Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture (Vietsovpetro) hasofficially become a member of the International Maritime ContractorsAssociation (IMCA).
This is an important milestone affirming Vietsovpetro’s brand in providing offshoremarine services in the domestic and international markets.
Recognisingthe importance of developing external services in parallel with oil and gas explorationand exploitation activities, the company’s marine transportationand diving services division has prepared required documents sinceearly 2019 and applied to join the association in November last year.
From 2016to 2019, Vietsovpetro participated in and won bids to provide remotely operatedvehicle (ROV) surveying services for many investors such as PV GAS,Hoang Long - Hoan Vu JOC, among others, thus confirming the quality of its servicesin the field of underground survey.
However,there was still a number of underground survey bidding packages thatVietsovpetro could not participate in, when the investors required contractorsto have certificates issued by IMCA.
As a member of IMCA, Vietsopetro have to strictly abide by safetyrequirements in implementing projects in order to be considered for certificateextension in the following years.
It willreceive consultancy from IMCA to effectively and professionally providingunderground survey services to both external and internal projects.
Formed in 1995, IMCA is a leading trade association representing the vast majority ofcontractors and the associated supply chain in the offshore marine constructionindustry worldwide.
With its mission to improve performance in the marine contracting industry, IMCAprovides services to five regions of the world, including Asia - Pacific, NorthAmerica, Europe - Africa, Middle East - India and South America./.
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