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4 | Strategic planning As number one in the anchor business, Vryhof Anchors has adjusted its strategy to The New Reality.

“It was time for us to regain our focus,” explaines CEO Øyvind Wathne. The result was a strategic plan for a ‘new’ future and as a consequence, Vryhof is once again bubbling and bristling with new ideas.

Offshore Holland is a high-quality magazine with the objective to promote the interests and export opportunities of the Dutch supply- and service companies in the upstream oil and gas industry. Moreover technological developments will be highlighted in order to contribute to a positive representation and positioning of the Netherlands as innovative and ingenious partner country.

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Welcome to the IRO Holland Pavilion

Innovative, creative and resourceful As Managing Director of IRO - The Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry, I am proud to present you the eigth edition of this high-quality Offshore Holland!

The Dutch supply industry plays an extremely important role as an innovative, creative and resourceful partner within the international oil and gas industry. Covering the complete vertical supply chain from seismic to installation, our member companies are working all over the world.

Our 430 members are a mix of relatively small, but very specialised companies as well as large, yet uniquely equipped companies.

Around 50 of these great Dutch companies are demonstrating their products and expertise to the world during the event of the year, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. Every year IRO organises one of the largest country pavilions of the OTC, the Holland Pavilion with a size of 10,000 sqf.

Due to the long relation of IRO and the OTC organisation the Holland Pavilion has obtained a prominent location at the exhibition hall.

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The floorplan can be found in this magazine.

Since our member companies belong to the worldwide top 5 of suppliers in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry, their experience, innovative solutions and unique equipment is very well received in those countries that are working on existing or new upstream projects. Despite the increasing uncertainty over oil and gas prices and focus on cost reduction, the Dutch dare to link original creativity with sometimes risky investments. A range of distinctive assignments is conclusive evidence for this.

Examples are presented in this edition of Offshore Holland. Here you can read all about the products, expertise and high profile technological developments of leading IRO member companies like Airborne, Allard-Europe, Bakker Sliedrecht, Breman Machinery, Damen, Hak, Heerema Fabrication Group,

Huisman, IHC Merwede, Keppel Verolme, Vryhof Anchors and Tideway.

If you want to know more about the Dutch suppliers, you can also have a look at the Netherlands Oil & Gas Catalogue. The catalogue is distributed at the Holland Pavilions at (international) exhibitions, trade missions and seminars and can also be found online at www.iro-noc.nl.

For up-to-date information on where and when to meet the Dutch suppliers at export promotional events, have a look at www.iro.nl.

I wish you all a pleasant reading of Offshore Holland and lots of good experiences with the Dutch suppliers in this dynamic industry!

Yours sincerely, Sander Vergroesen, Managing Director IRO - The Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry

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Vryhof Anchors adjusts its strategy to New Reality

Strategic planning calls for new future-thinking

The world around us is changing. We are seeing a whole raft of new trends and turbulent developments, in a variety of fields. Nothing is constant any more and for any self-respecting business, all this means that there is no space to take things slowly. Offshore Holland discussed this phenomenon with Øyvind Wathne, CEO at Vryhof Anchors, and Managing Director Henri Korsten. As number one in the anchor business, Vryhof has adjusted its strategy to this New Reality. “Our knowledge in the anchor business means we are among the best in the world. Two years ago, however, we were faced with a choice: either consolidate or move full steam ahead. Our eventual decision was to come up with a series of new outlines for the future,” explained Wathne, candidly. He in particular felt the need to prevent any slackening in the business. “Our position as worldwide market leader was at stake. Once you reach the top, you sometimes have a tendency to implement changes more slowly than if you are already playing catch-up. It was time for us to regain our focus and to breathe new life into our slogan ‘One Step Ahead’.” The result was a strategic plan for a ‘new’ future and as a consequence, Vryhof Anchors is once again bubbling and bristling with new ideas.

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‘Vryhof Anchors is to become a ‘One Stop Anchor Shop’.

Henri Korsten, Managing Director Vryhof Anchors

Managing Director Henri Korsten (L) and Øyvind Wathne (R), CEO at Vryhof Anchors.

The term New Reality implies that Vryhof Anchors has taken a new look at the industry in which the business has excelled for almost half a century.

The management was forced to accept and anticipate the fact that developments are no longer cast in stone.

Past performance is no guarantee for future success. In the words of Øyvind Wathne: “At a certain point, our stumbling block was our failure to develop new technologies in anchoring solutions. Vryhof Anchors was born and indeed grew through innovation and pioneering, on all fronts. We live on patented technologies, and our marketing strategy has also always been based on that approach. However, if your most recent patent application was ten years ago, that is not a credible proposition for the customers of your sales organisation. In response, we have applied for several new patents.” Innovation always has been and still remains the foundation stone of Vryhof Anchors, and the new reality is that having straightened out a number of kinks, and now that the dust clouds have settled, within Vryhof, we can offer a positive,

attractive, dynamic. Vryhof Anchors are once again frontrunners in the race for market leadership.

Five years

“Deliberately opting for a proactive approach forces us to constantly and actively focus on the future,” continued Henri Korsten. “Strengthening our innovative capacity is absolutely essential. And indeed, as market leader, quite simply an obligation.

As a small, efficient business, we have demonstrated our ability to compete at world level in the anchoring business, despite our more limited resources. Our goal is to maintain that leading position. We decided to focus on a number of target areas where an additional boost was required. One essential element is that Vryhof must continue to build. Our policy is to implement a carefully-conceived business approach that can stand the test of time in commercial, geographical and technical terms. There is no point in taking ad hoc decisions that may appear sensible right now, but that offer no added value for the future or for the long-term goals of Vryhof Anchors. We started eight months

ago, but a great deal still has to be done if Vryhof Anchors is to eventually become a ‘One Stop Anchor Shop’.

In other words, an anchor centre where customers can purchase, rent or lease all types of anchoring system, with all the accompanying accessories.

At the same time, we are constantly striving to optimise customer satisfaction. After all, a broad range of top products inevitably demands top service.”

Engineering

As well as optimising the quality of the complete in-house organisation, Korsten above all emphasised the essential role allocated to the engineering division, within the strategic plan. “In that framework, we recently entered into a collaboration agreement for R&D activities with the University of Western Australia. We also established joint ventures with a number of fellow businesses supplying anchoring products. One example is the agreement recently signed with SPT Offshore, also based in the Netherlands, and market leader in the field of the construction and installation of suction anchors

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The WindFloat unit being towed out into the open Atlantic waters. Vryhof delivered the full mooring lines for the unit, including 4 pcs. of 9.5 ton ballasted Stevshark Mk5 anchors.

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and suction piles. Last but not least, our own structural engineers and geo technical engineers are hard at work catching up lost ground, as a consequence of which we have recently obtained a number of eye-catching patents. Alongside the process of renewal for our Stevin folding anchor and our innovative approach to anchoring systems in Arctic areas, the most revolutionary new addition must be the Stevtrack Anchor Data Acquisition System.”

Vryhof Anchors achieved a world first by patenting this real-time monitoring system. According to expectations, it will still be some time before the entire offshore market is convinced of the value of electronically-controlled anchors, but oil companies have

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already indicated their interest in acquiring the system. For them, knowledge of precise measurements is vital. It is now up to Vryhof Anchors to develop the ideal market penetration.

Korsten is thoroughly convinced that with this system, Vryhof Anchors has come up with a rock-solid long-term product. It is after all an integral part of the identity of a true market leader to be able to create demand for its own products.

“A number of trials have already been successfully completed with a prototype developed entirely in-house.

To ensure the successful commercial launch of the product, we are now on the lookout for an electronics specialist who can act as our partner in servicing the system, worldwide.”

Another new addition to the anchor portfolio at Vryhof Anchors is the new Dynamically Embedded Plate Anchor (DEPLA). This design was purchased last year from Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at the University of Western Australia.

The DEPLA has been extensively scale tested and it will be now the task of Vryhof’s R&D team to engineer and test a full scale prototype. “We are extremely happy with the addition.

It will give us a reliable product for ultra-deep water applications that will help our clients reduce their overall mooring costs. The DEPLA combines the advantages of dynamicallyinstalled anchors and vertically-loaded anchors, and is also fully patented,” explained CEO Øyvind Wathne.

The anchor is a hybrid anchor system that combines sustaining significant vertical load and requires no external energy source or mechanical operation, during installation. Results indicate that the DEPLA exhibits similar behaviour to other dynamicallyinstalled anchors during installation, but with much higher capacities and predictability than other dynamicallyinstalled anchors that resist load, in friction.

External financier

The Dutch-based Vryhof Anchors has sales offices in Brazil, the US, France,

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Vryhof crew expertly installing the Stevtrack System.

Singapore and Russia, and predictions suggest that the anchor specialist will soon be selling its 10,000th anchor.

Vryhof Anchors was always a profitable organisation, and 2013 even saw the highest turnover and profit ever, in the company’s 42-year history. Øyvind Wathne continued: “Despite the fact that in financial terms we are a solid organisation, we still needed an external investor to be able to accelerate the implementation of our plans. Banks no longer have any real interest in financing businesses like Vryhof. That is another element of the New Reality I referred to previously.

During our search for investors, we came into contact with HitecVision, Norway’s largest investment fund in the oil and gas sector. Characteristic of this fund is that they only finance growth plans, and have no interest in completely taking over businesses.”

These initial contacts have now developed to the stage that under the name Vryhof Group, a new holding has been established in which HitecVision has a 71.3 % participation, with the remaining shares still in the hands of the former shareholders Øyvind Wathne and Henri Korsten. “We are excited to be teaming up with a partner that has an impressive track record of inventing and commercialising products,” said Senior Partner Gunnar Halvorsen of HitecVision, when Offshore Holland met him at the

Vryhof head offices in Rotterdam.

“The management team has created one of the strongest brands within the offshore mooring space. Vryhof is a niche supplier of a critical product to the oil and gas companies. We have been following the company for several years, and strongly believe that together with the current management and HitecVision, they have great future potential.”

Products and Services Vryhof Anchors offers a range of products and services including advice, selection and supply of all mooring line components, fit for purpose and with the required class authority certificate, complemented by installation support including tensioning services and data acquisition.

Marine Renewable Energies (MRE)

As one of the world’s leading suppliers of offshore anchoring technology, Vryhof has also become increasingly involved in feasibility studies and engineering services for the mooring of offshore wind energy solutions.

The first floating energy unit, Statoil’s Hywind Offshore Norway, is moored using Vryhof’s anchors, as is the Principle Power/EDP WindFloat project off the coast of Portugal, the installation of which was also supervised by Vryhof. The third renewable energy project in which Vryhof was invo ved was the FP7 Inflow Project.

In this project, the anchor specialist worked in a consortium coordinated

by Technip, to utilise the Vertiwind tower concept for an offshore wind farm with multiple floating units.

The role of Vryhof in MRE projects is twofold: as mooring engineering consultancy liaising with leading engineering companies on the

Vryhof Anchors delivers components for a large variety of floating units, such as drilling rigs, FPSOs, SPM buoys, installation and dredging equipment and floating windmills.

• Ultra High Holding Power Anchors (Stevin, Stevshark Mk5, Stevpris Mk5, Mk6 and Stevmanta VLA) • Tensioning Equipment (Stevtensioner VA600, VA1000 and VA1250) • Anchor Data Acquisition System (Stevtrack) • Mooring Lines (Polyester, Steelwire and Chain)

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development and evaluation of mooring concepts, and in the execution stage, providing anchors and supervising installation. Øyvind Wathne again: “So far in the world there have been four pilot projects for the anchoring of floating offshore wind turbines, and Vryhof was involved in all four. The fourth was awarded to us by the Japanese Fukushima offshore wind consortium at the end of 2012. This project involves the construction and installation of the world’s first 25 MVA floating substation, and three floating wind turbines in water depths of approximately 125 meter, located about 25 kilometer from the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. The three floating wind turbines are planned as 2 MW and 7 MW semi-submersibles and a 7 MW advanced spar; all anchored to the seabed with chain and anchor mooring systems.” Following successful trials with the Stevshark anchor, the floating substation and the 2 MW floating wind turbine were moored using Vryhof Anchors. The cluster is now delivering clean energy to the same grid once fed by the heavily damaged power plant. Next in line is the mooring of the 7 MW floating wind turbine. Vryhof has already delivered the anchors for this floater, but at the time of going to press of this issue of Offshore Holland, final installation still had to be carried out.

Anchor Center

Top company. Top products.

Top service. One Stop Anchor Shop.

Having established those facts, Offshore Holland suggested during the interview that Vryhof surely had a cherry to top of the cake. Øyvind Wathne and Henri Korsten looked at each other meaningfully, until the CEO broke the silence. “In the past we always said that we only wanted to focus on doing things other people

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Customers are there to be helped. And if we continue operating on that premise, Vryhof Anchors clearly has the potential of growing to three times its current size. Øyvind Wathne, CEO Vryhof Anchors

couldn’t do. We have now definitively moved away from that position.

Our focus today is entirely on our customer. Our new conviction is that you must leave no stone unturned in assisting your customers, no matter what type of anchor they are using.

Customers are there to be helped.

And if we continue operating on that premise, Vryhof Anchors clearly has the potential of growing to three times its current size. In advance of fulfilling that goal, we were recently offered the opportunity to rent 20,000 m2 of land in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam.

Waterfront, with 150 meter quayside.

It is a serious consideration to develop this site into the ultimate Anchor Center for the offshore world.

Our aim is to establish a complete concept for anchoring applications.

Engineering, manufacturing, trade and commercialisation. We will not be fabricating anchors ourselves, but will facilitate production. Our future plan is partially based on acquisitions, and in that framework I am able to report today that Vryhof Anchors has already signed a non-disclosure agreement with four domestic and foreign businesses, all of which are in a position to complement our current range of services. In other words, Vryhof is changing or more accurately improving, to become a different company. We are on the verge of a new era. New Reality is waiting for us.”

Vryhof adds suction piles to portfolio Vryhof adds suction piles to portfolio Vryhof Anchors is constantly looking for added value in order to offer the industry a single source for anchoring technology.

No stone must be left unturned in assisting customers, no matter what type of anchor they are looking for. The most recent ambition of Vryhof is adding the specialised engineering and supply of suction pile anchors to his portfolio, including the supply of pumps and installation supervisory services.

It is in this respect that SPT Offshore in Woerden, Holland, and Vryhof Anchors have the intent to intensify their cooperation in the near future so that both companies can offer the best of both worlds: the assurance of providing the market for offshore moorings with suction piles as well as drag embedment anchors.

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Allard Europe is a reliable steel and iron foundry making large castings to customer specifications. All product castings can be machined in-house.

The machine shop is equipped with CNC milling and turning machines with a capacity up to 10m diameter.

CAD/CAM software (Unigraphics) adds up to the flexibility of the company.

In recent years Allard-Europe has experienced a dynamic growth based on the implementation of the highest quality standards, flexibility and reliable delivery times. Continuous investments in new technology, production equipment and people will ensure further growth.

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CEO Jef Dijckmans of Allard-Europe:

‘Ready for the future’ When the global economic crisis kicked off in 2008, it led to much unrest throughout the world, including in Turnhout, Belgium, the home base for steel and iron foundry Allard-Europe. Over the past decade, more than 25 million euros have been invested to expand casting capacity to more than 35 tonnes, the volume capacity in both the foundry and the fettling shop, and for the construction of a new machining workshop including a proportion of new large finishing machines. The ultimate goal of all these investments is to maintain a position as one of the world’s most successful foundries! “Over the past three years, we have employed a wellbalanced but opportunistic approach to tackling the downturn in the number of orders,” explained CEO Jef Dijckmans. “We never panicked. Instead, we continued to believe in our own craftsmanship and the effectiveness of our advanced production equipment.

As a consequence, we can now enjoy the positive result of a well-filled order book for 2014.”

The Belgian-based Allard-Europe is particularly well supported by the Dutch offshore industry. The majority of today’s orders are received from Belgium’s neighbour, and Jef Dijckmans is delighted. “Most Dutch suppliers to the international offshore industry have plenty of work, and there is a clear trickle-down effect to us here in Belgium. It is far from evident that work will come our way, given the severe competition for each of these orders, but in the end, they go far the quality of our finished products. And that is our real motivation. We see it as a conformation that our policy of anti-cyclic investment was a right choice – a decision made possible by the fact that we do not depend on the banks completely.

We have always managed our money carefully. It may appear a risky strategy, but for us it was the key to surviving the economic crisis

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– something many foundries in Europe failed to do. We on the other hand have emerged stronger than ever. And once the economic downturn is behind us, we will have a huge lead on the foundries that still have to make these investments – if indeed they are in a position to do so …”

Biggest order

Allard-Europe is ready for the future.

One item on the wish list is the construction of an even larger blasting booth and a larger thermal treatment oven, but neither is yet urgently required. The firm is currently able to melt 5,000 tonnes a year, an increase of almost 50%.

The additional volume of work of course first has to be generated – no mean feat during a crisis – and as a result there is still a degree of overcapacity. Much work will therefore has to be done over the next few

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years to ensure sufficient guaranteed continuity in the supply of work, hence the current total focus on winning orders and tapping into new target groups. “The potential is clearly present. Now all we need to do is bring in the work. On the other hand, our underlying operating principle stays steady growth,” says Jef Dijckmans, with a degree of justification.

“We are clearly on the right track, but it is not an easy market. The competition is murderous. Against that background, I am delighted to be able to announce that in October 2013, we in fact signed the biggest order ever – in terms of weight and money – in our company’s 100 year history. This order is for the production of a whole series of impellers and pumps for Van Oord, the world’s leading contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects. These pumps are intended for installation on the self-propelling cutter suction dredgers Athena and Artemis.” This mega order was a result of another successfully completed assignment for the same client, one year ago. For only one of the cast items the delivery date was exceeded by two weeks. All the other high-end casting orders were delivered ‘in time’, without even a single day’s delay.” And in the near future a number of very attractive ‘Dutch’ orders appear to be in the pipeline.

Specialisation

Allard-Europe describes itself as the specialist in complex and/or high quality casting work. The ISO 9001-certified company actually has no products of its own. What it does have is practically unlimited knowhow when it comes to complex casting products, in more than a hundred different materials, mostly low to high-alloy cast steel and white cast irons for typical wear-resistant applications. The unique items produced in Turnhout are generally Impeller for dredging application.

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developed by engineering companies.

The casting itself is always based on Allard’s own internal engineering and simulations. Specialisation is their core business and they often succeed in breaking through the barriers of the impossible. It is therefore no surprise that the Dutch offshore and dredging industry regularly turns to the foundry business in Turnhout for its solutions. The list of references at Allard-Europe features such household names as Allseas, Boskalis, Breman Machinery, Damen, Huisman, IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Merwede, Van Oord and Wärtsilä. “Casting may not

sound modern but it is nonetheless high-tech,” emphasises Dijckmans.

“It is a fact that our Dutch customers recognise only too well, and the same applies to our loyal returning Belgian and German customers. Our quality is impeccable.”

Challenges

“Whereas in the past it was all hands on deck to serve the international maritime, offshore and dredging market, our capacity expansion combined with the crisis have forced us to inspire other industries with the quality casting work we supply,”

Dijckmans continues. “And we are very proud to have been awarded an order from the hydropower sector.

After a successful audit by both Andritz Hydro from Switzerland and their client, the French EDF, an order was recently finished for two extremely critical components for a massive ball valve. The ball valve is an essential component of the hydroelectric power station La Grande Maison in the Isère Département in the Rhône-Alpes region. At a height of 920 metres and with a capacity of 1,800MW, this is EDF’s largest hydroelectric power plant in France.

Pumpcasing produced for the oil and gas industry.

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“This project was a major challenge.

The precision work pieces we had to cast were a 16.5-tonne valve housing and the actual ball vale itself – a 2 metre-diameter ball weighing 12 tonnes. The ball valves play an essential role in the start-up of the hydraulic turbine. They regulate the turbine speed to ensure synchronous running with the grid frequency of 50Hz. In total, the power station has twelve such ball valves, and all are in line for revision. The initial plan is to replace the existing ball valve, that is due for revision, by the ball valve cast

by Allard-Europe. The revised valve

will then be fitted with a new ball valve until all twelve are again as good as new. They are currently investigating if re-using the old ball valves is safe enough, given the fact that the maximum number of load cycles might be exceeded. In the long run, it is entirely possible that all twelve valves need to be replaced!”

New sectors

The nuclear and automotive industries, are certainly viewed as long-term supplements to capacity utilisation by

by Allard-Europe. Within a period of just six months, the steel and iron

foundry has signed two ‘promising’ orders with two Italian suppliers from the automotive sector, after a first trial order from Germany. “We have invested a great deal of engineering in these projects, since the probability of repeat orders over the next seven to ten years looks promising.

Definitely if the engine components produced with our cast products sell successfully. In the longer term, this investment should easily pay off.”

One other outstanding element at Allard-Europe is the unique application of duplex stainless steel in cast pieces for offshore applications. Parts with a cast weight of 12 tonnes and a wall thickness of 300 mm have already been cast successfully. Thanks to the balanced use of alloys and ingenious thermal treatment, Allard-Europe has succeeded in achieving the typical 50/50 ferrite-austenite ratio in the microstructure of these cast items.

This special microstructure combines the best of two worlds in stainless steel and guarantees excellent corrosion-resistance, especially in seawater.

Spherical valves up to a diameter of 3,300 mm and design pressure of 200 bar.

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Huisman presents innovations at OTC

Complete new vessel for carrying out drilling work in ultra-deep water

At the 2014 OTC trade fair, Huisman once again demonstrates the company’s drive to storm the market with innovative products. Based on positive experience acquired with the drilling ships Noble Globetrotter I and II, a complete new vessel has this year been designed for carrying out drilling work in ultra-deep water. This vessel is capable of working even more effectively and safely, while delivering a saving of at least 20 to 30 percent on operating costs. Another innovative product is the design of a rope luffing knuckle boom crane for use on offshore construction vessels responsible for carrying out installation work in deep water.

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Artist’s impression of the new type of drillship developed by Huisman (illustration: Huisman).

At Huisman’s headquarters in Schiedam, the Netherlands, a number of steps have already been taken towards creating the most efficient vessel possible for the drilling of wells in ultra deep water. As explained by Product Manager Drilling Dieter Wijning: “Effectively the development started with the Bully drillships on which we were invited to install our equipment including the Dual Multi Purpose Tower, on board an existing ship design. We then designed our own complete drillship, the Globetrotter.

This is a vessel designed around our drilling installation, and of which, just like the Bully’s, two are currently operational. We set to work on the basis of experience acquired with the latter vessel type, in which people from commissioning and daily operations were involved. A great deal of time was dedicated to again thoroughly examining all the drilling procedures used on the Globetrotters, and investigating where major efficiency gains could still be made. The wishes of a number of oil companies were also included in our new design.

The eventual result is a dynamic positioned drillship design for water depths of up to 13,200 feet (4,000 meters). Deploying this new type of drillship could deliver a cost saving of 20 to 30 0/0, and perhaps even more.”

Differences

The new design seems to have been introduced right on time, given the increased focus among oil companies on cost savings for deep water exploration projects. Dieter Wijning continued: “With this new type of drillship, you can now drill wells which were not viable, in the past, a fact that makes our new ship particularly interesting.” An autotripping system was in fact already installed on board the Globetrotters, the purpose of which was to automatically withdraw the pipe from the drilling hole, but Huisman has now gone one step further. “Using the

system on the Globetrotters, pipe lengths of 135 feet are withdrawn from the drill hole, at a time. With the new design, the pipe length has been extended to 180 feet resulting in a time gain of between 5 and 10 percent.

Whereas the Globetrotters still use 75 feet risers, we will now be introducing 150 feet risers, again saving a great deal of time. The withdrawal, repair and reinstallation on the seabed of a BOP, which normally speaking takes about two weeks, will now be completed in just one week. Yet another major time saving.” To ensure even more efficient and safer working practice, a complete new work deck will be installed above the main deck. “On the Globetrotters, all drilling equipment is stored on the main deck, among all the other items like ventilation systems and lubrication systems. This situation is far from ideal. For that reason, a new work deck will be installed above the main deck, intended exclusively for the driller, who as a result will have far more freedom of movement. What is more, the new work deck will be flush with the drill floor, eradicating the need for steps, and reducing the volume of hoisting work. Both elements will considerably improve safety.”

New element

Another new element of the design is the use of a range of tools coupled to the manipulators. This fact will accelerate the switch from casing running to drillpipe running.

As compared to the Globetrotters, the new type of drillship will be about 8 percent longer and 8 percent wider, raising the payload from 20,000 to 30,000 tonnes. The height of the Dual Multi Purpose Tower will also be raised from 200 to 250 feet. As with the Globetrotters, on the new vessel type, the engine rooms and air intakes are installed in the foreship.

This position means that during well testing via the aftership, gases are not drawn into the vessel through the air intakes.

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The experience acquired with the Noble Globetrotters has been integrated in the new design (photo: Pas Publicaties).

New crane design

Another innovation is the rope luffing knuckle boom crane. Product & Sales Manager Cranes Gerben Roks explained: “This is our answer to the demand for large subsea installation cranes.

Until now, knuckle boom cranes were mostly used for this application, with ordinary cylinders as the mechanism for raising and lowering the main and knuckle boom. However, bends in the booms and other developments mean that these are becoming ever heavier constructions. We have now come up with an alternative, whereby instead of cylinders, we now make use of guy cables. This application will be particularly valuable for high-capacity cranes up to 600 and 900 tonnes.

The first 900-tonne crane of this type is currently already under construction, and according to plans will be installed on the dp3 heavy construction and flexible pipelaying vessel Seven Arctic operated by Subsea 7. This vessel itself is currently being fabricated at Hyundai in South Korea.”

Specifications

In two falls, the main hoist can reach a depth of 3,000 meters, and in a single fall, even 4,000 meters.

Use will also be made of a combined active and passive heave compensation system. The crane will be entirely electrically powered. Hydraulics will only still be used for the heave compensator. In high lift mode, a lifting height of 50 metres can be achieved above the work deck.

Another remarkable feature of the crane is its huge outreach. Even at an outreach of 53 metres, the crane will be capable of lifting 300 tonnes.

“An innovation used on this crane

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type is an anti-twist device, reviously tested on the Seven Borealis. With this device, the separation between the two lifting wires is increased at deck level, thereby establishing a broader base, which is far more stable in countering the twisting of the wires.

Just like the design for the new crane, this system has been patented by our company. Effectively, this crane is a hybrid solution between our mast cranes and a normal knuckle boom crane.” Work is now well underway in Schiedam on an even larger and a smaller version, with a lifting capacity of 1,200 and 600 tonnes, respectively.

Largest

Other news at Huisman’s crane department is the construction of a large leg-encircling crane. “This will be the largest of its kind in the world, and will offer a lifting capacity of 1,500 tonnes. This crane is intended for installation on the new jack-up wind turbine installation vessel Seajacks Scylla currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, on behalf of Seajacks International.” A large pedestal-mounted crane with active heave compensation is also being fabricated for the offshore subsea construction vessel being built at the Norwegian VARD yard for DOF Subsea. Even larger pedestal cranes with lifting capacities of between 5,000 and 10,000 tonnes are also being developed in Schiedam.

“Our drive remains the wish to constantly come up with something new. Innovation is essential if you wish to maintain your position on the market and stay ahead of the competition,” concluded Gerben Roks.

Huisman cranes for world’s largest crane vessel

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) recently signed a LOI with Huisman Equipment for the design and construction of two powerful cranes for its planned New Semi-submersible Crane Vessel (NSCV). Each crane will be capable of lifting 10,000 tonnes in revolving mode, making them the largest offshore cranes in the world.

The cranes, so-called tub cranes, will be based on a large bearing, similar to cranes Huisman built for HMC’s Aegir.

Each crane will be able to lift 10,000 tonnes at a 48 meters radius under offshore conditions. The boom will have a length of 145 meters and with the boom up, it will reach a height of 210 meters above the waterline. Huisman’s innovative approach was a contributing factor in HMC’s decision to sign the LOI. With these two cranes and overall dimensions of 214 meters in length and 97.5 meters in width, the NSCV will become the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel.

Artist impression of the new rope luffing knuckle boom crane from Huisman (illustration: Huisman).

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Revolutionary pipe concept attracts worldwide attention

High-quality thermoplastic pipes offer solutions for deepwater projects Since the start of 2012, IJmuiden, the Netherlands, has been home base for Airborne Oil & Gas B.V. The 9,300 m2 complex is impossible to miss. Located immediately adjacent to the IJmondhaven, with a quay length of 300 metres and a water depth of 9.5 metres, the facility allows offshore service vessels to moor in front of the door.

Offshore Holland talked to Business Development Manager Bart Steuten, who passionately revealed the details of the very innovative offshore products manufactured

by Airborne Oil & Gas. “We are a young and active business and in a period of just five years have acquired market leadership in the field of manufacturing of spoolable, fully-bonded, thermoplastic composite pipes.

This light-weight, high-strength and corrosion-free pipe is utilised in downlines, jumpers, well intervention and flowline applications and delivers its users decisive advantages, in particular in deep water projects.” Airborne Oil & Gas’s pipes can handle the highest external collapse pressures and internal working pressures, enabling operations down to 3000 metres and beyond.

Reeler on board of a Saipem vessel.

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Airborne’s pipe concept features glass or carbon fibres embedded in a thermoplastic compound and melt-fused into a fully bonded solid wall pipe. The composite pipe offers a unique combination of benefits.

Steuten listed the unmatched properties.

“The pipe has a high internal and external pressure rating, a high tensile strength combined with low weight, and a smooth bore combined with vacuum capability. Due to the high allowable strain, the pipe has fantastic spoolability and high bending fatigue.

Moreover the non-metallic materials of the pipe structure are impervious to corrosion ensuring longevity, while the ductile materials used during the production process result in toughness, impact resistance and residual strength.”

Space

As the drilling for and production of oil and gas extends to ever greater depths, the role played by the weight of the risers and downlines is becoming ever more important. After all, if you have a well at a depth of 2,000 metres, a massive weight of piping is suspended beneath the production platform, and the same weight problem plays a role when the oil or gas has to be transported from the well to an FPSO. The platform and the vessels in question must be capable of bearing this tremendous weight, and must therefore be of sufficient size. “Using thermoplastic pipes, a weight saving of 90 percent or more can be achieved as compared to conventional flexibles, thereby significantly also reducing top tensions and extending operations to ever deeper water,” suggested Steuten.

“As a consequence, production vessels can be made smaller and hence cheaper. Downlines are not permanent, and the service vessels sail from well to well carrying a downline, to carry out the work there.

Last year Airborne has delivered two TCP Flowlines tp Petronas for the qualification project for Non Metallic Pipe.

Using steel (coiled tubing), you need a vessel with special and costly equipment, such as a vertical lay system.

By comparison, composite downline and its deployment equipment can be used on any construction support vessel.”

Record

Subsea pipelines are being precommissioned at ever greater depths, requiring downlines that combine higher pressure ratings with lower weight and a smooth bore. At the subsea wellhead, enhanced oil recovery requires efficient well intervention methods, accessing subsea wellheads without using risers or drill pipe. The downlines from Airborne Oil & Gas combine tensile strength, burst and collapse resistance and low weight, allowing our clients to perform well intervention and well stimulation jobs faster, and pipeline pre-commissioning work more efficiently. As depths continue to increase, the pipes are of course also becoming ever longer. Bart Steuten showed us a short film on his laptop, in which the downline on a Brazilian pipeline reached a depth of 2,130 metres.

“A record depth for composite pipe,” he commented, with obvious pride.

A spool of Airborne pipes containing 2,500 metres of downline was loaded on board a vessel from Saipem.

“All in a single length, without any couplings,” clarified Steuten.

“The Italian contractor successfully completed two pipeline pre-commissioning campaigns using the same Airborne TCP Downline. That same downline was deployed more than 30 times, and has seen accumulated service of more than 175 days in fully deployed mode.”

Having successfully completed this operation, Airborne was established as the leader in composite pipe systems for deep water applications and continues to build a track record of proven performance.

Product range

As well as the downlines, Airborne Oil & Gas also manufactures offshore flowlines in sizes ranging from 2” ID to 6” ID, with pressure ratings of up to 7,500 psi. The lines reduce installation costs and mean an end to pipe corrosion issues. Manufactured in continuous lengths and delivered on spools of up to 3,000 meters, our flowlines can be installed efficiently in long sections.

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Typically, installation speeds are 6 times faster as compared to steel flowlines, thereby also reducing the total cost of installation. The bonded wall avoids rapid gas decompression issues or cover blow-off.

With subsea well intervention becoming an important market for the world’s operating and service companies, the need for fit-for-purpose well intervention downlines and jumpers is also increasing, every day. In high pressure, deep water applications, the Airborne Thermoplastic Composite Pipe offers decisive advantages.

The high collapse rating allows deployment in deep waters without collapse, even enabling vacuum inside the pipe, while the hose combines high pressure strength with high tensile strength allowing free hanging deployment. Airborne manufactures the downlines and jumpers in sizes ranging from 1” to 3” ID, and with pressure ratings of up to 10,000 psi or higher.

In the application of ultra-deepwater risers, all the advantages of the

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Airborne Oil & Gas Thermoplastic Composite Pipe technology come together: high strength, light weight, flexibility, smooth bore and zero corrosion.

Production process

The precise production process for a composite pipe is secret, given the competition on the market, but Bart Steuten was willing to raise a little of this blanket of secrecy. “We start with a so-called ‘liner’. The liner is produced in a thermoplastic, such as

polypropylene which offers excellent resistance to solvents, acids, bases and bacterial growth. The liner reaches us on a reel, and is then placed on the starting reel of the winding machine.

The winding machine is supplied with so-called tapes.

These tapes consist of glass fibres impregnated with the same polymer as the liner. The thermoplasticsaturated glass-fibre tapes are wound around the liner at a specific angle and melted on the spot to form a single flexible pipe.

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The liner is fed in by the winding machine resulting in a strong, rigid laminate. On the other side of the winding machine, the pipe is once again rolled around a reel at which point a fine protective layer of thermoplast is applied, the so-called coating. The pipe is then ready for use and can be wound around the definitive reel. With reel and all, the product can then be shipped to any destination around the globe. From the reel, the pipe can be directly lowered overboard.

Depending on the size, between 3,000 and 5,000 metres of pipe can be wound on each reel.” At present, there are two production lines operating in IJmuiden.

Confidence

“As well as the numerous advantages of a revolutionary pipe concept like our Thermoplastic Composite Pipe, there is one disadvantage,” recognised business development manager Steuten. “As with any innovation, the key thing is to first gain the confidence of the market. That takes time and considerable powers of persuasion. In four major projects we have already proven what a fantastic, durable and sustainable product we have on offer, and the time has now come to start reaping the rewards from years of innovation and investment, by making the pipe a commercial success. Oil companies and service contractors need to believe in the ‘strength’ of our product and the numerous possible applications in particular in deep water. To generate that confidence, we at Airborne Oil & Gas have launched a sort of staircase approach. In other words, we started very simply with CCT and downlines to jumpers and dynamic risers.”

In time, the applications have become more complex and more demanding, and in that process, the Thermoplastic Composite Pipe technology has unequivocally proven its capacity to

enable the oil and gas industry to push the boundaries of deepwater production, with a simple, lightweight and robust riser pipe system.

Projects

In addition to the already mentioned Saipem project, on behalf of Chevron Australia, Airborne Oil & Gas also produced an 875 metre-long downline for the challenging Gorgon Seabed Excavation project. The project is a natural gas project involving the development of the Greater Gorgon gas fields, between 130 and 220 kilometres off the northwest coast of Western Australia, as well as a subsea gas-gathering infrastructure, and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Barrow Island. The excavation, whereby water was passed through the downline at high flow and high pressure, allowed the pipeline to be laid in a more direct route to shore, representing a substantial cost saving for the Gorgon Project. Steuten continued, “Corrosion in pipeline systems is another reality that many operators find themselves confronted with. An estimated 50% of leakage issues are caused by corrosion.

Numerous different circumstances can lead to corrosion. One class of corrosion causes is known as Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC).

In this corrosion type, Anaerobic Sulphate Reducing Bacteria (SRBs) produce hydrogen sulphide, causing sulphide stress cracking. SRBs thrive in waters and soils with a pH of between 4 and 9, and temperatures of between 10°C and 50°C. One of the global areas where this type of corrosion needs to be dealt with is the South China Sea. It is against that background that the Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas, in an effort to mitigate the effects of SRB induced corrosion, awarded us a contract to qualify our Thermoplastic Composite Pipe technology for use

in offshore hydrocarbon production.

The project will yield qualified 6 inch internal diameter TCP Flowline with minimum working pressures ranging from 100 to 375 bar. The project scope comprises a client-specific qualification programme that complies with the requirements of API 15S, API 17B and DNV-OS-C501, including extensive materials testing, short-term and long-term prototype testing and full scale offshore installation testing.

The development and testing of integrated optical fibre condition monitoring systems is an integral part of the programme. The multiyear qualification project started July 2012 and is due to end sometime this year.

Strategic alliance Airborne Oil & Gas and Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, recently signed a strategic supply agreement for the development and supply of composite materials for these pipe systems.

This multiyear alliance promises to further improve materials, systems and solutions that will meet the oil and gas industry requirements for harsh deepwater operations.

This strategic alliance is an important milestone in achieving a robust supply chain, ready for scaling up.

Celanese is playing an important role in helping to ensure efficient offshore operations via engineered materials used in thermoplastic composite pipe.

A good example is the flexible pipeline system from Airborne that incorporates Celstran CFR-TP (continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic) composite technologies, suitable for use in flowlines, downlines, jumpers, intervention lines, risers and other offshore pipe systems.

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Peter Kesteloo, team leader at Hydrauvision Systems, is responsible for the continuity of projects. A good example is the series Continuous Jack-up Systems for the construction of wind farms: ‘Together with my team, I build the units in our workshop. After the test phase the units are disassembled and shipped to Dubai. On location, the units are reassembled by my colleagues from Services.’

Hydraulic solutions Peter: ‘We are continually gaining experience in the building of small series. It is an efficient approach, substantially decreasing lead times.

What's in it for the customer? Well, Hydrauvision provides top quality at top speed.’

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Demonstrable, permanent energy savings for the offshore and dredging industries

Flexible and smart green energy control There’s important news for owners of cable layers, pipe layers, drill towers, heavy-lift vessels, research vessels, cutter- and hopper dredgers and stone dumping vessels. Bakker Sliedrecht has succeeded in managing energy flows on board to such an extent that power requirements are met constantly and exactly. Not approximately but extremely accurately. The Bakker flexible green energy solutions provide immediate demonstrable cost savings which are effective during the entire life cycle of the vessel.

Layout of exible and smart green energy control.

In the systems layout, Bakker Sliedrecht uses innovative techniques in power electronics with smart control software used in frequency drives DCbus or DCgrid configurations, in which alternative energy sources such as fuel cells, batteries, supercaps, solar- and wind energy can be integrated seamlessly with passive (such as 6-12-24 pulse) or active rectifiers. Power exchange between generators (diesel engines),

e-motors and drives (propulsion, thrusters and winches) for energy and emission savings is used to optimise diesel engine-power and fuel/hybrid solutions.

Because there will be no longer any wasted energy, emissions are reduced to a minimum. An additional benefit is that these systems are designed in such way that redundancy and safety is increased up to

the highest possible standards of the classification societies.

Because Bakker Sliedrecht puts the emphasis on the durability of its installations, permanent costsavings are guaranteed, partly thanks to its 50 years of proven know-how in the dredging and offshore industries. Bakker Sliedrecht makes it work for the entire life cycle of the vessel.

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IHC Merwede successful

IHC Merwede secures orders

IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel Sapura Topázio in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. The 550t Artist impression of the largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever produced for a Chinese customer.

pipelaying vessel – ordered by Sapura

IHC Merwede from The Netherlands has been successful in securing orders worth € 350 million for a wide range of dredging and offshore vessels and equipment. The company’s Dredging division has confirmed new contracts for the delivery of a large custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger, 13 units that will be supplied by IHC Beaver Dredgers and a cutter suction dredger training simulator.

The Offshore division has also announced orders for the construction of a 300-tonne pipelaying vessel, as well as a J-Lay pipelaying system and a tandem mooring system.

In the Dredging division, IHC Merwede will soon start constructing the largest trailing suction hopper dredger it has ever produced for a Chinese customer, CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Company (GDC). It has selected IHC Merwede as its preferred supplier, which offers the best possible solutions in the market.

This latest addition to GDC’s dredging fleet will be built at a Dutch shipyard, despite the fact that it is based in a country with an in-depth knowledge of the field of shipbuilding. The remaining 13 dredging vessels consist of 11 standard IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers, a Delta Multi Craft standard work boat and a booster station.

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In addition, Huta Marine Works has commissioned IHC Merwede to develop and supply a cutter suction dredger training simulator. This will accompany the delivery of the previously ordered custom-built cutter suction dredger, which is currently under construction at the IHC Merwede yard in Kinderdijk.

Huta Marine Works will use the simulator in training courses for operators of the latest cutter suction dredgers in its fleet and this will include the technical capability to incorporate future vessels.

In the Offshore division, the 300-tonne pipelaying vessel ordered by Sapura

Navegação Marítima will be delivered with a pipelay spread supplied by IHC Engineering Business. This ship will install flexible pipelines in Brazilian waters, pursuant to Petrobras’ contracts for the charter and operation of pipelaying support vessels, previously awarded to Sapura Navegação Marítima.

An additional offshore order from Petrofac includes the design and construction of a 2,000-tonne capacity J-Lay pipelaying system.

This will be installed on a new deep-water construction vessel in 2016 to lay 36-inch diameter pipe in water depths of up to 3,000 meters.

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Electrical installations The tandem mooring system - used for the safe mooring of the bow of an export tanker to the stern or bow of a FPSO - will be the 17th product of its kind put into operation by IHC Merwede in the floating production market. It will be installed on one of MODECs FPSO vessels in Ghana.

Bram Roelse, IHC Merwede’s COO, commented: “These valuable new orders are confirmation of IHC Merwede’s reputation as ‘the technology innovator’. We invest in long-term relationships to provide the best possible solutions, so that our international customers continue to appreciate the reliability and efficiency of our products and services.”

The Croon Elektrotechniek and Bakker Sliedrecht joint venture will deliver the complete electrical installations, propulsion and automation for three new pipe laying vessels, to be built for Subsea 7. The order comes from Dutch company IHC Merwede, which will build the vessels at its yard in Krimpen aan de IJssel and Kinderdijk. The new vessels are identical to the IHC Merwede type 30 design of the Seven Waves vessel, which is being completed at the moment.

It has a length of 146 metres, a beam of 30 metres and with a class DP2 system (Dynamic Positioning) these ships are built to transport, lay and install flexible pipes and systems up to a depth of 3,000 meters.

The completion period is scheduled between the third quarter of 2015 and the third quarter of 2016.

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Ten people work safely on Spool Base Work Platform

Gigantic safety system Hydrauvision has built a gigantic safety system for the Carlyss Spool Base. On this Spool Base, steel tubing is manufactured, which is then wound onto vertically positioned reels with a diameter of 24 meter.

The tubes may have a length of up to 1 km and a diameter between 6 and 16 inches. The reels are positioned on a floating vessel moored at the quay. Roland Picavet, commercial manager, explains: “Where ten people are working under such precarious circumstances, safety has our highest priority.

That is why the platform can be moved downward very quickly when the maximum load is exceeded.”

Maximum safety

Upon winding up each new layer of tubing, manual actions need to be performed. This work takes place directly underneath the reels, at a height of up to 7 m. This is possible thanks to the Spool Base Work Platform, SBWP, which is similar to a scissor lift. The platform was developed and built by Hydrauvision.

The work platform, which weighs 58 mT, is brought onto the floating vessel via rails by means of a shore crane.

By means of a transfer system with hydraulic winches, the work platform

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is moved directly underneath the reel, where it is seafastened. After this, the work platform is connected up to the on-board generator. When the reel has been wound up, the work platform is taken from the vessel and placed onto the next one. Picavet: “Because the geometry of the scissors in the lower part of the vertical movement is rather unfavourable, the work platform is pushed upward 1 meter by means of telescopic support legs, after which the two main cylinders of the scissors take over the vertical movement.”

Around ten people work on the platform simultaneously. The most critical location is the bottom of the reel, where the tubing starts its winding up. “Here, the tubing is deformed for the first time and if it breaks, this may cause a dangerous situation,” Picavet continues.

“In order to guarantee the safety of the people on the work platform directly underneath the reel, a safety function was built into the work platform, allowing it to be moved downward very quickly in case of its overloading. Hydraulic pressure sensors, in combination with a position detector, monitor the load on the work platform. If this load is exceeded, the work platform is moved downward in a matter of seconds. When the upper part of the work platform has almost reached the bottom, it is further braked, increment by increment, by the support legs.

After the work platform has come to a standstill, the people present will be able to leave it quickly and safely.”

Hydrauvision is specialised in customised hydraulic solutions in system construction. The company combines mechanical engineering design with drive technology.

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Breman Machinery: a steadily and healthily growing business

‘Working together towards the ideal solution’

Henk Breman: “Over the past few years we have seen huge growth in the interest demonstrated in our services by the offshore industry

Structure versus chaos and calm versus exuberance. At the start of my quest for a clear picture of the nature of Breman Machinery from Genemuiden, I was immediately struck by these apparent opposing characteristics. A tour through the modern industrial halls equipped with the very latest processing systems is an uninterrupted experience of calm and orderliness, with craftsmen and their work pieces as a clear focal point, while my third interview with co-director Henk Breman was once again a demonstration that greatness is best demonstrated by calm and quiet. He and his brothers Harry and Hans do not respond euphorically upon news of being awarded yet another unique order; instead they view such news as an opportunity for reflection that offers inspiration for the next challenge.

As a consequence, Breman Machinery is a steadily and healthily growing business, with a well-filled order book.

and wind energy sector.

Specialists in the use of thick sheet material, thick steel, deformation, bending and welding, for years, Breman Machinery has been producing ground-breaking pieces of work pieces. The orders undertaken range from simple structures through to complex items of machinery.

All are unique work pieces with high tolerances and extreme dimensions.

Ever growing numbers of nationally and internationally-operating offshore and wind energy businesses are discovering the services of this specialised machinery and equipment

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builder with its own rolling mill in Purmerend and since August 2013, a brand-new and modern assembly hall in IJmuiden. This 1,500 m2 assembly hall is equipped with four 60-tonne cranes and two 16-tonne cranes. The surrounding outdoor site covers a further 3,000 m2, with direct access to the water and with an open connection to the sea.

As a result, complete finished work pieces can be loaded onto a barge or ship and transported without further hindrance to any location on the North Sea.

Added value

Short delivery times combined with the highest quality are the inherent strengths of Breman Machinery.

Henk Breman, responsible for sales and projects explained: “Over the past few years we have seen huge growth in the interest demonstrated in our services by the offshore industry and wind energy sector. Requests often relate to components that are difficult to outsource. We are not manufacturers of series work; instead, we produce unique items. The components we produce demand considerable care

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and attention, and have to undergo complex finishing processes. We have an experienced and skilled workforce and offer practically every conceivable metalworking machine, in-house.

Whereas in the past we were only required to supply components, more and more of our clients are now asking us to execute complex turnkey projects, often in close collaboration with the customer. Take for example the winches we build for Huisman in Schiedam. We recently handed over the third complete winch system, including all the hydraulic and electrical components. The system in question consists of a 25-tonne storage winch and a 200-tonne winch.”

Huisman was responsible for the complete engineering while Breman undertook fabrication and transport.

Henk Breman went on: “Our added value for this project lay in the correct translation of the design drawings

by Huisman into workshop drawings for our people on the shop floor.

In practice, what we do is build the ideas that engineers have entrusted to paper, via a complex set of lines.

We convert original ideas into a product, by ensuring the perfect balance between creativity and rationality. We consistently work on the basis of product knowledge, craftsmanship and the perfect machines. Even if the client originally asks for something slightly different, our advice is always focused on optimising the eventual product.”

Speed

Henk Breman is optimistic about the future of the business. “We have a well-filled order book. One of the reasons for our success is the fact that we recognised on time the need to above all focus on improving our marketing activities, worldwide.

In response, we started participating in international trade fairs, and in that way have gradually expanded our sales area. To this day, we work hard at making our business even

more international. We have certainly become more European, and regularly receive orders from England, Norway and Denmark.

One of the foreign orders that were recently handed over was the production of components of turret systems on board FPSOs.”

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200 Tonnes winch.

Gripperring to level a jacket.

‘The components we produce demand considerable care and attention, and have to undergo complex finishing processes.’

Henk Breman

Breman Machinery is set to continue along its current course. The aim for the medium to long term, at least, is to bring in orders from the whole of Western and Northern Europe so as to live up to our growth ambitions.

Henk Breman again: “In fact we already work for a large number of leading international operators and contractors, but are unfortunately not always at liberty to make this fact known. It has more or less become our role to overcome challenges together with our clients, within the shortest possible lead time. Our attitude to such assignments is extremely flexible, and that attitude is clearly much in demand. Mutual trust is also essential. Whatever we promise we guarantee to deliver, and we make every possible effort to fulfil our promises. We leave no stone unturned in bringing our projects to a successful conclusion. We are happy to go that extra mile for our clients. One thing that is a huge advantage to us is the fact that as a family business, certain decisions can be taken very quickly.

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We can respond extremely rapidly.

And if things do not go according to plan, we do everything in our power to do what is necessary.”

Partly thanks to that attitude, Breman Machinery has acquired such an excellent position on the market.

Projects

When asked for examples of products fabricated for the offshore industry and the wind energy sector, Henk Breman replied: “At the end of 2013 we produced a complete handling system for a noise abatement screen, and an up-ending tool for monopoles.

This tool is used for lifting 1,000-tonne pipe sections from a horizontal into a vertical position, at which point they can be driven into the ground. The entire unit was based on a 220 mm-thick pipe section. The rolling work, the welding work and the machine finishing were of extremely high quality. One other extensive project currently underway is the fabrication of a monopole gripper frame to be installed on an advanced

transport and installation vessel owned by a wind farm contractor.

The vessel, intended to be used for the building of offshore wind farms, is due to be handed over in June 2014.

We are also producing special systems for the process industry and rig locking devices for jack-up drilling rigs and, on behalf of an engineering firm, we are currently building a complete simulation rig on which people can be trained to weld pipe sections together, offshore. One order awarded to us in February 2014 involves the construction of the T40 Barge Master motion compensated crane to be installed on a Walk-toWork vessel. Production deadline for this customer is 30 June 2014.”

Here, too, the production period is extremely tight, but the entire business process at Breman Machinery is organised in such a way that we can respond adequately to every customer wish. In Genemuiden, success is not defined by a contract but by vision, mutual trust and complete transparency.

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Keppel Verolme Rotterdam

Serving the North Sea jack up market With 20 yards worldwide, Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) leverages its Near Market, Near Customer strategy to meet its customer needs and contribute to local content. Keppel O&M’s yard in the North Sea region is Keppel Verolme. Located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Keppel Verolme has grown to become Europe’s trusted offshore and marine solutions partner.

Keppel Verolme has carried out and consequently built up an impressive track record over more than 40 years.

Modifications, upgrading, conversions and maintenance work has been carried out to offshore units. In particular, many self-elevating platforms have been in the yard and more will certainly follow in the future.

The self-elevating platforms, or jack up rigs type dominate the shallower waters in the North Sea and are used in the oil and gas industry as well as in the offshore wind sector.

Rowan Gorilla VI at the yard.

Deliveries in 2013

In 2013, Keppel Verolme successfully completed the construction and installation of the self installing substation platform Global Tech 1, for an offshore wind park in the German Exclusive Economic Zone in the North Sea. This delivery highlights Keppel Verolme’s capabilities to offer pioneering solutions for the emerging European offshore wind energy sector and showcases its ability to provide value-added services such as the installation of the platform.

In the same year, Keppel Verolme completed another challenging project. The yard disassembled the

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jack up rig Prime Exerter into sections so that it could be transported across the narrow 17 meter-wide Volga-Don canal in order to enter the land-locked Caspian Sea. Keppel Verolme’s scope of work on the jack up was to remove and dismantle the cantilever, drill floor and other equipment, carry out maintenance work and cut the legs in three pieces. The sections left Keppel Verolme yard on several 16.5 meter wide barges across the canal to Keppel

Verolme’s sister yard in Azerbaijan, Caspian Shipyard Company to be assembled back into one piece.

Recent projects

The outlook for 2014 has been positive with more projects expected, and several platforms and vessels already in the yard for work in the first quarter. Repeat customer and Dutch based company Workfox has sent its accommodation jack up rig Seafox 1 to the yard for a SPS (Special Periodic Survey).

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The jackup rig ENSCO 121 arriving at the Keppel Verolme yard.

In January the rig stayed for a short period in the Keppel Verolme’s 405 meter long and 90 meter wide dry dock together with the semi-submersible accommodation platform Regalia.

In the meantime, the jack up rig; Troll Solution, belonging to Norway’s North Sea Drilling, stayed in the yard for adjustments. Part of the yard’s job scope on this workover and well intervention platform was testing the jacking system up to 80 metres, which was carried out successfully.

Another jack up currently in the yard is the drilling rig Rowan Gorilla VI. This rig first stayed in Keppel Verolme’s dry dock for a month and subsequently it remained at the quayside for a couple of months. In this period the yard carried out various maintenance

and modification works as well as prefabricated and installed a specific Local Equipment Room for the sophisticated drilling control systems.

In addition, the yard carried out modification work on the derrick and drilling systems on the drillfloor.

The yard is also completing the prefabrication of three leg sections for another Rowan-platform, the Rowan Viking. The installation of these sections will extend the existing legs of the platform and enable it to work in deeper waters.

At the end of March 2014, the jackup rig ENSCO 121 arrived at the Keppel Verolme yard, which was built by Keppel FELS in Singapore, to stay in the yard for approximately one

month for mobilization and crew familiarization purposes. The ultrapremium harsh environment jack up is an enhanced version of Keppel’s proprietary KFELS Super A Class design and has been chartered to work for Wintershall, at the Chabazite field in the Danish sector in the North Sea. With a longstanding tradition of high quality execution and delivery, Keppel Verolme continues to strive to meet customer needs and deliver projects safely, on time and within budget. Leveraging Keppel O&M’s strengths in technology and project execution, Keppel Verolme is poised for continued growth into the future, offering innovative and cost-effective solutions for the offshore industry.

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Maurice van Gils, project manager at Tideway Offshore Solutions:

‘A challenging project is always huge kick’

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Project manager Maurice van Gils is a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to extensive, complex technical projects.

Without apparent effort, he dashes off whole lists of technical jargon, project names, pipeline lengths and rock tonnages.

He is also able to state precisely how many tonnes were dumped by which ship and precisely how long each pipeline is.

Despite maintaining a helicopter view, he is also a ‘details man’.

“Half the secret to success is maintaining a complete overview, combined with excellent planning,” emphasised Van Gils when referring to the Laggan Tormore project involving two huge gas fields 125 kilometres northwest of the Shetlands. Although at the time of the interview the project was not fully completed (planned completion date May 2014), he was already visibly proud of the performance of Tideway in these northern waters. A mega performance. “We at Tideway bear overall responsibility.

In principle, Tideway is the leader in joint venture projects. Each party is responsible for their own work, and together with a number of fellow operators, the work we have delivered so far has been top notch. I have been in the business for quite some years, and have seen every aspect of precision rock dumping work; even for me, giga projects of this kind are very much the cherry on the cake.”

Three different assignments

The Laggan and Tormore gas fields are 16 kilometers apart, and together contain around 1 quintillion cubic

feet of gas and 230 million drums of oil equivalent. Gas field operator is Total. Sullom Voe is an inlet between North Mainland and Northmavine on Shetland, in Scotland. It is home to one of Europe’s largest oil terminals and acts as an essential hub for the transport and storage of oil and gas from the offshore field to the east of the Shetlands. Close to the terminal, Total is currently building a gasification plant for processing the gas stocks from Laggan and Tormore. “And that is where Tideway came onto the scene in May 2012,” explained Van Gils.

“In principle we are undertaking three different assignments. A pre and post-lay project to the northwest of the Shetlands, both on behalf of Subsea 7 UK, and to the southeast of the same group of islands, a similar job for Allseas. The pre-lay work on the first project was undertaken by the Tideway vessels Rollingstone, Seahorse and Flintstone. To prepare the seabed for the laying of pipelines, 400,000 tonnes of crushed rock was deposited over 37.4 km of the total 142 km-long route of an 18-inch undersea pipeline, and an 8-inch pipe

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with umbilical, in water depths of between 16 and 130 meters. The precisely positioned pre-lay carpet is 30 cm thick and about 15 metres wide at the top. A protective carpet also had to be laid on top of two junctions of existing pipelines. The post-lay work was also undertaken in a joint venture. In total, this work saw the deployment of eight rock dumpers, working in depths of up to 650 metres. For this project, the Rollingstone had to be equipped with extended umbilicals. A total of 2.2 million tonnes of rock were dumped in just eighteen months.”

Precision work

The Allseas order also involved pre-and post-lay work, but on this occasion for a 228 km-long 30-inch pipeline. Via this pipeline, the gas from Sullom Voe will be transported to a point to the southeast of the Shetlands, where it will be injected into an existing pipeline network that eventually delivers the gas to the St.-Fergus plant in Scotland. This project was entrusted to the Rollingstone, the Seahorse and the Flintstone.

Together, they dumped 130,000 tonnes in rock in waters of between 96 and 140 metres deep. A protective layer had to be applied over seven junctions, in addition to which a series of spans had to be created, while rocks were dumped on top of

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two hot taps tees – an extremely precise job!

Bulk carriers

One special feature of the project was the deployment of a number of 32,000-tonne bulk carriers that were used to supply the fallpipe vessels involved in the project. Normally speaking these vessels sail direct to the quarries in Norway. On this occasion, that aspect of the task was entrusted to the various carriers which sailed on several occasions to a well-sheltered bay, Dales Voe, close to the site, at which point one of the fallpipe vessels took up position alongside on the seaward side, using DP. The rock was then transferred using a conveyor from the bulk carrier. As Van Gils explained: “It is relatively new for fallpipe vessels to take delivery of their rock supply, via this method. Several years ago we did employ the same method on a job in Baydaratskaya Bay in northern Russia. The biggest advantage of deploying bulk carriers was that our ships lost no time shuttling backwards and forwards between the Shetlands and Norway. The time gain for each load was a full two days, and that time was successfully used to carry out other short-term projects in the region, when the actual pipelaying was delayed, forcing the fallpipe vessels to wait.”

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‘Half the secret to success is maintaining a complete overview, combined with excellent planning’ Maurice van Gils, Project manager

One special feature of the project was the deployment of a number of 32,000-tonne bulk carriers that were used to supply the fallpipe vessels involved in the project.

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Maritime Training Centre Amsterdam opens for business

High-quality safety training After MAAP in the Philippines and Jaheziya in Abu Dhabi, MTC Amsterdam is the third center to become accredited with the support of MTC International.

MTC International globally supports safety training centers and their clients, mainly active in offshore, shipping and renewable energy.

Centers profit from benefits like network certification, shared services for course administration and booking systems, joined sales and presence at important tradeshows and events in the industry.

The state-of-the-art facility in Amsterdam and MTC International’s innovative approach promise to offer more-efficient, high-quality safety training by harnessing the latest technologies and providing a clientdriven and flexible service.

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MTC Amsterdam makes intelligent use of an old shipyard in the heart of the city. The building has been fitted with three floors to enable small groups to undertake separate activities at the same time. It also boasts a16 meter indoor wind turbine, a sea survival and lifeboat training pool, two helicopter underwater-escape training (HUET) modules in a separate pool and a virtual-reality room for team training.

As well as leading-edge facilities, MTC Amsterdam has innovative practices designed to increase training efficiency. For example, assessing the competencies of each participant before a course enables their training

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to be focused on the skills and knowledge they lack. In this way, the training becomes more interactive and reduces the training time for experienced workers.

Nicole van Ham, Sales & Marketing Manager, MTC International, says: “We believe that the combination of high-tech facilities and new ways of working provides many benefits.

For example, because the center is designed for small groups working in parallel, we can offer flexible start times that fit with different travel arrangements. Rather than being forced to forgo a weekend with their families to travel for the traditional early Monday morning start, attendees can opt for a mid-morning start on Tuesday or Wednesday. Once on-site, they will typically be in trained in small groups, so they will not waste time waiting for one of the seats in a HUET module, for instance. Our new facility is also well equipped with workstations, but we are all about flexibility and in the future we’ll offer much of our theoretical training and assessment through an e-learning portal. This will enable people to learn at a time that suits them and at their own pace.”

Photo above: Sea survival and lifeboat training pool.

MTC Amsterdam serves the offshore oil and gas, offshore renewable energy, maritime and various onshore industries, and will provide courses accredited by OPITO, NOGEPA, STCW and GWO. It is just 6 minutes from Amsterdam Central railway station by free ferry, which is only 20 minutes from Schiphol Airport. Although centrally located, the former shipyard has a generous parking area.

Photo left: There are two helicopter underwater-escape training (HUET) modules in a separate pool.

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New range of services thanks to hyperbaric testing, training and welding centre

DCN Diving lifesaver for offshore cable fractures At last! DCN Diving, the Dutch diving contractor based in Bergen op Zoom has done it. The new hyperbaric testing, training and welding centre is up and running. In 2013, Offshore Holland already discussed the establishment of this facility, unique in the Netherlands and indeed uncommon anywhere in the world. The initial intention was to establish a modular centre made up of a series of containerised components. Now, however, the management at DCN have changed tack, and in the hall alongside the company’s head office, a permanent professional centre has been established, in which every possible hyperbaric working situation can be simulated.

This bright-yellow complete testing and training facility consists of a welding area, a testing area, a separate control room and a saturation chamber under overpressure, with living accommodation including shower and laundry facilities.

The completely separated welding

chamber is suitable for welding and testing with a working pressure of up to 200 metres and a testing pressure of up to 280 metres. Depending on the purpose for which a client wishes to use the test area, the atmosphere can be fully adjusted. This facility will enable DCN to offer a complete

hyperbaric welding service from a Procedure Qualification Routine (PQR) welding procedure right through to offshore environment simulation and the production of a whole range of test welds. In the adjacent testing facility, weld tests can be undertaken on large sections of pipe up to a

The Hyperbaric test centre of DCN Diving in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands.

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The facility has a separate control room.

maximum diameter of 1750 mm, that can be driven inside by forklift truck via an entry door with an 1800 mm diameter. The largest oil pipeline in use in the world has a maximum diameter of 1500 mm, so the facility makes it possible to simulate repairs on any pipeline type. The testing space is a safe environment for working with polyesters, glues and patching mortars, which are not permitted to evaporate into the open air. Another huge advantage is that two to three divers can work simultaneously in the space. The divers in question must be qualified to work at a depth of 200 metres, to allow them to specialise in job-specific welds.

On the other hand, the test space is not only suitable for test welds, but also for testing all kinds of equipment/products at pressure such as welding robots, ROVs, diving systems, control systems, kink arms, drive systems and valves.

Qualification test

This hyperbaric facility now also makes it possible for international operators, contractors, cable

manufacturers and classification societies to train divers and welders, without having to incur the huge costs that result from working offshore. The facility even offers clients the opportunity to have their divers complete a competence assessment under pressure, to determine whether they have the qualifications and experience required for a certain job. In theory, divers are fully qualified for a range of tasks, but in practice this turns out not to be the case.

When interviewed, operations director Wim Vriens explained: “Effectively, the facility undertakes two main activities. As well as training divers and welders to qualify them for carrying out hyperbaric welding operations up to a depth of 35 metres, we also carry out tests, to order.

One of the orders (that we have now completed) was for an international energy operator that required a major hyperbaric welding job to be carried out at a depth of 70 metres, in the Caspian Sea. The operator wanted to know for certain, in advance, that the divers they wanted to deploy for the job could demonstrate the necessary welding skills. A diverse group of

twelve divers who professed to have extensive welding experience, travelled to our test centre in Bergen op Zoom to demonstrate their skills.

The result was astonishing. After examining the test pieces, just two of the divers proved capable of expertly carrying out the work required for this specific assignment. Imagine what level of risk the clients would have run if they had sent down twelve divers without first having carried out the qualification test.�

Another example is the repair of an offshore drinking water pipeline.

A fracture had been identified at a depth of 25 metres, precisely at a point exposed to very strong currents due to tidal changes, making this a difficult job for the divers whose task was to supervise the work underwater.

Normally speaking, an HDPE pipeline on land is repaired using a welding device with heat reflectors. To save costs, DCN was asked to carry out hyperbaric tests to determine whether a welding device of this kind could be used underwater, an application never previously carried out anywhere in the world. The test in the tank answered the question: the welder with heat reflector performs just as well underwater as at the surface.

Cable repairs

A hyperbaric centre is also ideally suited for carrying out repairs on for example cables for wind farms broken by dragging anchors. On the North Sea, the majority of such cables are trenched into the seabed, at a maximum depth of 40 metres.

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The testing facility has a door with an 1800 mm diameter.

Once a power cable is broken, in connection with a specific bending radius, it has to be freed up over a distance of at least 300 metres on both sides. Managing director of DCN Ton Stuifzand explained: “Repairing a broken cable is an extremely costly and time-consuming job, and one that is practically uninsurable. In other words, cable breaks represent an increased risk factor. At the same time, the wind farm operator faces loss of income because of the length of time during which the system is out of operation, for repairs. First a cable vessel has to be mobilised. The covering sand layer has to be removed and only then can the cable itself be raised to the surface and repaired or replaced.

Finally, the repaired cable has to be lowered back into the trench. Our idea is to localise the fracture, mount a habitat at that point, and repair the break under-water. Such an approach saves a great deal of time and money.”

A habitat is a gas-filled space created around a work piece. Inside this habitat, which is maintained at a

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raised pressure that matches the water pressure at the precise location, it is possible to carry out hyperbaric welding. Professionally this is known as ‘dry underwater welding’, a specialisation at DCN since 1980.

A habitat is the ideal solution for high quality welding work underwater.

The advantage of dry welding over wet underwater welding is that the welding conditions can be far better controlled. For example, the weld can be allowed to cool down gradually, delivering the same level of result as achieved above water. Just recently, DCN used this method to repair a broken optic fibre cable. This approach had never been employed before.

For DCN it was effectively just a small project but for the client, the habitat intervention represented a huge cost saving.

New range of services

The test facility at DCN enables the company to demonstrate convincingly the possibilities of underwater cable repair up to a depth of 200 metres, anywhere in the world.

Wim Vriens continued: “We simulate whatever conditions the client specifies.

And to convince cable manufacturers, cable layers and power companies that manage offshore wind farms of the level of our experience, we will be happy to invite them to visit our facility in the Netherlands. Here, with their own eyes, they can see just what our people are capable of. The habitat technique we have developed here at DCN is truly unique. Whenever a calamity occurs offshore, our Quick Response Team is available to immediately swing into action. Use of a habitat is a rapid alternative that represents huge cost savings compared to the deployment of a costly DP2 vessel and replacement of the cable. This new service for the offshore cable laying industry is focused entirely at ensuring that the offshore repair can be carried out as quickly as possible, underwater.

As well as our own welding experts, we also operate a number of modular systems that are available for immediate offshore transhipment.”

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The development of a FIRM concept

FIRM: Fast Inspection Repair & Maintenance Vessel

Early 2000 Damen introduced the ’Damen Offshore Series’. Today the Damen Offshore Series comprises a comprehensive line of Platform Supply Vessels (from 1500 to 5000 tonne deadweight) Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (from 85 to 200 tonne bollard pull), Fast Crew Suppliers (12 - 65 m) and other support vessels. These series were well received by the market and a few modest, but serious successes were achieved, especially with the Platform Supply Vessels.

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DAMEN FIRM 120 Concept design Length o.a.

Deadweight (design draft) Beam mld Speed (design draft) Depth Propulsion power

120,00 m 1450 t 21,00 m 22 knots 9,50 m 7000 kW

Draft (design)

5,00 m

Deck area

800 m2

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The Damen Group shows the ambition to grow in the various fields of the maritime industry, this includes newbuild, services and repair covering the mid and high end of the Offshore Industry. An extensive market study was performed in order to allocate those segments of this flourishing market that are interesting to Damen.

Not having a track record in the High End Offshore, but equipped with a vast experience in the handling of challenging projects, Damen developed a number of concept designs. Designs to ‘tease’ the market and show innovative capabilities.

This approach commanced with the principle of developing vessels based on effective contracts and known end-users. The concept designs are developed in-house, on Damen’s own account and are supported by pragmatic market surveys and creative thinking.

Speed

The FIRM concept was developed on the assumption that it might be a ‘niche’ in the IRM market to provide a vessel with a substantial higher speed potential than the existing designs showed. There are potential cost savings related to shortening the transit times (increasing the number of workable days) and/or quicker response times in case of a calamity (e.g. leaking pipeline). Especially the improved Emergency Response performance was considered an important gain. The market survey listed the minimum requirements for a market-conform IRM vessel. Damen worked on the development of a hull form facilitating high speeds incorporating offshore requirements as well.

taken into account. A balance was found in the amount of power for a suitable DP-performance in harsh conditions (0-speed) and the high speed option. The concept features principles of the enlarged ship concept and the successful Damen Axe Bow designs. Special attention is given to 0-speed performance in order to provide a stable working platform in sea state conditions. The vessel includes a Diesel Electric 3,3 kV system, driving twin azi- POD’s.

Side thrust is generated through twin tunnel thrusters in the bow as well as a retractable thruster.

Power

Key features

The power demand for the total operation of the vessel was carefully

Typical IRM features are included such as an active heave Deep Sea

Offshore crane, a module handling tower able to handle structure’s up to 30 tonnes through a standard-sized moonpool. Furthermore, twin working class ROV hangars, inspection ROV’s and ample accommodation up to 100 persons is part of the outfitting.

The Heli deck is situated amidships at a position were movements and acceleration levels are minimal.

The design offers the possibility to fit a motion compensated heli deck as an option. The development of the design is still in progress and the market is invited to share thoughts on layouts and outfitting. Options will be further investigated, e.g.

Diving Support, Pollution Control, Fire Fighting etc.

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A.Hak Drillcon and A.Hak Infranet West took on this challenge

Cooling water pipeline from the beach to the sea

The drilling installation on the beach.

Imagine rerouting a cooling water pipeline for a nuclear reactor to the open sea. Then add a strict deadline to stay ahead of the storm season and a scheduled maintenance shutdown, while cooperating with governmental institutions planning to carry out a beach replenishment which elevates the beach with three meters while extending it with 700 meters.

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And did we mention that the beach was to remain open for its guests during the entire period and a protected bird species that was of course to be left unharmed?

This project, carried out for the Nuclear Research and consultancy Group (NRG) that operates the High Flux Reactor in Petten in the Netherlands, is a great example of the complex cases A.Hak meets. Of course we take pride in completing them correctly, within the deadline and in a safe and sustainable way.

delivers approximately 60% of Europe’s medical radioactive isotopes, allowing for the daily treatment of over 24,000 patients.

In order to support the cooling processes of the nuclear reactor, NRG uses a cooling water system.

An important segment of this system is the cooling water pipeline which ends in a breakwater in the North Sea. As the actual connection of the new infrastructure had to be made during a maintenance shutdown of the reactor scheduled in August, there was little room for delay.

The jack-up pontoon offshore.

Project context

Flood defense is important to the Netherlands and many other countries.

The continuous battle against the water led two infrastructure managing governmental organizations to the decision that the local beach should be reinforced to prevent it from becoming a weak link in the future.

As a consequence, the discharge opening of the original cooling water pipeline of the High Flux Reactor would come to disappear and had to be rerouted.

Together with the NRG project team, engineering firm Lievense that advised and arranged for the permits and the governmental institutions (Regional Water Board HHNK and Rijkswaterstaat), A.Hak Drillcon and A.Hak Infranet West took on this challenge.

The project was granted to A.Hak based on a proposal that stood apart from the competition, while also proposing various measures to reduce nuisance to an absolute minimum.

Nuclear value

The High Flux Reactor in Petten is used for nuclear research and has an important role in producing radioactive isotopes. These isotopes are used in hospitals to obtain solid diagnoses as well as battling cancer.

The NRG operated reactor currently

Work on the jack-up pontoon.

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NEN-EN 14001, the Petrochemical SSC requirements and OHSAS 18001, the A.Hak HSE approach adheres to the highest standards.

Reducing nuisance

The drilling installation on the beach with the jack-up

While the core of the project was clear, the environment was of course also important. Just the right job for A.Hak which is level 3 certified for both CSR (ISO 26000) and the CO2 performance ladder. Various measures were put in place to reduce nuisance.

Welding tasks were not carried out on the beach while nature and wildlife - including a protected bird species were hardly interrupted as the pipeline was delivered over sea.

pontoon in the background.

Innovative approach

The beach replenishment could not start before the new cooling water pipeline was completed, instantly turning this project into an offshore one as the discharge opening had to end up in open sea. A first step in getting everything in place was constructing and delivering the new pipeline in an innovative way.

reaming method, drilling mud was not ejected into sea, but rather on the beach so that it could be directly recycled. For the small amount of drilling mud that did make it to the exit point, a collection pit was dredged from which a flow line directly transported it back ashore.

Considerable attention was paid to the work terrain. The A.Hak Infranet West team blocked the entrance road with a noise-proof fence, ensuring that transport movements were separated from people relaxing at the beach while noise disturbance was severely limited. A temporary bridge was built across the drill line and dam wall construction, so beach guests could pass the terrain both safely and quickly.

Setbacks and HSE Exemplary project

An order was placed in Norway for a new 1,000 meter synthetic pipeline, made from fully recyclable material with a minimum 50 year lifecycle.

Upon its completion, it was shipped over sea by tug boats rather than using traditional road transport.

Benefits of this method were that the beach was left unharmed, while the pipeline arrived at its destination from the optimum angle.

A complex project such as this is bound to meet some setbacks. Early in the project, various unexpected technical obstacles and rough weather caused for a delay. However, based on a seamless cooperation with the project team of client NRG, the deadline was made. For A.Hak, part of the ability to deal with these situations originates in the custom-made meticulous HSE plans for larger projects.

A.Hak Drillcon then positioned a jack-up pontoon carrying a 60 tons drilling rig in order to drill a shaft, while a temporary dam wall construction and a 150 tons drilling rig were placed at the entry point of the drilling shaft. By applying the forward

These plans define every possible risk, concern, method and environmental factor in detail. Not only does this guarantee daily safety and sustainability on, it also allows for quick adjustments whenever the need arises.

Complying with NEN-EN9001,

A.Hak looks back on this successful project as a showcase for other clients all across the globe. After all, an increasing amount of cables and oil and gas pipelines are brought ashore in similar methods. It is an interesting and growing industry now and in the future.

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Halfway in August, the maintenance shutdown of the nuclear reactor took place in accordance with the schedule.

That’s when A.Hak Infranet West created the connection between the old and the new pipeline in the dune area. Once that was done, the governmental institutions could start their work on the beach replenishment, securing this segment of the Dutch coast line for decades to come.

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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 +31 (0)38 385 53 73 or go to www.breman-machinery.nl.

Breman Machinery B.V., The Netherlands, T +31 (0)38 - 385 53 73, info@breman-machinery.nl, www.breman-machinery.nl

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21st Century passive blast and fire protective solutions

InterDam continues to push the limits InterDam is the Dutch designer and producer of blast- and fire resistant architectural doors, walls and windows. They have a worldwide clientele in the offshore- and wind energy industries. InterDam provides standard and customised products, fabricated from galvanized or stainless steel, for offshore- and onshore applications such as: blast and fire resistant doors, fire resistant walls, blast resistant walls, cladding systems, window units and spare parts.

All products have relevant type approval certificates of certifying authorities like Lloyd’s, DNV, USCG or ABS. Berend Groeneveld, MD of InterDam: “We combine top-quality equipment and system design integrity with exceptional personal service. It is therefore our passion to consistently provide innovative blast and fire protective products and solutions in order to allow people to work safe in high risk environments. We are able to handle the most complex and demanding design and build projects. And it is precisely in this respect that our overall efforts are always focused on searching for the optimal balance between engineered solutions and standardised products. Design, engineering and most importantly product development and structural calculations are all done in house with well trained professional staff.”

As the inventor and producer of the A60 fire rated G21 FirePanel, which is already used worldwide, InterDam continues to push the limits for fully certified, low-cost fire- and blastresistant architectural products and has added several other successful type approval tests to its résumé.

Being a supplier of blast and fire protection solutions for oil and gas projects, the company has recently undertaken the first ceiling test on its

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G21 FirePanel. The panel successfully retained its fire integrity and temperature rating for two hours in a test at the UKAS-accredited BRE laboratory in Watford, UK. The G21 FirePanel, which is often used as a self-supporting wall on offshore platforms, was tested

at the request of InterDam clients who were interested in ensuring the safety of rooms by using the same panels for both walls and ceilings. This detail was included in the test by using G21 FirePanels both vertically and horizontally to simulate the interface

detail between the wall and the ceiling. The test included eight pieces of 600-mm-wide, 100-mm-thick G21 FirePanel along with both the distinctive longitudinal and the hard-to-fireproof, transverse linking of the panels.

Success in the A60 test with this setup means almost total freedom of design for ceiling panels. The free span of the panels for this test was 2,000 mm, but project-based longer free spans are possible.

Groeneveld says: “Being the leading provider we go to great lengths to protect personnel, critical safety equipment and property on offshore oil platforms. For this reason, we continued the test long after the requisite 60 minutes of the A60 test.

We know now that on the safe side, there will be no fire for at least three hours and that the temperature will be within the safety limits for well over two hours. How much safer could you be?”

Testing to the limit

By bringing disruptive innovations to a market which is known for its conservatism it has mandated InterDam to proof and excel on every safety aspect the certifying authorities could come up with. Therefore quite a number of extra tests have been executed and resulted in fully certified use of:  panels with a 5000 mm free span (unique in the market)  HVAC penetrations  MCT penetrations  Pipe penetration  Different type of coatings/materials

G21 fire panel installed on an offshore trafo platform.

These extensive test reports and certificates allow all clients almost limited-less use of the fire walls, thus saving weight and money whilst keeping people safe and allowing them to work safe in hazardous environments.

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suited for refurbishment jobs.

Another advantage is that these wall types exhibit optimal weight efficiency by their corrugated shape, which can be engineered to suit any set of boundary conditions with regard to span, loading and available depth. Furthermore the wall systems can easily be accommodated to withstand the specified blast overpressure, they are fully sealed for 100% air, gas and water tightness.” Apart from this standard system regularly modified types are designed to suit specific project requirements that cannot be met with standard systems, such as blast resistance, jet fire requirements, etc.

A60 fire rated door of InterDam.

Blast and fire resistant doors

InterDam fire doors constitute a heavy duty, fully certified range that covers fire ratings from A0 up to H120 including jet fire requirements.

Moreover the doors are also able to withstand a blast overpressure (up to 2.5 bar blast). Both, the fire doors and blast doors will be pre-assembled as complete units and provided with heavy duty special in-house designed hardware. For example, to meet the specific Norsok requirements InterDam designed a special mechanical opening device that ensures a maximum opening force of 5 kg for heavy duty sliding doors, called the Ergo Latch. Groeneveld: “The door designs are versatile and can be adapted to meet our clients’ particular requirements. Early consultation can result in a detailed design best suited to the overall platform design philosophy. Every door type has been fire tested and approved.

Due to our standard automated engineering and production, we are able to offer you a door of quality with the most competitive price. Our standard heavy duty doors are called

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the G21 Fire door and the G21 Blast door, the doors of the 21st century.”

Fire resistant walls

InterDam has a large variety of wall designs, consisting of a bolted wall design (IDM ProPanel) and a welded wall configuration (IDM Panel Welded). Both systems range from A0 up to H120 fire rating, including Jet fire rating. G21 FirePanel is the revolutional brand new type of A60 fire wall, the generation wall system of the 21st century with advantages that save time and costs for your project. To complete the range InterDam also have their designed cladding system (blast relief), louvres and heat shields. “The IDM ProPanel wall type comprise a thin-gauged galvanised coil, coated or stainless steel and pre-insulated elements shaped to offer an optimal span to weight ratio, and are bolted to the supporting structure,” explains Groeneveld. “And the system quite easily allow for adoptions to deviations at site as no welding or any other hot work or painting is required, therefore they are pre-eminently

Blast resistant walls

A blast wall can be regarded as a firewall for which an additional functional requirement applies, i.e. that apart from the usual wind loading, the wall needs to be able to resist a certain blast overpressure.

As a consequence the IDM Propanel and the IDM Pro Panel Welded, in principle can be considered as a blast wall. To extend the favourable characteristics of InterDam’s IDM ProPanel systems to blast wall applications with large spans and higher blast loads, a hybrid shape has been developed comprising columns integrated in the wall system at a relatively short spacing (2.0 - 3.0 metre), to carry the blast loads transferred from IDM-Propanel infill panels. In this hybrid shape a discrimination has been made between the load bearing function (hot rolled carbon steel columns) and the separating function, i.e. the infill panels. This ‘best of both worlds’ solution takes advantage of both the favourable high strength characteristics of hot rolled sections and the light weight, separating and insulating properties of the walls. Especially for walls that are required to have a stainless steel external skin this blast

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Installed fire and blast walls.

Reference list Pemex Xanab-B

wall is a very competitive structure.

Just as blast, a jet fire resistance specified for a wall can be regarded merely as an additional functional requirement. Based on a number of specific Jet fire tests InterDam can easily upgrade the standard blast and fire wall to resist the high impact local load of a Jet fire.

Green

In September 2013 InterDam opened their state-of-the-art, eco-friendly headq uarters in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands. The production facility equipped with the most recent eco push has also been finished. This is the latest step in a sustained environmental campaign that penetrates nearly every aspect of their business, from the supply of fire- and blastresistant walls and doors to the way

InterDam approaches meetings.

The late 60’s industrial building has been renovated using the latest materials to raise its energy-efficiency rating from F to the highest possible level of A++. Advanced phase-changing materials are a key part of the efficiency gains. On hot days, they absorb heat as they change from solid to liquid, thus stabilizing the building, and at night they release latent heat as they solidify, which warms the building. This technology has completely removed the need for air conditioning and substantially cut our heating requirements. For the walls, doors and panels they employ 100 % recycled products such as calcium silicate insulation panels. While they also try to reduce the carbon footprint of our fire- and blast-resistant products by using uncoated, thin stainless steel sheets.

0.7 bar blast resistant H60 fire rated walls Edvard Krieg Windshield cladding GDF K9-a A60 fire rated doors Total NC3 120/60 minutes fire rated and 1.6 bar blast doors Joulz Maasvlakte NL A60 fire and blast rated removable panels Dolwin Alpha and Helwin Beta Complete Architectural Package with external fire rated walls, Internal fire rated walls, Doors, Windows, EMC Cage Petronas FLNG laboratory module A60 fire rated doors GDF Q13 a-A + G17 d-AP Blast relief windshield cladding and sliding windshield doors Pemex Balam-A 0.7 bar blast resistant H60 fire rated Blast/Fire walls Pemex ZAAP-E 0.7 bar blast resistant H60 fire rated Blast/Fire walls Mabruk Oil Al Jurf A60 fire rated doors Shell Prelude FLNG External A60 fire and 0.5 bar blast resistant doors GLT plus NORG A60 fire walls (G21 Fire Panel type) and H60 fire rated doors Wilmar Autoroute Botlek A60 fire walls (G21 Fire Panel type) and A60 fire rated doors Exxon Mobil IPH Building Blast resistant doors and blast resistant windows Total Refinery Antwerp Single and double leaf hinged 1.94 bar blast doors GDF Power Modules A60 sliding fire doors and A60 hinged fire doors Statoil Valemon LQ Windshieldcladding Shell M03 A60 fire rated and 0.5 bar blast rated doors GDF K12-C A60 fire rated sliding doors Maersk Tyra East H120 fire rated removable fire wall Borkum Riffgrund 1 Internal A60 fire rated walls (G21 Fire Panel type) Danone Laboratory A60 fire and blast rated double doors GDF K9-C A60 fire rated hinged doors

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Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference, 28 & 29 October 2014, Amsterdam

The future is in the water

To meet rising energy demand, the world needs to develop all available energy resources. Despite substantial growth in renewables, hydrocarbons will continue to play a dominant role. As the days of easy – onshore – oil and gas are over, the locus of E&P activities is increasingly shifting to the offshore.

During Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands exhibition visitors and conference delegates can expect to learn about the latest solutions in offshore E&P activities.

New technologies make it possible to develop deep water and ultra-deep water fields as well as stranded shallow plays. The conference theme for this year “The future is in the water” is aptly chosen.

Topics covered at the conference include the future of global oil and gas, emerging markets, innovative technologies as well as above-ground risks and concerns.

Speakers represent operators, OEM’s, EPC companies, suppliers, service providers and investors.

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Traditionally, Offshore Energy caters to the interests of both regional Northwest European players as well as companies with business activities elsewhere around the globe. The recurring technical session on North Sea exploration and production this year focuses on the changing playing field. As ‘big oil’ is retreating from the North Sea, more room is becoming available for smaller, independent E&P companies. The session will discuss what is being spent this year on drilling, how new players expect to

deliver value and what governments of countries bordering the North Sea do to establish an attractive E&P climate.

Relevant to both the North Sea and other offshore producing regions are the sessions on offshore maintenance services and on well plugging and abandonment. Many offshore platforms in use today are exceeding their intended lifespan. For the first time, the Offshore Energy conference discusses the challenges operators face

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to keep the equipment running and what solutions are available to keep producing responsibly and profitably.

When the productive life of a field has definitely come to an end, a different process kicks in.

Governments and regulatory agencies are informing the offshore oil and gas industry that unproductive wells must be adequately sealed to prevent potential environmental threats. In the North Sea area and Gulf of Mexico alone several thousands of wells have to be abandoned. One of the technical sessions looks at cost effective solutions for plugging and abandonment.

Subsea processing

Offshore Energy stays on top of new developments and with the session on subsea processing the conference addresses a key innovative area. Subsea processing provides an alternative to production equipment located on a fixed or floating platform.

This session will discuss the latest developments in subsea processing solutions including water removal and re-injection or disposal, boosting, gas separation and gas compression. Experts will present the viability of subsea processing for both green fields and brown fields.

On the non-technical side, the conference addresses a topical gap in rules and regulations for offshore service vessels. At the moment, there are no clear, practical rules for offshore service vessels carrying more than 12 passengers. In particular the definition of people who are neither

crew nor passengers poses a challenge.

Offshore Energy will discuss how national governments are trying to define ‘industrial personnel’ and how regulations are being developed within IMO. This session neatly links with another recurring theme of new offshore vessels. For the third time

Offshore Energy 2014 Committee of Recommendation Mr. Joep Athmer Mr. Kommer Damen Mr. Jaap den Ouden

Area Director Offshore, Van Oord Offshore Chairman of the Board, Damen Shipyards Group Founder and Member of the Supervisory Board, Mercon Mr. André Goedée Member of the Board of Management, Boskalis Mr. Michael Kahn Managing Director, Jumbo Offshore Mr. Harold Linssen Managing Director, Keppel Verolme Mr. Jo Peters Secretary-General, Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association Mr. Koen Schuiling Mayor of the City of Den Helder, representing Development Company Holland North Mr. Gerard Schut Vice-President of European Operations, Vermilion Energy Mr. Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven Chief Executive Officer, Heerema Fabrication Group Mr. Bart van de Leemput Managing Director, Shell / NAM Mr. Sjef van Dooremalen Chairman, Holland Shipbuilding Association Mr. Arend van Nieuwland Director, Tullow Overseas Holdings Mr. Martin C.J. van Pernis President, KIVI Mr. Sander Vergroesen Managing Director, Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry IRO Mr. Ruud Zoon Managing Director, GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland

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Offshore Energy is the fastest growing gathering of offshore industry professionals.

Offshore Energy presents the latest in offshore ship concepts, design and construction, presenting cases on the drawing board, what’s being built or has recently been taken to the water.

Offshore Energy pays attention to all forms of offshore energy, including renewables. One of the technical sessions will offer a quick scan of developments in marine renewable energy. Delegates can expect to hear about the latest inventions in wave, tidal and ocean thermal energy in both tropical and temperate zones.

The co-located Offshore WIND Installation and Maintenance Conference addresses the technical, operational, commercial and managerial challenges associated with future industry growth. Already in its fifth year the conference offers a comprehensive overview of wind farm developments, cost reducing innovations and education and employment initiatives.

Continued growth

Offshore Energy is the fastest growing gathering of offshore industry professionals. Founded in 2008 Offshore Energy convenes annually at the Amsterdam RAI, breaking attendance records year after year. Taking place in the easily accessible and attractive city of Amsterdam, Offshore Energy brings together Dutch industry giants as well

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as a host of international parties.

The 7th event in 2014 is expected to attract over 10,000 visitors from around the world (9,123 in 2013).

Over 500 supply chain companies will showcase their products and services.

Companies such as Fugro, Palfinger, Bluewater Energy Services, TechnipEPG, Van Oord, Keppel Verolme, Boskalis, Ulstein and many more have already booked their stand.

In order to facilitate the growth in 2014 again an extra hall will be incorporated into the exhibition.

The new hall will be the gateway to the conference area and is home to the new Offshore Energy Arena that accommodates the C-level panels.

The Industry Panel discusses issues affecting the industry as a whole and the Drilling & Dollars Panel brings together oil & gas financials. For the second time Offshore Energy organizes a Human Capital Panel, which this year focuses on retention of talent and leadership development. The future is in the water – but harnessing offshore opportunities can only be realized by securing the future’s workforce.

Program Offshore Energy 2014 28 & 29 October 2014 | Amsterdam RAI | The Netherlands 28 October 2014

29 October 2014

09:30 - 10:00 Official Opening Offshore Energy 2014

09:30 - 18:00 Exhibition opening hours

10:00 - 18:00 Exhibition opening hours 10:00 - 17:00 Offshore Energy Conference

10:00 - 17:00 Offshore Energy Conference 9:30 - 17:00 5th Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference

Admission to the Offshore Energy Exhibition is free of charge.

Some conference sessions are ticketed events.

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Jack-Up Barge announces new cost-effective method

Best-in-class offshore installation solutions Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has pioneered a new cost-effective installation method that promises to revolutionise offshore wind turbine construction. The Sliedrechtbased company, one of the world’s leading suppliers to the offshore energy markets, successfully completed seatrials at the beginning of March, on a new, first-of-its-kind, portable DP2 system.

The new system enables the vessel to operate between work sites offshore Managing Director of Jack-Up Barge Ronald Schukking.

The new system, integrated to one of Jack-Up Barge’s platforms, enables the vessel to operate between work sites offshore without recourse to a tug vessel. The independence provided to the platform as a result ensures the delivery of an extremely timeefficient installation process for offshore wind turbines. The time saved during operations, combined with a reduced reliance on tug vessels, also equals considerable cost efficiency relative to current, conventional installation methods.

The innovation is the product of Jack-Up Barge’s continual drive to provide best-in-class offshore installation solutions to the energy markets.

Managing Director of Jack-Up Barge Ronald Schukking said: “This is a new system that aims to streamline operations for increased efficiency.

Seatrials have been a complete success and we are very pleased with the performance of JB 118 and the new system. There is every indication that this will prove revolutionary for the platform-based offshore installation process.”

The system can be mobilised to either JB 117 or JB 118 and, with only minimal adaptation, also to JB 114 or JB 115.

This flexibility ensures wide availability of the system to clients at any time.

The equipped platform will utilise the system exclusively for installation activities and will receive equipment supply from a purpose built feeder barge vessel currently in development.

This continual, unbroken focus on installation work further develops the time-efficiency theme behind the development of the new system.

without recourse to a tug vessel.

The system is currently integrated on board JB 118. Installation took place recently at the Keppel Verolme shipyard in the Port of Rotterdam.

Each of the four retractable thrusters was lifted on board with the platform’s own 1,000t Favelle Favco crane and installed close to the respective legs of the platform. Each thruster is served by an independent generator set located in a container on board.

An additional control room, located on the main deck, houses the DP system and a Cyscan system. The control room serves as the vessel’s wheelhouse whilst the system is in operation.

The new system has received the ABS classification DPS2 and is now ready for use in combination with one of Jack-Up Barge’s North Sea standard built platforms.

The DP2 system is currently integrated on board JB 118.

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Offshore Technology Conference 2014

Dutch Pavilion during OTC 2014 SAS Biglift

avilion OT Seaway

Bayards Jumbo

Keppel

Vryhof Anchors Huisman Cargomaxx

Allard

Breman EmcĂŠ

Hertel OSD Tideway

A.Hak

Bakker

Van Dam

Doedijns

Imtech

SPT

Ampelmann

Interdam

Hatenboer

IRO

Van Beest

Damen

IHC MARIN

Master Van Oord

Trap

Hopman

Seatools

Heerema

UOS

Airborne

Siri Allseas

Mammoet

Trap

Communication and networking in the international Oil and Gas Industries. Put simply, Brandmarion helps businesses make the right moves to improve their market position.

Interested what Brandmarion can do for you?

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OTC Stand 2327

A.Hak P.O. Box 151 4190 CD Geldermalsen The Netherlands

phone mail site

+32 (0)345 579 211 info@a-hak.nl www.a-hakpark.nl/english

A.Hak – A world of connections

in industrial services, pipeline services, inspection

A.Hak offers total solutions for the

services and tank services. Group activities

transport and distribution of oil, gas, water

also include dewatering and coating of pipes,

and electricity, for data exchange and telecom-

the complete construction and installation of

munications and for sustainable energy.

thermal energy storage systems, as well as the

Both in the Netherlands and abroad the

manufacturing of appliances, masts and gan-

independent companies within the group

tries. This broad range of services enables A.Hak

are active in the engineering, construction,

to deliver turnkey projects from source to end-

commissioning, management, inspection,

user. The A.Hak companies serve a wide variety

maintenance and abandonment of pipelines

of customers that includes oil, gas and water

and cable networks, above and below ground,

companies, regional and national network

onshore and offshore. Pipeline construction

operators, energy companies, data communica-

is one of the main activities, but A.Hak also

tion and telecommunications companies,

owns its own drilling company, specialized in

rail operators, local, regional and national

the design, engineering and construction of all

authorities, the chemical and petrochemical

kinds of drillings, and a company that’s active

industry and waste processors.

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OTC Stand 2427 Allard-Europe – Not just another foundry

be machined to close tolerances, our skills are constantly put to the test.

Even in the 21st century casting still is more

Allard-Europe Veedijk 51 2300 Turnhout Belgium phone fax mail site

+32 (0)14 42 11 11 +32 (0)14 42 52 00 info@allard-europe.com www.allard-europe.com

a craft than a science. Confidence is a key

A recent multi-million investment program

factor in the customer-foundry relation,

raised the standard even further. Allowing for

especially when it comes to complex, heavy

a casting capacity in excess of 36 tons, casting

castings with increasingly severe mechanical

dimensions up to 4.5 by 4.5 m and the

and machining requirements.

possibility to machine up to a diameter of 10 m or a length of 12 m. More important

Allard-Europe combines 90 years of experience

however were the investments in analytical

with state of the art technology, but is foremost

capabilities, metallurgical R&D, non-contact

driven by the enthusiasm of its employees.

3D scanning technology, 5-axis CAM,

They take pride in being challenged.

a production monitoring database.

Be it a heavy sectioned duplex stainless steel

This all to maintain Allard-Europe’s position

casting or a complex geometry that needs to

as the Iron and Steel Foundry.

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OTC Stand 2531 Electrical system integrator

We are specialized in: • diesel-electric propulsion/thruster systems,

Bakker Sliedrecht has become an international

Bakker Sliedrecht Electro Industrie B.V. P.O. Box 25 3360 AA Sliedrecht, The Netherlands

including DP systems

and leading field player in the world of

• submersible motors and techniques

electrical engineering for marine applications.

• harmonics and FMEA analyses

We are continuously looking to optimize your

Bakker Sliedrecht is carrying out world-wide

operations with innovative solutions, with

projects turn-key and/or package based, in

the aid of state-of-the-art and conventional

offshore, dredging, research vessels, fishing,

electrical and mechanical techniques by

merchant shipping, navy, inland shipping.

advising, designing and building of:

Quality, safety and environment conditions constantly have our attention. Our quality

phone phone mail site

+31 (0)184 436 666 +31 (0)184 436 677 info@bakker-sl.nl www.bakkersliedrecht.com

• drive and control systems • automation sys-

systems of management and services fully

tems • switchboards and MCC’s • control desks

comply with ISO 9001 en VCA standards.

• e-motors and generators • cabling / installation • project management

Our solution - your advantage!

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OTC Stand 2531 BigLift Shipping, member of the Spliethoff Group,

All vessels are equipped with their own gear with

is one of the world’s leading heavy lift shipping

lifting capacities up to 1,800 mt and some have

companies, specialised in worldwide ocean

a ro-ro capability for loads as high as 2,500 mt.

transportation of heavy lift and project cargoes,

One more vessel, with lifting capacities up to

with a history dating back to 1973. BigLift

1,800 mt in tandem, will join the fleet in 2014.

strives for innovation, excellence and operational

BigLift Shipping B.V. Radarweg 36 1042 AA Amsterdam The Netherlands phone fax mail site

reliability, adhering to high Health, Safety,

A team of dedicated, highly skilled professionals,

Environment and Quality standards and operating

with years of experience and the mindset to think

to strict time schedules.

creatively, enables us to offer innovative and safe

A great variety of heavy and over-sized cargoes

complex requirements. Careful planning,

solutions for clients’ technically and logistically

+31 (0)20 44 88 000 +31 (0)20 44 88 333 info@bigliftshipping.com www.bigliftshipping.com

for long-standing clients in the oil & gas,

engineering, coordination and supervision to

mining and power generating industries, is

ensure safe transportation are all in a day’s work.

carried worldwide by our modern fleet of 14 specialised heavy lift vessels.

BigLift Shipping is KEY IN HEAVY LIFT.

OTC Stand 2427 Breman Machinery makes components for

They have the people, machines and facilities

builders of machinery, engineering bureaus

under their own roof.

and industrial end users, such as; offshore companies, the military, aerospace companies and other industrial firms.

Breman Machinery Sasdijk 20 8281 BM Genemuiden The Netherlands phone fax mail site

• all machining and non-machining processing of (heavy) materials

From simple structures to complex mechanical

• welding and structures

components.

• assembly and fitting

Work-pieces of high precision, often with

• corrosion protection

extreme dimensions and weights.

+31 (0)38 385 5373 +31 (0)38 385 6528 info@breman-machinery.nl www.breman-machinery.nl

Work-pieces that weigh tens or even hundreds

Breman Machinery uses their unique machine

of tonnes and are made to a precision of

capacity for their own projects and to supply

a hundredth of a millimeter.

specific components to third parties. What they

Samples of workmanship.

aim for is custom-designed solutions.

What’s unique about Breman Machinery is that

ISO9001, ISO3834, EN1090-2 and VCA** Certified.

they are able to produce these components and

Extreme precision!

structures entirely in house.

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OTC Stand 12101 Pioneers of offshore engineering GustoMSC serves clients in three offshore energy key markets: exploration, construction and production. Proprietary designs of jack-ups, semi-submersibles and vessels lie at the heart of our activities. These designs always meet specific client requirements, based on solid and proven foundations and a sea of experience.

GustoMSC B.V. Karel Doormanweg 25 3115 JD Schiedam The Netherlands phone fax mail site

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+31 (0)10 2883 000 +31 (0)10 2883 001 marketing@gustomsc.com www.gustomsc.com

Founded in 1862, GustoMSC today offers design and engineering services to the offshore oil and gas, renewable energy and civil construction sectors. Over its recent history, the company has designed and managed the construction of over 250 mobile offshore units. It has provided clients all over the world with a variety of associated equipment.

The total value of these products and services exceeds $ 25 billion. Its long history and vast experience have enabled GustoMSC to become a market leader.

At present over 75 units to our designs are under construction worldwide: 38 drilling jack-ups of our CJ series, 18 units of our P10,000 and Qdrill drillships, 10 Wind Turbine Installation and construction jack-ups and 13 units of our DSS drilling and our accommodation semi-submersibles.

Together with its designs, GustoMSC delivers associated equipment like jacking systems, skidding systems and offshore cranes to the market.

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OTC Stand 2327 Huisman is a worldwide operating company

Pipelay

with extensive experience in the design and

International market leader deepwater pipelay

manufacturing of heavy construction equipment

systems: • Flex-lay • Rigid-lay • Reel-lay

for world’s leading on- and offshore companies.

• S-lay • J-lay • Multi-lay

Our equipment is designed and manufactured

Huisman P.O. Box 150 3100 AD Schiedam The Netherlands phone fax mail site

+31 (0)88 070 22 22 +31 (0)88 070 22 20 info@huisman-nl.com www.huismanequipment.com

under own management, from concept to

Drilling

delivery. A dedicated worldwide operating

Innovator drilling industry: • Land and

service team of skilled professionals is on

Offshore Containerised Drilling Unit • Well

stand-by to provide advice, training and

Intervention Systems • Drillships

service support before, during and after delivery.

• Semi-submersible Drilling Rigs

Cranes

Winches

• Pedestal mounted cranes • (Rope luffing)

Heave Compensation Systems

knuckleboom cranes • Mast cranes

Vessel Designs

• Floating cranes • Land cranes

New Concepts

• Wind turbine installation cranes/shuttle

Hydrauvision, specialist in hydraulic power drives and control systems, has evolved into a respected player in the hydraulic power drive market over the past 40 years. Investment in continuity has ensured that our clients value our expertise and continue to view us as their collaborative partner.

Hydrauvision Buys Ballotstraat 14 4507 DA Schoondijke The Netherlands phone mail site

+31 (0)117 40 72 00 info@hydrauvision.com www.hydrauvision.com

Our products are distributed around the world.

Hydrauvision is located in The Netherlands (Schoondijke, IJmuiden, Dordrecht and Yerseke) and in Belgium (Ghent and Zeebrugge) and has five divisions: Systems - Hydrauvision is extremely well positioned to deliver comprehensive custom-made solutions in the area of hydraulics and control systems. Solutions that integrate engineering, development, construction and commissioning.

Services - Hydrauvision’s service programme is both multifaceted and comprehensive: preventative inspections, timely replacement of critical components, measurements and the execution of oil management programmes are a few examples from the overall service offering available.

Components - As a specialist in power drive system technologies, Hydrauvision offers a multifaceted and extensive set of components – ranging from pumps and engines to filters, coolers and valves.

Piping - Hydrauvision is specialised in maritime and offshore piping, with our own piping shop.

Rental - Flexibility, speed and cost control play an important role in all industrial sectors.

Hydrauvision offers customised solutions with rental of hydraulic equipment.

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OTC Stand 2531 InterDam is specialized in fire and blast

The G21 fire panel is a fully A60 fire rated

resistant architectural items, such as walls,

and certified wall system, thermally insulated,

doors and windows. With a long term

gas and air-tightness, being light-weight and

experience in the oil & gas and offshore wind

remarkably easy to self-install.

energy industries worldwide, the product range

InterDam Benedenrijweg 186 2987 VB Ridderkerk The Netherlands phone +31 (0)180 470 030 phone +31 (0)180 470 039 mail info@interdam.com site www.interdam.com

covers blast ratings up to 2.5 bar blast and

InterDam has the ability to reply to market

fire ratings from A0 up to H120 including

queries in a flexible way. From engineering

jet fire requirements.

and production to installation, we are the suitable supplier for on- and offshore projects

The fire/blast walls and doors are designed

where heavy duty passive fire protection

according the latest standards and due to light-

solutions are required. It is the aim of

weight materials and innovative designs the

InterDam to allow people to work safe in

generation of the 21st century. The ‘G21

hazardous environments.

by InterDam’ products are designed, extensively tested and manufactured by InterDam.

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KCI B.V. De Brauwweg 22-30 3125 AE Schiedam The Netherlands phone fax mail site

+31 (0)10 427 03 99 +31 (0)10 426 63 94 sales@kci.nl www.kci.nl

KCI is a multidisciplinary engineering firm providing full design, engineering and consultancy services to both Oil & Gas and Offshore Renewables Industry.

Creative thinking is our strength. We develop innovative concepts for our clients and turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s winning designs.

This unique ability originates from in depth expertise within the complete life cycle.

And from having the best engineers on board.

We design and engineer: • Complete platforms and infrastructure for the Oil & Gas and Renewables Industry • Deck lay outs, cable & pipe laying solutions for Marine Environment Our disciplines encompass: process, piping, subsea, electrical, instrumentation & control, structural, mechanical structures, mechanical & rotating equipment and hydrodynamics.

Our services include: procurement & expediting, execution management, project control and HSE. We guide our customers through a complete project. From acquisition and field development through to fabrication & installation management and think how to decommission the structure in the future. We take care of Concept, Basic and Detailed engineering and continuously feed our whole organization with feedback from every stage of the project. In this way we keep improving our high level engineering knowledge and smart tools. Our goal is to implement cost effective solutions for our clients and to optimize operational capability. Strategic alliances are in place to offer in depth expertise in subsurface engineering.

KCI, the missing link between idea and realization of innovative concepts.

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OTC Stand 3805 Your trusted global partner in bolt optimization

Our products hold several certificates from independent institutes including AbP, ABS,

Nord-Lock Benelux B.V. Kingsgate House, Newbury Road Andover SP10 4DU United Kingdom phone fax mail

+31 (0)50 5275 656 +31 (0)50 5256 744 info@nord-lock.nl

Joining parts together is one of the most critical

DIBt, DNV and TÜV.

steps when delivering a product or a system.

The tools available through Nord-Lock Perfor-

The Nord-Lock Group is focused on solving

mance Services add value throughout a project

the toughest bolting challenges.

and ensure that your bolting application pays

We offer a unique combination of bolting

back multiple times. We can also assist you in

expertise and a wide product range, including

the design phase with joint simulation and testing.

wedge-locking technology and Superbolt

Additionally, we help you ensure successful

tensioners, all designed and developed in-house.

operations over time with our on-site support and remote product training.

Nord-Lock holds decades of documented

Our mission is to safeguard human lives and

success in every major industry including

customer investments by securing the world’s

oil & gas, energy, transportation and mining.

most demanding applications.

Our Production System includes rigorous

The Nord-Lock Group looks forward to being

internal testing and full traceability.

your partner in bolt optimization.

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OTC Stand 2531 Seaway Heavy Lifting is a leading offshore contractor in the global Oil & Gas and Renewables industry, offering tailored T&I and EPCI solutions.

We service a diverse client portfolio including the major operators in the offshore Oil & Gas and offshore Renewables industry. We operate globally focussing on the North Sea, Mediterranean, America’s, Africa, Asia Pacific and Middle East.

Seaway Heavy Lifting Albert Einsteinlaan 50 2719 ER Zoetermeer The Netherlands phone fax mail site

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+31 (0) 79 363 7700 +31 (0) 79 363 7799 ba@shl.nl www.seawayheavylifting.com

We own and operate crane vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov, which have a revolving lift capacity of 2,500mt and 5,000mt respectively. Both vessels are state of the art and certified to the highest standards.

In addition to our vessels we own high quality support equipment, including rigging, hammers and a wide variety of pile handling tools, which enable us to work efficiently and make us reliable in delivering on our commitments.

Our highly skilled and motivated on- and offshore professionals are passionate about working on detailed, effective and maximum value added solutions. They apply the highest standards on behalf of our clients and take full ownership of all projects. This ensures safe, smooth and successful project realisation: we never compromise on safety and always deliver what has been promised.

Seaway Heavy Lifting is a Subsea 7 Joint Venture company

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Out of the box Sky-Access BV provides technical maintenance at difficult reachable areas through the use of industrial rope techniques. In other words: Industrial Rope Access.

Sky-Access BV Weerterveld 69 6231 JK Meerssen The Netherlands

phone mail site

+31 (0)88 1233 600 info@sky-access.com www.sky-access.com

Setback Areas who are difficult to reach are detected often after maintenance work has already started resulting in work being pushed back due to safety regulations. A common question asked to Sky-Access is whether they can start yesterday.

However, they prefer to be involved at an earlier stage of the project to help find the best solutions to these kind of problems.

Due to his years of technical experience, out of the box, technician and hands-on owner Ronny

van Baal of Sky-Access is not easily put off by a challenge. The main guideline of the company is thinking in terms of solutions. More than just Rope Access, Sky-Access combines existing techniques with fresh ideas and applications to make a difference. By attracting W and E technical personnel and to teach them how to climb, they distinguish themselves from the rest of the market. “You can better teach a welder to climb than a climber to weld” is a well-known quote from Ronny van Baal.

Industrial rope technique has become a necessity in the maintenance of tanks, freighter, elevator shafts, masts and Rigs.

Maintenance work includes: welding, painting, antennas, lighting, anodes and inspection work like NDT and NACE paint inspections.

OTC Stand 2517 Sea Trucks Group is an international group of com-

persons • Large unobstructed decks

panies offering offshore installation, accommodation

Sea Trucks also owns and operates a large fleet of

and marine support services to the oil and gas indus-

offshore support vessels and barges mainly operating

try worldwide. From offices in West Africa, U.A.E.,

along the West African coast.

Europe, S.E. Asia, Australia and North America, the

Sea Trucks Group Delftseplein 27N 3013 AA Rotterdam The Netherlands phone fax mail site

+31 (0)10 754 01 00 +31 (0)10 754 01 99 sales@seatrucksgroup.com www.seatrucksgroup.com

group offers a wide range of services supported by a

Versatile Solutions Due to the hybrid design

multi-national workforce of more than 2,500 persons.

configuration of the DP-3 vessel fleet, we offer our clients a wide range of versatile solutions for their

Fleet Sea Trucks owns and operates a fleet of new,

project needs. This versatility allows Sea Trucks to

multi-purpose DP-3 construction / accommodation

cross over traditional market sector boundaries and

vessels, based on a hybrid design configuration that

offer the following range of services: • SURF services,

combines the following key characteristics:

involving EPIC of subsea oil and gas flexible pipelines

• Class 3 Dynamic Positioning system • Ability to

and subsea infrastructure • Conventional services,

install rigid and/or flexible pipe • High capacity

involving EPIC of production platforms and

cranes ranging from 270 tons to 1,800 tons • Large

associated rigid pipelines • Decommissioning

accommodation capacity of between 298 and 469

services • Flotel • Trunkline installation

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OTC Stand 2531 Van Beest is a leading manufacturer and supplier for

to manipulate by a robot. The three different types,

a complete program of wire rope and chain fittings.

available in various sizes, will solve nearly every ROV lifting application.

Van Beest B.V. P.O. Box 57 3360 AB Sliedrecht The Netherlands phone fax mail site

+31 (0)184 41 33 00 +31 (0)184 41 49 59 sales@vanbeest.com www.vanbeest.com

Two brands: Green Pin® and EXCEL®

Van Beest also offers a wide range of additional

The EXCEL® range covers a wide range of grade

accessories like sockets, turnbuckles etc. to complete

8, grade 10 and stainless steel hooks and chain

your lifting assembly.

components. These high quality products are made

Van Beest products are used by professionals in

in France.

many different environments such as oil & gas,

In Holland Van Beest manufactures Green Pin®

industry, mining, shipping and fishing. In oil and gas

shackles in various shapes and sizes, suitable for

production, safety is all-important. For this reason

many different applications. These shackles comply

Green Pin® Standard and Polar shackles have DNV

with many internationally recognized standards and

2.7-1 Type Approval.

can be supplied with various certificates.

Van Beest has branches in The Netherlands,

Recently Van Beest introduced the Green Pin® ROV

Germany, France and the USA. There are stock

Release Polar shackle, designed for under water use

holding distributors of Van Beest products in

in harsh conditions. The unique design, makes it easy

over 80 countries worldwide.

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OTC Stand 2625 Van Oord is a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind).

We are an innovative partner for our clients and, for over one hundred years, have been helping to create the infrastructure for the world of tomorrow.

Van Oord Offshore bv Jan Blankenweg 2 4207 HN Gorinchem The Netherlands phone fax mail site

+31 (0)88 8265200 +31 (0)88 8265210 area.off@vanoord.com www.vanoord.com

The growing world population needs more space and the demand for energy is rising constantly.

Increasing world trade requires more and better port facilities and climate change is threatening coastal areas. Van Oord provides innovative solutions for worldwide maritime challenges, both now and in the future.

Van Oord is a Dutch-based, independent family business, which is characterised by visible leadership, long-term vision and a sound financial position. Substantial investments in people and equipment are made with great care to ensure the continuity of our business.

Our staff are committed, entrepreneurial professionals who are passionate about water and technology. They know the importance of cooperation in achieving the best possible result.

By being open and honest, they build on mutual trust and respect.

OTC Stand 2233 Vryhof is one of the world’s leading suppliers of offshore anchoring technology. With over 9,500 units installed their anchors are the most applied in the Offshore Industry. The company is renowned for its engineering and after sales services. Vryhof operates from a 3-Hub organization in Rotterdam (EMEA), Houston (Americas) and Singapore (APAC), with

Vryhof Anchors B.V. P.O.Box 109 2900 AC Capelle aan den IJssel The Netherlands phone fax mail site

+31 (0)10 266 89 00 +31 (0)10 266 89 99 vryhof@vryhof.com www.vryhof.com

affiliates in Moscow, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Vryhof Engineering Ltd. on the Isle of Man (UK).

Vryhof shares its experience and technology with reputable mooring component manufacturers in order to jointly supply fit-for-purpose mooring systems for

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semi-permanent moorings.

• Supply of anchors for specific market segments such as marine construction and dredging.

• Provision of the Stevtrack anchor data acquisition system with their anchor sets.

• Turnkey rental subsea tensioning services with the Stevtensioner, including supervision during offshore installation.

• Engineering and supply of mooring systems for offshore floating wind energy systems.

Vryhof anchors renders services worldwide to Oil & Gas

Vryhof’s scope consist of;

Companies, Drilling Companies, Offshore Contractors,

• Soil data analysis for anchor type and size

FPSO Operators and Contractors, as well as to the Mari-

recommendation.

Workfox BV is a leading service provider in the accommodation & crane support, welltesting & workover, transportation & installation and decommissioning support segment of the wind, oil & gas industry world-wide.

+31 (0)23 554 13 00 +31 (0)23 554 13 10 info@workfox.com www.workfox.com

Power drag embedment anchors for mobile and

mobile or semi-permanent applications.

Offshore Accommodation and Multi-Support Vessels

Workfox B.V. P.O. Box 783 2130 AT Hoofddorp The Netherlands

• Design and manufacturing of Ultra High Holding

Since 1991 Workfox has been the exclusive manager for the operation of the Seafox-fleet.

In addition to providing accommodation, catering and housekeeping services for hook-up and maintenance activities, the Seafox units are able to offer support in a wide variety of offshore installation, inspection and repair operations.

time, Dredging and Wind Energy Industries.

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The advent of the windfarm installation market has led to development of a jack-up specifically for this market. This self-propelled jack-up, Seafox 5, meets all the requirements for clients in the offshore wind and oil & gas industry.

Furthermore Workfox offers temporary accommodation units for offshore locations and onboard vessels. These TLQ’s comply with all governmental and class rules.

Designed for offshore oil and gas use and capable of withstanding severe environmental conditions.

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