TPi July 2009

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Hypertherm adds sales support in Benelux area

Sandvik appoints UK market manager Sandvik Materials Technology in the UK has announced the appointment of Haydn Eagle as market manager, tubular products.

Rudi to our European team will enable Hypertherm to strongly support our partners in the Benelux area. This will include helping them better understand plasma technology in general and the benefits of Hypertherm plasma in particular. ” Mr Schoukens, who will be based in Brussels, Belgium, has an engineering degree in electro-mechanics and in business administration. In addition to Dutch, he speaks English, French and German. Hypertherm Europe BV – The Netherlands customer.service@hypertherm.com www.hypertherm.com

Hypertherm, a specialist in plasma arc metal cutting technology, has added Rudi Schoukens to its growing European sales team. In his new role, Mr Schoukens will manage Hypertherm’s distribution network in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. His primary focus will be to work with the company’s channel partners to build sales of Hypertherm’s manual system product line. “ Hypertherm is committed to helping our partners build sales and provide their customers with the most reliable and versatile plasma cutting systems available, ” commented Magnus Olsson, Hypertherm’s regional distribution sales manager for northwest Europe. “ Adding

Two Gulf of Mexico contracts awarded Technip has been awarded by Bluewater Industries two lumpsum contracts for the Telemark and Clipper Corridor field developments in the Gulf of Mexico. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation is 100 per cent owner and operator of the Telemark field, and 55 per cent owner and operator of the Clipper Corridor field. Bluewater Industries is managing the two projects. The first contract is for the Telemark field. This field is located in Atwater Valley Block 63, at a water depth of 4,450ft (1,357m) and is being tied back to the ATP Titan platform. The contract covers: the design and manufacture of one high pressure flexible riser, approximately 2 miles (3km) long; engineering for the installation and welding of one oil and gas production flowline, approximately 13 miles (21km) long; installation of the flowline and associated riser with an option to install an umbilical; fabrication and installation of subsea structures and a jumper; and pre-commissioning. The second contract is for the Clipper Corridor field. This field is located in Green Canyon Block 299, at a water depth of 3,460ft (1,055m) and is tied back to the Front Runner platform. It covers: design and manufacture of two high pressure flexible risers, each approximately 1.5 miles (2.4km) long; engineering for the installation and welding of one pipe-in-pipe oil production flowline and one gas line, each approximately 15.5 miles (25km) long; installation of the flowlines, risers, and umbilical; fabrication and installation of four subsea structures and associated jumpers, flying leads; and pre-commissioning. Technip’s operating centre in Houston, Texas, will execute these contracts. The risers will be fabricated in Le Trait, France, one of the Group’s flexible pipe plants. The flowlines will be welded at the Group’s spoolbase located in Mobile, Alabama. Offshore installation is scheduled for late 2009/early 2010 for the Telemark project and for the second quarter of 2010 for the Clipper Corridor project, using the Deep Blue , Technip’s deepwater pipelay vessel. The Deep Pioneer , Technip’s deepwater construction vessel, will also participate in the Telemark project.

Haydn Eagle, UK market manager, tubular S S products (left), with Peter Rose, Sandvik EMEA sales manager, standard products Mr Eagle was formerly global product manager, oil & gas, based at the company’s headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden, where he worked closely with major oil and gas companies worldwide. Prior to this he was technical sales manager in the UK for three years. The experience gained from working at the Sandvik mill, combined with many years’ sales and marketing experience, will benefit Mr Eagle’s new role. His detailed knowledge of production and his close involvement with both the R&D process and product development will now be focused in the UK market, for the benefit of UK customers. Mr Eagle takes over responsibilities from Peter Rose who has become Sandvik EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) sales manager, standard products. Mr Rose brings his extensive experience to the important role of developing and growing the company’s distributor business and sales of standard products throughout the EMEA region. Sandvik Materials Technology – UK sales.smtuk@sandvik.com www.smt.sandvik.com/uk

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