Under this contract Canyon will provide advanced work class systems and personnel, ROV tooling, remote intervention engineering services and Class 2 and 3 ROV support vessels.

Canyon said it will be increasing its fleet of ROV systems to handle the extra work with the addition of three 2,500-metre rated Perry Slingsby Triton XLS work class ROV systems, scheduled for delivery in the second quarter this year.

Projects likely to be undertaken by Canyon as part of the agreement include deepwater subsea installations of suction anchors, rigid spools, jumpers, structures, mattresses and crossing supports, pipeline pigging and testing, free-span rectification, acoustic metrology, pre- and post-lay surveys, subsea tie-ins and other deepwater construction support activities. Operations under the agreement have already commenced.