news in brief Cranes of Sparrows Group to support Qatargas Sparrows Group has secured a contract to manufacture three cranes for Qatargas’ North Field expansion project. The project, awarded through engineering firm McDermott International, will see the firm deliver two of its EC750 cranes for installation on wellhead platforms, as well as an EC1000 crane for a riser platform. North Field is the world’s biggest single non-associated natural gas field, located offshore north-east of the Qatar peninsula. The expansion project includes the development of four new LNG trains and eight wellhead platforms, where 80 new wells will be drilled. The cranes, which will be manufactured to API specification 2C 7th edition, are expected to be completed in Q4 of this year.
KENC successfully wraps up engineering assignments for Jumbo In December 2019, Jumbo awarded KENC with multiple engineering assignments. The scope entailed engineering and FEM calculations to prepare Jumbo’s Fairplayer, a DP2 heavy lift crane vessel, for an FPSO installation job offshore in Brazil. The assignments included the engineering of a 192t gypsy winch grillage and an overboarding tool to handle 120t torpedo piles. FEM calculations were performed on all constructions including the effects on local hull structure. Within four months, KENC successfully delivered all calculations and engineering work to full satisfaction of Jumbo.
i-Tech 7 and Shell collaborate i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s life of field business unit, and Shell International Exploration & Production have entered into a collaborative technology agreement to accelerate subsea digitalisation, initially for a period of five years from the fourth quarter of 2019. The agreement will help fast-track innovation and streamline the adoption of applied technologies in areas such as marine robotics, advanced sensing, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to address the industry’s challenges to improve safety, costefficiency and sustainability.
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