Normand-Ocean

After a helicopter crash in the night of Feb 28, 2024, off the coast of Norway, the 'Normand Ocean' was tasked to recover the wreckage off the island of Sotra. The helicopter was on a training exercise for state-backed oil firm Equinor and involved low-altitude training flights. One person, Reidun Hestetun (61), an Equinor nurse, was fatally injured in the accident, while five others were taken to hospital. The five men on board all reportedly worked for Bristow and were transported to Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen with various levels of injury. One man was in a critical condition, one man sustained a serious injury and three others sustained minor injures. The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) reported that the S-92 helicopter, with registration LN-IOJ, was discovered at the bottom of the sea by an ROV on March 1 at around 8:15 p.m. 220 meters deep. The recovery took place through the night, and the helicopter has since been taken to the Haakonsvern naval base. The priority was to recover the black box of the flight recorder to obtain more details of what happened. Other pieces of floating debris have been recovered by the Norwegian coastguard and placed at the disposal of the NSIA. Reports with photos: https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/549249/wreckage-recovered-norway-helicopter/ https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/548988/helicopter-norway-ditches-equinor-bristow/ .

Norwegian subsea services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor for IMR services. The contract is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2020, and has a duration of up to nine months work utilising multipurpose construction vessel Normand Ocean. Work comprises subsea ROV operations covering inspection, maintenance and repair activities on Equinor’s assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.