SPONSORS OF REGIONAL FOCUS ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS - LOWESTOFT
The Port of Lowestoft has for more than 30 years supported the North Sea oil and gas industry and is ideally placed to serve the extensive offshore wind operations, to be installed over the next decade, off the Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex Coasts.
2 Greater Gabbard wind farm. Catamaran support vessels and helicopters are based at Lowestoft to service Greater Gabbard.
The Greater Gabbard facility is based within the Outer Harbour. Modern and prestigious offices, control rooms, changing /shower facilities and storage all occupy an area and building previously used for the fishing industry.
Specialist pontoon facilities have been installed for the support vessels and these have recently been extended due to increasing demand.
The only aspect of the facility that required planning permission was the helipad and hangar. Waveney District Council ensured that the application progressed smoothly and quickly. The port is proud of the relationship it has built
EXPERIENCE – ROUNDS 1 & 2 Having been a construction base for the Round 1 Scroby Sands wind farm, the port is now the O&M base for the Round
with the industry. This has enabled the inevitable demands that occur with such a young industry to be dealt with quickly and effectively.
CLAXTON ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD Claxton, an Acteon company based
DRILLING
in Great Yarmouth, has recently celebrated 25 years of experience in offshore engineering and is a leading provider of subsea structures, well systems and pipeline equipment throughout the life of an asset, from installation and pre-drilling through to decommissioning. Alongside this, Claxton boasts the ISO/NQA ‘triple crown’ in Quality, Safety and Environment.
Combining a practical, task-led approach to service with a large inventory and suite of proprietary tools, Claxton has a well- earned reputation for being responsive. As the first company acquired by the Acteon Group, Claxton is a proud flagship of what Acteon offers to clients and works closely with its sister companies around the world.
PRE-DRILLING
Claxton is a world leader in providing subsea structures, pre-drilling templates and tieback engineering. Its clients can also access a range of best-in-class cameras and subsea visualisation equipment to assist with subsea installation or inspection work.
Thanks to its in depth understanding of operators’ needs, a robust range of drilling-support products and field-proven rental tools are offered – all of which assist in drilling activities at the interface between rig contractor’s and field developers operations.
Claxton holds one of the largest stocks in Europe of world leading high pressure drilling riser and tension systems that are available for rapid call-off, complemented by an extensive inventory of tooling.
PRODUCTION
Operating needs are supported with services developed over two decades of successful projects. The company supplies world-leading structural centralisers and a range of wellhead services, including design, supply, installation, work-over and maintenance, complemented by a large inventory of associated equipment.
DECOMMISSIONING
Claxton is at the forefront of this exciting developing business and has an unparalleled track record in rigless well abandonment, having developed a full
suite of decommissioning tools including the proprietary SABRE® abrasive-cutting system and the multi-award-winning SWAT® suspended well abandonment tool.
RENEWABLES
As an active member of the Acteon Subsea Communities programme, in particular the Renewables Community, Claxton are developing a revolutionary turbine tower connector - the TTconnector®. The product looks to change the way turbine towers are connected to foundations for the offshore wind power generating industry and dramatically improve safety.
Claxton Engineering
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OPPORTUNITIES IN ROUND 3 The planned Galloper wind farm will be within operating distance of Lowestoft and the Round 3, East Anglia Array is less than 16 miles from the port. Unrivalled opportunities exist for developers, with minimal sailing time and a variety of quayside sites (some with extensive warehouse capacity) and a wealth of local expertise.
LOCAL EXPERTISE
The Port of Lowestoft is also home to SLP Energy, part of the Smulders Group, as well as Siemens, AKD Engineering (fabricators), Seacor Marine, Gardline, Windcat Workboats, and Small & Co Engineers (operators of the port’s dry dock and slipway). These resources, together with the port’s strategic location, O&M experience and facilities, make Lowestoft the ideal offshore base to serve the wind farms based in the Southern North Sea.
Associated British Ports (Lowestoft)
www.abports.co.uk
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