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EDITION 24

Exhibition & Conference

Kersten Europe @KerstenEurope @KerstenEurope is looking back on a successful day at #OffshoreEnergy. We are ready for Day 2!

Visit us at 10.057!

The Prospector @prospectormag Walking around some great stands to visit in Hall 11 #OffshoreEnergy

ABB Benelux @ABB_Benelux Great offshore Energy Exhibition in #Amsterdam last week. See you next year! @navingooe #OEEC #OffshoreEnergy

NHN John Spee @JohnSpeeNHN Offshore Energy 2014 was great. Superb organized by @navingooe. Good exhibitors, high quality visitors and a highly informative conference.

MMT @mmtnews

International offshore industry present at Offshore Energy

Thank’s to all our visitors at #OffshoreEnergy.

Hope to see you soon again!

Merford Cabins @MerfordCabins Thanks to @navingooe and all visitors for a great 2014 edition of #OffshoreEnergy

Several weeks have passed since the seventh Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC)

four workshops, three Master

at Amsterdam RAI on 28 and 29 October 2014. Time to reflect on the various parts of the event:

Classes and three C-level Panels,

Innovative Input B.V. @innovativeinput

the exhibition, panel discussions, technical sessions, workshops, Master Classes and side events.

as well as the full day Offshore

Another great edition of Offshore energy,

One thing that stood out: never before has Offshore Energy attracted such great numbers and

WIND Installation and Maintenance

from so many different places from across the globe.

Conference that was organized

have you seen our 450t Heave Compensator

simultaneously. Subsea processing

at entrance C? #OEEC @navingooe

This year’s figures exceeded

Political Mexican representation

Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas

was successfully added as a new

all expectations. As many as

OEEC opened with a speech from

Industry (IRO). The developments

topic on Offshore Energy’s agenda.

13,452 unique visitors, representing

a high level political representative

in Mexico were discussed in more

Experts from frontrunners in

Looking back at a quite successful Offshore

81 nationalities visited OEEC; an

from Mexico. Dr. María de Lourdes

detail in one of the technical sessions

subsea processing such as FMC

Energy 2014 thanks to all persons at our stand

increase of 47 percent compared

Melgar Palacios, Mexican

on Tuesday, which brought together

Technologies, ExxonMobil, Aker

to last year. On 21,000 square meters

Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons

speakers from Mexico (Pemex, Mijares,

Solutions and GE Oil & Gas presented

#OffshoreEnergy

of floor space 630 exhibitors, of

spoke of the energy reform currently

Angoita, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C.) and

their visions on and solutions for

which 124 international companies,

taking place in Mexico and the

The Netherlands (Tideway, Bayards).

subsea processing, including gas

presented themselves. The conference

opportunities for the E&P and

brought together 106 speakers who

services industry. Also speaking

Innovative solutions and

highlighted the latest trends and

during the opening ceremony was

concepts

developments in the industry.

Mr Pieter van Oord, CEO of Van Oord

This year’s conference program

and Chairman of the Association of

offered eight technical sessions,

Stay in touch!

@NavingoOE #OEEC

separation, gas compression and

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subsea power.

Royal Roos @royalroos

CWind Ltd @CWind_Ltd Two good days meeting existing & new clients and keeping tabs on market new.

Thanks to the guys @navingooe for a great event #OffshoreEnergy

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International offshore industry present at Offshore Energy Continued from page 1

‘The industry had been riding a high for so many years and we are now seeing this slowly stabilize.’

Offshore Masters

in the industry today. The Panel,

our industry mature and become

For the second time, Offshore Energy

moderated by Wilbur Perlot,

normal in stead of booming, call

included three Master Classes for

Deputy Director, Clingendael

it professionalization.”

students and young professionals.

Academy, brought together

Jan-Willem van der Graaf, CEO of

representatives of Transocean,

The second annual Drilling & Dollars

Seaway Heavy Lifting, gave the

Seafox Contractors, SBM Offshore,

Panel again brought together

Master Class “Penny wise pound

Siemens, Deloitte, among others.

financial experts from offshore

foolish in the Offshore Oil & Gas

Saskia Kunst, Managing Director of

contracting and services companies

and Renewables Industry”.

SBM Schiedam and Pieter van Oord,

and public and private financial

Jan-Pieter Klaver, CEO, Heerema

CEO, Van Oord, spoke of the financial

institutions. This year’s panel

Marine Contractors shared his visions

risks the industry faces. Kunst:

was moderated by Ms. Cornelie

on “Deepwater projects in emerging

“We know the facts, margins are

Goedhuis, Global Head - Natural

markets”. Jan van der Tempel, CEO

low and costs are high, now it is time

Resources, ING Bank. The second

of Ampelmann Operations presented

to think about solutions. One idea

annual Human Capital Panel offered

his ideas on how to go “From idea

that is gaining ground is to revisit

a discussion on offshore resourcing.

to global company”.

our specs and standards in terms

Organized in cooperation with

of execution or well technology.

Deloitte, a panel of (HR) Directors

Strategic discussions

Maybe good, can be good enough.”

investigated practices for effectively

The Industry Panel, Offshore Energy’s

Pieter Van Oord: “The industry has

planning for, sourcing, and deploying

preeminent meeting of industry

been riding a high for so many years

resources to deliver on business

leaders and stakeholders, addressed

and we are now seeing this slowly

objectives.

complexity and vulnerability felt

stabilize, and I believe this will help

47%

13,452 Visitors

630

Exhibitors

81

Nationalities

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By Gilbert van den Brink, Managing Director, Wintershall Nederland B.V.

What is the right oil price?

Column

Gilbert van den Brink Managing Director, Wintershall Nederland B.V.

“My economic model was being tested if not shot to pieces.”

What is the right price for crude oil?

all we want is a stable price such

to safely run these platforms at such

A simple question related to the

that one can manage and execute

low costs. Came January, the selling

value of one barrel of Black Gold.

projects safely. As a junior employee

party accepted our terms and

In case you have not been asked yet,

I remember being involved in the

conditions and the deal was soon

fear not you will all be challenged at

negotiations for a take-over of two

concluded. The oil price was 17 US $

some unexpected moment in time,

oil producing platforms in the North

a barrel and in the following months

be prepared to answer these

Sea and was asked to put an operating

fell to 8.5 US $. My economic model

questions for example at your

budget together. The price per barrel

was being tested if not shot to pieces.

platforms are still producing. Today’s

favourite birthday or wedding parties.

was 24 US $ and I considered a low

Time to put on our thinking cap, and

relevance? The oil price recently

“Ah, you work for Rich Oil Limited,

case scenario of 16 US $ per barrel,

thinking out of the box become the

fell some 30% and some of our

right, can you explain why the

proper safety margin of 8 dollars

norm. Innovation, creativity and

projects on the drawing board start

petrol for my car is so expensive?”.

as I am sure you will agree. The

a dedicated workforce were key

to be tested. One may rely on a price

Advice, immediately change the

negotiations carried on for months,

ingredients to our survival. Over

recovery but best to be prepared by

subject or use the statement used

as the price of crude started to slip.

the years that followed, the price

revisiting some modules in the plan,

by reputable operators; “Sorry,

The negotiations stopped early

did recover to higher levels but I

put on the thinking hardhat and be

we do not comment on oil prices”.

December and despite this failing

never forgot the learnings from my

creative, innovative, foster closer

During my career, prices have been

I was in a funny way relieved, best

first take-over, be prepared for the

cooperation between various

a rollercoaster nightmare at times,

relaxed Christmas ever. No idea how

worst. Today, some 15 years later the

stakeholders and you will succeed.

Republished with permission from SPE Netherlands.

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A special thanks to all the conference speakers ABS, Lynnda Pekel, Manager Offshore Technology and Business Development, Offshore vessels: Market update Aker Solutions, Kjell Olav Stinessen, First Chief Engineer, Subsea processing Allseas, Edward Heerema, President, Offshore vessels: Market update Alstom Power Nederland, Maurits Ornstein, Director, OWIM Conference Ampelmann, Jan van der Tempel, CEO, Master Class with Ampelmann Operations Antea Group NL, Piet Ackermans, Director Infra, Developments in wave and tidal energy AP Networks, John Alkemade, Director EMEA, Extending asset life: Offshore Maintenance Services AYOP, Dorothy Winters, Program Manager Offshore Wind, OWIM Conference Balance Point Control, Stefan von der Heide, Teamleader Engineering, Permanent well abandonment Bayards, Rogelio Acosta Hernandez, Senior Structural Engineer, Mexican petroleum industry reforms Bluebird Consultant, Coen Friederich, Owner, Subsea processing Bluewater Energy Services, Allard van Hoeken, Head of New Energy, Developments in wave and tidal energy Boskalis Offshore, Bert van der Velden, Commercial Manager, OWIM Conference Bureau Veritas, Martijn Nieuwenhuijs, Technical Director, Regulations for offshore service vessels Centrica Production Nederland B.V., Fraser Weir, Managing Director, North Sea E&P: New game on an old playing field Clingendael Academy, Wilbur Perlot, Deputy Director, Industry Panel Clingendael International Energy Programme, Coby van der Linde, Director, Industry Panel Cranfield University (H2Ocean Consortium), Maurizio Collu, Lecturer, Offshore vessels: Market update Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, Jaap Gelling, Product Director High Speed Craft, Regulations for offshore service vessels Damen Shipyards Group, Arold de Vries, HR Director, Human Capital Panel Deloitte, Peter Sanders, Director Strategy and Operations, Industry Panel Deloitte, Elise Sharpley, Senior Manager, Human Capital Panel Deloitte, Marcus van den Hoek, Partner, Human Capital Panel DNB Bank ASA, Kristin Holth, Global Head of Shipping, Offshore & Logistics, Drilling & Dollars Panel DNV GL, Wessel Bakker, Business Line Director ETD, OWIM Conference Künzel, Tobias Rosenbaum, Regional Manager Continental Europe, DNV GL Oil & Gas, Drilling & Dollars Panel DNV GL - Oil & Gas, Jochen Kunzel, Head of Section Offshore Installations, Extending asset life: Offshore Maintenance Services EBN, Berend Scheffers, Director Technology, North Sea E&P: New game on an old playing field Ecofys, Frank Wiersma, Manager Conventional Energy Systems, Developments in wave and tidal energy Ecofys, Michiel Müller, Unit Director Wind, OWIM Conference Ecofys, Bastiaan van Wijk, Consultant, OWIM Conference European Commission, DG ENER, Marie Donnelly, Director for Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, OWIM Conference European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Davide Magagna, Scientific Officer, Developments in wave and tidal energy European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water, Eef Leeuw, Member of the Secretariat, Developments in wave and tidal energy ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Ed Grave, Fractionation & Separation Advisor, Subsea processing First Reserve International Limited, Peter Petrov, Vice President, Drilling & Dollars Panel Fistuca, Jasper Winkes, Owner and founder, OWIM Conference Fluor, Marcel Bechger, Senior Director of Human Resources, Human Capital Panel

FMC Technologies / Separation Innovation & Research Centre (SIRC), Reda Akdim, Innovation & Technology Director, Subsea processing Fram Drilling, Jon Willmann, CFO, Drilling & Dollars Panel Gardline Geosciences Limited, Andy Barwise, Business Development Director, OWIM Conference GE Oil & Gas, Kristin Elgsaas, Sr Product Manager for Subsea Power in Subsea Systems, Subsea processing Green Giraffe B.V., Niels Jongste, Managing Director, OWIM Conference Groningen Centre of Energy Law, Hannah Katharina Müller LL.M., Researcher Energy Law, OWIM Conference GustoMSC, Sjoerd Hendriks, Design Manager, Offshore vessels: Market update H2Ocean, Sarah Bellew, Lead Numerical Moderator, Developments in wave and tidal energy H2Ocean, Maurizio Collu, Lecturer, OWIM Conference Hansa Hydrocarbons, Simon Lunn, Technical Director, North Sea E&P: New game on an old playing field Heerema Marine Contractors, Jan-Pieter Klaver, CEO, Master Class with Heerema Marine Contractors IABLCC B.V., Lonneke Holierhoek, Sales Director, Contracting in the offshore industry – recent developments Ideol Offshore, Bruno Geschier, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer / Member of the Executive Board, OWIM Conference IMCA - International Marine Contractors Association, Emily Comyn, Technical Adviser (Regulatory Affairs), Regulations for offshore service vessels InContext, Lenneke Persons, Trainer, Moderator, Master Class with Seaway Heavy Lifting InContext, Jonne-mei Beetz, Trainer, Moderator, Master Class with Heerema Marine Contractors Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Hans de Haan, Managing Director, Drilling & Dollars Panel ING Bank, Cornelie Goedhuis, Global Head - Natural Resources, Drilling & Dollars Panel ING Offshore Services, Erwin Nederkoorn, Managing Director, Drilling & Dollars Panel INTRAMAR, Nico de Wit, Contracting in the offshore industry – recent development IRM Systems, Rutger Schouten, General Manager, Extending asset life: Offshore maintenance services IRO (Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry), Pieter van Oord, Chairman, Industry Panel Keystone Engineering Inc., Craig Brown, International Business Development, OWIM Conference KIVI Offshore Technology, Coen Friederich, Member of the Board, Subsea processing LOC Group, Capt. Mike Frampton, Director Renewables, OWIM Conference LOO e-Consult, Frans van der Loo, Owner, OWIM Conference Margetson Van ‘t Zelfde & Co., Nigel Margetson, Contracting in the offshore industry – recent developments Marine Energy Technologies - Support, Peter Scheijgrond, Owner, Developments in wave and tidal energy Mijares, Angoita, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., Horacio de Uriarte, Partner and member of the Managing Committee, Mexican petroleum industry reforms Mijares, Angoita, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., Manuel Tamez Zendejas, Partner and member of the Managing Committee, Mexican petroleum industry reforms National Hydrocarbons Commission Mexico, Edgar Rangel-Geman, Commissioner, Industry Panel NOGEPA, Gert-Jan Windhorst, Secretary Operations Health & Safety / Deputy Secretary General, Permanent well abandonment Norton Rose Fulbright, Alison Baxter, Partner, Drilling & Dollars Panel Offshore Independents, Remko Luyten, Contracting in the offshore industry – recent developments Offshore Wind Logistics and Construction (OWLC), Matt Bleasdale, Director, OWIM Conference

Pemex Procurement International Inc., Vanessa Aguirre, Mexican petroleum industry reforms Port of Rotterdam, Joost Eenhuizen, Business Manager Bulk Shipping and Maritime Industry, Offshore vessels: Market update Province of Zuid-Holland, Wouter Groenen, Project Manager, Developments in wave and tidal energy Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners, Niels van de Minkelis, Senior Policy Advisor, Regulations for offshore service vessels Royal IHC, Ronald van Son, Product Director Custom Built Vessels, Offshore vessels: Market update SBM Offshore, Peter van Rossum, CFO, Drilling & Dollars Panel SBM Schiedam, Saskia Kunst, Managing Director, Industry Panel Schlumberger, Alireza Karimpour, Project Manager, Permanent well abandonment Schottel GmbH, Martin Baldus, Product Manager Renewable Energy, Developments in wave and tidal energy Seafox Contractors B.V., Erwin Lammertink, Commercial Director, North Sea E&P: New game on an old playing field Seaway Heavy Lifting, Jan-Willem van der Graaf, CEO, Master Class with Seaway Heavy Lifting Seayway Heavy Lifting, Wouter van Dalen, Section Head R&D, OWIM Conference Shell, Jules Schoenmakers, Well Planning Lead and Principal Expertise Holder Well Abandonment, Permanent well abandonment Shell, Ton van Dijk, Global Workforce Planning Manager, Human Capital Panel Ship Finance, Ole Hjertaker, CEO, Drilling & Dollars Panel Siemens AG, Horst Fischer, Vice President Oil & Gas, Industry Panel SPT Offshore, Mark Riemers, Managing Director, OWIM Conference Stephenson Harwood, Tom Adams, Contracting in the offshore industry – recent developments Stork, Johan,Ferket, Consultancy Manager, Extending asset life: Offshore maintenance services Stork representing AJS, Harm-Jan Smit, Business Improvement Practitioner, Extending asset life: Offshore maintenance services Taxand Netherlands, Jimmie van der Zwaan, Partner, Mexican petroleum industry reforms TenneT, Dirk Hansen, Project Manager Surveys and Maintenance, OWIM Conference Tidal Lagoon Power, Ton van der Plas, Senior Marine Engineer, Developments in wave and tidal energy Tideway, Hugo Bouvy, Managing Director, Mexican petroleum industry reforms TKI Wind op Zee, Ernst van Zuijlen, Directeur, Master Class with Ampelmann Operations TKI Wind op Zee, Martin Weissmann, Innovatiemakelaar, Moderator, Master Class with Ampelmann Operations Total E&P Nederland B.V., Karine Orski, Drilling and Completion Manager, Permanent well abandonment Transocean, Willem Brandt, Director Account Management, Advisor Chief Operating Officer, Industry Panel Trend:research GmbH, Dirk Briese, Managing Director, OWIM Conference University of Aberdeen Business School, Alexander Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics, North Sea E&P: New game on an old playing field Van Oord, Angelique Heijnen, Manager Personnel Department, Human Capital Panel Van Oord, Pieter van Oord, CEO, Industry Panel Vattenfall, Wybran Jansen, Head of Investment Procurement Renewables, OWIM Conference Vattenfall, Remco Boersma, Head of Technology and Operational Services, OWIM Conference VBMS, Arno van Poppel, Managing Director, Human Capital Panel Wagenborg Offshore, Johan Adriaanse, Director Operations, Regulations for offshore service vessels Weatherford, Nanko van Buuren, Manager, Human Capital Panel Workfox B.V. / Seafox Contractors B.V., Keesjan Cordia, Managing Director, Industry Panel

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Industry news Vroon names five newbuilds in China Vroon has announced that five of their newbuilding vessels were named during ceremonies held on November 25th, at Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China.

The vessels christened were VOS Pride and VOS Prime, two multi-purpose platform-supply vessels (MPSV), plus three 60 meter field-support vessels (FSV) dubbed VOS Glamour, VOS Glory, and VOS Gorgeous. VOS Pride was named by Rie Nakajima, wife of Koichi Nakajima, Deputy President, Director and Executive Officer of Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation. The Godmother of VOS Prime is Ellen Niemeijer, wife of Ronald Niemeijer, Vroon Head HRM. The VOS Glamour was christened by Renza Stanga, aunt of Vroon’s Managing Director, Coco Vroon. The VOS Glory’s godmother is Carina Doggen, partner of Rudy

Snouwaert, who is Operational Accounting Supervisor at Vroon Ship Management B.V. and has been a Vroon employee since 1978. And, last but certainly not least, the VOS Gorgeous was christened by Mirei Notebaart, partner of Vroon’s Managing Director, Coco Vroon.

VOS Pride and VOS Prime VOS Pride and VOS Prime are the first MPSVs in a series of ten sister vessels that were ordered during 2012 and 2013

by Vroon Offshore Services.

All ten MPSVs have full (under-deck) supply capabilities, including stainless-steel tanks for the carriage of methanol.

Additionally, these vessels also provide accommodation and work space for up to 40 staff members. Vroon says that the unique vessel concept is based on a free deck space of 720 sqm, which can also be equipped with a walk-to-work system or active heave-compensation crane, while leaving ample space for a variety of extra services.

These new-generation vessels are based on a Khiam Chuan Marine (KCM) design. “KCM, Vroon’s Newbuilding Engineering Department, the world-renowned yacht designer KER Yacht Design & Engineering, and Force Technology in Copenhagen collaborated closely to fully optimize the design. This ensured favorable motion and sea-keeping ability and efficient fuel consumption (both in DP mode and during transit),” explains Vroon.

According to the company, to further enhance on-board comfort for clients’ personnel and crew members, the latest developments in computational noise and vibration analysis were incorporated. VOS Glamour, VOS Glory, and VOS Gorgeous are the first three vessels in a series of four FSVs being built at the Shipyard for Vroon. They feature a “revolutionary”, wave-piercing bow shape. All five vessels will be delivered to the company within the next few months, with the MPSVs to be operated in South-East Asia by VOS Singapore and the ERRVs heading for the North Sea, where they will be managed by VOS Aberdeen. The company has ordered a total of 22 offshore-support vessels at Fujian Southeast, with delivery between 2014 and 2016. Vroon’s two other vessels were named on November 24th at Nanjing East Star Shipyard in China.

Giant ‘Pieter Schelte’ on its way to Rotterdam A twin-hull behemoth; the world’s largest catamaran; biggest offshore vessel; the world’s largest crane ship.

This is how the Pieter Schelte is being described. This giant vessel is now on its way to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, sailing from South Korea, where it was recently delivered.

The 382 meters long and 124 meters wide multi-purpose vessel, owned by Swiss-based company Allseas, will be used for both the lifting and installation of oil platforms and jackets. The Pieter Schelte can also lay pipelines.

This massive heavy lifter will be able to lift topsides weighing up to 48,000 tones.

Positioned at the bow of the vessel is a slot, 122 meters long and 59 meters wide, where topsides are lifted using eight sets of horizontal lifting beams.

Construction of the Pieter Schelte started at Daewoo’s Okpo, South Korea yard in 2011. At a maximum speed of 14 knots the completed

Tidal Energy Platform to Float Off Dutch Coast A group of leading offshore companies, including Bluewater, Damen, and Van Oord, have joined together to realize a unique floating tidal energy platform, which will be moored near Texel in the Wadden Sea and use the power of the tides to generate clean electricity.

The platform is a trial for remote locations worldwide, such as islands in Indonesia, the Philippines, or the Pacific.

It has an innovative modular design and uses a new type of permanent mooring lines.

It will be the first time that a floating tidal platform is used for electricity production into the Dutch grid, and will be operational in the first half of 2015. “This platform can be shipped and installed anywhere in the world to provide clean electricity in remote areas

and small islands, replacing expensive and polluting diesel generators,” says Allard van Hoeken, Head of New Energy at Bluewater Energy Services.

“This smaller test platform, while ready to use in remote locations, is also a stepping stone for our larger 2MW platform development.

“Together with Bluewater we have adapted our modular barge product to a modular tidal power generation platform, which can be shipped as containers to any location in the world,” says Arnout Damen, COO of Damen Shipyards. “After container transport the modules can be assembled to shipbuilding quality vessels.” The unique cooperation between Bluewater, Damen, Van Oord, Tocardo, TKF, Vryhof, NIOZ, Nylacast, and TTC bundles extensive experience from the maritime and offshore industry in the field of design and operation of mooring platforms, shipbuilding, offshore dredging and installation, tidal turbines, power cables, anchors, research at sea, and synthetic materials.

vessel, which departed Okpo on November 17, 2014, is expected to arrive in Rotterdam at the end of the year under its own sailing power. Edward Heerema, president of Allseas, named the vessel in honor of his father Pieter Schelte Heerema.

In Rotterdam harbor, Allseas has rented a deepwater site where the Pieter Schelte will be moored, and where the topsides lift system beams will be installed on the bows of the ship during the first months of 2015. A deeper pit was dredged there specially for the vessel.

Offshore operations will begin in the summer of 2015, when the vessel will sail to the Norwegian sector of the North Sea to remove the Yme platform, spanning some 72 meters in length and 87 meters in height. The vessel will use its 59 meter wide slot between bows to float in around the Yme platform and then lift off the topside, weighing in at 13,000 tones, in a single piece in under a minute.

Furthermore, the Pieter Schelte, which is able to accommodate a crew of up to 571 persons, will demonstrate its pipeline laying capabilities at the South Stream project in the Black Sea. There, it will lay almost 900 kilometers of offshore pipe to complete the second line of the pipeline.

Also scheduled to begin in 2015 is the vessel’s decommissioning work on three

Naviera orders two Damen crew suppliers Dutch Damen Shipyards has received an order to deliver two fast crew supply vessels to its Mexican client Naviera Integral.

The contract signing ceremony

Kommer Damen, chairman of

Mexico, taking crews to offshore

offshore platforms in the UK part of the North

was held during the Offshore

Damen Shipyards Group, and

oil rigs and platforms. The new

Sea. Some 86 kilometers north-east of Lerwick,

Energy 2014 event in the

Juan Pablo Vega Arriaga, chairman

Fast Crew Supplier 4008 series

Scotland, the Pieter Schelte will be responsible

Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands.

of Naviera Integral, put pen to

will offer accommodation for

for the removal of Shell’s Brent platforms.

paper on the contracts at the

90 passengers.

Under the contract, Damen will

Damen Shipyards stand at the

deliver two vessels of their newly

Offshore Energy Exhibition &

launched Fast Crew Supplier 4008

Conference.

series. The fast crew suppliers will have their hulls built in

The vessels, including 41.20 m in

Poland, and the outfitting and

length, will be delivered in 2016.

finishing works will be done in

The units will be operating in

the Netherlands.

the Mexican part of the Gulf of

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BigLift names new heavy lift vessel ‘Happy Star’ BigLift Shipping has celebrated the naming of its new Heavy Lift Vessel, Happy Star.

Happy Star’s tween deck is adjustable in height, and she is allowed to sail with open weather deck hatches at a draught of up to 8 meters.

Furthermore, she has Finnish/Swedish 1A Ice Class notation. During sea

The ceremony was held at Huisman

China’s yard in Xiamen - which make

trials, Happy Star achieved a service

China’s yard in Xiamen and was

her exceptionally geared to handle

speed of 16.6 knots at 7 meter draft.

performed by Leanda Breakell,

heavy cargo all over the world,

spouse of Greg Breakell, Managing

the company says.

BigLift said in the statement that the company is very pleased to start

Director of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Her high crane pedestals and

operating this vessel. Her joining the

lengthened jib allows her to reach

fleet increases BigLift’s capabilities

Happy Star is the latest addition to

a lifting height that is unmatched

in the top segment of heavy lift

BigLift Shipping’s fleet of Heavy Lift

in the worldwide fleet of heavy lift

transportation, and strengthens

Vessels. She was built by Ouhua

vessels, the company said in the

BigLift’s position in the world as a

Shipbuilding in China. With her 29

release. Happy Star is 156 meters

leading heavy lift and project cargo

meters wide deck and two heavy lift

long and has 18,374 dwt. Her length

vessel operator and owner.

mast cranes, she will be the new flag

and the forward position of her

ship. Together with Happy Sky, the

superstructure offer a single, large

The first voyage will take Happy

Happy S Series is now complete.

cargo hold and a wide, open deck

Star from Nantong to Port Hedland,

area. She has pontoon type hatch

Australia. With Happy Star, BigLift’s

Happy Star features two 900 metric

covers and a large poop deck, which

fleet comprises 15 heavy lift vessels

tons heavy lift mast cranes - built by

make the vessel’s full deck area

with lifting capacities of up to 1,800

Huisman and installed at Huisman

available to stow cargo.

metric tons.

Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd.

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DNV GL sets up JIP to deal with corrosion, integrity in ageing wells The global oil and gas industry is now facing the reality that many of its on- and offshore wells are being used beyond their original lifespan. This presents significant uncertainty around the integrity, safety, and productivity of the remaining service life, says DNV GL. DNV GL has established a Joint

degradation effects, there can also

on a field or company-wide level

normally being higher water cut,

According to DNV GL, the JIP will

Industry Project (JIP) to develop

be difficulties caused by uncertainty

to ensure the HSE and economical

and potentially with H2S arising from

kick off later this year and will start

guidelines for a decision support

over the integrity of the well and

performance is balanced and

reservoir changes or microbial activity,

through to the end of 2015 with the

framework for corrosion assessment

access to design documentation.

that corrosion risks are sufficiently

which may accelerate attack or

development of a guideline for

and integrity management of

Corrosion in particular poses a major

managed,” he continues. DNV GL is

introduce corrosion damage where

corrosion management in wells.

ageing wells.

threat to these wells,” says Shamik

inviting participants to take part in

it was considered ‘not to happen’

Chowdhury, Project Manager at

the JIP which will deliver a corrosion

before.”

DNV GL.

threat and integrity well screening

DNV GL says that many wells are reaching an age of upwards of 30 or

“DNV GL leads many joint industry projects annually, combining our

assessment method as well as

The JIP will involve the review

expertise with that of the sector

40 years, and operators are facing a

“The JIP aims to close the existing

guidelines for a decision-making tool

of corrosion inspection techniques,

to identify and find solutions to its

growing challenge to predict output,

gap in well integrity management

on corrosion evaluation, monitoring,

prediction, and modeling tools,

most complex technical challenges.

mitigate against risk, and ultimately

and introduce proper corrosion

maintenance, and inspection.

as well as the impact from other

We set the benchmark in oil and gas

decide whether to retire or rejuvenate

assessments, as well as provide

interfacing aspects such as pipelines

industry best practices, offering open

ageing wells. Life extension of ageing

estimates on the remaining life of

“There are many risks to consider

and process equipment. Investigative

access to more than 170 oil and gas

wells is moving up the agenda for oil

individual wells. The outcome will help

at the well level. External casings

data will be gathered from

industry standards and recommended

and gas operators in many regions.

operators squeeze the remaining life

deteriorate over time at different

participants’ own experiences in

practices, which support the industry

Factors driving this include high oil

out of their wells safely and cost

depths for a variety of different

this field and the operational history

to improve safety, reliability, and

prices, technology advances, and

effectively, as well as to plan for

corrosion mechanisms, and can

of selected operators’ wells. The

performance,” says Elisabeth Tørstad,

regulatory requirements, explains

decommissioning.

result in loss of structural integrity,”

project will also carry out a pilot

CEO DNV GL Oil & Gas.

added Chowdhury.

study to test the methodology on

DNV GL.

selected wells.

“The proposed guideline resulting “As well as dealing with the

from the JIP will provide a clear

“The risk of well collapse is therefore

operational changes in the well’s

method to evaluate and manage

higher. Ageing wells also tend to

lifetime, such as long-term

corrosion for wells. This can be used

have more aggressive conditions,

Van Oord breaks subsea record at Aasta Hansteen Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has set a world record.

During a period of four weeks, Stornes placed rock in water depths of up to 1,277 meters.

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The subsea rock installation works

Then, rock will be placed after the

were executed in relation to the

pipelines and templates have been

development of the Statoil-operated

installed. Subsea Rock installation

Aasta Hansteen gas field and Polarled

activities are vital for the stabilization

pipeline in the Norwegian Sea.

and protection of offshore pipelines,

Recently, Van Oord completed the

power cables and other subsea

first phase of these record subsea

installations, explains

rock installation works. Van Oord will

Netherlands-based Van Oord.

execute the second phase in 2015.

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With our cross-media career products we reach about 1 million jobseekers at all levels,

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Exhibition packages 2015

Space only

Practical information

You may rent space and create your own free-build stand.

Full service participation with standard stand construction

Offshore Energy has large space-only areas available in premium

Make the most of your time and resources and leave the planning

positions.

to us. Shell scheme stands are available in various sizes. These come with an all inclusive package consisting of: system walls

Space only is excluding full service package.

(height 2.50m); anthracite carpet tiles; fascia board and company

Space only € 299 per m² - starting at 24m2

logo; one triple spotlight per 4m2; power supply socket; power use up to 2kW; complete stand furniture; full catering service; stand cleaning; invitation service; Wi-Fi and two parking tickets.

Full service participation rates 4x2 meter (8m²) € 3,750

6x3 meter (18m²) € 6,875

6x2 meter (12m²) € 4,995

6x4 meter (24m²) € 8,600

4x3 meter (12m²) € 4,995

8x3 meter (24m²) € 8,600

4x4 meter (16m²) € 6,125

8x4 meter (32m²) € 11,150

8x2 meter (16m²) € 6,125

Exhibition

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Ms. Annemieke den Otter Exhibition manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092606 Email: ao@navingo.com

Mr. Laurens Kuiper Sales Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092649 Email: lk@navingo.com

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Ms. Sieneke Hopmans International Sales Tel: +31 (0)10 2092673 Email: sh@navingo.com

Ms. Nancy Slob-Corpeleijn Exhibition Coordinator Tel: +31 (0)10 2092651 Email: ns@navingo.com

Mr. Stephan van Plateringen Account Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092604 Email: sp@navingo.com

Ms. Marsha Evers Exhibitor Services Tel: +31 (0)10 2092671 Email: me@navingo.com

Conference Ms. Femke Perlot-Hoogeveen Conference Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092634 Email: fh@navingo.com Ms. Lieke Heijnis Conference Coordinator Tel: +31 (0)10 2092689 Email: lhe@navingo.com

Co-exhibitor € 495 per co-exhibiting company. Maximum of two companies per 12m². Co-exhibiting includes a listing as official exhibitor, an entry in the event catalogue, in the app, on the website, and the company name on the fascia.

Full service participation with luxury stand construction

Enhanced packages are also available

Do you want the ease of standard stand construction but create a

• Corner stand storage 1x1 meter € 195

distinctive, non-standard look? Offshore Energy also offers luxury

• Extra meters (only in combination with 32m² stand) € 299 per m²

stand construction. Luxury stand construction is a supplement to

• Stand wall graphics € 85 per m²

the full service standard construction and is available for stands

• Raised floor € 25 per m²

Marketing Mr. Philip Mulder Marketing Manager Tel: +31 (0)10 2092674 Email: pmu@navingo.com

Ms. Iris Lommerde Marketing Coordinator Tel: +31 (0)10 2092682 Email: il@navingo.com

Office Navingo BV Las Palmas Building Wilhelminakade 302 3072 AR Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)10 2092600

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13 & 14 October 2015 | Venue Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands Europaplein 22, 1078 GZ Amsterdam Halls 8, 9, 10 & 11

with a minimum of 20m . The organization will inform you about 2

the specifications concerning the graphics once your order has been received. € 2,695 on top of standard stand construction

13 October 2015 09.30 - 18.00 14 October 2015 09.30 - 18.00

regardless of size (Only in combination with standard stand construction. Minimum of 20m2)

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