Forum ROV to support mine in Indonesia27 March 2020

Forum Energy Technologies has secured an order from PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara to supply one of its observation-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to support operations at a copper and gold mine in Indonesia.

The vehicle will be deployed at Batu Hijau, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, for subsea mining operations. The Sub-Atlantic brand Super Mohawk II ROV system will be equipped with two five-function manipulator arms and replaces the company’s current Super Mohawk ROV.

According to Forum, the Super Mohawk II is well-suited for all inspection and light work tasks, including non-destructive testing, seabed analysis, scientific survey and data sample collection.

Kartika Octaviana, head of corporate communications at Amman Mineral, says: “The Super Mohawk II ROV will be used to perform regular deep sea tailing placement monitoring programs to ensure that the marine environment is highly preserved. The use of hi-tech and implementation of mining best practices demonstrate our commitments in environmental stewardship.”

This is the second time Forum has delivered one of its observation-class ROVs for work relating to the mine, having supplied the quarry’s previous owners, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, with a Super Mohawk previously.

The ROV system will be manufactured at Forum’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside in Yorkshire and delivered in the first quarter of next year.

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Kevin Taylor, Forum’s vice president for subsea vehicles, explains: “Forum has a strong reputation around the world for manufacturing high-quality, robust ROVs and associated auxiliary products for the oil and gas, renewables, navies, aquaculture and academic industries. This contract demonstrates the value our vehicles can offer to the mining community as well.

“This is the second ROV we have delivered to Batu Hijau and I am looking forward to seeing our system delivering the required operational resilience and performance standards expected in such a safety-critical sector.”

Adam Offord

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