Cortez Subsea secures Caribbean inspection contract

Subsea services and technology products company Cortez Subsea has secured a six-figure contract with BHP Billiton Trinidad for inspection services in Trinidad and Tobago.

Cortez will use its Structure Commander software to inspect six offshore platforms in the Greater Angostura field, located in the Eastern Venezuela Basin, starting in June 2014.

The Structure Commander software aids in the planning and managing of structure and pipeline integrity including data acquisition, event recording, digital video, processing, charting and reporting

Managing director, Alasdair Cowie, said: “By increasing our capabilities across asset inspection software over the past year, we are now reaping the rewards with significant business opportunities.

“Knowing we have won this project based on our software capabilities, as well as providing a reliable and highly-skilled team of professionals to process the data while at the same time maintaining a cost effective solution to clients, demonstrates the level of confidence in our ability to deliver globally.”