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The Underwater Centre secures its biggest ever contract – worth $1.3million - to train Russian saturation divers

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        		The world’s leading commercial diver and
        	Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) training facility,
        	based in the Scottish Highlands and Australia, has
        	secured its biggest ever contract – worth US$ 1.3 million –
	5      to train Russian saturation divers. The award
	        cements its reputation as a major service provider for
	        the growing worldwide oil and gas industry.
        		The men, already experienced air divers, were
	        trained on saturation procedures and techniques
	10    and will receive the Australian Diver Accreditation
        	Scheme (ADAS) and the Closed Bell certification.
        	More advanced than the ADAS, the Closed Bell is
        	the certification appropriate to deep water dives of
        	60 meters / 200 feet, using a trimix tank with 16 percent
	15    oxygen (O2).
        		During the training, divers lived in a chamber for
        	up to 28 days, which was pressurized to the same
        	pressure of the sea, exactly at the depth that they will
        	be working at. Living and working at pressure mean
	20    that they can be transported quickly and efficiently to
        	the work site under the water without decompression
        	stops, allowing divers to work in much greater depths
        	and for much longer periods of time.
        	MRTS Managing Director Alexander Kolikov
	25    said: “Oil and gas firms in Russia are currently facing
        	a skills shortage due to the rapidly increasing amount
        	of exploration work underway at the moment. By
        	investing in the training of our divers in saturation
        	diving, we are addressing this need for experts in
	30    maintenance and repair activities vital to maintaining
        	Russia’s subsea infrastructure.”
        		Steve Ham, General Manager at the Fort William
        	Centre said: “We were delighted when MRTS chose
        	The Underwater Centre to train its divers in saturation
	35    diving, and I think this is testament to the hard work
        	we have been putting in to ensure our reputation as a
        	world-class training facility.

Available at: http://www.youroilandgasnews.com/news_item. php?newsID=79107. Retrieved on: 28 June 2012. Adapted.