The photos below are from a field trip onboard the OCV vessel Seven Viking in February 2015. Equinor contracts the vessel. During the six-day field trip, the ship completed various subsea assignments in the North Sea. These included gas sampling, valve opening and closing, and subsea inspections.
The Seven Viking electrician and a trainee on the aft deck next to the Gullfaks A oil rig.- The Seven Viking deck foreman in conversation with two of the Ulstein representatives.
The Captain and his crew at work on the bridge.
One of the Seven Viking ROVs at work near the Gullfaks A oil rig.- ROV pilots co-working around the ROV monitors on the Seven Viking.
The transponder is used for underwater positioning.- One of the regular inspection rounds on the Seven Viking is here coming to a conclusion.
- Rough seas while steaming to the oil field.
- Regular maintenance is carried out.
- One of the two work ROVs on the Seven Viking is about to be deployed.
- Regular inspections on board are being carried out, this is one of the engine rooms on the Seven Viking
Seamen on the evening shift on the Seven Viking.- Seven Viking at the oil field
Inge Sleipnes, Frode Sollid, Tonje Øyehaug Ruud, Snorre Hjelseth (Oslo School of Architecture and Design), Torgrim Driveklepp and Arne Straume have been on field trips on Ulstein designed vessels.- The 'Seven Viking' subsea vessel, photo: Christian Romberg
Field study on our volume design - the PX121
Field studies were carried out on board two platform supply vessels of the PX121 design during 2014 and 2015. Both trips were in the winter season, and the weather was sometimes harsh, with storms and wind speeds above 50 knots.
Our findings have been used for a modularisation project on the PX121 vessels.
