DNO Oman Block 8 Ltd (DNO) is the operator of the Bukha Field, offshore Khasab, Oman. DNO entered Oman in 2012 and operates the country's only producing offshore fields on behalf of Omani Oil & Gas ministry. Boskalis Subsea Services (BSS) in recent years have assisted DNO with lifting a flare boom onto the WB Platform, making use of a DP2 offshore vessel, also Boskalis provided diving and inspection services to DNO for their SPM Offshore RAK, UAE.
The project objective of this scope of work is to pull-in, lay, connect and commission a 1,200 m long 6” ID production flowline, together with a 111 mm OD hydraulic control umbilical between the Bukha Alpha (BA) Platform and the Bukha 1 (B1) Subsea Well. BSS was contracted to provide the procedures, Dive Support Vessel (DSV), Hyperbaric Rescue Vessel (HRV), project equipment and personnel to undertake this SOW. The contract was awarded in April 2017, and the installation of the newly manufactured 6” ID Flowline and 111mm OD umbilical between the B1 well and the BA platform took place during the month of August 2017.