Gulf Drilling Campaign: DNV 2.7-1 Living Quarters and Workshop Modules

A drilling contractor running a Gulf campaign needed offshore living quarters and a workshop module, certified to lift and engineered for an environment hard on equipment and people. The modules had to be built to DNV 2.7-1 and EN 12079 for offshore handling, the HVAC and electrical sized for a 50 degree Celsius design ambient, and the steelwork protected to a C5-M corrosion category. The quarters had to carry A60 separation and suit continuous occupation, and the whole set had to land inside a fixed rig-up window.

SCS built the set as DNV 2.7-1 modules: offshore living quarters and an offshore workshop, certified to DNV 2.7-1 and EN 12079. The HVAC was sized for a 50 degree ambient with insulation and electrical to match, the steel and coating specified to C5-M, and the quarters built with A60 separation and a fit-out for continuous occupation. Each module was weighed and sea-fastened for the rig's crane chart, produced to the QA in our manufacturing process, then shipped with its certified lifting gear and one handover pack.

The full set arrived inside the rig-up window, certified, documented, and ready to mobilise, so the modules did not become the line that held the campaign. Engineered for the ambient and the corrosion class from the outset, the quarters held condition through the Gulf summer and the steelwork carried its protection across the contract. The DNV 2.7-1 and EN 12079 certification travelled with the set as one pack, so offshore handling was a documented operation, not a fresh certification exercise at the base.