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NEWS Latest …… IHC Sea Steel Ltd News
Spring/ Summer 2008
Press
release 18th April 2008 (extract)
IHC Merwede acquires SEA STEEL Ltd
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“IHC
Merwede acquired 100% of SEA STEEL Ltd and its subsidiaries on
the 4th April 2008. SEA STEEL Ltd has an extensive track record
in the development of innovative sub-sea piling solutions for
the oil and gas industries. The company will operate under the
name of “IHC Sea Steel”.
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SEA
STEEL is responsible for a number of “everyday” innovative
piling tools including the patented “FAST FRAME”,
these have been developed to substantially reduce offshore installation
times whilst achieving reliable pile orientation and verticality
within tolerance.
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The
current rental fleet can be used for driving piles from 20” to 96” in
diameter in water depths of up to 2,000 metres.
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The
founder, Mr. Clive Jones, will continue working for the company
in a business development and marketing role. He will transfer
his knowledge to the new director, Mr. Carl Mogg and his team,
Carl will take on the day to day running of the company”.
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IHC Sea Steel is
pleased to announce new quayside storage facilities at the TWC
yard in Pandan Crescent, Singapore. This new facility compliments
the existing in Montrose and Dundee.
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IHC Sea Steel’s new
larger capacity 96” (96FF) has,
in record time, completed the installation of 8-No. 84” diameter
FPSO mooring piles on the OMV Maari Project, offshore New
Zealand.
During the engineering phase, 2-No. 84” diameter mid-water arch piles
were added to the workscope and these were installed at the same time. The Frame
weighs 125 Tonnes.
2-No. standard 84” pile upending tools were hired to efficiently upend
and deploy the piles to the 96FF, the Frame accurately orientated the heading
of the piles well within the required tolerances.
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All IHC Sea Steel’s equipment is free of hydraulic and electrical umbilicals, the equipment
can go to any water depth. Pursuing the development of "gravity
and free energy driven systems" is the Company's goal. |
IHC Sea Steel are
pleased to announce the successful completion of the 9- No, 84" diameter
piles for the Ettrick project on behalf of Nexen. The work was
undertaken by Saipem using vessel "Edda
Fjord" and the 125 Tonne 84" with extensions.
The 84FF and 50m long piles were deployed to seabed by the "Saipem
7000" earlier. By using this strategy a nominal sized low
cost vessel was used to drive the piles on what was a particularly
large mooring system. Allowing for some downtime due to weather
the piles were effectively driven at more than one a day without
incident.
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| IHC Sea Steel's inexpensive
pile handling tools are now very popular with a 100% success
rate, the tools are available for rent in all common sizes from
24" to 84" (no friction
loss problems or sudden let downs!). There are no umbilicals
and the units are WROV/Diver friendly. |
During January and February
2007, the 84” fitted
with 1m wide mudmat extensions, was used for the precision installation
of 12-No. 140 tonne FPSO mooring piles for the PEMEX project
in MEXICO, water depth 98m. The piles were driven on behalf of
Aker Marine Contractors, through the 84FFX using a Menck MHU500.
The heading and verticality was achieved within 0.5 deg. of the
designed. The intermediate hard sand layers made the tasks “very
interesting and challenging to say the least”.
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140T free fall piles were the “flavour of the day” and
as predicted these piles free fell after penetrating an intermediate
sand layer. Detailed up front and exhaustive geotechnical studies
paid off.
In
Norway during February, the trusty 36” ” was
used to drive another 36” diameter initiation pile for the Åsgard
Development, while the 72”  was
dispatched to the Statoil Tyrihans Project for the installation
of two 60”diameter pipeline initiation piles. |
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Activities
during 2006
The ONS 2006 exhibition
in Stavanger Norway was an immense success with the launch
of the DEAPS project. There was a great deal
of interest from the deep water oil production arena with the
prospects of a serious reductions on installation costs and
time savings to get oil production started ahead of schedule.
2006 saw a busy spring with three piling frames mobilised in
the same week during early April. Resources were stretched,
however, teamwork saw us though with a newbuild 117 Tonne
72” Slotted Frame “pulled
out of the hat” over the Christmas period for the
Marathon Alvheim
Project.
The 84” was
set and mobilised for the Statoil Volve Project. The
frame was only offshore for 23 days, 7 of which were unworkable due
to WOW. 16 Days….this is a RECORD for the installation
of nine large mooring piles.
The 9 piles were driven easily within 0.5 degrees heading and 1.0 degree
verticality. This was similar for Alvheim using the 72”
Whilst in the UK, 2 more 29m
long 36” riser base piles were “seen off” at
390 metres water depth for the BP Schiehallion Development. This
was quickly and efficiently accomplished in contrast to other
anchor types driven in the same campaign (by others). The work
was completed using the trusty 36FFX (a 36” )
fitted with automatic mudmat extensions. |
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2005
was another milestone year for IHC Sea Steel.
Successfully completed, using a standard 36” , was
the installation of 8-No. 36” dia. x 13m long trawl hook
piles, all driven in less than 40 hours for the Statoil Langeled
Project the water depth was 85m. These piles were rapidly deployed
using the SEA STEEL’s standard pile upending tools. |
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DEAPS
Deep Water Piling System
1500-2000 metres
Of
special interest to our FPSO customers is the “DEAPS” Deepwater
Piling System. The first phase of this three party Research
and Development project was completed during September
2005, concluding in the feasibility of driving piles
in 1,500 to 2,000m water depths with hammer, powered
subsea by Standard Triton 125hp WROV. The parties are
IHC bv., IHC Sea Steel Ltd
and Perry Slingsby Inc. |
The
next detailed phase is due to commence during spring 2006.
For more information on this project:- contact the IHC Sea Steel office
through this website. |
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Coastal
Protection-East of England
East Coast Storm Surge Barrier
During
August 2004, IHC Sea Steel registered
a patent for a Storm Surge Barrier to protect the coastal
environment along the East Coast of England. The project
is to be funded, principally, by the use of renewable energy
and tolls from the use of a transport system. Since registering
the patent two wave surge disasters have hit other coasts
within months of the filing.
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Our Agents
around the world:-
ASIA & FAR
EAST |
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Simon
Hartog of Construction And Piling Equipment (CAPE). CAPE serves
the Far East with piling services generally; Simon is a long-standing
and well-known figure in piling circles. CAPE are
also agents for IHC Hydrohammers. |
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