TPi November 2021

Business & market news

Express Engineering to work on carbon capture project UK-based oil & gas subsea equipment specialists Express Engineering has been specified for an initiative that has been designed to improve the decarbonisation of industrial emissions and ease the removal of harmful gases from the environment.

as Quickflange™ weldless connectors, for all its UKCS assets. Scott Byers, Technowrap key account manager at ICR, said: “This renewal win, especially with the addition of Quickflange™, demonstrates the relationship we have with Shell as well the internationally recognised quality of the products and services we offer. Both Technowrap and Quickflange™ are industry approved and qualified to several type standards and are proven in improving pipeline integrity and flow assurance, which is imperative to Shell.” ICR operates in global locations with operational bases in the UK, Norway, Abu Dhabi, USA and Australia as well as partners in over 25 countries worldwide. Technowrap www.icr-world.com being shipped to Aker Solutions’ plant in Curitiba, Brazil, where they will be installed on to the master valve block on a new sub-sea tree that will control the pipeline. When initial trials start in 2022, the actuators will form an integral part of the flow control system when injecting the CO 2 in to a redundant well – the subsea system has been specifically adapted to reverse the flow to lock in carbon gases below the sea floor rather than operate in their usual role supporting the extraction of oil & gas. Equinor, Shell and Total are all investors in Northern Lights, which is Norway’s first licenced operator for CO 2 storage on the Northern Continental Shelf and a major part of the Norwegian government’s ‘Longship’ carbon capture initiative. The project is part of Express Engineering’s move to position itself further in developing cost effective solutions for the global energy transition sector. Gary Thirlwell, managing director, said: “We are working in partnership with our customers to harness our subsea engineering capabilities on projects such as this one, where we can provide rapid turnaround solutions to help meet the

The development, which is backed by the Norwegian government, sees Express Engineering participating in a long-term environmental project that will allow liquefied CO 2 to be transported by undersea pipeline to a subsea storage facility located in the North Sea. Involving carbon storage specialists Northern Lights and carbon capture technology firm Aker Carbon Capture, the project is due to become fully operational in 2024 and will allow industrial sites in Norway and companies across Europe to capture and store their carbon emissions safely and permanently deep under the seabed off the Norwegian coast. Express Engineering, which recently opened a new 48,000ft 2 purpose-built test and assembly centre in Gateshead in the Northeast of England, is supplying subsea actuators, which are

many tough environmental challenges that we all face. “It’s great to be involved in the Northern Lights initiative, where we are utilising our capabilities and actuator technology. It takes Express Engineering further into the exciting carbon capture arena, allowing us to invest in securing a cleaner environment while opening up new green opportunities for our technologies in the global market for advanced engineering solutions.” Express Engineering www.express-engineering.co.uk Express Engineering’s actuators have been specified for a new subsea carbon capture initiative

ICR Integrity secures significant Technowrap and Quickflange contract with Shell UK

ICR Integrity, an industrial maintenance and integrity company, which provides solutions for the oil & gas, power generation, defence, utilities and renewables industries, has been awarded a three-year contract with Shell UK, with extension options, for the provision of Technowrap™ engineered composite repairs, as well

An ICR technician performing a permanent repair using Technowrap engineered composite solution

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