INDUSTRY NEWS
Seajacks Awarded Contracts with Dogger Bank Windfarm
Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti Inc. and a leading provider of installation, maintenance and accommodation jack up vessels to the offshore wind sector have signed three new contracts with Dogger Bank Windfarm.
Dogger Bank will utilise one of the Seajacks NG2500X class vessels to accommodate technicians during the offshore substation platform hook-up and commissioning on all three phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm construction.
The contract will commence in Q2 2023 and will see the vessel return to the wind farm in both 2024 and 2025.
Blair Ainslie, CEO, commented: “We are delighted that Dogger Bank Wind Farm has awarded these contracts to Seajacks UK. Our self-propelled NG2500X jack up vessels are a tried and tested method of minimising weather downtime when commissioning offshore substation platforms.
“Prior to contract commencement, we will further optimise the vessel for substation work by boosting the onboard accommodation to a total of 140 persons.
“This new investment in the vessel will maximise local and UK content, because we will undertake the upgrade works at PD Ports Teesport UK facility. The project will also be managed by the onshore teams who work out of our Great Yarmouth headquarters.”
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is located in the North Sea, 130km off the North East coast of England. Dogger Bank will create enough installed capacity to power 6 million UK homes and when completed will become the World’s largest offshore wind farm, generating 3.6GW of electricity. The project is a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Eni Plenitude.
ITI Expands Relationship With Spirit Energy
Augmenting a long-standing, successful relationship, ITI has been appointed as support provider for the operational data management infrastructure at Spirit Energy, an energy company at the forefront of energy security for the UK.
Spirit Energy has awarded ITI a contract for the service and support of their AVEVA (formerly OSIsoft) PI System, meaning they now serve Spirit across the full landscape of safety, automation and data driven operational technology.
Tim MacLaren, Head of Business Unit at ITI said: “We’re really pleased Spirit have decided to utilise our Support Hub to proactively maintain and enhance their PI System infrastructure. They’re a key player in the UK’s Energy Security needs, providing a significant proportion of
energy to fuel homes and businesses across the UK and Europe, which we’re really proud to be able to support.”
One of the key drivers behind the decision to enlist ITI for this data management support contract was the technology company’s ability to balance innovation with integrity around IT security. Having provided robust safety and control systems and the requisite service support for Spirit Energy’s UKCS producing assets for over 30 years, from life-saving remote operation solutions for their producing platforms, to the reconfiguration of safety systems at their onshore terminals to extended field lifespan; ITI has more recently delivered significant return on investment for a number of initial digital transformation projects aimed at enhancing the way Spirit utilise their PI System to achieve specific business objectives.
Protected by ITI’s technology services: Spirit Energy’s DPPA in the Morecambe Field
Tim added: “Spirit have a strong sense of practical ambition, clearly demonstrated throughout each of our recent projects with them, and we’re looking forward to seeing how else we can help them make best use of their data to automate their operations and drive strategic business decision making.”
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