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DIVING & MARINE SUPPORT
OIL & GAS AUSTRALIA
Broad Bhagwan subsea range boosts
market across Australia
Bhagwan Marine’s Belmont Facility. Image courtesy Bhagwan Marine.
BY ANDREW HOBBS
BHAGWAN Marine’s subsea services
division has given company vessels a new
lease on life at a busy time for the industry.
Bhagwan operations manager subsea Paul Bhagwan Marine subsea manager Paul Guilfoyle, subsea operations manager Paul Masters and subsea
Masters told Oil & Gas Australia that while oil technical manager Jamie Watson with offshore diving systems 1 and 2. Image by Andrew Hobbs.
prices had fallen and construction rates were
lower, there was still a lot of work out there for Darwin and Dampier that have all been projects – be they traditional offshore projects
subsea support groups. reconfigured for dive support vessels – or ones in rivers, harbours, lakes or dams, Mr
previously they were not being utilised to their Masters said.
“There has never been a time in our history capacity and now we have got them working
when there have been more assets in the every day,” he said. “Underwater labouring is essentially what
water… there is more gear in the water now diving is, and diving is the means to the task.
to inspect, repair and maintain than there has Bhagwan had built dive systems onto four It is just the technique to get the person to the
ever been,” he said. dive support vessels, but the portable kits job, and once you get the person to the job, it
offered the group versatility, able to be used on can be anything.”
Bhagwan said the business had good almost any vessel to meet client requirements
potential as the industry had put a new focus as well as avoiding any potential constraints on Ultimately, the company aimed to be able
on inspections of offshore infrastructure, the vessels. to work with top end saturation diving vessels,
coupled with likely higher levels of in what could be defined as the sector’s middle
decommissioning in the future. “One of the things that we try and avoid tier, Mr Watson said.
is pulling gear apart and re-assembling it all
In making the decision to tap into this the time, but essentially it is all modular for a “We can slide in underneath them and either
market, Bhagwan Marine subsea technical reason and it happens from time to time,” he work with them, or do the lower end of the
manager Jamie Watson had spearheaded the added. stuff, or go back and have a look at what they
group’s establishment of its onshore systems – have done with short term jobs,” he said.
with seven put together in total. Bhagwan planned to take its focus on
inspection, repair and maintenance and on “We can really cover from the $2,000 job
The systems were set up across the non-destructive testing to any number of through to the top end.”
company’s bases in Western Australia, the
Northern Territory and Queensland, enabling
the company to carry out subsea work at a
variety of locations around the nation.
“We have pooled globally what we have all
learned over the years and taken into account
getting stuff from here to our area of work –
say Karratha or up to Darwin, how we can put
it on a truck and save on mobilisation costs,”
Mr Watson said.
These dive suites could be used on most of
Bhagwan’s 150-strong fleet, Mr Masters said.
“We have got vessels at Gladstone and
34 ENERGY PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATING 34 YEARS OF PUBLISHING IN AUSTRALIA
OIL & GAS AUSTRALIA
Broad Bhagwan subsea range boosts
market across Australia
Bhagwan Marine’s Belmont Facility. Image courtesy Bhagwan Marine.
BY ANDREW HOBBS
BHAGWAN Marine’s subsea services
division has given company vessels a new
lease on life at a busy time for the industry.
Bhagwan operations manager subsea Paul Bhagwan Marine subsea manager Paul Guilfoyle, subsea operations manager Paul Masters and subsea
Masters told Oil & Gas Australia that while oil technical manager Jamie Watson with offshore diving systems 1 and 2. Image by Andrew Hobbs.
prices had fallen and construction rates were
lower, there was still a lot of work out there for Darwin and Dampier that have all been projects – be they traditional offshore projects
subsea support groups. reconfigured for dive support vessels – or ones in rivers, harbours, lakes or dams, Mr
previously they were not being utilised to their Masters said.
“There has never been a time in our history capacity and now we have got them working
when there have been more assets in the every day,” he said. “Underwater labouring is essentially what
water… there is more gear in the water now diving is, and diving is the means to the task.
to inspect, repair and maintain than there has Bhagwan had built dive systems onto four It is just the technique to get the person to the
ever been,” he said. dive support vessels, but the portable kits job, and once you get the person to the job, it
offered the group versatility, able to be used on can be anything.”
Bhagwan said the business had good almost any vessel to meet client requirements
potential as the industry had put a new focus as well as avoiding any potential constraints on Ultimately, the company aimed to be able
on inspections of offshore infrastructure, the vessels. to work with top end saturation diving vessels,
coupled with likely higher levels of in what could be defined as the sector’s middle
decommissioning in the future. “One of the things that we try and avoid tier, Mr Watson said.
is pulling gear apart and re-assembling it all
In making the decision to tap into this the time, but essentially it is all modular for a “We can slide in underneath them and either
market, Bhagwan Marine subsea technical reason and it happens from time to time,” he work with them, or do the lower end of the
manager Jamie Watson had spearheaded the added. stuff, or go back and have a look at what they
group’s establishment of its onshore systems – have done with short term jobs,” he said.
with seven put together in total. Bhagwan planned to take its focus on
inspection, repair and maintenance and on “We can really cover from the $2,000 job
The systems were set up across the non-destructive testing to any number of through to the top end.”
company’s bases in Western Australia, the
Northern Territory and Queensland, enabling
the company to carry out subsea work at a
variety of locations around the nation.
“We have pooled globally what we have all
learned over the years and taken into account
getting stuff from here to our area of work –
say Karratha or up to Darwin, how we can put
it on a truck and save on mobilisation costs,”
Mr Watson said.
These dive suites could be used on most of
Bhagwan’s 150-strong fleet, Mr Masters said.
“We have got vessels at Gladstone and
34 ENERGY PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATING 34 YEARS OF PUBLISHING IN AUSTRALIA
