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Nice to Meet You! While Writing these Words, i realise that 2019 has only been under Way for 53 days noW. this surprises me, as it feels much longer. the reason for this is probably because so much has happened up to noW. To start with, I took my first steps in the offshore industry in my new position as Account Manager at Yellow & Finch Publishers. Also, this year started with a lot of networking events and business meetings, giving me the opportunity to meet a considerable number of new people.

What I noticed when talking and listening to them is the variety and complexity of the offshore industry, and the fact that everyone seems to take this for granted. For every project, whether it concerns development, construction, operation, maintenance or decommissioning, a broad range of disciplines and companies is involved. All these disciplines require a high level of collaboration between the many parties concerned. Taking the number of these impressive projects into consideration, and let us not forget the fact that many are carried out under harsh and hazardous circumstances at sea, the industry should allow itself to be proud of its achievements every now and then.

What has struck me in the last few weeks is the vulnerability our industry is experiencing when it comes to oil and gas. The market as a whole is recovering, but still, this does not lead to positive results for everyone. Of course, we all know that we will remain dependent on fossil fuels for decades, but with so many political uncertainties right across the globe, a large number of operators seem to be hesitating when it comes to investing.

Many companies consider the renewables market to be a possible lifebuoy, and indeed, with the considerable number of offshore wind projects under construction and being planned over almost the entire world, it seems logical to get involved where possible. Also positive, in this case, is the overlap between the old and new industry. The oil and gas industry can profit from wind, and vice-versa, leading to interesting innovations, and again, collaborations.

I have found a lot of interesting articles in this issue of Offshore Industry, giving me the opportunity to learn a lot from all these developments. I hope you will enjoy reading, too. Meanwhile, as the year is still young, there will be countless opportunities to get in touch with you. It will be really nice to meet you!

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World’s First +10MW Prototypes New Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas Next Steps Taken Biofouling Solutions For Offshore Wind Turbines

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The Neglected Hazard Reduced CO2 Emissions from the Supply Chain The Key to Success

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On the COver The offshore wind industry is gaining importance when it comes to ensuring grid stability and the security of the energy supply. Health and safety awareness are the key factors for a self-supporting work environment. As turbines and wind farms grow larger, quality in overall performance is the path to customer satisfaction. Read more on page 44 .

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news in brief Ampelmann Opens Office in Sakhalin Ampelmann has opened a new office in Sakhalin, Russia, in a move to expand its presence in the local market. The office will be manned by a full-time team of two Operations Engineers who will work towards strengthening the company’s foothold in the region. “Establishing a local presence in Sakhalin enables Ampelmann to execute the projected growth in the market of winterised W2W systems”, says Joeri Poelmann, Director Ampelmann Asia Pacific. “A local office that combines both experienced local and international personnel is key to best support our clients in continuing ongoing projects and starting up new ones in the region.” Ampelmann has been operating in Sakhalin since 2014 when it started working with oil and gas company Sakhalin Energy to provide offshore personnel with an innovative and reliable means to access oil and gas platforms at sea.

Falck Changes Name to RelyOn Nutec Falck Safety Services and Falck Fire Academy have changed their name to RelyOn Nutec and RelyOn Nutec Fire Academy. A name with links to the company’s heritage, customer promise and its vision for the future of safety. The safety training partners have changed their name to consolidate global activities around one brand.

With 33 locations across 20 countries, the company annually delivers safety and skills training to more than 250,000 people in oil and gas, maritime, renewables and the onshore high-risk industries and public fire-brigades. The new name, RelyOn Nutec, emphasises the importance of trust in the customer promise. Torben Harring, Group CEO of RelyOn Nutec, explains, “Our customers work in industries with high risk potential, in environments where safety and risk prevention is a critical activity and not a nice-to-have activity where there is no compromise. As RelyOn Nutec, we help our customers to keep people safe, prepare them for the unexpected and prepare them on how to react in an emergency situation.”

Maersk Supply Service Completes Fleet Renewal Maersk Maker, the final vessel of Maersk Supply Service’s Starfish AHTS newbuild series, has recently been delivered from Kleven Yard. The vessel’s arrival completes Maersk Supply Service’s Fleet Renewal Programme, with ten newbuild vessels delivered and 23 vessels divested over the last three years.

The average age of Maersk Supply Service’s current 44-vessel fleet has been reduced to less than ten years. The composition of the renewed fleet – 30 AHTS vessels, 12 SSVs and 2 PSVs – supports Maersk Supply Service’s integrated solutions offerings for offshore projects in the areas of towing, mooring and installation; subsea construction; inspection, maintenance and repair; and light well intervention. | Read more on offshore-industry.eu

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LNG Module Transport Boskalis has been awarded a contract for the transportation of a large number of modules for a North American LNG export facility. The scope of work includes the logistical management and transportation of various large modules from a fabrication yard in China to the facility in North America. The contract ties up two highend open-stern heavy transport vessels commencing the second quarter of 2021 through to the third quarter of 2022.

The first turbine at the world’s biggest offshore windfarm has been installed and is now producing electricity. When fully operational, Hornsea 1 offshore windfarm will be nearly double the size (1,218MW) of the current world’s largest offshore windfarm, Walney Extension. The project is located 120km off the Yorkshire Coast and will consist of 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines. The majority of the windfarm’s blades are manufactured in Hull, from where they are shipped to the Hornsea zone.

The windfarm is a joint venture between Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind, and Global Infrastructure Partners. Ørsted began offshore construction just over a year ago, and expects the project to be completed by Q1 2020.

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Representatives of CMHI and Huisman have recently witnessed the cutting ceremony of the DES Innovative Drilling System project at Huisman China. The Huisman innovative drilling system will be integrated and installed on the moored drilling semi-submersible constructed at CMHI Haimen. This drilling system will be used for oil and gas drilling activities in shallow to medium water depths all around Asia, particularly the South China Sea. It will be delivered in the second quarter of 2020 to CMHI Jiangsu Yard in China. Fabrication and final commissioning work will take place at Huisman China.

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Subsea Innovation, part of Tekmar Group, has announced that it has been awarded DNV GL type approval for its SIClamp structural pipeline repair clamp technology. In doing so, Subsea Innovation is the first manufacturer in the world to achieve this certification.

The new technology, given the official stamp of approval from DNV GL, can act as a temporary or permanent structural repair clamp for carbon steel pipelines designed for water, oil or gas transport. Emergency Pipeline Repair Systems (EPRS) such as these are designed for immediate deployment should a subsea oil or gas pipeline become damaged or its integrity found to be deficient due to corrosion or defect.

Onshore Operation Aker BP has become the first company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to operate a staffed platform from an onshore control room. Ivar Aasen in the North Sea is now operated from Aker BP’s offices at Trondheim. The control room is key to all activity on the platform.

Ivar Aasen was constructed with two identical control rooms – one on the platform and one in Trondheim. The plan has always been to move the control room to land. Other offshore staffing on the field will remain as before. There is a lot to be learned from this new method of managing the activity, both for Aker BP and for the industry.

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news in brief Complete Renewal of IT Infrastructure

Radio Holland received the order to renew the complete IT infrastructure for the JB-115 barge of Jack-Up Barge. The JB-115 is an existing platform that is often stationed at wind energy projects. The order for the JB-115 includes the new design and installation of the network with all necessary components and network security. Radio Holland supplies the servers and computers and takes care of renewal of the telephone exchange. The network will be ‘segmented’ so that barge, crew and customers, who rent the platform, have a separated and secure network. JB-115 is operational in Europe, mostly in the North Sea.

Schelde Exotech and Verolme Special Equipment Join Forces With the acquisition of all shares in Exotech Beheer, Schelde Exotech (Vlissingen, the Netherlands) has become a 100% subsidiary of Pressure Thermal Dynamics (PTD), the holding company of Verolme Special Equipment (Moerdijk, the Netherlands) and Logan Industries (Hempstead, Texas, USA). Both Exotech and Verolme are leading manufacturers of high-end heat exchangers, vessels and reactors for high-temperature, high-pressure and high-corrosion environments. Exotech is a strong and reputable player in the petro-chemical and nuclear industries and Verolme is a market leader in the marine scrubber and poly-silica markets. The combined expertise and production capacity in the manufacturing of high-end equipment for demanding industries and customers will create significant advantages for Exotech’s and Verolme’s customers.

OSRL Announces new Global UAV Service Oil Spill Response (OSRL) has expanded its member offer with the launch of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) service. The new service aims to enhance preparedness and response capabilities to better support members’ needs in the event of a spill.

To facilitate the service on a global basis and to ensure the shortest time to mobilisation, OSRL has signed ‘call-off agreements’ with a number of third-party UAV providers around the world. Launch partners for the service include Bristow Aerial Solutions, Sky-Futures and Vertical Horizon Media. Each partner has been selected based on their relevant in-country experience, technical capabilities or geographical reach, and will ensure OSRL members have the most appropriate and effective solution to the specific challenge in hand, with the necessary flexibility to meet the broadest range of scenarios.

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WIndEuropE ConfErEnCE & ExhIbItIon 8,000 professionals attending from all over the world and over 400 exhibitors from 50 countries.

See You in Bilbao!

The annual on and offshore Windeurope ConferenCe & exhibiTion Will be Taking plaCe in bilbao, spain, This year. prospeCTs for wind in spain are looking bright again, with national plans to build more than 4 GW of onshore wind by 2020, and 2.5 GW a year up to 2030.

Also, (floating) offshore wind is on the agenda. all images CourTesy of Windeurope

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aking place 2-4 April, WindEurope Conference & Exhibition is the most important event in Europe for the wind industry and one of the reference events of the sector, with an average of 8,000 professionals attending from all over the world and over 400 exhibitors from 50 countries. The conference has an impressive programme with nearly 300 conference speakers – including the Spanish and Portuguese Ministers for Energy. The event also offers a lot of opportunity to network with peers through a Members’ Reception, the Opening Reception, the Gala Dinner and side events, such as the EPSRC Supergen Wind Hub event.

Back on the Map

Spain has a vibrant wind supply-chain employing 22,000 people, and Bilbao, located in the Basque Country, is one of its key hubs. It is a fine example of how the

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wind industry supports local employment, investment and growth. It illustrates that even a region that, in itself, is not the best natural wind resource, can benefit hugely from the growth of the sector by producing and exporting the relevant equipment and technology to the rest of Spain and Europe.

Facts & Figures Date: 2 – 4 April 2019 Venue: BEC – Bilbao Exhibition Centre, Azkue Kalea, 1, – North Entrance, 48902 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain Opening hours: Tuesday, 2 April 2019: Wednesday, 3 April 2019: Thursday, 4 April 2019:

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The region has become a significant industrial cluster for wind energy, and this is creating real local economic value and jobs.

Haizea Wind, for example, is currently negotiating new investment and will soon present its latest initiative in the region.

This, along with the recent decision by the newly formed Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to base their global HQ in Bilbao, is just one of many examples of the importance of the industry in and around Bilbao – and illustrates why Bilbao is a logical choice to host the annual European wind industry get-together in 2019.

WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson says, “The Basque Country has made a conscious decision to invest in the wind industry and is reaping the benefits in terms of investment, jobs and growth. More broadly, Spain is also a leading European wind-manufacturing hub, accounting for 22,000 jobs and billions in export revenue. Our bet on Bilbao is a sign of returning industry confidence. After a tough past three years, Spain’s wind energy market is now back on the map”.

Strategic Area

Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) Chairman Juan Diego Díaz comments, “AEE

considers the Basque Country to be a strategic area for the development of the domestic and international wind-power industry and the most important offshore hub of Spain. After a few years at a standstill, Spanish wind power is now in full growth and 2019 will mark a key year in the installation of new megawatts, with more than 3,500 expected. Also, 2019 will be

perfect timing for the analysis of the technological challenges the sector is facing, such as hybridisation, storage and repowering; topics that will be addressed during the conferences held by the annual Spanish Wind Power Congress, which will coexist and integrate with the Exhibition.” i. windeurope.org

This year, WindEurope Exhibition and Conference will take place at the BEC in Bilbao, Spain.

The conference has an impressive programme with nearly 300 conference speakers.

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Optimism and Caution OIL & GaS INDUSTrY OUTLOOk 2019

When looking at recent oil & gas outlook reports, it is evident that they agree on a number of key points, namely that the industry is still recovering from the results of the recent price volatility and upstream-spending remains on a leash.

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owever, 2019 is looking promising for the sector in general, as long as it manages to face its challenges, such as supply disruption and the ongoing decline in new discoveries. Yet while some outlooks predict big steps toward new energy and a growing focus on sustainability, others deem actual investment in these sectors will remain small – for now.

Wood Mackenzie

according to Wood Mackenzie’s ‘2019 Upstream and Corporate Outlook’, uncertainties over markets, political tensions and the energy transition are hampering big investments. Spend normally rises roughly in step with a higher oil price but, for now, that correlation is broken.

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not budge when entering the New Year”, says Tom Ellacott, Senior Vice President at Wood Mackenzie. “If oil prices return to USD 70/bbl or above, the cash windfall generated will be huge and will inevitably drive sentiment back in favour of growth.” Yet despite recent price volatility, the fundamentals for 2019 are encouraging. Project sanctions are increasing, not only in number but also scale. Tight oilproduction is booming, the next wave of LNG sanctions is threatening to break and 2019 will most likely be another huge year for discovered resource opportunities.

Besides LNG, the biggest sanctions will be deepwater oil in Brazil and Guyana. The overall trend for oil and gas project sanctions will be positive. Wood Mackenzie forecasts around 45 - 50 large FIDs (projects over 50 mmboe of commercial reserves)

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Global oil and gas capital expenditures

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In general, the industry feels much healthier than it did twelve months ago: the price of oil has rebounded.

Change in number of employees around the world, 2016 versus 2014

Tight oil-production is booming, the next wave of LNG sanctions is threatening to break and 2019 will most likely be another huge year for discovered resource opportunities.

Image courtesy of PWC Strategy&.

Workforce reductions made during the downturn resulted in lost technical skills and damaged the industry’s ability to attract new talent.

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in 2019, versus around 40 in 2018. Although more of the industry’s biggest players will unveil energy transition blueprints in 2019, this will not translate directly into an investment boom, according to the Wood Mackenzie outlook. The Majors have allocated less than 3% of their budget to renewables since 2016. “Companies and investors will be wary of backing the wrong horse in new energy. It is a sector they are still trying to understand”, says Mr Ellacott.

“Upstream will still account for the majority of capital investment in 2019.”

PwC Strategy&

According to PwC Strategy&’s Oil and Gas Trends 2018 - 2019, after several years of over-supply, the oil and gas industry could very well be moving headlong into a supply

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crunch – something that may seem hard to imagine, given the ramping-up of US oil production and the burgeoning sense of optimism in the sector. In general, the industry feels much healthier than it did twelve months ago: the price of oil has rebounded. The fundamental challenge is the intrinsic volatility in the sector. Facing these uncertainties, oil and gas companies must develop a resilient strategy to mitigate these risks. In the short term, companies must maintain capital discipline and a focus on productivity improvements and applying new technology. In the long-term, they need to make their portfolios profitable against low break-even prices. Moreover, they will need to figure out how to make their overall portfolio future-proof during the transition to a lower carbon world.

In the short term, companies must maintain capital discipline and a focus on productivity improvements.

The sector faces a number of supply-related challenges, according to Strategy&. First is an ongoing decline in new discoveries. By the end of 2017, the volume of new oil and gas discoveries was at its lowest since the early 1950s. A second challenge is the slowness of the rise in exploration spending

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OutlOOk 20 19 Yet while some outlooks predict big steps toward new energy, others deem actual investment in these sectors will remain small – for now.

According to Wood Mackenzie the biggest sanctions will be deepwater oil in Brazil and Guyana.

Photo courtesy of Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm/CHPV.

basins with aging asset infrastructure. For operators, another challenge involves the diminished capabilities they have.

Workforce reductions made during the downturn to save money resulted in lost technical skills and damaged the industry’s ability to attract new talent. This is on top of the coming ‘great crew change’ that will be ushered in over the next decade, as a large proportion of the sector’s aging workforce retires. Finally, the industry has the broader challenge of dealing with the overall momentum to build a lower-carbon world.

The growing electrification of transport, the possible plateauing of oil demand by the 2030s and the deployment of smart technologies to better manage supply and demand will require business models to evolve throughout the energy industry.

Photo courtesy of Petrobras/André Motta.

since it fell with the price collapse of 2014 - 16. Thirdly: supply disruption. In existing oil fields, production is declining – and this decline rate is accelerating by about 4% per annum. A fourth issue constraining the global oil-production system is deferred maintenance. Although important everywhere, maintenance is critical in

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Strategy& concludes that the world remains dependent on oil and gas. The need to find more of both resources will become more pressing over the short to medium-term.

Volatility is also likely to continue in market fundamentals, thus affecting oil prices. As operators assess the impact of various scenarios from supply constraints to low carbon, they need a plan of action. Looking further ahead, companies will need a robust strategy for hydrocarbon weighting. i. woodmac.com i. strategyand.pwc.com

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Transforming Decommissioning The NaTioNal DecommissioNiNg ceNTre

he government Ministers joined industry and civic leaders to celebrate the launch of this long-term euR 43m partnership between the oil & gas technology Centre and the university of aberdeen, part of the aberdeen City Region Deal.

assessment and the economics of decommissioning. the Centre is in advanced discussions with several anchor partners, focused on bringing together academic researchers, experts from industry and business partners with the best experience, ideas and equipment to create a unique environment for collaborative R&D. the Centre is home to the most powerful industrial laser at any uK academic institution, a state-of-the-art digital visualisation and collaboration suite, and a supercomputer cluster enabling the fast simulation and modelling of innovative decommissioning scenarios. this includes facilities for technology trials and rapid prototyping, with a hyperbaric testing vessel that can simulate ocean conditions of 6,500m, an indoor freshwater immersion tank, environmental chambers for temperature testing from -40°C to +180°C and hangar space for the design and construction of decommissioning technology.

Transforming Traditional Approach

An Industry-Led Research Programme

(NDC), a global teChNology R&D hub, has ReCeNtly beeN opeNeD by lorD DuNCaN, uK government Minister for scotland, and paul Wheelhouse Msp, scottish energy Minister, in Newburgh, in North-east scotland’s energetica Corridor.

All photos CouRtesy of the NatioNal DeCoMMissioNiNg CeNtRe.

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100 offshore platforms and 5,700km of pipeline are forecast to be decommissioned or reused over the next decade on the uK Continental shelf. With the oil & gas authority estimating the total cost of oil and gas decommissioning to be euR 66bn, the NDC will help industry deliver the +35% cost reduction target set by the regulator in 2016.

Combining industry expertise with academic excellence, the Centre aims to work in partnership with companies to become the global leader in research and development (R&D) focused on reducing costs, extending field and asset life, and transforming the traditional approach to decommissioning.

World-Leading Capability

the NDC builds on the world-leading R&D capability at the university of aberdeen in areas such as decommissioning technologies, predictive modelling, environmental

Lord Duncan, UK Government Minister for Scotland is shown the state-of-the-art digital visualisation hub.

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led by professor Richard Neilson from the university of aberdeen and the ogtC’s Dr Russell stevenson, the NDC is developing a wide-ranging, industry-led research programme, with dedicated access to the brightest and best phD and Msc students, and several projects are already underway. linking industry demand and expertise with academic capability and skills will help create competitive advantage, not only for the oil and gas industry, but for decommissioning challenges in the wider energy sector; in offshore renewable, for example. the NDC will also collaborate with R&D institutions and innovation centres across the country active in late-life asset management and decommissioning, and partner with fishing, marine, safety and environment organisations in the uK and internationally. i. ukndc.com

Overview of the indoor freshwater immersion tank.

Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Energy Minister, at the opening of the Centre.

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Safety – The Number One Priority THe oFFsHore wind indusTry needs ever-LArger Turbines, resuLTing in new cHALLenges For offshore wind operators and heavylift contractors. in order to keep their lifting and hoisting jobs safe and secure, they can rely on Liftal, expert in lifting technologies. all photos courTesy oF LiFTAL

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he Dutch company recognises the ample opportunities in the upcoming renewables market, as a lot of lifting and hoisting equipment is used. Heavy-lift cranes are necessary for loading and unloading the various turbine parts and as no windfarm is the same, this lifting equipment needs to be tested and certified for almost every new project. Liftal’s scope of work in this respect includes installing, maintaining, testing, inspecting, and certifying the demanding lifting and hoisting equipment. For the offshore wind market,

Liftal’s service is not limited to lifting equipment. Apart from testing and inspecting cranes, other structures are also taken care of. The company inspects, for instance, the rigging points for the blade racks used on vessels for transporting rotor blades and equipment to the offshore windfarms. Most wind turbines are equipped with a small service crane.

Because of the circumstances at sea, these cranes require regular maintenance and testing, even when they are waiting on shore for installation.

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Always a Solution

Liftal has already been acting as a fullservice specialist in lifting and hoisting technologies since 1997. The company offers a broad range of services, including advice on all kinds of hoisting, lifting, and fall protection challenges, and provides a wide array of products and custom solutions, installation, maintenance, repair, testing, inspecting, and certification of equipment. one of the company’s strengths lies in its close collaboration with suppliers and customers. For Liftal, it is all about trusting and helping each other. with its continuous provision of tailor-made solutions, the company adjusts to the specific needs of the customer, which means carrying out a substantial number of test cases and being on top of everything that is happening in the business. There is always a solution, but safety is of course one of the main priorities.

Service Centres

Liftal has locations in vlissingen and yerseke in the netherlands, and Temse in belgium, but a lot of the work is also executed on site in various ports throughout europe. work can also be carried out on location at sea. because of its specialist intake and additional service, Liftal can take control of the entire supply chain. whether with solid weights, water bags or a combination of both, Liftal always finds a solution for load testing heavy equipment. The company has all equipment and knowledge in-house.

A testing corner has been created in the vlissingen workshop. A recent development that helps Liftal to swiftly respond to customer requests is setting up in-house service centres at the customer’s location.

The company has all kinds of tools and equipment available at these centres, as well as spare parts for the maintenance, repair, and testing of lifting equipment. on top of this, the improvement in both digitalisation and automation gives Liftal the competence to take on specialised projects.

Up to Date and Certified

Liftal’s employees have substantial practical experience, so they can provide a reliable assessment of an operation, how much time is required, and which materials are needed.

Practical experience is not the only thing that makes a difference; the company is also a front-runner when it comes to certified inspectors. each and every one of Liftal’s inspectors has full, all-round qualifications.

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Blade rack inspection.

Because of the circumstances at sea, service cranes, for example mounted on top the jackets, require regular maintenance and testing, even when they are waiting on shore for installation.

training and yearly refresher courses, including in the field of all the latest legislation and regulations. in order to guarantee working according to the certification requirements, LiFTAL is annually audited by bvQi, deKrA, dnv, and LeeA.

ATEX/IECEx

The offshore industry heavily focuses on explosion protection, particularly in sectors threatened by gas and/or dust explosions. working with mechanical and electronic equipment plays an important role here, too. Many companies forget that it is not only the means of production, but also the various work equipment that is used that may pose a risk. This also applies to certain types of lifting and hoisting equipment,

as well as to appliances used in hazardous surroundings. Liftal is one of the first companies in the sector which can call itself an ATeX/iecex certified service Facility. This certification sets it apart as one of the few companies that can function as a full partner to the petrochemical, maritime, and offshore industries in terms of delivery, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of explosion-protected lifting equipment. The certification means that not only the hoisting products provided by Liftal, but also the company’s hoist-related services, such as inspections, tests, maintenance and repairs, are always explosion-protected. i. liftal.com

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outlook 2019 Average CAPEX for European offshore projects is dropping quickly, mainly driven by the increased competition in windfarm development, increasing turbine size and economies of scale.

Photo courtesy of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.

Offshore Wind Power to Grow Six-Fold By the end of 2017, offshore wind had only Been deployed commercially across seven markets, with Uk and Germany accounting for 68% of the gridconnected capacity. However, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables, global offshore wind-power demand will increase almost six-fold over the coming ten years, with projects being executed commercially across eighteen countries by 2027.

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he pool of offshore markets is expanding beyond the handful of markets in Europe. Local-content policies in different forms are becoming an increasingly important topic for developers and suppliers, as governments look to bolster their local industry and create more job opportunities for local labour forces. “While the influence of local-content policies has been limited thus far, these policies will impact 72% of future demand”, says Soren Lassen, leading author and offshore analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

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Holistic Innovations

The deployment of next-generation turbines will double average turbine ratings globally over the next ten years. This, in turn, will subdue growing demand in terms of number of units and amount of material per MW – most notably in the foundation space where the average monopile weight per MW will decrease by 36% by 2023 in Europe. Similarly, the average installation time per MW for turbines and foundations has been halved in Europe since 2010 and is set to continue. The transmission space is also undergoing holistic innovations, with capacities being increased and materials reduced.

Consolidation and Globalisation

“The proliferation of demand in new markets is globalising the European supplychain and motivating the entry of new suppliers”, says Mr Lassen. “This is particularly true when supported by localcontent policies, as the pressures in Europe are leading to consolidation across the European supply-chain – especially in the installation segments”, says Mr Lassen.

Furthermore, the report points out that the high growth-rates in offshore wind are making it increasingly attractive for oil and

gas companies looking to leverage their offshore experience.

LCOE in Europe Will Halve

Average CAPEX for European offshore projects is dropping quickly, mainly driven by the increased competition in windfarm development, increasing turbine size and economies of scale. “CAPEX and OPEX across Europe will drop, on average, by 36% and 55% respectively by 2027”, says Shimeng Yang, report author and European offshore analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

Offshore LCOE across Europe is also projected to go down at a fast pace with “the average LCOE across Europe for gridconnected projects expected to reach 53.6 EUR/MWh by 2027, dropping from approximately 107 EUR/MWh in 2018”, concludes Ms Yang. i. woodmac.com

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OffshOre WInd

The nacelles will initially be manufactured at the SGRE factory in Cuxhaven.

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World’s First +10MW Prototypes In 1991 the fIrst offshore wIndfarm started productIon off the coast of denmark, consIstIng of a moderate eleven 450kw turbInes. In 2017, thIs vIndeby offshore wIndfarm was decommIssIoned.

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n its more than 25-year-long operational life of, a lot happened in the offshore wind industry. More offshore windfarms were constructed, and the size of the turbines grew enormously. This year will see a new turning point, with the installation and commission of the world’s first two +10MW prototypes.

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recently, siemens gamesa renewable energy (SGRE) presented their SG 10.0-193 DD, which is the company’s first +10MW offshore wind turbine. The 10MW rating of the SG 10.0-193 dd is possible thanks to a larger generator diameter, building on the proven sgre direct drive generator technology. by increasing the rotor diameter to 193m, this new wind turbine offers up to 30% more AEP

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than its predecessor, the sg 8.0-167 dd. Its 94m-long blades provide a swept area of 29,300m². The technology on the offshore direct drive platform allows for the re-use of most components from previous generations, providing a short time to market. The nacelles of this new offshore wind turbine will initially be manufactured at the SGRE factory in Cuxhaven, Germany, the world’s largest plant for offshore wind turbine nacelles. The prototype will be installed in 2019 with commercial market deployment expected in 2022.

Five Years of Testing

GE Renewable Energy and Future Wind (a Joint Venture between Pondera development and sif holding netherlands) have announced that they have signed an

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SG 10.0-193 DD, which is the company’s first +10 MW offshore wind turbine.

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EUR 320 million has been invested in the development of GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade X 12MW.

Image courtesy of Siemens Gamesa.

agreement to install the Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine prototype at the Sif terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam during summer 2019. The deal includes five years of testing and a fifteen-year full-service O&M agreement. The Haliade-X 12MW prototype will be installed onshore to facilitate access for testing. During the initial period of operation, it will allow GE Renewable Energy to collect the data needed to obtain a Type Certificate, a key step in commercialising the product in 2021.

Activities in Rotterdam to prepare the site for future installation have just begun. The nacelle of the Haliade-X 12MW prototype will be assembled in Saint-Nazaire (France), while the three 107m-long LM Wind Power blades will be manufactured in Cherbourg (France), and the tower sections will be produced in Seville (Spain). All components will be shipped to Rotterdam, where preassembly work and installation will take place. This prototype in Rotterdam is part of the EUR 320 million investment in the Haliade-X development announced by GE Renewable Energy in March 2018.

Cost Reduction

The annual energy production of one SG 10.0-193 DD is sufficient to supply about 10,000 European households with electricity. The Haliade-X 12MW will produce 45% more energy than any other offshore wind turbine available today and

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The Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine prototype will be installed and tested at the Sif Group terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam during summer 2019.

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will generate up to 67GWh annually, enough renewable power for up to 16,000 European households. To put this in perspective, the Vindeby offshore windfarm produced a total of 243GWh in 25 years. With the continuing increase in the size of offshore wind turbines, more energy can be generated with fewer turbines per offshore windfarm.

This will lead to considerable cost reductions in the production of offshore energy, making it a more compatible source of power.

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QHSE An offshore windfarm should also remain a safe place to work.

The Neglected Hazard DrOppeD-ObjecT rIsks In OFFsHOre WInD Photo courtesy of GE Renewable Energy

In OFFsHOre WInD, repuTaTIOn Is crITIcal. In OrDer TO maInTaIn currenT grOWTH anD mOmenTum, IT Is THe respOnsIbIlITY OF busInesses throughout the supply chain to consistently demonstrate that an offshore windfarm is not just a clean, reliable source of power, but that it also remains a safe place to work, all the way through its life cycle. words by mIke rIce, cOmmercIal DIrecTOr OF DrOpsaFe, baseD On HIs WHITe paper ‘THe neglecTeD HazarD’.

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common risk across offshore wind vessels and infrastructure is dropped and falling objects (DOs). Yet, despite this ever-present threat, the offshore wind industry has yet to follow the lead of other maritime industries both in reporting incidents and in adopting robust mitigation measures across turbines and vessel fleets.

A Four-fold Threat

The risks posed by DOs can be divided into four categories: immediate safety risks, risks to the integrity of equipment, the potential financial risks and reputational risks. The safety risks involved are clear: objects falling from heights endanger lives – they risk

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seriously injuring personnel working directly below, and could cause fatalities. In terms of the financial risk, it is difficult to accurately assess the cost to businesses of individual incidents of DOs, as little formal research has been completed on this topic, and, as with reputational risk, it is not in the interest of the companies involved to divulge such information. However, it is clear that injuries to personnel incur financial costs through working days lost, and falling objects risk damaging equipment, which could lead not only to the cost of replacing the damaged assets, but also to temporary suspension of some operations at the windfarm. Furthermore,

there are potential financial compensation implications, and the legal consequences that go hand-in-hand with them. While all of the major reported DOs events that have occurred to date in offshore wind have been related to heavy lifting rather than to DOs as defined above, without further risk mitigation action being taken, it is only a matter of time before such a tragedy occurs in offshore wind. This would undoubtedly lead to negative press coverage.

The Regulatory Situation

In terms of the current safety regulations and mechanisms in place in the offshore wind sector regarding DOs awareness,

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QHSE In the oil and gas industry the use of secondary retention solutions such as metal nets and barriers has become commonplace.

Also smaller-scale solutions such as pouches worn by operators for tool storage reduce DOs risks.

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The safety risks involved are clear: objects falling from heights endanger lives – they risk seriously injuring personnel working directly below, and could cause fatalities.

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prevention and mitigation, the uk Health and safety executive, for instance, places a duty of care under the cDm regulations on Operators to identify and mitigate foreseeable risks. Official guidance on the subject remains limited. Industry guidelines for Working at Heights in offshore wind scenarios, first produced by the global Offshore Wind Health and safety Organisation (g+), in 2014 and updated last year1, cover the risks of DOs. The 2018 version refers the reader directly to DrOps

(Dropped Objects prevention scheme) guidance on the issue, which g+ will be adopting as standard. anecdotal evidence, however, suggests that safety procedures such as those discussed above are not always adhered to. Indeed, although in theory using lifting bags for equipment and secondary retention tethers for tools has, for example, become a standard expectation within offshore windfarm operations, it is reported that such guidelines are still frequently being ignored or overlooked.

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What Can We Learn from Other Industries?

good practice guideline: Working at height in the offshore wind industry second edition, july 2018, g+, energy Institute.

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QHSE WTG, like nuts and bolts, lights, ventilation louvres or hatches and falling from heights, with the incidents occurring either on the wind turbines themselves or on the support vessels being used. It does not include the heavy lifts performed during construction, main component change-out, or decommissioning. DOs incidents can occur as a result of a number of factors, including unsuitable operational processes, human error such as equipment being inappropriately or inexpertly secured, or environmental factors, for example. They can occur throughout the installation, maintenance or decommissioning processes in the tower, or on installation and service vessels. They can also occur during normal operations, for example if a hidden part of the machinery suffers severe corrosion over time and consequently falls from the installation.

Risk Mitigation

DOs risk areas on a typical offshore wind turbine.

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unfavourable difference between health and safety performance in the offshore wind industry with regard to DOs and that in the offshore oil & gas and maritime construction industries. Much greater strides need to be made in offshore wind if it is to replicate the high standard of risk mitigation shown by these other industries. Safety was from the outset a key priority in the oil and gas sector, and it remains so. The reason for this is clear: the combination of remote drilling platforms located in harsh conditions and intense activity involving the use of heavy machinery creates an environment

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ripe for potential accidents. In this context, much has been done to try and avert the risk posed by DOs in oil and gas operations.

The use of robust and cost-effective secondary retention solutions such as metal nets and barriers, as well as smaller-scale solutions such as pouches worn by operators for tool storage, has become commonplace.

The Specific Risks

DOs in offshore wind include materials carried by personnel, lifted or carried from CTVs or SOVs, or smaller items fitted to the

It is clear that DOs are a significant concern, but what can be done to mitigate the risk?

As we have seen from the oil and gas experience, it would be in the interest of the offshore wind industry to demonstrate that it, too, can self-regulate, to avoid the imposition of generic regulation, which would bring with it its own problems, including a loss of independence for the industry and for individual operators and their developments. Positive steps towards risk mitigation taken so far by the offshore wind industry include the annual reporting of performance in this regard, and guidance on DOs risk and prevention being included in the Working at Height guidelines.

Increasing awareness and encouraging proactivity are key. The more the issue is discussed, the more likely it is that relevant parties will take note and take action.

Indeed, as well as ensuring high-quality engineering and correct, regular maintenance of equipment, offshore wind businesses need to be proactive in equipping their installation and maintenance teams, as well as the installations themselves, sufficiently to guard against DOs risk. Solutions, provided by companies such as Dropsafe, include a variety of specialised nets and barriers that sit directly on the installation, or the fitting of secondary retention devices. It is clear that these solutions can significantly reduce or eliminate risks, providing a potentially life-saving back-up in case of disaster. i. dropsafe.com

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The Right Combination

RecentLy, BigLift BaRentsz LOaDeD an 11,700mt jack-up pLatfORm in VLissingen, the netheRLanDs, tO tRanspORt it tO the West Of afRica. With the assistance Of an aDVanceDweather system and acceleration-monitoring system onboard the vessel, the platform was safely delivered to its destination within three weeks.

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he jack-up platform had an overall breadth of 75m and its legs were 133m high. With a large, flush deck of 125m x 42m, high deck strength and a uniform grid of bulkheads and web frames, combined with a sophisticated ballast system, BigLift Barentsz was the right vessel for the project.

Limited Information

Once the contract for the transportation had been signed, the detailed engineering started. During the enquiry phase, a feasibility study had been made, mainly

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With a large, flush deck of 125m x 42m, high deck-strength and a uniform grid of bulkheads and web frames, combined with a sophisticated ballast system, BigLift Barentsz was the right vessel for the project.

concerning stability calculations and operational challenges. the weight of the jack-up platform was not an issue for the ample deck strength and hull bending capacities of the BigLift mc class. after calculating the sailing conditions of the vessel, accelerations during transportation were taken into account. the accelerations were obtained from a motion analysis appliance and were predicted on the basis of historical weather databases, using a tool that was fully developed in-house. these calculations then formed the input for

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calculations regarding seafastening forces and deck loads, and for checking the structural integrity of the platform. One of the main challenges for this project was the limited information about the platform. it is over 30 years old and valid drawings and strength calculations were unavailable. therefore, the platform was visited several times prior to the loading operation. Within this contract, BigLift was responsible for the entire engineering scope, so they calculated and designed the seafastening as well as the structural capacity of the platform in-house.

Precise and Accurate Positioning the distance between the legs of the platform is 47m and since the vessel has a beam of 42m, it was decided to bring the ship underneath the platform. the platform stands on spud cans. these feet are wider than the legs and increase the standing area on the seabed, but the extra width decreased the space between the legs and the flank of the vessel to only half a metre on both sides. precise and accurate positioning was therefore key here. for this manoeuvre, dyneema cross-wires,

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One of the main challenges for this project was the limited information about the 30-year-old platform.

positioning guides on deck, bow anchors and a stern tug were used. all cross-wires could be operated with the vessel’s own winches. Once the vessel was in position, the platform was lowered onto the deck of BigLift Barentsz. the loading operation started with the lowering of the platform and until it touched the deck and the vessel’s draught had increased by 10cm. this ensured sufficient friction between the platform and the vessel. then BigLift Barentsz started its de-ballasting procedure. the vessel’s large ballasting pumps took only about two hours to take over the entire calculated weight of the platform. the platform was now resting almost completely on the vessel. the ballast procedure was stopped and the platform started to jack-up its legs. the legs were pulled up one by one to avoid any possible listing or movement of the vessel. after all three legs had been raised, the vessel sailed into her berthing position. as the platform was wider than the vessel, spacer barges were used to mantain sufficient distance from the quay. these barges provided 15m extra water between

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selecting the right type of wood – not too soft, not too hard – a tailor-made grid was designed and laid out to keep cribbing pressures within all limits.

Three weeks later, the jack-up was delivered safely to its new working position. vessel and quay. for the operation, the correct interface between the bottom of the platform and the deck of the BigLift Barentsz was crucial. the cribbing acted as loadspreading and, at the same time, due to friction between it and the steel cargo deck, it contributed to the seafastening system. it comprised a significant quantity of wooden beams. in this way, the amount of seafastening materials needed for the voyage could be greatly reduced. as the bottom of the platform was not completely flush, a detailed drawing of all the protruding items was made in order to design the optimum cribbing grid. after

Custom-Made Seafastening

the sea in north-West europe in winter can throw up some serious accelerations when trying to shift cargo away from its original stowage position. to avoid any movement, a custom-made seafastening system was designed that ensured enough redundancy but also made it safe and easy to install.

Longitudinal and transversal forces were calculated based on occurring accelerations. the slamming force of the waves against the spud cans was also incorporated. the bottoms of the spuds were hanging one metre above the sea. BigLift calculated the expected maximum slamming forces by using the maximum expected wave height, based on the statistical data used to determine the accelerations and sailing limitations. combining all the load cases and the slamming forces resulted in a total longitudinal force of over 750mt and a

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The bottoms of the spuds were hanging one metre above the sea.

transversal force of 1,250mt. The longitudinal seafastening system consisted of steel stoppers of 1.8m long. The rig’s structure was not able to absorb all the longitudinal forces acting on the heads of the stoppers. Therefore additional strong boxes where designed to avoid any buckling of the platform’s structure. The longitudinal stoppers were placed against the strong boxes of the platform and welded to the ship’s deck. Creating only a contact condition between the head of the stopper and the strong boxes of the platform left sufficient room for deformations of vessel and platform during the voyage. The

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transversal seafastening system consisted of steel stoppers with wing plates welded to the side of the platform. The stoppers were welded to the deck of the vessel and the wing plates were welded to the bottom plate of the platform. The stoppers were then placed against the wing plates to absorb all the transversal forces. Since the platform’s shape was triangular, the angles reduced the effectivity of the stoppers. By introducing solutions such as doubleworking stoppers for the transversal forces, the installation of all seafastening materials was finished in almost 24 hours!

Short Lead-Time

Despite a very short lead-time – only three weeks between signing the contract and starting loading operations – all design and engineering, procurement and construction was completed on time by BigLift’s in-house project team. And only another three weeks later, the jack-up was delivered safely to its new working position. This shows the relevance of hiring a specialised company, with skilled people and a technically advanced vessel. i. bigliftshipping.com

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Previous data was limited to 200m, insufficient for the next generation of wind turbines and future technologies operating at high altitudes.

Photo courtesy of GE Renewable Energy.

New Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas doWa dElIvErs thE Most aCCuratE North sEa WINd INforMatIoN for offshorE WINd ENErgy ECN part of tNo, KNMI aNd WhIfflE CoNsortIuM has rECENtly rElEasEd thE NEW aNd IMprovEd dutCh offshorE WINd atlas. It INCludEs aN uNprECEdENtEd lEvEl of dEtaIl, WIth WINd bEINg MappEd up to a height of 600m and the daily variability of the wind captured for all to see. With this information, the Dutch government and windfarm developers can plan, build and operate offshore windfarms even more efficiently.

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Wind Speed Information

Deep understanding of our wind resource is key to the cost-effective implementation of large-scale offshore wind energy. Both wind speed and direction are highly variable across the sea, not only in time but also in space. Uncertainty and variability in the wind resource translates into risk, and with this risk comes cost. More detailed wind information reduces these uncertainties and therefore also the costs. With the huge number of offshore windfarms being built in the Dutch North Sea, improving the wind atlas to meet today’s needs is a must.

Offshore windfarm developers require accurate wind information in order to create efficient designs and robust business cases for their windfarms. This information helps them to choose the most appropriate type of turbine and it also helps them to predict the output of the planned windfarms. ECN part of TNO, KNMI (the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) and Whiffle (a Delft University of Technology spin-off) have now combined their expertise to respond to this requirement by releasing the Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas (DOWA).

Main Innovations are Built-In

In order to take the next step in the development of wind atlas accuracy, the

team has applied state-of-the-art knowledge and modelling techniques. At the foundation, DOWA makes use of the available leading numerical European weather models, such as the latest versions of the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts ERA5 and KNMI Harmonie. It also takes inputs from existing measurement sources to obtain the best quality output. Furthermore, DOWA allows connection to the very fine-scale forecasting models of Whiffle’s LES model ‘GRASP’ for detailed wind-field and wind-turbine resolving modelling. As a result, not only the wind turbine yield but also the wind turbine loading can be accurately assessed. Last but not least, DOWA outputs wind information at altitudes ranging up to 600m. Previous data was limited to 200m, insufficient for the next generation of wind turbines and future technologies operating at high altitudes.

Validation Shows Very Good Accuracy

ECN part of TNO and KNMI has validated DOWA against offshore measurement stations such as the IJmuiden meteorological mast, fixed LiDARs on the offshore platforms Lichteiland Goeree, Europlatform and K13 and also floating

LiDARs in the offshore windfarm zones. It demonstrates in particular a mean wind speed deviation of less than 0.1m/s at all heights in the vertical wind shear profile up to 315m at the IJmuiden platform. Also, DOWA provides a very good representation of the daily cycle, where the accuracy in terms of model bias is improved by 16% as compared to previous data. i. dutchoffshorewindatlas.nl

DOWA comprises the following main features: • Wind speed and direction information across the whole Dutch part of the North Sea, (including the offshore wind development zones Borssele, Hollandse Kust Zuid and Hollandse Kust Noord), as well as the part of the North Sea where German offshore windfarms are built and planned.

• Wind speed and direction information ranging up to an altitude of 600m.

• Total coverage of 10 years up to 2017 and updated with 2018 wind information.

• Spatial resolution of 2.5 km2 and wind information for every hour.

The atlas covers the development zones Borssele, Hollandse Kust Zuid and Hollandse Kust Noord.

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Wind speed and direction information ranging up to an altitude of 600m.

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The 34t-capacity, 16.6m-long beam was attached to a 120t-capacity crane, placed on a rented jack-up barge, that lifted the TMB out of the water and placed it on a multi-cat.

More than Just the Standard Solution ThE OFFShORE hEAvy-LIFT AnD TRAnSPORT SECTOR IS An AREA ThAT BEnEFITS FROM ThE DESIGn AnD TEChnICAL ExPERTISE ThAT A BELOW-ThE-hOOk EqUIPMEnT MAnUFACTURER CAn OFFER, WAy BEyOnD LIFTInG MOnOPILES, turbine blades, and the traditional work associated with oil and gas platforms. In fact, it is one of the most diverse segments where manufacturer Modulift’s equipment and engineering know-how is applied, as recent projects have proved.

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he company is well-known for its core range of off-the-shelf products, which include spreader beams and spreader frames in different types, lengths, and capacities. Products are selected based on the loads that need to be lifted. In some industries, an application might constitute a single lift with one beam, whilst others require utilisation of many different beams over a long period of time.

Custom Design Solutions

As the demands of the offshore heavy-lift and transport industry grow, there is an increased need for specialist lifting solutions and technical knowledge – skills that many companies prefer to outsource to a technical expert. By offering customised design solutions, Modulift’s team of specialists use their skills and knowledge to custom-design the complete lifting engineering service from start to finish. This comes in many different guises, including giving advice on rig planning, designing customised lifting equipment and manufacturing qualityassured lifting products to the highest specifications. With the expanding demand for custom solutions, not only did the company enlarge its team, but it is also decided to enhance its operations by building a new factory. This will not only improve manufacturing processes to increase

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capacity, enabling the company to improve their support to partners, it will also allow for even faster delivery times across the company’s standard and custom-designed lifting equipment.

BOWL Project

A large number of case studies show how Modulift have helped companies across the industry. A fine example is the BOWL project for which they provided a custom lifting beam, slings and shackles for specialist pipeline contractor Stockton Drilling, who were carrying out multiple lifts of a 28t, 18m-long tunnel-boring machine (TBM) that was working subsea at the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm / Direct Pipe Landfalls (BOWL) project at Portgordon, Scotland. The BOWL project is one of the largest private investments ever made in Scottish infrastructure. It produces 584MW from 84 turbines situated in the outer Moray Firth, powering approximately 450,000 homes at a cost of EUR 3 billion (GBP 2.6 billion) to its investors SSE, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Red Rock Power. In a world-first, the TBM was recovered from the sea with a series of lifts, using a remote disconnect module. Divers were then dispatched to the TBM’s location to attach the 34t-capacity, 16.6m-long beam to a 120t-capacity crane, placed on a rented jack-up barge, to lift it out

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The challenge lay in the design and manufacture of a below-the-hook solution to lift the TBM from beneath the surface, where it was to be found four degrees from horizontal.

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of the water and place it on a multi-cat for return to Buckie Harbour.

Offset Centre of Gravity

The challenge lay in the design and manufacture of a below-the-hook solution to lift the TBM from beneath the surface, where it was to be found four degrees from horizontal. The TBM was made up of ten modules that each had their own individual lifting points, all of which were utilised to provide equal loading and to enable the machine to be lifted in one piece. The beam

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also had three top lifting points to facilitate rigging to the crane. Sarah Spivey, Managing Director at Modulift, says, “The level of our involvement can vary from project to project. Weight is just one consideration.

There is almost always an offset centre of gravity with any load. Turbine blades, for example, commonly require very long spreader beams, for which we usually specify a lattice construction to help reduce a beam’s weight.” i. modulift.com

With the expanding demand for custom solutions, it was decided to build a new factory. From left to right: Sarah Spivey, Managing Director and Sue Spencer, Technical Director at Modulift.

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This could be the first time an offshore windfarm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms.

Next Steps Taken hywind tampen fLoatinG offshore windfarm Last year, equinor and GuLLfaks partners announced their intention to expLore the possibiLities of suppLyinG these fieLds with power from fLoatinG offshore wind. This could be the first time an offshore windfarm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms. The project forecasts a reduction in CO2 emissions of more than 200,000t per year, equivalent to the emissions from 100,000 cars.

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educing the use of gas turbines by supplying platforms with power from floating offshore wind is a challenging and innovative project. it may also facilitate new industrial opportunities for norway, equinor and the norwegian supply industry through profitable renewable energy, while enabling oil and gas to be produced with low CO2 emissions. The Hywind Tampen project is contributing to the further development of floating offshore wind technology, reducing costs and making the solutions more competitive”, equinor’s executive Vice President for new energy solutions, Pål eitrheim says. The particular solution to be further explored is a windfarm consisting of eleven wind turbines based on equinor’s floating offshore wind concept, Hywind. The 8MW turbines will have a combined

capacity of 88MW, and are estimated to meet about 35% of the annual power demand of the five snorre A and B, and Gullfaks A, B and C platforms. in periods of higher wind-speed, this percentage will be significantly larger.

FEED Assignment

Anticipating the final decision, a number of next-steps in the innovative project have been announced. first of all, Kvaerner has signed a contract with equinor to study how floating concrete substructures for the offshore wind turbines can be designed and constructed. Offshore wind power is a segment where Kvaerner aims to increase its business in the coming years. The objectives of the front-end engineering and design (feeD) assignment are to further

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The Hywind Tampen project is contributing to the further development of floating offshore wind technology, reducing costs and making the solutions more competitive.

mature the design of the concrete substructures, to identify appropriate construction site(s), and to develop a plan for construction, method and cost for production of the eleven floating concrete substructures. “Another important part of the FEED contract is to establish an improvement agenda that targets cost and schedule-drivers with the purpose of establishing the safest and most costefficient concept for project execution. This is a good match for the continuous cost and schedule improvement programmes Kvaerner has implemented over the past 4 - 5 years”, says Peder Christian Melleby, Senior Vice President Renewables at Kvaerner. Today, Kvaerner offers fixed and floating substructures in steel and concrete, as well as converter platforms for offshore windfarms.

Assembly Contract

Gulen Industrial Harbour in Sogn og Fjordane County has been awarded the contract for the assembly of the floating wind turbines before they are transported to the field in the

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North Sea. “Equinor, on behalf of the partners, have awarded a contract to Wergeland Base in Gulen Industrial Harbour in Sogn og Fjordane, based on assessments of such things as safety and topographic suitability, as well as technical and commercial conditions”, Equinor’s Project Director Olav-Bernt Haga explains. The contractor will provide onshore and inshore areas for the storage, assembly and commissioning of all the components for the floating wind turbines, as well as the necessary infrastructure and facilities in the project period. The floating wind turbines will be towed to the field where they will be anchored, connected and put into operation.

“This is a challenging project requiring optimal technical solutions and further cost reductions before the partners can make an investment decision”, says Mr Haga. The licencees are currently maturing the project in preparation for potential investment decisions later this year. i. equinor.com i. kvaerner.com

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The eleven 8MW turbines are estimated to meet about 35% of the annual power demand of the five Snorre A and B, and Gullfaks A, B and C platforms.

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89m long girdermast boom fabricated from 200mm thick plate.

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Heavy Plates for largest offsHore Heavy-lift Cranes

Backbone of Giants

WitH toDay’s giant offsHore Heavy-lift Cranes, suCH as liebHerr’s tyPe MtC 78000, tHe forMat, stability anD quality of tHe steels useD are of ParaMount iMPortanCe.

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he application of this type of crane on heavy-lift vessels, such as the osa goliath, almost meets the maximum loadbearing capacity of both the design and the materials. in addition to their extraordinary spectrum of properties, including yield strengths of up to 690MPa, it was the diversity of thickness and format of the steels that gave liebherr-MCCtec the decisive impulse to use Dillinger steels for this crane. four of these enormous machines have been completed to date.

Testing Demands

energy requirements are rising around the globe, and with them, the necessity to develop new oil and gas fields and

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Slewing ring fabricated from high-strength heavy plate.

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windfarms in ever deeper seas. the gulf of Mexico and the atlantic ocean off the coasts of south america and West africa are among the most prolific and promising regions for oil production, and are also set to remain so in the future. Wind and waves shape the adverse environmental conditions prevailing here and generate forces that attack drilling and production rigs and installation vessels carrying heavy-lift offshore cranes. the heaving and rolling of the ship on the high seas transmits enormous leverage to the load. the materials used must be capable of reliably coping with these unceasing gyratory motions. under the pressure of economic efficiency, standards and legal requirements,

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and also new technological challenges, the offshore industry is making ever more challenging demands on materials and equipment.

Five Jumbo Jets

the osa goliath and her sister-ship, the sampson, are among the world’s largest heavy-lift vessels of this type. a total of three cranes are used on board: the liebherr MtC 78000, with its maximum load of 2,000t, and two others, with lifting capacities of 100 and 70t respectively. liebherr-Werk nenzing has developed the MtC 78000 crane with a maximum dynamic load torque of 78,000knm. it was built and installed on the osa goliath at the liebherr

yard in rostock. the crane can lift its maximum load – equivalent to the take-off weight of five fully loaded Jumbo jets – with a reach of up to 35m. its lifting capacity within a radius of 74m is up to 530t and no less than 500t at its maximum reach of 87m.

A Flyweight Slewing Ring

Despite its enormous size, the MtC 78000 is designed as a mast-type crane incorporating conventional slewing-bearing technology, but with one inner and one outer bearing on a single level. these slewing bearings are 9m in diameter and are thus almost twice as large as most other rolling element bearings of this type. they connect the 10m-high

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base column to the turntable, the central element of the crane. this supports two mast sections, one above the other, the diameters of which taper from 8.50m at the bottom to 3.80m at the top. the crane can be rotated through 360° even when bearing its maximum load, since all machinery and winches, etc. are installed above the slewing ring. the base column, at 370t, the lower mast section, at 250t, the upper mast section, at 160t, and the 89m-long boom (311t) make up the crane’s dead weight of 1,790t. Compared to these astonishing weights, the slewing ring, with its ‘mere’ 70t, is virtually a flyweight. even the

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quadruple hook on the main hoist weighs in at no less than 66t.

Enormous Forces

for the construction of the MtC 78000, Dillinger supplied a total of 1,400t of DilliMaX steels, of which 1,200t took the form of high-strength heavy plate with minimum yield strengths of 690MPa. in addition, 900t of these high-strength heavy plates were produced in Z grade in compliance with the customer’s specifications. this order included 200mm-thick plates, by means of which the girder-mast boom was fastened at

its rear end, (no less than 10m wide,) to the mast, using only two bolts, both 500mm in diameter and 730mm in length. each of these bolts weighs 1.1t. the weight of the boom and the forces exerted by the load generate incredible stresses, which the steel used at this most critical point in the crane’s structure must continuously withstand.

High-strength heavy plates were also indispensable for the fabrication of the slewing ring. these plates transmit the enormous forces from the mast to the hull of the vessel, generating stresses which act on the thickness of the plate. Welding of the slewing ring segments gives rise to

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Liebherr Type MTC 78000 offshore heavy-lift crane installed on OSA Goliath.

The Dillinger rolling stand permits production of extremely wide plates with high plate weights.

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additional stresses, since the rigid composition hinders shrinkage during cooling.

Cost-Effective and Reliable

The use of Z grade heavy plates in thicknesses of up to 145mm and in sizes which only Dillinger can supply in this grade provided a solution that is both costeffective and reliable. Plates such as these are produced from high-strength steel containing only extremely small percentages of undesirable impurities, such as sulphur.

Cast into slabs or ingots of a thickness unparalleled anywhere else in the world,

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this steel is homogenised right down into its centre by rolling it at rolling forces of 11,000t, followed by water-quenching. The size of these plates made it possible to fabricate the slewing ring, with its diameter of 9.20m, from only four segments, each weighing 35t. Time and cost-savings of up to 50%, compared to the use of smaller, commercially available plates, were thus achieved for the welding work.

Liebherr in Rostock machined all these segments to a thickness of precisely 130mm, in order to ensure the absolute flatness required.

Awe-Inspiring Dimensions

The welding together of the first of the total of twelve rings making up the mast was a very special highlight for Karl Thrumann, Project Engineer at Rostock,

who was responsible for the construction of the first MTC 78000. “It simply fills you with awe to see weights and dimensions like these”, he recalls. Looking back, he refers to the privilege of tracking and guiding the construction of the MTC 78000 and its subsequent installation on the OSA Goliath from start to finish as an experience unique in his professional career. “It was an absolutely spot-on landing. Everything fitted: an excellent performance from everyone, extremely good co-operation and, above all, satisfied customers.”

Mr Thrumann has now been involved in the completion of three other heavy-lift offshore cranes of this type, all employing only German steel from Dillinger – as specified by the customers. i. www.dillinger.de

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QHSE Equinor has thirteen supply vessels in its contract portfolio that are ready for shore power supply, including Rem Eir from Remøy Shipping, whose contract with Equinor was recently extended by three years.

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Reduced CO2 Emissions from the Supply Chain Many coMpanies set goals to reduce co2 eMissions in order to coMply with rules and regulations. there are Many ways to get the desired results. since 2011, equinor, for exaMple, has reduced co2 emissions from its logistical operations for the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by 600,000t. The company’s ambition is to halve emissions in the NCS supply chain by 2030.

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ecently, NorSea has opened a shore-toship power supply station at the Dusavik supply base at Stavanger. This base is the latest in a row of supply bases where vessels on an Equinor contract are offered shore power while at berth and charging their onboard batteries.

Team Players

Shore-to-ship power supply is one of several possible measures to reduce emissions in logistics. Thirteen supply vessels on longterm contracts with Equinor have installed shore power systems on board, and a further five vessels in the contract portfolio will be prepared for shore power supply

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Companies

Vessels

Atlantic Offshore

Ocean Art Ocean Star

DOF

Skandi Flora Skandi Mongstad

Eidesvik Offshore

Viking Energy (LNG)

Havila Shipping

Havila Charisma Havila Foresight

Remøy Shipping

Rem Eir (LNG)

Skansi Offshore

Sjoborg

Solstad Offshore

Far Searcher Far Sun

Troms Offshore

Troms Arcturus

Ugland Offshore

Juanita

Vessels on an Equinor contract with a system for shore power per January 2019.

emergency response, rig moves and storage.

Total emissions have been reduced by 37%, while emissions adjusted for diminished activity have been reduced by 26%. Equinor has an ambition to step up its emission reduction in the NCS supply chain from 26% to 50% by 2030, based on 2011 levels.

More Vessels and Bases

during 2019. “We need broad cooperation if we are to reduce emissions from our supply chain. Equinor plays a key role in this effort, as we have many suppliers who must be team players if we are to cut emissions. We influence operations by our management of day-to-day activities; commercially by rewarding low emissions in contracts and strategically by supporting a business that utilises vessels, vehicles and helicopters in a proper way”, says Philippe F. Mathieu, Head of Equinor’s Joint Operations Support cluster. Since 2011, Equinor has cut emissions from its logistical operations by a total of 600,000 tonnes of CO2; this includes helicopters and vessels used for supply,

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An increasing number of ship owners with supply vessels in the Equinor portfolio are prepared for hybrid battery operation and shore power supply. As a central financial contributor for ship owners aiming to adapt their vessels to hybrid battery operation and shore power supply, the NOX fund gives financial support, up to a ceiling, based on how much the systems are being used.

“Our goal is to move all vessels on long-term contract with us to shore power, because we have seen that it is an efficient tool for reducing emissions. We note that ship owners, crews, base companies and authorities are strongly committed and willing to arrange for operation and infrastructure that will help reduce emissions”, says Mr Mathieu. In addition to Dusavik, shore-to-ship power supply stations have been installed at the supply bases at Mongstad in Hordaland, Florø in Sogn og Fjordane, Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal and Hammerfest in Finnmark during the past year. The Norsea Group and its subsidiaries have been active in developing four of the bases used by Equinor for its supply activities. Financial support by Enova has made the investments possible.

In 2011, emissions from vessels and helicopters totalled 465,000t, while 2018 emissions were 292,000t. A wide variety of measures are needed to reduce emissions from Equinor’s logistical operations: • Efficient sailing routes must be planned and vessels and helicopters utilised properly.

• Fuel consumption is to become an evaluation criteria when awarding new vessel contracts.

• Hybrid battery operation and being prepared for shore power are to be requirements in Equinor’s long-term contracts.

• Vessel contracts are to incorporate incentives to reduce fuel consumption: ship owners will be paid if their emissions are lower than agreed, and they must pay extra if their emissions are higher than agreed.

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Mr Mathieu, Head of Equinor’s Joint Operations Support Cluster.

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Synthetic fibre rope slings offer many advantages compared to steel wire rope slings, which translate into significant operational savings.

Taking the Lead First DNV GL ApproVAL For Fibre ropes HeAVy LiFt sLiNGs Recently, lankhoRst Ropes became the fiRst fibRe-Rope manufactuReR to achieve DnvGl appRoval of manufactuRe foR its lankofoRce hl heavy lift slinGs. achievinG DnvGl-cp-0173 appRoval of manufactuRe (AoM) certiFicAtioN shows that lankhorst’s sling production process has been reviewed and evaluated, and it has now been shown that it complies with the strict requirements for e303 certification. this certification is an important stepping-stone in the wider market acceptance of heavy-lift, fibre rope slings.

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n recent years, offshore oil & gas and renewables industries have shown an increasing interest in the use of synthetic fibre rope slings, especially in offshore engineered lifting operations. synthetic fibre rope slings offer many advantages compared to steel-wire rope slings, which translate into significant operational savings. however, widespread adoption of synthetic fibre rope slings has been hindered mainly by the lack of understanding of fibre rope characteristics and discard criteria. and also because no relevant fibre rope standards exist for engineered lifting operations. according to Rui pedro faria, senior R&D engineer at lankhorst euronete portugal, “there is no specific standard for synthetic heavy lifting slings, which is why we are working in close collaboration with certification body Dnv-Gl, to qualify our slings according the Qualification of new technology (Dnv-Rp-a203) and DnvGlos-e303 offshore fibre Ropes certification, which covers the technical requirements for offshore fibre ropes and offshore fibre tethers.”

the lankhorst approach is to look at the complete lifting system, recognising that the slings are part of a complex system where interfaces need to be understood and managed. from this, lankhorst aims to understand the rope’s service life in terms of operational limits, covering the use of the rope and failure modes such as fatigue, abrasion, creep and mechanical damage, for example.

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Synthetic fibre rope slings offer many advantages compared to steel-wire rope slings.

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Heavy Lifting Simulations

in parallel with its collaboration with Dnv Gl and the importance of sling certification, lankhorst is carrying out continual research into the characteristics and performance of fibre rope slings. the R&D programme is a joint effort with installation companies, and includes accurate lifting simulations based on real lift operations’ input, developing a full understanding of rope performance under relevant usage scenarios. typically, fibre slings are designed for engineered lifts. these are project-specific, non-routine lifts, especially prepared and documented by industry procedures such as Dnv-Rp-h201. the factors governing the design of the slings include the load capacity of the rope and load elongation characteristics, including stand and dynamic stiffness. sling construction: eye and eye or endless (grommet), working length and environmental requirements. lankhorst manufactures the lankoforce hl range of heavy lift slings with a minimum breaking load (mbl) of around 2,000t in single leg configuration and 3,200t in an endless configuration.

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RollDock lifts Cranes with Lankhorst Slings When RollDock was asked to ship three liebherr lhm800 mobile harbour cranes from Rostock, Germany to valparaíso, chile, it opted to use a multipurpose vessel, avoiding the need to disassemble the cranes. “shipping them complete meant the cranes would be ready for operation in a very short time,” says erik lindeman, purchasing manager at Roll Group. “however, we needed a method of lifting the cranes without damaging them, which is why we chose lankoforce hl fibre slings. the slings worked well and, importantly, were very easy to handle compared with steel wire rope slings.” in total, lankhorst supplied fourteen lankoforce hl slings to the multipurpose vessel RollDock sky to lift the lhm800 mobile cranes each weighing over 700t. the success of the first shipment has led to the subsequent use of lankoforce hl slings for lhm 800 crane shipments from Rostock to bourgas (bulgaria) and novorossiysk (Russia).

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heavy lifting & transport Mr Faria, “We are building the knowledge needed to understand the service context and lifting scenarios, and through this develop interfaces and understand failure modes and boundary conditions. Based on this, Lankhorst is developing not only relevant testing procedures, and testing under realistic load conditions, but also the ability to certify and re-certify ropes.”

Rope Certification is Vital

Slings Testing – When fibre rope slings are certified according to the requirements of DNVGL-OS-E303, it indicates that they are properly engineered, tested and manufactured.

Lankhorst develops relevant testing procedures and testing under realistic load conditions.

Fundamental to Lankhorst’s research is certification. Product certification means that the full production process, comprising manufacture, testing, assembly and commissioning, has been reviewed and validated by an independent body, and complies with industry best practices and/or standards.

A certificated rope sling is important in ensuring greater reliability, durability and extended service life which, in turn, translates into reduced sling maintenance costs, repairs and replacement.

When fibre rope slings are certified according to the requirements of DNVGLOS-E303, it indicates that they are properly engineered, tested and manufactured. In addition, they meet the highest industry quality levels, and are designed to provide the highest performance and reliability, while fulfilling the intended application requirements.

“Buying and using a product that is not certified, although a lower initial investment, will increase the inherent risks of failure, repairs and other ‘surprises’, Mr Faria claims. He also stresses that a Verification Statement for a proof-load test is not a certificate. “A proof-load test will provide evidence that a sling has experienced a particular static load, for a certain amount of time, under laboratory and controlled conditions. This kind of load capacity verification does not consider any other characteristic loads experienced during a real lifting operation (such as dynamic loadings) and is, therefore, a poor indication of sling performance and reliability in a project scenario.” i. lankhorstropes.com

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Biolfouling accelerates corrosion of components affecting the functionality and survivability of the offshore assets.

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Biofouling Solutions for Offshore Wind Turbines The european Marine energy Centre (eMeC), nDt Consultants, Brunel university lonDon, reeCe innovation, innoteCuK, 3-sCi anD e.on have joineD forCes to launch a new and innovative project named CleanWintur. the project, which has been funded by innovate uK, aims to research practical solutions to minimise the impacts of biofouling on offshore wind turbines (oWt).

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ffshore wind energy has been instrumental in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and rendering the uK less dependent on imports to cover its energy needs. as such, large investment programmes and favourable legislation have been driving growth in the sector with overall capacity doubling every five years, a trend that is set to continue up to 2030. however, offshore wind energy costs remain high and the increasing depth and distance from the shore continue to drive maintenance costs up, especially those associated with the substructure, limiting the sector’s growth potential.

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the biggest challenge is dealing with biofouling (settlement and growth of organisms) on the oWt transition piece and monopile. the consequence of which is an acceleration in corrosion of components affecting the functionality and survivability of the offshore assets, which, in turn, can make the otWs increasingly costly, challenging, dangerous, and ineffective.

CleanWintur will address both issues by developing an ultrasonic system that performs continuous condition monitoring and effective anti-fouling, thereby enabling the implementation of predictive and or condition-based maintenance and reduce oPeX.

A Blend of Expertise

“the CleanWintur consortium includes businesses with a blend of expertise, which is required to drive this innovative project forward. nDt Consultants specialise in nonDestructive testing and have expertise in ultrasonic testing”, says Djelloul seghier, Project Manager at nDt Consultants. “We work very closely with offshore operators and therefore fully recognise the importance of developing systems to ensure the industry can overcome and limit the negative impacts that biofouling can bring.

We are confident that the investigation will find real practical solutions to solve ongoing biofouling challenges, which will have a positive impact on the offshore wind sector and potentially save the industry millions, as well as creating new jobs after commercialisation.”

Controlled Testing

Myles heward, Performance test engineer at eMeC, who is leading the real-sea testing, explains, “eMeC are delighted to be working on this project and to test the prototype system in the controlled environment here in orkney. this will allow lessons to be learnt through testing in real sea conditions, which will ensure the system is fully optimised before it is installed on e.on’s infrastructure. eMeC are well-known for testing wave and tidal devices, however we are enthusiastic about diversifying into offshore wind testing as well as research and development projects to help the industry progress towards a clean energy system.” i. emec.org.uk

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The Key to Success QHSE WitHin a CHallEnging EnvironmEnt

Everyone has the right to come home from work unharmed and accident-free.

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tHE offSHorE Wind induStry iS gaining importanCE WHEn it ComES to EnSuring grid StaBility and tHE SECurity of tHE EnErgy Supply. HEaltH and safety awareness are the key factors for a self-supporting work environment. As turbines and wind farms grow larger, quality in overall performance is the path to customer satisfaction. words by niCo SCHapEr, HEad of QHSE at dEutSCHE WindtECHnik offSHorE und ConSulting.

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esponsibility, accountability and awareness are simple words that everyone understands very well. But how can it be guaranteed that everyone interprets these words in exactly the same way? Good communication is the key. traceable, documented processes that are put into practice in a daily routine are the ‘circuit diagrams’ that enable Deutsche Windtechnik to be a reliable partner and consultant for their customers. this also applies to the company’s relationship with their technicians when it comes to questions regarding quality, occupational safety and environmental protection. A consensus was reached long ago, and the offshore wind industry is no exception: everyone has the right to come home from work unharmed and accident-free.

QHSE Put Into Practice

Even if individual people occasionally disagree, the industry is well aware of what is not needed: no one wants new QHSE policies, which all too often just rehash the same instructional information in a different order.

the contents of these policies are, in any event, usually just common sense. And even when the intended target audience reads these policies, they only do any real good if they are put into practice with heart and soul. Another thing that is also not desired are strange new training requirements or checklists that ask the same old questions, but of course look different for each project. They are a waste of time for those who already behave responsibly, and ignored by those who do not care anyway.

What, then, actually helps to move the issue forward in day-to-day work? Instead of talking so much about what optimal QHSE looks like, it should be pragmatically put into practice, as service technicians need it and customers rightfully expect it. It goes without saying that in this context, all legal requirements must be fulfilled at all times. The definition of reliability in terms of quality can be based on harmonised standards. What is more, companies could use standardised continuous improvement processes and continuously develop them to better suit changing needs.

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In the offshore wind industry, health and safety awareness are the key factors for a self-supporting work environment.

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Creating and promoting awareness of occupational safety is, of course, always the right approach.

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At Deutsche Windtechnik, offshore teams coordinate all tasks that pertain to an offshore windfarm.

As Simple as it Sounds

At Deutsche Windtechnik, offshore teams coordinate all tasks that pertain to an offshore windfarm, including operation, logistics, technical management, operational supervision, marine coordination and site management. Their clients have many requirements, which are integrated into the company’s own expectations regarding the service provided. To meet these requirements, the offshore wind industry does not have to design and compile new harmonised rules. The customer decides what is necessary to meet their requirements, and Deutsche Windtechniek then carries this out with the appropriate quality. This is almost as simple as it sounds, but it is a big step towards reliability in terms of quality. In terms of environmental protection, it is also uncomplicated, as the main area of work - renewable energies - is well-established, with a wealth of laws, rules and standards that give a clear and unambiguous framework when dealing with environmentally hazardous substances.

Occupational Safety

The biggest remaining challenge for the offshore wind industry, is the “S” in QHSE: the occupational safety of employees.

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occupational safety is, of course, always the right approach. It is the obligation of the offshore wind industry to reliably provide clear and consistent safety rules for all offshore workers across the boundaries of different stakeholders. A technician working in the field, for example, should not have to ask whether he needs to put on a survival suit at 12°C or 15°C, or perhaps only after determining the air temperature to water temperature ratio. While the offshore wind industry is committed to defining corresponding temperature limits based on consensus risk assessments, the goal should be to enable direct decisions on whether a survival suit needs to be worn or whether its use can be limited to exceptional cases with increased risk potential.

Exchange of Information

It is also important to understand that rescue plans should not be treated as company secrets. This type of information is essential for the survival of all parties involved. This is particularly true when interdisciplinary teams from different companies work on the same offshore substation, wind turbine or transition piece.

These teams could support each other with coordinated rescue plans or, even better, by using a single unified rescue plan. A quick

look into the different training requirements for the various offshore windfarms, which all have different intervals at which they need to be repeated, also shows that there is still significant potential for improvement.

This can only happen through constructive cooperation between the offshore wind industry and the responsible authorities in the respective countries, especially with regard to the ongoing globalisation of the offshore wind market.

More Relevant Than Ever

All of these topics are more relevant than ever for Deutsche Windtechnik, and we are already committed to promoting communication beyond the limits of the company in various committees. If we succeed in maintaining a balance between harmonisation and the associated simplification of requirements for service technicians on the one hand, and preventing over-regulation on the other, we will continue to be a reliable partner and consultant in all our services for our colleagues, suppliers and customers. i. deutsche-windtechnik.com

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Designed and constructed in Japan by Sumitomo Electric Industries, the cable is unique due to the voltage involved (400 kV) and its use of XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) as insulation material.

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Nemo Link ConneCting Belgium with the uK

nemo linK, the first interConneCtor Between Belgium and the uK, was offiCially inaugurated at the end of 2018.

It will enable electricity to flow in both directions between the two countries.

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he commissioning of Nemo Link marks an important new stage in integrating the European electricity grid and will promote the transition to a sustainable and affordable energy system. The development of interconnectors in Europe will facilitate

the integration of renewable energies into the mix, while offering additional security of supply.

First for Belgium

The massive project is a first for Belgium, both technically and strategically. “This new interconnector – along with the soon to be completed ALEGrO connection with Germany – will enable us to significantly boost our energy exchange capacity and to position our infrastructure at the very heart of a future integrated European electricity system”, says Chris Peeters, Chief Executive Officer of Elia. John Pettigrew, Chief Executive Officer of National Grid, adds, “Nemo Link will bring great benefits to consumers in the UK and Belgium by offering both countries access to a broader energy mix and providing opportunities to expand into other electricity markets. This new connection will also provide significant

social benefits. By connecting the UK and Belgian electricity markets, we will ensure that customers have access to different sources of generation and lower-priced electricity. This will mean that customers pay less for their energy. Over the next five years, National Grid will be investing more than EUR 2.2 billion in new interconnectors to Europe and our significant commitment is driven by the value that interconnectors like Nemo Link can bring to customers at both ends of the cable.”

Security of Supply

Marie Christine Marghem, Belgian Federal Minister of Energy, comments, “Nemo Link, the interconnector between Belgium and the United Kingdom, will bolster Belgium’s connection capacity with neighbouring countries. This is particularly important for security of supply, as it will enable Belgium to receive extra capacity from the UK.

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The commissioning of Nemo Link marks an important new stage in integrating the European electricity grid and will promote the transition to a sustainable and affordable energy system.

Nemo Link, the interconnector between Belgium and the United Kingdom, will bolster Belgium’s connection capacity with neighbouring countries.

Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy adds, “Nemo Link is the UK’s first interconnector since 2012, increasing our electricity capacity from these power cables by a quarter and further enhancing security of supply for us and Belgium. Not only will this interconnector help us to accommodate more renewable energy on our grid and provide cheaper, greener energy for consumers as part of our modern Industrial Strategy, it will also see continued and close cooperation on energy across borders with our European partners.”

Unique Project, Unique Cable

The interconnector is a major event for Elia.

Not only is it the first interconnector with the UK, but also the first subsea interconnector and the first time the transmission system operator has employed HVDC (High-Voltage Direct Current) technology. HVDC is ideal for this kind of project because the two grids are not synchronised. It also controls flows better.

This cable is the first of its kind in the world.

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due to the voltage involved (400kV) and its use of XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) as insulation material.

Elia and National Grid are currently making their infrastructure available to the market operators. This will yield a better energy future for consumers in both countries while encouraging the transition to a sustainable and affordable system. Nemo Link is expected to see 1,000MW in electricity exchanges (equivalent to the capacity of a nuclear reactor), a significant plus in terms of ensuring security of supply.

Complex Undertaking

Connecting the Richborough (UK) and Herdersbrug (Belgium) converter stations via a 140km cable (130km submarine) was

an extremely complex undertaking that entailed many technical challenges. The Nemo Link cable crosses one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. For hundreds of years, the English Channel has been witness to some of the most dramatic moments in our shared history. The Nemo Link cable route had to be carefully examined not only to respect this historical heritage, including the remnants of an American Boeing B-17 bomber, but also to detect explosive devices. Forty-six bombs were neutralised in order to guarantee the safety of our personnel. Accordingly, Nemo Link worked closely with the governments and militaries of Belgium, the United Kingdom and France. i. nemo-link.com

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Hywind Scotland is making performance headlines with greater than anticipated capacity factors in year one.

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Big Numbers and Potential Define Floating Wind’s Future 2018 was, in many ways, pivotal in the development of floating wind energy. the opinion persists that the future of offshore wind will be floating. 2019 and beyond will see increased stakeholders with major energy companies joining developers and designers alike in financial investment and technological advancement. words by Erik rijkErs, DirEctor – MarkEt DEvElopMEnt & strategy at Quest floating offshore wind. this article was first published January 2019 on Questfwe.com

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he market is moving; trends are becoming visible and tangible: kincardine has seen a shift from 8.4MW turbines to 9.6MW, saving one floater out of six. castle Wind (formerly Morro Bay) envisions producing 1GW with fewer than 100 floating turbine units (FtUs). and we see similar plans for the planned Hawaii projects. Further pre-feeds are underway for us projects greater than 2gw and even some 4GW capacity projects. Big numbers.

Big numbers in asia too. Eolfi/cobra’s multiple 500MW parks offshore taiwan are waiting for the right sign to start planning. south Korea sees a short-term total capacity

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outlook 2019 close to 500MW as well. then there is japan, where things are finally moving ahead. hywind scotland is making performance headlines with greater than anticipated capacity factors in year one. principle power have kicked off Windfloat atlantic, building their learning curve. and ideol has put demonstrators in the water in europe and Japan, where toda has announced a commercial project for their spar as well. these proven floaters and their designers are an organic selection for first full-scale projects.

New Kids on the Block

also ready to prove themselves are stiesdal’s tetraspar, aerodyne’s nezzy (unconfirmed) and Hexicon. With the French pre-commercials, including the sbm and naval firsts coming online in 2020, another industry threshold will be passed, and planning for their commercial stages can begin. Quadran & EolFi are already tentatively doing so and have set the trend in the shift from designer-driven projects to developer-driven. trends towards lower cost are continuing. the new japanese choshi bottom-fixed project has a reported unit cost of EUr 40 million and one or two others in Europe too. Floating wind is now showing costs largely in balance with fixed, and fixed and floating will live and learn next to each other in the 50m to 60m-depth mark. at Q FWE, the belief holds that even the us east coast projects will include some floating wind sooner or later. trends can sometimes destroy, but here they create new opportunities. the adjusted tariff policy in taiwan in response to assumed lower costs for offshore installation, changes the project economics drastically. However, other asian countries might become more attractive for selling taiwanese power, provided storage and transport become more efficient. if Wind-isthe-new-oil becomes a traded commodity, will that be a future driver? Q FWE thinks it will. policies are also hindering europe, where the initial bold French approach towards float is not reflected in the country’s new targets. same for scotland where new policies have stopped some projects in their tracks. But that is offset by spain, which will see 300MW afloat by 2022-23 and several demonstrators with it.

The-Future-is-Float

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Figure 1 – In number of FTUs installed, more than 250 units are under development and planned for realisation by 2030, and nearly five times as much if we include possibles1 on top of that.

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is huge, with over eur 9 billion in projects under development and planned for realisation by 2030 (see Figure 1) and five times that much if we include the possible1 projects. in number of FtUs installed, that corresponds to more than 250 units under development and planned for realisation, and nearly five times as much if we include possibles1 on top of that. these figures up to 2031 are a summation of known projects today. the numbers are expected to grow 1

substantially as new projects are initiated in the latter half of the 2020s. it is these big numbers and potential that will trigger the supply-chain companies to research solutions to decrease lead times and improve projects’ bankability. that is exactly how the o&G offshore construction industry came to prominence in the 1970s-2000s. this time around it will not take that long. i. questfwe.com

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research & development

Between 20 January and 2 February, the finalist teams showcased their technologies by trying to detect and track a plume from two sources in a test zone established off the south coast of Ponce.

Final Field Tests Conducted in Puerto Rico shell oceAn discovery XPriZe XPRIZE has REcEntly announcEd that thE thREE fInalIst tEams comPEtIng foR thE EuR 0.9 mIllIon Bonus PRIZE, sPonsoREd By thE natIonal ocEanIc and atmosPhERIc AdministrAtion (noAA) in its shell oceAn discovery XPriZe, have tested their technologies in Ponce, Puerto Rico. the Bonus Prize is part of the EuR 6 million shell ocean discovery XPRIZE, a three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration.

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XPRIZE represents the rapid scientific progress that can be gained through successful public-private partnerships. uncover the mysteries of the ocean”, says Jyotika virmani, Ph.d., executive director of the shell ocean discovery XPRIZE. “XPRIZE represents the rapid scientific progress that can be gained through successful publicprivate partnerships”, comments us secretary of commerce Wilbur Ross. the final field test fulfils XPriZe’s commitment to Puerto rico, after initial plans to host its round-one field tests for the ocean discovery XPRIZE were cancelled due to the destruction and devastation caused by hurricanes Irma and maria in september 2017. Between 20 January and 2 february, the finalist teams showcased their technologies by trying to detect and track a plume from two sources in a test zone established off the south coast of Ponce.

Competing teams need to demonstrate that their technology can identify and track, or ‘sniff out’, a specified object in the ocean by tracing a biological or chemical signal to its source.

The Finalists

the noAA Bonus Prize finalists who opted to compete for this Prize had initially been semi-finalists for the ocean discovery XPriZe, chosen by an independent judging panel of seven experts. teams in the final round include: Bangalorerobotics (Bangalore, Karnataka, india), led by dr venkatesh Gurappa. Bangalorerobotics’ goal is to create intelligent and autonomous robots that can replace human presence in hazardous areas. the team is developing innovative and low-cost Underwater swarm AUvs, ocean Quest (san Jose, cA, United states), led by danny Kim. the team endeavours to design a marine stem platform for students worldwide to enable project-based learning with new technology and techniques; tampa deep sea X-plorers (tampa, Fl, United states), led by edward larson. the team seeks to win the competition by harnessing the talents and resources of central Florida’s academic and business communities to design and build a viable solution. the team is using existing technology and side scanning sonar on multiple AUvs.

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The NOAA Bonus Prize finalists who opted to compete for this Prize had initially been semi-finalists for the Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, chosen by an independent judging panel of seven experts.

New Partnership

in addition to announcing its field-test operations in Puerto rico, XPriZe has also formed a new partnership with ocean infinity, the seabed survey and ocean exploration company that is credited for finding ArA san Juan, the Argentine navy submarine which was lost on 15 november 2017. the partnership will provide XPriZe with the highest-resolution ocean seafloor maps of the competition

area. combined with data from XPRIZE partner fugro, these maps form the baseline against which teams’ technologies will be judged for the Grand Prize of the ocean discovery XPRIZE. the winners of the noaa Bonus XPRIZE, as well as the Grand Prize winner(s) of the shell ocean discovery XPRIZE, will be announced by June 2019. i. oceandiscovery.xprize.org

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Heavy Lifting & transport

The heavy-cargo deck carrier (DC 10000) has been designed to transport heavy cargo and large modules as well as components that cannot be lifted by crane due to their weight or structure.

Small Port, Big Cargo Small port, big cargo, narrow waterwayS: the heavy cargo deck carrier for offShore wind projectS in the north and baltic SeaS, which iS currently being built at a chinese shipyard, is the answer to a wide range of customer requirements for this special ship that initially seemed to be difficult to reconcile.

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he Hamburg maritime engineering company HeavyLift@Sea presented the solution with an individual basic design for a high-performance heavy-cargo deck carrier. “our client for this project, a hamburg-based shipping company specialising in offshore wind projects, is already operating a deck carrier, which is to be supplemented by a more flexible high-performance new build. the ship will initially transport wind power components for offshore wind turbines in the North Sea and Baltic Sea”, says Hendrik Gröne, Managing Director of HeavyLift@Sea, explaining the project.

Sophisticated Design

This special area of application and the special ship’s type of deployment required a very sophisticated, tailor-made design. the heavy-cargo deck carrier (dc 10000) has been designed to transport heavy cargo and large modules as well as components that cannot be lifted by crane due to their weight or structure – for example fragile steel structures for the oil and gas industry – but are rolled onto the loading deck. Since the ports at which the ship will call include a very small one in Denmark, the HeavyLift@Sea team simulated these conditions at the Danish

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shipbuilding test facility in Copenhagen and included the result in the design’s calculations. “There were a number of requirements for this ship that seemed to be mutually exclusive at first”, reports Mr Gröne. “The width of the required cargo deck had to be reconciled with a ship width that was small enough for the approach to this particularly small Danish port. At the same time, in order for the ship to pass through the Kiel Canal, it had to be taken into account that the deck couldn’t be wider than the waterline.”

Superstructure as Compact as Possible

The team of shipbuilding engineers, designers and constructors from HeavyLift@Sea came up with this solution: the loading deck of the new deck carrier has an area of 3,600m2 and is therefore

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unusually large in relation to the overall dimensions of the ship, which has a length of 148.50m and a width of 28m. Among other things, this was achieved by designing the superstructures with the deckhouse, which can accommodate a crew of 21, to be as compact as possible. Another special feature of the generous, flat deck is its extremely high load-bearing capacity, both in terms of distributed load and point and linear loads. This ensures a high degree of flexibility when using the heavy goods transporter, which has a total load capacity of around 10,000t.

Maximum Utilisation

“In the first few years, the deck carrier will transport wind power components in the North and Baltic Seas, and we have optimised it for this purpose”, says Mr Gröne. “At the same time, however, we

have also designed the ship to meet the shipping company’s need for flexible worldwide deployment and maximum utilisation of such a special vessel.” The heavy-goods transporter is thus also prepared for equipping with DP2, making it suitable for work in highly complex offshore projects worldwide. To optimise the dieselelectric propulsion to the ship’s size, and achieve maximum manoeuvrability, the generators under the aft deck were divided in an unconventional way, which also resulted in high energy efficiency. The deck carrier reaches a speed of around twelve knots with this propulsion. The propulsion exceeds the current environmental requirements with exhaust gas purification using SCR catalytic converters. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for the end of 2019. i. heavyliftatsea.de

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DRILLING & PRODUCTION

It is much faster to rent appropriate equipment off-the-shelf from an agile supplier than to initiate a full procurement process.

Expertise To-Go: Offshore Off-the-Shelf THERE WAS A TIME WHEN BUYING A HIGH-QUALITY SUIT MEANT HAVING IT TAILOR-MADE. THOUGH THAT MAY STILL BE THE PREFERENCE OF THOSE WITH THE LUXURY OF TIME AND MONEY TO SPARE, FOR MOST OF US TIMES HAVE CHANGED. WORDS BY CHRISTIAN BERVEN, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AQUATERRA ENERGY

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aville Row has faded; the high street has taken over and we are accustomed to quality and variety being available straight off the shelf – even with rentals. Exactly the same is happening in the global offshore oil and gas sector, and it is a trend to be welcomed.

Old Days, Old Ways

In the days of USD 120/bbl oil, major operators had those luxuries of time and money. Margins were not squeezed, standards were gold-plated and fortunes were spent developing and operating wells using bespoke equipment. If, for example, a standard system was adequate, then wellstaffed, in-house engineering departments could set to work re-designing a bespoke system or laying out site-specific procurement requirements. With healthy margins and no sign of the price drop to come, motivating factors such as reducing time to first oil, minimising rig time and reducing CAPEX spend were simply not a concern.

The good times did not last forever though, and the well-documented price crash in late 2014 saw activity in the sector slow dramatically. With prices going as low as sub-USD 30/bbl, many planned projects were simply no longer economical. Those who did continue to operate and develop wells were forced to adopt a much tighter operating model, with fewer engineers on their staff and a diminished appetite for big CAPEX spends. However, the need for high engineering standards and quality equipment did not evaporate along with margins. The response was to shift to a different operator/supplier relationship, more in keeping with the times. This entailed two major shifts.

Shift One: Purchase to Rental

Firstly, it meant a switch from a CAPEXheavy, purchase-based model to a rental and leasing one, especially for equipment needed for the relatively short-term or just for certain stages of a project’s lifecycle. For example, during the early production phase it might be useful for an operator to deploy specialised equipment aimed at reducing time to first oil (and therefore revenue), before later installing more permanent

assets. Rather than buying the equipment and being left with the cost and logistical task of storing it once the job is done, the assets can simply be returned to the owner.

Similar scenarios apply when specialised, short-term equipment is needed to conduct repairs or maintenance.

In this situation, the operator avoids an unnecessary CAPEX spend and any unnecessary ongoing costs relating to owning equipment. It can get exactly what it needs, for as long as it needs, and then be free from obligations: a great boon to flexibility. Additionally, the operator benefits from speed. It is much faster to rent appropriate equipment off-the-shelf from an agile supplier than to initiate a full procurement process. Depending on the situation at hand, that can mean reduced time to first oil, less rig time as engineers wait for equipment or shorter downtime for repairs. All of which translates into a healthier bottom line and, crucially, less risk.

Shift Two: Growth of Vendor Expertise

The downturn also led to operators moving to smaller core engineering teams rather than keeping niche specialists. However, those specialists are still crucial to the industry’s safe and profitable functioning.

Instead, there has a been a general shift to vendors investing in stronger engineering teams according to their specialisms. This model has the advantage that each and every operator does not need to duplicate that expertise, as it is centralised with the vendor. Nor does the vendor need to continue paying for the particular set of expertise beyond its required timeframe for each project.

In theory – and in practice – this is a more efficient distribution of resources, which can lead to better specified projects. However, it depends on vendors being careful to guard their reputation as consultative partners and putting their customers’ needs first. This means challenging the status quo and not defaulting to standard solutions just because that is what has always been done.

This expertise is crucial, too, for making sure the job is done right first time. The fastest delivery in the world is still slow if a supplier misdiagnoses a problem and sends

Aquaterra Express offers in-demand, readily available, standardised offshore rental equipment, allowing operators to pursue flexible, OPEX-focused business model.

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Agile vendors who can supply on a rental or purchase basis off-the-shelf, backed by high-quality engineering, offer operators confidence, enabling them to thrive.

the wrong item. It is the combination of smart thinking coupled with the appropriate product that provides the engineered solutions which give companies the confidence that the job will be right first time. If an operator can come to a vendor and be confident of getting the equipment and expertise it needs on a rental basis, off-the-shelf, this goes a long way to reducing CAPEX budgets and increasing flexibility. And that is what the Aquaterra Express solution provides – intelligent thinking coupled with efficient engineered solutions.

A Changing Industry

Operators have continued to protect their margins following the downturn, but it would be a mistake to think that this is the only reason for the off-the-shelf rental model’s ascendancy. There are other changes in the sector that are also calling for this more agile approach. One such trend is the emergence of smaller operators around the world. Though the traditional supermajors are not going anywhere, more

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contained, specialised and nimble competitors are coming to the fore. For example, in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), many such operators are buying up marginal or near end-of-life wells from their larger peers with a view to increasing production or extending well-life. These companies are far more suited to a rental model, both for the speed and flexibility it offers and the reduced need for upfront CAPEX spend. The same goes for working with the vendor’s specialist engineers, which they are less likely to hire on a permanent basis.

Alongside the emergence of more small operators, there is also increased frontier exploration. East Africa, Australia and the offshore Middle East are all booming.

However, without the decades-long history of regions such as the North Sea and GOM, there is not the same depth or sophistication of supply chain. Agile vendors who can supply on a rental or purchase basis off-the-shelf, backed by high-quality engineering, are able to step in and account for that gap, offering operators confidence and enabling them to thrive.

Although there will always be projects that require bespoke engineering components and a place for a purchase model, the fundamentals of the industry have shifted in favour of many more rental and off-theshelf options. For example, Aquaterra Express offers in-demand, readily available, standardised offshore rental equipment, allowing operators to pursue flexible, OPEXfocused business models. This shift is worth celebrating: as the oil price climbs again, the sector will not repeat the mistakes of the last boom-years, but will instead be more flexible and, as a result, profitable and resilient. i. aquaterraenergy.com

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Christiaan Vermeijden

Ryan Lumsden

Frank Kevenaar

Caragh McWhirr

CEO

Business Development Manager

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Innovation Manager

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Christiaan Vermeijden has been appointed CEO at Gardline.

Mr Vermeijden joins Gardline after leaving his position as CEO at Norway-based Electromagnetic Geoservices (MGS). Prior to his role with EMGS, he was part of the Executive Management Team and Global Offshore Geotechnical Director at Fugro. Mr Vermeijden holds a MSc degree in Physical Geography from the University of Amsterdam and a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Saab Seaeye is expanding its business operations with the appointment of Ryan Lumsden as Business Development Manager.

He has wide experience in the underwater vehicle market and will join the company’s sales and marketing team, where he will focus on further growing the company’s position in the electric work vehicle market.

Mr Lumsden will be based in Aberdeen.

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From 1 April, Sif Netherlands has a new COO in the form of Frank Kevenaar. He will be responsible for all operational activities, including production. Mr Kevenaar worked multiple years in the international automotive and maritime industry at Wärtsilä, Brabant Components and Stork and has extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of production and engineering.

Xodus Group has created a new group-wide role as part of a fresh drive for innovation and technology. Caragh McWhirr, who has worked for Xodus since it was established in 2005, has taken on the position of Innovation Manager, where she will be responsible for leading the company’s innovation strategy.

Ms McWhirr previously worked in field development as a process development engineer.

Renato Bastos

Peter Bradshaw

Olivier Le Peuch

Stuart Clow

Vice President Brazil

Technical Sales Manager

Chief Operating Officer

Director

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Airborne Oil & Gas recently announced that Renato Bastos has joined the company as Vice President Brazil, strengthening its presence in Brazil. In this role, Mr Bastos will be responsible for delivering the company’s roadmap to qualify the Thermoplastic Composite Pipeline (TCP) Riser for dynamic application in deepwater Brazil. Mr Bastos brings with him over twenty years’ experience with a strong background in the SURF market for flexible pipe installation.

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Tata Steel has announced the appointment of Peter Bradshaw as Technical Sales Manager Energy & Power. Mr Bradshaw has nine years’ experience in technical sales and the oil and gas industry.

His focus will be on Tata Steel’s offshore line pipe products.

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Schlumberger has appointed Olivier Le Peuch as Chief Operating Officer.

Mr Le Peuch will be responsible for the day-to-day management of all worldwide operations. Previously, he was Executive Vice President Reservoir & Infrastructure, responsible for the management of the Cameron product lines, including OneSubsea, as well as some of Schlumberger’s leading technology products lines, including Software Integrated Solutions and Schlumberger Land Rigs.

OPITO, the global, not-for-profit skills body for the energy industry, has appointed Stuart Clow as Director with a remit focused on supporting industry safety through high-quality training and competency standards. Mr Clow has over 30 years’ experience in the oil & gas industry in a variety of roles both in the UK and internationally, including Africa, South America and the Middle East. Mr Clow will be based in Aberdeen.

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AncoferWaldram Steelplates bv P.O. Box 190 4900 AD Oosterhout The Netherlands T +31 (0)162 491 500 F +31 (0)162 429 806 E sales@aws.dillinger.biz I www.ancoferwaldram.com Over 100,000 tons of quality heavy steel plates in stock AncoferWaldram Steelplates B.V. (AWS) is a stockholding wholesaler and steel service center, specializing in the supply of hot-rolled heavy carbon steel (quarto) plates, and profiled parts for more than 40 years now. Over the years, AWS has developed into a business that sets the standard for its industry.

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EmIgrEEn B.V. Noordeinde 21 3341 LW Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht The Netherlands T +31 (0)184 415 317 F +31 (0)184 415 582 E info@emigreen.eu I www.emigreen.eu Contact: Niko J. Dalpis Emission Control Technology Emigreen produces customised, integrated emission control solutions, for, among others, the maritime sector.

Emigreen also provides services including design, specification, production, installation instruction, training and aftersales. Emigreen has expertise in emission control technologies, flow dynamics, thermodynamics and noise and vibration control. Emigreen develops and tests components including catalytic converters, particulate filters, selective catalytic reduction systems and related instrumentation.

The Emigreen Alfa Alfa burner assisted soot filter system has set the standard for others to beat. All Emigreen solutions are highly efficient, highly reliable and highly controllable, whether designed for an inland barge, shortsea carrier or luxury yacht.

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The well-engineered generator and pump sets are custom-built and assembled by DBR in accordance to high quality offshore standards and marine classification rules.

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Heinen & Hopman Produktieweg 12 3751 LN Spakenburg The Netherlands T +31 (0)33 299 25 00 F +31 (0)33 299 25 99 E pr@heinenhopman.com I www.heinenhopman.com Contact: J.W.E. Hopman Heinen & Hopman Engineering is a world leader in air conditioning, mechanical ventilation,central heating, refrigeration, sanitary systems, fire protection, environmental systems and air duct cleaning. Founded in 1965, the company is renowned for being an innovator in the design, engineering and installation of customised solutions.

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Hubel marine B.V. Karel Doormanweg 5, 2nd Floor 3115 JD Schiedam P.O. Box 3219 3003 AE Rotterdam The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 458 7338 F +31 (0)10 458 7662 E info@hubelmarine.com I www.hubelmarine.com Twitter: HubelMarine Contact: Mr Erik A. de Koning m +31 (0)6 53724457 Hubel Marine is a full-service firm for advice regarding Vessel Registration, Mortgage Registration, Seafarer Endorsements and Technical Flag State matters. We represent the flags of Panama, Belize and St.Kitts & Nevis.

We are fully authorised to perform Safety Surveys and issue Statutory & Class Certification including ISM, ISPS and MLC audits. We provide services for any type or tonnage of vessel worldwide.

nicoverken marine Services BV Algerastraat 20 3125 BS Schiedam The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 238 0999 F +31 (0)10 238 0988 E info@nicoverken.nl I www.nicoverken.nl Contact: Jacco Vermunt Distributor, 24/7 service & spare parts agent of marine equipment.

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Orga Offshore Strickledeweg 13 3125 AT Schiedam The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 208 5566 F +31 (0)10 437 8445 E offshore@orga.nl I www.orga-offshore.nl Contact: Cindy J ouvenaar - Heskes Driving innovation with safety always in mind Dutch company Orga has over 40 years’ experience providing customised explosion-proof safety lighting and aids with navigation solutions for the offshore oil and gas industries. Widely used around the world, Orga products meet all local and international code requirements providing robust, reliable and cost effective service in some of the harshest offshore environments.

With increasing demands from the oil and gas industries for pioneering technology, improved safety and reduced total cost of ownership, Orga’s continuing drive for innovation has developed the very latest cuttingedge in helideck lighting, marine navigational aids and remote power systems.

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Noise reduction relies upon the quiet operation of a yacht´s propulsion system.

Piening Propeller fulfils its briefs in: Consideration of all hydrodynamic aspects during the design and an accurate manufacturing of propellers and shafts according to highest ISO classes.The company is approved by all common classification societies.

Repairs and adjustments of propellers are done with the same care as new buildings. Piening Propellers scope of supply includes: Propellers FPP > 800mm Ø CPP > 1.100mm Ø Shafts up to a several length of 16,000mm Sterntubes with sealings and bearings Shaft brackets complete Gearboxes Brand ZF

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Suhbo Industrial Co., Ltd. 6, Mipyeong-ro, 106 beon-gil, Wonsam-Myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Kyunggi-do, Korea T +82 31 334 6979 F +82 31 334 1789 m +82 10 4999 6979 (Korea), +61 434 509 501 (Australia) E suhbo@suhbo.co.kr I www.suhbo.co.kr Contact: Joey Kim, Export Sales Manager Established in 1985, Suhbo Industrial Co., Ltd is the major leading Korean manufacturer and supplier of high performance roundsling for heavy & shipping building industries. We have been supplying high performance roundslings to major heavy industries companies and projects in Korea and Asia.

Our Suprime roundsling with Ultrapowerful Poly Arylate fiber is highly recognized from many customers

due to its excellent performance, the maximum lightening, the optimum handing efficiency (slim in size) and optional functions such as anti-cutting, anti-flame and multi-checking.

g.J.Wortelboer Jr. B.V. Quarantaineweg 5, 3089 KP Rotterdam P.O. Box 5003, 3008 AA Rotterdam Harbournr: 2637 The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 429 2222 F +31 (0)10 429 6459 E info@wortelboer.nl I www.wortelboer.nl Every now and then anchors and chains must be replaced, so we understand your need for quality and speedy delivery. Wortelboer has what you are looking for. Our enormous stock of anchors and chain cables of all sizes and diameters in both our Rotterdam and China ports gives you the certainty that we can deliver the required materials very quickly and to any port in the world! All our materials are approved by any of the well-known class societies such as LRS, BV, RINA, DNV/GL, ABS and RMRS. Do you have problems with finding the right anchors? Could you use a hand while fitting anchors and chain cables aboard your vessel? We are more than happy to help you with it.

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