First rapid response oil containment skid arrives for overhaul

Six years ago, Amarinth supplied ten API 610 OH1 pumps with Plan 53B Seal Support systems to the Subsea Well Response Project for a global containment toolkit that can support subsea well incident response if well shut-in is not immediately possible.

The skids must always be ready for deployment to an incident anywhere in the world to assist in containing and quickly removing any oil from the sea and offloading it into tankers for removal, helping to protect coastlines, wildlife, and communities. This demands a carefully planned overhaul of the skid packages to ensure two are always ready for duty.

Amarinth has agreed an overhaul program that will see the three skids, each with three pumps on, come into Amarinth’s facilities in Rendlesham, UK one by one over a three-month period. The first skid has recently arrived, and test bay engineer Duncan Reed is seen here positioning the specially designed lifting wheels to safely manoeuvrer the skid into the workshop.