Oilfield service company ROMAR INTERNATIONAL has reported a contract award with Hess to support the decommissioning and abandonment of potentially 30 wells over the next four years.

The contract win will lead to the creation of additional jobs for Aberdeenshire-based ROMAR. The scope of work will include providing swarf recovery equipment to collect metal cuttings and associated support services including onshore and offshore personnel and project management.

ROMAR is focussed on providing magnetic separation products and services to operators and drilling contractors globally. Its products deliver greater efficiency and increased safety performance by effectively removing large quantities of swarf and metal particles from fluid systems. This reduces the need for unnecessary mechanical or human intervention, whilst eliminating system operators’ exposure to swarf and potentially hazardous chemicals.

Hess operates fields within the UK Continental Shelf and ROMAR will support its programme to achieve full decommissioning and abandonment of its UKCS fields by 2016.

George Yule, Chairman of ROMAR INTERNATIONAL said: “This announcement, on the back of a recent award for swarf recovery services by SHELL UK, is really good news for our company and follows an earlier six-figure investment by ROMAR in additional swarf recovery and handling equipment. We are delighted to have been selected by Hess to support its decommissioning activities and we look forward to developing a strong and successful relationship in pursuit of the project objectives.”

Following ROMAR’s recent investment in swarf equipment it has announced the extension of its product range with a new swarf handling technology, the SS3000, which has the capability to process 2Te/ hour of metal debris from down-hole, within a unit that has a greater magnetic field efficiency, reduced footprint and reduced weight. The company has awarded the manufacturing contract for the new unit with delivery confirmed in early 2012. Further units will be manufactured during Q1 2012 as ROMAR continues to reinvest in growing its business.

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