Mechanical engineering company, EnerMech, has completed a £500,000 hydraulics workscope on Transocean North Sea’s jack-up rig, GSF Galaxy 1.
The rig was docked at Global Energy’s Nigg facility in the Cromarty Firth, where EnerMech engineers performed an overhaul of the leg chock system and rig skidding system. Key components of both systems were removed to EnerMech’s Aberdeen headquarters for repair and refurbishment.
Alan McLean, EnerMech’s director for hydraulics, said: “Following an extensive survey and report the client was confident of our ability and willingness to take ownership of the project and to deliver within time and on budget.”
EnerMech’s hydraulics division has grown significantly in recent months due to and upturn in activity and now has a 50-strong team of field technicians.
Mechanical engineering specialist, EnerMech, is to open its first office in India as a first step in developing a presence in the country’s fast expanding oil and gas sector.
The Mumbai office, headed up by newly appointed Country Manager Steve Watson, will be followed with the opening of a workshop and storage facility in Kakindada, Andrah Pradesh region, by the end of 2012.
EnerMech believes its Process, Pipeline and Umbilicals, Cranes and Lifting, Engineering and Valves Divisions can add value to exploration and contractor companies operating in the region.
The move in to India, which represents an multimillion dollar investment, ties in to an ambition expansion plan for the Asia Pacific region which will see new offices or bases being opened in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Busan, and Brisbane and Karratha in Western Australia.
EnerMech, which is a major provider of engineering. maintenance and training services to the energy sector, is already well represented in Singapore, Australia and China.
The company believes Indian based clients will benefit from its wide ranging experience of working on major Asia Pacific and Western oil and gas projects, and cost savings through the deployment of local labour and a large equipment fleet based in-country.
To drive the expansion plans, EnerMech have appointed Steve Watson as Country Manager and a recruitment campaign is underway for engineering and design staff.
Mr Watson worked for Halliburton for more than 36 years, holding operational and management positions in India and Bangladesh over a 17 year period, including Country Manager in India for the past 12 years and worked in similar roles in the Middle East, Russia and the Caspian region. Latterly Mr Watson has managed a number of pipeline and process projects in India for ONGC, Cairn Energy, Aker and Helix Energy Solutions.
EnerMech managing director, Doug Duguid, said: “India’s oil and gas industry is of major importance to us as we continue to internationalise the business. We are making a significant capital investment in infrastructure, equipment and in placing expert personnel in-country, which fits our long term strategy of extending our footprint in India.
“We hope the major producers and contractors will find our innovative and flexible approach an attractive proposition and we are looking to develop strong partnerships which mirror our success in other major oil and gas hubs.”
Steve Watson added: “Almost half of my career has been spent on the Indian subcontinent and I am looking forward to using that experience to roll out EnerMech’s business lines to the energy sector. The company’s willingness to invest in the region and reputation of training a local workforce to demanding international standards was a major attraction in taking this position.”
EnerMech also announced in May that they would invest £40 million ($65 million) in new equipment and in acquisitions to expand operations in the USA and planned to open a new base in the Gulf of Mexico in addition to its existing Houston operation.
From Banff and Buchan College's press release:
Mechanical Engineering students at Banff and Buchan College visited EnerMech in Aberdeen as part of their course.
During the visit the students toured production, repair & maintenance, testing workshops, which are some of the areas where the students aspire to gain employment.
EnerMech employs 1100 people and provides a range of mechanical engineering services to the international oil and gas sector.
Steven Wilson, CL for Mechanical Engineering says: “We are grateful to EnerMech for their support. These visits are an essential part of our full-time engineering students’ curriculum. Some students in attendance were from the Get Ready for Work programme. Their course is supported through Skills Development Scotland. It consists a broad range of engineering disciplines including manufacture, maintenance, electronic, electrical, fabrication and welding. It gives students a taster in Engineering which helps inspire an informed carer choice within the Engineering Sector.”
The tour offers students a real-world experience greatly enriching their knowledge and gives focus to their further learning, practical skills and theoretical knowledge in Maths, Science and Technology.
EnerMech has been appointed as an Accredited Service Centre for Reflex Marine equipment in Singapore.
Reflex Marine’s FROG and TORO personnel carriers are industry leaders in the safe transfer of personnel to and from offshore installations.
EnerMech also holds ASC status for Reflex Marine in Abu Dhabi and Norway.
A Reflex Marine spokesman said: “There are already a large number of FROG units in the region and numbers are expected to increase considerably in the coming year.
“These all need regular inspections and servicing and EnerMech will be able to offer clients both onshore and offshore options for this. They will hold parts stock and also units for sale and rental so clients in the region will now experience minimum downtime for their personnel transfer operations.”
EnerMech will also be able to conduct Training Courses for FROG users and operators to allow clients to better understand the operational processes of the units.
BW Offshore has awarded EnerMech a hydraulics design and installation contract on the Papa Terra FPSO (P-63) conversion project in Dalian, China.
BW Offshore is delivering the marine scope of the FPSO conversion which will be operated as a joint venture between Petrobas and Chevron, offshore Brazil. The P-63 will have 16 topsides and is designed to process up to 140,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, will design, fabricate and install all instrument tubing, piping and supports connecting the hydraulics power units for the vessel’s winch and mooring systems, riser pull-in and bow discharge systems, followed by hydrotesting and hot oil flushing services.
EnerMech has provided cranes and lifting services to BW Offshore - the world’s second largest FPSO owner and operator - but this award, valued at $835,000 (£525,000), is the first hydraulics scope to be awarded.
EnerMech’s regional director for Asia Pacific region, John Guy, said: “We have previous experience of working in Dalian and this was a supporting factor in securing the work.
“We also have the advantage of strong local support from our Chinese partners, QPOC, in terms of sourcing personnel and equipment locally and this shortened delivery time considerably.”
Mechanical engineering group EnerMech has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to manage the UK North Sea offshore crane assets of Talisman Energy (UK) Limited. The five-year contract, with two additional one year options, is the Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering group’s largest single contract award and includes the operation, maintenance, engineering and inspection of more than 30 offshore cranes located across Talisman’s 11 UKCS offshore installations. EnerMech will manage offshore crane operators and mechanics, while an onshore management team will provide project management and technical support. Engineering teams in Aberdeen and Bristol will deliver structural, hydraulic, mechanical and instrumentation services to the contract.
Around 50 new posts will be created at EnerMech and a number of people will transfer from the current contract holder, pushing EnerMech’s total workforce to just under 1200.
EnerMech managing director, Doug Duguid, said he believed the award was the largest contract of its type in the North Sea and that it underlined the company’s credentials and capacity to undertake large scale workscopes.
Continual investment in the company’s Aberdeen headquarters (Howes Road) and the opening of a new base in Bristol in December had enabled EnerMech to recruit the top quality engineering skills required to service large scale contracts of this nature.
Mr Duguid said: “It is the largest value contract we have been awarded to date and it demonstrates our young business has matured into an organisation which is trusted to deliver wide-ranging engineering and maintenance packages.”
“We have invested £7 million in acquiring and transforming Howes Road into a single site engineering, maintenance and storage hub, capable of fulfilling the largest contracts. Just as important has been our policy of recruiting the best engineering talent the industry has to offer and establishing a base in Bristol, which has a strong engineering heritage, has strengthened our skills pool and is now paying dividends.
“That investment and vision is now bearing fruit and the Talisman award gives us a platform to demonstrate that we have the infrastructure and resources to undertake complex and high value contracts.”
EnerMech also supplies hydraulic and hose integrity management to Talisman in the UK.
Mechanical engineering firm EnerMech is staging a series of fund raising fun events to raise money for local Aberdeen causes.
The Howes Road based company hopes to raise up to £5000 with staff contributing to a bake and buy, raffle, fancy dress fun run, duck race and a boys v men football match.
All monies raised by staff, which will be matched by EnerMech, will be distributed by Northsound’s Cash for Kids to Heathryburn Primary School, Mastrick Playscheme, Byron Boy’s Club and Middlefield Community Project.
EnerMech, which employs 1100 staff and provides a range of services to the energy sector, hopes its Local Communities Week between 4 and 8 June will become an annual event.
Stuart Smith, EnerMech’s UK manager, said: “In the four years since the company was established we have become a major Aberdeen employer and the time is now right to play an increased role in our local community. Raising funds for organisations working close to our headquarters is one way in which we can do this but we are also exploring other initiatives which are deserving of support.”
EnerMech supports city charity Aberdeen Foyer which operates the company canteen and in the past has provide staff and materials to build a pond for Heathryburn Primary school’s sensory garden and a Viking boat for the school’s Christmas play.
Mechanical engineering company, EnerMech, has been awarded a valves management project by McDermott Arabia Company Limited (MACL) in support of its work on behalf of Khafji Joint Operations (KJO).
EnerMech will supply all valve requirements for MACL as it undertakes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of the Khafji Ratawi water injection facility offshore Saudi Arabia.
The 18-month contract includes the provision of management, supervision and manpower, equipment, tools and consumables for the handling, inspection, testing and repair of valves.
EnerMech recently invested $500,000 (£320,000) in containerised valves equipment, speciality pumps and valve test chambers to provide one of the most modern valves servicing units in the Middle East and will utilise this new Jebel Ali facility to service the contract.
Charlie Topp, EnerMech’s regional director for the Middle East, said: “MACL is a new client for EnerMech but our Middle East management team have a long association with McDermott from previous roles and we look forward renewing that strong relationship.
“Our flexibility and being able to provide facilities and key personnel in-country was key to winning the contract. We have adapted and upgraded our existing Jebil Ali base to suit the specific requirements of this project and that typifies our adaptable approach to tailoring a solution for individual clients.”
Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, has ring-fenced more than £40 million ($65 million) to launch a major expansion in to the USA, as it seeks to replicate its massive growth in Europe and the eastern hemisphere.
Up to £9.5 million ($15 million) will be invested in new Process, Pipeline and Umbilical (PPU) equipment with another £31.5 million ($50 million) set aside for strategic acquisitions allied to its other service lines and to build upon the existing USA business.
The ambitious UK company has also headhunted two senior US oil and gas figures who will lead the Stateside expansion. Vince Kouns and Alan Sweeney, who were respectively Founder/President and Vice President of Valkyrie Commissioning Services until it was acquired by Weatherford in 2005, will be responsible for establishing the overall EnerMech brand and service lines in the Americas region, reporting directly to EnerMech main board director Les Graves.
EnerMech managing director, Doug Duguid, forecast a two pronged strategy of organic growth of the existing PPU business plus acquisition led growth in cranes, equipment rental, hydraulics and valves, which will generate profitable revenues in excess of £30 million within three years.
Mr Duguid said: “Post Macondo we see a strengthening market with clients who want a reliable cost-effective service and this offers us huge opportunities. Starting this growth in Houston will also access West African opportunities, and subsequently Mexico, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil.”
The company is on a major recruitment drive and will add to its existing Houston premises and plan to open a Gulf Coast operating base.
Mr Duguid said: “After our expansion into the Middle East, Far East and Australia, our attention has turned to the USA and we believe we can replicate our international success in the Americas by backing strong, local management.
“We have waited until we could secure the best possible management team and we have found that in Vince and Alan, who both have regional and international experience in growing service organisations. Their track record of growth at Valkyrie, as well as extensive experience in the Americas, will be a game changer for EnerMech in the western hemisphere.”
Since having been founded in Aberdeen in 2008, EnerMech has invested more than £60 million ($95 million) in facilities, equipment and five acquisitions and has forecast 2012 sales will top £140 million ($222 million) with profits expected to double to £20 million ($31.7 million).
Last month the company announced further expansion in the eastern hemisphere which will see the opening of seven new offices in India, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, South Korean and Australia, and in 2013 plans to extend its presence in Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and New Zealand.
The company employs more than 1000 staff and provides a range of mechanical and engineering services to the energy sector covering cranes and lifting, valves, hydraulic equipment, equipment rental, PPU and training and manpower.
EnerMech has been awarded a pre-commissioning contract in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon by Technip.
The workscope is for precommissioning services on the Congo Gabon Flexible Replacement Project (FRP), is estimated to be worth over £1 million and is expected to last 12 months or more.
The Co-Ga FRP follows a review by Total which identified the need to replace flexible lines and piping in Gabon’s Anguille, Baudroie-Baliste, Torpille, Mandaros Barbier and Gonelle fields and in the Sendji, Yanga and Tchibouela fields in Congo.
EnerMech will perform gauge pigging on flexible flowlines post installation and topside hydrotesting services plus the dewatering of wet gas and gas lift flexible flowlines.
David Drysdale, general manager of EnerMech’s Process Pipeline and Umbilical Division, said the company’s ability to identify savings in vessel time, overall equipment spread and increase deck layout flexibility, had contributed to being awarded the contract.
Mr Drysdale said: “It will be the first time we have worked in Congo and Gabon but we have a strong track record working with Technip on other West African projects such as GirRi in Angola.
“Our project management capabilities and innovative solutions to help reduce client risk and cost was an important factor in winning this work, while our knowledge of the West African oil and gas sector, experience of our personnel and speciality equipment were also important factors for the client.”
