INDUSTRY NEWS
MECH-TOOL ENGINEERING SECURES EUROPEAN CERTIFICATION
The North East’s largest product manufacturer and global supplier of fire, blast and heat hazard protection solutions has successfully been recognized as an approved manufacturer of CE compliant products.
Headquartered in Darlington and with offices all over the world including Aberdeen, Houston and Korea - Mech-Tool Engineering Ltd (MTE) - will now be authorized to attach CE markings to its leading range of globally recognised steel and aluminum protection products.
Following comprehensive technical reviews at the company’s manufacturing facilities, Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) – the world’s leading provider of independent assessment services from certification and validation right through to verification and training – has awarded MTE with an EN1090 certification.
Under the Construction Products Regulations (CRP), all structural steel and aluminium products must be CE marked when supplied within Europe. The certification – EN1090 – identifies companies that meet this standard which was established to harmonise the safety performance of construction products across the EU.
Having carved a reputation for its three business streams - design consultancy, fire and blast solutions and modular solutions - the company announced earlier this year that it has expanded its offering through launching an additional business arm, HVAC Solutions.
The new business stream has significantly enhanced the company’s full turnkey modular solutions division, enabling its clients to save time and money with increased capabilities to offer all services under one roof. And the company has already secured its first order to design and build an air handling unit for one of the globe’s leading engineering and technology services business.
And the launch of the new business stream came on the back of the company announcing it had secured its largest value contract to date worth £37m. Appointed by Wood Group Mustang and Tengizchevroil (TCO), MTE will deliver a field operations office module and twenty remote instrument enclosure modules for the TengizChevrOil Future Growth and wellhead pressure management project based in Kazakhstan.
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VEOLIA AND PETERSON FACILITY AT GREAT YARMOUTH RECEIVES THE FIRST OFFSHORE STRUCTURE FOR DECOMMISSIONING
Veolia and Peterson have accepted the first offshore structure into their Great Yarmouth decommissioning facility. The Shell Leman BH platform accommodation block, known as the ‘topside’, arrived into the harbour on 11th July and the 50m-high steel jacket structure that supported the topside is due to follow later in July. The topside, which was previously used as living quarters for personnel working on the Leman BT and Leman BK platforms, has now come to its new home to be recycled.
The contract was awarded to the partnership by Boskalis which are responsible for offshore removal and transport operations. With a target of achieving a 97% recycling and reuse rate, it covers the receipt and treatment of offshore assets and materials from 50km off the Norfolk coastline in the Southern North Sea.
The purpose built Great Yarmouth decommissioning facility will manage the deconstruction and recycling of both topsides and jacket structures that comprise around 1,600 tonnes of materials and assets. The Great Yarmouth facility is ideally placed to manage projects from the Southern and Central North Sea, supporting the local economy and supply chain. It has also provided employment opportunities through the creation of approximately 10 jobs, with further expansion and employment as the projects develop.
Estelle Brachlianoff, Senior Executive Vice President, Veolia UK and Ireland said: “These are valuable assets in our seas and by decommissioning these platforms we
can unlock resources to give them a second, third or even fourth life. This latest project will continue to show how we can maximise the recycling of these platforms and drive sustainability in the industry. Our partnership has successfully delivered a number of projects over the last ten years, this latest one will further the growth of the business and local opportunities in Great Yarmouth.”
Peterson’s Regional Director Ron van der Laan added: “This project is a positive sign for Veolia - Peterson in Great Yarmouth, and follows the award of two contracts late last year. It will build on the successes achieved so far and represents a further step towards establishing Great Yarmouth as a centre of excellence.”
Recovering offshore production platforms and facilities and decommissioning them in a responsible manner is routine business for operators as oil and gas fields reach the end of their productive life. Decommissioning is a step in the lifecycle of any oil and gas project. Making use of the assets helps increase the sustainability of the industry and by using the new facilities the valuable materials that they contain can be carefully extracted and reused or resold if they have further use elsewhere.
Set up to provide a full decommissioning service Veolia-Peterson services include decontamination, deconstruction, waste management and environmental services together with associated integrated logistics, marine and quayside services. To date the joint venture has recovered over 80,000 tonnes of offshore materials and achieved ‘excellent’ environmental assessment ratings in the process.
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