INDUSTRY NEWS
DR GORDON DRUMMOND, PROJECT DIRECTOR OF NSRI. PARTNERSHIP APPROACH SECURES WORK WITH MAJOR UK OIL AND GAS OPERATOR
Late life-cycle integrity specialists, Well-Centric and Hunting, have been awarded an approx. £5 million contract for the maintenance, storage and recertification of equipment for a major North Sea exploration and production operator.
The collaboration will see Well-Centric and Hunting join forces to provide maintenance, storage and recertification of intervention related equipment in the North Sea. The three- year contract has the option of two further two-year extensions.
Well-Centric Chief Executive Officer, Chris Mawtus, explained the contract win demonstrated the need for service companies to be flexible and work together to offer the ultimate solution to the client.
He said: “Today’s challenging market conditions demand that service providers are adaptable and pro-active in seeking out the best solutions for their customers.
“At Well-Centric, we appreciate that collaboration can help yield the best results, and we will continue to develop the right partnerships with the best players in the industry to make sure that we deliver exactly what our customers need.”
With a trusted track record for delivering efficient and safe wellhead maintenance and repair services, Well-Centric also has significant experience in the well service sector of the industry. It offers high quality inventory and material management, impressive workshop services and specialist bespoke engineering at its base in Dyce, Aberdeen.
Hunting, which manufactures and supplies products to leading national and international oil and gas companies, will provide rental equipment through this contract as well as assisting with the recertification of assets where required.
Alan Reid, Managing Director at Hunting for Well Intervention, said: “Working with likeminded companies in order to provide customers with a complete service offering has never been more important at this time. A Well-Centric and Hunting partnership is a great fit for this contract and we look forward to providing significant benefits to the customer through the collaboration.”
The contract win will employ seven service specialists in Aberdeen and underpin further growth for Well-Centric as it continues to expand its business.
SMART INNOVATION INCREASES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES ON OFFSHORE WINDFARM AND LEADS TO NEW CONTRACT FOR AMPELMANN
The first use of a new offshore innovation by Ampelmann and Siem Offshore Contractors delivered major operational efficiencies on Germany’s first commercial offshore windfarm.
Ampelmann’s E1000 motion compensated access system, with a gangway which transforms into a crane boom, performed over 12,000 people transfers and 7,000 cargo transfers safely between an offshore support vessel and the wind turbines over a ten month period. The increase in operational man-hours on the maintenance programme for the windfarm has resulted in a contract extension for Ampelmann by Siem Offshore Contractors.
Steven Vis, Operations Engineer at Ampelmann said: ‘This new contract underlines the successful partnership between all parties in delivering innovation. By providing new solutions to cargo- handling, Ampelmann has demonstrated the versatility of our E-type system.’
The Ampelmann E1000 motion compensated offshore access system, with a 30 metre gangway, was installed on the Siem Marlin
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offshore support vessel to get people and cargo to the turbines to carry out maintenance. With its ability to compensate for vessel movements caused by wind, waves or currents, the E1000 enables the safe passage of people from the vessel to the wind turbine, in even the harshest of conditions, dramatically increasing operational man-hours. By inserting four manual pins, the telescopic gangway of the E1000 can then be transformed into a fixed crane boom for fully motion compensated cargo transfers of up to 1,000 kg.
Vis explained: ‘During this project, we came up with a solution to further increase operational efficiencies. The manual pins were replaced by hydraulic pin pushers which reduced the change-over time from people to cargo mode from ten to five minutes. The E1000 was then able to transfer both people and cargo within 20 minutes.’
Jan Holtermann, IMR Manager at Siem Offshore Contractors added: ‘The co-operation between the Ampelmann operators, service technician and the marine crew of our vessel are the
Above: Ampelmann’s E1000 motion compensated access system has delivered efficiencies at Germany’s first commercial offshore windfarm.
key for success. We are looking forward to using the E1000 on our vessels for further inspection, maintenance and repair works on the offshore windfarms.’
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