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Member news Add Energy’s Canadian office secures significant business wins
Balmoral FibreFlex™ cable protection system delivers unique benefits
The team has announced new contracts with three oil and gas companies to deliver inventory management optimisation solutions, physical data capture and verification services and maintenance improvement plans.
Much of the technology being used by the sector is derived from the traditional offshore energy arena, particularly where subsea-related product solutions are required and, with well documented cable failures eating up substantial resources, both in terms of cash and time, high performance cable protection systems (CPS) can play a key role in failure mitigation.
The Calgary office of Add Energy’s Asset Integrity and Management (AIM) division has defied the global downturn to secure almost US$2.9m worth of new business contracts within six months of launching.
A key team of maintenance experts from Aberdeen and Houston have been on secondment to Calgary since the new office opened in March 2020 to share industry experience and support with new projects. It is expected that a further 10 roles could be created over the next 12 months as the business continues to expand – with additional graduate placements also to be created locally.
At a time of renewed interest and heightened activity in the offshore wind sector developers are seeking technological innovation from the supply chain to assist in their efforts to maximise efficiency and minimise cost.
Balmoral, recognised for its experience in extreme subsea environments, has adapted its polyurethane design engineering and manufacturing capabilities to develop a high performing costefficient patented CPS solution: Balmoral FibreFlex™.
The fibre-reinforced system mechanically locks to the end connectors removing the need to rely on PU bonding, which is notoriously unpredictable, while providing market-leading strain and stiffness levels that are unachievable using traditional solid PU manufacturing methods. These innovations also contribute to greatly increased fatigue life. Balmoral says FibreFlex’s long-term creep performance is a substantial improvement on traditional cable protection while bending and axial stiffness is optimised without having to qualify alternative PU materials. Balmoral’s 40 year track record of providing tried, tested and proven subsea protection products is set to benefit the global offshore wind sector with the company recently achieving the soughtafter Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) accreditation.
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For more information: www.balmoraloffshore.com
Add Energy’s AIM team has already undertaken significant work in the region, delivering maintenance optimisation and training services for an oil and gas super major, a project which achieved significant cost savings and improvements in their equipment safety and performance. With offices in Aberdeen, Norway, Perth, Saudi Arabia, Houston, Muscat, and now Calgary, the fast growing business provides innovative consultancy and software solutions to clients worldwide to optimise asset performance in sectors including oil and gas, power generation, mining, manufacturing and chemicals.
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For more information: https://addenergy.no/
Balmoral FibreFlexTM high performance fibre-reinforced cable protection system
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