Innovations
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Surface wellhead contract in Egypt awarded
Hi-Force launches new catalogue
AKER SOLUTIONS WILL be the sole supplier of all surface wellhead equipment for the Egyptian oil giant Badr Petroleum Company after the two parties signed a two-year frame agreement. The contract will cover installation and lifecycle services operations in Egypt’s western desert. Aker Solutions president of Asia Pacific, Dave Hutchinson, said, “We The equipment will be produced out of Aker's are very excited about manufacturing centre in Batam this award, as it marks the successful entry of our surface business into the Egyptian and North African markets. Our ambition is to grow Aker Solutions’ operations in the Middle East and North Africa.” The contract, which will be delivered out of Aker Solutions’ surface products manufacturing centre in Batam, Indonesia, was signed and booked as an order intake for the first quarter of 2012. Aker Solutions employs more than 23,000 people in more than 30 countries, of which approximately 320 staff work at its Batam facility.
UK’S HI-FORCE HAS launched its 2012 catalogue which is the company’s biggest and most comprehensive edition consisting of over 1,900 products. Commenting on the completion of the Hi-Force catalogue, sales and marketing director Mar Noordhoek said, "We believe we have created a first class catalogue based around our customers’ needs that is easy to use and packed full of helpful and technical information. Each year there is tremendous growth within our Company and we feel that this catalogue reflects that success." The catalogue includes the latest additions to the Hi-Force range. Most notably, the PB hydraulic pipe bender, which has proven to be one of the most popular products. The hydraulic pipe bender has been designed to bend various sizes and thicknesses of JIS standardised conduit pipe and gas pipe ranging from 15mm – 82mm. Made of aluminium, the bending frame is compact and lightweight so that it can be easily carried on and off site and can be operated by any Hi-Force manual or powered pump up to 700 Bar. To complement the pipe bender a range of bending shoes are also available. Also new to the range is; the GTB and PTB tyre bead breakers, the HP211 aluminium manually operated hand pump weighing just 2 kilograms, the HTW2000B manual torque wrench with a capacity of 2000Nm, the HT3000 and HT4500 torque multipliers with capacities up to 3000Nm and 4500Nm respectively, the new range of air driven hydrotest pumps - AHP3, the SJS10-M jaw spreader with built in manually operated hand pump and the addition of the Toughlift tool box which has been specifically designed to store and protect Hi-Force Toughlift accessories. Other changes include the ERA’s (extended reaction arms) which have been added to both the TWS-N and TWHN hydraulic torque wrench series allowing for greater user versatility, the HiForce manually operated foot pump is now available both with (HP227FPC) and without (HP227FP) a pressure gauge and protective bellows have been added to the HPC range of single acting pull cylinders.