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Advancing Spirit WELCOME TO THE ISSUE! WITH FOCUS AREAS INCLUDING WELL INTERVENTION, DESIGN & ENGINEERING AND SUBSEA TIEBACK YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE’S QUITE SOME INNOVATION featured between the covers of the magazine. Be it new, increased efficiency offshore support vessel concepts or application of technology to improve safe working conditions, each of these subject areas is a perfect showcase of the industry’s pioneering spirit of advancement.

I was reminded of this again when considering the OTC 2015 Spotlight on New technology Award winners. I always find this a particularly interesting award category. Not only does it show us where the industry is headed for the future, but with new technologies being developed as answers to current challenges, it’s also a good indicator of where things are at in the here and now.

A look at this year’s award winners confirms this – there’s everything from technologies that deal with mature and end-of-life sites to those that answer the challenges of exploration of tomorrow’s production sites.

This year’s OTC sees a new Spotlight on New Technology for Small Business Award. Open to companies with less than 300 employees, the award is a clear indication that the spirit of innovation runs throughout the industry, at all levels.

The ability to continually innovate and evolve in the face of an ever-present series of dynamic challenges is a central feature of the offshore industry, but it’s never been more pertinent than it is today. As well as having to deal with the onset of decommissioning in the North Sea and of E&P in far deeper waters, today’s innovations have to cope with falling oil prices.

Thankfully, a consistent characteristic of the new innovations coming through the pipeline is increased efficiency, in terms of time, performance and safety, all of which will certainly help to bring down the total costs of production. To read more about these inovations please see the OTC feature, including a closer look at some Spotlight on New Technology Award winners on pg 19.

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27 Retro-Fit Lift – LWI Operation Restores Production

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14 Wind & Wave – CIG Custom Vessel for Acta Marine 30 Global Explorer – Gusto MSC’s Latest Drillship 55 Bending Down the Cost – Tailored Piping Solution from

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19 OTC 2015 – Looking Ahead to Houston SPECIAL FEATURE

33 Beyond the Call of Duty – DNV GL Accreditation for Triqua Treatment System

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37 Bridging the Gulf – Oceanwide Crew Positions for Increased Offshore Mexican Activity

40 Building Bridges – Improving Cross-Sector QHSE with IMCA 46 Safe Suit – New Helicopter Suit from Viking SUBSEA TIEBACK

49 Kinnoul – Tie-Back Extends BP Field Life

52 Fourth Field – Alveheim Production Increased REGULARS

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On the Cover Equipment for Ceona’s new flagship vessel, the Ceona Amazon, prior to installation at Huisman’s yard in Scheidam, the Netherlands. The vessel has recently secured her first contract. For US-based Walter Oil & Gas Corporation, the Ceona Amazon will install 36km of export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. With the pipeline, a new platform will be tied to existing infrastructure. You can read more on pg 4.

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European Spaceplane Recovered by Heila Crane The recovery operation of the IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle) experimental European spaceplane was performed by ESA after it glided through the atmosphere and landed in the Pacific Ocean. As it descended, the 5m long, 2t craft manoeuvred to decelerate from hypersonic to supersonic speed. Heila’s offshore marine

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In order to meet increasing QHSE demands for operator cabins, Metagro has revised its market approach over the years. Metagro’s 3-step approach – Think (environmental insights and challenges), Do (safety and performance issues) and Make (turnkey result, suitable quality and dedication) – seamlessly fits the growing demand for strategic partners as opposed to ordinary suppliers.

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NEWS IN BRIEF First Rigid Pipelay Project Ceona has secured its first rigid pipelay project for the Ceona Amazon in the Gulf of Mexico for Walter Oil & Gas Corporation. The vessel will be deployed for the Coelacanth Export Pipelines project with the scope of work encompassing the installation of an oil and a gas export line tying the new Coelacanth Platform into existing pipeline infrastructure. Each 10” line will be approximately 11 miles, totalling approximately 36km. The pipelines will each be terminated by two pipeline end termination (PLET) structures installed by the Amazon. All work will be undertaken in a single mobilisation.

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MacGregor’s new training centre at its Aberdeen office delivers specialist skills and competencies to its engineers and customers. Central to the training centre has been the creation of a bespoke, real-time davit training rig, which replicates the operation of onboard work boat and lifeboat launch and recovery davit systems including towing boom operation. By having the training centre, MacGregor will be able to offer highly-skilled personnel and world class service to its customers in the offshore industry with the focus on professional planned maintenance.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

TOPSIDE OFFSHORE’S PRIVATE OFFSHORE GSM NETWORK, COMPRO+, PROVIDES MOBILE COMMUNICATION THROUGH VOICE AND DATA. FIND OUT MORE IN OUTFITTERS STARTING ON PG 59.

Second Jack Up Rig for Greatship Lamprell completed the construction on a further jackup drilling rig, Greatdrill Chaaru and its delivery to Greatship Global Energy Services, within budget and ahead of schedule.

Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track basis and completion was achieved only 18 months after initial steel cutting. The rig will join its sister vessel, the Greatdrill Chaaya. Both rigs are contracted to work for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Indian territorial waters.

CTruk Floats Semi-SWATH Design

CTruk, in collaboration with BMT Nigel Gee, has presented a 26m Semi-SWATH vessel. The company plans to build the proven hull form in advanced composite, giving the enhanced seakeeping benefits of SWATH technology and the load-carrying capacity of a catamaran, alongside increased power and speed gained from weight-saving composite. The design offers significant improvements in motion levels over conventional vessels and, powered by 2 x MTU 12V engines, the composite version of this proven vessel is expected to achieve 25 knots fully loaded (maximum speed 29 knots).

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NEWS IN BRIEF Expansion Into Decommissioning Market Red7Marine Offshore announced its continued expansion into the North Sea decommissioning market.

Decommissioning work will primarily be performed using Red7Marine Offshore’s comprehensive inhouse fleet of assets, which include its newly acquired DP2 saturation diving support vessel the Red7 Alliance. Additional services include the SeaVex seabed excavation system and a fleet of ROVs. Further, with its own quayside premises strategically located in Great Yarmouth, Red7Marine is able to ensure offloading of decommissioned structures for recycling and disposal is performed as efficiently as possible.

Contract for Difference for Neart na Gaoithe Mainstream Renewable Power secured a 15 year Contract for Difference (CfD) from National Grid for its 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, located in the Outer Forth Estuary in the North Sea. The CfD gives the wind farm an inflation-linked strike price for the electricity it produces for a period of 15 years. The wind farm, which was awarded planning consent in October 2014, is expected to be fully commissioned and generating electricity by 2020.

Flexible Pipes for Lula Alto

New Big Lift Agent in Singapore

Technip was awarded a contract from Tupi, a consortium composed of Petrobras Netherland, BG and Galp, for the ongoing development of the Lula Alto field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil. This contract covers the supply of around 200km of flexible pipes and associated equipment, including gas lift, gas and water injection, gas export and production lines. These high technological flexible pipes are designed to meet pre-salt challenges with water depths of up to 2,500m and high pressures.

BigLift Shipping’s new representative for the ASEAN Countries – encompassing Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar – is Asian Independent Shipbrokers.

Combining BigLift’s heavy lift fleet, extensive experience and long track record in the heavy lift market with the young and dynamic team of Asian Independent Shipbrokers will offer the growing South East Asian market a committed and innovative partner for heavy lift transportation.

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WELL INTERVENTION

ROYAL IHC SUPPLYING FULLY INTEGRATED WELL INTERVENTION TOWER TO HELIX SEAWELL

Good Interventions Royal IHC Offshore Systems, in expectation of increasing well intervention activity, has developed a fully integrated intervention tower. The system is purposely designed to tackle the challenging conditions of the North Sea. The first such tower is currently being installed on board Helix Energy Solutions’ vessel, MSV Seawell. Offshore Industry’s Ben Littler talks to Royal IHC Offshore Systems Managing Director Florian van der Broek and Project Lead Engineer Jurgen Zijlmans to find out more.

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he Seawell has served as a pioneer of North Sea well intervention since the 1980s. She has a successful track record of over 650 wells behind her. The new Royal IHC system will imbue the vessel with increased payload handling and lifting height capacities, preparing her for the inevitable increased action in the region in coming years.

Fully Integrated Intevention

The increased capacity is not the only advantage of the Royal IHC tower, however, as Mr Van der Broek explains.

“This is a fully integrated system. Other examples are typically combinations operated independently of each other. In our system, the operator truly has everything controlled within a single process. We have a fully redundant control system with two operator Next Generation positions. All information is presented to The IHC set-up is part of a series of Royal IHC Offshore Systems Managing Director Florian van der Broek the operator on a single, customised upgrades that Seawell is undergoing at screen. Even the control cabin is Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen. After the operated from the tower, whereas on other systems you see it as work, the vessel will return to operations in the North Sea a separate, solitary box.” fulfilling a versatile scope encompassing IMR, well stimulation, The completely integrated nature means improved safety, P&I, handling christmas trees and ROV and diver support. maintenance and ease of operation. It also offers relative Mr Zijlmans explains the idea behind the new tower: “The independence from the vessel. The electricity is supplied from original derrick had the first generation 5” subsea interventional the engine rooms of the vessel, after which the system converts it lubricator (SIL-1). Now, there’s a new third generation tool called into hydraulic power. Aside from this and a few auxiliaries such as SIL 3, much bigger than the original at just over 7”. The new a cooling water connection, the only thing the system requires tower can handle both the SIL-1 and the new SIL-3.” from the vessel is DP. He says this more than doubles the payload capacity for the new A further implication of this integration is that the entire thing equipment, taking it from 40t up to 95t. can be placed on a skidding system and tested in the harbour – “The system’s own capacity is actually 150t, which means there is some spare capacity available for handling christmas trees.” in the perfect conditions.

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“This means that the vessel only has to sail to the well and deploy the SIL, without having to build up separate systems offshore,” says Mr Zijlmans.

Seven-Winch System

Mr Zijlmans explains the workings of the new tower: “In total there are seven winches. There’s a main hoist system, which is capable of doing the toughest job – handling the 150t payload. It features an active heave compensator to ensure safe deployment.

“Then there is a guideline system consisting of four separate winches – that is also active heave compensated – and a podline to control the SIL umbilical.

Last, but not least, there are two cursor winches that provide the control of the SIL when it is inside the tower structure or the moon pool. The SIL is connected mechanically to these cursors, which remain in the moon pool when the SIL is deployed to the seabed.”

In-House Development

Aside from the wire, the entire system is produced in-house by Royal IHC. “The basic and detailed design, material procurement and fabrication – the entire scope,” says Mr Zijlmans.

Royal IHC has provided all the individual components separately to previous projects, but this is the first time the entire system has been mobilised. It originated as part of an R&D project that the company conducted in the expectation of a growing well intervention market – something that Mr Van der Broek says is already being seen. “It’s driven by the need for higher output from existing wells via the most efficient means. It’s a niche, highly specialised market that is growing in need and, therefore, demand.”

Good Prospects

It’s likely then that there will be more calls for the Royal IHC tower before too long. With the company having developed the system for the rigorous conditions of the North Sea, there is every opportunity for it to be more widely applied.

“The system is designed to be able to cope with significant wave heights of 5m and water depths of up to 500m – the conditions you find West of Shetland,” says Mr Van der Broek. “What this

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implies is, the system can also be installed on vessels operating in less challenging arenas – for example, West Africa.”

There would be some slight modifications required to customise the set-up to the specifications of the vessel to which it was outfitted. For example, the tower design would have to be aligned to the vessel’s sea-keeping behaviour.

Similarly, greater water depths could also be achieved with slight modifications to the main hoist, though this would impact on the payload capacity.

Keeping Contact

Royal IHC’s service provision will continue once Helix has taken delivery of the new well intervention system. “We will be preparing the vessel’s crew for the use of the new tower, familiarising them with the system and providing training,” says Mr Van der Broek. “Besides this, we have a service agreement with Helix so we will be overseeing the maintenance of the tower and ensuring its continued smooth operation.” i. www.royalihc.com i. www.helixesg.com

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Wind & Wave CIG DESIGN CUSTOM WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSEL FOR ACTA MARINE

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ollowing CIG Shipbuilding’s design and engineering of the vessel, Acta Marine’s latest fleet addition is now under construction at the Partner Stocznia shipyard in Police, Poland. To meet the demanding conditions of a construction project in the North Sea, far from shore, CIG has designed a vessel for optimal crew comfort and increased uptime.

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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSEL, TO BE NAMED ACTA ORION. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING delivery later this year, the vessel will go on charter with Van Oord. Offshore Industry’s Ben Littler discussed the vessel with Acta Marine Managing Director Govert Jan van Oord and

Mr Van Oord says he is extremely pleased with the progress of the vessel to date. “We selected CIG for a number of reasons – one of which was the tight time frame. We needed the vessel to be ready in time to go

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to work on the Gemini Wind Farm construction project.”

The construction of Gemini is already underway, with Van Oord’s Aeolus carrying out the installation of turbine foundations 85km from the coast of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands.

“We were confident that CIG would be able to execute a timely project – from engineering and design through to construction and delivery – that would meet all the requirements for a high standard vessel. So far everything has gone perfectly, everything is completely on schedule and the vessel will be delivered in September this year.”

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North Sea Specific

“The vessel is a customised design, based on CIG’s 6000 GC-E,” says Mr Van Oord. Like the 6000 GC-E, the Acta Orion is 108m in length with a beam of 16m. She has additional installed power and more propellers than the standard 6000 GC-E however, meaning that she will be able to use her DP2 in a higher wave and wind range.

Acta Marine has worked closely with CIG on the design, developing a vessel that meets the tough requirements of working for extensive periods in the North Sea, far from shore.

“The vessel’s design has been tested according to MARIN (Marine Research

Institute Netherlands) specifications for comfort,” Mr Van Oord states. “This is for reasons of safety above everything else. If the vessel is comfortable then the crew is going to be able to start work feeling alert and sharp so they can focus on their work.

We were looking for a vessel that was designed specifically with the conditions of the North Sea in mind.”

Size Matters

Mr Sickler explains the way in which the required high comfort levels have been achieved. “What is comfort at sea? Is it comfortable at sea? It is on this vessel,” he states. “We did a lot of research and

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we found that a vessel could be tuned to the typical wave spectra data of the North Sea area. We are under the impression that size does matter – if you have the right size, the right weight and the right stability you minimise the rolling of the vessel and increase uptime.”

Mr Van Oord points out that the 75 POB accommodation is focussed on ensuring crew comfort for extended periods of time.

“The vessel will feature large North Sea standard rooms and minimised sound and vibration levels.

“This is important as the crew will be on board for 14 days, after which they will rotate with a replacement crew for the following two weeks,” he says.

He envisages that the vessel will typically remain at sea for the same period of time.

“There may be some transfer by crew boats, but I imagine that the vessel will usually transport the crew. This will allow the vessel the chance to return to port and re-stock on equipment and supplies.”

For loading and unloading, the Acta Orion will feature a 24t deck crane from Lagendijk.

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compensated walkway to transfer the crew and equipment to wind turbine foundations from the vessel.

“The design features two boat landings for crew transfer vessels, but the principal method of transfer is going to the be the walkway, which will be far more comfortable for those aboard,” Mr Van Oord explains.

This is especially the case because of a unique feature of the CIG design – the walkway system is positioned on the aft of the vessel, instead of the more usual location in the middle.

“Because we have a vessel that doesn’t move as much, this is possible,” relates Mr Sickler. “If you have your transfer system at the aft, then the vessel is more free to choose her heading relative to wind and wave. If your transfer system is in the middle of the vessel then you have to be alongside the platform. If you are broadside to wind and wave then you use a lot of energy station keeping. But if your vessel is larger, like this one, then you can choose a different location. This also means that, if you are in maneuvering mode and the vessel is indeed with the bow into the waves and wind, then comfort on board is maintained as rolling is kept to a minimum.

Cable Connect

As soon as the vessel is delivered, she will begin her charter at Gemini supporting Van Oord’s new cable-layer vessel, Nexus, as Mr Van Oord explains. “Nexus will lay the cables at the wind farm and, following that, this vessel will be required to accommodate the crew who will work from the turbine foundation, connecting the cables for Gemini.” i. www.actamarine.com i. www.centralindustrygroup.com

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TRADE SHOW PREVIEW

ADVANCING WITH A UNITED FRONT

OTC 2015 IT’S ALMOST OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (OTC) TIME AGAIN. THIS YEAR’S EVENT HAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW CONSIDERING THE SUCCESS OF 2014. Last year, OTC achieved the highest turnout in the event’s 46-year history with 108,300 visitors. This was up 3.3 percent on 2013’s 104,800. Not only did last year’s Conference see OTC’s largest ever footfall, it also created its largest ever footprint, covering 207,271m2 up from 198,785m2 a year previous.

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presentations, Distinguished and Spotlight Award winners, as well as thousands of displays of the latest new technology at the exhibition, continues to demonstrate the power of collaboration from our member engineering and geoscience societies and trade organisations moving the offshore oil & gas industry forward safely, sustainably

and with due consideration of environmental protection.”

International Interest

Altogether in 2014, 2,568 companies exhibited at OTC, from 43 different countries. This figure included 163 new exhibitors.

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We have developed a range of dedicated wind farm support vessels from Fast Crew Boats and Shoalbusters to Wind Farm Maintenance Barges and cable layers. We see innovation as the key to success.

Our aim? Optimising energy efficiency without compromising on performance and reliability.

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TRADE SHOW PREVIEW

The international nature of the Houstonbased event is demonstrated by the fact that 44 percent of exhibitors were from outside the US. Visitors to the show comprised 120 different nationalities.

Top-ranking participants were companies from countries such as Norway, Mexico, Nigeria, China, Brazil, the UK and the Netherlands.

Competitive Collaboration

The year’s event is taking place 4-7 May at Houston’s NRG Park and promises to be even bigger than last year.

As well as the chance to see an unparalleled array of new innovations on display and to network with service providers from across the international industry, there will also be top-class presentations offering advice on how the latest technologies can help deliver the best results – something that is more important than ever in the face of the current value of oil.

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Discovery provides data without production interruption, identifies hydrate, wax, asphaltene or scale and gives results in real time.

Having completed hundreds of deep water scans Discovery is now field proven.

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The Versacutter provides a fundamentally new way of cutting through offshore platform piles and well conductors at a depth of up to 6m below the mudline. The Versacutter delivers a long reciprocating cutting wire below the mudline by jetting, with the wire continuously cutting through the piles and conductors.

Booth number: 2577

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The 2015 technical programme will focus on collaboration between competitors; technology advances for challenging environments; health, safety and the environment; future thinking and more.

The Next Big Thing

This year OTC has announced a new event taking place after the main show has ended on 8 May. d5 will aim to bring together the best thinking and creativity from inside and outside the E&P industry. It will create an environment where innovation and inspiration can occur so that the biggest challenges confronting the industry today, as well as those that will challenge it tomorrow, can be addressed.

Spotlight on New Technology

OTC’s Spotlight on New technology is designed as a platform to highlight exhibitors’ latest innovations. This year seventeen technologies are to receive awards.

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The Welltec Annular Barrier (WAB) is an expandable, metal annular barrier engineered and qualified to replace cement in well construction. Its rugged design, qualified to ISO V0 meeting regulatory standards, has been utilised as a cementless, primary well barrier to prevent surface annular pressure over the life of the well.

Booth number: 3117

WiSub’s innovative subsea connector system eliminates the pins from subsea wet-mate connectors with a solution based on solidstate electronics, providing increased mating cycles, reduced operational cost and increased reliability of subsea connections. The Maelstrom connector applies inductive coupling for power transfer and patented microwave communication methods for 100Mbps data rates.

Booth number: 5241

Fishbones Dreamliner defines a new level of simplicity, accuracy, and efficiency in reservoir stimulation. Dreamliner increases productivity by creating an array of targeted small diameter laterals into formations.

Numerous laterals are individually but simultaneously drilled by harnessing fluid flow through turbines utilising standard rig pumping equipment and existing wellbore fluid.

Booth number: 5241

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Additionally, for the first time, there is a new category, the Spotlight on New Technology Small Business Award, for independent and not-for-profit businesses with less than 300 employees.

Winners will be presented with their awards on 4 May in the NRG Center Rotunda Lobby at 16:00 hours.

“Our Spotlight Award winners embrace OTC’s mission to advance technical knowledge of offshore developments and environmental matters,” said Spotlight Award Committee Chairman Steve Balint.

“And with the creation of the Small Business Awards, we are recognising the fact that companies both big and small are developing innovative technologies and creative solutions to meet the world’s energy demands.”

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WELL INTERVENTION

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CLEARLY VISION IO MUDCAM ENABLES CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT IN MUD-FILLED WELLS

WITH A COMBINATION OF BEST-IN-CLASS DIGITAL IMAGERY COMPONENTS AND ADVANCED IMAGE OPTIMISATION ALGORITHMS, VISION IO HAS DEVELOPED THE WELLCAM platform as a next generation range of well interventional cameras for the oil & gas industry. Within the range is the MudCAM, which makes it possible to carry out visual inspections in wells filled with contaminated fluids.

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he MudCAM idea was borne out of a P&A conference at Sola in Norway in 2012,” says Vision iO Sales and Marketing Manager Erik Johannessen. Here, BP had a presentation featuring a wish list for future tools. On the list was something to enable visual inspection of mud-filled wells.

Coffee Break-Through

The presentation set Vision iO’s André Hognestad thinking. He went back to the office and put some ideas to paper.

“After the conference he carried out some initial tests with coffee acting as the contaminated fluids and heavy brine to flush the area requiring inspection,” explains Mr Johannessen. Following the initial experiments, Vision iO presented the idea to BP, which led to a joint venture, including participation from Demo 2000, towards the development of a new product.

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WELL INTERVENTION

One of the Family

The MudCAM takes its features from a Vision iO development project that was already underway at the time of the presentation. “The cameras themselves were already under development as part of our WellCAM project,” states Mr Johannessen. The WellCAM platform consists of several camera versions for different well intervention applications.

Included in this are a Slickline version with the capability to record for up to 24 hours, a Fiber Line form which uses a fibre optic slickline to offer live HD footage, E-Line for standard intervention with low bandwidth control images and full resolution images stored in camera and CoilCAM for intervention with fibre optic coiled tubing.

Now I Can See Well

The difference with MudCAM is its ability to open a window in contaminated fluids that otherwise create low visibility.

Mr Johannessen explains how the system works: “The system consists of a bailer containing the camera and a clear liquid. At the rear of the bailer there is a Welltec PST pump and at the front a rupture disc.

“The window is created by pumping well fluid into the back of a piston in the bailer, separating the clear fluid from the well fluid.

The increased pressure makes the rupture disc break and allows the fluid to eject.

The piston also pushes the camera out of the bailer to capture the images.”

Playback 3D

The images are then recorded in a specially designed piece of software – the Wellviewer. “The Wellviewer allows playback of recorded data. It uses the wide angle 185° field of viewed images to create a 3D image. This allows the operator to pan, tilt or zoom within the recorded data.”

The visual data is also stored with depth information so that it is easy to source required images recorded at a particular depth.

International Appeal

R&D for the MudCAM took just 2 years from Mr Hognestad’s conception to the first successful test. Mr Johannessen says that Vision iO has already seen a lot of enthusiasm for the product since displaying it at exhibitions. Notably, interest comes from Norwegian and British companies on the North Sea and a number of companies in the Arabian Peninsula. i. www.visionio.com

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WELL INTERVENTION

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LWI OPERATION RESTORED NORTH SEA PRODUCTION

WHEN A WELL OPERATED BY PREMIER OIL IN THE UK NORTH SEA UNEXPECTEDLY CEASED PRODUCTION, THE COMPANY UNDERTOOK A SUBSEA WELL INTERVENTION CAMPAIGN. PRODUCTION HAD ceased following suspected failure of the artificial lift system. Premier approached PTC who came up with a solution involving deployment of an Interwell straddle with the PTC Go-Lift Straddle sub and Safelift IPO and orifice valve that could be installed from a light well intervention vessel.

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he Brenda D3 well (block 15/25b) is a gas-lift oil producer located in the UK Central North Sea, 200km northeast of Aberdeen. Part of the Balmoral area, along with the Balmoral, Nicol and Sterling fields, the Brenda manifold connects to the existing Balmoral FPV facility, 8.5km away, via 10” and 6” gas-lift lines. Gas-lift compression was installed on Balmoral to maintain production on the Brenda and Nicol fields, to counteract water production or to act as a contingency for subsea pump availability.

Planning Ahead

The gas-lift failing is indicative of the challenge involved in designing such a system for a new well, with the inherent range of technical uncertainties.

“Getting the right completion design is particularly important for subsea wells where the cost of intervention is prohibitive. Reservoir models aim to provide accurate performance prediction to aid completion designs, but they too present some risk of uncertainty” says Murray Emslie, well integrity engineer at Premier.

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WELL INTERVENTION

Running the retrievable straddle packer solution with PTC’s GO-Lift gas-lift system helped optimise production.

Because of this, it is quite common, after several years of production, to encounter significantly different reservoir and well conditions than were predicted at the time of the original well completion and artificial lift designs. This is especially the case as the gas lift is often not required until later in the life of the well.

“Whilst gas lift valves have an impressive reliability record, they can fail and this necessitates retrieval in order to optimise well performance or to reinstate integrity.”

Optimising Solution

When production ceased at Brenda D3, analysis of the well performance data suggested that one or more of the existing gas-lift valves were inoperable and in addition to the discrepancy with the valve depths specified on the original well completion design it was not ideal.

The original (Non PTC) gas lift design, consisting of two IPO unloader valves and an operating valve, maintained production via continuous gas-lift injection through the top IPO unloader valve only. This represented a sub-optimal solution, as Mr Emslie explains. “The top IPO unloader valve either blocked or failed and was unable to inject lift-gas.”

Retro & Retrievable

PTC’s scope of work involved the provision of detailed life of field gas-lift design and PTC GO-Lift Straddle sub and Safelift Gas Lift Valves for the well.

PTC developed a solution with Interwell that could be deployed from the Island Offshore light well intervention vessel, which Premier had contracted for the operation. Several attempts to change out the suspected failed gas-lift valves were made. However, in the end it proved easier and more efficient to retro-fit an Interwell straddle and PTC GOLift Straddle sub and Safelift IPO unloader valve and operating valve in the tubing between SPMs – at the depths specified by the PTC gas-lift design.

“The PTC Go-Lift Gas Lift Sub installed in a straddle proved the best solution,” states Ross Cooper, sales engineer at PTC. “In order for this to take place, a retrievable straddle was first deployed. This was used to isolate the upper gas-lift valve. The tubing was punched immediately above the upper

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SPM before the retrofit lift straddle was deployed.”

Addressing the Challenge

Retrievable straddle packers are commonly used to isolate water and/or gas production in the sandface completion or to reinstate well integrity in the upper completion.

However, when applying a retrievable gaslift straddle packer, several challenges have to be addressed.

“You have to consider such things as the total length of the straddle required, surface rig-up height limits, wellbore restrictions, differential pressure requirements, wellbore temperatures and reservoir fluid properties.”

Safe & Successful

Overall, though, the solution proved to be the most effective option, as Elliot Kinch, Business Development Manager at Interwell points out. “Premier performed a safe and successful LWI operation, bringing the well back onto full production, with all well intervention objectives achieved. Running the retrievable straddle packer solution with PTC’s GO-Lift gas-lift system helped optimise production and saved the need for a more costly rig-based production tubing workover.” i. www.interwell.com i. www.ptc.as i. www.premier-oil.com

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DESIGN & ENGINEERING

GUSTOMSC INTRODUCES MAGELLAN-CLASS DRILL-SHIP

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THE MAGELLAN-CLASS DRILLSHIP BRINGS A DISTINCTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE MARKET. IT UTILISES THE DESIGN FEATURES OF A GUSTOMSC INDEPENDENTLY DESIGNED DRILLSHIP, a characteristic appearance, flexibility to meet current market demands and readiness for new and emerging drilling technologies. The design also improves on current capacities in terms of autonomy, redundancy, safety and load-carrying capacity.

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ew drilling techniques and developments in drilling equipment prompted GustoMSC’s new class of drilling vessel. “But the most important motivation for developing a new drillship was the growing interest in units that could drill in deeper water and have more operational flexibility and capability,” says Sjoerd Hendriks, Design Manager of the Magellan project. “We also receive feedback on our existing products and, of course, we learn from the industry in general. “

Good Pedigree

Mr Hendriks points to the Macondo incident in 2010, for example. “There were many recommendations concerning operational procedures and rig design – with an emphasis on safety. We naturally wanted to incorporate that information into the new design.”

The Magellan is the largest drillship GustoMSC has designed to date. The vessel consists of the proven design principles of its predecessors: the main layout and handling principles are the same as those of the P10,000 rig, the principles of integration for enlarging deck areas are derived from the compact Qdrill and the entire integrated design solution is still inspired by the Pelican-class drillships.

Forward Steps

One important step forward is that the Magellan is equipped for 20,000psi well- control systems, including the associated increases in capacity, such as high hook loads and a large setback capacity. Pressures of 15,000psi are customary on the current drilling vessels.

Magellan’s ability to accommodate higher pressure, high variable loads, mud volumes and setback capacities and incorporate any type of advanced drilling techniques – such as managed pressure drilling and dual gradient systems – means it is equipped to drill well beyond the current market limit of 12,000ft. Dimitris Chalkias, Lead Naval Architect of the Magellan design team: “It’s fairly simple to equip this drillship for a water depth of 15,000ft. The ease with which our vessels can be upgraded is a characteristic of our designs that is of great benefit to owners.”

Another popular requirement that the Magellan satisfies is that of a large workable deck area on board. “We achieve this by integrating the hull and mission equipment in a highly efficient manner, drawing on the intelligent design solutions of our previous drilling vessels,” Chalkias explains. “Clients really appreciate such

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abundant flexible space, since not all the equipment stays on board permanently and fitment varies depending on operations.”

Reduced Footprint

The rig accommodates enhanced powergeneration configurations, increasing power and thruster capacity in emergency situations, thus providing a safer platform during operations. In addition, it supports a reduced environmental footprint.

João Mendonça Santos, one of GustoMSC’s drillship professionals, explains: “The drilling vessel has large drain tanks and space for cutting storage to minimise impact on the environment.”

Allocated thruster spaces are designed to be equipped with the GustoMSC thruster retrieval system. A thruster of any make or type can be fitted in a dedicated designed canister. The thrusters can be retracted to above the base line to reduce resistance in long ocean voyages, increasing speed and/or saving fuel.

The racks are hull-mounted, and can be extended above the main deck, enabling the thruster to be retrieved from there. “This is a cost-saver,” Mr Mendonça Santos explains.

“Because maintenance such as thruster replacement can be performed on site, losses of day rates are prevented, and dry-docking costs saved.”

Central Control

Besides the improved availability of electrical power, the unit supports both increased separation between ventilation openings and separation from the hazardous areas. The Magellan also has independently powered fireextinguishing facilities. Enhanced fire insulation and explosion protection measures may be incorporated without affecting the efficiency of the drilling operations on board.

The deck area available on the Magellan design enables emergency response equipment spreads to be accommodated on the ship, and the increased mud volume gives greater independence in critical well operations. Overall safety is further improved with capacity for 20,000psi well-control systems and two full eight-ram BOP stacks. To ensure a properly coordinated response during incidents, the platform is equipped with an integrated central control room with a clear view over the drilling plant. i. www.gustomsc.com

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TRIQUA MEMBRANE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SECURES DNV GL ACCREDITATION

Beyond the Call of Duty TRIQUA HAS RECENTLY SECURED A DNV GL ACCREDITATION FOR ITS LATEST MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM EMPLOYS THE NEW MEMTRIQ MARINE Membrane Bioreactor technology. The certification demonstrates that the system goes beyond the most recent IMO and MARPOL regulations. Triqua’s Arie Baljeu talks to Offshore Industry’s Ben Littler about a system suitable for use in specially designated areas where the highest possible environmental standards apply.

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Thanks to a close cooperation Triqua realised the project in good time.

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he first unit was successfully fitted, during a short time window, to a drilling rig destined for operations in the Kara Sea in the Russian Arctic. This region, like several others, including parts of the Caspian Sea and the Bothic Gulf in the Baltic Sea, is one where the authorities are applying the rigid standards of MARPOL 73/78.

Special Coverage

“Previously our systems were built to the standards of the certification based on IMO MEPC 155(59), but our clients are asking that our systems are suitable for so-called ‘special areas’. For that we needed certification based on IMO resolution MEPC227(64), as described in MARPOL 73/78,” explains Mr Baljeu.

This documentation covers all discharges from a vessel or platform, be they to the air or into the sea. Under this, things such as CO2, bilgewater and sewage must be minimised.

Speedy Delivery

The order for the first of these MBRs was awarded to Triqua last year, for the drilling rig West Alpha. The system was required to treat human wastewater at a rate of 30m3/day.

“We produce many types of MBR installation – for household, chemical and industrial wastewater. For offshore we scale them to the amount of people on board. This time, however,

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we used a standard unit as the capacity is in demand on a platform, where there are lots of people!”

The system had to be realised swiftly as the platform was due in the yard within five months of the initial order.

Additionally, a grease removal and intermediate pump system was installed in one of the platform legs from where the galley water is transferred to the MBR situated in another leg.

Mr Baljeu says, “Thanks to a close cooperation between the rig owners, the yard, PIA Laboratories and DNV GL, Triqua realised the project in good time and the first unit was in service towards the beginning of July.”

Confirmed Flexibility The system is constructed with robust and proven technologies in combination

with a flexible design.

The heart of the system is the MemTriq Membrane Bioreactor, in which nitrification and denitrification occurs.

Waste water is pumped from the waste water collection tanks and from the grease trap, towards the pre-treatment unit and into the bioreactor. Here, microorganisms convert the organic compounds into CO2 and H2O and nitrogen into harmless nitrogen gas and biomass with oxygen and anoxic compartments.

Oxygen is dissolved into the bioreactor by means of fine bubble aerators located at the bottom of the reactor.

By means of simultaneous precipitation with ferrous chloride, phosphorous is removed.

The biomass mixture is continuously circulated through a membrane

filtration unit that consists of several ultra-filtration membrane modules, penetrable to water and dissolved compounds, but retaining biomass and other suspended matter.

As most dissolved compounds are degraded and removed from the biomass the membrane filtered water is almost free from organic pollution and hygienically safe.

As Mr Baljeu says, “One of the benefits to the system – aside from the confidence in knowing that any discharge at sea will be in accordance with maritime law – is that the water can be reused on board.”

Front Line

Once treated the water is pumped into a clean water buffer tank, suitable for re-use as technical grade water.

The debris and excess biomass produced by the system is collected in a sludge buffer tank for more treatment or onshore disposal.

Mr Baljeu is confident in the future of his company’s new product.

“There are not too many producers of MBR type systems currently as the standards have only recently come into force.

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OCEANWIDE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR QUARTER OF A CENTURY, OPERATING FROM ITS HOUSTON OFFICE. THE COMPANY HAS AN ENVIABLE TRACK RECORD IN PROVIDING maritime and construction crews to the onshore and offshore energy industry. Recently, the opening up of the Mexican energy sector to private and foreign companies has increased opportunities in the region. Offshore Industry’s Ben Littler speaks to Oceanwide’s Theo Nieboer to find out more about international expansion and QHSE. WORDS BY BEN LITTLER

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Shipyards and offshore maintenance and supply chain companies are amongst other businesses in the area providing the infrastructure for the Gulf of Mexico oil & gas industry.

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Oceanwide’s US-based staff, under the supervision of John Ford, Director Oceanwide America, are very experienced in organising the necessary OCS-BI Visa required for work in US waters.

“Our staff in our US offices have the expertise and know-how necessary to obtain

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End of Monopoly

At the same time as expanding its US profile, Oceanwide has increased its Mexican footprint. Until late last year, access to the Mexican market had been limited for private businesses and those from outside the country. The state-owned energy company, Petróleos Mexicanos or Pemex had enjoyed a monopoly on the industry since 1938 when the state expropriated all private, energy-based, business.

The opening up of the market came when the government perceived a benefit in bringing in foreign companies with additional skills and technology that could serve to further develop the domestic industry.

Getting a Lift-Up

McDermott recently completed a platform installation project in the Gulf of Mexico using its Derrick Barge 50 (DB50) and an Oceanwide crew.

“We provided welders, riggers and scaffolders for the preparation of the project – welding, painting and construction at sea,” states Mr Nieboer.

The project included the heavy-lift of a 3,250t jacket – the heaviest lift executed by the DB50 to date. Following the successful installation, McDermott was awarded several projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

Increasing Presence

Oceanwide has long had a presence in Mexico, though they had not previously

opened a full office. “Our office there was for pay roll – so that we could deal with taxes and insurances for employees working on Mexican projects.

“Projects we delivered in the past include, for example, work for Technip where we supplied 30 - 40 scaffolders and welders at a time. Projects that lasted anything between 6 weeks and 6 months. Sometimes there has been a year where we didn’t do a project in Mexico, but the last 2 years it’s been picking up very well and that’s why we decided to open a full office. This is an opportunity for us – the market is good.”

Overcoming the Challenge

Of course, already being established in the country meant that Oceanwide was well placed to take advantage of the regime changes when they finally came. However, Mr Nieboer states that it has still been something of a challenge.

“It’s a small set-up and you don’t have it on a short line all the time. Then there’s the language barrier – everything has to be translated into Spanish. Things can be quite bureaucratic in Mexico; you have to pass through a lot of legal offices. It’s certainly not as easy as working in the EU, but the opportunities are there so you just have to get over it.”

Comparably High Standard

At least, he says, the market is already well developed with its own high standards. “The QHSE standards in the North Sea and in the US are comparable. The Mexican ones are based, more or less, on the US’ Safe Gulf standards. ” Training to meet these requirements is provided by Oceanwide in cooperation with the client. “Most of the employees are from Asia; Malaysia, Thailand or the Philippines,” he says. “There are some very good welders

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from these countries. They are tested according to 6GR every 6 months.

“Additionally, we get them to come in, normally 2 days before project commencement, to run through all the safety procedures and familiarise them with the vessel.

“Of course, having been active in Mexico for so long we also have access to a large number of highly skilled Mexican workers in addition to those coming from Asia, with both construction and maritime capabilities.”

Prime Position

Mr Nieboer is thoroughly aware that recent drops in the price of oil mean that the new office is opening at a challenging time, but, he says, Oceanwide is in as good a position as it can be, considering the circumstances.

“Though there will very likely be postponements to drilling projects, right now we are more active on the construction side of things. There are construction projects already scheduled for the next 3 - 5 years.” i. www.oceanwidecrew.com

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MATTERS OF SAFETY ARE A KEY FEATURE IN ANY OFFSHORE OPERATION. FOR THE RELATIVE NEWCOMERS TO THE SCENE – THE OFFSHORE RENEWABLES INDUSTRIES – THERE IS SOMETHING OF A LEARNING CURVE. HOWEVER, THOSE WITHIN THESE FIELDS ARE ABLE TO DRAW UPON THE EXPERIENCES AND YEARS OF GOOD PRACTICE within the oil & gas arenas. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) represents companies from both the offshore oil & gas and marine renewables industries. For Offshore Industry IMCA CEO Chris Charman talks about breaking down the barriers between the respective offshore sectors and making the industry safer across the board.

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t’s always rewarding when you are sitting on a platform listening to another speaker and able to nod along in total agreement with what they have just said; but even better when you are tempted to leap to your feet to shout “hurrah, that’s what we’re doing”. I had one of those moments in the opening plenary session of the IMCA Annual Seminar, held in London in November, which attracted 520 delegates from 30 countries, but managed to restrain myself!

Driving the Economy

It was something that Judith Hackitt, Chair of the UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) said. Not only was she extremely supportive of the work that IMCA has been, and is, doing, but she spoke of the need to break down the barriers between sectors such as offshore oil and gas and offshore renewables – and that is something that we at IMCA are well aware of and working on, for we have members involved with both industries.

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Collectively our members employ some 350,000 people and have an annual turnover of around USD150 billion. They work in all the world’s major offshore areas, delivering large offshore oil and gas projects and, increasingly, marine renewables projects around the globe that, quite literally, fuel the global economy. Our role as their trade association is to collect, collate and distil members’ knowledge into universally applicable technical guidelines aimed at improving safety (with zero incidents being the ‘holy grail’) and efficiency.

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We have an active renewable energy workgroup which sees us not only having a good relationship with HSE, but also working with the G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association, and organisations such as EWEA, RenewableUK, the National Workboat Association and the Carbon Trust (on their wind accelerator programme).

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Twin Goals

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IMCA Safety materials have been designed ... to move forward the [goal] of zero incidents. online. Transfer of such guidance from the oil and gas industry to the offshore renewables sectors is designed to produce the same results, meaning no ‘reinvention of the guidance wheel’ is required. We were pleased to work with G9 and the Energy Institute on their recently published ‘The safe management of small service vessels used in the offshore wind industry’.

We’re not stopping there though, far from it. Our renewable energy workgroup, chaired by Alan MacLeay of Seaway Heavy Lifting, has a very active work programme, which includes the competence framework for the crew of small workboats, which will be published in early 2015; and a workboat crew personal logbook which will be released to coincide with the competence framework.

The workgroup is also working with our ROV and Diving committees on high level guidance on the design and risk management approaches to diving and ROVs for offshore renewables developers; and we will also be working with RenewableUK on a new guidance document for the role of the Marine Warranty Surveyor.

Safe Ships

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the CMID an integral part of the process of the ship safety and environmental protection management system, which is a requirement of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. This places legally binding responsibilities on companies, owners, contractors and vessel masters and crew for safety, and environmental protection management.

The Marine Inspection Document for Small Workboats (MISW - IMCA M 189) has been part of the review. Additionally, it has been recognised that the CMID needs to apply to vessels 25m and over as well as the +500GRT, leaving the MISW to apply to those less than 500GRT and 25m in length.

IMCA is also working with the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) to introduce an accreditation scheme for vessel inspectors/auditors using the CMID system.

Cross-Media Guidance Effective sharing of marine construction experience, safe methods of working and recommended practice for offshore installations are vital for offshore renewables projects anywhere in the world. IMCA documents, safety cards and DVDs of particular relevance include, but are not limited to, the following: • Guidelines for lifting operations • Mooring practice safety guidance for offshore vessels when alongside ports and harbours • Guidance on the transfer of personnel to and from offshore vessels and structures • IMCA Safety Pocket Cards including: Toolbox talks, Working at height, Workplace safety selfassessment, Keep your eyes on safety, Hazard identification • IMCA DVDs: Working at height, Risk assessment, Toolbox talks, Working in confined spaces; and our latest ‘In the Line of Fire’

Safety is Paramount

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Statistics published mid-2014 showed that lost time injury frequency rates (LTIFR) had dropped to the lowest figure since IMCA began collecting data. We cannot afford to be complacent and our challenging work programme on behalf of member companies shows how seriously the ‘zero incidents’ goal is taken; and we will continue to strive to lower LTIFRs across the offshore industries. i. www.imca-int.com

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“WHEN IT COMES TO PASSENGER SUITS FOR HELICOPTER TRANSFER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMONLY USED MATERIALS AND FEATURES THAT ARE WELL SUITED TO THE task,” says Jens Peter Kruse, Vice President, Personal Protective Equipment Viking Life-Saving Equipment. “We’ve taken this into account with our new suit and we’ve made a tremendous number of comfort and safety improvements too.”

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Now You See Me

Mr Kruse explains that the suit has been designed to offer maximum visibility in the event of an incident at sea.

“It may appear that the new suit has been designed from the ground up. In reality, however, we’ve included materials and features that are popular in today’s suits.

One of the most visible features of the new Viking suit is the strikingly bright outer material in high visibility yellow aimed at making the chances of being seen – even in the most difficult sea conditions – better than ever.”

Breaking Bulk

Viking has sought to keep the bulkiness of the suit to an absolute minimum. Mr Kruse states that many such suits can trap excess air, which makes escape from a submerged helicopter difficult.

Similarly, such features make it difficult for personnel to swim even when they have managed to free themselves from the aircraft. With the Viking PS5040 suit, personnel can expect to pass through windows as small as 43 x 35.5cm.

Integrated Buoyancy

The suit is especially designed to cope with harsh weather and icy waters. “Therefore everything is integrated into the suit,” Mr Kruse explains. “This way you don’t waste valuable seconds.” For example, it comes with a gas inflated buoyancy system and optional personnel locator beacon (PLB) and can be equipped with either category A or B EBS systems.

Other highlights of the suit include integrated spray hood, high-flexibility neoprene boots, easy-operation plastic zips and sleeve-mounted magnets to keep gloves safely away when not in use.

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Comfort Counts

As well as safety, Viking has developed the suit to be comfortable. The thermal liner contains phase change materials (PCM) so that the PS5040 absorbs excess body heat and returns it when it is needed. The innermost layer reduces friction, which makes it easier to put on the suit or to remove it.

Whenever & Wherever

The PS5040 is available through a fully integrated leasing service, under which Viking provides and services each suit, ensuring sufficient numbers are available when and where required.

“We’ve been providing safety equipment in this way to the Danish, German and Dutch offshore sectors with great success,” Mr Kruse says.

“We understand the industry and we know that if you don’t have a safety-compliant, serviced suit on hand at exactly the right time, no one can fly. Therefore, we have applied a lot of expertise to designing an equipment exchange system that can make both availability and high-quality servicing easier than ever.”

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The Viking PS5040 completes the company’s portfolio of ETSO helicopter transfer suits both with and without integrated lifejackets.

“We are now offering a 360° single source safety solution with a full range of ETSO suits and lifejackets; a unique ETSO compliant service set up and a leasing option,” says Mr Kruse.

“From an overall safety perspective, this is a real game changer. Basically, we take care of all aspects of our customer’s safety equipment and servicing tasks for predictable, transparent prices.” i. www.viking-life.com

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The PS5040 outperforms on the regulatory approval front. Conforming to ETSO2C502 stipulations for inflight comfort and formfitting safety, it also complies with SOLAS LSA Code Regulation 2.3.2.2 requirements to provide 6 hours of thermal protection. This ensures the best possible chance of survival during a SAR operation.

Additionally, compliance with EASA Part – 145 service regulations at Viking’s service stations in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK enable the manufacturer to provide servicing and repair for the suits anywhere in the North Sea.

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Kinnoull BP RECENTLY ANNOUNCED FIRST OIL FROM THE KINNOULL FIELD IN THE CENTRAL NORTH SEA. THE COMPANY, ALONG WITH CO-VENTURERS, HAS DEVELOPED THE KINNOULL FIELD AS PART OF A WIDER REJUVENATION OF the Andrew field area. Kinnoull is tied back to BP’s Andrew platform, 230km east of Aberdeen, via a 28km subsea pipeline bundle. The development will extend production at the area by a further decade.

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One of the most challenging offshore projects BP has undertaken in the North Sea.

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n order to access the reservoir, a new subsea system has been installed, together with a 700t topside processing module on the Andrew platform. The pipeline – the largest such system in the world – exports the produced oil via the Forties pipeline system and gas via the CATS system.

The Kinnoull field is operated by BP, which has a 77.06 percent interest, alongside JX Nippon Exploration and Production with 22.94 percent.

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BP’s investment in the project included extensive refurbishment of the Andrew platform to improve

its integrity and operational efficiency.

Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP’s North Sea business, said, “50 years after BP was awarded its first licences in the North Sea, the successful start-up of Kinnoull demonstrates our continued commitment to maximising recovery from the basin.”

Challenge Complete “The combination of brownfield and greenfield development work – carrying out material upgrades, improving the reliability of existing facilities and retrofitting new facilities onto an existing platform – added significantly to the

complexity of this project,” he continued.

“In successfully delivering it, we have completed one of the most challenging offshore projects BP has undertaken in the North Sea.”

Significant Contributor

Mr Garlick said that, as BP looks to continue investments and meet the challenges of an increasingly tough marketplace, they also need to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the North Sea. Production from the Andrew platform is forecast to peak at over 50,000boe/d, which should make a significant contribution to increasing BP’s operating cash flow.

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Lamar McKay, BP’s Upstream Chief Executive, said, “The Kinnoull project is significant to both our North Sea business and BP more widely and is a clear example of our strategy in action. Advances in our understanding of the reservoir structure, deployment of the very latest in UK subsea engineering skills and a major project to upgrade and safely re-start the Andrew platform were key factors in this successful development.”

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Fourth Field THE PARTNERS OF THE PL 340 LICENCE IN THE NORWEGIAN NORTH SEA HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED START-UP OF PRODUCTION FROM THE BØYLA FIELD. BØYLA IS NOW THE FOURTH FIELD IN PRODUCTION IN THE ALVHEIM AREA AND IS TIED-BACK to the Alvheim FPSO. The field is operated by Det norske oljeselskap, which holds a 65 percent interest. Partners are Core Energy with a 20 percent interest and Lundin Norway, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, with a 15 percent interest.

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Greater Alvheim

Both the Volund and Vilje fields are also tied-back to the Alvheim FPSO. Bøyla is connected to the FPSO’s existing infrastructure by a 28km pipeline. The FPSO’s processing capacity is approximately 150,000 boe/d. It has received minor alterations in order to receive and process oil from the Bøyla field.

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The field is expected to contain reserves in the region of 23 million boe in a reservoir at 2,000m depth.

When fully operational, the partners anticipate Bøyla to peak at 20,000boe/d, though plateau will be slightly lower than this. The development solution is a subsea installation of two horizontal production wells and one water injector. Total investment in the development has been in the region of NOK 5 billion.

In order to make the field fully operational, the second well will come on line by the middle of 2015. The semi-submersible rig Transocean Winner will return to the site to complete the work in Q2 2015 after drilling was suspended in late 2014.

Rising Volumes

With its 65 percent interest in the field, Det norske’s share of the reserves is 15 million barrels. In a recent press release, Lundin Petroleum’s President and CEO explained what the start-up meant for his company: “With the successful start-up of the Bøyla field… Lundin Petroleum has now successfully brought on stream two of the four developments projects, which collectively are forecast to bring Lundin Petroleum’s production levels up to more than 75,000boe/d by the end of 2015. w w w. o ffs h o re -i n d u s tr y. e u

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Bending Down the Cost THERE ARE MANY KILOMETRES OF PIPE ON THE AVERAGE OFFSHORE OIL INSTALLATION. A CURSORY GLANCE WILL REVEAL A COMPLEX NETWORK OF PIPES FEATURING MANY BENDS. WITH THE COSTS INVOLVED IN FABRICATING, INSTALLING and inspecting welds, bends and their processes represent an area where increased efficiency offers considerable cost savings. German company Schwarze-Robitec has a range of solutions available that can be tailored to client needs.

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The subsequent inspection alone involves expensive use of x-ray or ultrasound. It’s an area involving significant outlay.

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Hot & Cold

However, the costs can be reduced by using pre-bent pipes fabricated to the exact specifications of the site. Two options emerge – warm and cold bending. Managing Director of Schwarze-Robitec Bert Zorn says of the warm bending process: “The disadvantages of this are that it takes a long time to form the material and the energy consumption used in the production process is very high.”

In comparison, cold bending offers several advantages, including the elimination of the energy intensive and protracted heating process. With the cold bending process, the pipe can be shaped into any form, provided the material’s physical properties permit.

The method is also faster. The SchwarzeRobitec CNC 320 HD bending machine completes the cold bending of a 12” diameter pipe in around a minute. In

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contrast, the warm bending process takes at least 30 minutes to perform the same task.

Additionally, there are more materials suited to the cold bending process. The only constraints are the amount of available workshop space and the length of the machine.

Mr Zorn explains the process: “The pipe is clamped in an index head and held in place by means of a collet in the transport unit.

After the first bend it is directly transported forward and radiated as required. As a result, three dimensional pipe systems can be created very quickly with a single weld joint.”

Small is Beautiful

Of particular importance is the bending radius of the pipe – and this is precisely the area in which Schwarze-Robitec is most experienced. Its machines allow bending of pipe with very small radii, even when the pipes are large and thick-walled.

Mr Zorn: “The critical advantage of the ability to produce a small radius becomes apparent when installing the pipe – the tighter the bend, the less installation space required. Moreover, a great deal of pipe can be saved with a small bending radius – offering a huge effect on cost reduction.”

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Only recently, Schwarze-Robitec constructed and delivered a machine to a customer in the offshore oil industry. The machine is able to process pipes up to 16” NPS with a radius of 1.5 x D. As a result, a 16” Schedule 40 pipe, 323.5 x 10mm, for example, can be bent with a radius diameter of only 485mm – all in accordance with required standards.

Mr Zorn says quality control is an important issue for Schwarze-Robitec. For example, their SpringMatic system can measure the pipe bend while still in the bending machine and correct its curvature as necessary. The measuring and correction process takes only a few seconds. As a result, even pipes with unknown properties or widely fluctuating quality can be processed directly with a high level of accuracy.

functions and simulation technology. Not to be underestimated is the advantage that is closely bound to the promise ‘Made in Germany’: reliability of the production facilities. Many machines supplied 30 years or more ago are still in use today.”

Schwarze-Robitec guarantees parts availability for its machines over the entire lifespan. In addition the company provides international customer service – for maintenance on-site or for the optimisation of production processes.

Mr Zorn says, in view of increasing international energy demand and associated investments in efficient, state-of-the-art manufacturing infrastructure, SchwarzeRobitec have some promising market opportunities.

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Oil platforms differ from one another and Schwarze-Robitec, in response, tailors its solutions to each project. The company’s experience with many different piping materials and their corresponding tool and machinery requirements, means it can take on the most challenging of projects, says Mr Zorn.

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Churchill Drilling Tools has announced that the first of its new HyPR HoleSaver hydraulic pipe recovery systems has been delivered, amidst growing international demand. The HyPR HoleSaver is the world’s first hydraulic pipe recovery system and consists of a full strength sub positioned in the drillstring, which is severed in approximately 1 hour. A jetting dart is launched and lands inside the sub and, after a relatively short period of pumping, the sub parts easily under a small loading, offering a perfect fishneck or immediate side-track cementing options. Two operators have selected the cost-saving tool for projects in the North Sea whilst another is planning imminent deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. i. www.circsub.com

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Working Ahead of Schedule Conductor Installation Services (CIS) successfully completed a conductor installation operation 17 hours ahead of schedule for a leading oil & gas operator in the southern North Sea. CIS was retained to install six 30-inch conductors on the project to form the foundations of six development wells. In addition, CIS was required to supply coldcutting services, and all conductor-running, handling equipment, together with drive shoes. By adjusting the plan to cold cut offline, 3.5 hours of online time was saved during this initial conductor-driving operation. This practice was then applied for all installation operations.

As a result, the job was completed a full 17 hours ahead of schedule. i. www.c-i-services.com

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Subsea Company of the Year Energy services company, Proserv, was crowned ‘company of the year’ at the Subsea UK Awards.

The category was sponsored by 3sun Group and RRC Controls. During the past 12 months, Proserv marked a number of key milestones including a series of highprofile contract awards across the globe, expanding its manufacturing facilities and launching a new game-changing subsea technology. Proserv also secured a major investment to help ensure its future sustainable growth and success. i. www.proserv.com

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Liebherr offshore cranes has been playing its part in driving the overall success of Liebherr Maritime Cranes. The new ram luffing knuckle boom crane (RL-K) series, board offshore cranes (BOS) and mast type cranes (MTC) are Liebherr’s most-in-demand crane types on the market. Used in the oil & gas industry, for heavy-lift construction as well as wind plant installation, Liebherr BOS series are designed for outstanding versatility. The BOS 4200 had a significant impact on company results as customers opted for 22 cranes of this type. This model impresses with a maximum capacity of 150t and a boom length of 33 to 72m. i. www.liebherr.com

Van Oord and Falck Safety Services signed a 2-year contract for the provision of safety training.

For many years, Van Oord has invested in an intensive trainee programme for its employees. To this end, Falck will now provide Van Oord with the large majority of all necessary safety training.

Alongside safety training for the offshore, maritime and wind industries, Falck also offers Occupational Health and Safety Training (Falck BHV) in the Netherlands. This enables Falck to supply Van Oord with all the safety training it may need. i. www.vanoord.com

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FES International won a USD 2 million contract to supply Bend Stiffener Connectors (BSCs) to oil & gas contractor Saipem. The BSCs will be used by global energy company Total, at its third deep offshore development off the coast of Nigeria. FES International provides a range of BSCs to assist the installation of bend stiffeners on offshore deep sea drilling operations. Products are tailored to suit the specific and individual requirements of both the project and the end user. The Egina project consists of five dynamic umbilicals and the BSCs will connect them to the FPSO. i. www.fesinternational.com

Ambient Trials Breakthrough Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has progressed its subsea lifting programme by successfully completing trials of its Ambient Lifting technology at the Aberdeenshire R&D facility. Ambient Lifting works by decoupling the subsea load from the surface vessel by utilising the Archimedes principle, the fundamental law that provides floatation for all ships. The system can be used to lift, lower or hover any subsea object in the water-column and act as either a temporary installation aid or form part of the final subsea asset as either buoyancy or ballast.

Applications in the oil & gas, renewables, decommissioning, salvage and seabed mining markets, are cited as key development areas for uses of this technology. i. www.ecosse-subsea.com

A gas booster system developed by Haskel will play a key part in new equipment commissioned to quickly shut down subsea oilfield leaks. The Haskel-designed equipment is a new concept that will play an integral role in a complex unit designed and delivered by the Norwegian subsidiary of Oceaneering. The Haskeldesigned equipment will be shipped to Norway to be incorporated into the complete fast response unit. Once the first unit is completed and operational, it is hoped the system will be rolled out to major oil & gas companies globally to ensure better security worldwide. i. www.haskel.com

Cylinders for Snorre A Platform Holmatro and its Norwegian dealer, EIVA-SAFEX, jointly supplied 64 cylinders, each with a capacity of 536t, to the tension-leg platform (TLP) Snorre A, located in the Norwegian North Sea. Snorre A, is anchored to the seabed with steel cables. In order to retain, measure and monitor the pre-tensioning of the cables, each leg of the platform includes constructions fitted with load-cells. When calibrating the load-cells, the weight of the platform must be taken off. With the help of the new Holmatro cylinders this job can be carried out much easier. Besides cylinders, the corresponding control and storage for the hydraulic system was also delivered. i. www.holmatro.com

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Forging Unions Newton and has ordered a large cutter dredger. Jan As I write this I am recently returned from De Nul officially signed a contract with Dong Energy EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen. Denmark was a natural fit for the event, having been the first at EWEA for the installation of subsea export cables country to operate a commercial offshore wind farm to the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. As well as new vessels coming onto the market, and currently being the second largest market for work continues at the facilities they will be using – the sector. including the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven, in Attending conferences and talking to exhibitors Germany, which is due for completion in 2018. at the show revealed a definite trend emerging – New technologies continue the desire to create a unified, to make an appearance collaborative industry. This is too, including KCI’s double interesting, coming as it does as slip joint concept. It’s an the oil & gas industry is making innovative approach offering an similar moves. Perhaps it’s not alternative to grout and bolts surprising – after all, many between monopiles and TPs. players operate across both It’s interesting to watch As well as collaboration renewable and non-renewable the transformation and between competitors, there sectors. are signs of closer cooperation Swire Blue Ocean, for see the benefits of within companies. Royal example, is in the process of ever-close integration.

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T: +31(0) 418 67 31 03

Neptune Shipyards Waalhaven n.z. 4 3087 BL Rotterdam P.O. Box 55092 3008 EB Rotterdam Portnumber 2157 TELEPHONE

+31 (0)10 429 94 33 FA X

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shorecranes up to 208 tons

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LIFTING AT A

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Scaldis is a dynamic, innovative and expanding marine offshore contractor specialized in the transportation and installation of offshore structures with a core business and expertise in heavy lifting. We have earned a reputation as a solid and reliable partner to contractors and clients and provide turnkey and cost-effective solutions for projects with our multi-purpose heavy lift vessels.

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OTC 2015

DECONSTRUCTION WORKS

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Towering High OFFSHORE-INDUSTRY.EU

RAMBIZ 4000, EXPECTED SPRING 2017

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Tel. : +32 3 541 69 55 (24 hrs) Fax : +32 3 541 81 93 mail@scaldis-smc.com www.scaldis-smc.com

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