Energy Focus - Q2 2016

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Welcome to our latest edition…

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The obvious focus for this month’s edition is wind.

The growing influence of the wind energy market is hard for even the most sceptical to ignore.

In our lead feature we look at the important work being undertake n by DONG Energy in the UK and around Europe. This pioneering company has laid down the mark for it competition after announcing recently that it plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the UK. Its hugely successful projects, Race Bank and Gode 2, are already showing signs that they are going to be essential assets in the future and the whole company is buzzing with excitement whenever the record-breaking Hornsea project is mentioned.

We also look at an important wind project from Statoil and partners Statkraft and Masdar. The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm will supply 402 MW to the UK grid and is using a best-in-class supply chain to ensure seamless running of the project. This is also a local project for us and is therefore close to our hearts as we can see the work going on in the community around us.

In another very interesting piece from an innovative entrant to the energy market, we look at the work of Capture Mobility and founder Sanwal Muneer. He has developed a technology that could change the face of renewable energy across our road networks and is looking to get the product moving in the near future.

As always, we are on the lookout for the next big story so if you’re working in energy and have a story to tell, get in touch with us: @EmeaEnergy

Joe Forshaw EDITOR

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06/NEWS: The Month that was...

A round up of some of the latest news stories in the industry.

08/FEATURE: New Wind Turbine Solving Problems In Scotland A young tech-entrepreneur and his company are changing the way we harness wind power.

50/EXHIBITION CALENDAR: Key Upcoming Events Across the Industry Our regular update to help you keep track of important events and exhibitions taking place across the industry.

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12/DONG ENERGY: Making a Statement With Announcement of World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Denmark’s DONG Energy holds a significant position in the European Energy market, contributing to some of the EU’s most important economies

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26/STATOIL: A Deepening Presence in Norway and Beyond

38/DUDGEON: A New Generation of Wind Energy

Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, and with approximately 22,000 employees worldwide, Statoil is an international energy company with operations spanning across 37 countries.

Built to harness offshore wind to power more than 410,000 UK homes, the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is a phenomenal 402 MW, £1.5 billion project to be located some 20 miles off the coast of the seaside town of Cromer in North Norfolk.

30/SUBSEA 7: Worldwide Subsea Capabilities Subsea 7 is a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and the provision of services to the offshore energy sector. Primarily it aims to offer cost-effective technical solutions to enable the delivery of complex projects in all water depths and in ever-more challenging environments.

44/CEF/PETROSA: Sparking a Turnaround in SA’s Energy Mix Acting CEF group CEO, Siphamandla Mthethwa explains that there are a number of initiatives under way to redevelop and reinvigorate South Africa’s much-discussed energy sector.

34/LAMPRELL: An Increasing Operational Footprint Based in the United Arab Emirates, Lamprell’s more than 40 years of experience and expertise has helped to place it today as a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to both the offshore and onshore oil, gas and renewable energy industries.

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NORTH SEA WIND FARM AMRUMBANK WEST OFFICIALLY PUT INTO OPERATION E.ON’s offshore wind farm Amrumbank West has been officially put into operation. During an event at the harbor museum in Hamburg, E.ON CEO Johannes Teyssen, Hamburg’s First Mayor Olaf Scholz, the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Uwe Beckmeyer, the Mayor of Helgoland Jörg Singer and Project Manager Dominik Schwegmann symbolically started power generation at sea.

Under the motto “Energy and climate protection for future generations” the guests of honor were supported during the startup by children from a Hamburg primary school.

Referring to Amrumbank West as “technology at its best”, Johannes Teyssen called for the continued expansion of offshore wind. “Every energy has its time, and the time for expanding offshore wind is definitely now. Offshore will be needed if we want to achieve the targets of the energy transition.”

Hamburg’s First Mayor Olaf Scholz said: “Amrumbank West is another lighthouse project for wind power at sea, which must be followed by further offshore wind projects to make sure the energy industry and industrial policy potential of offshore wind is not left untapped.”

The offshore-wind farm Amrumbank West is situated 35 kilometers north of Helgoland. It has an installed capacity of 302 megawatts and can supply about 300,000 households with renewable energy while helping to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 740,000 metric tons. E.ON is investing a total of € 1 billion in the project.

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E.ON TO PARTNER WITH SOLARWATT TO DEVELOP ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEMS

E.ON will develop its own electricity storage system in partnership with Dresden-based SOLARWATT GmbH, which last year successfully launched an award-winning electricity storage system called MyReserve. The first E.ON models will be rolled out in Germany soon and will be available in increasingly larger numbers going forward.

The storage devices will be easy to install and, thanks to their modular design, easy to expand to increase capacity at any time. They will efficiently store electricity generated by a home solar system and therefore help customers permanently reduce

their electricity costs. The storage system will come with an energy app visualizing the production and consumption for the customer.

“An increasing number of our customers wants to become more energy autonomous. Together with SOLARWATT we can offer them a complete solution that fits their individual needs,” E.ON Management Board member Bernhard Reutersberg said. “We aim to become a leading provider of electricity storage systems in Germany and to continually expand our palette of intelligent solutions for our customers.”

SIEMENS TO SUPPLY WIND TURBINES TO FIRST FINNISH OFFSHORE WIND FARM Siemens has been awarded its first commercial offshore wind order from Finland: the company will supply, install and commission 10 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 4 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 130 meters, for the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The

customer is Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, a wind power producer owned by eight Finnish utilities, headquartered in Pori.

Installation of the wind turbines is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2017, with the start of operations expected by autumn 2017.

“This order marks a significant milestone for

Siemens. The project is not only the first offshore wind farm in Finland, but will also be used by the Finnish government to demonstrate that offshore wind power is a feasible solution for this area,” said Michael Hannibal, CEO Offshore of the Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division.

NEWS ROUNDUP WORLD’S LARGEST CONCENTRATED SOLAR PLANT OPENED IN MOROCCO Morocco recently launched the first phase of the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in the world. When fully operational, the plant will produce enough energy for more than one million Moroccan households.

Inaugurated officially by His Majesty Mohammed VI of Morocco, the solar plant underlines the country’s determination to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, use more renewable energy, and move towards low carbon development.

The three-plant Noor-Ouarzazate CSP complex called NOORo expects to achieve over 500 megawatts (MW) installed capacity, ultimately supplying power to 1.1 million Moroccans by 2018.

It is estimated that the plant will reduce the country’s energy dependence by about 2 and half million tons of oil, while also lowering carbon emissions by 760,000 tons per year.

PRODUCTION DRILLING STARTED ON JOHAN SVERDRUP Earlier this month, the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig commenced on the first of a total of 35 wells to be drilled in the first phase of the promising Johan Sverdrup field development.

“The Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig is currently predrilling the first production well for the first phase of the Johan Sverdrup development. This is a central operation in a complex Johan Sverdrup puzzle. Predrilling allows the production capacity on the field to be utilised as efficiently as possible when Johan Sverdrup has come on stream late in 2019. This way, we maximize value from the field from day one,” says Kjetel Digre, senior vice president for the Johan Sverdrup project.

The rig is drilling the first

production well through a predrilling template that was installed on the field in the summer of 2015. A total of eight wells will be drilled through the predrilling template, before the rig is relocating to drill injection wells on three locations on the field.

In 2018 the permanent Johan Sverdrup drilling platform will be installed as the second of four platforms.

“Statoil and the drilling service providers have worked as an integrated team in planning the drilling operation.

Deepsea Atlantic is a good rig and everything is set for a safe and cost-effective drilling operation on Johan Sverdrup. This is vital to ensure production start from the field at the end of 2019,” says Digre.

BP AND STATOIL PROUD OF SALAH START UP In Salah Gas, a joint venture between Sonatrach, BP and Statoil last month announced the start-up of its Southern Fields project.

The project is the latest stage in the development of seven gas fields in central Algeria. The In Salah Gas joint venture commenced production in 2004 from three fields in the north of the area: Krechba, Teguentour and Reg. The Southern Fields project involves the development of four dry gas fields: Gour Mahmoud, In Salah, Garet el Befinat and Hassi Moumene.

Developing the Southern Fields will maintain planned production at 9 billion cubic metres per annum.

Hesham Mekawi, BP North Africa Regional President said: “The safe start–up of Southern Fields is an important example of the strength and quality of the longstanding partnership between Sonatrach, BP and Statoil and is evidence of BP’s continued commitment to invest in Algeria. I am pleased to congratulate the team at In Salah Gas on this significant achievement that will sustain

production for years to come.”

Drilling of 26 planned southern field wells began in 2014 and is planned to continue until 2018.

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FEATURE

NEW WIND TURBINE SOLVING PROBLEMS IN SCOTLAND EDITORIAL BY: Joe Forshaw

A young tech-entrepreneur and his company are changing the way we harness wind power. With an innovative new concept, Sanwal Muneer and his air filtering, solar powered, micro-hybrid wind turbine has caught the attention of even the very biggest names in the energy business.

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“I believe that everyone has the right to breathe in fresh air and have access to clean energy,” says Sanwal Muneer, Director and Founder of Capture Mobility.

The company is an innovative clean energy start-up tech company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 2013 by engineer and entrepreneur Muneer, the company has been gaining the attention of big names in the energy business – and for good reason.

Muneer, originally from Pakistan, has so far been successful in his quest to make Capture Mobility a leading renewable energy company which develops innovative green energy products.

The first product to come from Capture Mobility is a hybrid, micro wind turbine. While there are many effective wind turbines out there but this is different and addresses two problems at once. Firstly, it harvests energy from the turbulence of passing traffic and

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also generates through solar and wind integrated systems.

Secondly, the turbine also has a built in filtering sheets inside the fins of turbine that can remove harmful carbon particles from the air – particles that reportedly cause Asthma and Cancer.

Most of these particles come from the waste emissions of cars and power plants and this is why Muneer has started to strategically position the idea to local councils and energy companies.

By placing the Capture Mobility turbine by roads, train tracks and on rooftops, the unique invention could create 300 watts of green power each hour, that’s around seven kilowatts per day and that’s enough to power an average sized home for 24 hours.

AWARD WINNING IDEA Muneer’s idea has come about thanks to cooperation with the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) and has been backed by UK Trade & Investment.

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He has also received the backing of multinational energy corporate, Shell after winning the LiveWIRE grant scheme. “Ideas change the world, that’s why we have Shell LiveWIRE grants, to offer support for young entrepreneurs to put their bright ideas into action,” the company said.

Other successes have seen Muneer selected as a Technology Panellist for the HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations) at Harvard University, he was selected to as a young tech-industry leader to represent Pakistan at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Malaysia, he won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) innovation prize in 2013, and has also been officially lauded by many big-name organisations including Intel, the United Nations and the Falling Walls Foundation.

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HOW DOES IT WORK? The turbines used by Capture Mobility are helical structures that rotate on a horizontal plane. This allows the device to harness wind from any direction. This is a big step and moves away from the traditional approach of fixed standing wind turbines. In essence, the turbine harnesses the power of the wind (from any direction), the turbulence in the air from passing cars or trains, and the power of the sun. Add in the fact that it cleans up the polluted air that surrounds these areas and you have a winning formula.

The first active turbine has been installed on the A90 in Dundee and has already been generating at 300 watts per hour. Capture Mobility has recently secured a contract allowing him to supply street lamps in Scottish local councils with energy. The turbines and

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//WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THESE KIND OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS WE CAN MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE// solar panels can be integrated into the design of the street lamp and there are plans afoot to install 1000 on the 120 mile stretch of A90 dual carriageway between Aberdeen and the Forth Road Bridge in Edinburgh.

Muneer has been vocal about the next step for the company, moving into other European countries starting from Sweden and France as a part of smart city project. The company has also had a lot of interest from China because of its air filtration mechanism. Capture Mobility is also developing pens for off grid children, which are charged while

writing and can be used as a torch light for study or emergency. This would encourage the off grid children towards education while making a difference to generation of clean energy.

“I believe that we have a responsibility to take care of the people who don’t have access to clean energy and are living in off-grid areas. To help and support them I integrated a hybrid nonprofit and traditional for-profit business model to help the off-grid people with finance from the corporate sector.

“Every day there is a new challenge and I learn new things. It always feels

great to motivate my team and others about our passion; Green Energy. I also take the other green energy companies as support rather than competition because we are all fighting for the same cause - it’s thrilling to share my ideas and experiences with them,” he says.

As demand for innovative solutions like this continues to grow, and support from industry leading businesses continues to roll in, we’re likely to see more projects like this develop. With Capture Mobility specifically, this idea has fantastic potential and as Muneer and his colleagues and partners work hard to grow the business, he believes that they are making a difference: “We believe that with these kind of innovative products we can make this world a better place.”

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© DONG Energy

DONG ENERGY

Making a Statement With Announcement

of World’s Largest

Offshore Wind Farm

PRODUCTION: Joe Forshaw

Denmark’s DONG Energy holds a significant position in the European Energy market, contributing to some of the EU’s most important economies. The company looks set to increase its stake in the market after making some big announcements in the past few months…

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The European wind energy market is a complex and constantly changing environment. Its development over the years has certainly been rocky but today, it is pretty widely accepted that wind energy forms an integral part of the energy mix and its contribution will only grow as time goes by and the demand for more and more clean energy grows.

The winds of change began blowing through the European energy market in 1982 when European engineers travelled to California, USA to explore the viability of entering the relatively untapped market of wind energy. Those engineers returned after just a few weeks in the States with a full order book and quickly started producing turbines. In the first year, around 30 were installed and the following year, 350 were shipped

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//WIND POWER IS LEADING THE CHARGE IN THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS// across the Atlantic. In that same year, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) was founded and the promotion of the industry began.

Today, more than three decades on from its formation, the association is still working hard to promote all aspects of wind energy and is now a recognised global player in the wider energy sector.

Former EWEA CEO, Christian Kjaer, recalls some of the advancements that have been made over the years: “Wind turbine generators have grown from 55 kW in 1982 to more than 5,000 kW today and rotor diameters from 15 metres to over 126 metres. In Europe, wind energy’s share of power supply has increased from 0.001% to 4%, and European manufacturers continue to

dominate the rapidly growing global market. Wind power is indeed one of the biggest European industrial success stories in the past quarter of a century.”

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) published a report in 2015 that stated installed capacity around the world is now up to 432,000 MW. Secretary General of GWEC, Steve Sawyer said: “Wind power is leading the charge in the transition away from fossil fuels. Wind is blowing away the competition on price, performance and reliability, and we’re seeing new markets open up across Africa, Asia and Latin America which will become the market leaders of the next decade.”

But it’s not just good intentions that have seen this industry boom. The

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//WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING THIS HUGE WIND FARM AND PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY. HORNSEA TOGETHER WITH RACE BANK, WESTERMOST ROUGH AND LINCS WILL MAKE UP A GIANT PRODUCTION AREA OFF THE BRITISH EAST COAST// work of the private sector has been vital; innovation, creativity, advancement, invention and pioneering spirit have all been drivers of wind energy and all of these positives come from the continents energy businesses.

One of the key players in the European energy mix is DONG Energy.

The company has vast expertise in generating clean energy from wind and is looking to build on its experience. DONG was threw itself

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into the spotlight in February when it made the official announcement that it would embark on a project to build the world’s first offshore wind farm to exceed 1,000 MW in capacity and by a large margin become the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

HORNSEA ONE DONG, which is headquartered in Denmark and which was founded in 2006 following the merger of

six Danish energy companies, will construct the giant Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea, 120 km off the coast of Yorkshire. The project is set to cover 407 km2 and will be made up of 240 wind turbines, each between 5 MW and 8 MW capacity.

DONG Energy is headed by CEO Henrik Poulsen who joined the business in 2012 after holding senior management positions in a host of other companies and industries.

He is understandably enthusiastic about the Hornsea project and says: “We are excited about building this huge wind farm and pushing the boundaries of the offshore wind industry. Hornsea together with Race Bank, Westermost Rough and Lincs will make up a giant production area off the British east coast, supporting our efforts to deliver green and

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independent energy to society.”

The project is expected to be fully commissioned by 2020 and will contribute to the target set

by DONG of installing 6.5 GW of offshore wind by 2020.

“Reaching our strategic target is important as volume is required to reduce the cost of a new technology.

It is vital in order to make all players in the value chain advance up the learning curve. As such Hornsea will be another major step in our ongoing efforts to significantly reduce the cost of electricity for offshore wind,” Poulsen says.

Also a project from DONG Energy, the previous contender for world’s largest offshore wind farm was the Walney Extension, located off the coast of North West England in the

//OUR RACE BANK OFFSHORE WIND FARM IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN 2018 AND WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF UP TO 580 MW, PROVIDING ENOUGH GREEN ENERGY TO POWER OVER 500,000 UK HOMES// Irish Sea. The final investment decision at Walney was taken in October last year and the announcement was made that the project would have a capacity of 660 MW – Hornsea will be nearly double the size.

Brent Cheshire, DONG Energy UK Country Chairman, says: “Our decision to construct this giant wind farm underlines our commitment to

© DONG Energy

//DONG ENERGY IS ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THE UK AND WE HAVE INVESTED £6 BILLION HERE TO DATE//

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the UK market. Hornsea Project One will support the supply chain and help create local jobs. To have the world’s biggest ever offshore wind farm located off the Yorkshire coast is hugely significant, and highlights the vital role offshore wind will play in the UK’s need for new low-carbon energy.”

UK WIND POWER In 2015, Europe added almost 14,000 MW of wind power to its mix with the UK being the fourth biggest contributor behind Germany, France

and Poland (according to GWEC). The country is working towards a target of supplying 15% of all energy needs from renewables by 2020 as part of a European Union target to source 20% of the continent’s energy from renewables by 2020.

The UK is still described by many industry bodies as the world leader in offshore wind, with as much capacity already installed as the rest of the world combined.

Over the next few years, the UK will be bringing a number of large projects online, adding significant capacity to

the country, continent and global totals.

One major project that is being overseen by DONG Energy UK is the Race Bank Windfarm – a sizeable 91 turbine development off the East coast of England.

Jason Ledden, DONG’s Construction Project Manager for Race Bank tells Energy Focus: “Our Race Bank offshore wind farm is expected to be fully operational in 2018 and will have a capacity of up to 580 MW, providing enough green energy to power over 500,000 UK homes.

“Construction work is currently

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//WE ARE PLEASED THAT DONG ENERGY HAS ONCE AGAIN CHOSEN OUR 6 MW DIRECT DRIVE WIND TURBINE, THE WORKHORSE FOR OFFSHORE WIND POWER PLANTS// ongoing and the unexploded ordnance (UXO) campaign has now been completed alongside the first phase of the boulder campaign, which saw the successful removal/relocating of 4,500 boulders.

“Looking forward, export cable installation is due to commence mid2016 and foundation installation is due to commence in Q3 2016.”

The UXO campaign took place at the end of 2015 and saw more than 40 items from World War II detonated or removed from the North Norfolk coast.

The items were discovered during the

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laying of export cables and included everything from small rockets to larger 1,000 lb high explosive bombs.

Reports also confirmed that the most ‘attractive’ device discovered was a German Luftmine B ground mine containing a net explosive quantity (NEQ) of 698kg of hexanite.

DONG said that during this period it was working closely with the Marine Management Organisation and Natural England to negate any negative impact on the surrounding environment.

DONG’s Executive Vice President for Wind Power, Samuel Leupold said of the Race Bank development: “I’m very excited about the fact that we can start building the Race Bank offshore wind farm… It is yet another enabler for the growth of the offshore wind supply chain in UK, and the project will create jobs in the UK at all levels of the supply chain.

“The size of this project will enable us to utilize the economies of scale to continue to drive down cost of electricity produced by offshore wind farms. This is a must win battle and we are getting one step closer with the decision to build this offshore wind farm.”

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All 97 inter-array cables installed at DONG Energy’s 582MW offshore wind farm (owf) In May 2015, CWind won a contract to supply rigging and cable pull-in services to CT Offshore supporting their cable laying project at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. This work has now been completed.

Under the contract, CWind was to support the pullin of the cables at all 97 turbines as well as those connecting the array to the substation. CWind won the contract in a competitive tender process on the back of extensive cable pull-in experience at offshore wind farms such as West of Duddon Sands, Gwynt y Môr and Greater Gabbard in the UK. In it’s first contract pf this type in German waters.

At the time Brian Barkholt, Project Manager at CT Offshore, commented: “We have worked with CWind on a number of contracts now and are very pleased with the quality of work they deliver. They understand our requirements exactly, which is essential if, like us, you want to deliver a successful cable laying operation on time and on budget.”

all be very satisfied,” said Jens Frederik Hansen, chairman at CT Offshore.

In tandem with this CWind successfully completed its rigging and cable pull-in services at the offshore wind farms, providing the tower teams to complete the pull-in and hang-off of the cables. Offshore cable pull-ins require experienced technicians who can work quickly, yet handle the cables with all the care required. Optimising time, avoiding extra costs and ensuring safety requires planning and preparation, as well as technical, logistical and project management expertise.

Following the last installation Brian Barkholt, praised the team working on the project: “We have completed the project in excellent time, notwithstanding the difficult winter weather conditions the North Sea has at times presented us with. This is the result of good team work with the entire project team, including CWind and our clients DONG Energy.”

Lee Andrews, Operations Director CWind

inter-array cable on DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 2+1 offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea during the last week of February 2016.

observed: “We have worked for CT Offshore on several projects in the past, we understand their processes and requirements and I am delighted that we have been able to make a contribution to their project execution. ”

“The cable installation was successfully completed through good team work with the entire project team. Gode Wind is the largest project to date for CT Offshore and it is a great achievement that our project team and offshore crew have now completed the installation of the 97 inter-array cable. We can

The Gode Wind 1+2 offshore wind farm is Germany’s largest offshore wind farm to date with a capacity of 582MW. When fully commissioned, the offshore wind farm will provide green energy to approx. 600.000 German households. The projects are developed by Dong Energy.

CT Offshore has finalised the installation of the last

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Renewables Division at Siemens said: “We are pleased that DONG Energy has once again chosen our 6 MW direct drive wind turbine, the workhorse for offshore wind power plants.

“We are working hard to bring the costs of offshore wind energy down to make it competitive with other sources of power generation.

Recent analysis show that our efforts are paying off: in the last five years the costs of offshore wind has fallen by 11%, according to study recently published by Renewable UK. Thus, the offshore industry is fully on track to meet the 2020 cost targets.”

Jason Ledden adds: “DONG Energy is absolutely committed to the UK and we have invested £6 billion here to date – we hope to double this investment by 2020. We recently

announced that we will be building the giant Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, capable of powering well over 1 million UK homes, off the Yorkshire coast after taking a final investment decision. With a capacity of 1.2 GW, Hornsea Project One will be the world’s first offshore wind farm to exceed 1 GW in capacity.”

In total, DONG Energy is currently involved in 18 wind projects in Europe; nine in UK, seven in Denmark and two in Germany.

In Germany, the Gode Wind 2 project followed Gode Wind 1 and together, both projects have a total capacity of 582 MW, enough to supply power to approximately 600,000 households. Construction of the Gode Wind 2 project started with the first installation works at sea in April 2015.

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//DONG ENERGY IS WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE MORE ENERGY WHILE REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS FROM TRADITIONAL ENERGY PRODUCTION// Gode Wind 2, which consists of 42 wind turbines started producing power and feeding into the German grid on February 18th 2016.

Trine Borum Bojsen, Country Manager of DONG Energy and responsible for the offshore wind business in Germany, said: “It is a huge milestone that we started producing power, and I am glad that with our wind farm Gode Wind 2 we can contribute considerably to the German energy transition.”

At DONG Energy, the years of experience and the excellent reputation that the company has garnered over the years make the company the perfect business partner for renewable energy project, throughout the value chain.

The company says that ‘energy is a prerequisite for modern society’ and it is working hard to bolster the mix with a sound, well-though out strategy. “DONG Energy is working hard to provide more energy while reducing CO2 emissions from traditional energy production. We

are converting the energy system to a more renewable and sustainable energy.

We do this by introducing more offshore wind power and by increasing the use of biomass at our power stations. At the same time, we are increasing the production of oil and gas, which we will still be needing for many years to come in order to deliver stable energy,” and by working throughout the chain, DONG remains relevant in all areas and will be an important player for the long-term future of European supply.

DONG ENERGY +44 (0) 20 7811 5200 info@dongenergy.co.uk www.dongenergy.co.uk

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STATOIL

A Deepening Presence in

Norway and Beyond PRODUCTION: Timothy Reeder

Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, and with approximately 22,000 employees worldwide, Statoil is an international energy company with operations spanning across 37 countries.

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Drawing on its more than 40 years of experience of oil and gas production on the Norwegian continental shelf, Statoil works to accommodate the world’s energy needs in a responsible manner, through the application of technology and the creation of innovative business solutions. While Statoil remains the leading operator on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, around half of its business now takes place outside of Norway and is concerned with international exploration and production.

An important aspect of Statoil’s developing international presence has been a strengthening of its position in Uruguay, as announced earlier this month. A farm-in agreement signed with Tullow, Africa’s leading independent oil company, sees Statoil acquire a 35% working interest in offshore exploration block 15 in the Pelotas basin. Statoil recently announced its entry into Uruguay as partner in exploration block 14, and so by accessing the adjacent block 15 Statoil furthers this regional geological trend and deepens its position in the country. Block 15 covers an area of more than 8,000 km2 and sits in water depth of 2,000-3,000 meters.

“With this transaction, we are increasing our exposure to the upside

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//WITH THIS TRANSACTION, WE ARE INCREASING OUR EXPOSURE TO THE UPSIDE POTENTIAL OF THIS UNTESTED GEOLOGICAL SETTING// potential of this untested geological setting. This is in line with Statoil’s exploration strategy of access at scale,” says Nicholas Alan Maden, senior vice president of Exploration.

JOHAN SVERDRUP Johan Sverdrup is one of the five biggest oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, boasting expected resources of up to three billion barrels of oil equivalent. As such, it will also be one of the most important industrial projects in Norway over the next 50 years, with the development and operation of this enormous field providing revenues and jobs for coming generations as well as generating

enormous value. Mid-February this year brought a significant moment in its development, as Haugesund mayor Arne-Christian Mohn started the machine to be used for cutting the steel for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform, thus marking the commencement of its construction at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund.

“Aibel won the contract for the construction of the drilling platform about one year ago. Following an extensive planning and engineering process it feels good to start the construction of the first of four topside structures for the Johan Sverdrup project”, explains Kjetel Digre, Statoil’s senior vice president

for the Johan Sverdrup project.

“More than 14,000 people are involved in the Johan Sverdrup project on a daily basis in 2016, 1000 of them working for Aibel in Norway. We now see the effect of Norwegian industry being competitive, winning most of the principal contracts and equipment deliveries for Johan Sverdrup. We are dependent on all of these people to successfully deliver the project on time, to the required quality, and above all, without any HSE incidents,” Digre continues.

The construction contract was awarded to Aibel in February 2015, with the topside engineering work to be undertaken at its Asker office, where Statoil’s project team is also located.

The 22,500-tonne topsides will consist of three modules, one of which will be built at the yard in Haugesund, one at the Deeline yard in Thailand, and one at Nymo’s yard in Grimstad. The modules

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will be assembled at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund in the autumn of 2017, with the platform set to be installed on the field in 2018. In the summer of 2015 the pre-drilling templates were installed on the field, while the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible will start pre-drilling wells on the field in March 2016.

“The most complex platform on the Johan Sverdrup field will come on stream at the end of 2018. We will then start phasing in the pre-drilled wells before production from the field commences at the end of 2019. We are on track in the project, and have seen a positive cost development. This is still in an early stage of the project implementation: What matters now

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is to maintain focus throughout the process,” Digre concludes.

Johan Sverdrup is just one of three fields for which Statoil is presently awarding contracts, joined by both Oseberg Vestflanken 2 and Gina Krog, with a combined value of approximately NOK 1.6 billion. The contracts include marine operations, marine construction, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of an unmanned wellhead platform as well as modifications at the Oseberg Field Centre.

“We are very pleased to be able to award these contracts now to suppliers that all have a good track record for Statoil,” says Torger Rød, senior vice

president for project development in Statoil. Statoil submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Oseberg Vestflanken 2 just before Christmas, and the contract awards are subject to government approval of the PDO. The field development will provide 110 million barrels of oil equivalent and will be profitable even in a low oil price environment.

CHOPPER DEAL In its operations closer to home, Statoil has awarded new helicopter contracts to Bristow Norway for personnel transportation from Bergen and Florø, as of May 2017. With accessibility having proved problematic in recent

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//WE ARE ON TRACK IN THE JOHAN SVERDRUP PROJECT, WHAT MATTERS NOW IS TO MAINTAIN FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS// times, Jon Arnt Jacobsen, Statoil’s chief procurement officer, explains how these contracts will take care of transportation services: “Since 2013 we have seen the number of passengers to the Norwegian continental shelf drop by 30 percent. Increased flexibility to adjust to changed demands has therefore been emphasised in the contract strategy.”

At the same time, the contracts respond to a market situation with lower activity offshore, and a continuous need

for flexible and cost-efficient solutions.

By combining the new contracts with the current helicopter portfolio, Statoil will have five permanent personnel transportation helicopters in Bergen and one in Florø, also retaining the flexibility to increase the capacity where necessary.

“The contract awards will strengthen the competitiveness of the Norwegian Continental Shelf through opening up a more efficient

flight programme that will help reduce costs for the petroleum business. This ensures predictability in relation to long-term activities and adds value on the NCS. We look forward to further developing the cooperation with Bristow Norway, and working closely on the new contracts,” says Astrid Sørensen, Statoil’s senior vice president for joint operations support.

STATOIL +47 51 99 00 00 info@statoil.com www.statoil.com

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SUBSEA 7

Worldwide Subsea Capabilities PRODUCTION: Timothy Reeder

Subsea 7 is a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and the provision of services to the offshore energy sector. Primarily it aims to offer cost-effective technical solutions to enable the delivery of complex projects in all water depths and in ever-more challenging environments.

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Subsea 7 operates worldwide and in all deepwater offshore markets. Its global footprint, combined with the weight of its employees’ technical expertise, the technology at its disposal and the world-class assets it possesses, both on and offshore, means that it can adapt these capabilities to deliver subsea engineering services across the globe. With both the scale and complexity of projects within the offshore subsea market having grown increased rapidly in recent years, in large part to meet the challenge of increasing global energy demands, Subsea 7 has benefitted enormously. Through a combination of its comprehensive track record, high levels of industry expertise throughout its staff compliment, the employing of market driven technologies and the requisite high-performance assets and financial strength, Subsea 7 has been able to keep pace with this ever-changing industry and execute these projects to the highest degree of safety and efficiency.

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//WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE IN EGYPT// Now perhaps more than ever, considerations of the technical and economic challenges faced during subsea pipeline design are at the forefront of Subsea 7’s ever expanding operations. The company recently showcased its High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) Pipeline Bundle, a development programme which has delivered over the years a number of advantages in comparison with conventional pipelines. This latest advancement in the technology will provide operators with a more economically attractive and fully integrated HPHT solution. A range of HPHT limitations are present within

existing subsea technology which are compounded as the pressures and temperatures of HPHT field developments increase, both in shallow water Central North Sea and deepwater developments. Pipeline Bundles are therefore transforming and extending to accommodate 220 C, 20,000psi reservoir parameters, and as such are addressing central issues like global buckling mitigation and buckle initiators, thereby mitigating the need for rock dumping, expansion spools, cooling spools and High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS).

The developments within the offshore market have subsequently led

to some significant expansions in the service provisions which Subsea 7 is placed to offer, as seen at the close of 2015 when it announced its having been awarded a sizeable contract by Burullus Gas Company S.A.E. This award is linked to the development of the Taurus and Libra subsea fields offshore Alexandria, Egypt, which is to be undertaken by BP. This contract, which encompasses the platform extension and tie-in, constitutes the first phase of Egypt’s West Nile Delta project. It is a central aspect of the development of gas and condensate fields located within the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater concessions in the Mediterranean sea, located approximately 65 km to 85 km off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, where field development will be at depths of approximately 800 m.

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According to Subsea 7, the contract comprises the engineering, procurement, installation and precommissioning of the necessary subsea infrastructure for the development of nine wells’ worth of hydrocarbon resources. These include 75 km of umbilicals and over 100 km of pipeline.

The engineering and project management work began immediately upon award of the contract, with all work to be undertaken at Subsea 7’s Global Projects Centre in London.

Fabrication of the subsea structures and spools, meanwhile, will be carried out at its Petrojet Maadia yard near Alexandria.

The offshore installation itself is scheduled to be actioned in the second half of 2016, and will be achieved through the employment of the Subsea 7 pipelay vessel, Seven Borealis, and

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the heavy construction vessel Seven Arctic. Subsea 7’s Executive Vice President Southern Hemisphere and Global Projects, Øeyvind Mikaelsen, commented: “This large contract awarded by BP for the first phase of the West Nile Delta field development recognises the value we bring to our clients through early engagement with them to engineer, design and deliver cost-effective solutions for complex field developments. We look forward to expanding our presence in Egypt and building on our long, successful and collaborative relationship with BP.” Subsea 7 has been safely performing North Sea decommissioning for over 25 years now, and will draw on this extensive track-record of diverse experience to provide decommissioning services for the

second phase of Centrica’s Rose and Stamford gas field programmes, located in the southern North Sea. Subsea 7 has partnership frame agreements with several independent operators, to provide services on a long-term preferred supplier basis, and this project is the latest call-off contract under an agreement signed in 2005.

Having successfully completed phase one in 2015, phase two will focus on the safe removal and recovery of a greater number of subsea pipeline components, as well as the responsible management of waste disposal. Both of these phases form part of an overall decommissioning programme agreed with the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).

Subsea 7 added to this already long list of long-term partnership

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//THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PREMIER OIL WILL ENABLE DELIVERY OF SAFE, COST-EFFECTIVE AND ON TIME PROJECTS// frame agreements at the close of the year, announcing in November that which it had signed with Premier Oil. It will provide the London-based operator with concept engineering, front-end engineering and design (FEED), subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) project execution and life of field operations, again on a preferred supplier basis.

Additionally, the agreement permits Subsea 7 to participate in relevant Premier decommissioning scopes, another area in which Subsea 7 can offer considerable expertise.

The agreement applies to Premier’s operations in the UK, Falkland Islands and Norway and is set to run for a period of five years, with options for extension also available.

Through this agreement Subsea 7 aims to provide Premier with greater opportunities to realise the full value of its subsea work. Such early engagement will allow Subsea 7 to fully understand the operational challenges faced, and thus offer the technical solutions best suited to the application, alongside realistic cost evaluations to produce safe and predictable outcomes. Steve

Wisely, Executive Vice President, Northern Hemisphere & Life of Field, summated that: “The partnership with Premier Oil will enable delivery of safe, cost-effective and on time projects, through a working relationship based on early engagement, collaboration and strong alignment of objectives.

We believe the partnership approach facilitates cost reduction through fit for purpose solutions and we look forward to delivering strong value to the Premier portfolio.”

SUBSEA 7 +44 (0)20 8210 5500 communications@subsea7.com www.subsea7.com

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LAMPRELL

An Increasing Operational

Footprint PRODUCTION: Timothy Reeder

Based in the United Arab Emirates, Lamprell’s more than 40 years of experience and expertise has helped to place it today as a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to both the offshore and onshore oil, gas and renewable energy industries.

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Lamprell’s staff compliment numbers approximately 10,000 across multiple facilities, with the principal of these located across Hamriyah, Sharjah and Jebel Ali. Combined with its bases in Saudi Arabia, held through a joint venture agreement, the Group’s facilities cover and area spanning over 1,000,000 m2 with two kilometers of quayside. It has established leading market positions in the fabrication of shallow-water drilling jackup rigs, liftboats, land rigs, and rig refurbishment projects, acquiring along the way an international reputation for building complex offshore and onshore process modules and fixed platforms.

It was Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility which found itself recently the subject

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of a comprehensive yard clean-up initative, to rid it of the general debris which had accumulated as a result of the site’s busy operational conditions.

Such was the success of this undertaking, and the extent of debris collected and then recycled by authorised waste management contractor Bee’ah, that similar projects are set to be rolled out across all other Lamprell facilities. This will help to improve environmental protection levels not only within the local area, but also the wider Gulf Cooperation Council region, through the promotion of rubbish-free waterways and unpolluted habitats for migratory birds and other animal species.

As well as significantly improving its current holdings, Lamprell’s bid to

secure an even greater footprint saw it announce at the beginning of 2016 its decision to lease even more land in Hamriyah Free Zone. It is a region in which Lamprell has been active since 2007, and this additional land has been leased primarily in order to allow the construction of new fully automated fabrication areas, including pipe fabrication shops and blasting and painting sheds. It is a noteworthy expansion, as Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) Chairman Sheikh Khaled bin Abdullah bin Sultan Al-Qasimi detailed that, “Lamprell has acquired an additional land area of 114,280 m2 in phase 2 of the Hamriyah Free Zone as part of its development plans.”

This is a vast development, then, and the acquisition forms a key aspect of Lamprell’s “Project Evolution” initiative, which is set to increase efficiency and productivity.

Bringing with it an increased focus on automation and yard optimisation, the project looks in particular to reduce pipe fabrication man-hours, improve safety,

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//OUR AIM IS TO CREATE A STRONG BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BY MEETING THE NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF ITS INVESTORS// eliminate unnecessary material wastage and improve the overall quality of the Group’s products and services. The savings and efficiency benefits brought about by this investment programme are contributing to maintaining the Group’s competitive position, at a key time where it is necessary to offset some of the pressure on margins brought about by the current state of oil and gas services worldwide.

CEO Jim Moffat explained that, “while Lamprell isn’t immune to on-going headwinds in the oil & gas markets, we are pleased to see that our early implementation of the efficiency measures under Project Evolution has positioned the Group to be competitive, which will be key for our future success. From this position of relative strength, we remain positive about Lamprell’s longer term prospects

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as the pipeline is strong with a firm focus on conversion.”

The additional land recently secured means that Lamprell’s leasings now total more than 500,000 m2 of land in Hamriyah Free Zone, the leading hub for petrochemicals, oil & gas bunkering and storage in the UAE. It is also a key player in attracting a large percentage of the investment being made directly into Sharjah from overseas. It was a move celebrated by Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of HFZA and Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone). “We are delighted to celebrate the growth of Lamprell as this move will enable them to grow further locally and internationally.

We see this development as another example of our strategic goal of empowering businesses paying off.

Our aim is to create a strong business environment by meeting the needs and demands of its investors.”

There was news of further promising developments to ring in the New Year for Lamprell, as it revealed in January that its subsidiary Lamprell Energy Limited had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with several key partners. Those concerned were Saudi Aramco, which represents the national oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Hyundai Heavy Industries, with the deal penned in connection with a potential partnership to establish a Maritime Complex in Saudi Arabia.

The proposed facility will provide engineering, manufacturing and repair services for offshore rigs, commercial vessels and offshore service vessels.

Lamprell will thus seek to promote economic development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and ensure the constant availability of world class services to support a growing national and international portfolio.

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The Offshore and Onshore Construction arm of Lamprell’s operations in particular celebrated notable achievements over the course of the preceding year. Coming just 12 months after the start of construction, late October saw Lamprell’s Jebel Ali team successfully complete the load out of the first pipe racks for the UZ750 Petrofac project. To date, eight pre-assembled pipe racks have already set sail for the North Zakum Island in Abu Dhabi to undergo installation and commissioning.

Project Manager Juzer Master said of this latest progress: “The next lot of six pre-assembled pipe racks are nearing completion and scheduled for load out during December. The project team is focused on the completion of the balance of the piping and EIT works on the remaining 15 pipe racks, which are scheduled to sail away in the first half of 2016.�

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DUDGEON

A New

Generation

of Wind Energy PRODUCTION: Timothy Reeder

Built to harness offshore wind to power more than 410,000 UK homes, the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is a phenomenal 402 MW, ÂŁ1.5 billion project to be located some 20 miles off the coast of the seaside town of Cromer in North Norfolk.

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With all the offshore and onshore construction consents having been put in place for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm since late 2012, its completion and full commissioning is now scheduled for late 2017. It is owned through the joint venture company Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited by three parties - Statoil and Statkraft, two leading Norwegian energy companies, and Masdar, an international investor in renewable energy and sustainable technology based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This follows the successful partnership between Statoil and Statkraft in developing the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Norfolk. This is a 317 MW capacity farm made up of 88 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 MW, whose predicted annual production of 1.1 TWh will provide clean energy to 220,000 homes.

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as its operator when it starts generating electricity in early 2017, with its expected annual energy production of around 1.7 TWh. The facility will be located in water of depths between 18 and 25m on a 35 km2 site off the coast of North Norfolk, in the seaside town of Cromer.

The electricity which it generates via its 67 turbines, each with a capacity of 6 MW, will be brought to shore via a seabed cable at Weybourne Hope, some 5 km west of the town of Sheringham on the North Norfolk coast. From this point, an underground cable will be laid and will carry this electricity to Necton, near Swaffham, in the Breckland district of Norfolk, where a purpose built substation will enable the electricity to be transmitted into the National Grid.

The location of the farm itself was a key decision in the overall timeline of the project, as Chairman of Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, Halfdan Brustad, explained back in 2013. “This decision is an important milestone in our efforts to develop the Dudgeon Offshore

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Wind Farm,” he stated. “Going forward we will mature the detailed design and layout plans in consultation with representatives of the local community in Necton.”

Two possible locations, in Necton and Little Dunham, had originally been identified for the possible development of the onshore substation, with Necton winning out as the preferred site after a thorough assessment of the respective technical, environmental and social aspects. The onshore substation will be built immediately adjacent to an existing 400 kilovolt overhead line and divided into two compounds, with the National Grid-constructed 400 kV part of the substation in one of these, and the onshore substation put together by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited in the other section.

Mid-2014 brought the green light for the proposed development, with Statoil’s senior vice president for the renewable

//DUDGEON CONFIRMS STATOIL’S STRATEGIC AMBITION OF GRADUAL AND PROFITABLE GROWTH AS AN INDUSTRIAL OFFSHORE WIND PLAYER// energy cluster Siri Espedal Kindem espousing its expected benefits: “We are very satisfied to have reached a positive decision for Dudgeon. This strengthens and confirms Statoil’s strategic ambition of gradual and profitable growth as an industrial offshore wind player. Dudgeon represents a strong partnership with broad experience and expertise within the energy sector and offshore wind. We believe this project could further strengthen our position in the UK, benefiting from the positive and constructive dialogue already established with UK authorities, local communities and suppliers.”

As well as its predicted significant

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contribution to power provisions locally, the Dudgeon investment looks set to bring sizeable benefits for the UK’s offshore wind industry. At least 70 local jobs will be created directly in the operations phase, with additional jobs to be added during construction, as well as indirectly in the supply chain.

“Today’s decision underlines the success of our new contracts and will bring about a steady stream of investment in renewable electricity,” concluded UK energy minister Michael Fallon at its announcement in July 2014. “As the best place in the world to invest in offshore wind, the UK is attracting millions of pounds of investment, supporting hundreds of local green jobs and strengthening its energy supply with home-grown sources. We have already attracted £34 billion of private sector investment in renewable electricity since 2010, with the potential to create almost 37,000 jobs in the UK.” Installation of the underground cables, by Carillion, a British facilities management and construction services

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company, and construction of the substations by Siemens, kicked off proceedings at the site early in 2015.

Olav-Bernt Haga, the facilities manager for the construction of Dudgeon, said: “The commencement of onshore construction activity in Norfolk means the project is on schedule and we expect to deliver electricity generated by the first operational wind turbine to the National Grid during the first quarter of 2017.” At 47km these will be the longest underground onshore cables to date installed in the UK for an offshore wind farm, with Carillion’s work set to involve establishing a 40m working corridor across farmland belonging to 44 individual landowners.

The contractor’s use of the latest duct-binding and trenching machines should see the work completed by late 2015 or early 2016. In May 2015, meanwhile, SPT Offshore, the leading offshore contractor for suction pile anchors and foundations, was awarded the design, fabrication and installation contract for a suction pile substation

foundation at the wind farm. This is an innovative four-legged jacket substructure and will be built for lead substation contractor Sembmarine SLP. “We are extremely pleased with this first suction pile founded substation in UK waters,” said SPT Offshore managing director Mark Riemers. “We trust this will create more business for the silently and swiftly installed suction pile foundations in the UK, after having installed several suction pile foundations for oil & gas platforms and subsea structures in the UK North Sea and East Irish Sea.” It was also in 2015 that the one year contract requirements were reached for Dudgeon, a milestone which demonstrated that the project qualifies for its investment contract. The approval for Dudgeon in meeting the milestone requirements was confirmed by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC).

“This milestone fulfilment is very good news for the project, and it confirms that we’re progressing according to plan in the development of the wind farm.

Important elements and decisions to

undertake the project, such as financial commitment, consents, timetable and key contracts, have been fulfilled.

Onshore construction has just started, but will pick up considerably throughout this year, preparing for the offshore installation campaigns in 2016 and 2017,” commented Statoil’s Vice President and Chairman of the Dudgeon Board of Directors, Halfdan Brustad.

“The contractual milestone has been reached through excellent work by the project team and good collaboration with the government’s delivery body, LCCC. The process and the dialogue towards approval have been excellent”, he added. Nic Rigby, LCCC’s Head of Contract Management, explained that, “not only does this confirm significant commitment to the projects by the company but it is also a step closer to ensuring we will have the low carbon generation that this country needs.”

Most recently in the development of this colossal project came the news that FoundOcean was poised to commence work at the site, in February this year.

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Even onshore, employing foundations to remain secure over the 25 year planned lifetime of the wind farm would prove challenging, given the dynamic loads produced by these energy generating giants.

The offshore setting, of course, renders this even more complex. It was vital therefore that Seaway Heavy Lifting, entrusted by the wind farm developers to deliver this important project, choose a subcontractor who could be trusted to connect the two largest, and most important, components of the foundation, and withstand everything that the North Sea environment can throw at them. The material used to make that connection has to be considered entirely reliable by all, and connection completed under tight quality assurance controls, safely and efficiently.

The duo of FoundOcean and BASF have been collaborating since 2010, delivering reliable and safe solutions to the offshore construction sector, and the BASF material MasterFlow 9500 proved to be the latest of these very solutions. Previously, connecting a Transition Piece and Monopile with grout was a significant obstacle for the industry, but design changes and material improvements, along with tighter offshore QA controls, on the material’s placement, has meant that this type of connection is once again faultless.

FoundOcean expects to begin its operations at the site imminently, using technically superior products and services to ensure that this central aspect of the construction is achieved with the very highest levels of productivity and safety.

DUDGEON 0047 9520 9191 info@dudgeonoffshorewind.co.uk www.dudgeonoffshorewind.co.uk

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Measuring the ocean surface

Miros is a world leading supplier of wave and weather monitoring products and solutions for the global offshore oil and gas market, windfarm developments, airports and onshore oil production and coastal environment.

Miros AS Solbråveien 20 NO-1383 Asker, Norway Phone: +47 66 98 75 00 Fax: +47 66 90 41 70 E-mail: office@miros.no www.miros.no

//MIROS MIROS OFFERS BEST-IN-CLASS TECHNOLOGY TO GLOBAL OFFSHORE MARKET

As one of the world’s leading providers of wave and weather monitoring products and solutions, Norway-headquartered Miros has operations that span a range of critically important industry sectors.

Companies that operate in the offshore oil and gas market, windfarm developments, airports, onshore oil production and coastal environment markets have all benefited from the expertise of the unique and innovative skillset of Miros.

Founded in 1984, the company develops close relationships with all customers and has delivered more than 600 high-tech, reliable, industry leading systems, allowing clients to do what they do best by focusing on their core business.

A key strength for Miros comes from its employee base; all experts in their own fields and all highly educated in subjects including computer technology, electronics, remote sensing, oceanography, marine and offshore engineering and project management, these employees drive the business forward by offering turn-key solutions and creating results that are tailor made to meet customer requirements. As the company puts it: “Our human asset is our key asset.”

Dudgeon engineers commented on the work of Miros, saying: “It is a relief working with a company that is used to offshore requirements; this is not common to all offshore wind sub-suppliers.”

This installation was typical of a Miros project and is suitable for work throughout the entire lifecycle of the Dudgeon system.

Importantly, Miros products and solutions offer peace-of-mind as the company’s offshore experience, together with global support services, are proven in enabling project success. All of the data collected will be fed through to on and offshore centres for real-time decision making and structural verifications and this allows for operational cost optimisation.

Huge Cost Saving Benefits of Miros Solutions Energy Focus asks Miros Offshore Wind Sales Manager, Jonas Røstad about how operators can benefit from the company’s Wave Monitoring products.

“Major operators are these days replacing costly leasing buoys with Miros Wave Monitoring products. These operators are thinking long term, and calculations show that the cost of 20 years operation is only 1/10th (10%) of traditional wave buoys with our purpose built directional wave and current radar SM-050,” he says.

As an ISO 9001 certified company, Miros guarantees quality and, through the company’s membership with the Norwegian Oil Spill Control Association (NOSCA), Norwegian Maritime Exporters (NME), Achilles FPAL and other industry bodies, Miros ensures its global reach continues to grow by releasing new products in each quarter of the year.

“The SM-050 WaveRadar has proved its performance for 30 years. It offers the user all directional and non-directional wave parameters. In addition to long reference lists, Miros has performed comparison studies with favourable results against all relevant wave buoys.

One study concluded that the ‘Miros Wave Radar has proven itself to be equivalent of a well calibrated buoy in determining important sea state parameters’.”

Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Dudgeon is a £1.5 billion project owned and operated

by Statoil and partners Statkraft and Masdar. Using its offshore expertise, Miros was chosen as the preferred supplier of a complete meteorological instrument package for the Dudgeon substation, including the unique purpose built SM-050 WaveRadar.

The work of Miros with the Dudgeon project is just snapshot of the solutions offered by this pioneering business. Other services include MetOcean Systems, Wave Systems, Oil Spill Detection, Helideck Monitoring and Weather and Environmental Monitoring. With offices in Asker (just west of Oslo), Aberdeen and Singapore, Miros is well suited to support clients all over the world.

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// Sparking a Turnaround in SA’s Energy Mix PRODUCTION: David Napier

Acting CEF group CEO, Siphamandla Mthethwa explains that there are a number of initiatives under way to redevelop and reinvigorate South Africa’s much-discussed energy sector.

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In last month’s budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan detailed how the government would spend R865.4 billion on public sector infrastructure, over the course of the next three years.

He said that investment in energy will amount to R70 billion in 2016 and over R180 billion over the next three years, as construction of the Medupi, Ingula and Kusile power plants is completed.

This followed on from President Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) when the government reiterated its commitment to resolving the country’s energy challenge as part of the ninepoint plan for economic development that was detailed in the SONA of 2015.

But the energy industry in this country is an extremely complex environment, facing many challenges in both the short and long term.

Government is regularly announcing its support for various projects coal, renewable, nuclear and gas initiatives yet the growing demand for energy continues to outstrip the pace of growth of supply.

Two organisations at the heart of South Africa’s energy conundrum are national oil company, PetroSA and its parent company, the Central Energy Fund (CEF).

Enterprise Africa speaks to acting CEF group CEO, Mr Siphamandla Mthethwa to find out more about plans for the future and how PetroSA will fit into the energy mix in a country which is desperate for secure, stable, safe supply.

“For me, the target is to stabilise the business amidst the downturn in the economy and make sure that we preserve cash and find a longterm solution for PetroSA from a sustainability perspective.

“We’ve got a number of pipeline projects. We are investing in the renewables space, especially in solar power stations, together with our department of course. We are also looking at coal mining expansion and we’re also looking at increasing the pipeline capacity from Mozambique - through our company iGas, we

//WE DO HAVE EXPANSION PLANS TO SUPPLY MORE COAL TO OTHER CUSTOMERS INCLUDING EXPORTS POSSIBLY// jointly own a company called ROMPCO together with Sasol and the Mozambique government.

“It’s a diversified energy portfolio.

The primary mandate is around security of supply and to give assurance to the ministry, especially with liquid fuels, that there is an effective entity in place to supply fuels to the market,” says Mthethwa.

Currently acting group CEO, Mthethwa has been with the company for two years. After working previously with Eskom, he joined CEF and took the role as group CFO. He has been in his current position for around one year.

CENTRAL ENERGY FUND The CEF, which reports to the Department of Energy (DoE) and minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, operates right across the energy sector value chain and has subsidiaries including the

aforementioned PetroSA, Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF), iGas, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC), the Petroleum Association of South Africa (PASA) and two minority interests in two small renewable energy ventures. CEF also manages two funds – the Equalisation and the Mines Health and Safety funds. Renewable energy activities are managed through the Energy Projects Division (previously the Clean Energy Division).

“We were established in 1977 and today we have around 2000 employees,” explains Mthethwa.

PetroSA, something of a notorious SOC in recent times, is the biggest operation managed by CEF and has witnessed extremely difficult times recently, partly due to the global drop in oil and commodity prices and also thanks to largely depleted fuel for its GTL plant in the Western Cape.

“Our biggest challenge has been with the refinery we own in Mossel Bay through PetroSA,” explains Mthethwa.

“It’s a GTL refinery and we also have gas fields offshore which we use but the feedstock is almost depleted so we have invested in a project to get more gas from the surrounding area and that project was not successful so we had to write down around R14 billion.”

That project, named Project Ikhwezi, was a five-well gas drilling programme designed to augment dwindling hydrocarbon reserves feedstock. It was expected to deliver 242 Billion Cubic Feet (BCF) of commercial gas reserves but by the end of 2015, had only delivered 25 BCF of commercial gas reserves from three wells. The project spanned four years but PetroSA said that it “did not derive the anticipated return from its investment”.

“In our business, the falling oil price has had a major impact – especially for PetroSA. The oil price fell from almost $110 to around $45 per barrel and that had a significant impact on our revenue and margins. It also contribute to the write down of our assets,” says Mthethwa.

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//IN OUR BUSINESS, THE FALLING OIL PRICE HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT// Another plan to boost fortunes at the refinery were quashed when plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) import terminal were scrapped in December. A feasibility study found the location to be technically and commercially problematic with meteorological and oceanographic conditions described as ‘severe’, potentially increasing the logistical and gas supply costs of the project.

Despite all of this this, the company is forging onwards and concentrating on the positives. On the financial side of the business, PetroSA was able to repay and refinance an interest bearing debt of R1.5 billion in 2015. There was also an increase in cash generated from operations, from R2.8 billion in 2014 to R3.5 billion in 2015.

The company also succeed in

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advancing transformation in the oil and gas industry. In 2015, the company recorded total procurement spend of R8.7 billion on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment companies, which equates to 103.1% of discretionary spend. The company also spent R10.3 million on Corporate Social Investment initiatives to uplift historically disadvantaged individuals and communities, bringing the total spent on community develop projects since 2002 to R348 million.

There has also been a focused drive around sustainability and the company embarked on a drive, dubbed BillionPlus, to contain and optimise operating costs, setting itself a target to save R1.25 billion in recurring costs.

At the 2015 year-end, savings of R1.1 billion were achieved.

GROWTH WITH ESKOM After seeing something of a small change in fortunes in recent times, following the appointment of experience leader Brian Molefe, Eskom is on a growth path, looking to make load shedding and unstable supply a thing of the past. With the (seemingly) imminent completion of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme and Medupi and Kusile Power Stations, stakeholders are hopeful.

But CEF is not happy to rest on its laurels and while the development of Eskom is welcome, from a business perspective, the organisation is also keen to expand its reach.

“Eskom is our biggest customer through the Gourikwa and Ankerlig power stations which currently run on diesel - we supply a lot of diesel there.

We also supply a lot of coal to Eskom from our mining company, AEMFC. “Obviously, our intention is to supply beyond just Eskom, to the broader market. We do have expansion

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The fuel sector was one of the first to be regulated from a transformation point of view after 1994. Most of the players at the time were companies that had opted, as non-negotiable, the global demands for very high standards of safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ)., These exacting standards were passed on to the the distribution businesses that serviced the sector. Other sectors, the chemical and mining sectors being chief among them, took their lead from the fuel industry, and today have much to thank them for.

Most fuel companies struggled to meet these requirements and preferred to concentrate on less exacting markets. Those who had the SHEQ capabilities were quickly challenged on their transformational credentials. This second requirement separated the transformation-minded men from the boys.

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These two qualifications have enabled a growth rate of its fuel distribution fleet over the past five years that is unmatched in Southern Africa.

At Crossroads these high levels of BBBEE and SHEQ have become the base from which they have created further value for their clients. Add to this a South Africa wide footprint to cross-border and bonded transport capability in and to neighbouring states. Blend this with smart-logistics solutions and levels of innovation that supply chain thinking brings to trucking, and you get an inkling of the recipe that make them so appealing to fuel and chemical producers and distributors alike.

“Crossroads is a great South African story” contends Arend du Preez, Crossroads’ CEO. “It has embraced the transformational challenges of the time and at the same time has realised that in a global industry it needs to not only match, but surpass global standards to be great. But at the core of its appeal is not its BBBEE rating, nor its SHEQ standards, enviable as they both are. No, it’s the unwavering belief, that to be relevant to its clients it must add further value and make a difference to their bottom lines and to their balance sheets.”

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//THE TARGET IS TO STABILISE THE BUSINESS AMIDST THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY// plans to supply more coal to other customers including exports possibly,” says Mthethwa.

The company’s position, despite recent results from PetroSA, remains strong and it is well placed to breed success in the sector.

“We are a state-owned entity which gives us our own unique position,” Mthethwa says. “Talking about our competitive edge, I would say it’s our people. Also, in certain businesses, the technology sets us apart – we have the only GTL plant in Africa (the first in the world and now the third biggest on earth) and we’re looking to expand capacity of our pipeline form Mozambique.”

But growing the business will take a big effort, especially from marketing, as the image of energy in South Africa has

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been damaged in recent times because of mismanagement and interruption of electricity supply.

“We don’t market the company like we should. It’s something we have been doing but not in an aggressive way,” says Mthethwa.

ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS The DoE has long been searching for new and alternative energy solutions to bolster its portfolio; it aims to generate 30% of energy from clean, renewable sources by 2025.

In a recent statement, leading global solar energy conference organiser and CEO of Solarplaza, Edwin Koot said that South Africa has now become an example to follow when it comes to s sustainable government policy on solar power.

“Europe has suffered especially as some governments have unpredictably withdrawn or taxed their incentive schemes. While Spain, Germany, Belgium and Italy have all encountered turbulence and turnarounds in the last 12 months, SA has shown commitment in setting up its solar industry currently moving into round four, maintaining its incentives, and successfully getting projects off the ground. In our recent trip to Dubai, South Africa came up as the case study to follow,” he said.

“In this economy, we are learning that it’s not about size – Suntech, the former world leader, and LDK are now battling – while previously smaller players like Jinko Solar are soaring. It has shown that timing is critical and right now South Africa’s timing is excellent.

“Solarplaza has been witness to the immense positivity and growth in South Africa. There is high energy here and you can enter the market even if there aren’t incentives. From what

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we’ve seen, it really can be one of the world’s huge markets, as long as the government stays the course after the next election,” he added.

And then there’s the huge opportunities that exist in the shale gas industry. After booming in the US and proving to be a reliable source, South Africa has investigated its options which are reported to be huge in the Karoo.

The government has already said that it is ready to regulate and monitor companies that have expressed an interest in exploring shale gas in the country.

“The draft regulations, once finalised, will result in a regulatory framework that ensures safe extraction of gas, which will contribute to diversification of South Africa’s energy mix, energy security supply, significantly boost South Africa’s economy and have positive effects on the Gross Domestic Product,” said Thibedi Ramontja, the Director-General of the Mineral Resources Department in December.

“Currently South Africa is a net importer of energy sources such as crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas. It is estimated that the Karoo shale gas resources would mean South Africa has the 5th largest reserves, estimated at 485 trillion cubic feet (Tcf ).

“We however take a conservative view of a 30 TcF economically recoverable resource, which is equivalent to 30 times the size of the Mossgas plants,” said the Minister for Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane, in January.

Before making any decisions on awarding exploration licenses, the department is undertaking studies and consulting with local communities and businesses, mainly the SKA Project, to ensure that no disruption is caused should any licenses be granted.

In other energy news, the Burgan Cape Terminals fuel storage project in Cape Town was launched in December and is set to be completed in 2017 creating hundreds of jobs and have a storage capacity of 118,670 m3. In December it was also announced that Oiltanking MOGS Saldanha had been given environmental authorisation for the development and construction of a R2 billion commercial crude oil blending and storage terminal in Saldanha Bay. Initial reports suggest that the facility will have a total capacity of 13.2 million barrels, comprising twelve 1.1 million barrel in-ground concrete tanks.

These developments and agreements all form part of a wider strategy put in place by the DoE, a strategy that CEF and PetroSA are very much a part of, and will help to

//SOLARPLAZA HAS BEEN WITNESS TO THE IMMENSE POSITIVITY AND GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA//

address employment, transformation and secure energy supply.

It is PetroSA’s vision to be ‘the leading African energy company’ by ‘becoming the leading provider of hydrocarbons and related quality products by leveraging our proven technologies and harnessing our human capital for the benefit of all our stakeholders’ and as long as it remains focused on its strengths and sticks to a turnaround strategy, which is set to be tabled in the near future, it will likely achieve this and drive South Africa’s wider energy industry forward.

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EXHIBITION CALENDAR

KEY UPCOMING EVENTS ACROSS THE SECTOR Our regular update to help you keep track of important events and exhibitions taking place across the energy sector.

14TH TURKISH INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE (TUROGE) 16 – 17 MARCH 2016 Turoge is an international oil and gas conference and showcase and the largest event for the oil and gas sector in Turkey. It is a forum that provides a platform for business cooperation between the local and global oil and gas operators and brings together representatives from major companies and associations. Turoge consists of a conference and co-located exhibition showcase, providing an insight into current trends, and access to available technologies and opportunities that exist in this dynamic market.

IADC/SPE DRILLING CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 01 - 03 MARCH 2016 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition has proven itself as the leading drilling event in the E&P world.

Alternating annually between Europe and North America, and now with expanded programming in Middle East and Asia Pacific, this conference will emphasize advancements in worldwide drilling operations that address problematic challenges and deliver improved performance.

Producers, contractors, and service company professionals will gather for three high-impact days to discuss, evaluate, and share ideas.

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CHINA LNG INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT 17 – 18 MARCH 2016 The China LNG International Summit will bring together senior representatives from across the Chinese LNG sector including Government and NOC representatives to join an international speaker faculty to discuss business-critical topics.

//TABLE OF ALL EVENTS: BOIS ENERGIE Nancy Exhibition Centre, France 15-17 March ENERGY STORAGE EUROPE Düsseldorf, Germany 15-17 March NEW ENERGY HUSUM Husum, Germany 17-20 March ENEX INTERNATIONAL POWER INDUSTRY FAIR Kielce, Poland 30-31 March SOLAR POWER PORTAL ROADSHOW Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh 15-17 March IADC/SPE DRILLING CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION Fort Worth Convention Centre 01-03 March TUROGE Sheraton Ankara Hotel, Ankara 16 – 17 March CHINA LNG INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel, Beijing 17 – 18 March

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