The agreement is to onboard Aquaman II
AGR, a multidisciplinary consultancy specialising in wells, reservoirs, marine, and subsea solutions, has entered into a partnership agreement to onboard Aquaman II, a multipurpose offshore support vessel
AGR’s approach to plug and abandonment (P&A) and decom entails an end-to-end delivery model that integrates well engineering and well abandonment, cost management, vessel provision, and offshore execution in a single framework, facilitating efficient mobilisation and scalable execution aligned with project activity.
Karl Kristian Hasselø, business development and project manager at AGR’s marine division, said, “With AHTS rates accelerating across Northern Europe, the addition of Aquaman II to our vessel portfolio allows us to offer competitive vessel and marine campaigns, providing clients with forward flexibility and operational readiness in an increasingly constrained vessel market.”
The Aquaman II will be configured as a light Construction-AHTS (CAHTS), equipped to support P&A, wellhead severance, cable operations, and decommissioning scopes. The vessel is owned by Star Matrix but will be operated by AGR.
The vessel maintains its original towing and anchor-handling capabilities and is equipped with a work-class ROV and an active heave compensation (AHC) system to support efficient subsea operations.
Aquaman II was built in 2005, is 89.3m long and 20.6m wide, with a deck area of 755 square metres and a deck cargo capacity of 2,100 tonnes.
The converted vessel offers a flexible, cost-effective alternative to heavier construction tonnage, making it suitable for campaigns where operability, schedule certainty, and cost control are vital.
Hasselø added, “Securing capacity such as Aquaman II strengthens our ability to deliver offshore marine campaigns with greater predictability and flexibility. By integrating vessel capacity into our P&A and decom delivery model, we reduce interfaces, improve decision making, and lower overall project risk for our clients, even under tight market conditions.”
AGR is already operating a fleet of two chartered vessels, the Ross Eagle and Sunny Lady, which support site surveys, towing, subsea operations, vessel-based P&A, and decommissioning for offshore and wind infrastructure projects.
