Eide Marine chairman Georg Eide originally came up with the idea for using one large pontoon on the Eide Flex in 2007. By 2008, the company had presented the idea to Petrobras, which was interested in the concept.

“They actually joined together with us with a company called Lupatec, which was invited to bid on an intervention contract for maintenance of wells,” said Georg Eide.

“Lupatec