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Members News: Proserv Offshore RAM Tubulars Scotland Ltd Falck Nutec Peterhead Decommissioning BMT Cordah TETRA Technologies Inc Norse Cutting and Abandonment M&E Global Resources Acteon
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Member Listing
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I look overseas to identify market opportunities and to promote member capabilities These initiatives are listed generally in accordance with the priorities established at the January workshop, and DNS will now scope out and assess the level and type of resource that will be required to progress and deliver them. The sources of support required also require to be identified and developed. By progressively combining these two strands of strategy, the Board believes that Decom North Sea can become financially sustainable, and can become recognised as a truly credible focus for North Sea decommissioning supply chain activity.
Directors foreword
Nearly one year on from our formation, we have 110 members drawn from the supply chain including companies of all sizes and types, operators, partner organisations and market analysts. While we are well on the road to the critical mass we need to be recognised as truly representative of the decommissioning sector, our membership drive will continue unabated throughout the coming year. What is emerging clearly is our role as a facilitator in the decommissioning sector. DNS has already demonstrated its ability to pull together key players from the industry and is accepted as having the capability and impetus to take forward actions needed to ensure that we achieve our aim of maximising the benefits to the economy offered by decommissioning expenditures. A priority for us has been working with our board to look at longer term objectives and you will see our future priorities set out in this issue of our newsletter. That strategy has been driven very much by feedback from our members and the guidance from our industry directors to lead us on to the bigger initiatives that require to be addressed. Also feeding into that strategy is the output from the conference we held in October with Oil & Gas UK. We cannot stress enough how seriously we are listening to industry, and at the conference we captured actions that have now been circulated to the 200 attendees. Some of those actions will be taken on by Oil & Gas UK, some by DNS, some in partnership. Central to our role in ensuring added value to our membership is the busy programme of members events taking place over the coming year. These include sessions with operators and major contractors on their decommissioning programmes, giving our members invaluable access to decision makers in addition to the opportunity to network and learn. I do hope 2011 is off to a successful start for all our members and hope to see you all at our events over the course of the year. Brian Nixon Chief Executive Decom North Sea
Future newsletters
We welcome contributions from our members for future newsletters so please send your news and photos to SHillyear@decomnorthsea.com We hope by sharing your experiences and successes in the decommissioning sector with fellow members and the wider decommissioning industry, further useful connections will be made.
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Decom North Sea and Carbon Energy Club networking event, Belgium, 10th March
Decom North Sea are holding a joint event with the Carbon Energy Club, an oil & gas trade organisation based in Belgium, to share the initiatives of Decom North Sea and North Sea decommissioning opportunities. For further information about this event, contact shillyear@decomnorthsea.com
Decom North Sea and East of England Energy Group Networking event, 17th March
Decom North Sea and East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) are holding a decommissioning themed lunch. This will include an update on Decom North Sea as well as a presentation from Jim Blacklaws, BP on BPs decommissioning plans and timescales; contracting strategies; supply chain engagement and any issues they are facing. For more information and to register for this event, contact shillyear@decomnorthsea.com
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Members News
Proserv Offshore completes major decommissioning contract
Proserv Offshore recently completed a major subsea cutting contract for the decommissioning of the Iwaki platform off the north-east coast of Japan. Situated in 154m (505ft) of water, the eight-legged, 20,735-metric ton (22,856-ton) platform was the largest in the region scheduled for decommissioning. Proserv Offshore supplied all the cutting equipment and services required, which included Jetcut Water Abrasive Cutting Systems, Diamond Wire Cutting Systems and Friction Disc Cutters. Whilst some of the tooling already existed, Proserv Offshore had to develop the 24 to 42 Saddle Pipe Cutter, Launch Runner Cutting Tool and 62 to 80 Diamond Wire Cuting Tool. Each of these tools had to meet demanding design parameters set by the client which included fully integrated fly-to-site capabilities with SapuraAcergys Work Class ROVs. All the new tooling was designed and developed within 14 weeks using Proserv Offshores in-house engineering and manufacturing capability. Part of the extensive trial process completed during the testing of the cutting tools was to perform a diamond wire cut using Proserv Offshores 62 to 80 tool on a full scale mock of the platform leg c/w launch runner under the compressive loads of 560 metric tonnes. This simulated the loading that the leg would be under during the actual offshore cuts. Once the trials were complete, the equipment was prepared at each regional base and mobilised to the S3000 heavy lifting vessel so the cutting operations could commence. Throughout this process Proserv Offshore supervised the entire cutting operation which was deployed using ROVs. A total of 34 structural cuts were performed which were completed successfully for the client on time and within budget. Due to Safety & Environmental procedures, RAM TUBULARS Scotland Ltd (Recycling & Management Services Division) was awarded the contract for the safe disposal of the Piper Tartan (P/T) Riser Truss from the MCP01 structure in the North Sea in an environmentally friendly manner. RAM TUBULARS met Totals and SUBSEA7 obligations to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for this activity. Having in place our ISO 9001 : 2008 and 14001: 2004 enables us to meet the requirements of the major oil companies for Safety & Environmental issues. We recognise the importance of environmental protection and are committed to operating our business responsibly and in compliance with all legal requirements relating to scrap metal recycling. Whichever Port is chosen RAM can meet the requirements for Safe working & disposal by environmentally friendly means. For this project it was decided on Peterhead North Quay. SUBSEA7 used the vessel crane to lift the offshore sections of the truss onto the quayside enabling an assessment of the offshore sections of the truss material giving us the precise methods to employ in reducing the dimensions of the truss enabling safe transportation by our contracted hauliers. This is one of many decommissioning projects that RAM has successfully completed by using our documented procedures for Safety & Environmental issues.
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BMT Cordah has also undertaken several specialist research studies as well as a number of detailed energy and emission reports for decommissioning projects.
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Decommission Mission
After celebrating the launch and rapid growth of the company in 2010, M&E Global Resources Ltd are looking forward to continued success in 2011 as demand for competent, highly motivated and skilled Pipework, On-site Machining and Bolting technicians is fuelled by increasing Offshore activity including decommissioning in the North Sea. M&E Global Resources Director, Paul Faulkner, explained we are experiencing continued demand for our rigorously assessed technicians as their pipe cutting, bolting & rigging expertise & experience provides contractors with a valuable pool of competent manpower on tap. The assured competency of our multi-skilled technicians helps reduce costs, through minimising bed space, and helps contractors maximise safe & efficient decommissioning of platforms & infrastructure. Assessment and Training programmes accredited to leading industry bodies including ECITB and City & Guilds, also enable M&E to provide contractors with tailored training & assessment packages focused on the key competencies required for decommissioning. For example, Riggers can be trained & assessed for competency in additional relevant disciplines such as mechanical pipe cutting & bolting to increase productivity & safety. In addition to their Midlands HQ, M&E will open a new Centre of Excellence for competency development and management to serve the market in Aberdeen early in 2011. Training Manager at M&E, Andrew Bradbury, commented that the new Centre of Excellence will allow M&E to provide closer support to customers in Aberdeen and investment in portable training rigs means that we can deliver high quality training and assessment wherever & whenever our customers need it and help operators in the North Sea in their mission to enhance safety of all activities including decommissioning". With a growing workforce of 80 qualified & skilled engineers and technicians and ready access to 2,500 more via M&E Group, the company can help with labour, training and competency requirements for a wide range of Energy Industry skills and disciplines including: I I I I I Rigging Bolting On Site Machining Pipe & Mechanical Fitting Instrument Pipe fitting
continuously develop their capabilities in order to respond to the industrys emerging needs, and its companies have applied innovation, expertise and experience to support the growth and development in the fast changing sector this year. Proof of this came with the recent abandonment of a unique dry-tree subsea observation well, which was project managed by InterAct, and the abrasive conductor severing support that Claxton provided for decommissioning the Indefatigable field in the Southern North Sea. Led, where appropriate, by project management and engineering company InterAct, Acteon companies provide a wide range of decommissioning services and equipment, from project management and engineering through to cutting and engineered products. The group has ongoing decommissioning projects in the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa and Asia. InterAct is also an active member of Oil & Gas UKs Workgroup 5b. For more information contact Stuart Wordsworth, General Manager. InterAct stuart.wordsworth@interactprojects.com
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Full membership of Decom North Sea is open to any commercial organisation involved with decommissioning. Associate membership is open to non-commercial organisations and individuals who wish to be kept informed of Decom North Sea activity and attend networking events and conferences. For further information, visit www.decomnorthsea.com
Member Listing
McDermott Marine Construction Ltd 60 North Recycling Ltd Mwaves Ltd Aberdeenshire Council NOF Energy AF Decom Offshore AS Norse Cutting & Abandonment Ltd AGR Subsea Ltd North West Trading Co Ltd AKD Engineering Ltd NSIG Aker Solutions Nuvia Sita NORM Ltd AMEC Oceaneering International APEX Speciality Solutions Ltd Offshore Installation Services Ltd (OIS) Applied Drilling Technology International Oil States MCS Ltd Arnlea Systems Limited Oilmac.com ASCO UK Ltd PDL Solutions (Europe) Ltd Asset Development & Improvement Ltd (ADIL) Pegasus International (UK) Ltd Aubin Ltd people = positive Avanteq Ltd Perenco UK Ltd Babcock Marine Rosyth Peterhead Decommissioning Limited Balance Point Control B.V Peterson SBS BIS Salamis (M&I) Ltd Petrofac BJ Process & Pipeline Services Port Services Group BMT Cordah Ltd Production Services Network (PSN) BOND - Bluegrass Offshore & Nuclear Decommissioning Services Ltd Project Development International (Pdi) Ltd BP Proserv Offshore Caithness Chamber of Commerce RAM Tubulars Scotland Ltd Cape Industrial Services Ltd RBG Ltd Carbon Energy Club Red Stone Drilling Ltd Claxton Rotech Subsea CNR International (UK) Ltd Sabre Safety Ltd Codaoctopus Products Ltd Scanmet A.S CSL Scottish Renewables Cutting Underwater Technologies Ltd Seajacks UK Ltd Danish Marine and Offshore Group Seal-Tite UK LLC Derrick Services (UK) Ltd Shell UK Limited DNV Shepherd & Wedderburn Douglas Westwood Silverdot Ltd Dutton International Limited Simmons & Company International E.M.W Consultancy Ltd SMD Robotics Ltd East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) Spartan Solutions Ltd Ethan Consultancy Ltd SPEX Services Ltd Euro Dismantling Services Squibb Group Ltd Evolve Training Superior - Wild Well Energy Services Ltd Expro North Sea Ltd Sureclean Ltd Falck Nutec Talisman Energy UK Ltd Geoprober Drilling Technical Lifting Solutions Halliburton TETRA Technologies Ltd Hawk Enviro Ltd Thinktank Maths Ltd Heavy Decom International Titan Salvage c/o Titan Maritime (UK) Ltd Hertel (UK) Ltd Tracerco Ltd Hess Ltd URS Corporation Hilti Veolia Environmental Services Interact Activity Management Wood Group IRO JEE Ltd Keltbray Group Holdings Ltd Kishorn Port Limited Contact Ledingham Chalmers Lloyds Register EMEA Decom North Sea, Riverside House, Riverside Drive, Aberdeen AB11 7LH M&E Global Resources Tel: +44 1224 224129 Fax +44 1224 224301 Maclay Murray & Spens Maersk Oil UK Ltd email: shillyear@decomnorthsea.com Marathon Oil UK Ltd www.decomnorthsea.com Marine Subsea (UK) Ltd