Seajacks in the news

Seajacks is pleased to report that on February 26th 2012, Seajacks Kraken completed 1000 days without a lost time incident. This achievement marks a significant milestone in Seajacks’ goal to create an incident and injury free environment and demonstrates the company’s on-going commitment to promote best working practices in the offshore industry.

Seajacks Kraken, a self-propelled jack-up vessel, was constructed by Lamprell Energy in Dubai and was delivered on time and on budget in 2009. Since it began work, the vessel has successfully completed contracts for ExxonMobil, TAQA Energy BV and recently completed a 15 month contract with DONG Energy for the installation of wind turbines on the Walney Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date. The vessel is currently working on one of the largest well repair and maintenance campaigns in the Southern North Sea with NAM and Shell UK Limited.

Blair Ainslie, Managing Director of Seajacks UK, said, “This is a particularly significant accomplishment given the various challenges the Company has had to deal with, including making major modifications to the vessel for operations in both the offshore wind and oil and gas sectors. This outstanding achievement is the result of Seajacks’ dedicated staff and we will continue to be vigilant in maintaining this exemplary record.”

CONSTRUCTION

 Hull:

• Completed
• Paint system completed up to main deck level, with underside on final touch up.

Spud cans:

• Completed.

 Legs:

• Legs all installed
• All leg jetting pipe completed.

 Main deck:

• Complete along with secondary/ tertiary steel
• Main crane boom block pocket completed
• Mooring equipment installed.

 Accommodation:

• Structure complete
• Blasting and painting now complete
• Helideck now installed and final painting
• Secondary/ tertiary steel is now complete.

 Machinery foundations:

• Completed throughout.

 Cable trays:

• Completed throughout.

 Electric cable:

• Installation and termination of final cables is ongoing.

 Main 800T crane:

• Assembly now complete and commissioning in progress – on schedule.

 Jacking system:

• System is now complete and rig has been jacked several times.

 Electrical work:

• N.E.S and Kongsberg progressing
• Kongsberg consoles installed in E.C.R and on bridge – commissioning in progress
• Panels in bridge electrical room – now complete – commissioning in progress.

 Auxiliary cranes:

• Both cranes installed.

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Great Yarmouth, UK, March 22, 2012 – Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has agreed to acquire Seajacks International from Riverstone Holdings LLC.

The sale is expected to close at the end of April 2012.  

Formed in 2006, Seajacks is a leading supplier of offshore installation and maintenance vessels which are used in the construction and maintenance of wind farms as well as in the North Sea oil and gas sector.

Blair Ainslie, Managing Director of Seajacks UK, said, “Seajacks has become a leading brand in the offshore wind farm sector and with the backing of our new owners Marubeni and INCJ we expect Seajacks’ future to be very bright. To date, Seajacks has installed well over 200 wind turbines successfully at the high profile UK wind farm sites of Greater Gabbard, Walney 1, Walney 2 and Sheringham Shoal, all carried out with an exemplary safety record.

Seajacks is perfectly located to take full advantage of the huge opportunities in the booming offshore wind and changing oil and gas sectors. Exciting times lie ahead for all involved with Seajacks.

This acquisition will allow Seajacks to expand and develop our business, with the main aim of building new vessels that will make the installation of offshore wind turbines even more efficient and flexible, so that wind farms can be completed and commissioned faster.”

Newbuild Seajacks Zaratan is scheduled for delivery from Lamprell shipyard in May 2012. Upon delivery it will commence installation works at the Meerwind wind farm, where Seajacks will be operating as Main Installation Contractor.

This year will see Seajacks cement its commitment to the East of England, by establishing a new 22,000 sq ft headquarters in Great Yarmouth. The £3 million headquarters will be the first Great Yarmouth building to emerge out of the UK’s Enterprise Zone scheme.

CONSTRUCTION

Hull:

• Completed
• Paint system completed up to main deck level, with underside remaining to be coated.

Spud cans:

• Completed.

Legs:

• All 4 x starter leg sections installed on board – welding to spud cans complete
• All leg sections are now complete and delivered to the yard
• Welding of all remaining sections (2/3) now complete
• Legs 1 & 3 – section 2 & 3 now installed and final welding completed
• Leg 4 – Jetting piping completed and sections 2/3 ready for installation – due to install 7 March
• Leg 2 – Jetting piping completed and sections 2/3 ready for installation – due to install 5 March.

Main deck:

• Main crane boom block pocket now completed
• Mooring equipment installed.

Accommodation:

• Structure complete
• Blasting and painting in progress
• Final outfitting works ongoing throughout and the furniture is being installed
• Helideck now installed
• Secondary/ tertiary steel continues being fabricated and installed.

Machinery foundations:

• Completed throughout.

Cable trays:

• Completed throughout.

Electric cable:

• Installation and termination cables are ongoing – with 82 cables remaining to be installed, these consist of 42 control/ automation cables and 40 spare cables.

Machinery installation:

• Installation of all machinery complete.

Pipe work:

• Complete with exception of installation of helideck systems.

Main 800T crane:

• Tub collar installed and fully welded
• All main components onsite
• Slewing platform, a frame, boom and main block installed
• Main electrical power cables now installed and terminated.

Jacking system:

• System is now complete and rig has been jacked several times.

Electrical work:

• N.E.S and Kongsberg progressing
• Kongsberg consoles installed in E.C.R and on bridge
• Panels in bridge electrical room – now complete.

Auxiliary cranes:

• Both cranes installed.

Click here to find out more about our new vessel, the Seajacks Zaratan >

CONSTRUCTION

Hull:

• Completed
• Paint system completed up to main deck level.

Spud cans:

• Completed.

Legs:

• All 4 x starter leg sections installed on board – welding to spud cans completed
• All leg sections are now complete and delivered to the yard
• Welding of all remaining sections (2/3) now complete
• P.A leg No.3 – section 2 & 3 now installed and final welding taking place
• Leg 1 – sections 2 & 3 being painted then ready for installation
• Leg 4 – installing jetting piping, then ready for installation
• Leg 2 – pressure testing jetting piping, then ready for installation.

Main deck:

Complete with exception of:-

• Secondary/ tertiary steel now being fabricated and installed
• Main crane boom block pocket now installed and being painted
• Mooring equipment is still being installed.

Accommodation:

• Structure complete
• Blasting and painting in progress
• Insulation, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and outfitting works ongoing throughout and furniture being installed
• Helideck pancake – block 44 – installed onboard, technician has been in attendance to assemble aluminium heli deck – now ready for painting and then final installation
• Secondary/ tertiary steel continues being fabricated and installed.

Machinery foundations:

• Completed throughout.

Cable trays:

• Completed throughout.

Electric cable:

• Installation and termination of remaining cables ongoing throughout machinery spaces, public spaces and accommodation
• Most work is now on control / automation cable
• Installation should be totally complete within 4 weeks.

Machinery installation:

Installation of all machinery complete with exception of:-

• Main crane, 2 x auxiliary cranes, 2 x lifeboats, Fast Rescue Boat, emergency anchor winch, clump weight winches
• Aft thrusters units are now being fitted.

Pipe work:

Complete with exception of:-

• Installation of leg jetting system, water mist and Helideck systems.

Main 800T crane:

• Tub collar installed and fully welded
• All main components onsite except for main hoist wire
• Currently installing bogies on slewing platform
• Main electrical power cables now installed and being terminated.

Jacking system:

• System is now complete and rig has been jacked several times.

Electrical work:

• N.E.S and Kongsberg progressing
• Kongsberg consoles installed in E.C.R and on bridge
• Installing panels in the bridge electrical room.

Auxiliary cranes:

• Both cranes on site
• 2 x crane pedestals completed and both installed
• Mounting flanges are being installed
• Cranes to be fitted within next two (2) weeks.

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CONSTRUCTION

Hull:

• Completed
• Paint system completed up to main deck level.

• Completed.

Legs:

• All 4 x starter leg sections installed on board – welding to spud cans completed
• All leg sections are now complete and delivered to the yard
• Welding of leg 4, (sections 2/3), and leg 2 (sections 2/3) now complete
• Welding of leg 3 (section 2/3) now in progress

Main deck:

Complete with exception of:-

• Secondary/ tertiary steel now being fabricated and installed
• Main crane boom block pocket now being installed
• Mooring equipment now being installed.

Accommodation:

• Structure complete
• Insulation, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and outfitting works ongoing throughout, with 1st level now complete and furniture being installed
• Helideck pancake – block 44 – installed onboard, awaiting technician to start installation of aluminium Helideck
• Secondary/ tertiary steel continues being fabricated and installed.

Machinery foundations:

• Completed throughout.

Cable trays:

• Completed throughout

Electric cable:

• Installation and termination of all cables ongoing throughout machinery spaces, public spaces and accommodation
• Most work is now on control / automation cable.

Machinery installation:

Installation of all machinery complete with exception of:-

• Main crane, 2 x auxiliary cranes, 2 x lifeboats, Fast Rescue Boat, emergency anchor winch and clump weight winches.

Pipe work:

• Complete with exception of installation of leg jetting system.

Main 800T crane:

• Tub collar installed and fully welded
• All main components onsite except for main hoist wire
• Currently installing bogies on slewing platform
• Running in main electrical power cables.

Jacking system:

• System is now mechanically and hydraulically complete
• Continue installing control / instrumentation
• All 4 x legs have been “stroked”
• Ready for 1st jacking operation on 27th January.

Electrical work:

• N.E.S and Kongsberg on schedule
• Kongsberg consoles installed in E.C.R and on bridge (suppliers service engineers on site)
• Installing panels in bridge electrical room.

Auxiliary cranes:

• Both cranes on site
• 2 x crane pedestals completed and both installed
• Cranes to be fitted after load out.

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• Vessel to undertake well intervention and maintenance campaign.

Great Yarmouth, UK, January 19, 2012  – Seajacks Kraken, a self-propelled jack-up vessel owned and operated by Seajacks, has been contracted by NAM (Nederlandse Aardoliemaatschappij BV) and Shell UK Limited to work on one of the largest well repair and maintenance campaigns in the Southern North Sea. The program is scheduled to last for two years.

Seajacks Kraken was mobilized for the project at the Port of Ijmuiden (Netherlands) in early December where the vessel was commissioned with a complete well servicing package. The vessel then sailed to its first location in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea, Platform L13-FE, on December 21 2011.

The scope of well repair and maintenance work will see the vessel visit nearly 50 platforms and perform tasks such as coiled tubing interventions, installation of velocity strings, as well as well testing and well head maintenance. This campaign is expected to extend the life of some wells by up to 10 years.

Ante Frens, responsible for NAM and Shell’s offshore activities in Southern North Sea said: “This cooperation is a key example of our activities to extend the fieldlife of our offshore facilities. We are continuously applying new innovative technologies to produce more gas out of existing fields and we are looking for opportunities to exploit new small gas fields. Through the new contract with Seajacks Kraken we are looking to further reduce costs and work more efficiently.”

Blair Ainslie, Managing Director at Seajacks said:

“We are clearly delighted that NAM and Shell have chosen to execute this well recovery and maintenance campaign in the Southern North Sea with the Seajacks Kraken. It is the realisation of over 10 years work to bring the Kraken, a self-propelled multi-purpose jack-up, to the North Sea Oil and Gas sector. Self-propulsion and self-positioning brings an abundance of interface efficiency savings for the oil and gas sector. Kraken’s DP2 four thruster set-up eliminates the use of tugboats and anchor handling, this not only provides cost savings but as the vessel is more efficient it reduces HSE risks and exposures. Kraken is also able to position, preload and jack in a larger weather window than traditional vessels, up to 2.0m significant wave height. In addition, the large accommodation block means she is able to move with all persons on board, which eliminates the need for shuttling of around 50 staff by helicopter, for each move. Her 300T crane and 50T auxiliary crane is also essential for the velocity string campaign as lifts can go upto 40T.”

Great Yarmouth, UK December 16, 2011 – Seajacks Leviathan has been contracted by Scira Offshore Energy Ltd, jointly owned by energy companies Statoil ASA and Statkraft AS, to install wind turbines from February through to July 2012 at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The vessel is currently completing a 140 turbine 500MW installation project at Greater Gabbard, UK, and prior to that it completed a 102 turbine 367MW installation at Walney Offshore Wind Farm.

Blair Ainslie, Managing Director of Seajacks, said, “We are very pleased that Scira has chosen the Seajacks Leviathan to accelerate turbine installation on its project at Sheringham Shoal. To date, the Leviathan has enjoyed a wonderful record for reliability and productivity. The turbines the vessel will install at Sheringham are Siemens 3.6MW, and Seajacks has successfully installed approximately 200 of these specific turbines to date. As with every project, Seajacks will be focused on maximising productivity in periods of good weather and maintaining our industry leading health and safety record. As our headquarters are in Great Yarmouth, we have been following the progress of this local project very closely, and we are now delighted that we have the opportunity to ensure that Sheringham Shoal is a successful project.”

To date, the Sheringham Shoal wind farm has installed 20 of 88 Siemens 3.6MW turbines, and the project has been generating power since the start of August.

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is owned equally by Statoil and Statkraft through joint venture company Scira Offshore Energy Limited. Statoil is the project manager during construction, while Scira is responsible for the long-term operations and maintenance.

Seajacks Zaratan's Helideck & Mast fitted

CONSTRUCTION

Hull:

• Completed up to main deck level
• All four leg towers have now been installed on board and final welding is complete on all towers.

Spud cans:

• Completed.

Legs:

• 4 x starter sections – all completed and delivered to LEL – PA & SA now installed on board
• 4 x lower sections – 2 x sections completed and delivered to LEL. Remaining 2 x sections are completed with the last section in painting. Both sections will be delivered to LEL by end December
• 4 x upper section – 2 x sections completed and delivered. Remaining 2 sections are completed and in painting. Both sections will be delivered, to LEL by end December
• Welding of leg 4 sections 2/3, now complete.

Main deck:

• EDG room – block 36 – installed
• Main Deck is now totally closed
• Starboard Dummy Funnel – block 35 – installed
• Port Dummy Funnel – block 34 – installed
• Mezzanine levels at aft quarters – installed
• Secondary/ tertiary steel now being fabricated and installed
• Anchor rack completed and installed
• Forward thrusters tubes installed
• Lifeboat and FRC foundations now installed.

Accommodation:

• The structures completes include; main deck office block, 4 x levels of accommodation, bridge, electrical room, helilounge and battery room
• The insulation, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and outfitting works ongoing throughout
• Helideck pancake – block 44 – now installed onboard
• Main mast – now installed on board
• Secondary/ tertiary steel now being fabricated and installed.

Machinery foundations:

• Completed throughout.

Cable trays:

• Completed throughout.

Electric cable:

• The installation and termination of all cables ongoing throughout machinery spaces, public spaces and accommodation.

Machinery installation:

The following have been installed:-

• Aft thruster’s room: All machinery installed
• Main engine room: All machinery installed
• Switchboard room: All machinery installed
• Port auxiliary room: All machinery installed
• Hotel auxiliary room: All machinery installed
• Starboard auxiliary room: All machinery installed
• HPU room: HPUs and all other machinery installed
• Aircon room: All machinery installed
• Forward thrusters’ rooms: All machinery installed.

Pipe work:

• Ongoing throughout.

Main 800T crane:

• Still ahead of schedule with tub collar delivered to LEL
• Remaining main components now in transit to LEL.

Jacking system:

• All 4 x sets of jacking equipment are being assembled on board within the jacking towers
• Machining of all guides in SA & PA legs now complete
• Machining of upper guides in PF & SF legs now complete
• Machining of upper guide in PF leg in progress
• All machining should be complete by 19th December.

Electrical work:

• N.E.S and Kongsberg on schedule.

Auxiliary cranes:

• Both cranes loaded out 29 November 2011 and in transit – due 20 December 2011
• 2 x crane pedestals completed and both installed.

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The Sea of Opportunity: The most important conference for the offshore energy industry in the East of England.

Seajacks will be main sponsor of the Southern North Sea Conference 2012. The event will be held at the University of East Anglia’s John Innes Centre in Norwich (UK) on March 1^st. The conference will focus on the main assets of the Southern North Sea; offshore wind and gas – with a running theme of supply chain, procurement and skills.

The Southern North Sea Conference 2012 will be the biggest and best conference that EEEGR has ever delivered. The event will play host to high profile speakers of international renown. There will also be an exhibition zone which will represent companies across the supply chain.

Speakers

Conference Chair: John Westwood – Group Chairman, Douglas Westwood

Keynote Speakers:

• Blair Ainslie, Managing Director, Seajacks
• Dr Therese Coffey MP, Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal
• David Edwards, CEO, ECITB
• Lord Browne of Madingley, Partner and Managing Director, Riverstone LLC – Wealth in the water: unlocking value in the Southern North Sea

Gas:

• Malcolm Webb, CEO, Oil and Gas UK
• Keith Tucker, Decommissioning Manager, Perenco
• Paul Jeffs, Head of Production Operations, RWE
• Oliver Kleyn, ONEgas West Projects Manager, Shell Projects – An Overview of Shell’s Project Portfolio in the SNS

Offshore Wind:

• Peter Giller, Director, WindMW – An Overview of the German Offshore Wind Market
• Rainer Mohr, Offshore Sales, Repower
• Speaker TBC

Meet the Buyer Session:

For the first time the SNS conference will play host to two informative ‘Meet the Buyer’ sessions which will run alongside the conference presentations. We will have four tier one and tier two companies in both the gas and offshore wind sectors giving short presentations about contracting opportunities available immediately and in the near future. These sessions are designed specifically to advise you of key business opportunities and how to get on procurement lists.

Offshore Wind:

• Stephn Rose, Opperation Manager, SSE
• Jason Martin, Director of East Anglia Offshore Wind Joint Venture, EAOW JV
• Stephen Bolton, Director; Operations and Maintenance, Offshore Marine Management (OMM)

Gas:                  

• Iain Elliot, Jacobs Engineering
• Emma Bishop, SNS Services Manager, Petrofac Facilities Management Ltd
• TBC 

Exhibition Zone

The exhibition will run simultaneously with the conference giving exhibitors the opportunity to gain extra profile at EEEGR’s flagship event. The exhibition zone will feature companies from across the supply chain all on hand to meet, greet and form new relationships.

There are 30 exhibition spaces available with a choice large (3m) or small (1m) spaces.

Visit EEEGr website to book