Last year, the Energy Industries Council (EIC) celebrated its 80th anniversary. We were proud to be invited to contribute a one-to-one interview to its December magazine, featuring our Vice President, Services, Angus Rodger, discussing its important role as a leading trade body and reflecting on the rapidly changing energy industry landscape.
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Our relocation to dedicated, state-of-the-art facilities in Dammam, Saudi Arabia and Chennai, India to help extend and augment our capabilities and offering has been featured prominently in recent well-known energy industry titles, including Issue 26 of Platform Magazine, published by Platform Media, and the Energy Industries Council’s monthly news title Inside Energy. Click on the below images to read the articles:
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CEO Davis Larssen and our technology partner Intelligent Plant’s Founder Steve Aitken featured on OGV Energy’s OGV Live earlier this year. In a wide-ranging panel session, Davis and Steve joined with David Newton of Repsol Sinopec to discuss how recognition of the power and reach of digital technology is firmly growing throughout the energy industry. The ability of live data to unlock intelligence insights on the performance of critical infrastructure also comes under the spotlight, as does Intelligent Plant’s excellent Inform Prize.
An exclusive video interview that our Vice President, Services, Angus Rodger gave to Dubai based energy news platform Energy Connects at the ADIPEC Exhibition and Conference 2023 has been released. In it, Angus talks about Proserv’s passion for innovation and how that is spurring the evolution of new technologies across the energy sector. Angus also explains how our asset intelligence platform can provide highly effective visibility of operations, enabling the optimisation of decision-making, maintenance planning and ultimately performance. Looking to 2024, Angus adds that Proserv is targeting further growth, referencing subsea activities in Norwegian waters and continued success in the Middle East.
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UK headquartered company spotlighted at major industry event for its global service capabilities.
Global controls technology leader Proserv has been selected as one of only three finalists for Services Company of the Year 2023 by the Energy Council as part of its upcoming annual industry awards. The Energy Council is a leading industry membership body, with more than 100,000 members, as well as an investment networking provider.
The event will once again be held on the sidelines of the World Energy Capital Assembly (WECA) in London, which is in its 14th year. WECA involves 375 participating companies, including NOCs and supermajors, representing 40 nations.
The awards evening will take place later this month. The event will see eight awards handed out across a range of categories in addition to a Lifetime Achievement Award and recognition for Executive of the Year. The Services Company of the Year category is sponsored by management consultancy Alvarez & Marsal (A&M).
Speaking about the occasion, the Energy Council stated:
“Our Annual Awards of Excellence ceremony represents a global benchmark of excellence…recognising and honouring the individuals and companies who have been at the forefront of first-class deals, value creation, innovation, or exceptional financial and operating performance.”
Proserv’s Senior Vice President, Iain Smith said of the award shortlisting:
“We are delighted to be a finalist at this prestigious industry event and we congratulate the other shortlisted companies. This is well-deserved recognition for our global capabilities, support and broad portfolio of expertise. We look forward to the evening and we thank the Energy Council for hosting it and A&M for sponsoring this particular service award.”
HIPPS collaboration with Trendsetter supports expansion of deepwater Gulf of Mexico Shenzi field which came online in September via a two-well subsea tieback.
Global controls technology company Proserv and Trendsetter Engineering, a provider of specialised subsea solutions for the oil and gas sector, have engaged their respective expertise to successfully deliver their unique high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) to accelerate initial production at Woodside Energy’s Shenzi extension multiple months ahead of targeted first oil in Q1 2024.
Proserv and Trendsetter first penned a Memorandum of Understanding in late 2021 which has seen the former combine its cutting-edge energy production control systems, and related services, alongside Trendsetter’s state-of-the-art pressure protection systems, connection systems and manifolds, to engineer their BSEE approved offering.
Their technology brings together Trendsetter’s HIPPS module and Proserv’s field proven HIPPS subsea controls into a SIL 3 rated solution, enabling an operator to tie a new high pressure well, safely and flexibly, into existing lower pressure infrastructure, effectively addressing varying pressure regimes by supplying a high reliability, localised safety system that will shut in automatically in the event of a pressure spike.
The HIPPS innovation has been designed to adapt to greenfield, brownfield and infrastructure-led exploration, entirely able to co-exist with already installed networks. By delivering the required protection safeguards to prevent the need for time-intensive, and cost prohibitive, new high pressure rated infrastructure to be installed to tie in a new well, the HIPPS technology can be integrated as a “plug and play” concept.
Woodside’s Shenzi North expansion project saw a final investment decision taken in July 2021, with first oil achieved from this deepwater asset only 26 months later. Start-up has been achieved five months ahead of the original target of Q1 2024.
The oil and gas field lies around 195 km off the coast of Louisiana in the Green Canyon protraction area with Woodside owning a 72% interest, and Repsol owning a 28% stake.
The Shenzi North extension consists of two single well tiebacks, each with a dedicated HIPPS module, connecting to the existing Shenzi infrastructure. Woodside has been able to use the current flowlines, risers and topside facilities, significantly enhancing the cost-effectiveness of the tieback to the Shenzi tension leg platform.
Proserv’s sister company Gilmore, the Houston based flow control solutions specialists, supplied high reliability quick exhaust valves to its HIPPS technology innovation alongside Trendsetter.
More widely, Proserv’s relationship with the Shenzi field first commenced several years ago as part of the on-going subsea upgrade work with its augmented controls technology, widely known as ACT, being engaged through numerous key phases to help drive production efficiencies.
Ron Downing, President, Trendsetter Engineering, commented:
“We are thrilled to see the successful deployment of Trendsetter’s advanced manifold, HIPPS and connector technology as part of the Shenzi North project. Trendsetter developed the critical HIPPS manifolds and supported the project through to start-up. Woodside is an outstanding operator, and we look forward to continuing our excellent working relationship with them on future projects.”
Davis Larssen, Proserv’s CEO, added:
“This is a landmark moment in our tie-up with Trendsetter as we seek to deliver best-in-class quality and advantage for customers. It has been hugely satisfying to work with Woodside and to play our part in its successful, and swift, journey to first production. Our HIPPS technology offers a highly reliable means of maximising and unlocking assets in deep waters, while taking advantage of the many gains and efficiencies from using existing infrastructure.”
Proserv and Trendsetter’s tie-up is based around combining their market-leading capabilities yet remaining entirely independent specialist providers in the market. Their HIPPS offering has already been taken up by further leading operators in the Gulf of Mexico as they seek to optimise deepwater projects and extend production capacity.
At the recent RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables Floating Offshore Wind event in Aberdeen, our Business Development Manager – Renewables, Callum Maxwell, spoke with Moray Melhuish, moderator of OGV Energy’s “Let’s Talk Transition” podcast, about our attendance at the show, the impact and potential of our ECG™ holistic subsea cable monitoring system and its suitability for existing and new-build wind farms.
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Last month, Intelligent Plant hosted the annual Inform Prize in Aberdeen, an initiative focused on spurring innovation, building collaboration and generating ideas. It was a fantastic event, engaging computer science students from both the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University, and Proserv was proud to be a platinum sponsor. Our Business Development Manager, Digital Innovation, Andrew Rodger, was one of the judges on the day as several teams of students worked to create “digital solutions to real life problems”. To see a video highlights package, with a few words from Andrew himself, and to see our VP, Commercial Ewen MacLean hand over the coveted prize for the ‘Grow’ category, please click on the button below.
Two new leaders enter team to propel subsea control system service activities in Norway and to build stronger partnerships in the Middle East.
Global controls technology company Proserv has appointed two new General Managers (GM) for its businesses in Stavanger, Norway and Doha, Qatar. Rune Christian Godejord and Trevor Ogilvie count more than 30 years’ experience in the energy industry between them, including in subsea oil and gas and topside controls across multiple regions.
Rune Christian Godejord has taken up the role of GM in Stavanger, joining Proserv from oilfield services company Baker Hughes where he was Country Manager for Norway, with responsibility for its subsea ventures and topside activities. Godejord has worked for more than 20 years in the oil and gas segment, with the majority of that time spent at TechnipFMC. In previous posts, he has overseen a sales function extending across the Eastern Hemisphere and built up a controls system business while based in Singapore.
Godejord has experience in expanding subsea operations and this is a crucial target area for Proserv which has a key subsea technology and R&D Centre of Excellence based in Trondheim in central Norway. There are close synergies between these sites and Godejord will leverage them to accelerate further activities in Norwegian waters for Proserv’s renowned solutions, including its augmented controls technology (ACT).
Stavanger represents a major service and production hub for Proserv with multi-faceted onshore, offshore and subsea capabilities, including manufacturing, maintenance, installation, testing, rental and trading. With activities increasing, Godejord expects to oversee an uptick in head count over the next 12 months to facilitate the anticipated growth in subsea controls services.
Speaking after his appointment, Godejord commented:
“I am really excited to have joined Proserv’s team and to have the opportunity to grow such a strategically important global site for the business.
“There is so much potential within the Norwegian market where our subsea controls services can offer real change and impact to improve production reliability, maximise assets and increase margins. I look forward to engaging my own experience and know-how to help push forwards this ambition.”
Meanwhile, Trevor Ogilvie has taken on the responsibility of GM in Doha, having joined Proserv more than two years ago as its Technical Sales Manager for Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Ogilvie has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry in the Arabian Gulf and has also spent time in the UK during more than five years with integrated solutions provider Alderley. Before moving to Proserv, Ogilvie was the Middle East Operations Manager for a leading storage tank specialist.
Proserv’s facility in Doha delivers a broad range of service support including manufacturing, onshore and offshore maintenance and trading, with some of the world’s biggest OEMs and national energy companies among the regular clientele. Ogilvie will leverage his experience working with the major national players in the region to further build his team’s portfolio of customers. Ogilvie stated:
“I am delighted to take on this important role to extend our presence in Qatar. We have a wide range of skills in Doha, as well as a strong array of capabilities we can harness globally, and my focus will be to position our team as a trusted go-to service partner for national operators. We are already successfully demonstrating what we can offer, and building relationships, but there is much more we can do to support their operations.
“We have a template for success from our excellent team in Abu Dhabi and we have the same opportunity here to replicate that.”
Angus Rodger, Proserv’s Vice President, Services observed:
“In Rune and Trevor, we have recruited two highly talented individuals who know their regions really well and will utilise that knowledge to accelerate growth in their respective sites. Proserv is a global business, with a wide portfolio of expertise, and we will leverage this connectivity to support Rune and Trevor in their efforts.”
Davis Larssen, CEO, Proserv, added:
“We welcome and congratulate Rune and Trevor on their new roles. In both Stavanger and Doha, we have the infrastructure in place, and the opportunity in sight, to significantly expand our activities and business. We can make a real difference right across the subsea market in Norway with our unique technologies, while in the Middle East we have spent time building valued relationships with national energy companies and there is scope for us to broaden that much further.”
Earlier this summer, we sponsored a key industry event, the Subsea Cable Insurance Workshop, organised and hosted by Global Underwater Hub (GUH), looking at one of offshore wind’s biggest challenges – subsea cable and termination faults and failures. We call this issue the industry’s “elephant in the room”. Here is a summary of a day, spotlighted in GUH’s latest news magazine, when the industry came together to debate a way forward, and to share insights, including the thoughts of our CEO Davis Larssen.
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