Successful West African deployment for ICON Tension Lift Frame spread

ICON Engineering’s Equipment Rental division has recently deployed one of its Tension Lift Frames (TLF) along with a Hydraulic Power Units (HPU) and SFT Shipping Skid to West Africa to support their Client’s offshore drilling and completions program.

The first installation and rig-up onboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) has already been successfully completed and will be repeated for each of the remaining wells.

With 20 years of proven operational history, ICON’s Tension Lift Frame was re-designed and optimised prior to deployment with key benefits including:

Enhanced Upper Spreader Beam design with dual side mounted winches providing increased functionality and maximised operating headroom.
Bespoke winch design with minimum spooling offset from well centre and quick, controlled lift speeds.
Wireless winch controls for safe operation from either drill floor or lift frame.
Modular system for maximum equipment versatility and interchangeability, ease of transport, reduced deck space requirements and efficient rig-up.
Robust structural load path with no bolted or welded connections.
Standard drilling elevator connections for quick rig-up and familiarity for offshore rig crew.
Direct surface flowhead interface with lower spreader beam which can be pre-installed to the surface flowhead onshore saving offshore installation time and optimising overall stack-up height.
Independently certified to offshore standards.