OSI has been involved as both system owner and contractor in the development and operation of submarine cable systems worldwide, both in the commercial telecom and the oil and gas industries. OSI’s extensive experience in oil and gas submarine fiber system development has made them an industry leader in the development of these challenging systems. OSI’s personnel understand not only the technical aspects of a submarine system design, but also the financial and other key drivers that the customer must manage in order to make a sound business case for project approval and/or project financing.
Feasibility and business planning
- Network requirements analysis based on current and projected customer applications
- Business case development to secure project approval or financing
Network design – subsea and topside
- Optical network configuration
- Connection design and technology
- Landing configuration and design at shore end or platform
- Assessment of terrestrial routes and available capacity
Desktop Study and pre-survey engineering
- Detailed permitting assessment
- Network route design
- Installation engineering to support survey requirements
Seabed route design and cable engineering using MakaiPlan
- GIS-based seabed route planning
- Seabed routing, cable engineering and burial engineering
- Route planning dovetails with permitting assessment to mitigate technical or regulatory risk
- MakaiPlan is used throughout the Desktop and Route Engineering phases
Procurement and project management
- Bid specifications and RFQ production
- Procurement management and vendor evaluation
- Oversight and management of system manufacture, installation and commissioning
- System permitting and licensing, crossing agreements
Operation and Maintenance management
- Development of wet and dry Operations and Maintenance specifications
- Procurement and vendor evaluation
- Long-term management of O&M contracts for the system owner
