlled connection on the seabed to a pipe that is not designed for this type of operation has never been done before. This is called "Hot-Tap" (Hot-tap is the industry's name for this new technique for remotely connecting a branch pipe to a main pipe, which carries gas under high pressure and is not prepared with a T-pipe or branch pipe for connection). OneCo Teksal has participated in this delivery for the handling of this specialised welding tool. Sepro Technology has designed the winch on behalf of Technip and Statoil. The winch will be used to handle advanced equipment as mentioned above. OneCo Teksal has assisted SeproTechnology with the following: - Completion of software programming for the winch. - responsibility for HMI Software for the entire system. - responsible for software programming for HPL. - responsibility for installation and connection. System name is "Lanuch And Recovery System (LARS) for the Remote T-Welding Tool (RTWT)". The system consists of 2 composite parts a Handling Platform (HPL) and a winch