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Signifcant Achievement Award the past 12 months, Proserv marked a winner Gordon Ballard number of milestones including a series

Murray Kerr of SengS Subsea of contract awards which expanded its

Engineering Solutions, who manufacturing facilities and launching not only received the Young a new subsea technology. Proserv also

Professional Award, but was secured major investment to help ensure

Companies also highly commended by the its future sustainable growth and success.

The event, which was attended by judges in the Inspiring Leader over 850 people, closed the opening category.

day of Subsea Expo in and was spon- “During these challenging sored by Forum Energy Technologies, times it has become too easy

Costain Upstream, Genesis and SETS, to lose sight of the hard work,

Offshore achievements in which the achievements of various commitment and success of compa- in the spotlight subsea companies were recognized on nies and individuals that continues to

The offshore energy industry’s highest happen,” said Ross Lowdon, chairman 11 February 2015 at the Subsea UK achievers and most successful com- of SPE Aberdeen. “The awards have

Awards.

allowed us to take some time out to panies were recognized in mid-March David Lamont, CEO at Proserv, said: acknowledge and celebrate talent in the at the 2015 Offshore Achievement “It is a real privilege to win this award sector and SPE Aberdeen is proud to Awards, with Gordon Ballard, chair- particularly during what has been a support such an important event in the man of Schlumberger UK, receiving the very challenging time for the industry. • industry calendar. Signifcant Achievement accolade. Against this backdrop, we have contin- “I am very happy to receive this sig- ued to evolve through a robust business

Proserv named “subsea nifcant recognition. I have been a proud strategy focused upon building on our company of the year” member of the SPE for almost 34 years market-leading position, track record

Proserv was named company of the year and have had the wonderful privilege and delivery of world-class products and • at the 2015 Subsea UK Awards. During to work with some of the best minds services.” and talents within our industry,” said

Gordon Ballard, VP Industry Affairs and

Chairman at Schlumberger UK, received the Signifcant Achievement Award.

Supported by OE, the annual awards are organized and hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen

Section and recognize exceptional perfor- mance across a range of categories.

The 12 awards celebrate individual achievements, company performance and signifcant innovations in safety and technology.

Great Large Company and Great Small

Company were awarded to Proserv and

Merlin ERD respectively, while Maersk

Oil picked up two awards including the

Outstanding Graduate Program, a new

Moving forward. Despite the current oil price climate, projects like the Gullfaks wet category for 2015.

gas compressor, shown here at OneSubsea Processing Horsøy, before load out earlier

Photo from Statoil/Harald Pettersen. this year, are going ahead.

It was also a successful night for

Gullfaks marks new milestone

Horsøy outside Bergen.

OneSubsea delivered the world’s frst subsea multiphase com- pressor to Statoil for the Gullfaks South feld in the Norwegian By April, the compressor station was due to have been sector of the North Sea. installed 135m deep on the seabed, 15km from Gullfaks C, on

The subsea multiphase compressor (depicted above) enables to which power and control modules will be integrated. The boosting of unprocessed wet gas production fuids, while package, from OneSubsea consists of a 420-tonne protective eliminating the need for an upstream separation facility or an structure, a compressor station with two 5MW compressors anti-surge system, making it the industry’s only true wet gas totaling 650-tonne, and all necessary topside equipment for compressor. It is expected to increase the recovery rate for the power supply and control of the plant.

Gullfaks South Brent reservoir by 22 MMboe. The system will be Following its installation, an umbilical will be installed, as well tied back to the Gullfaks C platform. as the modules within the compressor station. Everything will be hooked up to the Gullfaks C platform this summer, with start-up

Since October last year, the wet gas compressor sta- scheduled for this autumn. tion has been through the fnal system integration tests at •

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