Scottish back-deck equipment specialist Maritime Developments will be using Offshore Europe as a platform to highlight a key innovation on a groundbreaking North Sea development.
Maritime provides specialist back-deck equipment to the oil and gas industry and recently completed its first complete flex-lay spread, including its portable vertical lay system (PVLS).
The new portable spread is due to begin work on one of the largest North Sea developments in recent years.
It is to be used by a major international subsea contractor to install flexibles and risers.
Built at the company’s Peterhead facility, the PVLS stands at more than 23 metres in height and is the first fully road-transportable vertical lay system which can travel to meet product reels at any destination in the world at very low cost.
The vertical tower is a self-sufficient system with all ancillary equipment built within its footprint and installed before lifting on board a vessel – reducing the deck space taken up by the system and the time the vessel spends idle in port.
The PVLS and the third-generation RDS will be the main talking points of Maritime Developments’ presence at this year’s Offshore Europe conference and exhibition in Aberdeen.
The company’s stand (4D85) will also feature a 30-tonne winch – one of 40 delivered to a major offshore contractor for operations offshore Brazil.
Chief executive Derek Smith, said: “Our portable vertical lay system, suitable for use on any vessel of opportunity, combines efficient handling, small footprint and integrated systems to secure a significant cut in vessel days, personnel and mission time.”
Maritime Developments has its offices in Aberdeen and a manufacturing facility in Peterhead.