wiredInUSA June 2018

Oil and gas get cable

Fiber acquisition

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Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) has acquired Czech company Transportkabel – Dixi (TK Dixi) to enhance its fiber optic cable portfolio. R&M develops and manufactures fiber optic and metallic cables for power and communication applications in data centers, broadband networks, enterprise buildings and other infrastructure projects. The company hopes that this acquisition will provide the company with TK Dixi’s optic cable design and production techniques for a range of cable constructions suited to complete R&M’s strategic market segments. TK Dixi has itself been trading successfully in the Czech cable industry for over 20 years. The firm entered the growing fiber optics cable market in 2014, and now sells fiber optic cables to OEMs, distributors and end-users throughout Europe. Luděk Bednář, co-owner and managing director, commented: “TK Dixi has built up an excellent reputation in offering high quality andoften customizedcables with short lead time. There is an excellent fit between TK Dixi’s and R&M’s approach to the market.”

The cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria has begun laying cables to supply the Johan Sverdrup oil and gas field with power from shore. The starting point was the Johan Sverdrup converter station at Haugsneset near Kårstø, and by the end of May the vessel will have laid almost 200km of power cables. Afiber opticcable is bundledwith thepower cables to ensure reliable communication and enable monitoring and, when required, remote control of parts of the Johan Sverdrup field’s operations. The power cables will put Johan Sverdrup among the most carbon-efficient oil and gas fields in the world. Estimated at just 0.5kg of CO 2 per barrel, the emissions from Johan Sverdrup are about 20 times lower than the average on the Norwegian continental shelf, and 30 times lower than the international average. Additional measures were taken to reduce emissions during the Johan Sverdrup development; for example, NKT Victoria was designed to be supplied with power from shore while in harbor.

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