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EPIC - North Sea to platform fabricators. The project lips’ Jasmine development, and platform to be built by Denmark’s would have unlocked the nearby integrated decks for Total’s Elgin B Bladt Industries for Tyra Southeast

Dana Petroleum Arran felds and and West Franklin platforms, Italy’s in the Danish Sea, following a com-

Serica Energy’s Columbus feld. Dana Rosetti Marino Group is looking to petitive tender.

and Serica are now looking for alter- build a presence in the UK. “The Danish North Sea still native export routes for their felds. Marco Deserti, Rosetti general contains signifcant oil and gas

Two foating projects have also manager, says to be more competitive resources,” he says. “However, the been cancelled. Shell is reassessing in the North Sea the frm is looking remaining oil and gas is becoming its plans for the Fram feld, for which to work in partnership with a yard in progressively more diffcult to ex-

SBM Offshore had been designing the UK. tract requiring effcient development, a foating unit, after seeing drilling By building projects in the UK, it new technology, and continued large results on the feld. Antrim Energy could be more cost competitive by investments. The Tyra Southeast also cancelled plans for an FPSO on removing transport costs, he says. It development is an example and rep- the Fyne feld, saying the economics has already started recruiting, having resents an important part of the next no longer worked. recently advertised for an Aberdeen- chapter in the Danish oil produc-

There is still work, however. based branch manager, and has set tion.”

Lowestoft-based SLP Engineering, up a UK-registered company, Rosetti Engineering consultancy AMEC now owned by Singapore’s Semb- Marino UK. agrees. ‘’We are continuing to see a corp Marine, is back building after Rosetti, which more tradition- huge demand from our customers op- being in administration in 2009 and ally works for the Mediterranean erating in the North Sea” says Sandy then again in 2011 when the frm and West African markets, has Clark, AMEC’s strategy and growth which had bought it also went into already shown it can work overseas; director. “For those businesses like administration. it opened a yard in Kazakhstan in AMEC who are able to meet the

It also recently gained an exclu- 2008, which now accounts for 30% challenges and complexities, it is an sive license with Seahorse Platform of the frm’s turnover, says Deserti. exciting time.”

Partners to use its Seaharvester and It is currently also working on a

SeaHorse minimum facilities tech- four-legged jacket and for the Ivory nology for platforms in UK waters. Coast Marlin project for Foxtrot In-

OGN Group, based on the Tyne ternational, with sail-away 2014-25; near Newcastle, saw the foat out two integrated decks for ENI for the and installation of its frst major Fauzia and Elettra platforms in the project, the Forties Alpha satellite Adriatic Sea, and a deck for the IKA platform—the largest central North JZ platform project off Croatia.

Sea platform built in the UK in 25 Meanwhile, large North Sea in- years—last month (May 31). vestments will continue, says Mark

HSM Offshore, in The Nether- Wallace, Maersk Oil’s Danish unit’s lands, is working on its largest managing director, after announcing platform project, the southern North $800million of investment in a new

Sea Leman compres- sion platform for Shell.

Heerema Fabrication

Group, at Vlissingen, also in The Nether- lands, says the jacket for Gina Krog offshore

Norway will be the largest launched jacket it has built.

Left: Apache’s Forties

Alpha Satellite platform

The market is also (FASP) in the Hadrian Yard. about to see some new

Inset top and center: competition. With a

Apache’s Forties Alpha number of signifcant

Satellite platform being

UK North Sea projects towed out to sea. already completed,

Inset bottom: Heerema’s including three jackets heavy lift vessel Thialf lifting the FASP into place, and a gas sweetening image courtesy of Apache. module for ConocoPhil- oedigital.com July 2013 | OE 35 034_OE_0713_Epic2_Nsea.indd 35 6/25/13 5:11 PM