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Welcome

to the September issue of Subsea & Offshore Service Magazine, the journal for the Oil and Gas, Subsea, Offshore and Renewables markets.

We open this edition with an insight from Christopher Young, Director of Energy and Natural Resources Strategy Group, KPMG who advises that oil and gas operators need to take a strategic approach to decommissioning activity in order to create new opportunities in UKCS. On (page 46), within Subsea Equipment & ROV Services, we take a look at Motive Offshore and how the firm is now well equipped to provide assistance in major subsea projects and meet the requirements of their customers.

We resume our focus on Training & Development from (page 56) with The Underwater Centre who elaborate on how they have enhanced their ROV and Closed Bell training courses.

I would also like to take the opportunity to apologise to Unique Group and KBAT for incorrectly captioning Ian Huggins in the accompanying photo of their article which featured in the August issue - It should have read ‘Steve MacMillan – Global Project Director of Unique Group’.

Finally, from (page 64) we review all of the latest news and product innovations associated with the Hazardous Area market.

If you have any news, insights or product launches that you would like to share with our readers post SPE Offshore Europe and prior to Offshore Energy, Amsterdam, please send me an email to editor@sosmagazine.biz for consideration in our October issue.

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Contents Strategic approach to decom activity could create new opportunities in UKCS

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Final countdown to SPE Offshore Europe 2015

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Trelleborg set to slash downtime with innovative sealwelding technology

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A new generation of subsea equipment

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Subsea training centre revamps ROV and Closed Bell Training courses

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Radiolink Plus load cell for Zone 0 explosive environments

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SPE Offshore Europe 2015 is nearly upon us and despite the current downturn in the Oil & Gas industry, we hope that OE proves to be very successful for companies that serve the North-Sea. From page 16, we take a look at some of the exhibiting companies and their products. There is also details of keynote and technical sessions including the opening plenary session – The main speaker here will be Professor Brian Cox. We are also covering a variety of topics, from Subsea Equipment & ROV Services, Courses, Training & Certification and Hazardous Area equipment and services.

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Strategic approach to decom activity could create new opportunities in UKCS Industry Viewpoint

exploration, and must take account of factors including asset portfolios, value realisation, business models, and relationships with partners and suppliers.

The Wood Review and the new Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) recognise the real threat that a poorly coordinated and badly executed approach to decommissioning poses to maximising economic recovery in the UKCS, if companies operating mutually dependent infrastructure decommission earlier than they might. High operating costs in the basin and low commodity prices bring this threat closer.

Earlier this year, KPMG reviewed the decommissioning landscape and options for E&P from a strategic perspective and two of our conclusions have important implications for the OGA’s basinwide agenda. By becoming much more innovative about their approaches to selling assets, separating the question of decommissioning liability from the question of asset ownership, companies could help break through the current log jam in mature-asset sales, getting latelife assets into the hands of specialist owners who could operate them more effectively for longer, supporting the goal of maximising economic recovery.

By Christopher Young, Director of Energy and Natural Resources Strategy Group, KPMG

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Oil and gas operators will have to approach the challenge of decommissioning in new ways if the goal of maximising economic recovery from the UKCS is to be achieved.

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Adopting a more strategic approach to decisions regarding late life assets could open up significant new opportunities for operators, helping to break the log jam in mature asset sales, and potentially creating new models for operator cooperation and the delivery of decommissioning services.

Challenging economics, deteriorating infrastructure, technical limits on further recovery and regulatory pressure mean that change in the offshore industry in mature provinces like the North Sea is inevitable, with industry forecasts predicting that the pace and scale of decommissioning activity is set to increase.

To date, the industry has often treated decommissioning as a technical and cost challenge, with much of the discussion revolving around supplier capacity, tax relief, safety and environmental issues. However, the decommissioning decisions that operators will make are as strategically important as choices about major development projects and

As assets enter decommissioning, we also see enormous potential for the creation of new decommissioning service models. Developing these model will accelerate learning and efficiency and allow a much more integrated approach across multiple assets. There is enormous scope for increased collaboration among operators, going beyond information sharing, to develop new approaches, for example, in standards related to the plugging and abandonment of wells and other related questions, arrangements for joint campaigns on related assets, and potentially even the creation of new entities to allow common buying of services and execution of end-to-end programmes.

Getting these things right will require a more focused approach by each company and a broader, more active level of cooperation among E&P firms, service companies, the OGA, and HM Treasury.

The potential prize is there, but time is of the essence.

News In Brief

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Equalizer Group grows to develop award-winning technology The Equalizer Group, world leading innovator of flange maintenance tools for the energy sector, has set up a separate service company headed up by General Manager Alan Morrison to take forward the development of its award-winning Xtegrity system.

As GM of Equalizer Flange Integrity Systems (EFIS) Alan, who has almost 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector, will be responsible for managing and growing all operational and sales activities for Xtegrity.

Upon completion of his engineering apprenticeship, Alan began his career in the Oil & Gas industry as a Site Services Technician with Hydratight before joining Stork (formerly RBG) in 1993. Over the following 22 years he held a number of senior roles with the company in the UK, Qatar and Kazakhstan building up considerable project and operations experience at home and overseas.

Xtegrity was developed as a solution to the industry wide problem of dealing with heavily corroded or degraded bolts in flange joints. It takes away the need to remove corroded bolts by “replacing” them with a new bolts which clamp around the outside of the flange and are held in place with a floating frame.

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Last month, the world-leading technology of Xtegrity was recognised when it won the Grampian Award for Innovation at the Elevator Awards in the UK.

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TI Geosciences TI Geosciences (TIGeo) has recently completed the digital upgrade of its 10te Roson CPT, based on the installation of a pressure compensated Icone system by A P Van den Berg.

The system completed successful wet tests at TIGeo marine base in Teesside, UK and is now immediately available to mobilise for projects in water depths up to 750m.

The full advanced deep push/deep water capability (single push 40m below mudline, 2000mWD) will be available in Q4 this year on completion of the redesigned and upgraded launch and recovery system, presently in build at Royal IHC. TIGeo is a newly established offshore geotechnical survey/site investigation contractor, focussing on deep and ultradeep water operations.

New joint venture between Modulift and IMES: Set to raise the lifting bar even higher Lifting industry specialists Modulift and IMES have formed a joint venture to offer an integrated management service to clients internationally.

Harkand achieves two survey firsts in Mexico Harkand has successfully carried out the first ever free inertial metrology in Mexico’s waters and at a new depth for this approach in the region.

The global inspection, repair and maintenance company achieved the survey results for their client at a depth of 380fsw in the Bay of Campeche, setting a new record in the area.

The scope of work saw Harkand working in collaboration with their metrology technology partner Zupt to complete the survey project in support of the installation of an expansion spool piece for a new pipeline and platform campaign in Mexico.

AJ Jain, Harkand Managing Director North America and Africa said: “Our client wanted to know if the inertial metrology would better suit the project over the acoustic method.

“Our personnel are experienced in both techniques so after reviewing the work we were able to determine the free inertial metrology was the most time-saving and cost effective solution in this circumstance.

The two companies – leading players in their respective niche markets in the sector – have combined to create the new customisable package which will focus exclusively on “below the hook” operations.

“Although a diver had not performed inertial metrology in this water depth before, we were confident in our saturation diving team’s experience and capabilities.

Our client had the results in just 12 hours allowing the expansion spool piece design and fabrication to proceed very quickly. In comparison, the acoustic method would have taken three days to be reported back.”

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Magma Products launches new decommissioning software solution A newly launched software system aims to minimise decommissioning time and costs while maximising returns from decommissioned materials and equipment.

The Decommissioning Management System (DCMS) has been developed and launched by oil and gas engineering consultancy Magma Products.

It provides companies with a start-to-finish route through the complexities and regulatory requirements involved in decommissioning.

The system has been successfully used in a major decommissioning project in the southern North Sea, and has received positive industry feedback.

Every operator with a facility to decommission has an obligation to review the potential for reusing and recycling each item from the facility before disposal.

The DCMS asset management tool has been designed to systematically guide and update operators through this process, said Paul Rushton, Managing Director of Magma Products.

“We identified a gap in the market for a company to help operators ensure that decommissioning is sequenced in the most effective way and individual items are reused, recycled or disposed of in the most environmentally and cost-effective way,” said Paul.

The DCMS system uses tag numbers and colour coding to identify each element identified for decommissioning and track it throughout each phase of the decommissioning process.

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Paul said: “We believe it offers significant savings in cost and time. It produces a clear, reliable and auditable trail of individual items decommissioned, the efforts an operator has taken to sell, reuse or recycle them and, if the operator has had to dispose of an item, how and where they’ve done this.”

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Between them, Simon and Cory offer combined industry experience totaling almost 40 years in a variety of settings and they will play key roles in driving forward UTEC’s ambitious plans for continued global growth in key marketplaces.

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It is also entirely consistent with the increasingly important concept of the circular economy, where products are no longer simply thrown away.

“The DCMS system has received encouraging feedback on its use to date from operators, contractors, waste handlers and from environmental executives.”

IOS strengthens inspection team with new appointment

Independent Oilfield Services (IOS), which was established in 2014, has appointed Richard Torliefson as its new drillpipe inspector and ultrasonic testing (UT) operator, increasing its headcount to 40.

Mr Torliefson brings vast non-destructive testing (NDT) experience to IOS and is a certified magnetic particle (MPI), liquid penetrant (LPI) and UT inspector, having worked for major service companies in the oil and gas industry.

Glynn Geddie, Business Development Manager at IOS

“We are delighted to have Richard on board and with a strong skillset in NDT, his knowledge and technical expertise will be invaluable

to the inspection team at the yard.”

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A leading North-East storage and inspection firm has strengthened its drillpipe inspection team at its tubular supply base in Peterhead.

Mr Torliefson

“I’m really looking forward to working for IOS and bringing fresh ideas and an efficient approach to the inspection team.

The IOS yard in Peterhead is one of the largest tubular supply bases I have ever worked on and I’m sure there are a lot of exciting projects to come.”

The firm’s 80-acre tubular supply base is located only four miles from Peterhead Port and is a one-stop shop for casing, tubing and drillpipe.

IOS was recently awarded planning permission by Aberdeenshire Council

to press ahead with proposals to invest £10million to develop a further 30 acres of the site. With the new developments due to complete in the second quarter of 2016, new jobs are in the pipeline, with plans to increase its workforce further.

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Microbially influenced corrosion meets NORM at NCIMB Oilfield microbiology experts NCIMB are licensed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to handle radioactive materials, ensuring clients don’t lose valuable data as a result of the presence of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in samples that require analysis.

Microorganisms can influence corrosion in oil and gas facilities with serious consequences, therefore it is important to monitor systems for the presence of potentially problematic species. Early action taken to control the levels of microbial contamination can pay dividends with respect to reducing the threat of corrosion.

Corrosion coupons are used to assess general corrosion rates and microbial growth on the walls of pipes and vessels, which may lead to localised corrosion.

However, the occurrence of NORM scale usually leads to coupons being discarded with the loss of valuable data, due to

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from sample points that are constantly subject to NORM contamination.

NCIMB are not only specialists in the identification and quantification of microorganisms that can influence corrosion, but also offer a full suite of radiological analysis on scales, pig wax and produced water samples.

NCIMB can accept NORM contaminated coupons for analysis and can undertake microbial analysis as well as reporting on the NORM contamination levels. Working together with our partners North East Corrosion Engineers (NECE), we can also process the coupons and calculate general corrosion and pitting rates”.

NCIMB’s Oilfield Services Manager Cheryl Ross said: “At NCIMB we can report on the activity of radium and daughters, lead-210, actinium-228 and polonium.

An added benefit of this is that we can also handle NORM contaminated corrosion coupons for microbiological analysis.

The availability of new techniques in molecular biology means that we can obtain more information from coupons than was possible in the past. However, the precipitation of NORM scale is a common phenomenon that can result in coupons being discarded. Bacteria are just as likely to flourish in the presence of NORM scale as in any other location, but operating companies may never get data

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New 3D print service for oil and gas sector puts plastic modelling within easy reach

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Printing in 3D has come of age in Aberdeen with the launch of a new business targeted specifically at the oil and gas industry, both subsea and topside.

PlastiPrint 3D is the brainchild of former North-Sea drilling engineer Gary Cairns who has launched the service as a cost effective way for local businesses to create working models on demand.

Mr Cairns said: “Until now, turning 2D designs into 3D models has been an expensive and time consuming process, but 3D plastic printing makes it much easier to evaluate products, take them to market, and to train staff on their use.

“The oil and gas industry lends itself particularly well to this technology because so many products are simply far too unwieldy to showcase easily.

When you 3D print them to a smaller scale, you can take them right into your client’s office.”

These benefits also extend to exhibiting at events like Offshore Europe, where stand space is often at a premium.

The PlastiPrint 3D process involves building up a solid model in minute layers,

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“We’re among the very few suppliers able to print at such a fine resolution, allowing complex structures to be scaled without loss of detail,” said Mr Cairns, adding that clients are already also using the process to troubleshoot.

Our 3D models are perfect for brainstorming sessions and identifying potential issues.”

“This easily creates a disconnect that can affect how productively the equipment is used, but we can close that knowledge gap by adding 3D models to the training process,” he said.

“Even in today’s challenging market, I am confident there is a strong demand for what I am offering, and my goal is for PlastiPrint 3D to become known industry wide as the go to provider of top quality 3D printing services.”

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BP quad milestone for Babcock’s Rosyth site A major milestone has been reached in Babcock’s delivery of 73 subsea structures for BP’s Quad.

To date Babcock has delivered 65 of 73 structures including all of the 2015 programme requirements with the remaining 8 at advanced stages of the project lifecycle.

204 offshore redevelopment project, 130km west of Shetland, forming an integral part of the major investment in the upgrading and replacement of the subsea facilities to enable the full development of the reserves.

Two highly engineered Manifolds, the largest and most complex constructions within the project, have been manufactured, painted and outfitted, at Babcock’s Rosyth Facility on the Forth.

With the combined weight of 326 tonnes the Manifolds are central parts of the 2015 installation programme.

The structures were transported to Lerwick by freighter and then transferred to a dedicated heavy lift vessel for installation at the Schiehallion and Loyal oil and gas fields, helping to extend

production at the North Sea site until 2035.

Babcock, the UK’s largest engineering services support company, has also installed pipe spools and pressure tested the structures at Rosyth before handing them over to BP and its sub-contractors to carry out Controls Fit Out (CFO) and Site Integration Testing (SIT).

The Manifolds were joined on the journey to the North Sea production site by two Control Distribution Assemblies.

“We are pleased to have delivered this hugely significant part of BP’s Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project.

The Manifolds are major pieces of highly complex engineering and it is testament to the skill, ingenuity and hard work of our workforce that the structures are now on their way to play their part in accessing remaining hydrocarbon reserves in the Schiehallion and Loyal fields.

We were also thrilled, to be recognised for our safety performance on this programme.”

Charles Forrester Project Manager, Energy and Marine Services from Babcock.

Sonomatic to build a new multi-disciplined NDT base in Aberdeen: Facility to cover full range of NDT Inspections Sonomatic, a market leader in the provision of advanced automated ultrasonic inspection services, announces its plans to build a brand new multi-disciplined facility that will allow the company to cover the entire range of NDT Inspections.

The new state of the art premises will house radiography and hydro testing bays and have the ability to perform heattreatment on client’s equipment. The RAIS division will also offer a mobile NDT service to all onshore clients, including UT, MPI, liquid penetrant, radiography and heat-treatment.

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The location has been very carefully selected with emphasis given to the client’s logistical requirements. Sonomatic recognises that

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during high turnaround shutdown seasons, every mile travelled counts and adds to the time the client/asset is kept waiting for the return of their equipment. To optimise the ability to reduce this time and to ensure Sonomatic have addressed their environmental responsibilities, they have chosen to invest in a new site development, named “The Core”, located in Bridge of Don to the north of Aberdeen City Centre.

The Core is located approximately 4 miles from Aberdeen Harbour, 1 mile from the AECC. However, another very important factor in the decision to move to the Core is the planned route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. It will finish/start on the A90 (in very close proximity to Sonomatic). It will encompass all major industrial sites, passing by Portlethan, Kingswells and Dyce as well as being a feeder route for all inner city clients.

In addition, Sonomatic hope to meet clients requirements from all over Scotland by taking full advantage of the A90 and the AWPR. Sonomatic’s new facility will create a centre of excellence for all NDT, NII and Advanced NDT requirements and will pull together the highly specialised technicians and engineers from the existing Sonomatic specialised services division. However, the vision does not stop at NDT. The company’s RAIS division has listened to its clients and has ensured there is room to extend its facilities and services to cover the addition of a paint shop and possible other offerings. Sonomatic aims to show their current and prospective clients they are a willing partner to help with all of their needs and requirements.

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Destec Engineering Ltd still leading the way Destec is synonymous with innovation, engineering high quality connectors for the oil & gas industry. Destec have been in business for over 45 years and it is a family owned company run by Mr. Barry Porter, Managing Director The engineers at Destec are coming up with new ideas for the subsea connections as the market becomes more innovative and complicated. Since its inception in 1984, the GSB Single Bolt Clamp is still to this day designed and manufactured

by Destec to serve the North Sea, Oil and Gas industry which shows the quality that Destec work hard to achieve. Their wide range of products are fully traceable, manufactured and inspected at Destec’s factory in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, which gives Destec full control over the products that they produce. Furthermore, with major customers like BP, Shell, Onesubsea and Alstom they pride themselves in providing the best service. Destec has a highly skilled workforce most of whom have worked at the company for 25 years.

Going forward, they continue to recruit new members of staff to cope with the foreseeable workload increase.

This year Destec has reinvested in new CNC machines (having spent around £1 million) - this is so Destec can keep up with the demand for Destec Subsea connectors - and later on this year they plan to extend their factory.

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“Even with the uncertainty in the oil & gas market we have still grown, and this is due to Destec promoting its products to a wider audience than we had before. With new distributors in the Far East, and soon the Middle East, currently we export around 70% of our products. As our products such as our 4 bolt clamp connector (G-range), can be used in many applications (For e.g. Chemical Plants and LNG Facility etc), more and more companies are approaching us to use our connectors. In addition, Destec has a 24hrs 7 days a week service team, we can maintain the product on-site with On-

site Machining, Bolt Torque Tensioning and Vessel Cutting, which gives us the edge over our competitors.”

Mark Lamyman, Global Sales & Marketing Manager at Destec

The vessel cutting service that Destec can offer takes the service team all over the world; using a dry cutting method they can cut a cracker unit vessel with a diameter of 17 meters in 24hrs. It is one of the safest and fastest methods around today and more customers in the refining industry want Destec’s regeneration vessel cutting.

Destec will be looking to extend its agreement with ExxonMobil later this year and has already extended their agreement with Chevron Thailand securing a deal until 2017.

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Final countdown to SPE Offshore Europe 2015 SPE Offshore Europe 2015

8-11 September 2015, Aberdeen

Make the most of the opportunities to learn at the free-to-attend technical conference, take the time to explore the international exhibition, discover the innovative technology on display and connect with colleagues and new business contacts.

Opening Plenary Session

The event will open on Tuesday 8 September with a plenary session focusing on the basic challenge of meeting energy demand while balancing concerns over climate change, security of supply and consumer affordability. Professor Brian Cox is confirmed as a speaker. Arguably the UK’s best known physicist, his books and TV programmes are read and watched around the world and are credited with making science engaging and accessible to millions. Other confirmed speakers include: Keisuki Sadamori, Director, Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency; Simon Bittleston, Vice President, Research, Schlumberger; Matt Corbin, Managing Director, Aker Solutions; and Liz Rogers, Vice President Environment, Social Responsibility and HSSE Compliance, BP.

Exhibition

On the exhibition floor, around 1500 global organisations will showcase their technologies, services and expertise. At least 300 companies, large and small, will be exhibiting for the first time at the show. Exhibitors will represent the complete supply chain of companies including operators, drilling contractors and oilfield service companies, consolidating Aberdeen’s established reputation as a supplier of services and products to projects worldwide.

Global Reach

Reflective of the global nature of the industry as a whole there will be a large overseas exhibitor presence with representation from 44 countries and 33 international pavilions. Many of the registered visitors to date have overseas remits too – 35% of them are involved in projects in Africa, 30% in the Middle East and 25% in Asia Pacific.

Free-to-attend Conference Programme Keynote sessions

The keynote programme will offer 11 sessions dealing with important elements of the framework within which the industry is likely to have to operate in the coming years. Topics to be addressed include: health; the safety and security of people and assets; well intervention; financing investments; oil spill

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response; and inspiring the next generation to join the industry.

Technical sessions

The technical programme will present more than 75 papers, demonstrating that the industry’s engineering, manufacturing and technology excellence is set to assure a long-term sustainable future. Speakers drawn from all over the world will discuss topics such as asset and well integrity, maximising economic recovery, smarter field development, pipelines and risers, subsea processing, talent development, unconventional gas development, process safety, and decommissioning.

Deepwater Zone

A dedicated theatre will host industry experts presenting topical case studies and participating in panel discussions. With content programmed by Subsea UK, the Society for Underwater Technology and ITF, these sessions will address deepwater developments; the future of inspection, repair and maintenance; new technologies for efficiency and effectiveness; subsea challenges for enabling deepwater production; and ultradeepwater challenges. In the event’s largest Deepwater Zone to date, some 30 companies from this rapidly evolving sector will display their latest products and services.

Breakfast Briefings Highlights

• Thursday 10 September: ‘The price of oil, did market analysts forget about E&P?’ by international oil and energy consultant, Manouchehr Takin.

• Friday 11 September: Feeding the pipeline of female talent in STEM.

Topical Lunch Highlights

• Tuesday 8 September: ‘New times, new challenges’ by Bernard Looney, Chief Operating Officer, Production, BP. • Wednesday 9 September: Andy Samuel, Chief Executive, Oil & Gas Authority.

UKTI Country Briefings

UKTI commercial officers and buyers from key international regions will be running a series of free-to-attend country briefings, including Brazil, Norway, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

Visit www.offshore-europe.co.uk for further information and to register.

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Kværner selects Nord-Lock for Nyhamna Oil & Gas Update: Recent developments within the oil and gas industry include Kværner selecting Nord-Lock steel construction washers (NLSC) for the Nyhamna Expansion Project, as well as the recent launch of ‘No Need For Retightening’.

Kværner, a Norway-based engineering and construction services company, recently won a contract from Shell to develop and expand the Nyhamna plant, one of Norway’s largest mainland developments. Kværner has chosen Nord-Lock to prevent the bolts from loosening. More than 300,000 bolted joints will be assembled with Nord-Lock. “Safety always comes first and it was very important for our customer, Shell, to prevent the bolts from loosening,” says Ove Sætrevik, Project Engineer at Kværner. “At Kværner, we’ve worked with Nord-Lock before and we know it is the number one solution for locking bolt connections.”

Kværner has selected Nord-Lock SC-washers for the Nyhamna project, which are designed to fit HR/HV bolts in accordance with EN14399-3/ EN14399-4. The Nyhamna Expansion Project is planned for completion by mid-2016, in parallel with Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen development in the Norwegian Sea. Ove Sætrevik thinks similar projects will follow.

New concept to save millions for rig operators

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The harsh working environments of onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities demand strict international regulatory requirements on the industry. These regulatory requirements are set by different classification societies. One such requirement is annual

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torque controls on 20 percent of all bolt connections on drilling equipment. These torque controls cost USD 25-40 million during the 25-30 years lifetime of an offshore rig.

In Norway, one of the world’s largest oil-producing countries, Nord-Lock addresses this time-consuming and costly practice with its new concept No Need for Retightening (NNFR). The concept is to be offered together with a fastener and logistical partner. The kit is supplied pre-lubricated and comprises the required nuts, bolts and Nord-Lock washers, and ensures that bolts do not loosen, regardless of dynamic loads and vibrations.

While NNFR increases safety, operators and rig owners can apply to classification bodies for exemption from the annual torque control, thereby saving millions.

Rig owners or operators must also meet the requirements for assembly (namely, that NNFR is fitted and tightened by certified installers) before they can apply for exemption from the torque controls.

The solution was nominated for the ONS 2014 Innovation Award, reflecting its potential importance for the oil and gas industry worldwide.

“The benefits for both land-based and offshore operators are huge,With NNFR, the operators make significant savings on maintenance, while ensuring the safety of their equipment.”

says Petter Viken, Business Developer Oil & Gas, at Nord-Lock Group.

What’s your toughest bolting challenge?

Come and see us on stand 3E140 at Offshore Europe 2015 The Nord-Lock Group has provided safe and reliable bolting solutions for decades.

From multifunctional wedge-locking technology to Superbolt tensioners, our products are manufactured according to the highest standards. Not only are they quick and easy to install, they are also corrosion resistant, which is essential considering the exposure to seawater inherent in maritime industry.

Our unique Nord-Lock Performance Services support you from the design phase right through to the operation and maintenance. We make sure your bolted joints save you money!

Nord-Lock Ltd. • Tel: +44 (0)1246 355557 • Fax: +44 (0)1264 369555 enquiries@nord-lock.co.uk • www.nord-lock.com

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Yarmouth tank firm goes large Local company ATI Tank Hire Ltd is hitting the big time – with two 19,000 litre chemical storage tanks now available for use by the offshore oil and gas industries.

encountered in offshore operations, and not fail even if they are subjected to more extreme loads.

At 25 tonnes when full and 6 metres long, they are the largest on the market and are among the few offshore chemical storage tanks of this capacity in the UK. Designed for the safe transportation and storage of hazardous chemicals and to withstand the harsh conditions of the North Sea, the steel tanks are tested to meet industry standards, including DNV 2.7-1, the most rigorous specification in the industry. Containers designed and certified according to this standard are strong enough to withstand the normal forces

Hone-All to highlight new machine capacity at SPE Offshore Europe 2015 At the forthcoming SPE Offshore Europe Exhibition, Hone-All Precision Ltd will be showcasing why it is the premiere subcontract manufacturer for the Oil & Gas industry.

On Stand 2E15 from the 8th to 11th September, visitors to the Aberdeen show can talk to Hone-All about its specialist production facility and their ability to manufacture flo-tubes, pistons, housings, well commander bodies, cylinders and a variety of other oil & gas specific components and assemblies.

What separates the Leighton Buzzard company from its fellow exhibitors is its recent £650,000 investment in two new deep hole boring machines that were purchased specifically to service the offshore industry. The deep hole boring and turning specialist has invested in two TIBO Tiefbohrtechnik units to increase capacity and extend its maximum boring capacity to 250mm with a length of 3.2m. The addition of two new deep hole boring machines is the perfect complement to the company’s 4m turning capacity.

“The addition of two large capacity boring machines to our plant list positions Hone-All perfectly for servicing the diverse demands of the Oil & Gas industry. We invested heavily in the new technology during this industry slumber to reduce disruption for customers and in preparation for when the oil price fluctuation recovers and the marketplace becomes more buoyant.”

“In the few months since the machine installations, we are witnessing very positive feedback from our customers. This is because the TIBO machines are reducing our lead times with their exceptional capability and efficiency whilst the robust build attributes are enhancing component quality, precision and consistency.

By improving upon the quality, precision and service, which was already the envy of the industry, we have successfully completed a project that ensures we retain our position as the benchmark subcontract manufacturer for the offshore sector.”

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Commenting upon exhibiting at the 2015 trade show, Director at Hone-All Precision, Andrea Rodney

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Digital Edge Subsea Ltd

They currently have 7 models, 3 standard definition, 3 high definition and their latest product, the fully rugged laptop version.

The EdgeDVR software has been developed over the past 5 years and has been designed to be used by personnel of all abilities.

They work closely with their clients and are constantly updating the software, to suit client needs.

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Digital Edge Subsea supplies the oil and gas industry with their range of digital video inspection systems, the EdgeDVR.

During 2015-2016 they will be releasing their new Version 5 software and a range of new products. New products include, EdgeBlackbox and “Lite� software versions of all available models.

A fully integrated pipeline system, will follow in early 2016.

Visit Digital Edge Subsea Ltd at SPE Offshore Europe 2015 on stand 6D21

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TWI Ltd TWI is a world-leading independent research and technology organisation that has been a principal authority on joining technologies for more than 60 years.

Established in 1946 with headquarters at Granta Park near Cambridge, TWI provides industry with engineering and manufacturing solutions for structures incorporating joining and associated technologies (surfacing, coating, additive manufacture, cutting, etc) through

EPLAN Fluid is an efficient and intuitive engineering tool for the design and automatic documentation of fluid power systems in applications that include hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling and lubrication. A key benefit of the EPLAN CAE platform is that it connects fluid power engineering with all other engineering disciplines so that design tasks can be executed in parallel. This

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TWI has regional UK offices and research facilities in Aberdeen, Middlesbrough, Rotherham, and Port Talbot, Wales. There are also offices and training facilities in North America, South East Asia, China, Australia, Central Asia, India and the Middle East.

For more information, please visit: www.twi-global.com Or www.twitraining.com

Innovative fluid system and harness design software At this year’s SPE Offshore Europe exhibition, computer aided engineering (CAE) software expert EPLAN will be showcasing its latest fluid system and harness design products. Also on show will be other software packages from the company’s popular range, which cover virtually every aspect of industrial system design.

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information and technology transfer; consultancy and project support; generic research, contract R&D; and training, qualification and professional society membership. It is the only single source of expertise relating to every aspect of joining technology for engineering materials – metals, plastics, ceramics, composites and electronic assemblies – from materials selection, through manufacture, to in-service performance.

approach makes the entire engineering process more efficient and less timeconsuming, as well as reducing the risk of errors.

EPLAN Harness proD, which is also spotlighted on the EPLAN stand, is a powerful 3D/2D software tool for the efficient design and documentation of cable harnesses. It offers easy definition of cable and wiring harness routes with an intuitive ‘point and click’ method within a 3D space.

Harness proD automates many of the steps involved in the harness design process, including importing 3D models to provide the environment for harness layout, combining the models with wiring lists from the EPLAN platform, and cable routing. The software also handles generation of engineering documentation and 2D nailboard drawings and it

incorporates design checks to ensure, for example, that the minimum bending radius is observed for all cables.

Throughout the exhibition, EPLAN experts will be on hand and will be pleased not only to discuss the benefits of the company’s CAE products, but also to provide advice and guidance to exhibition visitors on the best and most economical ways of addressing their own specific engineering design requirements.

High Tech Metal Seals (HTMS)

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High Tech Metal Seals (HTMS) is a privately owned company, founded in 1999 by a group of sealing specialists. They design and manufacture elastic and resilient metal seals which are highly equipped to withstand extreme temperatures and pressures, making them flexibly adaptive to a wide array of environments.

HTMS Seals for Offshore & Subsea Valves, X-mas Trees, Connectors ...

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Low bolting force required ASME gasket factor (m) = 0

Its versatility in extreme conditions includes: cryogenic to high temperatures, ultra-high vacuum to intensely elevated pressures (reaching 10,000 bars), subsea settings, radiation and corrosive media. Whereas conventional sealing yields to fatigue, permeability and fugitive emissions, HTMS’ highly flexible metal seals offer a long life sealing dependability as a result of its selfenergized design principle and its employment of super alloys.

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Particularly, super alloy fabricated metal seals such as Alloy 625 and Alloy 718 measure up to the NACE or API 6A standards of resiliency in extreme conditions.

• Seal diameter range from 5 mm up to 4 m • Seal cross sections from 0.79 to 12.70 mm • Temperatures from -270°C up to 650°C (higher temperatures on request) • Subsea, radiation, corrosive media, etc.

• Unlimited shelf life • In-house plating and coating facilities (silver, nickel, gold, tin, PTFE, PEEK) In the upcoming Offshore Europe Exhibition 2015, it is our pleasure to invite you to visit our exhibit at stand 4A131.

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Total Carbide is one of the European leaders in the development, design and manufacture of high specification Tungsten Carbide Wear Parts.

Taking initial concepts, through to full component production, Total Carbide works in partnership with clients to optimise the lifetime of their components in applications.

Contact our technical sales team on: 01844 275171

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Visit us on the NOF Business Pavillion Stand No. 1G111

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From a “self-contained” operation based in Princes Risborough, Bucks, the extended range of services include: > In house material / grade development. > The latest high corrosion / erosion resistant materials. > Quality assured to ISO 9001:2008. > Highly experienced “time served” operational and technical sales teams. > Over 60 years Tungsten Carbide Wear Part experience across 40 industries. > Flexibility on production quantities ranging from 1 to 500,000. > Fully equipped “on-site” grinding and ultra-high finishing department. > Design reviews and “cost- down” solutions. > Many long established client partnerships of over 25 years standing.

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Ellis shows the way with cable guide clamp World leading cable cleat manufacturer, Ellis has launched the world’s first two-in-one cable guide and clamp, which has been designed specifically to assist in the installation and subsequent restraint of high voltage (HV) cables.

has in us to deliver, even when under immense pressure.”

Initially designed for an offshore project for Siemens, the Cable

route within a fabricated structure, which featured a significant

Guide Clamp has now been developed by Ellis into a full range suitable for use with large diameter cables.

Richard Shaw, managing director of Ellis, said: “Two major factors in our on-going success have been our ability to innovate and the tried and trusted nature of our products.”

“This though was the first time a customer has come to us with a new product requirement during a live project situation –

something that clearly demonstrates the level of trust the market

The challenge set to the Ellis team, which had previously

developed a roller-system for the installation of HV cables in

power tunnels, was to develop a solution that would feed, and then restrain, seven 117mm diameter cables along a specified number of twists and turns.

The Cable Guide Clamp achieves this in two stages. Firstly,

cables are guided by it into their final location, while trumpeted

entry and exit points ensure the cable is not damaged when fed through particularly sharp angled turns. Once the cable is laid correctly, the top half of the guide is removed, a fixing piece

installed directly onto the cable and the top half re-secured, thus turning it into a fully-functioning HV cable clamp.

“To come through this challenge with Siemens’ problem solved; a major specification secured; and an entirely new product

range ready to launch is a clear demonstration of the expertise and technical know-how Ellis is able to bring to any project – something that really does make us stand out from the opposition,” added Richard.

For information on Ellis, its products and services visit: www.ellispatents.co.uk or call +44(0)1944 758395.

Visit us at Offshore Europe on Stand No. 3C62

Simplified connection for multi-use high voltage cable Abtech have developed a range of high voltage junction boxes specifically designed for the termination of combined power and instrumentation cables within the same Ex-rated enclosure.

These enclosures provide a safety critical connection point for offshore umbilical cables or onshore power distribution systems.

Identified with a 125 suffix, these marine grade stainless steel enclosures build upon Abtech’s field proven HV range and are fully certified for use in Zone 1 and 21 hazardous areas.

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The ABJB125 was recently selected for use on an upgrade project in the Middle East encompassing sixty five offshore platforms

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all powered by an interconnecting 15kv ring main system. This solution utilised two enclosures per platform to manage the incoming and outgoing multi-use cables.

Due to the site specific conditions and the stringent requirements of the end user, Abtech engineers worked closely with the main EPC contractor to tailor the ABJB125 solution for maximum efficiency. To combat the rigours of the offshore environment, an anti-condensation heater was also incorporated within the design and a special epoxy paint finish applied to prevent corrosion.

Abtech’s splitter box design allows both high voltage and fibre optic cables to be terminated within the same hazardous area enclosure. The high voltage section supplies power to the platform, whilst the fibre optic section is used to control instrumentation and communications.

This single cable design layout had not previously been implemented by the local project team, however this approach greatly reduced overall installation costs on the project as the installation requirements could be combined, including the supporting infrastructure (cable ladder, cleats, termination kits, etc).

Further details on flexible high voltage solutions can be found on the Abtech website: http://www.abtech.eu/products/high-voltage-enclosures Visit us at Offshore Europe on Stand No. 4E70

Pioneer Oil Tools Limited is a privately owned precision engineering company established in 1971 and based in Arbroath, UK.

Rapid turnaround: Pioneer makes it our business to offer extremely competative delivery times to our

customers.

Quality: The efficiency of our quality management system has been recognized by the British Standards Institute who have conferred certification to the ISO 9001:2008 standard on the company.

Design: Pioneer Oil Tools Limited specializes in the design and manufacture of oil tools, particularly fishing tools.

To that end we maintain a design library of engineering drawings for a wide variety of tooling.

Subcontract: Pioneer is willing and capable of undertaking a wide range of machining work backed by CMM inspection capability.

Products and services • Fishing Tools A wide variety of internal and external catch tools for subs, packers, casing, tubing and wellheads. From small to very large sizes.

• Junk Retrieval Tools A range of junk retrievel tools employing various circulation and magentic technologies.

• Casing Repair Tools Tools to ream, roll, clean and patch casing.

• Cutters & Mills Tools for sectioning and cutting casing, drill pipe & tubing both external and internally. Tools to mill out a variety of downhole obstructions.

• Impact Tools A variety of jars and accelerators.

• Cementation Equipment A large range of cementing plugs and associated cementation equipment.

• Rubber Products Thread protectors, packer cups, endcaps.

• Accessories and Drillstring Members Crossovers, elevators/lifting subs, safety joints, Lift bails, Impression blocks and more.

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New 5Te Load Link - Compact size - Robust design Driven by customer demand for a low weight and compact Load Link, Power Jacks Load Monitoring Solutions have designed and manufactured the smallest in their range to date.

Load Shackles, Load Pins, Running Line Tensionmeter, Load Cell Displays and Data Logging. See a full list of products.

The 5Te Load Link weighs only 1.5kg and provides the ideal solution when accurate and reliable tensile load monitoring is required for lifting applications, but where space is an issue.

Power Jacks are exhibiting at Offshore Europe, 8–11 Sep 2015, and will be displaying their 5Te Load Links, as well as other Load Monitoring equipment and products from their subsea range.

Visit them in Hall 1, Stand 1B108.

Hird Lifting was one of the first companies to use the 5Te Load link produced by Power Jacks. Having expressed their need for a compact and accurate product, Power Jacks went onto supply Hird Lifting with a product fitting their requirements.

View the 5Te Load Link brochure for a full list of features.

If you would like to speak to the Load Monitoring team about this product or to get a quote, please call 01358 285100 or email LMS@powerjacks.com.

The newly designed Load Link not only proves a hit in size; it also has an accuracy of <0.5% of applied load, a safety factor of 5:1, environmentally rated at IP67, 500 hour battery life using 2 x AAA’s, and comes in wireless and cabled versions.

This model is suitable for all industry sectors, including Marine, Offshore and Subsea environments. In particular, ideal for mobile applications and services, as well as service and maintenance vehicles.

Having the expertise in-house to design and manufacture products from the Power Jacks facility in Ellon, the Load Monitoring team are quick to respond to market demand. The 5Te Load link joins a portfolio of 12 Load Link designs from 12.5Te to 500Te as standard, as well as compressive Load Cells,

Smith Flow Control exhibiting at SPE Offshore Europe with Triton Engineering Smith Flow Control (SFC), global leader in the design and manufacture of mechanical interlocks and valve management systems, is exhibiting at SPE Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition in Aberdeen from 8-11 September, 2015.

SFC will exhibit with its distributor Triton Engineering.

SFC’s products greatly enhance safety and efficiency and are specified by the world’s biggest oil, gas and petrochemical companies. Its comprehensive range of process safety products reduce the scope for operator error and ensure safe continuous plant operation. Its range of key operated interlocks can also be customised to implement a safe sequence of events in any process activity.

SPE Offshore Europe offers the perfect framework for visitors to meet and discuss their valve operating problems; SFC is offering valuable one-to-one discussions with its experts on all aspects of process safety, valve interlocking and valve management.

Visitors can find SFC at Stand 3D210, which will be managed

by Project Sales Manager, Simon Read. SFC will also be joined by representatives from its Aberdeen distribution network, Triton Engineering. Triton is a specialist provider of engineering consultancy services to the upstream oil and gas industry, with its core business being pipelines and risers. The company’s expertise ranges from Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies, including risk-based decision making, through to delivery management, integrity management and ongoing operational support and related site services.

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Visitors to the stand can see SFC’s latest innovations: • SmartTrap+, a product which incorporates signals from sensors into the interlocking sequence.

• EasiDrive, portable valve actuator, providing easy operation of multiple high-torque or high-turn valves.

• TorkDrive, the ultimate valve protector, which safeguards a valve from excessive torque.

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Difficult emulsions and proc ess build up? Multi-Point Density Array (MDA) is your solution.

Production separator: reliable multi-phase control Non-contact, reliable radiometric based interface monitoring for process separators ▪ External detectors for no temperature restrictions and low ownership costs ▪ Measurement reliability for increased production efficiency ▪ Superior accuracy and resolution with new scintillation transmitter technology ▪ Comprehensive advice and support with offshore commissioning engineers Phone: 01444 870055 www.vega.com/uk

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Trelleborg set to slash downtime with innovative sealwelding technology In what is sure to prove a real turning point for the oil and gas industry, leading manufacturer and supplier of sealing solutions, Trelleborg, has launched its revolutionary new SealWelding™ technology that allows seals to be welded in-situ on an FPSO platform, eliminating the need for it to disconnect and return to shore.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has patented the new in-situ SealWelding™ technology that allows swivel stack seals to be replaced whilst the platform remains in operation. The seals are manufactured from Trelleborg’s established proprietary material, ensuring full offshore industry compliancy and reliability for the operator.

The new technology will massively reduce the downtime and associated costs that come from maintaining an FPSO swivel stack.

“With financial data suggesting that hourly losses for downtime from an offshore production facility can be the highest of any industry, any reduction in downtime can provide significant cost savings for the operator.

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Seals are vital when it comes to ensuring the continued efficient and safe operation of an FPSO swivel stack. Previously, scheduled replacement of these seals would require the vessel to disconnect and return to shore, whereby the components

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would be disassembled and new seals fitted. The cost and travelling time required to return an FPSO to shore can very quickly add up. In fact, when maintaining the swivel stack, a critical element on board any facility, typically the FPSO would be down for between six and 12 weeks.”

Henk-Willem Sanders, FPSO Focus Group Leader, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions.

The only viable solution to solve the problem of having an FPSO return to shore for scheduled maintenance was to develop a technique that allowed the swivel stack seals to be replaced in-situ. For this to be feasible, ends of a cut seal need to be bonded offshore in a secure environment and conform to approved industry standards.

In a controlled Trelleborg production facility, Trelleborg manufactures the precut swivel stack seals. Offshore, onboard the FPSO, the seal is then installed

by Trelleborg’s certified service team using a portable ATEX Zone 1 certified SealWelding™ system. The pre-cut ends of the seal are secured within the fully enclosed welding system and then pressurized, so that the weld can take place. Production on other swivel stacks can continue without risk whilst the welding process continues.

The ATEX Zone 1 certified control cabinet is purged, ensuring the safe operation of the system, as well as monitoring and logging all process conditions. Once the welding process is complete, the seal is removed from the SealWelding™ system, before being polished and inspected.

Henk-Willem Sanders continues: “Safety and scheduled maintenance on FPSOs is of critical importance to offshore oil and gas industry operators. The associated costs combined with project downtime from pipeline disconnection, however, can be huge. Following intensive research and development initiatives, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has developed our patented portable SealWelding™ system that not only conforms to existing offshore safety standards but also dramatically improves the bottom line for offshore operators.”

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions will be showcasing their SealWeldingTM technology at SPE Offshore Europe in Hall 1, Stand No. 1H81

Caledonian Industries (CIL) to promote Caltrex® PEEK at OE 2015 SPE Offshore Europe 2015

Caledonian Industries (CIL) are promoting Caltrex® PEEK, manufactured by the Dynamic Cast Moulding System (DCMS®), on Stand 5B-04 at SPE Offshore Europe 2015 in Aberdeen.

DCMS® is a novel process requiring little or no annealing in addition to shorter production cycles and cost efficient, Nearnet-Shape production. Technically, one of the most significant advantages is the reduction in moulding stresses using CIL’s revolutionary PEEK DCMS®.

The production cycle is significantly shorter than compression moulding and after more than 10 years of production, no porosity or inclusions have been found in our parts. Unlike compression moulding process, our material is void free, thus eliminating the frustrating discovery of a void or contamination of a billet at the final stages of a manufactured part and the delay of waiting for its replacement.

A feature of our DCMS® machines is the capability for tubes to be moulded at either 150mm long for small to medium runs or 600mm long when volumes are higher with diameters capable of up to 400mm.

Caltrex® semi-finished tubes are currently available from 55mm up to 360mm OD with variable inside diameter for each, thus allowing production of Near-net-Shape. Additional sizes are continually being added. New tooling can be manufactured significantly faster than that of traditional compression, extrusion or injection moulded tooling and customized blends

can be manufactured to meet customer demand.

A suite of CNC lathes complement the DCMS® manufactured materials. These lathes are used for the manufacture of precision engineering plastic sealing products and components in materials such as PEEK, PTFE etc. Typically these components are used within down-hole tools and control systems.

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Intraform™ is here!

Intraform™ is a new process to produce tungsten carbide components with complex internal forms for use in harsh environments and performance critical applications, such as valves in highpressure fluid applications.

The process has been developed and refined over many years using the expertise of the in-house R&D specialists and has more than exceeded predicted results.

The Intraform™ process allows them to create complex internal wear critical forms which can last up to 10X longer than equivalent cast steel parts.

The resulting increase in component performance and reliability drastically reduces the impact and cost of downtime through component failure or unexpected maintenance requirements.

Key advantages of components produced using the Intraform™ process are: • Hardwearing internal forms in Tungsten Carbide.

• Components last up to 10 X longer than equivalent cast metal parts.

• Incredibly durable.

• Independently tested to 760 bar 25,000 times.

• Dramatically reduce impact and cost of downtime.

• Build competitive advantage into your products.

For more information, visit: www.totalcarbide.co.uk Or contact the technical sales team on: 01844 275171

Linear motion experts HepcoMotion exhibiting at Offshore Europe 2015 HepcoMotion is pleased to be exhibiting at the 2015 Offshore Europe exhibition, one of the leading events for the offshore community.

Demonstrating the depth of its product range ideally suited to the offshore industry, Hepco looks forward to welcoming visitors to its stand (4D70).

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HepcoMotion is a world-leading manufacturer of linear motion systems and automation components. Hepco originated the V guide system now used worldwide for the control of linear, rotary and continuous motion, and continues to develop innovative

linear products that offer new solutions to design engineers.

Many of Hepco’s leading products will be featured at Offshore Europe 2015.

Key products on the stand include the GV3 linear guide system that confidently operates in hostile conditions, and the PRT2 system that solves circular motion problems in harsh environments. Visitors can also see Hepco’s Large Segmented HD Ring; hard-wearing and durable, these heavy duty rings are perfect for applications requiring a ring to be placed around a pipe for pipeline inspection systems, welding and cutting processes. Working in extreme conditions underwater or above water in areas exposed to the elements, Hepco’s product range delivers.

Testament to this, Hepco’s stand also includes a demonstration unit showing one of Hepco’s heavy duty ring slides being used

by Sonomatic, a worldwide organisation specialising in ultrasonic inspection design, development and application. Sonomatic use Hepco’s ring slide for sub-sea NDT (non-destructive testing).

Visitors can see how Hepco’s ring slide is used as the main medium to manoeuvre ultrasonic probes around a pipe.

With an extensive team on hand to discuss applications and product offerings, Hepco looks forward to meeting visitors at stand 4D70.

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Multi Phase Separator Control Over the years, many traditional technologies used for interface and, increasingly, multiphase measurement and control have often proven unreliable when heavy emulsions, sand, mud and foam are involved.

This is because the parameters on which the measurements are based are not constant or stable and build up interferes with sensitive instruments used. Changes to both the products and processing in the vessel contribute to this uncertainty, making the separation characteristics and interface(s) difficult to understand and control effectively.

For applications in separators, treaters, free water knockout drums and desalters for example, the development of a clean and distinct, well-behaved interface boundary is often only achieved by longer residence times (not always available), large quantities of effective chemical demulsifiers (expensive), higher operating temperatures (extra energy inputs) or specialized separation technology (new capital equipment). However, in spite of these best efforts, there can still be a degree of an emulsion layer still remaining in the process, so how can that be effectively monitored and therefore controlled?

Effectively monitoring the emulsion layer between the upper and lower fluids is critical and being aware of multiple phases foam, mud or sludge build up in the process is also extremely important. Understanding if and how these co-exist, behave and respond in the separation process, is key to the maximization of quality crude throughput.

Nuclear gauging technology can help with this, by making independent multiple density measurements across a defined span of the vessel elevation gives a valuable insight into the separation process.

The operator has a density profile that monitors the dynamic changes on a real time basis. Detection of very small density changes verifies the separation development when subjected to different treatments. This can enable the automatic control of water withdrawal, dosing of additives, optimise production and minimise outages.

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The VEGA Multi-Point Density Array radiometric solution works by measuring the changing density at fixed points across the process. Each point can be monitored to produce a detailed

picture of what is happening in the vessel, along with point alarms for sand and foam detection. If no clear process interface exists, an emulsion layer can be accurately tracked from the brine on the bottom to the oil towards the top of the vessel.

The VEGA MDA system offers many benefits to the end user. These include: 1. Multi phase density profile across the elevation span monitors changes in the separation process on a real time basis.

2. Externally mounted electronics withstand higher process temperatures, offer easier maintenance and performance monitoring.

3. Monitoring each fixed point enables trending to show how the interface/emulsion is changing.

4. if any single density detector fails, it does not compromise the operation of the system, offering high reliability.

5. When no clear interface exists, the system provides valuable information about the emulsion layer.

6. Flexible mounting bracket system provides ease of installation.

7. Simple air and brine water calibration reduces the commissioning time to a minimum.

VEGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong tradition of product development and refinement continues with the Multi-Point Density Array (MDA) solution for fixed-point interface profiling measurements for these difficult interface/heavy emulsion processes.

Visit the VEGA stand Hall 4 D75 at Offshore Europe 7-11th September to discover more about separator interphase and phase monitoring solutions.

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The Beamex MCS200 Workshop offers a controlled environment enabling very accurate calibration and ergonomic ready-to-use equipment. Beamex has recently launched the product, MC6 Workstation, an advanced panel mounted documenting calibrator and communicator. MC6 Workstation offers calibration capabilities for pressure, temperature and various electrical signals. Full fieldbus communication for HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and Profibus PA instruments is available. MC6 Workstation communicates with pressure controllers and temperature blocks, enabling fully automatic calibration.

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An Aberdeen based leading subsea engineering services and training provider has announced that it is offering a brand new course which will be the first of its kind in the United Kingdom to have full IADC accreditation.

Established in 2009, SUBC Engineering Ltd., which operates in 27 countries and has established operations in key energy destinations such as Brazil, Houston and Singapore, has become the only UK organisation to offer a Managed Pressure Drilling course with full IADC accreditation.

The four day course is aimed at all offshore personnel from Offshore Installation Managers through to deck crew and, as Managing Director Colin Burney explains, has already received a positive response from one global drilling company. “In advance of the official launch of the course, we have recently completed the training of over 150 Seadrill personnel for the West Tellus and West Carina on-board their vessels and, as a consequence, they will be putting more of their staff through the course.

“The course has been created to meet a growing interest and involvement by oil companies and contracted rig owners in the areas of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and the variety of new Adaptive Drilling Methods (ADM) which look to address the wellrecognised problems associated with drilling in ultra-deep water using Conventional Riser Drilling. MPD can also be adapted to shallow water Jack-Ups as well as medium deep and deepwater Semis and drillships.

Each of the main systems are covered within the course, namely complementary advances in enabling technologies, riserless mud recovery, riser gas handling and early kick detection. The course provides a comprehensive technical introduction to personnel already involved or likely to be involved in these new enabling technologies.

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Along with the principles of operations, the course also covers engineering design rationales underlying the equipment components, maintenance fundamentals and current legislation.”

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Following successful completion, delegates will receive an International Association of Drilling Contractors Drilling Industry Training (IADC DIT) accredited certificate.

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and shipyards. The company also provides subsea and hydraulic courses, SUBC is an associate member of IADC and currently has full IADC DIT accreditation for the following courses:- Basic Hydraulic, Accumulator/ Pulsation Dampener, Introduction to Subsea Systems, Basic Subsea, Surface Well Control Equipment and Managed Pressure Drilling .

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Evoke IT - Not just an ordinary IT company SPE Offshore Europe 2015

Evoke IT are Aberdeen’s Microsoft Cloud Specialists and not your ordinary IT company.

They deliver much more than off the shelf products.

As a team they design, build and deploy bespoke systems which automate processes, reduce costs and simply improve your work environment. Covering the full range of Microsoft Enterprise technologies including SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure, providing consultancy, development, training and support.

Evoke IT are well under way to making their first £1million in under 4 years of business. It is an incredible success story which has seen team numbers doubled in the past year to 18 employees with ambitions to have 22 by the conclusion of 2015. The increase in team numbers instigated a move to their prestigious premises in Carden Place, Aberdeen.

Tasks from the IMS were highlighted on the Intranet homepage to the viewer displaying how many ongoing tasks they have as well as outstanding tasks. The Intranet homepage also provided latest news from the Company and links to both internal and external pages, all editable by the client.

Evoke IT will be exhibiting this year at Offshore Europe 2015 and welcome you to visit them to find out more on Stand No. 5A80.

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An example of a bespoke system we designed and built for a client is an Integrated Management System accompanied with an Intranet. This was developed to efficiently manage one of our clients’ documentation with the Intranet acting as the outlet to provide information, news and provide links to key documentation. The system recognised which department each user belonged to and relayed information and documents relevant to them, as well as a link to the IMS. The IMS had a homepage which was the focal point for all documentation, following the structure of the business.

The client wanted to improve their previous system which had resulted in duplicate documents, unapproved documents being used and incorrect information being passed between employees.

SharePoint Workflow functionality allows for relatively complex scenarios to be built and in this instance these included a threestage approval process was implemented for documents edited or uploaded to the IMS; a workflow to flag documents for review when approaching a review period, an archive workflow which when initiated requires approval from an IMS Team and an Out for comments workflow which can be sent to multiple users to gain feedback on a specific document. Along with the workflows for document control, the IMS was to use managed metadata in order to ensure documents are properly categorised in the IMS, and to ensure that no duplicate documents are uploaded.

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Ritchie deliver 20,000th DNV 2.7-1 offshore unit Offshore fabrication services supplier Ritchie has celebrated a significant milestone in its history with the delivery of its 20,000th unit compliant with DNV 2.7-1. This represents almost 10% of the global DNV GL certified units and more than any other UK manufacturer.

Based in Forfar, Ritchie has a rich engineering heritage extending back to 1870. Starting as a blacksmith for the local agricultural sector, Ritchie has grown into an engineering solutions designer and manufacturer serving a variety of markets worldwide, with facilities in Scotland, England and China.

Ritchie has supplied a range of gas cylinder handling equipment, skids, crash frames, containers and other bespoke offshore equipment to the global oil and gas industry for more than 30 years. Ritchie has now delivered its 20,000th DNV GL certified unit to local oilfield services company RMEC Ltd in August.

The 10’ x 8’ chiksan container unit will be used to house swivel joints and pipe lengths used in well testing activities during their transit offshore.

DNV GL’s Alex Doig, Head of Section for Offshore Equipment and Structures said: “This is a well-deserved occasion and good reason for Ritchie Ltd to celebrate. Their excellent approach to manufacturing and commendable relationship with DNV GL, demonstrates their purpose and commitment to ensuring the highest levels of safety and quality in their products.”

Managing Director of RMEC, Bryan Fagan, said: “There is a continued drive in the oil and gas sector towards achieving increased efficiency around offshore operations. Reliability of equipment is a core element of this and we strive to ensure we work with the highest standard of equipment and products equipped to meet our client’s specific needs. This unit further strengthens our rental product offering.

Reaching this significant number reinforces Ritchie’s reputation as a supplier of choice and we look forward to carrying on working closely with them to deliver on behalf of our client base.”

“Reaching the 20,000th DNV GL certification landmark is a reflection of the reputation we have built up in the three decades we’ve been delivering products to the offshore industry.

Our units have been delivered across the world to customers operating as far afield as North America, West Africa, Brazil, the Caspian, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East. It is very fitting however that this milestone delivery should be going to a dynamic, like-minded firm on our own doorstep.

We have a long-standing relationship with RMEC having worked with them for seven years and we are pleased to be sharing this landmark in our company history with them.”

Ritchie’s Managing Director Charles Roy

Ritchie have ambitious plans to grow in the Offshore Oil & Gas sector and have invested heavily in facilities, equipment and people. Having taken delivery of Scotland’s largest tube laser earlier this year, the company are now able to cut and prepare large section materials onsite, reducing leadtime and cost to customer. Furthermore, the business has recently purchased a larger 16,500sq ft manufacturing facility in the Midlands to replace their existing presence there. This new facility has been fully refurbished and provides a new home to some of their advanced manufacturing equipment which serves their customers in that area.

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In-house engineering design, high & low volume manufacturing capabilities, onsite galvanising a DNV 2.7-1 Manufacturing Survey Arrangement (MSA) and its own fleet of delivery vehicles mean that Ritchie are able to offer a great value service to customers.

From left to right, Charles Roy (Ritchie MD) Alan Ramsay (RMEC Director) Sandy Black (DNV Surveyor)

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Business Development Manager, Glenn Hogg said “Whilst the offshore industry is going through a difficult time, there are opportunities to win for those who can offer greater value.

Buyers are now looking beyond their established supply chain for a better deal, which I’m confident Ritchie can offer.”

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KROHNE documents the developments and highlights of the Coriolis mass flowmeter market The straight tube design is possibly one of the most advanced designs and considered one of the milestones in Coriolis technology. Introduced by KROHNE in the early 90s the straight tube design provides the lowest pressure drop whilst providing high accuracy. A great deal of research and development was required to make such an advanced construction possible and it has allowed the mass flowmeter to be introduced into difficult processes and environments that were never before seen as suitable for such meters.

A huge breakthrough in Coriolis mass flowmetering was however still to come. Gas entrainments in liquid media had always presented a serious challenge for mass flowmeters. Many mass flowmeters simply “freeze” their last stable reading to cover this loss of measurement. KROHNE accepted the challenge, and went on to develop and successfully implement a unique feature: Entrained Gas Management (EGM™).

OPTIMASS Coriolis mass flowmeters with EGM are able to follow and correct for the varying amplitudes. This ensures no loss of measurement with gas entrainment up to 100% of volume with the meter continuing to present an actual measured reading, together with an indication or configurable alarm for the user.

This flow indication can be very helpful to improve processes by identifying transient gas entrainments. Purely based on this technology, many users discovered that they had 2-phase flow, and were then able to start looking for possible causes.

OPTIMASS 2400 ensures that the two best developments since the first Coriolis meter was launch are available to the end users.

OPTIMASS 2400 is the meter for bulk measurement and custody transfer applications according to MID and OIML and complies with API and AGA guidelines.

KROHNE remains at the forefront of Coriolis mass flowmeter technology and continues to invest significantly in research and development to ensure that they can continue to not only meet but exceed the requirements of the market place and their customers.

Get smart, safe & connected in hazardous areas In the modern business world, smart working is key. Why should industries with hazardous areas be any different?

location systems, automatic mustering, and man down alerting.

As well as personnel, such tracking solutions can also be used to effectively manage high value assets.

In hazardous areas, the particular challenge is to improve efficiency and productivity without any compromise in safety standards. With an in-depth understanding of those safety requirements, and over 20 years’ experience in supplying market-leading technology for hazardous areas, Extronics has put its team of experts on the case.

To find out more about these smart worker solutions, please visit the Extronics team at Offshore Europe. They are on stand 3A199, and they look forward to meeting you.

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Traceability is a vital aspect of hazardous area operations, but the necessary paperwork can be time-consuming. Instead, streamline this process with mobile devices like the Rough Pro range of certified smartphones and tablets. Multi-functional in their own right, they can also link to a wider range of devices via Bluetooth to provide even more versatility, such as gas detection, barcode scanning, and passive RFID tag recording with the new iRFID500 handheld reader.

Importantly, smart devices allow your team to access information on-the-go and transmit data in real time. For this, connectivity is crucial. When it comes to wireless deployment, hazardous areas lag behind. Not for much longer; Extronics lead the way in highperformance Wi-Fi with developments like the iWAP107 Zone 1 access point, enabling your workers to be more productive.

Wireless connectivity opens the door for more sophisticated safety measures to protect your workers, such as real time

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Magnetrol® announces the Thermatel® TA2 thermal mass flow meter with FOUNDATION fieldbus™ digital communications Magnetrol® is pleased to announce the sales release of the Thermatel® TA2 thermal mass flow meter with FOUNDATION fieldbus™ digital output communications.

This addition signifies the growth of the TA2 and the MAGNETROL commitment to continued success in flow.

The TA2 with FOUNDATION fieldbus™ offers all of the advantages of the standard TA2, such as: • Dual gas calibration with two unique curves (EX: propane and natural gas).

• Field adjustability to install in different gas types or adjust for different gas mixes.

• Calibration verification procedure provides cost savings due to decreased process downtime and unnecessary recalibrations.

• Internal resettable and non-resettable totalizers • Strong signal at low flows and low pressures with high turndown.

• ISO 17025 and NIST traceable calibrations.

THERMATEL TA2, in conjunction with the Eclipse® Model 706 guided wave radar, E3 Modulevel® and Orion® Enhanced Jupiter® magnetostrictive level transmitters, form the MAGNETROL fieldbus™ family.

Nelson Stud Welding

Nelson Stud Welding Incorporated is part of the Doncasters Group. The Nelson company was originally formed in 1939 by US shipyard worker Ted Nelson.

Stud Welding: light in weight, not on power – Nelweld N1500i

Nelson have manufacturing plants in Elyria, Ohio, USA, Gevelsberg, Germany and Tianjin, China. R & D departments are based in Elyria and Gevelsberg.

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Sales offices are provided across the US, Canada and South America with regional European offices in Italy, France and United Kingdom. Nelson also have official distributors in Scandinavia, the Middle East, Russia, Asia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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The Nelweld N1500i The new, dependable and light weight Nelweld N1500i stud welder is not light on power. This little giant packs 50% more power than its nearest rival and weighs in at only 32Kgs. Packed with advanced innovation it’s the stud welder the world has been waiting for.

Nelson Stud Welding UK 47/49 Edison Road, Rabans Lane Industrial Estate, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. HP19 8TE. UK Tel: +44(0)1296 433500 Fax: +44(0)1296 487930 Email: enquiries@nelson-europe.co.uk Or visit our web site: www.nelson-europe.co.uk

Nelson manufacture a quality range of hand operated stud welding equipment as well as fully automated systems. Nelson also manufacture cold formed weld studs and supply spare parts and consumables. Industry sectors include automotive, construction, shipbuilding, bridge building, structural fabrication, sheet metal fabrication, refractory, insulation and offshore oil and gas industrys.

Nelson Stud Welding is also part of the Doncasters Fastener Division which is based in Burton on Trent, UK and includes our sister companies EBC (Erie Bolt Company), Specialty Fasteners and the Ferry Cap and Screw Company.

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ACE IN THE HOLE And the Knock Out Drum. And the Separator.

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When process applications require best-in-class level control technology, you’ve got to play your cards right. The Eclipse® Model 706 guided wave radar transmitter can deal with nearly any process condition – even the most challenging.

• Superior signal-to-noise ratio provides the most accurate and reliable level measurement available • Extensive line of probes, including overfill safe probes, handle a variety of level challenges • Advanced diagnostics take the user interface to new levels of convenience and functionality • HART® and FOUNDATION fieldbus™ protocols provide full digital communications capabilities • Convenient pre-configuration reduces installation time – apply 24 VDC and walk away • Quick-disconnect probe coupling makes servicing easier

Don’t gamble with reliability. Contact Magnetrol® – the guided wave radar innovator – to learn more about the ECLIPSE Model 706 transmitter.

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Brimmond Group is a key supplier of new build and rental equipment to the offshore and subsea industry – focused on hydraulic equipment.

Brimmond Group design, manufacture, service, refurbish and hire a wide range of hydraulic equipment.

This large rental fleet enables Brimmond Group to assist clients from all over the world in growing their own top side and subsea capabilities. Listening to each client’s requirements allows them to offer a tailored solution with unrivalled turnaround times.

Rental customers, impressed by the quality and specification, frequently go on to purchase their new equipment from Brimmond Group.

Brimmond Group’s expansion since their establishment in 1996, has led to them moving to a brand new purpose built facility.

Their new offices, workshop and yard on a 2.5 acre site are strategically placed on the outskirts of Aberdeen in the UK. The new site has improved access, lifting and testing facilities for new /refurbished equipment. The addition of extensive onsite storage facilities makes Brimmond Group a one stop shop for the refurbishment, storage and mobilisation of client’s equipment.

The team at Brimmond Group welcome clients to contact them with any of their rental or project requirements.

Introducing the ICE-LBG-SR Super Rotation Load Ring RUD are proud to be the first manufacturer & supplier of offer this truly innovative lifting point solution The ICE-LBG-SR maintains the design of RUD’s popular VLBG series. The VLBG offers numerous advantages; it can be turned 360° and is loadable in all directions.

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The NEW ICE-LBG-SR possesses an array of innovative designs. Firstly, the double SR ball bearing offers the ultimate solution for turning and flipping at high working load limits (WLL) without affecting the mounting bolt stability. It enables the load to rotate 360° in all directions under load.

The advanced ball bearing technology is arranged in a double way which transfers the forces of the WLL into a rotation movement without jerks. Avoiding unintentional slackening of the fastening bolt.

The ICE-bolts are made of fine grain steel which guarantees a high static and

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dynamic strength with the smallest bolt diameter.

Safety is paramount across all RUD products and the ICE-LBG-SR is a great example of this. The lifting point is clearly marked with the minimum WLL for all loading directions. Patented markings indicate to the user when the product is no longer suitable of service. The clamping spring works as a noise reduction device and holds the suspension ring permanently in the requested position of the lift. RUD supply the ICE-LBG-SR in standard sizes M8 up to M30.

RUD offer a wide range of lifting and lashing applications covering a working load capacity range from 0.6 to 200 tonne.

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The NEW ICE-LBG-SR Super Rotation Load Ring

Tradition in Dynamic Innovation

• Double SR ball bearing ultimate solution for turning & flipping

at high working loads • Innovative ball bearing technology offers smooth rotation without jerks • Avoids unintentional slackening of fastening bolt • Rotates 360° in all directions under load • Clearly marked with minimum working load limit for all loading directions

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Reduce your pump’s energy consumption & improve your bottom line: The solution Reducing energy consumption and how this can contribute to profitability is an important issue for the offshore and marine industry to consider.

Castle Pumps have a range of solutions that can have a considerable impact on vessel owners’ bottom line.

The sea water cooling pump systems in a vessel’s engine room are often designed to cope with worst-case scenarios; they continuously operate as though the sea water temperature is at

around 40 degrees Celsius. However, in most cases it is unlikely that the vessel is operating in such conditions, and therefore the pumping system is working inefficiently and energy consumption is much above actual requirements.

To ensure that on board energy costs are not unnecessarily inflated, Castle Pumps have the ability to control pump speed and energy consumption via AC frequency inverters.

A frequency drive can provide savings of up to 80%, substantially reducing the on-board energy costs for vessel owners, with a typical payback period of one year. The use of a frequency inverter also reduces the wear on spare parts meaning lower maintenance costs and a reduction in pump spare purchases. It also reduces the risk of cavitation as the NPSH needed is reduced with the pump operating at its best efficiency point.

Castle Pumps also offer screw pumps for low sulphur diesel oil contributing to a lower carbon future. These specially designed screw pumps have the ability to handle low viscosity fuels ensuring continuity during fuel system upgrades. The range is also available with magnetic couplings ensuring zero maintenance, with no chance of leakage.

SUT to host deepwater sessions at Offshore Europe: Latest technologies from robotics to risers to be presented The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) will host two deepwater technical sessions at Offshore Europe, providing a platform for organisations to demonstrate innovations that are pushing boundaries at new depths.

affordable subsea data collection platform than vessels and autonomous underwater vehicles.

The first session, ‘New Technologies for Efficiency and Effectiveness’ takes place on Wednesday 9th September from 9.30am to 12.30pm, offering insights into innovations that help to reduce costs and improve reliability for developing and exploring oil and gas reserves.

Donald Thomson, VP Sales Global Commercial Acoustics at Nautronix said: “Operators want more and more data from their wells and subsea assets, to allow them to manage their production and maintenance. Acoustic data transmission is now reliable enough to provide that data remotely through the water column, without the need for expensive cables.

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Presentations will include French company ALSEAMAR on the use of undersea gliders for offshore pre-exploration, which is the focus of BRIDGES, a European joint industry project on which SUT is partnering. Vianney Rochet, engineer and a pilot of the Sea Explorer glider will give his views on the deepwater opportunities for this new ground-breaking technology which offers a more

Other organisations set to present include: Tracerco, Nautronix, Viper Subsea, 2H Offshore Engineering and Wild Well Control.

Our Life of Field concept is gaining interest from operators, who want to maximise their investment over a long period. Accurate realtime data and remote control is an important element of Life of Field, and reliable acoustics form part of the solution.”

The second session, ‘Subsea Challenges for Enabling Deep Water Production’ takes place on Thursday 10th September from 9.30am to 12.30pm and will cover innovations addressing key challenges from integrity and flexible riser fatigue to subsea processing and chemical injection.

Presentations include: GE Oil & Gas, FMC Technologies, Wood Group Kenny, One Subsea, Plexus PLC and Lux Assure.

SUT will also be available at Offshore Europe on stand 6D19.

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Steel cable carriers – the best choice for offshore applications

Strength, rigidity, resistance to harsh chemicals, UV rays and radiation, suitability for use in extreme high and low temperatures – these are all characteristics of the material steel that are required and absolutely essential for a vast range of demanding energy chain applications. Since extreme operating and environmental conditions have proven again and again how crucial steel is for numerous cable carrier applications due to its unique material characteristics, KABELSCHLEPP Metool has chosen to keep STEEL carriers as an essential offering in its product portfolio. Over the years, KABELSCHLEPP has constantly reengineered and upgraded its steel product line to use state-of-the-art technology. KABELSCHLEPP’s STEEL series cable and hose carrier line provides customized solutions especially for “tough cases” and extreme environmental conditions.

Seaworthy and extremely tough

Offshore applications are a typical example where steel chains are commonly used because of their durability and reliable operation under harsh climatic conditions. Characteristics like superior seawater and UV resistance make steel systems the energy chain system of choice for many offshore applications.

For further information about their steel cable carriers, visit: www.kabelschlepp.co.uk

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Many satisfied KABELSCHLEPP Metool customers know from everyday experience, that STEEL chains are by no means “out dated”. For almost 60 years, and very good reasons, these extremely durable and robust “classics” among cable carrier systems have held their ground in a wide variety of applications.

Also, what many people do not realise is that cable carriers made of STEEL are also maintenance-free.

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Subsea Equipment & ROV Services

A new generation of subsea equipment Recognising the steady growth rate of the subsea sector and its continual need for resources to increase its infrastructure, Motive Offshore, a leading marine equipment specialist, worked closely with ROV and construction specialists to design a range of subsea winches in early 2013. It was this moment that signalled the beginning of a new generation of subsea equipment made available by the marine equipment specialist.

With operators’ safety at the forefront, the Motive team used the knowledge gathered from years’ experience to achieve the optimum design of the subsea winches, and today, as research and development has continued, the firm is now well equipped to provide assistance in major subsea projects and meet the requirements of its customers.

Including unique safety features, Motive Offshore’s subsea winches incorporate an integral crash frame that acts as a protection barrier whereby the winch is fully enclosed and safe from damage. The frame also acts as a clump weight to weigh down the winch to the seabed and its frame is designed with universal coil to compensate for hydrostatic pressure.

With an ROV grab rail and a hydraulically operated slew bearing, the ROV can rotate the winch to allow for easier repositioning of the winch wire exit on the seabed. The winch can rotate 270 degrees in total, making it simple to manoeuvre in complex conditions.

Another unique aspect to the subsea winch range is the option to have a deployable anchor that embeds into the seabed. As the subsea winches are operable in water depths up to 3000m, the anchor acts as a stabiliser for support and ensures minimal movement occurs to allow optimum pulling application, ideal for commissioning and decommissioning projects, for example, when deploying and positioning subsea flowlines.

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Motive Offshore was recently awarded a contract by Technip to supply subsea winches for BP’s Quad 204 project in the UK North Sea. Located West of Shetland, Motive’s subsea winches are being used for the subsea relocation of flexible riser tails to facilitate connection to the new seabed flowlines, as part of the project to replace the Schiehallion FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) and subsea infrastructure.

“We have to ensure that throughout this project everything is done safely and in a timely manner.

We want to complete the job as efficiently as possible without compromising on the safe design and quality of build and this is why we have selected Motive Offshore’s subsea winches.”

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Motive Offshore has a standard range of subsea equipment that is continuously being developed to respond to industry trends and help overcome operational challenges. Some of the complimentary subsea products offered include a full range of subsea clump weights up to 25Te, hydraulic release shackles and a launch and recovery system (LARS) for subsea equipment.

Motive strives to obtain optimum operational functionality with its equipment, which is always supported by customer feedback, in which small modifications and enhancements are made to the equipment when necessary.

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Saab Seaeye’s Falcon to assist inspection of Guri Dam in Venezuela Venezuela has selected a Falcon remotely operated vehicle (ROV) developed by Saab Seaeye to carry out integral inspection work and a thorough survey of infrastructure and turbines of the Guri Dam. Guri Dam supports one of the largest reservoirs in the world and the work is underway to extend its life by another 30 years.

The dam, which is located 100km upstream of the Caroni River in Necuima Canyon, Orinoco, was constructed in 1960s.

To perform a detailed analysis of the Guri Dam infrastructure, federal authorities in Venezuela have chosen to fit the Falcon with an Imagenex 881A-GS sonar and Applied Acoustic’s Easytrak positional location system, which have been developed

by Symphotic TII and MB Services.

The sonar and navigation systems will allow Falcon to scan images even while swimming around in any rotation.

Symphotic TII operations manager Jack Roberts said: “This particular set-up has never before been adopted for a Falcon and has the added advantage of being simple to integrate in the field at the kind of remote location found at a hydro installation.”

Falcon will also be fitted with Lyyn real-time video enhancement system to enable self-optimisation of the image at 25 times a second, thereby providing clear pictures from underwater.

Equipped with five thrusters, the ROV will offer the benefits of easy manoeuvrability and steadiness in unstable water.

The customised system to be deployed for the Venezuelan hydro project will feature a special trailer and winch, developed by MB Services, to make it capable of working in difficult-to-access locations.

The ROV features intelligent control architecture, which enables intermigration of complex systems.

Ceona join forces with Interoil Angola Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has expanded its West African reach after entering into a strategic partnership with Interoil Angola Lda. The partnership will see Interoil Angola, which is a key player in offshore support vessel management in West Africa,

support Ceona’s plans to expand into Angola.

“Interoil Angola is a wellestablished company and an approved supplier by the major operators in the region. It is also one of the few Angolan organisations that has a licence for vessel management.

Partnering with them enables Ceona to officially enter the Angolan market, where our flagship Ceona Amazon vessel is highly suited for work offshore, and at the same time continue to grow our strong footprint across West Africa.”

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Bill Hickie, Ceona’s VP Business Development

Headquartered in Luanda and with a yard in Sonils, Interoil Angola’s core business is managing support vessels in-country.

The company, which is registered with Sonangol, offers oil and gas services in strategic alliance with reliable and proven technical partners.

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market, specialising in full-service engineering, pipelay and construction project management and execution.

The company has already established an impressive track record which has seen it expand into West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil.

The ground-breaking Ceona Amazon is a powerful, purpose built hybrid vessel that can execute complex logistical projects in remote, harsh and deepwater territories. Designed to deliver full flexible or full rigid pipelay, she can change easily and quickly between each mode and is extremely weather resilient. With a deck area of 4,600m2 and the ability to carry 9,500te of pipe on deck and in her two holds, the Amazon is custom designed for full deepwater field development needs. Her two 400te cranes, which have been designed to operate in tandem to support work in water depths of up to 3,000m (10,000 ft), enable her to easily install large manifolds and heavy subsea structures. This combined with the vertical-lay pipelay system featuring a top tension of 600te, capable of laying rigid pipe to 3,000m (10,000 ft) water depth make her a vessel of choice for all deepwater field development needs.

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Room to grow as Subsea Supplies moves to larger offices Subsea Supplies has almost doubled the size of its office and warehouse facilities in Aberdeen in support of its strategic growth plans.

The company, which supplies cables, components and connectors to firms operating in underwater related industries, has relocated to larger premises in the city’s Bridge of Don. Subsea Supplies, which can stock around 100,000 components at its new site, has a team of seven and is looking to recruit an additional two people by the end of the year.

Sales Manager Pauline McCann said: “The office move has allowed us to enhance our product range to deliver an even better service to clients, many of whom are long-standing.

“Our solid business performance, allied to our quality products, industry knowledge, and reputation for exceptional customer service, means we possess the strength and confidence to make this six-figure investment in the business.

The new facility offers the ability to stock a wider range of products as well as enhanced space for meeting clients and a better working environment for our staff. This is an important step for the business; one that signals optimism in our industry.”

The company has moved within Murcar Commercial Park to a fully refurbished 4,000 sq ft unit, while its previous office at the Denmore Road facility was 2,200 sq ft.

Subsea Supplies, which was established in 2000, provides components, connectors and other equipment to companies operating in the oil and gas, defence and underwater sectors.

Its products are commonly used in remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

In addition, the business also supplies intercom systems, underwater lubricant products, ROV umbilical cable grease and other ROV-related equipment.

Valeport release new SWiFT SVP Following a successful showing at Ocean Business, Valeport has now released the latest addition to its portfolio of sound velocity sensors and profilers, the SWiFT SVP. Positioned as the ultimate handheld profiler, the SWiFT SVP has been designed from the outset with the intention of a seamless workflow, and has integral GPS to geo-locate every profile.

This new compact unit features high accuracy sound velocity, pressure, temperature, salinity and density measurement, plus integral GPS, re-chargeable battery and LED status indications for GPS, battery and communications.

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Using a simple ‘twist and go’ switch on the unit, data can be easily and quickly downloaded, reviewed and translated to common SVP formats wirelessly via Bluetooth Smart, which uses the SWiFT APP on iOS devices where data can be instantly shared via FTP, email and cloud services. Valeport’s standard DataLogX2 software for PC use will also support the SWiFT SVP. With a battery endurance of up to a week and easy charging via USB, the SWiFT SVP is intended for coastal, harbour and inland hydrographic survey use, and offers the highest quality sound velocity profiles in a compact, robust and portable package.

Valeport has been leading the way in sound velocity technology for over decade and the SWiFT incorporates Valeport’s world leading high accuracy sensor technology, but as Valeport

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Sales and Marketing Manager Kevin Edwards commented, this exceptional performance doesn’t have to come at a price: “

We’re aiming the SWiFT at the popular shallow water market and whilst it’s constructed from Titanium to provide unmatched durability, includes our innovative sensor technology for exceptional data quality, and has been meticulously designed for easy handling weighing in at 2Kg, the SWiFT is simply our best, professional and affordable SVP to date. And we anticipate the SWiFT will lead the way in the support of hydrographic surveying.”

The SWiFT SVP is now available to order for deliveries from August 2015. For more information contact: sales@valeport. co.uk.

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Seabed Supplies Ltd: Clump Weights – From design to fabrication Subsea Equipment & ROV Services

With over 15 years of experience in Fabrication and Project Management onshore and over 8 years of experience in offshore subsea construction, Seabed Supplies is perfectly adapted to providing cost-effective solutions and quality products required in today’s offshore industry.

They are a family run business with fabrication and engineering support in Aberdeen and their main HQ based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

They manufacture a series of standard weights or by working closely with the client we can manufacture to exact specifications while making the design fit for the purpose at the best possible price. All of their steel weights are made in the UK either Aberdeen or Newcastle and all weights come certified.

Seabed Supplies goes that extra mile with its main focus on quality products and customer satisfaction.

Driven by design and focused on simplicity, Seabed Supplies offers a range of weights for all onshore, topside and subsea solutions.

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Patented Subsea and ROV Hooks from Nautilus Rigging Nautilus Rigging (UK) Ltd are internationally recognised as the leading innovators in safe lifting solutions as the manufacturers and suppliers of the Patented Nautilus Hook™.

The company achieved this recognition by focusing their design criteria to eliminate known industry concerns with respect to the inherent safety hazards incorporated in traditional style lifting hooks.

The innovative Nautilus Hook design was awarded the prestigious American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Best Mechanical Engineering Award at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston where the unique, patented, safety features were deemed a tangible step change in lifting safety coupled with real global potential to reduce risk in the workplace in all lifting operations were cited by the judges as the deciding factors in awarding Nautilus Hooks this highest accolade.

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“As with our Topside Hooks range the introduction of our Nautilus Subsea range has proved extremely popular with the major ROV and Subsea contractors who have been quick to recognise the unique safety benefits that our positive locking ROV hooks provide, where the patented “positive” locking mechanism eliminates the risk of unintentional release which is a known and inherent design hazard associated with the use of traditional style “snap on” ROV hooks.

The positive locking function of the Nautilus ROV hook ensures that load integrity is maintained at all times until released by the ROV manipulator. This unique and patented function provides operators the cost efficient solution to eliminate the risks of incurring expensive downtime and/or equipment damage that invariably results from any unplanned, or uncontrolled, release of the load that is a well known risk associated with all traditional style ROV hooks”

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Nautilus Subsea and ROV release hooks incorporate all the innovative safety features of the company’s topside hooks, including the integrated safety handle and dual sided sliding lock mechanism which makes topside handling a simple, safe and secure operation, removing fingers from the hazardous hook/sling interface area and providing an easy one handed operation.

The ROV Hooks are currently available in 2 versions, both with a WLL of 22 tonnes, the Long shank NH-ROV22E and eye top release hook NH-SS22E. The hooks are fitted with a bespoke 316 stainless steel ROV activation wire tested to 1200 kg.

Nautilus Hooks are supplied with the manufacturers test certification which includes the individual proof test details and the unique hook number for simple traceability meeting all corporate compliance requirements.

Following their success with the initial 22t versions of the subsea/ROV hooks the company has now initiated their development plans to extend the range to include a smaller load rated version of 12.5t and larger 36t rated models to be released in early 2016 A short video detailing the unique operational and safety benefits, and the full product specifications can be viewed at www.nautilusrigging.com Nautilus Rigging (UK) Ltd are manufacturers and suppliers of Nautilus Hooks™, offering bare hooks or complete certified assemblies to the customers requirements.

Operators can purchase direct from the manufacturers by contacting: sales@nautilusrigging.com Or call +44 (0)1224 772323 for quotes or enquiries.

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Project engineering overcomes the T&I challenges of subsea structures Global Marine Systems Limited, a specialist in subsea cabling and engineering projects supports the oil & gas, telecoms and deep-sea research industries.

Their in-house project engineering department complements the business’ comprehensive skill set offering a broad range of services supporting a rapidly expanding customer base.

A case in point is the recent successful T&I (transportation and installation) of a Cable End Module (CEM) in the North Sea, which was not without its challenges. Here, Global Marine’s project engineering department was tasked with demands that included pre-planning, interfacing with project stakeholders, design engineering and precision installation.

Throughout the design process, the project engineering team was able to offer its expertise to design the installation rigging, which allowed the methodology for subsea release

As TSC’s Inspection Services team expands, more TSC operators complete PCN ACFM® Level 2 training As new members to the rapidly growing team of highly qualified and experienced ACFM® operators, Peter Dunmore and Mark Loughran have now successfully completed their PCN ACFM® Level 2 training at Lavender International, Sheffield.

PCN is a worldwide recognised personnel certification scheme in NDT methods, welding inspection and condition monitoring and is designed to set and maintain the highest standards for the proficiency of NDT personnel through independent assessment and examination.

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The PCN scheme is also defined to meet, as a minimum, the criteria specified in relevant European and International standards; registered under a European Multilateral Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA). In the UK the scheme is upheld by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT). As a scheme PCN is accredited by UKAS according to ISO 17024 and conforms to BS EN ISO 9712 (2012).

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to be developed by Global Marine. For this project, Global Marine engineered a primary, secondary and tertiary method for releasing the CEM rigging, with the primary method, using ROV hooks, successfully working as planned. The CEM was installed successfully in April 2015, achieving all of the necessary installation tolerances.

Few, if any, other independent NDT personnel certification schemes offer a similar level of compliance with such a wide number of standards.

It goes without saying that the integrity and thoroughness of the PCN certification scheme carries worldwide respect, earning an enviable reputation.

“Now I have completed my PCN ACFM Level 2 training with the Lavender team I am now up to date and qualified to become a full and “approved” member of the Inspection Services Team and am ready to be deployed by TSC on inspection campaigns, anywhere in the world.

After joining the company several months ago and learning more about the challenges faced in the offshore and subsea environments, I am keen to get out there and put my experience and ACFM knowledge to work in the field”.

Peter Dunmore

“As the owner of the ACFM® technology, TSC Inspection Systems aims to provide onshore and offshore ACFM® inspections of the highest quality. Using our own personnel as operators is an important part of our strategy to achieve and maintain excellence in the delivery of TSC’s inspection projects and technology, especially as our subsea work often involves the access of highly specialised equipment in very challenging environments. I am delighted with the successful completion of the ACFM® Level 2 training by Mark and Peter.”

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Subsea training centre revamps ROV and Closed Bell training courses Courses, Training & Certification

New modules added with support from industry.

Students undertaking ROV Pilot Technician and Closed Bell training at the Fort William-based subsea facility, The Underwater Centre, are to benefit from newly revamped courses providing even more contextual modules.

The Centre has been working with industry to identify areas of its ROV and Closed Bell training suites which can be enhanced and courses for the remainder of 2015 will reflect this with major developments across the board.

Students on the three-week ROV Pilot Technician Course will now benefit from entirely unique training elements including time on the Centre’s Loch Sunart ROV vessel and training in the ROV electrical and mechanical workshops, features unavailable at any other facility.

Loch Sunart is the Centre’s work class ROV support vessel fitted with an operational work class ROV, and this will provide students with invaluable first-hand experience in all areas of ROV operations and mobilisation, from launch and recovery to operating a suite of ROV navigation sensors as part of in-water practical exercises.

In addition to this, the Centre has overhauled the seven week Premium ROV Course to include a condensed and more focused electronics module as well as introducing courses covering High Voltage and Electrical Safety Awareness, T4: Introduction to Titan 4 Manipulator Training, Fibre Optics, Working at Height, and experience using our VMAX Triton XL Simulator.

For the remainder of 2015 the HSE Closed Bell Courses will include a new practical introduction to using an SPHL (SelfPropelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat), practical introduction to bolt tensioning, Kirby Morgan Hat Users Course and the IMCA Diver Medic ticket, helping add to the competency of its students when they enter the industry.

These additional modules, which have been highlighted as important by industry organisations, ensure that the training provided keeps up with current practice, so when students leave they are familiar with key equipment.

Steve Ham, the Centre’s General Manager, believes that by continuing to update and revise the courses they are providing students with the best possible contextual training throughout their careers.

“We have spent considerable time reviewing our ROV and Closed Bell offering and with the help of industry we have been able to identify areas where we could strengthen our training packages,” What sets The Underwater Centre apart from other training establishments is that all of the vital practical activities undertaken occur within the context of real systems and equipment, in real environments, under real conditions and with real safety considerations at the forefront, all of which have a direct correlation to the real offshore environment.

This opportunity is unequalled anywhere else in the world.”

The award-winning Centre, which trains students from all over the world, is also now able to provide pre-course support for students who may have concerns over their level of English.

Fedrick Ukab Labong, from Malaysia, took part in the three week Closed Bell Course after having an initial chat via Skype with the Centre’s Diver Training Authority.

“We realised our English was weak but the Centre staff and management were very helpful to assist us to learn the correct pronunciation of words, and even put a huge effort to ensure we received and met HSE standard for our Closed Bell and IMCA Assistant Life Support Technician (ALST) certification in English.

“I would highly recommend The Underwater Centre to other colleagues or friends, in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, or Indonesia, to pursue their dream of working in the oil and gas industry in the very near future. In fact we had heard of the Centre a very long time ago but were afraid our English was not strong enough to sign up to their courses.

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“However, after getting our badge, we realised having great English was not really a major problem because the Centre staff had methods to deal with weak English language spoken and improve our English so we could pass the assessments.”

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The Underwater Centre is a purpose-built subsea training and trials facility and is based on the shore of a seawater loch, well sheltered by the surrounding mountains. The Centre’s unique location allows it to provide year-round training and testing in an open-water environment, while still being centrally located in the largest town in the Scottish Highlands.

With access to depths of over 100 metres, it is the ideal location to perform realistic and industry-specific saturation and air diver and ROV pilot technician training, as well as providing a convenient location for subsea equipment trials.

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Leading the technology revolution Smart, engaging, technologyled training is at the heart of keeping the 1.5million workers involved in oil and gas exploration and production activities worldwide safe.

Access to the right knowledge at the right time is critical for today’s employees. But the way in which people learn is changing and that, combined with the increasingly global nature of the highly mobile oil and gas talent pool, means training organisations are constantly reviewing their courses to ensure they meet the needs of the workforce.

Learning technology services provider Atlas Knowledge is leading the away in achieving this by taking a dynamic approach which puts people at the centre of the solution.

With a wide range of award-winning methodologies and innovative technologies designed to allow oil and gas workers to develop their skills in the most efficient and effective way, Atlas’ goal is to make learning easy and interesting – vital tools in helping the industry reduce risk and increase competency.

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acquire, and maintain, the skills and knowledge needed to perform a job to a defined standards. In other words, training should be instrumental in developing and sustaining competence.

Technology now touches virtually every part of the oil and gas industry and when it comes to learning and ensuring competency, innovative use of technology can bring learning to life, connect people across all four corners of the world and significantly raise the bar in terms of improving workforce competency.”

Commercial Director Kevin Short.

Indeed, the combination of increasing bandwidth, improvements in video compression and cheaper technology means that audio visual platforms are becoming a more viable option for the oil and gas industry.

Atlas took this approach when creating the newly revised Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST) course which launched earlier this year.

“People don’t want to be bound by the confines of a training room, they want more realistic scenarios, more interaction and more knowledge-testing,” explained Mr Short.

“We transformed MIST into a multiplatform, multi-browser solution accessible on tablets and iPads which utilises real-life videos and photography to challenge and engage the workforce much more.

“We spent a long time filming at onshore and offshore facilities, as well as at the heliport, in order to create familiar videoled scenarios in place of 3D models.

This is how people want to learn and the results tell us it’s a more effective way of helping them retain the knowledge.”

It is this understanding of the needs of the workforce, plus one of the largest portfolios of skills and mandatory content focused on the oil and gas industry, which last year saw 1,300 Atlas Knowledge courses accessed every day in 98 countries around the world - the equivalent of one per minute.

It is the backbone of what saw them help 450,000 learners to maintain their skills and increase industry competency worldwide.

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The way in which we do business has changed radically since the last major update to ISO 9001 in 2000 and by placing more emphasis on leadership, for example, ISO 9001:2015 will drive greater involvement in your organisation’s quality management system by your senior management team through the alignment of the organisation’s stated strategic goals with those for the achievement of customer requirements.

At QMI Scotland Limited we have been following the process of the standards development to ensure that we continue to provide our clients with the auditing, consultancy and training support to make the transition to the new standards as smooth and seamless as possible. If you already have a certified quality or environmental system we can come in and talk through your requirements for transitioning to certification to the 2015 version; alternatively we can provide in-house or public transition courses for your personnel.

Equally the changes to ISO 14001 have been driven by the need to recognise that organisations are operating under increasing pressure from the legislature and stakeholders to address their environmental impact; consequently the changes will make

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Aberdeen: Oct 5th-9th & 26th-30th ● Nov 9th-13th ● Dec 7th-11th Edinburgh: Oct 19th-24th Glasgow: Sept 21st-25th ● Nov 16th-20th

(2 Days) ISO 9001:2008 Internal Auditor Course (IRCA Certified)

Aberdeen: Oct 14th-15th ● Nov 5th-6th ● Dec 2nd-3rd Edinburgh: Oct 28th-29th ● Nov 17th-18th Glasgow: Oct 6th-7th ● Nov 10th-11th ● Dec 8th-9th

(1 Day) ISO 9001:2008 Foundation Course (IRCA Certified)

Aberdeen: Oct 13th ● Nov 4th ● Dec 1st Edinburgh: Oct 27th ● Nov 16th Glasgow: Oct 5th ● Nov 9th ● Dec 7th

(2 Days) BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Internal Auditor Course (IRCA Certified)

Aberdeen: Sept 16-17th ● Nov 25-26th Glasgow: Oct 28th-29th

(1 Day) BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Foundation Course (IRCA Certified)

Aberdeen: Sept 15th ● Nov 24th Glasgow: Oct 27th

ISO 9001:2015 Update and Transition Courses October 1st - 2nd, 22nd-23rd November 2nd - 3rd, 26th - 27th December 17th - 18th

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2015 is a big year for both the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards and the new revisions will be with us in September; there are a number of significant changes which will serve to align the requirements of the two standards and those of the upcoming Safety Management System standard ISO 45001 to replace OHSAS 18001.

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CPD accreditation strengthens training academy Ashtead’s Subsea Technology Training Academy has secured Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation.

CPD accredited courses include; Introduction to Offshore Survey Equipment, ROV Sensors and Multiplexors, Acoustic Positioning Systems and Pipe and Cable Tracking.

In addition to these regular courses, Ashtead Technology is able to design tailor-made training to meet specific needs of individual customers.

Tim Sheehan, Commercial Director at Ashtead, said: “In today’s environment and with increasingly sophisticated kit, it is crucial that companies have the skills and competence to install, configure and maintain this equipment. Maximising returns and minimising costs are priorities right across the industry and we are able to equip those on our courses with the knowledge to make best use of the tools available to them as the industry tackles increasingly complex projects in deeper and more hostile environments.

“We have seen significant demand since we launched the training academy with interest from some of the biggest names in the industry.

Gaining CPD certification means that clients can be assured our courses will deliver the competence and confidence they need.”

Since its launch in October 2014, Ashtead’s Training Academy has delivered courses to companies including Shell, Subsea 7, Saipem, Bibby Offshore, Harkand, DOF, Nautronix, Canyon and UTEC Survey with delegates from both the UK and overseas.

The level 1 and 2 courses available at Ashtead Technology’s purpose-built facility cover the basics and the more complex functioning of subsea survey equipment and are designed in accordance with SQA guidelines. The certification also means the courses can support progression towards Chartered status.

Recruitment and training in the oil and gas sector Ion Science

Ion Science has announced a recruitment drive across a number of departments at its facility in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire as a result of recent growth. Ion Science is immediately looking to recruit a number of key positions including Trainee Production Assistant, Company Buyer, Quality Control Technician, Trainee Marketing Assistant, Trainee Accounts Assistant, Customer Service Administrator and Building & Maintenance Person.

Although relevant experience will be required for some of the vacancies, full training and guidance will be given for the trainee roles especially and those with a can do attitude will be given every opportunity for career progression.

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OPITO International has secured a contract with the Ministry of Oil and Gas in Oman. The global oil and gas training standards body is working with the government, the Oman Society for Petroleum Services (OPAL) and employers to improve the delivery of training that will ensure the country has a skilled and safe oil and gas workforce. This will have positive contribution effects on the economy in Oman by creating greater employment opportunities for Omanis.

With a track record in helping oil and gas provinces to build indigenous workforces to exploit their oil and gas revenues, OPITO is working on a phased plan that will provide the Omani Government with a sustainable solution to the employment needs

of its people and to the demands of its growing oil and gas industry.

The first phase is an analysis of the current provision of vocational and non-vocational training throughout Oman.

OPITO will be visiting training centres and colleges to identify the standard of training and then provide recommendations on how technical training provision can be improved to deliver a framework of qualifications which will meet current and future skills demands and improve competence in the operations and maintenance activities associated with the extraction of hydrocarbons.

After three years of studying sponsored by Global Marine, including spending nine months aboard various vessels in the company fleet, Joss, Marcus, Ron and William qualified as Electrical Technical Officers (ETO) this summer.

Since then the four ETOs have spent recent weeks within the training school at our head office in Chelmsford to gain further skills and knowledge in order to qualify as Junior Systems Technicians (JST). This will give the officers the capability to work in cable jointing as well as piloting Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) whilst at sea.

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The additional training has included learning practical skills in splicing, jointing and using the X-Ray Camera whilst getting to grips with a wide range of technical specifications and procedures.

This dual skilling is what sets these officers apart from other qualified cadets, enabling them to operate in both roles – ETO and JST. This has advantages all round; allowing better utilisation of the workforce in the areas of greatest demand, but also giving the seafarers a greater range of skills and experience, and a platform for their future careers.

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ATEC Group Offers CompEx Competency Courses in Myanmar ATEC Group recently announced a joint venture with Uniteam Training Limited to provide CompEx Ex01-Ex04 Training & Assessments in Yangon, Myanmar, facilitating the growing need for Certified Electrical & Mechanical technicians as the area expands.

CompEx (meaning Competency in Ex atmospheres) is a global certification scheme for electrical and mechanical practitioners and designers working in potentially explosive atmospheres.

ATEC offers Hazardous Area Training in Houston, Singapore and Dubai, and the exciting addition of Myanmar is in line with the group’s goals as a truly Global Ex Products, Training & Services provider.

Since 2012, ATEC has conducted hazardous area equipment

The new structure, headed up by Jonathan McGregor, Head of Engineering at Jee underpins Jee core services including Design, Integrity management, pigging and late life. The company has also appointed a Head of project management to increase business efficiency.

Commenting on the appointments, Mr McGregor, Head of Engineering said: “As Jee grows, we need to adapt the company structure to support future business needs, ensuring we are capitalising on future opportunities.

“The new structure and appointment of heads of service areas will not only support these opportunities but is vital in ensuring we are responding to our clients’ needs effectively and efficiently.

I’m delighted to be heading up this new, highly skilled and ambitious team.”

With more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, Grant Adam has been promoted to Head of Integrity Management.

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Myanmar government opened up the rights to explore the bulk of its offshore reserves last year to the Oil & Gas Majors. With 19-Deep and 11-Shallow water blocks, it was one of the most eagerly awaited events to explore some of the most promising waters in Asia, if not the world.

ATEC Group continues to pursue new regions and offers a full range of Electrical Cables, Hazardous Area Accessories, Ex Inspections, Training, Engineering & Commissioning services to stay ahead of the curve in the current global climate. CompEx Ex12 Application Design Engineer course is also a new offering being delivered at all ATEC centres.

Jee announces new structure and internal promotions Jee Ltd, a leading subsea multi-discipline engineering and training company, has announced a number of key internal promotions to strengthen its capabilities and champion the delivery of projects.

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inspections & serviced products from our Singapore hub.

Partnering with Uniteam for Hazloc/Hazardous Area training is the ultimate offering demanded by our clients.

Prior to joining Jee in 2013, Mr Adams held a number of engineering and integrity management positions in the energy sector, including Principal Pipeline Engineer at Oceaneering. Mr Adam also presents Jee’s ‘Advanced integrity management of deepwater pipelines and risers’ course focusing on route cause analysis and risk mitigation.

John French is stepping up to Head of Design, expanding his responsibilities from his previous role as Principal Engineer. As Head of Design, Mr French will oversee all design projects from the feasibility stage to detailed design. He is also focused on developing innovative low-cost solutions.

Graham Wilson is moving to the role of Head of Late Life from his previous position as Head of the Pipeline Discipline team. Mr Wilson is an experienced chartered Mechanical Engineer who has worked in the oil and gas industry since joining Jee as a Graduate Engineer in October 2004. As Head of Late Life, Mr Wilson is responsible for lifetime extension and decommissioning projects.

Paul Otway is taking on the role as Head of Pigging. Mr Otway has extensive experience in subsea pipeline design and integrity projects for global operators, particularly in-line inspection (ILI) campaigns and offshore management. With niche skills in defining technical pigging campaigns, pig selection and design, Mr Otway was announced as the winner in the young emerging talent category at the 2013 Subsea UK awards for his work.

In addition, Joe Gransden, has been promoted to Head of Project Management. Mr Gransden is an experienced Lead Engineer who has worked on a variety of oil and gas projects since he joined Jee in 2008. Mr Gransden remit is to focus on further service efficiency.

Jee is an independent subsea engineering and training company with offices in Aberdeen, London and Tonbridge. Jee’s multidisciplined capabilities and integrated services span the whole life-of-field including design, integrity management, pigging, late life and training for the global oil, gas and renewables industries.

Jee to offer free workshops at Offshore Europe

Jee’s Head of Integrity Management Grant Adam, and Head of Pigging Paul Otway will lead the training workshops at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) from September 8-11, focusing specifically on pipeline spans and flexibles.

Jee has been training the global oil and gas industry for more than 20 years and, with all tutors also practicing engineers, those heading up the workshops boast a wealth of up-to-date and relevant experience in the subsea sector.

“Ineffective integrity management has the potential to be extremely costly and damaging to both the asset and environment. Teaching young engineers about industry issues is

essential to ensure this is mitigated,” Adam explained.

“Unsupported sections of pipelines known as spans are common with an uneven seabed, and have the potential to cause serious issues if they are not efficiently assessed and managed.”

The company offers a portfolio of 22 subsea engineering courses.

Adam continued, “Offshore Europe is known worldwide as an unrivalled platform for the industry to meet, discuss and debate the latest oil and gas issues. Exhibiting and offering free workshops to an international audience is an excellent way to demonstrate the breadth of expertise the Jee team possesses, and our understanding of the increasing demands on an ever changing industry.”

Jenny Matthew, Head of Training, will also be presenting a free workshop on cost-effective training solutions for the industry.

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Subsea engineering and training firm Jee Ltd will offer delegates of SPE Offshore Europe 2015 free technical subsea workshops over the course of the four day event, the company announced.

Working with people not robots!

A crucial element to running a competent company is to understand the Human Factors involved. You can have the best systems and processes in place, fantastic quality training for all, a robust assessment process and super sturdy verifying procedures – but you may still face challenges due to the people you work with.

These challenges are often broken down into three elements; complacency, rule breaking and human weakness.

Long standing employees or those who are very experienced in their job, may become complacent over time - not completing tasks to the full standard and taking shortcuts. This can be a hard habit to break, as experience mixed with stubbornness can be a cocktail for bad practice.

The second category - rule breaking – cannot be explained quite so simply. We may choose to break the rules out of frustration, laziness or simply because we believe we can do it better our own way.

Human weakness refers to anything related to our emotions and physical state; a separation or divorce perhaps, bereavement, illness – perhaps even something as simple as not getting enough sleep. Whatever reason, there are ways to tackle these issues. Communication is key - explaining the reasons why certain rules need to be followed can help us not to dismiss them as frivolous plus listening to suggestions from staff members regarding improving process’s and passing them to the appropriate place for action can sometimes be all that is needed.

Making checklists of jobs can combat tired or forgetful employees and having a good, open support system in place for emotional stress will help employees feel less alone.

Competence testing itself can be enough to make someone review their own practices, something they may not usually do.

Human factors are unavoidable, but with proper management, they can be a benefit to your business. After all, attributes such as ambition, excitement and perseverance come from the human element within us too.

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STS Drum Mixer units Further adding to its unique range of drum handling products, STS is enjoying success with its range of Drum Mixing units. The standard models tumble 200 litre drums end over end through 360 degrees offering a fast and efficient way of mixing chemicals.

Most recently units have been supplied for a brand new factory being built in Baku (Azerbaijan) for the Shah Deniz stage 2 project.

The STS DME01 Electric Drum Mixer and the STS DTP04 and DTP05 De-palletisers are in the heart of the project, as the specialised engineering chemical system needs mixing before being introduced to the machines which then add thermal insulation to the subsea pipe line, joints, bends and manifolds.

The mixers were supplied to CTM Equipment who were selected as the machinery supplier for this installation, working with Trelleborg Offshore UK, who is working with Bos Shelf and BP as their operators out in Baku for an estimated 5 years.

The Shah Deniz project is the biggest Offshore energy project in the world at the moment, as part of Stage 2 they are running over 4,000 km of gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe.

All in all a proud moment for British Engineering and manufacturing.

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The new ‘D1x’ family from E2S Warning Signals offers outstanding performance in a compact, corrosion proof aluminium enclosure E2S Warning Signals, the world’s leading independent manufacturer of audible and visual warning devices, has announced the new ‘D1x’ range of alarm horns, loudspeakers and integrated alarm horn/Xenon strobe warning units.

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The ‘D1x’ employs the latest electronic technology and acoustic engineering, in robust, marine grade, LM6 aluminium enclosures.

Designed to create the most effective warning signals available for use in Class I/II Division 1, Zone 1 & Zone 20 environments, the UL/cULs approved alarm horns and combined units are available with traditional directional flare horns or E2S’s omnidirectional radial horns that generate a uniform 360° sound dispersion.

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The powerful 117 and 125dB(A) alarm horns feature four remotely selectable alarm stages/channels with positive or negative line stage/channel switching. They provide a choice of 64 alarm tones, including many conforming to national and international standards. Multiple alarm horns, when powered from the same source, are automatically synchronised. This latest range from E2S offers triple cable gland/conduit entries and duplicate terminations enabling ‘daisy-chain’ cabling. The threaded flame path in the termination area cover simplifies maintenance, inspection and installation. Inside, the innovative

internal arrangement provides a significant increase in cabling space. The 5 and 10 Joule Xenon strobes offer great visibility with light outputs up to 1,000,000 cd. Available in seven colours (Amber, Blue, Clear, Green, Magenta, Red and Yellow) the UV stable polycarbonate filter is field replaceable. The PA flare horn loudspeakers are available in 15 or 25W versions; input options include 8 or 16 ohm low impedance and 70V line transformer.

All models are available with power inputs from wide 10 – 30 VDC or 110 – 240 50/60Hz VAC. The D1xS1 and D1xS2 alarm horns, and audible alarm from the D1xC1 and D1xC2 combination horns & strobes, are approved for public mode fire alarm use. The Xenon strobe beacon in the D1xC1 and D1xC2 combination units is approved for private mode fire alarm use.

The mounting bracket and beacon dome guard are available in either 304 (A2) or 316 (A4) grade stainless steel.

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UK launches Offshore Safety Directive Regulator The UK Health & Safety Executive published a notification on July 19 confirming the launch of a new regulator for the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offshore sector. The Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR) is the Competent Authority (CA) responsible for implementing the requirements of the EU Directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations.

The role of the CA is to oversee industry compliance with the Directive and to undertake related functions such as accepting, assessing, approving and/or inspecting relevant Safety Cases, Oil Pollution Emergency Plans, Well Notifications and other notifications. Reporting of incidents are included as are intervention planning and investigation work.

We look forward to welcoming you to our stand - 1F71 Hazardous area specialists in Navigation Aid Systems & Helideck Lighting & Remote Power Solutions Marine Navigation Aids Systems Helideck Lights - Illuminated Circle & H Ex Solar Panels Ex Battery Boxes About us: Tideland Signal manufactures offshore marking Aids to Navigation (AtoN) equipment, including: Main & Secondary LED Lights, Fog Signals, Visibility Sensors, LED Status (Wave-off) light, Monitoring Panels, Ex Battery Box, Ex solar PV modules and charge controllers, Remote Monitoring Facilities, AIS AtoN, Radar Beacon (RACON), Helideck Lighting including Circle & H. All ATEX certified for use in Zone 1 hazardous areas.

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On the 28th June 2013, the EU published the Directive with the aim to reduce, as far as possible, the occurrence of major accidents related to offshore oil and gas operations, and to limit their consequences. The UK needed to implement the requirements of the Directive, including the setting up of a Competent Authority, by 19 July 2015.

Tideland Signal will be Exhibiting at Offshore Europe 2015

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Radiolink Plus load cell for Zone 0 explosive environments Straightpoint has launched an ATEX and IECEx version of its most popular product the Radiolink Plus wireless load cell.

The explosion proof product will be assembled on a brand new production line ensuring that the force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell manufacturer can continue to provide quick delivery to job sites around the world.

Meeting Zone 0 classification (an area in which an explosive gas atmosphere is present continuously or for long periods) is unprecedented in below-the-hook force measurement technology with other suppliers providing products for use in areas categorised only as hazardous as Zone 2 (an area in which an explosive gas atmosphere is not likely to occur in normal operation and, if it occurs, will only exist for a short time).

Roshan Divakaran, Design Engineer at Straightpoint, who has overseen the product’s development, said: “We don’t believe there is another wireless load cell on the market that is Zone 0 certified, which makes this a tremendously significant product launch for the sectors that require such technologies. The requirements of the oil and gas industry were a primary focus throughout the design and certification process.”

The criteria of ATEX and IECEx are broadly similar, although the former is widely accepted throughout Europe, while the latter is required in many other global markets. The ATEX version of the load cell and wireless handheld unit contains several safety components that permit its use in Zone 0 environments. A separate storage area has been created at Straightpoint’s Havant, UK headquarters and all production personnel have been specially trained in the assembly of the explosion proof units.

“We made a decision in early 2014 to introduce the benefits of our best selling product—the Radiolink Plus— to industries and applications where products that meet the requirements of ATEX are required to work in extremely hazardous environments. I am delighted for Roshan and the team that we have executed our ambitious plan to launch the product by the end of 2015. It has been one of the biggest development projects in the history of the company and the interest we’ve already received suggests that our new production line will be kept extremely busy.”

Straightpoint Director David Ayling

Divakaran, working in close collaboration with the Sira Certification Service, an independent certification body, has been working on the ATEX and IECEx project since he joined the company last year.

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He said: “Developing a Zone 0 product has been very challenging given the extent of the standards and safety regulations that we have had to meet as we produced documents, prototypes and the final product. Our goal was to meet this criteria whilst making minimal changes to an already excellent, well-renowned product; we feel we have been successful in achieving that.”

Ayling concluded: “A significant amount of our business comes from the oil and gas sector. The explosion proof certification will vastly increase the scope of application we can serve and provides our distributors with unique selling points both in terms of the classification level and our ability to deliver the product within a few days.”

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7-inch HMIs for hazardous area applications available with Movicon

Running a Windows Embedded operating system, SERIES 200 R. STAHL HMIs offer a highly versatile solution in their device class.

Movicon CE currently represents one of the most powerful open software solutions on the market.

Thanks to the XML structure of this runtime engine, Moviconbased projects are platform-independent and can be run autonomously on the HMI device, operator terminals, PDAs, smartphones or wireless systems (pocket PCs, handhelds).

This means: maximum data transparency, simplified project engineering for different types of devices, and lower maintenance costs.

For project engineering tasks, the Movicon graphics management offers a vast object library that supports the import/export of bitmap images and freely scalable vector graphics. The Movicon toolbox also includes an object viewer for IP camera visualisation: video streams from the IP camera can be displayed and

parameterised on the compact operator interfaces.

In addition, the visualisation software includes VBA scripts, PLC logics, recipe management, data archives and a comprehensive alarm management. Movicon also offers a broad range of drivers. If required, multiple drivers can communicate simultaneously with higher-level PLC or control systems from many different manufacturers.

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The only 7-inch widescreen HMI for Zone 1 hazardous area applications, the innovative ET208 operator interface, is now available with Movicon, the HMI visualisation software solution for complex engineering tasks.

The SERIES 200 device comes with Simatic S7-300, -400, and -1200 connector modules that allow data transfer using PROFINET, PROFIBUS, or MPI protocols. The HMI also provides Ethernet and USB ports, as well as classic serial interfaces, all explosion-protected; a version with integrated Wi-Fi interface will be available soon.

Centrifugal fans for marine and offshore fans Fans used in marine and offshore applications need to be designed to withstand extremely harsh and corrosive surroundings.

Axair Fans offer a variety of centrifugal fans available in stainless steel or marine grade finishes such as C3, C4 and C5M which describes the types of paint and paint systems commonly used for corrosion protection of steel structures.

Axair CMRG’s range of Medium pressure,

backward curved centrifugal fans are entirely made of hot galvanised steel providing a robust, corrosive resistant construction, available with a C5M (according to ISO 12944) surface finish and hot galvanised steel impellers with performance up to 75,000m³/h, using impeller diameter from 220 up to 1000mm.

Motor and fan options include Marine motor classifications (Bureau Veritas, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas,…), stainless steel and/or ATEX

construction, CE, NEMA, UL, CSA motors.

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Product Spotlight

Mayr’s stainless steel ball-detent torque limiters Mayr® are the global market leaders in the supply of torque limiting devices, safety brakes and shaft couplings. Their products are used in a wide variety of industries and drive, control and protect machinery in some of the world’s most demanding applications.

Mayr’s stainless steel ball-detent torque limiters (EAS®-Compact®-RA), whilst not specifically designed for offshore / subsea operations, have found themselves a niche

in recent years providing marine operators with accurate and reliable torque limiting for applications such as cable reeling, ship-deck winching and torque tool protection.

Their ROBA®-stop-S is a spring applied electrically released safety brake that was designed from the outset to meet the rigours of ‘seawater’ applications and for use in highly corrosive atmospheres.

It’s fully sealed IP67 design and sturdy construction make it suitable for use on ship-deck winches or harbour crane drives.

Wind turbines, particularly those used offshore, present a number of challenges to the electrical and mechanical products used in their construction. Safety brakes are used in both the pitch and azimuth drives of larger turbines and Mayr’s ROBA®-stop-M brake has been specially adapted to meet the demanding needs of turbine designers/operators. The latest version of the M brake, the CCV (cold

climate variant), is designed to operate reliably in temperatures ranging from +40°C to -40°C. Over 110 years of innovation, manufacturing technology and quality control combine with world-class levels of customer service to ensure Mayr® maintains its market leading position in the supply of: ● Torque Limiters and Friction Clutches – to 500,000Nm. ● Electromagnetic Safety Brakes – to 5,000Nm. ● Precision Shaft Couplings – to 110,000Nm. Please contact Mayr Transmissions to discuss your requirements.

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Newly designed hydraulic motors from Bosch Rexroth offer unrivalled power density Bosch Rexroth has improved the design of its compact series of Hägglunds hydraulic motors, giving the range unmatched power density and the unique ability to deliver full torque and full speed simultaneously.

In addition, the new Hägglunds motor utilises hydraulic radial piston motors with a built-in ability to withstand shock loads.

It also features perfect internal symmetry, enabling not only consistent torque throughout the revolution, but a balance of forces, minimising noise and vibration.

The new Hägglunds CA 10 to 40 motors are far smaller and lighter in design, but still maintain the same operational levels of the previous version. The improvements see the hydraulic motor extend down to 10 Nm/bar.

To find out more about Bosch Rexroth and its Hägglunds hydraulic motors visit: www.boschrexroth.co.uk.

With extreme power density and high flexibility, the new motors are ideal for use in lighter applications, such as injection molding machines in the plastics industry.

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The new design has seen Rexroth reduce the motor diameter whilst refining the internal construction. The improved motors deliver more kilowatts of power per kilo than any other.

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Full speed and full torque are available simultaneously, and both can be sustained for an indefinite period of time.

The new series is available in four basic models, as well as a wide variety of displacement versions. The torque can be configured via two mechanical interfaces to meet bespoke needs, keeping tight dimensioning and optimisation with hydraulic pumping systems simple.

Flexitallic takes its website mobile ground-breaking innovations, Change™, Thermiculite® and Sigma®. They can also keep up to date with training and competency opportunities from the Academy of Joint Integrity.

Maintaining access to all the main features available on the desktop version, the mobile-enabled website will support engineers and purchasers who require information and product specifications while operating remotely or on the move.

Site visitors will also still be able to utilise the useful ‘live chat’ option, which provides instant access to Technical or Marketing and Sales teams as well as Flexitallic’s database on global distributors.

Smart phone and tablet users will be able to explore Flexitallic’s full range of sealing solutions from its industryrespected Flexitallic Spiral Wounds and Flexpro™ Kammprofile gaskets to its

Kathryn Payne, Marketing Manager for Flexitallic Ltd, said: “Offering a dedicated smart-phone and tablet enabled website better reflects the flexibility and customer focused philosophy of our business.

“We pride ourselves on being able to respond quickly to customer requirements and market developments and this change to our website will support customers who need instant access to information from our business while they are working from site rather than from a desk.”

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Flexitallic Ltd, the global sealing solutions specialist, has evolved its website (www. flexitallic.eu) to become smartphone and tablet accessible.

New portable multi-gas detector features innovative technologies for enhanced accuracy, reliability and ease of use •

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Advanced features in Crowcon T4 detector provide improved safety combined with a low cost of ownership

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A single unit monitors and alerts users to unsafe levels of oxygen as well as multiple toxic and flammable gases

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Rugged, IP65- and IP67-rated housing offers enhanced reliability in harsh environments

Crowcon a leading manufacturer of specialist gas detection equipment announces the launch of a new portable multigas detector which integrates innovative features, providing advanced protection for employees working in harsh environments and minimising the cost of ownership through faster servicing. The T4 detector will enable companies to ensure compliance to safety standards by protecting employees against unsafe levels of the most commonly monitored gas combination carbon monoxide (CO), oxygen (O2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), and a range of flammable gases.

The clip-on filter plates make it faster and easier for users to replace the gas filter, which is an essential safety precaution in dirtier environments to prevent the detector’s sensors from being compromised by dirt, dust or contamination in the working environment. The T4’s ease of use also includes one-button operation which reduces the amount of training required and is very easy to operate while wearing gloves. Finally, the T4 achieves an extended battery life of over 20 hours from a single charge, making it possible for users to complete one or more shifts before recharging.

“Despite its advanced features and functionality, the T4 offers enhanced protection and compliance to safety standards from a unit which is highly cost-effective to install and to maintain,”

Nick Dajda, Crowcon Business Development Manager for Portable Products.

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+ve Safety™ is Crowcon’s simple ‘traffic light’ status indicator, which at a glance, allows the user to check the compliance status of the unit without having to read and interpret the data shown on the detector’s display screen. Time-weighted average (TWA) resume is an innovative new feature ensuring TWA logged doses of toxic gases are not reset when the unit is shutdown, for example during a break, reducing the risk of worker overexposure to toxic gases.

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Product Spotlight

Bellows Seal Valve ideal for challenging applications Liquids handling specialists Pump Engineering offer the extensive range of Badger Meter control valves which enable the precise control of liquids and gases in the most challenging applications and demanding environments.

A good example of this is their range of valves available in a bellows seal design, such as their Type 808 bellows sealed globe valve. This is an ideal choice for critical, zero-fugitive emission, highpurity or high-vacuum applications where the potential for hazardous emissions has to be eliminated.

The bellows forms a flexible static seal that is leak-free, as long as the integrity of the bellows remains intact. However,

should the valve fail, a set of back-up packing allows the valve to continue to operate safely until repairs can be made.

The valve is available in sizes ¼”, ½”, ¾” and 1” and standard features include interchangeable trim sets, bellows packing, PTFE CV ring back-up packing and PTFE bellows gasket. The trim characteristics available are; linear, equal percentage, quick-open, or double taper.

A range of accessories to enable the valve to suit specific application requirements includes positioners, filter regulators, gauges, I/P limit switches and solenoid valves.

Badger Type 808 Bellows Valves can be widely used in industrial applications including research and process plants on liquids, gases or steam.

Finning Cat reman parts’ kits offer a sound investment at a lower price Finning, the sole supplier of Cat® engines in the UK & Ireland, has reduced the price of its genuine remanufactured spare parts’ kits to help customers realise even better value over the lifetime of their engine assets.

Six new ‘kits’ are now available to customers requiring an in-frame, top end or major overhaul in the marine, power generation and oil and gas markets on any Cat or MaK engine.

They include parts groups for turbochargers, cylinder heads, injectors and nozzles, cylinder packs, fuel, water and air filters and gaskets – all of which are available at a lower price to help companies improve their ownership costs.

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Bob Bain, Parts Logistics Manager from the company’s oil and gas division explains: “Businesses are faced with a common challenge; to reduce expenditure while maintaining equipment performance. Although spending less, by purchasing a thirdparty replacement part, can seem to make good commercial sense and will deliver immediate, bottom-line savings it can have a longer-term impact on reliability.

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“Choosing Cat remanufactured parts, which are built to deliver the same performance as an original component, can cost customers up to 60 per cent less. This offers an ideal alternative for businesses requiring the same high-quality component without compromising efficiency.”

A recent study from Caterpillar examined the case for using manufacturers’ spares and the cost implications of selecting non-genuine alternatives. It found that fitting the correctly specified fuel filter could increase injector life by over 45 per cent. Taking a typical 16-cylinder engine this investment could protect critical engine components worth in excess of £30,000.

Sonomatic introduces DRS, an innovative ultrasonic inspection technique Making corrosion mapping possible on previously uninspectable assets

A custom DRS system, designed and developed by the company, excites the steel with a range of low ultrasonic frequencies that pass through challenging coatings.

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Sonomatic, a market leader in the provision of advanced automated ultrasonic inspection services, introduces Dynamic Response Spectroscopy (DRS): an innovative ultrasonic inspection technique for corrosion mapping through challenging coatings, where conventional UT is ineffective.

The steel responds, vibrating at natural frequencies related to the local thicknesses. Using advanced signal processing algorithms, these frequencies are extracted and used to determine the steel thickness profile.

DRS is available from August 2015 using the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proven topside and subsea deployment tools, Nautilus and ROV-iT, making corrosion mapping possible on previously uninspectable assets.

Sonomatic will demonstrate the DRS tool at Offshore Europe 2015, stand 3E190, as well as highlighting other recent developments including the new Internal Caisson Tool.

Low maintenance, high efficiency liquid ring vacuum pumps have many uses The wide range of liquid ring vacuum pumps available from EuroVacuum Products provide efficient liquid transfer with fit and forget levels of maintenance.

Liquid ring vacuum pumps work on a similar principle to a rotary vane compressor or rotary vane pump, so have only one moving part, the impeller, which is the basis of their reliable operation.

Further enhancing their maintenance credentials, there is no seal to wear; instead a pressure seal is created by the

pumped liquid as it is stirred into a vortex.

The low cost, low maintenance characteristics of liquid ring vacuum pumps makes them ideal for duties where operating cycles are long and continuous, where reliability is a must and unscheduled maintenance stoppages would be expensive in terms of lost production.

Typical uses include steam turbines, papermaking machines, groundwater management, vacuum distillation and vapour recovery.

The pumps come in a range of sizes, from

laboratory scale to those used in heavy industries and are available as single-stage or double-stage units. Three and morestage units are also possible, although less common.

EuroVacuum Products supplies both single and double-stage pumps, the former producing vacuum pressures to 33mbar, and the latter to 0.5mbar.

Both are available in monoblock, lantern and bare shaft versions and in a range of sizes. info@eurovacuumproducts.co.uk

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