The NHV Group announced on May 31 a new contract with Nautical Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy LTD, to provide helicopter services in support of their upcoming drilling project at the Ekland Field.
The operations are expected to start early summer.
Flights will depart from NHV’s base in Aberdeen to the Ekland Field, which is approximately 120 nautical miles east from Aberdeen.
NHV will support this project utilizing the state-of-the-art H175 aircraft, an Airbus Helicopter’s super medium type. The H175 is specifically designed to meet evolving mission needs in the oil-and-gas industry.
Being the launching operator for this aircraft type, NHV’s H175s have accumulated extensive experience in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Ghana and Denmark since 2014. NHV Group ultimately will increase its fleet to 16 of these new-generation helicopters.
NHV started operating out of Aberdeen at the beginning of 2016 and announced the opening of a new hangar, apron and passenger handling facilities in October 2016.
“We at NHV are delighted that Nautical Petroleum have selected NHV to partner with them in their upcoming drilling project,” said NHV’s base manager Jamie John. “The award of this contract strengthens our long standing relationship where we have previously supported projects in West Africa. The new operation in Aberdeen signals the start of the first North Sea operation between NHV and Nautical petroleum, and we are looking forward to providing support on this new project.”
