Equipment
plans. We have already invested £10million in growing
our range of units in the last year and we will continue to
produce new modules as demand continues to grow.”
The firm provides full certification, modification
and on-site installation and hook-up services, as well
as ongoing maintenance support for its modules
throughout the North Sea region.
thickness gauges
Thickness gauge
series for ROVs
Sheringham Shoal topsides (Credit: Heerema
Fabrication Group).
UK-based Tritex NDT Ltd has released its Multigauge
4000 series remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV)
thickness gauges for mounting on to work class ROVs. Securing this latest project will help to safeguard
The range include Multigauge 4100 and Multigauge employment at the Hartlepool facility, which is
4400, which are for use in depths of 1000m and 4000m currently also constructing and commissioning the
respectively. These products ensure that pipeline pilings 6500tonne Nexen Buzzard production sweetening
and subsea structures can be easily inspected in shallow deck and bridge, due for offshore installation in the
and deepwater applications, and without the need for the middle of 2010.
use of divers. Using ‘Multiple Echo’ ensures that coatings Each of the Sheringham Shoal decks has a length
do not have to be removed; only the metal substrate is of 30.5m, width of 17.7m and height of 16m, with a
measured. Additionally the product range has intelligent weight of approximately 1000tonnes. The topsides will
probe recognition (IPR) and automatic measurement be constructed and onshore commissioned in Heerema
verification system (AMVS). Hartlepool’s large indoor fabrication halls in Hartlepool.
The gauges have either an RS422 or RS232 output. To They are scheduled to sail out from Hartlepool in
accompany the Multigauge 4000, Tritex has developed September 2010.
‘Communicator Software’, for use on a PC or laptop, to Frank Moran, managing director of Heerema
display and record the measurements and associated Hartlepool said: “The award of Sheringham Shoal is
data such as the time and a descriptive label if required. another important step for Heerema Hartlepool and
Templates can be set up to store measurements in a grid, HFG in the expanding offshore wind energy sector. It
string or combination of both. builds on our earlier successes in this area, drawing on
Tritex products include a three-year warranty and a free our extensive offshore oil and gas experience for this new
calibration service. The gauges are supplied as complete market. We are proud to be in a position to play our part
kits ready to use. in implementing the Government’s green energy strategy
over the coming years and, especially in these challenging
topside construction economic times, to continue providing substantial
HH wins offshore
employment in Hartlepool and the North East. We look
forward to working with Areva, Project Managers Wood
wind farm contract
Group Engineering and owners Statoil and Statkraft to
achieve a safe and successful completion of this important
project. We will of course continue to serve the oil and
Heerema Hartlepool (HH), one of the fabrication gas industry as before, as indeed the Heerema Group has
locations of the Dutch Heerema Fabrication done successfully for almost 60 years.”
Group (HFG), has been awarded a contract for the Situated between 17-23km north offshore the Norfolk
fabrication and load out of two substation platform coast and due to come on-stream in late 2011, the
topsides for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind Sheringham Shoal wind farm will generate 1.1TWh
farm by Areva T&D UK Ltd on behalf of owners of green energy annually, or enough to power 220,000
Statoil and Statkraft. British homes. Compared to fossil fuels that is a reduction
Earlier in 2009, Heerema Hartlepool, in tandem with of around 500,000tonnes of CO
2
every year.
sister company HFG Engineering, successfully completed The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Project
an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) is owned jointly by Statoil (50%) and Statkraft (50%)
contract for the UK’s first offshore wind farm substation, through Scira Offshore Energy Ltd. Statoil is operator for
which was loaded out and positioned off the east coast of the development phase and Scira will be the operator of
England in September 2009. the wind farm. OMT
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