6 Weir Bulletin March 2010 Access the Group Intranet
Contracts
Multi million pound
WHeadingater Spider
contract for
contract in Libya
major new
nickel mine
Weir Minerals Multiflo has
secured a contract to supply
‘Water Spider’ electric pontoon
pumps to the AUD$2.2billion
Koniambo nickel project in New
Caledonia.
Sarir Wellfield pump workshop
The Koniambo project is a
joint venture between Xstrata
Weir Power & for the Sarir Wellfield extension project. Benghazi in the Libyan desert. Nickel and La Société Minière du
Industrial’s This is an extension of a two year Weir have assisted the River Sud Pacifique in the developing
North Africa project team have secured maintenance service and supervision Authority in delivering vast volumes of North Province of New
a multi-million pound contract from contract, agreed in 2007, for pump water for the Libyan people and their Caledonia, that includes one of
the Great Man-Made River Authority in re-rates at the Sarir Wellfield pump industries on the Mediterranean coast the largest high grade
Libya to supply submersible pump sets workshop, located 600km south of for over 20 years. undeveloped nickel laterite
deposits in the world.
Production is expected to
Sweet
Contract renewal extension
commence during 2010 and last
for a minimum of 25 years. It is
success
anticipated that open pit mining
Weir Oil & Gas Aberdeen service demanding industry and the new methods will be used and a peak
centre was recently awarded a two extension reaffirms the continuity of of 60,000 tonnes of ferrous
year contract extension from Sigma the collaboration. The partnership nickel alloy will be produced per
Weir 3. The new contract is worth around has evolved since it began in 2003, year.
Power & £3 million per annum and is for asset culminating in the first ever joint Peter Smit, sales and
Industrial South Africa management support services. exercise between a key account and engineering general manager,
successfully secured a contract Sigma 3 was established in April Weir in the North Sea in 2009. The Weir Minerals Multiflo said “This
to supply a range of Hopkinsons 2002 as a partnership between exercise set a new benchmark of project enables Weir to expand
valves. The order is from AMEC, Wood Group Engineering and transparency and trust between upon the solid footprint already
ACTOM, formerly Alstom South KBR, formerly Halliburton, to provide customer and key supplier. Alastair developed in Indonesia and
Africa, an electrical engineering integrated services to Shell UK Pearson, contract manager for Sigma South East Asia.
company employing over 6000 Exploration & Production for the day 3 said “This fantastic opportunity “We have a strong and
people across South Africa. to day operation of all Shell North demonstrates our ongoing mutually respectful relationship
The valves will be used in Sea assets. commitment. We continue to work with the key companies involved
ACTOM boilers and are being The original contract altered the closely with Shell and Sigma 3 to in the project, the Hatch and
designed and manufactured for client supplier dynamic in this further enhance their operations.” Technip joint venture and Intech
Illovo Sugar’s Ubomo Mill, as Pumps. Hatch and Technip have
part of a boiler capacity a combined workforce of 26,500
upgrade. Illovo Sugar is South
Control valves for water treatment
people and a wealth of
Africa’s leading sugar producer, experience in the mining
a global low-cost sugar Weir Power & the oil well to maintain well integrity industry, particularly throughout
producer and a significant Industrial won and enhanced oil recovery. The South-East Asia.
manufacturer of high-value a contract for the Blakeborough control sulphates in seawater react with barium “We are pleased that our long
downstream products. valve package for sulphate reduction, and strontium in the crude oil, causing term presence in the region and
Designed in Cape Town, the from VWS Westgarth, part of Veolia scaling of well formation. Over time this reputation for designing and
boilers will be erected on site at Water, the world’s largest water reduces the amount of oil that can be manufacturing high quality
Illovo Sugar’s Ubombo Mill in treatment company. produced from the well. Blakeborough reliable pumping equipment has
Swaziland. Jimmy Georgiou, Weir have supplied control valves to control valves have supplied VWS been recognised by our business
general manager of Weir Power VWS Westgarth since the 1990s for Westgarth most of their sulphate partners.”
& Industrial South Africa said, significant capital projects such as the reduction packages, due to the special Weir Minerals Multiflo
“This is an exciting opportunity Ras Abu Fontas and Jebel Ali materials and high quality production. products are supplied in mines in
to provide one of South Africa’s desalination plants in the Middle East. The latest award is for a Floating Australia, Indonesia, Papua New
leading companies with a Sulphate reduction technologies Production Storage and Offloading Guinea, the Philippines, Laos,
selection of Weir’s world driven by VWS Westgarth have led to platform for developments offshore, North and South America and
renowned valves.” major advances in maintaining oil Angola. The project is being managed South Africa.
production. Seawater is injected into by Modec in Houston.
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