TPi September 2018

Business & market news

Bibby Offshore secures trio of contracts Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced three individual multi-million pound contract wins with an oil and gas supermajor.

Continuing to strengthen its international relationship with the energy major, Bibby Offshore has also secured a contract with one of its global subsidiaries. The project will see the company carry out inspection and remedial works at a gas field off the coast of Tunisia. DSV Bibby Polaris will again undertake the offshore work with support from an experienced project management team from Bibby Offshore’s headquarters in Aberdeen, UK. “All three projects are the result of a cross-business effort to deliver safe and competitive services, drawing on the skills and expertise of the entire Bibby Offshore team,” said Mr Woodcock.

The initial contract will see Bibby Offshore complete riser replacement works including a production/test riser and riser buoy connec- tor pipe changeout at one of the major’s oil fields, situated in the Central North Sea. Engineering work for this project commenced in Q4 2017, with dive support ves- sel (DSV) Bibby Polaris and a construction support vessel (CSV) scheduled to mobilise in Q2 this year with a reel lay spread and tensioner to deploy flexible risers.

Dive support vessel Bibby Polaris

“These contracts not only demonstrate the breadth of our capabilities, but they also reinforce Bibby Offshore’s successful and long-standing track record with this client, in a highly

contract awards represent an important win for Bibby Offshore, leveraging our extensive experience in the North Sea and further strengthening our established relationship with this supermajor. The planning and execution of all work-scopes will be done in close alignment with our client to ensure safe and efficient operations.”

The second award will also be carried out by the DSV Bibby Polaris , supporting operations at a Southern North Sea gas field. Bibby Offshore will install the manifold and spools required to connect a new pipeline to the platform. Howard Woodcock, chief executive at Bibby Offshore, commented, “These

competitive marketplace.” Bibby Offshore Ltd – UK info@bibbyoffshore.com www.bibbyoffshore.com

Growth in new projects While 2017 remained a challenging year for companies in the steel industry and in particular within the oil and gas sector, there is now evidence of growth in new project approvals.

Tube Developments states that its reputation for quality, reliability and value has allowed it to establish itself in international markets covering Europe, Australia, USA, Africa, India, the Middle East and Asia. At its modern UK premises near Glasgow, thousands of tonnes of carbon steel pipe and tubulars are held in cov- ered warehouses. This allows the com- pany to service the needs of customers quickly and efficiently, to dispatch pipes immediately to anywhere in the world without the lead times normally associ-

Tube Developments was involved in a number of projects during 2017 and is pleased to see the growth continuing in 2018. The company supplied the structural tubulars for the Jangkrik

Complex Project deep offshore Indonesia. The project comprises the Jangkrik and Jangkrik North East gas fields in the Kutei basin in the deep water of the Makassar Strait. Production comes from deep- water subsea wells that connect to the newly built floating production unit Jangkrik .

Jangkrik floating production unit

ated with steel mill deliveries. Tube Developments Ltd – UK

info@tubedev.com www.tubedev.com

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