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Hot Items Time flies. iT feels like only yesTerday ThaT i was in housTon visiTing oTC, and now The offshore energy exhibiTion and ConferenCe is abouT To begin. i am really looking forward To being There for The enTire evenT. A short while ago, I only knew a little about this industry.

Meanwhile, I have met many people and visited several companies, and this has opened up my world.

One thing that has struck me most is energy transition, as so many companies in our industry are playing a role in this, one way or another. I have noticed this during my conversations and company tours. And as a reader of our magazine, you know that it is a recurring subject in Offshore Industry as well.

No doubt, at the Offshore Energy, energy transition, and the changes this is bringing about in the market, will be hot items at a lot of booths and in many discussions and presentations. As part of the energy transition issue, it is expected that existing oil and gas assets that are currently out of use can still be of relevance. Instead of dismantling an installation, its life could be extended to play a role in the production of hydrogen, for example.

Despite energy transition, fossil fuels will remain an important source of energy for the upcoming decades. As a result of this, companies are continuing to innovate in order to further optimise the entire process. Digitisation plays an important role in this when looking at raising efficiency and reducing operational costs.

At Offshore Energy this year, we will find ourselves at a new location in Hall 1. At our booth, my colleagues and I will be happy to hear about your goals for next year, so we can work out how these will fit into our editorial plans for 2020.

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Shipping for Formosa Land and Sea in One Roll On the COver The first flights of Makani’s energy kite from a floating platform are a big step towards increased access to energy resources that are currently stranded above waters too deep for fixed wind turbines. Read more on page 57.

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news in brief Constantly Seeking To Improve Safety – eWorks eWorks promotes safe work environments through innovative online learning solutions.

1.228A Experienced learning and development OFFSHORE ENERGY experts, in collaboration with multimedia AMSTERDAM developers, produce optimal customised solutions. Together with their customers, eWorks continuously raises the bar in safety culture through knowledge, awareness and behaviour.

Director Martijn Wijnberg and his team are digital partners when it comes to establishing a comprehensive safety-awareness programme. eWorks’ products consist of online learning, training and testing, a safety app and extensive on and offline toolboxmeeting support. All of which can be customised according to the client’s requirements. The latest innovation in safety training is the safety escape truck. This mobile, high-fidelity training facility will provide a real-world safety experience under time constraints and group pressure. These tools foster optimal employee engagement to effectively establish a safe work culture. For further information, please visit www.eworks.nl.

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Sif Holding and Port of Rotterdam have agreed on the lease of an additional 20ha of industrial land, adjacent to Sif’s existing operations at Maasvlakte 2 near Rotterdam. This expansion facilitates Sif’s new business opportunity in response to demand from new and existing clients for marshalling space and onshore support services for offshore wind. This demand is underpinned by the agreement between Sif and DEME Offshore for a major contract on marshalling services starting October 2019. For DEME Offshore’s Borssele 1+2 project, 47 monopiles, 94 transition pieces and 94 anode cages will be shipped to Maasvlakte 2 from Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, to be assembled and prepared for offshore construction. Sif will facilitate DEME Offshore and future clients with SPMT’s, gantry cranes, crawler cranes and telescopic cranes for onsite transportation and marshalling activities.

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1.900 Jumbo Kinetic has lifted a 1,929t OFFSHORE ENERGY wash tower, the heaviest cargo ever AMSTERDAM lifted by Jumbo. Samsung Engineering booked Jumbo to transport an ultra-heavy Wash Tower and four columns, including transport saddles, for the JUPC project in Saudi Arabia. The specialised Jumbo team handled the safe loading, sea fastening, and transportation of the four columns from Zhangjiagang, China and the wash tower from Pyeongtaek, Korea to Jubail in Saudi Arabia. The wash tower measures 101.1m in length, 10.8m in width and 11.4m in height and was lifted by fitted cranes in a dual lift. The Jumbo Kinetic then set sail towards Jubail, where she discharged the cargo safely onto the quayside.

Energy logistics company Peterson has strengthened its presence in the Caribbean after being awarded a major contract with Repsol Exploracion Guyana, Peterson has been selected as the main logistics contractor for the Carapa 1 exploration and drilling project. Their team will provide Repsol with integrated supply base operations management, logistics and pipe-yard operations. The energy logistics company will service this project from Trinidad and Guyana to continue to support the local PETERSON community in these BOOTH NO. 1.001 regions and boost the OFFSHORE ENERGY supply chain.

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Successful C-Kore deployment on GGA area C-Kore Systems have completed another successful deployment in the North Sea, on the Greater Guillemot Area field, with the help of the C-Kore subsea testing tools.

Faulty elements in the subsea network were diagnosed and replaced within 24 hours of the start of the fault-finding campaign. The GGA area is operated by Dana Petroleum with partner Tailwind. C-Kore’s compact Cable Monitor Units are used on fault-finding operations and installation campaigns to test the health of electrical lines by measuring the insulation resistance and electrical continuity. With their Subsea TDR units, faults in the cables can be localised with an accuracy of 10cm. C-Kore has recently brought out their new Sensor Monitor that can read subsea wellhead gauges and other subsea sensors directly without a control module or datalink pre-sent.

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news in brief Lifting and Handling Contract Sparrows Group has announced the award of its first contract to deliver deck operations services in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) from supermajor BP. The contract builds on the Aberdeen-headquartered company’s existing long-term relationship with the E&P organisation to become a single point of contact for all lifting and handling operations across its Andrew, Clair Ridge, ETAP and Glen Lyon platforms in the region. This new scope of work will see Sparrows’ deck-crew fulfil multiple roles, including loadhandler and banksman/slinger to support lifting operations and carry out bulk handling and management of all cargo on the assets. In addition, the crew will undertake helideck and emergency-response functions as necessary.

Launch of Motive Personnel Motive Offshore Group, specialists in marine equipment fabrication and rental, has announced the launch of Motive Personnel – a division specifically created to provide its global customer base with offshore technicians. With the ability to mobilise up to 50 BOSIET and GWO (Global Wind Organisation)-qualified Motive staff technicians, as well as additional Motive-trained sub-contractors, the new division will be headed up and developed by new appointment, Alan Stewart, who brings over 20 years’ operational experience in the marine industry to the role. The launch of Motive Personnel sees the Banff-headquartered company continue its assertive growth strategy to become a EUR 22million EBITDA business in the next five years, following significant investment from EV Private Equity (EV) earlier this year.

North Sea Projects Completed Rever Offshore, a subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has successfully completed multiple projects within the North Sea. IRM work utilising DSV Rever Sapphire was completed for a UK-based petroleum exploration and production company; work was also carried out for Spirit Energy along with a 36-day ROVSV campaign in the east Irish Sea. A further 29 days was concluded on the NW Bell pipeline, comprising saturation diving work with independent operator, Perenco. Rever will build upon its continued successful track-record in the UKCS during the second half of 2019, carrying out P&A, IRM, decommissioning and installation work, with work scopes also secured for execution in 2020.

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Liebherr Heavy Lift Offshore Crane Series (HLC ) • Rated capacity: Up to 5,000 tonnes at more than 30 metres • Maximum radius: Up to 160 metres • Maximum lifting height: Up to 180 metres above deck • Range of application: Wind farm installation & platform decommissioning

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Wintershall Dea has completed the installation of the subsea pipelines and umbilicals for the operated Nova project in the Norwegian North Sea. The successful installation of the flowlines completes a summer of significant subsea activity for Nova, which began in May with the installation of two templates on the seabed at 370m water depth. The subsea installation consists of several work stages. Subsea 7 spearheaded the subsea work and installed the templates on the Nova field before laying 65km of pipeline using the Seven Oceans vessel, and 20km of control umbilicals using the Skandi Acergy vessel.

The pipelines, fabricated by Subsea 7, and the umbilicals and tie-in systems, fabricated by Aker Solutions, will tie the Nova field back to the nearby Gjøa platform, which will process and export the hydrocarbons and provide injection water and lift gas for pressure support.

When it comes on stream, Nova will be Wintershall Dea’s fourth operated subsea field in production, underpinning the company’s position as an experienced underwater field developer in Norway.

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Taiwan Offshore Wind Project Heerema Marine Contractors have been awarded a contract for an offshore wind project in Taiwan.

Heerema’s contract is for the 900MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore windfarms. The contract scope entails the transport and installation of 111 turbine foundations as well as the installation of two large offshore substations. Heerema will also be responsible for onshore marshalling services as well as the seabed preparations and scour protection.

The installation will be executed by Heerema’s fast-sailing, heavy-lift vessel Aegir that is already in the area for another project. The installation will take place in waters of 30m-35m depth. Heerema will execute the offshore work on Greater Changhua 1 and 2a in 2021 and 2022, while complying with relevant local regulations in relation to supporting vessels and crews.

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Hornsea Two is the sister project to Hornsea One and comprises 165 turbines with a combined total capacity of 1.4 GW. Located in the North Sea, 89km off the Yorkshire coast, Hornsea Two will provide clean electricity to well over 1.3 million homes.

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Improving Cable Reliability

THE CABLE LIFETIME MONITORING JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECT (JIP CALM) WAS LAUNCHED RECENTLY. THIS PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MORE THAN 30 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS THAT AIMS TO REDUCE SUBSEA POWER-CABLE FAILURES, MAKING OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY MORE RELIABLE.

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he global transition to a sustainable energy mix requires the development of offshore windfarms. Connecting the electricity supply from offshore windfarms to the electricity grid on land demands reliable transmission from offshore to onshore through subsea cables. That is a challenge.

Large Impact

“When looking at offshore windfarms,” Ms Inge Kamp, Offshore Engineer at Deltares and coordinator of the CALM project, explains, “failing subsea power cables are one of the main risks affecting development and operations. They account for 70-80% of the insurance claims in the offshore wind industry. The impact of cable failures is this large because they can shut down the power supply of an entire section of turbines or, in case of an export cable, even an entire windfarm. Additionally, cable inspections and repairs are expensive, timeconsuming maritime operations. They can easily be delayed for a few weeks or months because of the weather or limited vessel availability, severely impacting revenue and reducing the technical lifetime of a subsea cable. Reducing the risk of subsea-cable failure will make the offshore energy grid more reliable and give more control over the costs of the offshore cables throughout their lifetime.

Industry Support

JIP CALM was initiated by DNV-GL, ECN part of TNO, BREM Funderingsexpertise, VanDerHoekPhotonics and Deltares. So far, over 30 international industry partners, ranging from suppliers to system integrators, end users and regulators, have joined the project. Due to the wide range of partners, improvements are expected in the areas of design, installation, operations and maintenance of subsea cables. Ms Kamp states, “The consortium enables us to really improve the industry standards for all phases of the lifetime of a subsea cable, and to develop technologies that are wellreviewed and supported by the industry.

Our aim is to cut the levelised cost of electricity, insurance costs and the CO2 footprint of the offshore industry.”

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A subsea cable is a complicated product, consisting of multiple components made from different materials, each with their own characteristics.

categories. “Currently, there is very little statistic information available on subsea cable failures”, Ms Kamp explains. “This is mainly because a lot of information about this is kept private. We are gratefull, however, that so many partners have joined us and committed to share information in order to collectively improve the industry standards together. Our first aim is to collect as much information about cable failure cases as possible from the participating companies, which will then be analysed by the cable experts at DNV-GL, TNO and other partners to identify the root causes.” Based on this, recommendations will be made to improve the industry standards for the design, manufacturing, testing, installation and operation of the subsea cable systems.

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techniques. “If you could continuously monitor the condition of a cable from fabrication through to operation, you would be able to understand the mechanism and predict a failure before it happens”, Ms Inge Kamp says. “Most subsea power cables contain fibre-optic cables for data transmission. However, these fibre-optics can be used for much more! They are already being used to extract information about the temperature of the cables during operation. We want to take this a step further, to really go towards an early warning system where fibre-optic cables show you the condition of cables throughout their entire lifetime. This information could also be stored in the form of a ‘log book’ of the history of a cable.”

She continues, “A third issue we are aiming at, is improving the predictions of the seabed dynamics. It is known that these processes can expose subsea cables, which significantly increases the risk of third party damage.”

Finally, an impact assessment tool will be developed to predict the achieved cost reductions, by detailed logistics modelling of transport and installation and operations and maintenance. All findings from the

project will eventually be incorporated into recommended practices.

A Complicated Product

A subsea cable is a complicated product, consisting of multiple components made from different materials, each with their own characteristics when looking at conductivity or strength versus flexibility, for example.

This, in combination with the harsh offshore environment, makes it hard to predict, and thus prevent, failures. Ms Kamp explains, “Both inter-array cables and export cables show failures. The outcome of the project will be suitable for existing, as well as for future, offshore windfarms. The focus of the JIP lies on the North Sea, but offshore windfarms installed in other areas will profit as well.” The project will run until the end of 2021 and is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy through the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). It is expected that intermediate results will be presented during the course of the project. “We really look forward to this unique cooperation between so many parties from both the offshore wind and cable industries,” Ms Kamp ends. i. deltares.nl

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a utomatIon, control & measurement technology

The Asset-Monitoring Puzzle Monitoring Marine rotating assets and particularly technical vessels such as semisubMersible crane vessels, pipe layers, dredgers or drilling platforms poses very specific challenges due to the environment where these assets are being used and the high strain machines are subjected to. class requirements, insurance and environmental issues, as well as safety aspects, are also part of the equation. words by alain naets, Manager Marine & offshore at pruftechniK All Photos courtesy of pruftechniK

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ften, the question is raised whether condition monitoring should be done by an external service supplier using offline measurement equipment, by own personnel, by installing online systems and applying remote analysis and diagnostic techniques, or not at all. in this article, a pattern can be seen to emerge based on a number of turn-key, vibration-based condition monitoring systems on board technical vessels. although every application has its specific challenges, a few important pieces of the asset-monitoring puzzle are described below. First of all, it is important to understand that although many roads lead to Rome, only one is the most efficient.

Appropriate Input

the first question that arises is whether a company already has skilled vibration engineers or is planning to hire them. even if outsourcing is the policy, the service provider still needs to get appropriate input.

the input requires a thorough understanding of the environment in which the machine is being operated and the specific requirements that are important for a successful condition-monitoring implementation. For instance, questions such as these should be asked: are the machines running continuously or intermittently? are there atex/iecex zones? how much variation is there in load and speed? What is required by class, for instance with regard to inspection intervals for thrusters? What is the impact of an unexpected shutdown on the operation, for instance during a heavy lift or a dredging job? how long does it take to repair a damaged part? answering these questions will be the first step in assessing the need for condition monitoring and the impact on the availability of the asset. Once these questions have been answered, it can be decided which systems will be needed to perform the asset lifecycle follow-up.

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Offline is Not Enough

Armed with the answers to the questions above, the next step is an FMECA (Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis) with the assets that are going to be monitored being prioritised. Very often, offline measurement campaigns with vibration-based trend analysis of the important assets are a first step in the equipment follow-up. These periodic measurement techniques are fine, but sooner or later we may find out that offline is not enough. For instance, when the defect deterioration rate is too fast, the offline system may miss the damage.

Obviously, if a machine is measured once every three months and the time is shorter between the appearance of the first symptom and the failure of the machine component, it will not be detected. Some measurement points are also hard or impossible to reach (cryogenic pumps in liquid gas for instance).

Other machines have operating cycles that are too short (marine cranes being an example), so using an offline device is not an efficient option here. After a while, most technical vessels will probably end up with a combination of both online and offline monitoring systems, generally linked to a database or analysis software and ultimately to the vessel management system or a dashboard application for on-board visualisation.

A lot can be done remotely – which comes in handy with an ocean-going fleet.

Less Obvious Failures

Once a quiet, performance-condition monitoring mix is installed and vibration specialists are trained (typically to ISO 14836 level II or III), it still is not the end of the journey. While trained analysts with machine and application knowledge will detect most machinery problems, less obvious failure modes or complex signals can pose a challenge which requires external knowledge. In these cases, vibration experts from class-approved service suppliers are brought in. They typically use very specialised systems and the knowledge required to tackle less ordinary and complex analysis work. A lot can be done remotely – which comes in handy with an ocean-going fleet – but unfortunately not all analysis problems can be solved onshore. With the presence of the pieces of the puzzle listed above, a fairly complete asset-lifecycle monitoring strategy can be reached.

Implementations are prepared, the right mix is found between online and offline monitoring techniques where needed, there are internal or external remote specialists trained to relevant ISO standards available to rely on, and in case the going gets tough, class-approved vibration experts are standing by.

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If a machine is measured once every three months and the time is shorter between the appearance of the first symptom and the failure of the machine component, it will not be detected.

So Are We Done Yet?

Well, not quite, but we are already at a stage far beyond what most companies have reached. The next step is often the most lucrative one when considering return on investment of vibration-based condition monitoring. Already, a lot has been saved, since the thrusters do not need to be opened up so often. There are fewer damaged machines with fewer consequential damages, insurance fees have gone down thanks to the class-approved condition monitoring approach, and both the safety record and emissions have been improved. The final stage is the analytic approach of the asset-condition data, where all data gathered can be consolidated with all fleet maintenance decisions made and can be combined with the wealth of information gathered form the operational behaviour of the assets.

Alain Naets, Manager Marine & Offshore at Pruftechnik.

Benchmarking

By combining this data with other, sometimes seemingly unrelated, data, patterns emerge.

These patterns, if analysed properly, are often used for benchmarking and anomaly detection. For instance, if a certain brand of coupling always fails, while in the same context another does not fail, then maybe the specification is wrong, the engineering is poor or the brand is inferior. If certain operating states are generating most defects over several applications, then this indicates a pattern. By performing a root-cause analysis of these patterns, a wealth of crucial information is harvested that translates into motivated management decisions. These will improve the bottom line and, at the end of the day, it is that positive bottom line that keeps the industry afloat. i. pruftechnik.com

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Export Cables Installed on Formosa 1 Phase 2 JAN DE NUL GROUP’S CABLE LAYING VESSEL, WILLEM DE VLAMINGH, HAS SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED THREE EXPORT CABLES ON THE 120MW FORMOSA 1 PHASE 2 WINDFARM IN TAIWAN.

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s part of Jan De Nul Group’s EPCI contract for the construction of the overall Balance of Plant, the group mobilised its Cable Laying Vessel Willem de Vlamingh to install the seventeen inter-array (20km) and three export cables (12km). These three export cables have been successfully

installed within one week. Thanks to its shallow draught design, the Willem de Vlamingh was able to position in water depths of not more than 7m, thus limiting the shore-pull distance to around 1,750m.

At the beach landing, the cables have been pulled through three HDD ducts into the transition joint bays. The Willem de Vlamingh is also acting as Trenching Support Vessel for the jet-trenching of both the export as well as the inter-array cables. For the installation of the export cables, Jan De Nul Group relied on its local supply-chain network for the performance of the beachpull assistance works, including installation of the HDD ducts, dive support and supply and operation of the support vessels.

The Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore windfarm is located around 6km off the west coast of the Miaoli district in the Taiwan Strait, with water depths ranging between 15m and 30m. The original demonstrator project, comprising two wind turbines with a total capacity of 8MW, is currently being extended. This second phase will add 20 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 120MW to Formosa 1’s current 8MW capacity. Formosa 1 will be the first commercial-scale offshore windfarm in Taiwan before 2020. i. jandenul.com

All three export cables on Formosa 1 Phase 2 are safely installed.

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Joining forces in Cabin Construction Anyone driving over the gorinchem intersection on the dutch A15 motorwAy will drive pAst two crAne cAbin producers within two minutes.

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etagro and merford cabins are two of the largest cabin constructors in the netherlands. since this summer, merford cabins has come part of the metagro family.

For the time being, Merford Cabins will continue to operate as a separate producer, but customers of both companies can already profit from the synergetic benefits of the merger.

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Merford Cabins has been operating in the container-port market since the nineties. In addition to this, the company also constructs cabins for the shipbuilding, steel and offshore industry. Metagro, established in the same period, focuses on the

production of cabins for offshore cranes, vehicles and mining. in sharing their knowledge and combining their strengths, the companies will be working together to take the next step forward in supporting crane owners and manufacturers. The first positive signs can already be seen, as metagro will soon be introducing their new industrial standard cabin, which is based on an existing Merford Cabin product.

Craftmanship

“now that the companies are doing business together, customers will be able to profit from an even more decisive organisation that can offer more than the sum of the individual parts�, states Andreas

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New Standard Cabin Metagro’s pragmatic, hands-on mentality together with Merford Cabins’ advanced knowledge of operator ergonomics, forms the basis of first-rate, honestly priced cabins.

In 2015, at the Offshore Energy Exhibition in Amsterdam, the offshore industry was introduced to a bold concept from merford cabins: the eco cabin neo. this cabin is made totally from reused parts, parts that can be reused or that contribute to a smaller ecological footprint by other means. thanks partly because of the special attention paid to the esthetics and ergonomics during development, the result is a striking cabin with a lot of The eco cabin NEO. impact. After the takeover of Merford Cabins by Metagro it is decided to re-introduce the cabin as Metagro’s new industrial standard model. Mr van Meeteren, “We have the existing model revalued by revising the ergonomics, design, used materials and feasibility. With this, we want to meet today’s demands from the market, and at the same time prepare ourselves for the future. But most of all, we wanted to be able to set a base price lower than the market expects from us. Apart from this, all original NEO features, such as solar cells, an adiabatic cooling and reusable floor and ceiling panels remain as optional add-ons as they surely are of added value for many of our customers.” the new standard cabin is suitable for a large number of crane types and can be mounted both standing and hanging on or in the crane.

van meeteren, sales manager at metagro. “together, we are able to combine the best of both worlds, inspired by remarkable dutch craftsmanship”, he says. “Metagro’s pragmatic, hands-on mentality, together with Merford Cabins’ advanced knowledge of operator ergonomics, forms the basis of first-rate, honestly priced cabins.”

Through the Eyes of the End-user

“our companies have a lot in common. the most important similarity – dedicated and skilful people will be endorsed by anyone who has ever visited us. it is not without reason that we want to develop, design, produce and assemble as much as possible in-house. we are used to approaching every new cabin through the eye of the operator – the end user. everyone involved has the same approach, from engineer to mechanic, whatever they are working on”, mr van meeteren adds.

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Metagro focusses on the production of cabins for offshore cranes, vehicles and mining.

Both Feet on the Ground

The companies are a stone’s throw from each other in the so-called groene hart (‘green heart of Holland’) where a down-toearth mentality is standard among the employees of both companies. According to mr van meeteren, each and every cabin is a direct result of this approach. “Abolutely,”

he states, “every cabin should be perfect in meeting the demands of all parties concerned, without any pretentions. This outlook goes for all personnel at metagro and merford cabins. more than that, it is our most important strength.” i. metagro.nl

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Ahead of Schedule DEME haS SUCCESSfULLY COMPLETED ThE InSTaLLaTIOn Of 85KM Of SUBSEa ExPORT CaBLE fOR ELIa’S MODULaR OffShORE GRID (MOG), DEPLOYInG ThE CaBLE InSTaLLaTIOn VESSEL LIVInG STOnE. ThE CaBLE COnnECTS ELIa’S Offshore Switch Yard to the shore station Stevin at Zeebrugge, Belgium, as well as the Rentel windfarm Offshore Substation.

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he MOG is Elia’s first grid project at sea and the first of its kind in Belgium. It groups and connects the offshore-produced energy of four new windfarms so that it can be injected into the Belgian onshore grid via fewer sea cables. It consists of an Offshore Switchyard Platform (OSY), the transmissions systems on the Rentel platform and three submarine cables connecting the platforms with the Stevin 380kV substation in Zeebrugge. “The MOG plays an essential role in the transition towards more renewable energy. We are especially proud that Elia can act as a pioneer in this regard”, says Tom Pietercil, Project Director at Elia. “The project has been completed in record time: the first agreements were made with the authorities in March 2016, and the MOG will be operational this September. This is the result of good cooperation between all partners in the project.”

Ironed-Out Issues

“Once again, this is a very successful job executed by the Living Stone. It was great to see all plans being worked out without any set-backs”, says Marco Kanaar, Project Director at Deme Offshore. “Usually with a new, complex vessel such as the Living Stone, you might expect some teething problems, however it was great to see that our crew had already ironed out any potential issues beforehand. Definitely, the great team spirit between our marine crew and project team and certainly the constructive approach from our client Elia

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have been instrumental to the success.” hugo Bouvy, Managing Director of Deme Offshore, states, “It is a great pleasure to confirm the safe and fast completion of another project ahead of schedule. The Living Stone’s offshore crew, as well as our dedicated project team, have provided highquality services and workmanship. This significant achievement once again demonstrates Deme Offshore’s expertise in the engineering and execution of cable-lay projects. It definitely marks our continued growth in what Deme Offshore recognises as a crucial market for the world’s future energy needs.”

Ahead of Schedule

The Belgian MOG submarine power-cable project was awarded as a lump sum EPCI contract in august 2017, which included the supply of the subsea cable. “The Living Stone collected the first cable batch at the manufacturer hellenic Cable in Greece in april of this year and transported it to the site in Belgium on an eleven-day sailing journey. The second batch was collected in Greece at the end of May. after this, the vessel performed a flawless cable installation, offshore jointing and four pullins. With the innovative Living Stone, works have been completed in record time and well ahead of schedule”, Mr Kanaar explains. “finishing the work was planned end of this year, but we managed to have the job done four months ahead of schedule. One of the reasons for this was that we didn’t need to make use of the

The vessel performed a flawless cable installation, offshore jointing and four pull-ins.

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The export cable connects the Offshore Switch Yard to the shore station.

The Living Stone’s design is based on the most up-to-date vision on cable laying.

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calculated rundown time as we didn’t meet any delays.”

All Lessons Learned

“The Living Stone’s design is based on the most up-to-date vision on cable laying”, Mr Kanaar says. “Taking all lessons learned into account, we have been able to construct a vessel that can operate faster, more efficiently and more accurately than any other cable-laying vessel.” One of the most striking features of the vessel is the dual-lane cable installation system. This

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system consists of two cable highways, enabling the vessel to install one cable while the next cable can be simultaneously prepared on deck, including the installation of the cable protection system (CPS). This especially is a big time-saving advantage during the installation of inter-array cables. Another important feature of the system is its buffer capacity.

When tension on a cable gets too high during installation, the cable can be released easily.

“Our dual-fuel Living Stone has a high workability even on very rough seas”, Mr Kanaar continues, “This way we did not suffer any Weather Down Time and could perform 24/7, seven days per week.”

Next Stop: SeaMade

Deme also deployed the newest trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River on the project to backfill 45km of trenches. Right after finishing the project, Living Stone headed towards a new assignment for another Belgian offshore windfarm, SeaMade. At SeaMade, the vessel will install 30km of export cable between the windfarm and Elia’s Offshore Switch Yard, and 79km of interarray cables.

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Elia’s MOG groups and connects the offshore-produced energy of four new windfarms so that it can be injected into the Belgian onshore grid via fewer sea cables.

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Shipping for Formosa

Loading Trina with nacelles.

OffshOre wind energy plays a significant rOle in creating the necessary transfOrmatiOn fOr a future pOwered by sustainable energy.

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he offshore wind sector is booming these days; the global demand for power and strong political incentives have driven wind technology far ahead and forced wind parks to become much bigger in scale.

One of the latest windfarms to undergo construction is the Formosa 1 offshore windfarm in Taiwan, where several SAL vessels have been involved in shipments of tower sections, blades and nacelles. Tower sections, blades and nacelles are wellknown cargo for SAL. The knowledge and expertise the company has gathered in the past years by shipping wind equipment was put to the test, when eight shipments were assigned for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 windfarm development.

Tower Sections, Blades and Nacelles

“Our Type 176 vessels MV Regine, MV AnneSofie and MV Trina, were chartered for

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three shipments of blades and nacelles. On top of our Type 161A vessel, MV Paula was assigned to transport tower sections within an additional five shipments”, says Jan-Peter Esbensen, Senior Commercial Director at SAL in Denmark. Regine completed the first shipment of five nacelles and an additional twelve blades, from Cuxhaven, Germany and Aalborg, Denmark to Taichung, Taiwan.

Subsequently, Anne-Sofie transported another five nacelles and nine blades to Taichung and Trina successfully completed the series with another five nacelles and twelve blades.

Boeing 787

The Paula was also involved in the project and offered a tower section shuttle from Phu My, Vietnam to Taichung, Taiwan. She transported 60 tower sections with a total of four tower sets (twelve units) per shipment. Each tower set consisted of a tower bottom (179t each), a tower mid (144t each) and a tower top (160.5t each).

Combined, the tower sections are larger than the fuselage of a Boeing 787. “Formosa has been a challenging project with critical milestone dates, and right from the beginning it called for innovative solutions to deliver the turbines efficiently, safely and on-time. Therefore, we are really satisfied with the good cooperation with SAL

Tower sections, blades and nacelles are well-known cargo for SAL.

throughout the entire procedure”, states Nicolai N Andersen from DHL Industrial Projects.

Extension

The 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 windfarm will comprise 20 Siemens Gamesa 6MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. The windfarm is an extension of the existing Formosa 1 Phase 1 offshore windfarm and is scheduled to be operational in 2020. i. sal-heavylift.com

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Land and Sea in One Roll

Peter Rondhuis, Commercial Director at Roll Group.

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In total, 22 modules, weighing between 400t and almost 3,000t, were transported.

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n total, 22 modules weighing between 400t and almost 3,000t were transported from Hamriyah (UAE) to Port Arthur (US).

The expertise of both of Roll Group’s subsidiaries, RollDock and Roll-Lift, was required. “It was one of the first times that the various disciplines came together in such a concrete way’’, says Peter Rondhuis, Commercial Director at Roll Group. “Our strength lies in our ‘Factory to Foundation’ vision,” he continues, “but it remains unique. It was one of the reasons our client awarded the contract to us.’’

comparable to the transportation of shell’s new solvent de-asphalter factory, transported from Qingdao (China) to Rotterdam (the Netherlands) by RollDock in 2017. “Our engineering capability enables us to transport such valuable cargo safely overseas. For the shell factory, we had to be very creative and flexible, due to the fact that the modules were already large in size and weight, and only kept growing during the entire design process. That made it an intensive, but nice, challenge”, mr Rondhuis explains.

Due to the limited draft of these semisubmersible heavy lift vessels, the capability to load and discharge the majority of the cargo directly from the quay onto the RollDock vessels and vice versa was beneficial as well. Pontoons were only involved for the transportation to the module carriers, which were used on two of the seven voyages to transport the modules to a place with greater depth.

mr Rondhuis never has doubts about the vessels or the team. “after all, the first assignment for the first RollDock vessel was the transportation of a boiler plant from Thailand to Singapore with installations up to 55m high and weighing 2,500mt for the Exxon refinery. we have earned our spurs in the Oil & Gas Industry, and we shall keep innovating to continue to meet the demands of our clients.’’

Engineering

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Roll Group opens offices in Asia Roll Group aims its arrows at the aPaC region with the opening of new offices in singapore, malaysia and Indonesia. after the establishment of Roll-Lift in 2011 and the opening of the houston office in 2014, this is the next step in the company’s strategy to expand the land-based business and to focus even more on combined land-sea projects.

The Roll Group team in the aPaC region consists of senior heavy-lift and transportation experts with a remarkable track record. after a strong start with the award of a number of contracts, the team is investigating the equipment required to grow further, both on land and in the field of offshorerelated work.

Engineering involvement was essential during the ethane cracker project. It was

BigRoll Beaufort in Hamriyah carrying the modules.

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A True Showcase Project Renting OffshORe equipment fOR flexible OpeRatiOns

Seaway Strashnov installing the four-legged jacket.

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the OffshORe industRy Can be ChaRaCteRised as a multidisCiplinaRy seCtOR, asking fOR a bROad Range Of tOOls and seRViCes thROughOut the entiRe Value Chain. One Of the Challenges fOR the COntRaCtORs, and fOR their subcontractors as well, is the fact that hardly any project is the same, each requiring a different kind of approach with different kinds of tools and equipment. Therefore, many contractors choose to rent instead of buy.

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arco van der Zwan, technical superintendent of seaway 7, the renewables and heavy lifting business unit of subsea 7, explains why: “On a yearly basis, we execute various projects with our heavy-lift vessels, and barely any of these projects are comparable when looking at equipment requirements, for instance.

Based mainly on different equipment requirements, often combined with short rental periods, the choice for rental equipment is evident. especially when looking at power requirements, this comes down to several key factors. During the project preparation phase, we need to define the operational interfacing, for example. Do we need to lift equipment offshore? How much power is required throughout the project? Do we need backup systems? Do we need power distribution?

Etcetera. After determining the scope of work, we consult our supplier atlas Copco Rental and together we work out a detailed plan for the equipment needed, using their wide range of offshore equipment from their European offshore rental fleet.

marine, oil and gas, and renewable, such as wind energy. Being part of an international organisation gives us the possibility to act locally. With 170 offices and several production facilities spread out around the globe, we can act fast and flexibly to customers’ requests.” Mr van der Zwan states, “With atlas Copco Rental, we have found a partner that for several years now has proved to be reliable and pro-active. The equipment we rent is always properly maintained and tested, and when necessary, a high level of service is offered, 24/7.” “for contractors it is very hard to predict the type and amount of equipment needed for a certain project or period, and it is not possible to buy based on this uncertainty”,

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The Twinpower QAC1450 unit was ideal for the challenge.

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The jacket was successfully installed within the expected installation window.

In-House Design and Construction

seaway 7 has found a reliable partner in atlas Copco Rental nederland. this company is part of Atlas Copco, a multinational company which dates back to 1873. “For the offshore industry we can offer reliable, rig-safe, oilfree and oil-injected compressed air, compact and lightweight power generators from 30kVa to 1,400kVa, robust steam boilers, versatile nitrogen generators and a broad range of matching accessories”, Frank van den Heiligenberg, Sales Engineer Offshore, marine, Oil & gas upstream at atlas Copco Rental nederland, says. “Our rentals can be used throughout all phases of offshore,

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For this project, the main goal was to prepare the installation of all four piles within approximately 24 hours in order to avoid the risk caused by possibly changing weather conditions.

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An existing platform was modified at short notice and made suitable to lift all equipment in one move.

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Mr van den Heiligenberg comments. “With our extensive fleet of equipment, our customers, such as Seaway 7, can deal with this unpredictability.”

Offshore Proof

“As a technical department, we are used to quick-response assignments,” Mr van der Zwan adds, “as much of our preparation work is based on project requests, which are often required with very short lead times. For this, a good partnership with a reliable rental company is essential.

For us, one of the advantages of Atlas Copco Rental is that in contrast with many other rental companies, they can provide us with equipment that is made suitable for offshore lifting and directly available at short notice.

This means that the equipment is able to withstand extreme conditions at sea, and, important because of lack of space on offshore vessels and installations, the recent power generator newbuild with a small footprint is also a big plus.”

Four Legs in A Day

A recent example shows the success of good collaboration between the two companies.

Mr van der Zwan, “For one of our customers, we had to execute a project in November last year, thus at the beginning of the time of year when work at sea is mostly limited by bad weather conditions. In this project, our vessel Seaway Strashnov had to

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install a four-legged jacket which is the foundation for a topside. This topside is used as a sort of interconnection box between windfarms and shore side. For this project, our main goal was to prepare the installation of all four piles within approximately 24 hours as we wanted to avoid the risk caused by possibly changing weather conditions. Apart from this, some other challenges had to be met. First of all, we had to meet the requirements regarding post-weld heat treatment at 600°C used for stress relief in the welding areas. This asked for an impressive power requirement of approximately 1,5MW.”

1,5MW in a 20ft Container

These above-mentioned restrictions asked for specialised equipment that would be able to supply a total of 1,5MW on a very small footprint. Together with Atlas Copco, Seaway 7 started to look for a solution. “We recently constructed a brand-new unit called Twinpower QAC1450 that was ideal for this challenge. The use of this reliable offshore generator unit creates added value for our customers on low fuel costs, running in single mode with back-up, or 2x 725kVA in parallel, and only takes a small footprint of 20 feet”, Mr van den Heiligenberg says.

“But unfortunately, at the time it was needed, the unit was in Spain, and we first had to move it from there to our rental depot in Zwijndrecht.” Seaway 7 continued

engineering and after six weeks of preparation all necessary equipment (including electrical cabling and distribution boards) was available for our project. An existing platform of only 16.5m by 7m was modified at short notice and made suitable to lift all equipment in one move,” Mr van der Zwan explains, “but with the help of Atlas Copco Rental and other parties involved, we managed.”

Mr van den Heiligenberg comments, “One of our strengths lies in our ‘can-do’ mentality. We aim at helping our customers with every challenge they meet. For this it is necessary to be able to act fast and flexibly and to identify their needs. During the preparation and mobilisation phase in the port of Rotterdam, our technicians were on site to assist and to train the crew of Seaway 7 in the use of the rental equipment offshore.”

A True Showcase

The jacket was successfully installed within the expected installation window, meaning the project was another true showcase of successful preparation and use of rented equipment in a complex heavy-lifting project. i. www.atlascopcorental.nl i. www.seawayheavylifting.com

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Lifting of subsea dome for decommissioning.

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he consortium, named Green octopus, comprises the offshore partners, KCi the engineers, pricewaterhouseCoopers (pWC), Fraser Well Management and tno. Green octopus is an independent collaboration that is dedicated to decommissioning and re-use, with the appropriate capabilities right across the value chain. one of the key contributors in the alliance is engineering company KCi. Mr Jan Willem van Bloois, director sales & Business development, explains the background of the company: “today, starting in the industry as an oil and gas engineering company, KCi considers itself as a full-scope energy engineer. at KCi we have been dealing with offshore engineering issues since the mid-eighties when we started developing topsides, jackets and subsea structures. around 2006,

we expanded our market towards the offshore wind industry using our knowledge and experience from the oil and gas projects for turbine foundations and substation topsides with foundations. a next step for us was the engineering of tools and equipment for the offshore industry, such as grippers, fall-pipe systems and stingers.” For KCi, the logical step was to enter the decommissioning market. “in designing new oil and gas assets,” Mr van Bloois continues, “we also took notice of future dismantling and we had already made our first decom steps about 20 years ago. For our decommissioning projects, we developed a reversed engineering method. although in the initial design of an asset decommissioning could haven been taken account of, things have probably changed

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through the years, due to operator’s demands, for example. this way, the real situation might be less decommissioningproof. sometimes a visual inspection of the platform is sufficient, and in more complex occasions we even make complete 3d simulations.”

Integrated Approach

With the decommissioning projects, KCi soon found out that for most operators, ending the technical life of their assets was not a priority. Mr van Bloois says, “decommissioning is a very expensive exercise that most operators initially tried to postpone for as long as possible. assets such as jackets, platforms and subsea structures are often revitalised to extend their technical life, but sooner or later dismantling is inevitable.” in searching for a solution to make decommissioning more cost-efficient, KCi met with Mr theo vollaard, Business development Manager at the offshore partners just over a year ago. Mr vollaard had the idea to combine the technical elements with the financial and fiscal aspects in decommissioning for an integrated, cost-effective approach. since that day, KCi and the offshore partners have been working together and this had evolved

into the establishment of Green octopus.

Mr vollaard, acts as project Lead of the consortium. He states: “our consortium consists of five reputable organisations that each have their own specialities. Fraser Well Management is an approved well-operator, delivering full well-lifecycle services and is experienced in well plugging and abandonment. KCi the engineers offer a broad range of engineering skills for the removal of any structure from the seabed. pWC provides expertise in structuring the project from a legal, financial, and fiscal perspective. tno is involved in examining the re-use potential of assets for developments such as CCs and hydrogen, and the offshore partners are the coordinators and take care of project management. together, we offer an end-toend solution that works across four axes throughout the entire value chain: – cost-savings and fiscal planning; – synergetic advantages and increased buying power; – risk mitigation and reduction of uncertainties; – reduction and relief of liabilities. this way we offer the operators a robust solution for cost-effective decommissioning in both the planning and structuring of the

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The heavy lift vessel Fairplayer (Jumbo Offshore) lifted the subsea dome.

project, as well as during the operations and monitoring afterwards.”

Independent and different

“What we notice,” Mr van Bloois says, “is that in many cases operators in recent years have seen no compelling reasons for decommissioning. also, the clients’ organisations are dedicated to the exploration and production of oil and/or gas, being their prime interest, and therefore are not ideally suited for decommissioning projects, which means they have to rely on third parties.”

Mr vollaard explains: “today, there are

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The systematic and holistic approach to the asset portfolio results in cost reduction and more effective mitigation of technical, financial and safety-related risks, as opposed to optimising each operator’s own portfolio.

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KCI designed the subsea dome in 1992 and is again involved during decommissioning.

several collaborations or alliances that focus on a campaign-approach to bring costs down in decommissioning, but Green octopus differentiates itself by being independent, as we are not acting as decommissioning contractor or equipment owner. therefore, we can engineer the best technical and cost-effective methodology in decommissioning from the operators’ perspective and reach economies-of-scale on the basis of technical similarities, without having a specific preference for particular ‘own’ equipment. secondly, for reasonable economies-of-scale, collaboration between operators is required, but we see that operators are generally reluctant to share the often-sensitive information. through Green octopus we can anonymise data provided by the different operators to use in multi-asset campaigns whilst taking the interests of the parties into account. thirdly, we structure the projects through a novel contractual framework that provides the proper financial and fiscal incentives, thus increasing the willingness to cooperate through cost advantages and the optimisation of tax, legal, capital and cash structure. Looking further at the financial aspects, our approach will lead to a thorough and trustworthy plan, which will make financing from third parties easier. our systematic and holistic approach to the asset portfolio results in cost reduction and more effective mitigation of technical, financial and safety-related risks, as opposed to optimising each operator’s own portfolio.” Mr van Bloois adds, “Combining various assets in a decommissioning project, with the search for re-use opportunities, also has a positive financial effect, as it will make decommissioning per asset more costefficient. this is positive, not only for the operator, but for the dutch tax-payer as well, as the dutch government is a shareholder in many dutch offshore assets.”

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according to Mr vollaard, there is a reason for the name chosen for the consortium. “similar to the octopus, which evolved differently from nearly every other organism on the planet, we have also followed our own path which has lead to the alliance called Green octopus.

Besides, an octopus is incredibly intelligent, capable of wielding tools and solving problems. Furthermore, it has another idiosyncrasy: it routinely edits its rna (ribonucleic acid) sequences to adapt to its environment. this weird capacity is different from dna genetic mutation. You can think of dna instructions as a recipe, while rna is the chef that orchestrates the cooking in the kitchen of each cell, producing necessary proteins that keep the whole organism going. When such an edit happens, it can change how the proteins work, allowing the organism to fine-tune its genetic

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on top of this, combining assets into one decommissioning project will take more years to execute. this creates a ‘pipeline’ of projects with the effect that cash flow will be less critical. Mr vollaard explains, “Because of the larger scale and wider timeframe for execution, contractors have the ability to plan their activities over the arranged timeframe. Which leads to ‘peakshaving’ in decommissioning activities and, coupled with this, flattens price fluctuations. another risk-reducing advantage of Green octopus’ method is that projects can be executed on a fixed-fee basis.”

Critical Mass

For Green octopus, re-use of assets is an important aspect within the decommissioning discussion. Mr van Bloois explains, “For many offshore assets, dismantling is not always necessary when their life as an oil or gas facility ends. With the growing offshore wind industry, oil and gas platforms could be refitted for the production of hydrogen, and wells could be made suitable for storing of energy or Co2.

When looking at environmental issues, the life of a platform can be extended by simply reducing its Co2 and nox emissions, for example by using electric power or by

“Similar to the octopus, which evolved differently from nearly every other organism on the planet, we have also followed our own path towards the alliance called Green Octopus.”

information without actually undergoing any genetic mutations. We like the analogue that we, as a group, are the rna for the industry, and have the ability to orchestrate or re-order or edit the necessary ingredients for a thorough decommissioning approach without being too disruptive in requiring mutations in the oil & gas industry’s dna.”

placing scrubbers on the diesel generator exhaust.” re-use also has an indirect effect on sustainability, according to Mr van Bloois.

“For the future, it is expected that the generation of hydrogen offshore will become more and more important because of the growing amount of power available from offshore wind. to this end, it is important to consider leaving a reasonable critical mass of infrastructure and structures at sea. For this, it could be better to keep existing assets now instead of building new ones in a few years’ time.” Meanwhile, the Green octopus consortium have talked to all oil and gas companies that are operating in the dutch north sea, but Mr vollaard also sees opportunities on the UKCs. “of course, our current approach is tailored to the dutch situation, but it can be applied in other jurisdictions too, and therefore the UK, with its large decommissioning portfolio, is a very attractive work area”, he concludes. i. kci.nl i. theoffshorepartners.com

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Home of Energy Transition meet the oFFshore industry For more than twelve years, oFFshore energy exhibition and ConferenCe (oeeC) has been bringing together the offshore energy industry sectors oF oil & gas, oFFshore wind and marine energy. this year, the event, to be held on (7), 8 & 9 october in amsterdam, will attract over 10,000 offshore professionals and more than 550 exhibiting companies.

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Energy Through Knowledge

Offshore Energy 2019 will attract over 10,000 offshore professionals.

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ith the various offshore industries being presented, the event provides the energy transition sector with a home. This is reflected by the 22,500m2 exhibition floor and the Conference itself, which consists of six two-hour sessions, the Offshore Wind Conference (OWC) and the Marine Energy Event. Energy Plaza, a new feature on the exhibition floor, combines many strong concepts in one spot, such as Startup Zone, The Stage, Navingo stand and the Premium Lounge. A fascinating mix of business leaders, buyers, investors, engineers and other interested parties within the offshore energy sector will get the opportunity to meet each other at OEEC.

Offshore Energy Awards

As the world transitions to lower-carbon energy solutions, the energy industry needs to determine what makes commercial and environmental sense and how does offshore wind fit in? OWC will start with an opening session by the Chairman and will directly move on to a session called Update NL. This session offers an update of the developments in the Dutch offshore wind industry regarding innovations and technology (policy), and is intended for foreign delegates who would like to become updated on the latest in offshore wind in the Netherlands. Wim van Urk, Program Manager North Sea at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, is one of the confirmed speakers.

Offshore Systems’, focusing on CO2, H2 and electricity.

Combining Industries

Brainstorm, Discuss and Invent

The Conference Sessions are aimed at combining all industries in their efforts to further the energy transition. Setting the scene for the whole conference is the International Energy Outlook, where experts will open the Offshore Energy Conference with their vision and view on the patterns, trends and perspectives of an energy system in transition. With that global view in mind, and with the subject of Energy Transition Live on the North Sea in 2019, moderator and Business Director Gas Technology at TNO Rene Peters will guide the room round what is happening in the North Sea right now. With the transition from oil and gas to renewable energy, storage of that energy is one of the key challenges. The advantages and benefits that integrated systems can bring to further the acceleration of the transition, and the parties involved, will be discussed in the topic ‘Moving into Future

After a pitch round, followed by an individual score from the respective jury, the nominees for the Offshore Energy Awards are, in random order: Public Outreach Award: DOB-Academy, Dutch Wavemakers and Nexstep.

Young Engineer Award: Jesper Elzinga (Van Oord), Tom Ashley (Royal IHC), and Travis Anthony (Shell) Best Innovation Award: PULSE (IHC IQIP), Electrical Thermal Energy Storage, (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy) and CIS System (DEME Offshore).

Energy transition often sparks interesting discussions, which is why the Energy Transition Debate session is good to attend.

After some healthy debate, new frontiers can be decided upon. Digitalisation is key for every operator in optimising the use of both traditional and renewable energy resources, and vital in facilitating the transition. Last, but certainly not least, is the final conference session on Cross Industry Game Changing Technologies. The fifth annual Marine Energy Event is organised in cooperation with the Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the Dutch Energy from Water Association (EWA). This session will delve into how Europe is positioned to lead the energy transition, while also highlighting how marine energy solutions could be successful export products. i. offshore-energy.biz

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Who Can You Meet at Offshore Energy 2019?

On the following pages, a number of the companies exhibiting at this year’s Offshore Energy in Amsterdam give short presentations about themselves. In addition to this selection, all the exhibiting companies will be very pleased to see you at their booths. An overview of the company booth numbers is listed on the tradeshow’s website at offshore-energy.biz.

AncoferWaldram Steelplates

Azimuth Marine

AncoferWaldram Steelplates is a stockholding wholesaler and steel service centre, specialised for more than 40 years in the supply of hot-rolled heavy carbon steel (quarto) plates, and profiled parts. Over the years, AWS has developed into a business that sets the standard for its industry. It is the combination of comprehensive stocks of 100,000t of heavy carbon steel plates plus the sophisticated profiling plant that gives AWS a decisive lead in experience, product range and customer service. The services AWS provides for all kinds of custom products, together with the expert advice provided by their staff, are what makes them a valued partner for their customers. AWS is part of the Dillinger Group of companies in Dillingen, Germany, Europe’s leading producer of heavy steel plates with an ANCofERWALDRAM annual rolling capacity of 2t million.

In today’s market, it is only possible to buy tensioners with a pulling capacity of 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10t. Azimuth Marine is the official European distributor of a modular tensioner system called FlexTrack. FlexTrack offers the advantage of adjustable pulling forces. The innovative design makes flexible positioning possible along the product route, reducing the need for working space and creating a compact and clear working environment for the operator. The compact size and low weight makes fast shipment possible, getting the required pulling force to the various projects in plenty of time. FlexTrack tensioners are powerful machines with a maximum pulling force of 2t each.

Everything is prepared for plug-and-play – it is both easy and fast to set up and configure FlexTrack units. The units can work in a master-slave setup or as stand-alone and can be used in a linear or curved configuration.

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BOW Terminal

Breman Offshore

BOW Terminal is located in the Port of Vlissingen and excellently situated in the southern part of the North Sea. The terminal has a surface of 25ha and a heavy-load quay-length of 525m. An extra 1,400m is available for lay-by and mobilisation activities.

BOW Terminal has acted as logistics service provider for MHI Vestas for several years. This includes storage of WTG components. BOW Terminal are expanding their marshalling services by opening a new heavy-lift terminal in Eemshaven, in the northern part of the province of Groningen. With a minimum water depth of 16m, the Wilhelmina Harbour has the deepest draught in Eemshaven and is therefore perfectly suitable for deepwater vessels. The terminal has a surface of 10ha; there is an option in the future of another 12ha of expansion, with a direct connection to the purchased land. The BoW TERMINAL new BOW Terminal facility will be BooTH No. operational as of Q1 2020.

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Breman Offshore is situated in the sea port of Ijmuiden, directly alongside the quay and easily accessible for seagoing vessels. From this location, the company supports ship-equipment builders, machine builders, construction companies and service providers. Here, crane vessels and construction vessels are assembled and overhauled. Also, acting as a service partner, the company carries out repair work for ships and ship equipment, for which Breman Offshore has both the space and the know-how. For this same reason, Breman Offshore is also a good partner when it comes to looking for facilities to build and test machines and constructions.

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Emigreen

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In a world where sustainability and protecting the environment are paramount, new ways of producing clean energy are continuously being developed. Tidal energy is one option, but this is not possible everywhere in the world, so we rely mostly on wind energy. Several wind-energy parks are currently under development. But what about the vessels needed for the installation of these clean-energy plants? What about heavylifting vessels, jack-up vessels for installation as well as vessels transporting pedestals, turbines and wings to the plant? And what about the cable-laying vessels to lay cables connecting the turbines to an onshore or offshore assembly point and then into the grid? 99% of these vessels (also existing vessels) are able to perform their job with a lot less environmental impact than is currently often the case.

Want to know why and how? Come and visit Emigreen at Offshore Energy.

Hillebrand is a division unit of ASK Romein and has two Dutch sites, one in Middelburg and one in Vlissingen. The company fabricates and delivers complex steel constructions for the offshore and maritime sectors and has 30 years of experience in bridge, roadway and waterway construction. Hillebrand provides the full range of facilities: yards adjacent to deep water with extensive loading and unloading docks, large storage and production capacity and staff with specific offshore-related training. When executing projects, the company imposes the highest standards. Hillebrand’s people, their expertise and a fully equipped workplace guarantee the best quality for the complex constructions engineered and built. High-quality materials and specialist welding techniques are absolutely necessary to produce structures that remain safe under the most extreme conditions. Projects are also realised under the watchful eye of Lloyd’s and DNV GL. They perform quality checks, procedures and construction sequence throughout the whole fabrication process as an independent party.

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H2M

iPS Powerful People

H2M is a global supplier, providing a wide range of high-quality, comfortable and lightweight offshore accommodation and workspace modules for the oil & gas, maritime and renewable-energy industries. The company manufactures all modules in-house to the highest industry standards: DNV 2.7-1, EN 12079 and ATEX, including compliance with IMO/SOLAS regulatory requirements for A60 fire protection. Safety monitoring systems are incorporated, including an integrated fire and gas, pressurisation and emergency shutdown system suitable for Safe Zone and optional Zone 2 hazardous-area applications.

H2M’s system is based on modular construction, therefore almost any type of module can be provided. The product range contains several designs for offshore, lightweight accommodation modules, along with workspace modules including offices, laboratories and workshops. Furthermore, ancillary modules such as recreation rooms, gymnasiums, locker rooms, galleys and mess rooms can be supplied as a supplement for larger h2M accommodation complexes.

iPS Powerful People combines people, experience and indepth knowledge to successfully serve businesses in the maritime, energy and civil industries. In addition, the company is experienced in cross-border payroll solutions.

With operating offices worldwide, iPS has its headquarters in Capelle aan den IJssel, the Netherlands.

From iPS, one can expect: qualified staff and crew, flexible and professional personnel solutions, complete payroll services, global services, personal service and 24/7 responsiveness. iPS is the key source for personnel solutions regarding all aspects of the energy, maritime and civil industries. iPS recruits highly trained and experienced personnel, from a single specialist to a full crew. The in-house consultants are able to attract, select and deploy qualified personnel worldwide.

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Extreme precision

Great challenges need sophisticated solutions. This is the work of specialists. Machines which produce components with exceptional proportions and extreme accuracy. Welcome to Breman Machinery B.V. We are situated in Genemuiden (the Netherlands), beside open water, which means we have a direct connection to the international ports, including Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Antwerp.

For over 150 years, we have offered customized solutions for our relations all around the world. We build components which weigh tens or even hundreds of tonnes, yet are within a tolerance of a few hundredth of a millimeter. The extreme precision you are looking for. Let’s meet in person!

Call 088 27 36 200 or go to www.breman-machinery.nl.

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JBR

Metagro and Merford Cabins

JBR Strategy, Corporate Finance & Restructuring is an independent consultancy firm with over three decades’ experience.

This applies in the broadest sense, albeit with a specific focus on six sectors in which the company is thoroughly established, including the maritime & offshore energy sector. Its experience makes JBR an excellent discussion partner who can translate sharp analyses into any company’s daily practice. Realistic, energetic and handson, JBR will help ensure the continuity of the customer’s business in order to (re)achieve growth or navigate stormy weather. The company’s clients are decision-makers in listed companies, family businesses, investment institutions and banks, both in the Netherlands and abroad. In order to facilitate international activities, JBR is active within a worldwide network.

The two largest cabin constructors in the Netherlands have joined forces. As of this summer, Merford Cabins has become part of Metagro. The offshore industry will remain an important market for the new company, and it has led them to introduce a new industrial-standard cabin. This cabin is based on Merford Cabin’s EcoCab Neo and is the first tangible result of the take-over.

During Offshore Energy, representatives of both Metagro and Merford Cabins will be present to inform visitors about all aspects of the collaboration and the profits for the market. Read more about these joined forces on page 20. i. metagro.nl

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Oceanwide

OSD-IMT

Oceanwide is an international provider of diversified manpower services focused mainly on the maritime and offshore energy industries. The history of Oceanwide dates back to 1976, when their first office was established in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Throughout the years, Oceanwide has been recognised as a worldwide supplier of qualified maritime and offshore personnel. In Europe, the company has offices in the Netherlands (Vlissingen and Den Helder), Latvia and Cyprus, and in the Gulf of Mexico region in Houston, New Orleans and Mexico. With the offices and agency network, Oceanwide is able to provide first-class services to all clients. Services include all the steps in international manpower services specifically dedicated to the business sector. Maritime crew, offshore staff and technical personnel are trained and certified according to international standards such as ISO, CMO + MLC, IMCA, and STCW.

OSD-IMT is a ship-design and marine consultancy company with solid engineering capacities and a strong independent presence in the offshore and renewable industry markets. The company designs customised vessels, offers various marine consultancy services and provides innovative conversion engineering. From feasibility studies, concept designs, and contract designs to basic designs, OSDIMT’s naval architects use their extensive and practical experience, collective knowhow and modern design tooling to help develop new marine assets or maintain and upgrade existing fleets. They carry out upgrades and conversions, and can supply their clients with a new, tailor-made design or simply a readymade equipment package adapted to the tender.

Whatever the challenge is, come to or contact OSD-IMT as they have all the necessary skills, capacity and ideas to help current and potential customers.

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Since the 1980’s, Smulders has participated in many projects for the oil and gas industry. Smulders offers such things as platforms, jackets and subsea structures, either individually manufactured or as fullscale EPCI projects. Smulders started constructing for the offshore wind market in the pioneering days of wind energy more than fifteen years ago. Today, with a track record of over 1,800 transition pieces, 100 jackets and 25 substations, Smulders is an established market leader that offers a full range of services from the engineering and fabrication of steel foundations (transition pieces or jackets) to the EPCI of substations.

Offshore Energy 2019 is very important for SSI and its daughter companies, as the offshore construction sector is one of the main markets of this steel-profiling company. In the last few years, they have increasingly delivered steel for the offshore wind industry instead of just for the oil & gas sector. Besides cutting carbon, stainless and pressure-vessel steel (3mm – 300mm plasma/laser/waterjet/autogenous), their customers also ask for different types of processing. Since they started bending and machining the cut steel parts in-house in their subsidiaries in Dordrecht and Wijchen in the Netherlands, the number of their customers has increased substantially.

Complex bevels and 100% traceability under different types of notified bodies is their daily business. They have a great deal of experience with S355J2/S355G10/S460/S690/et cetera.

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Reducing Failing Systems CirCuit breakers are widely used offshore, both on vessels and oil and gas platforms, in order to prevent risk of damage and dangerous situations.

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circuit breaker is an automatically or manually operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt current flow after a fault is detected. Santon Circuit Breaker Services has a decade-long history in providing a broad range of circuit breakers. During this time, the company has followed its customers all over the world to help them keep their electrical installations protected from overloading.

A Circular Method

“Our way of working,” Mr Gerard van Zeijl, General Manager of Santon Circuit Breaker Services, explains, “can best be described as a circular method. First of all, we install new circuit breakers on vessels and offshore assets. Based on the service schedules, preventive maintenance calculations and on

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possible changing rules and regulations, we know when it is necessary to replace these circuit breakers. In order to improve this replacement, we have developed a circuit breaker conversion set. With this solution, we offer our customers an easy and fast solution at any time and at a location of their choice.” For the retractable conversion sets, new circuit breakers are used, which replace old circuit breakers in existing distribution systems. This is a very easy-touse solution in case an old circuit breaker needs to be exchanged quickly and the installation cannot be easily switched off.

“With our conversion sets, existing circuit breakers can be replaced with a new circuit breaker within two to four hours,” Mr van Zeijl explains.

From 6Amp to 6,300Amp

Apart from the conversion kits for preventive maintenance, Santon also

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supplies circuit breakers in situations where existing ones fail and also where new installations are required. Mr van Zeijl: “We can provide miniature, moulded case and air circuit breakers from 6Amp up to 6,300Amp. With a broad range of trip units, motor mechanisms, base units, etcetera, we can configure circuit breakers according to any of our customers’ demands or specifications. Of course, our circuit breakers have been certified by Lloyds, Bureau Veritas and DNV GL, and with many years of experience on sites all over the world, our specialists are familiar with working with local legislations, cultures and demands. With our 3D printing facilities we are even capable of constructing new parts for swift replacements.”

within the industry, and with our circuit breakers, as well as our services such as Sidunn Connected, we can offer solutions to help oil and gas operators with the conversion of their installations for other purposes such as offshore wind and hydrogen production.”

IT or Electronics?

Apart from the new opportunities currently available, Mr van Zeijl acknowledges that the industry is facing a threat in the field of staffing. “Today, it is very difficult to find technicians, as many industries are looking for the same calibre of people as we are.

This problem is not only to do with the

number of technically skilled and trained people available, but it is also difficult to pre-adjust to future developments. Looking at what we are noticing now, should we focus on IT people or on trained electrical technicians? Things are going very fast now when looking at both the electrical and the IT aspects of the industry. However, if our organisation focuses too much on just one of the two, it could lead to problems with the other. So this is a dilemma that gives us something to think about in the short term,” he concludes. i. santoncbs.com

Sidunn Connected

One of the challenges the industry has to deal with is the fact that the electrical installations on board vessels and platforms have to meet a growing number of stricter rules and requirements. To this end, measuring and data analysis can be very helpful. “It is evident that remote monitoring and data analysis are becoming more and more important for asset owners in the offshore industry”, Mr van Zeijls explains. “This is why we have introduced Sidunn Connected this year. This is a remote management tool for collecting and analysing data from all circuit breakers a shipowner or operator has in use. One of the advantages is that this tool is selflearning. This way, replacement of the circuit breakers can be better predicted, thus reducing the risk of failing systems.”

In order to improve replacement, Santon has developed the circuit breaker conversion set.

A circuit breaker is an automatically or manually operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit.

Ample Opportunities

No matter how, any type of asset has its own characteristics asking for a different approach from Santon. “When looking at vessels, it is evident that failures in electronic systems are very critical as they can make vessels uncontrollable, for example. And for oil and gas installations, failing electronics can lead to dangerous circumstances in the production process.

For maintenance on oil and gas platforms we have dedicated and fully certified technicians. This means we can meet the high demands from operators”, Mr van Zeijl states. He sees ample opportunities for his company in the oil & gas industry, especially when looking at the energy transition. “In the decommissioning discussion, life extension is becoming more and more important as a way to improve sustainability

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The True Power of Satellite Communications The laTesT Technological developmenTs in saTelliTe communicaTions Technology are driving growTh and opporTuniTy in The offshore indusTry. Words by Morten Hagland Hansen, Vice President, global sales – coMMercial MaritiMe & energy at ses networks.

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Today, satellite communications are supporting rig and platform owners in powering a diverse range of applications.

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atellite communications have taken a leap forward in the o&g industry, powering mission-critical data delivery which is, in turn, enabling digital transformation. thanks to operationally and commercially proven satellite constellations, land-quality connectivity and all its associated benefits will become the norm, not the exception – even in offshore or frontier locations. today, the reality is that satellite communications are supporting rig and platform owners in powering an increasingly diverse range of applications, while providing value and critical support to businesses. digitalisation efforts leverage advanced technologies such as real-time recording of field data, improved communications to ensure crew safety and rFid tags for asset tracking, which improve operational efficiency – capabilities made possible by high-quality, low-latency connectivity to offshore vessels.

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Morten Hagland Hansen, Vice President, Global Sales – Commercial Maritime & Energy at SES Networks.

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The rise of MEO

that level of connectivity was far out of reach for the industry until 2014, when the o3b constellation became operational. the o&g industry used mostly geostationary (geo) satellites to transmit data to rigs and platforms that were not close enough to shore to get connected to offshore fibre or microwave networks. average aggregated bandwidth to rigs was around 2Mbps. today, the o3b medium-earth orbit (Meo) satellites, which operate at a lower orbit than geo systems, can provide latencies of up to 150 milliseconds for a round-trip data transfer (geo satellites, in comparison, have a latency of nearly 600 milliseconds for a round trip between earth and satellite). the high throughput capacity and low latency of the o3b Meo system enables access to a plethora of applications

and products such as cloud computing technologies, desktop virtualisation, remote server access, document access and storage systems. the o3b Meo constellation can also facilitate fast, effective and efficient remote working, re-defining the capabilities of new digital oilfields and providing more data at lower costs per bit. in today’s o&g industry, the o3b Meo constellation, owned and operated by ses networks, is already powering connectivity for four out of the six oil and gas super majors in key offshore markets across brazil, west africa, and the gulf of Mexico.

Multi-band, Multi-orbit

importantly, despite the benefits of Meo technology, geo systems should not be overlooked. indeed, where appropriate, Meo and geo constellations can both be used, with the multi-band, multiple-orbit combination ensuring network resiliency. this would be particularly beneficial for assets such as FPsos and drilling rigs. at present, this is only possible via ses networks, the only multi-band, multiorbit satellite operator with an extensive partner ecosystem that offers comprehensive experience in providing services to the o&g industry.

Changing Attitudes

as technology progresses, so too do historical attitudes towards satellite communications, with a new-found belief in the powerful role it can play in supporting a secure future for both onshore and offshore oil and gas producers. For example, the idea that crew should be offline to preserve efficiency is no longer widely endorsed. in its place is a new outlook that makes high-speed connectivity more accessible in order to

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Where appropriate, MEO and GEO constellations can both be used, with the multi-band, multipleorbit combination ensuring network resiliency.

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recruit and retain top talent. Furthermore, it departments, once an isolated business function, have become satellite communications trailblazers. by rapidly learning about the capabilities of revolutionary and commercially proven constellations, they are now able to work hand-in-hand with operations teams to facilitate the exchange of critical data. this could prove essential in identifying and preventing pitfalls and enabling organisations to effectively leverage the latest data applications offshore.

The Cloud

a further allure of the latest technology is its ability to connect oil and gas executives to deliver enterprise-wide migration to cloud-based systems, which will in turn reduce caPeX and oPeX costs and increase business productivity. this is possible by opening access to advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (ai) and internet of things (iot) applications, machine learning and automation, among other things. through partnerships with cloud service providers, such as ibM, ses networks can

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provide cloud-scale access, support edge compute and iot functionality, and help operationalise new services quickly, easily and cost-effectively. this, in turn, expands reach, delivering improved scale, lower latency and stronger service level agreements. cloud and edge solutions incorporating sd-wan, nFV, network analytics, mobile edge compute and multiservice data optimisation, among other technologies, are also possibilities in the near future.

Innovating into the Future

reducing costs, optimising performance and improving the safety and environmental footprint are just some of the areas the o&g industry is looking to address in the coming years. we believe satellite communication and its ability to meet the insatiable and critical demand for real-time data can empower the oil and gas industry to address these areas, while moving towards a profitable and sustainable future.

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Today, the O3b medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellites, which operate at a lower orbit than GEO systems, can provide latencies of up to 150Â milliseconds for a roundtrip data transfer.

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A Lot of Confidence By moving from moerdijk to the port of rotterdam, rometal ConstruCtive solutions now has all disciplines in-house and in one location. This means that the company can meet its customers’ demand for a one-stop-shop partner.

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artijn van Manen, Managing director of Rometal, explains: “With our move to the port of Rotterdam, we are able to better meet the ever-expanding range of customers’ requests in a more efficient way.

We now have a sophisticated factory, the outside capability to build large structures and direct quayside access.”

The move to Rotterdam was only one of the many investments the company has made throughout the last few years.

Mr van Manen continues, “We want to act as a partner from concept drawing up to the final installation on board. our new location is only part of the solution to this. We are a learning company that constantly strives to improve, and as a manufacturer of all kinds

of high-tension steel structures for various applications, we have invested a lot in our qualifications in order to be able to produce according to the rules and regulations of the relevant classification bodies. Because of this, we can serve the onshore, offshore, heavy lift, maritime and crane-construction sectors as well as the dredging industry.

With our efforts in keeping up with all requirements and regulations, our quality and safety-management systems are in place for all the industries we are serving.” according to Mr van Manen, with the new location in Rotterdam and its existing plant in Romania, Rometal now has an optimal organisation. “producing in Romania gives us the possibility of working flexibly and cost-

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EnginEEring, ProcurEmE nt & constr uction efficiently. We can work at both locations simultaneously. in this way, we can be highly flexible and reliable when it comes to quality and running time. We have highly skilled employees in both locations. all employees are used to working in both Romania and Rotterdam, either on site or on board customer vessels. Working as one team, with short lines of communication, we can easily anticipate changes in the market.

For Rometal, the offshore industry is one of the growth markets and for this the new location in Rotterdam is an important proposition. Mr van Manen: “our new location, close to the waterfront in one of the leading offshore ports, adds to our other strengths. so far, when looking at the offshore industry, we have built up a considerable track record in the delivery and installation of all kinds of heavy-lifting tools, sea fastenings and grillages for handling related equipment on board our customers’ vessels. customers also use our services for demobilisation. nowadays, there is also a growing demand for renting (lifting) equipment, especially for offshore wind projects. currently, we do have lifting equipment available for hoisting different kinds of windmill parts. our clients have always appreciated our straightforward, no nonsense and flexible approach in combination with our practical experience. customers are asking us more and more for support in the early stages of their projects.

Fast and flexible action is a ‘must’ in this industry in order to provide our customers with the best service. so all in all, with our move to the port of Rotterdam, we have a lot of confidence in the near future.”

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Nowadays, there is also a growing demand for renting (lifting) equipment, especially for offshore wind projects.

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The new location, close to the waterfront in one of the leading offshore ports, adds to Rometal’s other strengths.

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An Oceanscape of Opportunity Makani’s energy kiTe Takes firsT flighTs offshore

The firsT flighTs of Makani’s energy kiTe froM a floaTing plaTforM are a big sTep Towards increased access To energy resources that are currently stranded above waters too deep for fixed wind turbines.

All photos courtesy of Makani Power. originally published by fort felker, ceo at Makani Power: ‘Makani’s airborne wind power system takes flight offshore.’ Makani Blog, Medium.com, august 15, 2019 (medium.com/makani-blog/makanis-airborne-windpower-system-takes-flight-offshore-907fd4c9af86).

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akani’s energy kite has recently flown over the north sea. with demand for renewable energy on the rise, Makani’s first offshore flights could signify a breakthrough for floating offshore wind. once commercialised, Makani’s kites have the potential to bring power to hundreds of millions of people living along the world’s coastlines where the wind is strong and steady, but the water is too deep to fix wind turbines to the ocean floor.

Technical Milestones

the successful autonomous flight from a floating platform demonstrates that this new offshore wind power technology works. also verified was the capability of the simulation tools, confirming that Makani’s models can be used to develop system changes as commercial readiness increases.

But before the models could be tested in the real world, the project team had to achieve several technical milestones while still in port: the integration of the base station with a floating platform, the marinising of hardware, and the extension of the autonomous flight controls system to handle flights from a moving base station – a problem that’s a little like trying to parallel

park a car with the curb shifting forwards, backwards, up and down. the partners at shell shared their significant offshore operational expertise, so that the Makani team could stay focused on solving problems unique to transitioning the airborne wind power system offshore.

Wealth of New Information

to demonstrate the offshore flight capability, two flights were completed from the floating platform. the first quick flight included launch, hover away from the perch, and an autonomous landing. the second, longer-duration test, demonstrated a robust crosswind flight. the kite flew beautifully, accurately following commands from the flight controller, and affirming that both its own motion and that of the floating platform matched pre-test simulations. in preparation for landing, the kite smoothly transitioned out of crosswind into a stable hover. However, it did not successfully land on the platform, and the flight ended with the loss of the energy kite. Both offshore flights gave the team a wealth of new information that is being analysed and applied to making further system improvements.

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Makani Power’s flight engineers in the test-flight command centre on a barge in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

One Smooth Operation

Makani’s transition offshore introduces new technology that, once commercialised, can economically access stranded wind resources at sea. the low mass of the kite and the correspondingly low materials and installation costs make it possible for Makani’s airborne wind-power system to take advantage of existing infrastructure and supply chains. this means energy kites can be deployed from small and medium-sized ports around the globe, without the need for specialised vessels or massive cranes. for this recent demonstration at Metcentre in norway, the airframe was transported on a flatbed trailer, and a commonly available mobile boom crane was used to lift the kite onto its perch. in one smooth operation using two coastal tug boats, the kite and spar were installed offshore at a water depth of 220m.

Additional Partners

experience. next steps include additional flights onshore in Hawaii and offshore in norway with a focus on flying in a range of environmental conditions, perfecting landings at sea and refining remote operations. Makani will work with shell to optimise the floating platform and mooring system, minimise the need for personnel to access the kite at sea before or after flight, and connect to the grid. as the concept moves closer to commercialisation, Makani is seeking additional partners to catalyse growth. and is excited to be facing a vast oceanscape of opportunity to bring affordable, floating offshore wind power to people around the globe. i. makanipower.com

In one smooth operation using two coastal tug boats, the kite and spar were installed offshore at a water depth of 220m.

the first offshore flight drew on Makani’s mantra of simplicity, the maturity of the onshore flight testing and shell’s offshore

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Modern Technology, Traditional Values C.u.A. HeideriCH wAs founded exACtly 100 yeArs Ago in 1919 And stArted out As A mAnufACturer of rollers And smAll pulleys, which they still produce today. The company grew over the subsequent years and in the 1960s they started producing steel wire rope sheaves.

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oday, the production of wire rope sheaves is one of the most important product groups, together with bottom hook blocks. The quality of all of Heiderich’s products and the specific production processes are regularly certified by classification societies such as DNV-GL, LRS, ABS, TüV-Nord and others, thus ensuring that the highest standards of quality are constantly maintained. Mr Harald Weissflog, Managing Director of Heiderich, states, “Ensuring the upkeep of these high standards is the foundation of Heiderich’s reputation in the market, as a failure in crucial components, or even an unplanned standstill in lifting equipment, can have severe consequences.”

wire rope groove. This wear indicator, a red dot, is clearly visible and it represents the depth of the maximum admissible wear.

If, for example, the calculations show that the admissible wear of the rim is 4mm, then the wear body is brought to exactly this depth. The material of the wear body is not as hard as the material of the surrounding rim and therefore it wears together with the rim surface. The only action required is to check the wire rope groove in the rim, if the red dot is still present, the sheave is still within the technical tolerances as designed by the maker. If the red dot is not visible any more, it is time to replace the worn-out sheave. Clear, visible marks on the rim indicate the position of the wear body,

WearSafe: a Patented Solution

Harald Weissflog, Managing Director of C.u.A. Heiderich.

Safety and reliability are of the highest priority within the company, as the sheaves and blocks that it produces are often used for lifting high-value goods. In a quest to constantly improve the safety of the owners and operators of heavy lifting equipment, Heiderich has developed a specific major innovation: the patented WearSafe system.

Experts check many aspects of every crane and lifting appliance on a regular basis. The only thing that cannot be assessed is the groove wear on a rope sheave – that is, up until now. To estimate the extent of wear after many hours of operation is very difficult. Investigations in the past have shown that even if you have two cranes operating in the same environment, it does not mean that the sheaves (or other components) on those cranes will experience the same amount of wear. Discussions with customers have lead to the recognition of this as a critical gap in the monitoring of cranes and lifting equipment; the invention of WearSafe has provided the solution.

The patented WearSafe system is very simple.

A red dot is brought into the surface of the wire rope groove as a wear indicator.

A Red Dot

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The production of wire rope sheaves is one of the most important product.

making a visible inspection of the entire rim unnecessary. The advantages are clear: taking measurements is no longer necessary, after inspection there is no need to evaluate oneself and assessment of whether the sheave is within or without tolerance, or how safe or unsafe the sheave might be, is no longer required. The WearSafe system offers a clear status quo of the technical lifetime of the wire rope sheave. Even untrained personnel are able to inspect the wear of the rim and come to a clear conclusion.

The Customers’ Needs

Mr Weissflog, emphasises, “At Heiderich, we believe that you can always make even wellproven products better if you listen carefully to the needs of your customers. We have extensive experience in the design and manufacturing of our products, but it is the customer who is using our products in the

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field, so we must utilise their experiences.”

He continues, “We have a traditional approach, but we are always looking for ways to improve our tailor-made products to serve our customers in the best way possible. This is one of our most important values.”

If the red dot is still present, the sheave is still within the technical tolerances as designed by the maker.

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Digital Services for UKCS Assets OPEX GrOuP has sEcurEd a nEw multi-million-pound contract with cnOOc PEtrOlEum EurOPE fOr diGital sErvicEs acrOss thE cOmPany’s uKcs assEts.

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he three-year contract, with extension options, will see opEX Group roll out its X-paS predictive analysis service on the Buzzard, Golden Eagle and Scott platforms, supporting operations across all topside oil, gas, water and power systems. opEX has delivered digital services for cnooc petroleum Europe limited for the past seven years through its previous contract with the company.

Improved Predictability

the X-paS service has been developed by opEX to help oil and gas operators improve the predictability of offshore operations. combining oil and gas and data science expertise with a range of predictive technologies, the service helps operators to maximise the value of operational data.

opEX collaborates closely with oil and gas facilities’ support teams to capitalise on this existing data and expertise in a way that enables them to act proactively in order to improve production uptime, solve complex problem areas and help reduce maintenance costs.

Notable Shift

chairman and cEo of opEX Group, Jamie Bennett, says, “this new contract with cnooc petroleum Europe is the culmination of several years of close collaboration between our organisations. We are pleased to have extended our scope across the company’s uKcS assets. We have seen a notable shift as the industry is starting to show real commitment to digitalisation, which will undoubtedly bring breakthroughs in productivity and safety by using data to create meaningful insights.” i. opex-group.com

X-PAS the company’s X-paS predictive analysis Service won the 2017 oil & Gas uK award for Business innovation and was shortlisted as a finalist in the 2018 Energy institute awards. X-paS is specifically tailored to the oil & gas industry to help operating companies extract maximum value from their data.

X-paS is a service, not software, as opEX’ expert team of data scientists, data analysts and oil and gas engineers work in close collaboration with their customers as a remote extension of their team, providing data-driven insights that help them solve complex problems, improve production efficiency, reduce maintenance costs and mitigate risk. the X-paS service has three distinct applications: • X-paS Smart production improves the performance of production critical systems, predict threats and vulnerabilities, reduce trips and tackle problem areas.

• X-paS Smart maintenance an extension to the X-paS Smart production service which leverages data science to address specific maintenance challenges and performance opportunities.

• X-paS Smart Behaviours improves offshore safety and reduces incidents by identifying, measuring and proactively managing the risks posed by human behaviour.

With X-PAS, OPEX’ expert team of data scientists, data analysts and oil and gas engineers work in close collaboration with its customers as a remote extension of their team.

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The researchers demonstrated their Piezo-Acoustic Backscatter System in an MIT pool, using it to collect water-temperature and pressure measurements.

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Battery-Free Sensor for Underwater Exploration To invesTigaTe The vasTly unexplored oceans covering mosT of our planeT, researchers are aiming To build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that send data to the surface — an underwater internet of Things. but how to supply constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long durations in the ocean’s deep?

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iT researchers have an answer: a battery-free underwater communication system that uses near-zero power to transmit sensor data. The system could be used to monitor sea temperatures for climate-change study and track marine life over long periods, and even sample waters on distant planets. They recently presented the system at the sigcomm conference, in a paper that has won the conference’s ‘Best Paper’ award.

RFID Tags

The system makes use of two key phenomena. One, called the piezoelectric effect, occurs when vibrations in certain materials generate an electrical charge.

The other is known as backscatter,

a communication technique commonly used for RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, that transmits data by reflecting modulated wireless signals off a tag and back to a reader.

In the researchers’ system, a transmitter sends acoustic waves through water towards a piezoelectric sensor that has stored data. when the wave hits the sensor, the material vibrates and stores the resulting electrical charge. Then the sensor uses the stored energy to reflect a wave back to a receiver — or it doesn’t reflect one at all. Alternating between reflection in that way corresponds to the bits in the transmitted data: for a reflected wave, the receiver decodes a 1; for no reflected wave, the receiver decodes a 0.

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A utomAtion, Control & meA surement teChnology “Once you have a way to transmit 1s and 0s, you can send any information”, says Fadel Adib, an Assistant Professor in the MIT Media Lab and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and founding director of the Signal Kinetics Research Group. “Basically, we can communicate with underwater sensors based solely on the incoming sound signals whose energy we are harvesting.”

Sensing in Extreme Environments

The researchers demonstrated their PiezoAcoustic Backscatter System in an MIT pool, using it to collect water-temperature and pressure measurements. The system was able to transmit 3kb of accurate data per second from two sensors simultaneously at a distance of 10m between sensor and receiver. Applications go beyond our own planet. “The system,” Mr Adib says, “could be used to collect data in the recently discovered subsurface ocean on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.” In June, NASA announced the Dragonfly mission to send a rover to explore the moon in 2026, sampling water reservoirs and other sites. “How can you put a sensor under the water on Titan that lasts for long periods of time in a place that’s difficult to get energy?” says Mr Adib, who co-wrote the paper with Media Lab researcher JunSu Jang. “Sensors that communicate without a battery open up possibilities for sensing in extreme environments.”

Issues with Pollution

Inspiration for the system hit while Mr Adib was watching Blue Planet, a nature documentary series exploring various aspects of sea life. Oceans cover about 72% of Earth’s surface. “It occurred to me how little we know about the ocean and how marine animals evolve and procreate”, he says.

“Internet-of-things (IoT) devices could aid that research, but underwater you can’t use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals … and you don’t want to put batteries all over the ocean, because that raises issues with pollution.”

That led Mr Adib to piezoelectric materials, which have been around and used in microphones and other devices for about

150 years. They produce a small voltage in response to vibrations. But that effect is also reversible: applying voltage causes the material to deform. If placed underwater, that effect produces a pressure wave that travels through the water. They are often used to detect sunken vessels, fish, and other underwater objects. “That reversibility is what allows us to develop a very powerful underwater backscatter communication technology,” Mr Adib explains.

Preventing deformation

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The battery-free sensor was developed by researchers of the Massechetts Institute of Technology.

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The system makes use of two key phenomena. One, called the piezoelectric effect, occurs when vibrations in certain materials generate an electrical charge. The other is known as backscatter, a communication technique that transmits data by reflecting modulated wireless signals off a tag and back to a reader.

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Underwater you can’t use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals.

deforming in response to strain. At the heart of the system is a submerged node, a circuit board that houses a piezoelectric resonator, an energy-harvesting unit, and a microcontroller. Any type of sensor can be integrated into the node by programming the microcontroller. An acoustic projector (transmitter) and underwater listening device, called a hydrophone (receiver), are placed some distance away. Say the sensor wants to send a 0 bit. When the transmitter sends its acoustic wave at the node, the piezoelectric resonator absorbs the wave and naturally deforms, and the energy harvester stores a little charge from the resulting vibrations. The receiver then sees no reflected signal and decodes a 0.

However, when the sensor wants to send a 1 bit, the nature changes. When the transmitter sends a wave, the microcontroller uses the stored charge to send a little voltage to the piezoelectric resonator. That voltage re-orients the material’s structure in a way that stops it from deforming, and instead reflects the wave. Sensing a reflected wave, the receiver decodes a 1.

Long-Term Deep-Sea Sensing

The transmitter and receiver must have power but can be planted on ships or buoys, where batteries are easier to replace, or connected to outlets on land. One transmitter and one receiver can gather information from many sensors covering

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The Ultimate Solution

This might be the ultimate solution for researchers in marine biography, oceanography, or even meteorology. one area or many areas. “When you’re tracking a marine animal, for instance, you want to track it over a long range and want to keep the sensor on them for a long period of time. You don’t want to worry about the battery running out,” Mr Adib says. “Or, if you want to track temperature gradients in the ocean, you can get information from sensors covering a number of different places.” Another interesting application is monitoring brine pools, large areas of brine that sit in pools in ocean basins, and are difficult to monitor longterm. They exist, for instance, on the Antarctic Shelf, where salt settles during the formation of sea ice, and could aid in studying melting ice and marine life interaction with the pools. “We could sense what’s happening down there, without needing to keep hauling sensors up when their batteries die”, Adib says.

Polly Huang, a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Taiwan National University, praised the work for its technical novelty and potential impact on environmental science. “This is a cool idea,” Ms Huang says. “It’s nothing new to use piezoelectric crystals to harvest energy … [but this is the] first time we have seen it being used as a radio at the same time, [which] is unheard of to the sensor network/system research community. Also interesting and unique is the hardware design and fabrication. The circuit and the design of the encapsulation are both sound and interesting.” While noting that the system still needs more experimentation, especially in sea water, Huang adds that “this might be the ultimate solution for researchers in marine biography, oceanography, or even meteorology; those in need of long-term, low-human-effort underwater sensing.”

Next, the researchers aim to demonstrate that the system can work at further distances and communicate with more sensors simultaneously. They are also hoping to test if the system can transmit sound and low-resolution images. The work is sponsored, in part, by the US Office of Naval Research. i. news.mit.edu

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Accelerating Start-Up Schedule for Johan Sverdrup The Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

THE JOHAN SVERDRUP DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS WELL THROUGH THE FINAL STAGES OF PREPARATION FOR OPERATIONS. AS a result, Equinor and its partners Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total are accelerating the planned schedule for production start-up.

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Anders Opedal, Executive Vice President for Technology, Projects & Drilling at Equinor.

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ince the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup project was submitted in 2015, the project has seen both a significant cost reduction as well as an acceleration in the start-up schedule of the large development from late December 2019 to October 2019.

“Around this time last year, we accelerated the expected schedule for production startup of Johan Sverdrup to November 2019.

Now, as we enter the final stretch of the project, we believe it is possible to start production up to one month earlier”, says Anders Opedal, Executive Vice President for Technology, Projects & Drilling at Equinor.

“Being in the position to potentially accelerate first oil for a mega-project like this demonstrates the high quality of execution in the Johan Sverdrup development. This is to a large extent due to the close collaboration with our partners and suppliers since day one in the project”, Mr Opedal continues.

The current focus of the Johan Sverdrup project is on completing the testing of the equipment and systems needed for the full field centre, spanning four platforms and

three interconnected bridges and associated modules, to function and perform as one installation. Assuming all testing can be completed without encountering any issues with critical equipment, start-up of production should be ready to commence during the month of October. “Based on the remaining known scope of work,” Mr Opedal explains, “we are increasingly confident of starting production at Johan Sverdrup soon. At the same time, given the very size of the Johan Sverdrup development, there will always be a risk that we come across unforeseen issues in the final testing phase that end up extending the start-up period. Ultimately, we’ll only start producing when it is safe and prudent to do so.”

After reaching plateau for the first phase of the Johan Sverdrup development, expected during the summer of 2020, Equinor expects operating costs below USD 2 per barrel. The operator also expects cash flow from operations of around USD 50 per barrel in 2020, based on a real oil price of USD 70 per barrel, partly as a result of the phasing of tax payments in the ramp-up phase. The second phase consists of a new process

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Now, as we enter the final stretch of the project, we believe it is possible to start production up to one month earlier. platform, five subsea templates connected to the field centre, and development of the outer areas of the reservoir, and is expected to start up in 4Q 2022. Johan Sverdrup is located on the Utsira Heigh in the North Sea, 160km west of Stavanger. Oil from the field will be piped to the Mongstad terminal in Hordaland. Gas will be transported via Statpipe to the Kårstø processing plant in North Rogaland. The Johan Sverdrup field is electrically powered from shore, placing it among the oil and gas fields with the lowest CO2 emissions in the world. i. equinor.com

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The second phase of Johan Sverdrup consists of a new process platform, five subsea templates connected to the field centre, and development of the outer areas of the reservoir, and is expected to start up in 4Q 2022.

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Energy support services company, Green Marine, already owns two MOD 400 spreader beams and is now looking to add to the range. The company’s Managing Director, Jason Schofield, says, “We are now investigating the use of some of Modulift ’s customdesigned trunnion drop links that can be retrofitted easily to our spreader beams, which makes them an even more useful tool in our rigging store!”

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Survitec and Marine Rescue Technologies’ (MRT) have together created a lifejacket that accommodates and complements a range of MRT personal locator beacons (PLB) and takes advantage of the knowledge of the two companies in their respective fields. The lifejacket – the Seacrewsader 290N sMRT – has been specifically designed to be worn with a Sea Marshall AU9 and sMRT AU10 PLB. A number of features have been incorporated to ensure that both lifejacket and PLB perform in harmony for optimum performance, making it an unbeatable solution for those requiring a SOLAS lifejacket/MRT PLB combination. Based on Survitec’s established SOLAS-standard Seacrewsader 290N 3D, the new Seacrewsader 290N sMRT version, along with MRT’s PLBs, are all approved to SOLAS and other international safety standards. i. survitecgroup.com

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OUTFITTERS Updated Oil-Level Alarm Danish marine safety equipment manufacturer, Daniamant, has recently updated the OLA400 – an oil-level alarm that can detect the presence of potentially damaging oil within a boiler system. The OLA400 is designed to ensure that oil can be detected before it enters the feedwater section, where it would then be heated and cause damage to the boiler. Suitable for retrofits on existing systems, a boiler’s hotwell can easily be equipped with Daniamant’s OLA400, consuming a maximum of 3.5W of power. The system can utilise relays to output an alarm to any central alarm system, providing convenience and functionality. The OLA400 is fully type approved by DNV-GL. i. daniamant.com

New Patents for Key Technologies Upwing Energy has made some intriguing leaps forward in terms of new technology invention in downhole rotating devices, including its Subsurface Compressor System (SCS) and Magnetic Drive System (MDS). The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted seven patents related to Upwing’s SCS, a downhole compressor system, and three patents related to Upwing’s MDS, a reliable and retrievable drive system for downhole pumps. The SCS is a high-speed, downhole compressor system driven by a magnetically levitated permanent magnet (PM) motor that increases gas production and recoverable reserves by enabling greater drawdown close to the well perforations. The MDS is a drive system for electric submersible pumps (ESPs) with hermetically sealed electrical components for greater reliability and a connection-free mechanical string for greater retrievability via slickline. The protector-free design includes a permanent magnet motor that also acts as a magnetic coupling. i. upwingenergy.com

Retail Materials Management Model ASCO has recently completed a collaboration with Equinor, providing a digital solution to the energy industry transforming materials management practice. The co-developed digital solution, iLMS Track and Trace, will facilitate a move away from the traditional energy supply chain model by adopting a modern retail model providing full end-to-end, track-and-trace capabilities for operations, maintenance and production. The new model will allow for real-time material visibility, control and process efficiency in a data and system-driven process environments. The iLMS solution is integrated with Equinor’s ERP system and enhances their business by providing greater functionality, usability, control and simplicity using bar codes and hand-held tablets. Matflo is a DAI-owned logistics automation software which is used throughout the retail industry. i. ascoworld.com

Oil-Cooled Hydraulic Torque Pump HTL Group has announced a further addition to its OEM-Controlled Bolting Product Range. The OilCooled Torque Pump eliminates well-known issues associated with continuous operation in harsh ambient temperatures for all industrial bolting sectors; petro-chemical, rail, construction, oil and gas etc. Downtime caused by overheating can be costly, so a solution to eliminate overheating was sought, with the design focusing on keeping the hydraulic fluid temperature to an optimum range that will permit continuous use. The integral oil cooler utilises lightweight, corrosion-resistant components that guarantee the overall unit remains extremely portable, whilst at the same time ensuring that key critical operating temperatures for seal degradation are not exceeded. i. htlgroup.com

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The Goltens Worldwide group of companies has announced the appointment of Sandeep Seth as President. Mr Seth first joined Goltens in 2002 and has steadily climbed the ranks, serving in positions of progressively increasing responsibility. Mr Seth will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. He has most recently served as the Vice President Asia Pacific and Vice President Finance of Goltens Worldwide.

Wanliang Liang has joined GWEC as the new China Director. As an industry veteran, Mr Liang has been following the Chinese wind market for more than a decade and provided market research and advisory services for the Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing and subsequently for KK Wind Solution and FTI Consulting. Mr Liang will now bring his skills and extended business network in China to GWEC.

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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.

Plates from stock or profiled parts The choice is yours! It is the combination of comprehensive stocks of over 100,000 tons of heavy carbon steel plates plus the sophisticated profiling plant that gives AWS a decisive lead in experience, product range and customer service.

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Cramm HLS BV P.O. Box 186, 9100 AD Dokkum The Netherlands T +31 (0)88 457 0457 F +31 (0)88 457 0458 E info@crammhls.com I www.crammhls.com Contact: Paul Boelens p.boelens@crammhls.com Cramm HLS BV is a sister company of Cramm Yachting Systems (www. cramm.nl). Cramm HLS delivers equipment for safe and secure landing and handling of helicopters. One of the products is the helicopter landing grid (www.heligrid.com), which is used for safe landing in rough conditions.

We also provide helicopter moving systems and deliver hangardoors. Our 60-year anniversary ensures that we offer quality based on our experience.

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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.

Emigreen links science and the market

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.

Delta SubSea 550 Club Dr, Suite 345 Montgomery, Texas 77316, USA T +1936-582-7237 I www.deltasubsea-rov.com Delta SubSea (DSS) is a leading integrated independent provider of ROV Services and Solutions. Delta SubSea’s ROV fleet is focused on solutions for customers in the inspection, repair and maintenance, construction, drilling and decommissioning market segments.

In addition to ROV Services, DSS also provides Subsea Project Management, Subsea Project Support Services, Subject Matter Experts and Client Representation for Diving/ROV/Subsea Construction.

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.

We work in four specialist areas: – Superyachts.

– Commercial shipping.

– Offshore industry.

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DBr BV Lelystraat 53 – NL-3364 AH P.O. Box 1039 – NL-3360 BA Sliedrecht –The Netherlands T +31 (0)184 613 200 F +31 (0)184 612 654 E info@dbr-bv.nl I www.dbr-bv.nl Contact: H.J. Hafkamp DBR BV is the Dutch specialist in diesel and gas generator sets up to 4,000kVA, pumps and diesel pump sets up to 2,000kW in the oil and gas, wind farm, dredging and shipping industry worldwide.

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– Navy vessels.

Our mission is to ensure that the climate ‘indoors’ will perfectly meet the needs of people and products alike, whatever the weather outside. Heinen & Hopman offers a worldwide, 24/7 service via a network of subsidiaries and sales centres.

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.

In our programme there are stainless steel marine pipes and drains, filtration, anti-fouling & cathodic protection, reverse osmosis desalinators (water makers), wastewater treatment, o ffs h o re -i n d u s tr y. e u

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vacuum sanitary systems for yachts, deck equipment (doors & hatches) and watertight sliding door systems.

Our Ship Repair department is specialised in the overhaul of all types of main and auxiliary engines, including attachments i.e. governors, turbochargers, fuel equipment and the sales of spare parts and engines.

We are capable of crankshaft grinding.

Our service is 24/7 worldwide!

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.

For more information please visit www.orga-offshore.nl

PIEnIng PrOPELLEr Am Altendeich 83 D-25348 Glueckstadt Germany T +49 4124 9168-0 F +49 4124 3716 E pein@piening-propeller.de I piening-propeller.de Contact: Mathias Pein o f f s h o r e - i n d u s t r y.eu

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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

rhb stevedoring & warehousing Waalhaven N.Z. 4 3087 BL Rotterdam Portnumber 2157 The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 429 94 33 F +31 (0)10 429 02 61 E office@rhb.nl I www.rhb.nl rhb stevedoring & warehousing is your independent partner for project cargoes, heavy lifts and assisting offshore vessels during mobilisation or demobilisation. Our private terminal with 730 metres quay length is equipped with own shore cranes up to 208 tons. Floating cranes up to 1,500 tons are available.

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rometal B.V. Quarantaineweg 10 3089 KP Rotterdam The Netherlands T +31 (0)10 316 46 00 E sales@rometal.nl I www.rometal.nl Contact: Martijn van Manen We are your partner in delivering all kinds of high-tension (S690, S890 and S960) steel structures and even inclusive electrical and hydraulics, if so required. We can be your turn-key partner in the supply, engineering

and on-board installation of heavy lift equipment, land and offshore wind structures and (de)mobilisations.

Also complete document control according to the class bodies lies in our expertise. With our two facilities we have all disciplines in house to enable us to serve our clients in an efficient and reliable way. We are completely certified according to our customer standard. For more details, please phone us and/or check our website: www.rometal.nl.

Seaway Heavy Lifting Albert Einsteinlaan 50 2719 ER Zoetermeer The Netherlands T +31 (0)79 363 77 00 E bd@shl.nl I www.seawayheavylifting.com Seaway Heavy Lifting is a leading offshore contractor in the global Oil & Gas and Renewables industry, offering tailored T&I and EPCI solutions*.

Seaway Heavy Lifting owns and operates crane vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov, which have a revolving lift capacity of 2,500mt and 5,000mt respectively. * T&I: Transport & Installation, EPCI: Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation

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 joeykim@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.

Wortelboer has been a reliable partner in the shipping industry for more than 50 years. And that is why our customers keep coming back for more.

Do you need anchors and chain cables? Come to WORTELBOER.

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