New helicopter service commences at Cork to decommission Kinsale gas fields

Kinsale gas fields ceased production last July after more than 40 years online

Pictured at the Weston Aviation hangar at Cork Airport, the site of the new NHV Base are L to R Neil Christie, Chief Pilot, NHV; Richard Trives, Base Manager, NHV; Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director, Cork Airport; and Paul Daly, Operations Director Ireland, Weston Aviation.

International offshore helicopter operator NHV Group has secured a contract with PSE Kinsale Energy Ltd in support of its decommissioning operations in the Celtic Sea.

Under the contract with NHV, helicopter transfer flights from Cork Airport starting in April will bring personnel to the Stena Spey drilling rig, about 50 km off the south coast of Cork performing essential energy-related services. NHV AS Denmark, NHV’s Danish branch, will be operating the contract. The agreement includes the provision of one Leonardo AW139 helicopter.