IKM Subsea Wins ROV Service Work for Statoil
Project Engineer Roar Paulsen with IKM Subsea’ s Merlin UCV (Photo: IKM Subsea)
IKM Subsea AS (IKM) said it has been awarded a contract for ROV and subsea services for Visund and Snorre B with Statoil.
The contract has duration of 10 years firm and the contract value for IKM is up to 0.75 billion NOK in total for this period. The contract may be extended for a further period of 15 years.
According to IKM Subsea, the contract represents a significant milestone and acknowledgement for the company, involving operational as well as technological challenges.
For first time, Statoil and IKM will introduce the so-called concept of RROV (Residential ROV). RROV represents a permanently subsea-installed ROV system operated from a dedicated operational base positioned onshore. IKM said it believes this concept will define future applications of ROV technology, produce major operational advantages and produce a platform for cost savings as compared to existing ROV concepts.
The contract will combine use of existing proprietary Merlin ROV technology in combination with RROV technology to be developed.
Similarly, the staffing of the operations will be a combination of traditional offshore crews in symbiosis with onshore crew operating the IKM developed control center onshore.
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December 2025
