WaveWalker 1 Drills for Gemini Cables

The jack-up barge WaveWalker 1 has been deployed to work on Gemini wind energy project offshore Eemshaven.

To be able to run the Gemini offshore wind farm two export cables have to be run under two existing submarine cables.

Due to strong currents and very shallow water depths at the location WaveWalker 1 was selected to carry out the horizontal drilling operations for the two ducts separated by 25 metres.

For the current operation at Gemini the moon pool has been covered over, a unit has been installed for the horizontal drilling operation and the deck space is filled with all the associated equipment. The drilling operation is managed by one man and a remote control unit because everything has been made mechanical.

This operation will be completed during spring 2015 with the exact timing dependent upon the weather conditions.