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Tailor-made PSV inspection programme provides substantial cost savings

Client: Offshore drilling company Industry: Drilling Asset: Jackup rig Location: Norway Year: 2022 Challenge Pressure Safety Valves (PSVs) need to be regularly inspected as they are essential to protect pressure vessels and piping systems from excessive internal pressure. Instruments such as pressure gauges and pressure transmitters need to be accurately calibrated to ensure that they function as intended. To ensure safety on its […]

Extending crane wire rope replacement intervals to defer OPEX

Client: International offshore drilling contractor Industry: Drilling Asset: Drillship Location: Cyprus Year: 2021 Challenge Wire ropes are one of the hardest working components of cranes. Despite suffering all manner of weather and working conditions, they continue lifting, thanks to their incredible design. However, even wire ropes have limits and continued fatigue and strain will eventually […]

Efficient inspection and maintenance of jacking systems

Client: Leading Jack-Up Drilling Contractor Industry: Offshore Drilling Assets: Jack-up rigs Locations: KSA, Thailand, India, Bahrain, UAE, Nigeria, Croatia Year: 2020 – 2021 Challenge Jacking systems are the most critical component of jack-up rigs as they ensure their stability. The client required inspection and overhaul of the jacking systems on 20 of their jack-up rigs […]

Thruster replacement on Vantage Drilling International’s Platinum Explorer

Client: Vantage International Management Co. Industry: Oil & Gas Asset: Platinum Explorer Location: East Coast, India Year: 2021 Challenge Vantage International Management Co., a subsidiary of Vantage Drilling International, wanted to replace two thrusters on its Ultra Deepwater Drillship, Platinum Explorer, during a narrow window of time between two drilling campaigns. On top of the […]

Successful thruster replacement carried out offshore

Client: Leading international energy company Industry: Oil & Gas Asset: FSU Location: Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) Year: 2019 Challenge Thrusters are part of vessels’ positioning systems, which are required to keep vessels in station either by heading control or Dynamic Positioning (DP). At times, clients may require urgent replacement of thruster(s). In one particular example, a […]

Vendor inspections ensuring quality and compliance

Client: Santos Industry: Oil and Gas Asset: FPSO Location: Offshore Western Australia Year: 2021 Challenge The equipment hired by Santos arrived at one of their offshore assets in poor working condition, posing safety risks to personnel and the asset itself. As such, they had to return the equipment to the vendor and get a replacement, […]

Offshore compliance: Achieving compliance with project standards

Client: Aibel Thailand Industry: Engineering, Procurement and Construction Asset: Johan Sverdrup Production 2 – Main Support Frame Location: Laem Chabang, Thailand Year: 2021 Challenge In the oil and gas industry, offshore assets must achieve regulatory compliance in order to operate and the specifications can differ by country or region. In this case, lifting appliances on […]

Safe and cost-effective flare tip replacement on offshore platforms

Client: Large Oil & Gas producer in the Middle East Industry: Oil & Gas Assets: 4 fixed platforms Location: Offshore Qatar Year: 2020/21 Challenge Flare systems are an integral part of the safety systems on oil and gas-producing assets. They facilitate the controlled disposal of hydrocarbon-containing material. Due to operational wear and tear, the flare […]

Optimising inspections of offshore assets with drones

Client: Altera Infrastructure Industry: Oil & Gas Asset: Petrojarl Knarr FPSO Location: North Sea Year: 2021 Challenge Altera Infrastructure had to get a full assessment of the coating condition on its asset, including its hull (above waterline), helideck structure, superstructure and flare structure. Inspection of the external hull would typically require a support vessel located […]

Axess India: Successful refurbishment of crane booms

Client: International drilling contractor Industry: Drilling Asset: Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Location: Offshore India Year: 2020 Challenge The client was unable to use the three existing cranes at full capacity on its rig, due to various corroded (pitting) sections on the lattice boom structures. As there were ongoing drilling activities at that point in […]

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