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    July/Aug 2013 | Issue 12

    4-7

    8 -13

    14 - 28

    Products & Reviews

    Training & Certication

    SPE Oshore Europe Preview

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    P:4-7 Products & Reviews

    P:8-13 Training & Certifcation

    P:14-28 SPE Oshore Europe Preview

    P:29 & 30 Buyers Guide

    ContactsPublisher

    Michael Dominguez

    Editorial

    editors/contributing: Jon Barret, ChristerIdhammar

    Advertising

    Steve AslettPaul Miles

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    MSL Media LTD, Cobalt House, Centre Court,

    Sir Thomas Longley Road, Rochester, Kent,ME2 4BQ

    Pages: 14-27

    SPE Oshore Preview

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    Products& Reviews

    The seminar, which was chaired by Robin Luxmoore,

    Chairman o EEMUAs User Inspectorate Committee,

    was in our sessions each with two presentations. All

    the presenters were experts in the eld o process

    integrity and several o them had been involved in

    preparing the guidance document.

    The keynote presentation was given by Stuart

    Pointer o the HSE and he summarised the latestresults o the Executives work on Ageing Plant. The

    HSE is examining companies handling hazardous

    materials and assessing their perormance against a

    series o parameters. To date only 30% are meeting

    all the mechanical criteria and the HSE believe

    documents such as the new guidance, as well

    as events like the current seminar, could improve

    this situation. Richard Hulmes o SAFed then

    talked generally about mechanical integrity and its

    importance in maintaining saety within the process

    industry.

    The second session was opened by Miles Gardner

    o Zurich Engineering, who described briefy what

    the new guidance document contained and how

    it had been prepared. Stean Kukula o EEMUA

    explained that although this had been described

    as new guidance, it was not really new because it

    recommends inspection practices that have been

    used widely in the past.

    The lunch break was ollowed by two presentations

    on non-destructive examination techniques.Robert Smith, member o the British Institute o

    Non-Destructive Testing described some recent

    developments in this eld while Alan Parker and

    Jason Taylor, rom Oceaneering, explained how their

    company was using the most recent techniques in

    inspection.

    The nal session consisted o two presentations

    describing case studies where real experience

    in inspection -or the lack o it - could be used

    to illustrate the principles in the guidance. Mike

    Webb o LMP Technical Services discussed the

    application o the guidance to real situations while

    the HSEs Paul Stanworth described how the ailure

    o inspection led to the collapse o an atmospheric

    storage tank.

    This seminar was supported by the two

    organisations who have published the guidance-

    EEMUA and SAFed - as well as the Institution o Civil

    Engineers, the Institution o Chemical Engineers, the

    Pipeline Industries Guild, the Energy Institute, the

    Hazards Forum and the UK Forum or Engineering

    Structural Integrity.

    On 20T June 2013 Te Oil, Gas And Chemical Committee

    O Te Process Division O Te Institution O Mechanical

    Engineers Held A Seminar At Birdcage Walk As Part TeirInitiative On Ageing Plant.

    Te seminar - called Te Mechanical Integrity o Process

    Equipment: New Guidance on Inspection and esting

    was based around a new guidance document, which has

    recently been published by the Saety Assessment Federation

    (SAFed) and the Engineering Equipment and MaterialsUsers Association (EEMUA). Known as SAFed IMG01

    and EEMUA231, the document is endorsed by the Health

    and Saety Executive (HSE), is reely available and provides

    guidance on inspection as part o managing the integrity o

    process equipment that contains hazardous materials.

    The Institution intends to run more seminars

    in 2014 continuing with the theme o Ageing

    Plant. Re: www.imeche.org/events/S1737

    Because this is seen as a key area in

    ensuring that uture plant operations

    continue to be sae, the seminars will be

    supported by the HSE. Questions:

    [email protected]

    Photos by courtesy of Wilton International

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    Products& Reviews

    This new trim has a rated working pressure o 175

    PSI (12.3 bar) and 300 PSI (20.7 bar) respectively and

    is available in 100mm, 150mm and 200mm (4, 6

    and 8) sizes.

    The trim conorms to EN12259-2, meets the

    requirements o BS EN 12845 and oers a number

    o important eatures and benets. For example,all trim pipework is preabricated in stainless steel

    which reduces the potential or internal or external corrosion, reduced connections

    minimising the risks or leakage on site and is available ully assembled and tested

    in the UK to reduce the time and manpower required on-site. It is also designed

    to provide operational savings by reducing manpower during periodic testing and

    maintenance.

    Other eatures include, a simple and compact design which reduces space

    requirement, isolation and test acility on the gauges, a new design or the pressure

    release ball drip valve and 50mm x 15mm test and drain tted as standard. The valve

    station is oered with a connection conguration o grooved / grooved, fanged /

    fanged and fanged / grooved.

    Wet Alarm Valve With New Stainless Steel rimRELIABLE FIRE SPRINKLER (UK) has introduced a new Euro

    rim Model E2 in Stainless Steel (E2SS), which is specically

    designed or use with their model E and E3 Wet Alarm Valves.

    Further details are available rom: Reliable Fire Sprinkler Ltd

    Unit 25 Birches Industrial Estate, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1XZ, UK

    Tel: +44 (0) 1342 316 800 | Fax: +44 (0) 1342 314 679

    [email protected] | www.reliablesprinkler.com

    The FPSO will be used by a consortium o companies or the

    processing o hydrocarbons and or the storage o oil in the

    northern UK sector. A total o 147 pieces have been supplied or

    use on hydraulically actuated ball and butterfy valves. The valves

    will be used in the sea water ballast tanks that are used or vessel

    stabilisation.

    The majority o the position monitors contain end o travel reed

    proximity switches and some provide a 4-20mA with HART signal

    to monitor the position o modulating control valves or the opening

    and closing characteristics o critical isolating valves. Klearvision visual indicators were

    specied or certain applications. The 007-100 enclosures have been investment cast rom

    a high-alloy austenitic stainless steel developed or use in seawater and other aggressive

    chloride-bearing media. They have been independently tested by SGS Baseea to IP68, orsubmersion at a depth o 30 metres.

    When not submerged, the position monitors could be in an area where hazardous gasses

    are present. They are thereore ATEX and IECEx intrinsically sae certied II 2 G Ex ia IIC T6.

    All the units have been supplied with multi pin connectors and the associated cable sets

    that meet the exacting standards required or both subsea and shipboard use. Each cable

    set has been cut to a predened length between 19 and 166 metres in order to acilitate

    installation. Mounting kits or the actuators were supplied in Super Duplex stainless steel.

    K Controls 007-100 Valve Position Monitors SpeciedFor Use In FPso Ballast anks

    K Controls has used its expertise in sub-sea ingress protection

    and hazardous area approvals to develop 007-100 Valve Position

    Monitors that will be used in a new oating, protection, storage and

    ooading vessel (FPSO).

    K Controls Ltd | Tel: +44 (0) 1895 449601 | [email protected]

    www.k-controls.co.uk

    The Kalrez 0090 range provides

    outstanding resistance to rapid

    gas decompression (RGD),

    combined with a broad chemicalresistance or use within harsh

    industrial environments. This

    latest certication complements

    the existing NORSOK M-710

    certication or these products,

    which specically covers downhole applications applicable to the oil and gas

    industries. These combined certications now oer considerable assurances to

    manuacturing suppliers o pipeline equipment to the chemical and processing

    industries as well as shore based and oshore exploration organisations.

    In third party tests to stringent globally recognised standards, Kalrez 0090O-ring seals gained the best possible rating (0000) when subject to repeated

    rapid gas decompression conditions. This rating demonstrates compliance with

    the specications o no cracks or blisters visible on the O-rings cross section

    ater the test. These results demonstrate the capability o DuPont Kalrez

    0090 perfuoroelastomer parts to provide a perormance meeting both the

    TOTAL and NORSOK industry standards.

    In addition to providing outstanding RGD resistance, these products have other

    properties that ensure superior perormance in even the harshest environments.

    This includes the chemical resistance o critical seal parts to withstand attack

    rom more than 1800 chemical substances, coupled with high modulus at lowelongation providing excellent extrusion resistance.

    The Kalrez 0090 product range also oers broad temperature compatibility

    while retaining high levels o resilience up to temperatures o 250C (482F).

    DuPont static low temperature test establishes that the sealing properties

    can be maintained down to -21C (-5.8F). While under pressurised sealing

    conditions, the products demonstrate a low temperature perormance down to

    -40C (-40F) in laboratory tests.

    Certication O High Perormance Seals

    For Piping, Valves & Vessels Applications

    Te DuPont Kalrez 0090 peruoroelastomer

    O-ring seals, available in the UK rom sealing

    specialists Dichtomatik Ltd, has gained the

    otal GS EP PVV 142 certication, being the

    industry standard or sealing products supplied

    or use with piping, valves and vessels.

    Further inormation is available rom:

    Dichtomatik Ltd, Donington House, Riverside Road, Pride Park,

    Derby DE24 8HX

    Telephone: 01332 524401 | Fax: 01332 524425

    E-mail: [email protected] | www.dichtomatik-kalrez.co.uk

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    Products& Reviews

    The fexible, innovative sotware is designed by

    CompEx engineers or engineers to carry out Ex

    Inspections. Extremely user riendly, the application

    ollows a simple workfow. The sotware stays

    updated with amendments to directives and

    regulations, helping maintain H&S requirements.

    The ExAMS solution can revolutionise your data

    capture, inspection and verication to simultaneously

    meet regulatory and operational requirements. The

    sotware is scalable rom a single installation to a

    global solution that ensures consistency o process

    and shared inormation, saving costs and ostering

    the one business vision.

    Exams also allows you to create User Tasks thisenables the user to dene their own inspections/

    routine or any Asset System or Location.

    The ExAMS sotware is used with hand held devices

    to Zone 1 which can also be used in conjunction

    with RFID tagging. This sotware is a very powerul

    tool which allows all o your site inspection routines

    to be carried out paperless and more eciently.

    Today, companies such as Murco PetroleumTincknell Fuels, Stena Drilling, Valero and many

    others are enjoying the benets o ExAMS.

    Ischia Solutions Case Study

    Following the Bunceeld, Disaster, many ailings

    were established including:

    Systems or managing the lling o industrial

    tanks o petrol were both decient and not ully

    implemented

    A culture developed where keeping operations

    going was more important than sae

    processes, which did not get the attention,

    resources or priority status they required. A

    report by published by Gordon MacDonald, the

    chairman o the COMAH Competent Authority

    Strategic Management Group, stated:Companies that work in a high hazardous

    industry need to have strong saety systems in

    place, underpinned by the right saety culture

    Solution

    Help create a saety culture by simpliying inspection

    systems, and providing easy access to reports.

    ExAMS oers the paperless solution, ensuring

    vital routine procedures are captured, and simpleaccess to audit reports and the History o the saety

    inspections o Systems.

    Using the User Task module the System

    inspections can be created by the user.

    Scheduling Calendar can be used to ensure

    routine inspections are not overlooked, and

    that each saety device has been captured or

    the inspection process.

    Mobile devise used to allow a paperless

    fow or logging results o the tests, and

    synchronizing with the main Sotware.

    Use o RFID Tags and Scanners used to

    veriy saety devices has been visited or an

    inspection.

    Comprehensive reporting or Audit Logs,

    Testing History o the System and individual

    saety devices.

    Remedial actions carried out in a Paperless

    workfow, updating the status o a System or

    device.

    Ischia Solutions Limited and the ExAMSAsset Management System

    ExAMS is an Asset, System and Location management

    soware which is specically tailored to hazardous area

    applications. It allows a completely paperless work ow

    with all predened AEX inspections to BS60079-17-

    2007. Te system can also be used or non-hazardous area

    applications and we are currently developing the system

    or use with mechanical assets.

    Contact us to discuss your requirements.We can also arrange a demonstration o the

    ExAMS sotware, which will give a much

    better understanding o how comprehensive

    it is, please contact us and this can be

    arranged to suit you.

    Address:

    Cambridge House, Waterloo Street, Old

    Market, Bristol, BS2 0PH

    Tel: 0117 9144395

    Email: [email protected]

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    Training& Certication

    For urther details contact DSC-Ltd on:

    Telephone: 01922 402647

    079879 597569

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: www.dsc-ltd.co.uk

    Dangerous Substance Control Ltd (DSC-Ltd) are pleased

    to announce the latest developments in their already well

    established: DSEAR with a Bang - training programme.Aer a very successul period o presenting 2, 3 and 4 hour

    DSEAR awareness training lectures, the company made

    the decision to urther expand the programme to include

    a new 7 hour lecture day, based on their already popular

    IOSH Accredited and Certied training course.

    The new 7 hour lecture day does not include

    the written segments or conclude with the IOSH

    exam, but instead, is presented more as an

    interactive experience whereby the participants are

    encouraged to discuss their knowledge associated

    with the topics and inormation presented to them.

    Thus a more detailed and unique working ormat

    encompassing the knowledge o others and

    enhancing the learning experience.

    Additionally, at the prestigious SHE Expo 2013,

    DSC-Ltd launched details o their new two day

    DSEAR training course. The original one day

    IOSH course was aimed at increasing DSEAR

    awareness or those in middle management and

    those responsible or Health and Saety whom are

    already well groomed in the art o Risk Assessment.

    The new two day course is aimed at those who are

    inexperienced to the concept o Risk Assessment

    and DSEAR.

    Within the two day course the content depth and

    the number o topics covered has also increased.

    Dust is now eatured in more depth in the Ex

    Zoning classication section along with a greater

    understanding o ATEX and how it ts into the

    DSEAR equation, with detailed explanations behind

    gas groups, subgroups, temperature ratings and

    so orth. Reerence is also drawn to the theoretical

    understanding o fammable vapours with examples

    o how the Lower Explosive Limit can be converted

    into a meaningul quantity or volume o chemical per

    cubic metre o space.

    A DSEAR risk assessment template is also provided

    as part o the course material and topics are

    constantly ocused back to this template. This

    provides complete understanding or the participant

    regarding how to apply the principles o DSEAR to

    any given equation or application.

    Both the previous and new customer bases will bepleased to note that all the inamous explosions,

    zz and bangs associated with DSEAR with a Bang

    have been retained in each lecture or training day,

    making each one a very memorable experience.

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    Training& Certication

    Having the legacy o being owned by a highly

    respected research institute and providing

    solutions to understanding complex problems our

    consultants have hundreds o combined years o

    experience in Process and Technical Saety and Risk

    Management. They can assist you at all stages o

    your engineering and management control processrom concept design to process development and

    acility sae operation; rom initial hazard evaluation

    (HAZID) right through to continued sae operability o

    your acility (HAZOP, QRA, SCRAM). Together with

    your sta, GexCon consultants will ensure that the

    hazards and risks or your acility are evaluated in a

    complete and systematic manner. The level o risk

    in your acility will be identied with priorities ranked

    in order o severity allowing a targeted and eective

    approach to risk reduction. Where improvements

    can be made, practical recommendations will be

    given to assist you with the reduction o the residual

    risk to as low as reasonably practicable.

    This general analysis is perormed according to

    the ATEX user directive1 . For new installations, the

    European ATEX user directive became operative

    on 1st July 2003. For existing plants, the directivecame into orce on 1st July 2006. (UK Statutory

    Instrument 2776 DSEAR) For areas where the

    harmonised standards are unclear, or their scope is

    not relevant or the processes, other guidelines are

    used.

    One particular area o interest is the establishment o

    hazardous areas. The hazardous area classication

    is a responsibility o the user and there is an

    obligation to consider all risks connected to the

    dierent components o an installation.

    Our services include:

    Hazardous area classications and DSEAR risk

    assessments/compliance in accordance with

    DSEAR / ATEX 137 (Hazardous includes, re,

    explosion, similar energy releasing events and

    asphyxiation)

    Electrostatic Surveys according to DSEAR

    Explosion saety training

    Economic selection o protection systems and

    basis o saety justication in accordance with

    the explosion protection document

    Product testing in accordance with the ATEX

    equipment directive

    Material testing laboratories to conrm re and

    explosion properties

    Advanced computational fuid dynamic

    modelling o re, dispersion and explosions

    (Gas, vapour and dust) to predict the

    hazardous extent and likely consequence.

    Fire and explosion accident investigations

    expert service

    GexCons consultants will help you understand

    explosion hazards in your acility and advise you

    on all practical and nancially eective solutions

    to reduce the risks presented by these hazards.

    Working with GexCon as your saety partner you

    can be assured that your saety perormance will

    signicantly improve and be ully compliant with local

    regulations.

    GexCon Has A Sta O Highly Qualied Personnel, Which

    Can Oer Saety Services For All ypes O Installations

    where ammable or hazardous materials are handledor present a danger, or where the consequence o gasdispersion, re, explosion including civil contingencyand emergency planning needs advanced modelling.

    For More Inormation Please Visit:

    www.gexcon.com

    Email:

    [email protected]

    Telephone:

    01695 726565

    Advanced modelling o a gas leak

    Advanced modelling o a vented

    explosion

    1The ATEX directive 1994/9/EC (the Product Directive) sets requirements to manuacturers and vendors supplying equipment or

    use in potentially explosive areas, veriying that the equipment does not represent any explosion hazard. The ATEX directive 1999/92/

    EC (the User Directive) sets minimum requirements with ocus on health and saety or personnel working in areas with potential

    explosion hazards. The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR), 2002, Statutory Instrument 2776

    (UK) embraces the ATEX user Directive and the saety aspects o the Chemical Agents Directive (CAD) 1998/24/EC.

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    Training& Certication

    Based in the North o England, Exloc

    Instruments provide instrumentation

    products or the process industry,

    specialising in the supply o

    interacing, display and alarm

    solutions.

    We work with market leading

    suppliers to provide cost eective,

    high quality solutions designed

    or both harsh and hazardous (Ex)

    Locations to customers in the UK and

    the Republic o Ireland.

    As the UK partner o GM International, we are pleased to recommend Functional

    Saety Engineer (TV Rheinland) vocational training or Saety Instrumented System

    proessionals, promoted by GMI and presented by Worldwide renowned Functional

    Saety Expert, Tino (Above) Vande Capelle.

    The 4 day course ocuses on unctional saety aspects o the process industries with

    the main objective o providing all engineers involved in saety instrumented systems(SIS) with vital knowledge about unctional saety, based on the leading international

    unctional saety standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511.

    ..... So Why Should YOU Attend?

    IEC 61508 ed2.0, released in April 2010, clearly indicates as a normative

    requirement, that anybody involved in saety liecycle activities shall be competent to

    carry out the activities or which they are accountable. The standard has gone rom

    advocating a recommendation to a requirement.

    This course provides you with the opportunity to gain certication by the TV

    Rheinland to prove to your clients, peers and management, your knowledge and

    competency in the eld o Functional Saety.

    Success in the nal examination certies your unctional saety knowledge, adding

    great value to your proessional career.

    Participant eligibility requirements:

    In accordance with the FS Engineer (TV Rheinland) Program the course requires an

    entry criteria o either:-

    Minimum3yearsexperienceintheeldoffunctionalsafety.

    Universitydegree(MastersorBachelorsdegreeinEngineering)orequivalent

    engineer level responsibilities status certied by employer.

    Course duration is 3.5 days with a 4 hours closed book exam in the morning o the

    on the nal day.

    Functional Saety Engineer

    (V Rheinland) raining

    Manchester, October 14-17.Exloc Instruments UK Ltd was ormed in 2012 to

    bring to the UK the success that Exloc Instruments Inc

    have been enjoying in North America or many years.

    For Further Inormation Please Contact:

    Exloc Instruments UK Ltd,First Floor, 72 High St, Uppermill, OL3 6AW

    Tel: 01457239301

    Email: [email protected]

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    SPEOshore Europe Preview

    In the early days o the UK oshore industry in the

    1970s and 80s, Aberdeen was one o the centres

    rom which global companies made numerous

    North Sea oil and gas discoveries and then went

    on to develop one o the UKs major industrial and

    commercial success stories. In recent years, the city

    has also transormed into a global exporter o oileld

    products and services.

    The biennial SPE Oshore Europe conerence and

    exhibition has evolved and grown in tandem and

    this year celebrates its 40th anniversary. Organised

    by the Oshore Europe Partnership, a joint venture

    between Reed Exhibitions Ltd and the Society

    o Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the event turns

    the spotlight rmly on Aberdeen as over 48,000

    visitors participate in the worlds largest upstream

    oil and gas exhibition and conerence outside North

    America. Senior representatives rom the global

    industry, UK and international governments and

    academia will come together to lead the sessions

    during the our-day event rom 3-6 September at the

    Aberdeen Exhibition and Conerence Centre.

    Free entry is oered to SPE Oshore Europe

    2013, which will be the largest ever with double

    the number o conerence keynote sessions and

    more exhibitors than previously. The staging o the

    citys largest event brings together all sectors o

    the Aberdeen business community, all aiming to

    welcome the thousands o international and UK

    visitors.

    Malcolm Webb, SPE Oshore Europe 2013

    chairman and chie executive o industry association

    Oil and Gas UK says: The conerence will be

    orward looking, extending the ar too short a time

    rame requently expressed around the oshore oil

    and gas industrys potential uture. We are extending

    the producing lie o many existing elds and

    numerous new developments will continue to come

    on stream in the uture. We also have a magnicent

    supply chain operating both in the UK province and

    internationally. A huge selection o these goods and

    services will be on display in the largest exhibition o

    the shows history.

    The conerence opens on Tuesday, 3 September

    with a top line up o internationally-recognised

    industry representatives - Sam Laidlaw, Chie

    Executive o Centrica; Bob Keiller, Chie Executive

    o Wood Group; and Andrew Gould, Chairman o

    BG. They will be joined by a senior UK government

    minister.

    Over the our days o the conerence there will be

    a series o keynote sessions, technical sessions,

    topical lunches and breakast briengs. The

    orward-looking keynote sessions will eature a mix

    o senior representatives rom international operating

    companies and contractors, as well as government

    regulators and politicians. Topics to be addressed

    range rom industry progress since Macondo, taking

    operations to rontier areas and nance though to

    saety, skills, technology, decommissioning and

    drilling. Papers presented at the technical sessions

    will address the technological challenges o eld

    lie extension and new rontier exploration and

    development. Breakast and lunch sessions will also

    span a broad range o issues ranging rom energy

    Looking Forward o Te Next 50 YearsOver the past decades, Aberdeen has grown

    condently into its role as Europes capital o the

    oil and gas industry.

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    SPEOshore Europe Preview

    markets and UK energy policy to saety and skills.

    Following its successul launch in 2011, the Deep

    Water Zone will be an important eature o the show.

    Deepwater exploration and production is playing an

    ever increasing role in the industry with a growing

    number o discoveries being made in deep and

    ultra-deep waters o the coasts o Brazil, West and

    East Arica, and in the Gul o Mexico. According

    to a February 2013 report by energy advisory rm

    Douglas-Westwood, more than US$232 billion

    will be spent on deepwater projects between now

    and 2020. Aberdeen is growing as a centre o

    subsea excellence and exhibiting companies rom

    this rapidly evolving sector will display their latest

    products and services. A ull conerence programme

    on current industry trends and challenges will run

    daily in the Deep Water Zone.

    The sold-out exhibition halls will be ull o exploration

    and production companies rom around the world

    showcasing their technologies, services and

    expertise. Over 1500 organisations are expected

    this year, including over 250 companies exhibiting

    or the rst time at the show. It sees the complete

    supply chain o companies including operators,drilling contractors and oileld service companies.

    With 13 operators taking stands, this is the largest

    operator representation in the history o the event.

    E.ON. Talisman Sinopec are new to the event,

    Saudi Aramco and Chevron have corporate stands

    rather than recruitment as previously, and Statoil

    has increased its presence. All o the big our

    service companies Baker Hughes, Schlumberger,

    Halliburton and Weatherord have stands this year

    or the rst time in a decade. And other companies

    such as McDermott are back ater some 20 years.

    SMEs and small innovative companies are also well

    represented, giving visitors the opportunity to see

    exciting and varied new technologies in one place.

    Refective o the global nature o the industry as

    a whole there is a large international exhibitor

    presence with participating companies rom over 36

    countries and 33 international pavilions. Countries

    spanning the continents rom the Americas and

    Arica to Asia and Australia are represented.Pavilions rom Malaysia, Korea and Australia will

    be included or the rst time, and the Norwegian

    presence has expanded to three pavilions.

    UK Trade and Investment commercial ocers and

    selected international buyers rom around the globe

    will participate in SPE Oshore Europe 2013 and

    will be available to meet with UK companies to

    discuss the opportunities that exist in each o their

    respective markets. Countries that are expected to

    be represented include Iraq, West and East Arica,

    Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria and Kazakhstan.

    Ater a hugely successul show in 2011, the Energy

    Industries Council (EIC) will be hosting 43 UK

    companies at Oshore Europe 2013 in the EIC

    Pavilion the largest at the show. Over the last 40

    years, the UK energy supply chain has developed

    advanced products and services or oil and gas

    operations in the challenging waters o the North

    Sea, and has been applying this expertise or

    many years now across the globe. UK oil and gas

    companies have an excellent reputation or high-end

    engineering and innovative technologies, many o

    which will be on show in the EIC Group.

    Sarah Lansdell, Head o National & UK Events at the

    EIC said: We are delighted to be at Oshore Europe

    again to showcase the wide variety o solutions the

    UK supply chain has to oer. With the North Sea

    continuing to see increased activity, we look orward

    to helping our members promote the very best ininnovation and manuacturing excellence.

    With our EIC DataStream gures showing renewed

    optimism in the European oshore sector, our

    exhibitors are looking orward to a busy show, she

    added.

    With so many industry leaders and infuencers under

    one roo, there are ample opportunities to network

    and catch up with colleagues rom around the world.

    Comments Matthias Bichsel, Shells Projects and

    Technology Director: Oshore Europe is still one o

    the worlds premier events or establishing business

    relationships in the oil & gas industry.

    A new Energy Festival is planned or the week o

    the show, hosted by Aberdeen City Council. It will

    include a series o exciting evening events and will

    allow the show to carry on into the evening with

    plenty more opportunities to network, socialise and

    enjoy Europes energy capital, Aberdeen.

    Visit www.oshore-europe.co.uk or more

    inormation.

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    Cameras have reduced rom shoulder mounted

    monstrosities to almost pocket size over the last

    20 years, and they are usable or anyone who can

    operate a digital camera and that means everyone.

    That is not to say that there is a signicant body o

    knowledge in thermography, and advantage in using

    skilled and trained operators, but signicant VALUE

    can be achieved in the maintenance eld with very

    limited skill and experience. Let us propose an

    unskilled operator could achieve an 80% result with

    little training or looking at it another way detect

    correctly 8 out o 10 potential aults, while an

    experienced thermographer may achieve 99%.

    Until now there have been no Intrinsically Sae

    Thermal Imaging cameras available so or

    hazardous areas, the analysis could only be done

    with hot work permits and when no hazard is

    present. Imagine the benet o doing regular

    inspections o critical components, regardless o the

    atmosphere.

    Thermal images present inormation on the condition

    o electrical and mechanical components in the

    most intuitive way possible or humans. The sayingA picture is worth a thousand words applies

    especially to thermal images and their interpretation.

    Given a thermal image o a conveyor with 100 rollers

    visible, any ault is immediately obvious through the

    dierence in colour [temperature] o the bearing

    housing. The same applies to electrical cabinets and

    switch gear, bus bars and cables.

    The First Fully Radiometric Intrinsically Sae

    Thermal Imaging Camera

    Previously there wasnt a ully radiometric intrinsically

    sae thermal camera available on the market, but

    that has now changed due to the recently released

    TC7000 with the ollowing Gas, Dust & Mining

    certication:

    Exib IIC T4 Gb Tamb-10+40C (Vapour)

    Exib IIC T4 Gb Tamb-10+40C (Dust)

    Exib I Mb (Mining)

    A ew technical specications show that the TC7000

    is comparable to the current cameras used in

    general industry. The detector is 320x240 un-cooled

    microbolometer with NETD 50mK and range -20

    to 600C. The display is 80mm with backlight and

    a minimum ocus o 100mm will give very high

    resolution in close-up.

    In cases where electrical cabinets cannot be

    opened, CorDEX also has a range o IR windows

    to allow continuous access to survey critical

    components. These windows have built in RFID tags

    to automatically identiy the location to the RFID

    reader in each camera.

    Increase Plant Availability with Intrinsically

    Sae Thermal Imaging

    The CorDEX TC7000 is the same as any modern

    thermal imaging camera and behaves much the

    same as a normal Digital Camera. It stores images

    and attaches voice annotations AND links RFID

    tags to the image les which can subsequentlyin a

    sae areabe downloaded to a PC or archiving or

    more detailed analysis.

    The RFID eature is a labour saving benet when

    the maintenance plan requires a xed audit routecovering critical elements o important plant or

    inrastructure. This can be a way to assure all points

    are covered, and a consistent history obtained.

    Analysis is improved by making valid comparisons

    o these points over time. When you move to more

    advanced skill sets you will be able to determine the

    potential reduction in service lie, or service criticality

    indicated by a given temperature. O course

    temperatures are also related to loadingwhether o

    mechanical or electrical componentsrecording o

    load conditions validates comparisons.

    CorDEX Instruments Ltd. has a long history o

    manuacturing certied, high quality, handheld

    digital cameras or hazardous areas. The TC7000

    Intrinsically Sae Thermal Imager represents the

    culmination o extensive research and development

    resulting in the ultimate thermal imaging tool or

    hazardous area proessionals.

    Termal Imaging or Predictive Maintenance and FaultFinding In Zone 1 Hazardous Areas

    For general industry, the last ten years has seen a revolution in thepower o thermal imaging cameras and a dramatic decline in the costo thermal imaging cameras.

    For more inormation:

    Marcus Halliday, Business Development Director

    Tel: 44 (0)1642 454373 Fax: 44 (0)1642 424737

    E-mail: [email protected]

    Web: www.cordexinstruments.com

    Visit Us At SPE Oshore Europe Stand : 4A21

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    The maniold can be designed rom the circuit

    sequence down to the orientation o individual

    modules to your exact specication. Once designed

    an interactive 3D rendered model is immediately

    viewable online and an installation drawing, bill o

    materials and 3D CAD model are automaticallyemailed upon design verication rom Biold.

    You can use our Valve Model Congurator to create

    the valve you require and download a bespoke

    congured datasheet with a single click. The 3D

    CAD model is then automatically emailed. The

    datasheet contains a tracking image which enables

    you to view the rendered image in real time, in

    augmented reality and to scale using the Biold

    Model Viewer, available on the App Store or iPad

    and iPhone; and Google Play or android devices

    Biold, Ofcial Partner O Te Marussia F1M eam

    Have Developed Sophisticated Congurators o

    Make Valve Selection EortlessUnique Valve and Maniold Congurators:

    With Biold, you can use our unique online drag and

    drop Modular Maniold Congurator to design highly

    bespoke maniold systems eortlessly.

    Eortless Selection Process:

    1. Congure your product

    2. View interactive 3D model online

    3. Print bespoke data sheet or save to your system

    4. Receive 3D CAD model by email5. Contact sales department with your order

    Download the ree Biold Model Viewer rom the App

    Store or Google Play and view our products at the

    show. Go to apps.biold.co.uk or more details.

    Visit us at Oshore Europe 3rd - 6th September

    2013, stand number 3B60, where there will be an

    augmented reality wall eaturing a window to the

    Biold product range viewed live and interactively.

    You will be able to congure bespoke maniold

    systems and products, create and print bespoke

    data sheets and view congured systems and

    products to scale in augmented reality. Available

    to take away rom the show, will be an exclusive

    pack o augmented reality tracking images to work

    alongside your app.

    More Inormation

    Gill Bancrot, Tel. +44 (0) 161 345 4777

    Fax. +44 (0) 161 345 4780

    Email: [email protected]

    Web: www.biold.co.uk

    Biold Fluidpower Ltd, Greenside Way,

    Middleton, Manchester, M24 1SW, UK.

    The Biold Group o Companies

    provides technical and engineering

    support together with a global network

    o agents and distributors. Biold Group

    is a world class supplier o the widest

    range o switching instrument and piping

    valves and pumps or use in the oil and

    gas upstream and downstream sectors.

    Our innovative and reliable range o

    high-tech products and accessories,

    specifcally designed with the customer

    in mind, have gained worldwide

    approvals and credibility or the onerous

    conditions as ound in hazardous

    (classifed) locations, hostile, corrosive

    and subsea environments.

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    Several types o Winn & Coales Denso protectivetapes were used in the total project.

    The works included demolition o existing quay,sea based dredging and installation o steel piledquay aces, pontoons and hard standings. Theservices provided on the new quay include uelimport/export lines, drainage, lighting, CCTV andcommunication lines.

    As part o the contract JGC Engineering oThurso supplied some 4km o pipe or the import/export lines, including those leadingto and rom storage tanks. Twelve pipelines are grouped together in a buried ductleading to the import/export take-o area. All pipes in this section were protected withDenso Primer D, ollowed by Desoclad 50 Tape prior to being buried. JCG used aWinn & Coales Denso tape wrapping machine or its application.

    Densoclad 50 is a medium duty tape, designed to protect small and mediumdiameter pipes, welded joints, bends and ttings. The tough yet conormable pvcbacking provides excellent resistance to damage during handling and backlling. It issuitable or hand or machine application.

    The scheme also involved the use o tie bars or the steel piled quay aces, whichwere supplied by Macalloy Bar and Cable Systems. For this application Macalloywrapped the tie bars with Denso Tape and Denso SA pvc prior to installation on site.

    Denso Products Chosen For New Scrabster Harbour Quay

    R J McLeod have recently completed a 16.93M contract to replace

    the existing quay at Scrabster Harbour in the north o Scotland to

    provide a multi-unction quay to serve oil and gas, renewables and

    shing industries.

    Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd, Chapel Road, London SE27 OTRTel: 020 8670 7511. Fax: 020 8761 2456e-mail: [email protected] web: www.denso.net

    Visit Us At SPE Oshore Europe Stand : 1G100

    Scotland has long been a strategic location or the oil and gas sector with many othe worlds leading energy brands, operating out o the region. The CompEx acility,which is currently Scotlands only centre oering CompEx units Ex12 ApplicationDesign Engineers and Ex11 Mechanical.

    Talban Sohi, Director o Interteks UK operations said We are pleased to openthis new competency validation centre in the heart o the oil and gas community,which joins Interteks acilities in our global network across more than 100 countries.Ensuring sta competency in hazardous locations, is key to our clients reducing risk

    and protecting the integrity o their acilities and operations; and sta competencyvalidation through CompEx provides the highest possible level o condence.Complimenting their existing CompEx centre in Chester, the Grangemouth acility, willoer a ull suite o CompEx courses including Ex12 Design and Project Engineers,Ex11 Mechanical, Ex07 Ex08 Fuel (plus Rereshers), Ex05 Ex06 Dust,Ex01 Ex04 Gas & Vapours (plus Rereshers) and ExF the CompEx oundationassessment.

    The CompEx scheme provides both classroom based and practical educationand competency validation or engineers and sta working in potentially explosiveenvironments. In these locations being aware o ignition hazardous and understandingthe risks that these present to equipment, can prevent re, explosion and theenvironmental devastation that these can cause.

    Intertek is the only ATEX Notied Body licensed to be a CompEx centre in the UK,and the addition o the Grangemouth location makes theirs the largest CompExvalidation acility in the UK. Their trainers and assessors are all practicing engineersand have worked or many years with leading companies in the energy, ood and

    chemicals industries.

    Intertek opens licensed CompEx centre in ScotlandIntertek, a leading provider o quality and saet y solutions to industries

    around the world, announces the opening o their new hazardous area

    competency validation centre in Grangemouth, Scotland.

    Visit http://www.intertek.com/hazardous-locations/compex/ or moreinormation on Interteks CompEx services.

    Visit us at SPE Oshore Europe, Stand: 4E194

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    Producing highly innovative materials handling

    products or numerous applications within the

    chemical, petrochemical, paints, inks, oshore

    and pharmaceutical industries among others, STS

    is enjoying ongoing growth despite the prevailing

    economic mood, even taking on new sta at a time

    when many others are shedding theirs. We put this

    down to the continuing development o specialist

    drum handling systems. Every time we come acrossa new drum handling problem we design a product

    to solve that problem. This new unit is then put into

    our standard range, says technical sales director

    Colin Jones.

    In addition to serving the needs o UK customers,

    STS regularly elds orders rom across the globe.

    Thus the company, which has just been awarded

    a contract to supply a lot o drum handling

    equipment or a new paints actories in Poland and

    Argentina, requently sees its products destined

    or use in such diverse countries as the US, Israel,

    Australia and Kazakhstan to name but a ew, with

    Jones commenting that it has been interesting

    to see a lot o operators who used our equipment

    in the North Sea oil industry now asking or our

    equipment to be supplied to the Caspian.

    BUILT TO LAST

    The company rst hit the headlines in 1999 with the

    launch o the DTC01 Universal Drum Trolley, which

    allows an operator to move a 300 kg lled drum

    with a orce o less than 20 kg. We won quite a ew

    awards or the DTC01 Drum Trolley, including the

    British Saety Industry Federation award or avoiding

    back injury and the BBC Tomorrows World Inventors

    o the Year award. This was some time ago but

    the product has continued to sell well. The main

    advantage o our trolley is it allows a drum to be

    picked up with very little operator eort. It also picks

    the drum up vertically and does not tilt the drum

    towards the operator. This makes it excellent or

    handling hazardous materials. The trolley is built o

    stainless and lasts a long time. We have been sellingthe trolley or over 10 years and have never known

    one that has been scrapped, he says. Indeed,

    STS recently supplied new wheels or one o these

    trolleys that is still going strong despite eight years

    o continuous use on an oshore oil platorm. The

    standard trolleys they used to buy lasted six months

    in the salt spray environment, he notes.

    But the companys product range by no

    means ends with award-winning drum trolleys,

    encompassing instead pretty much everything

    rom drum dispensing cradles and depalletisers to

    drum tumblers and even specialised systems or

    the nuclear industry that can handle lled drums

    weighing up to 2,000 kg. Continually expanding

    its oering, STS has recently developed an IBC

    tilting unit that provides an easy and sae way or

    operators to ensure that they can remove all the

    contents.

    Meanwhile, the company is also gearing up to

    launch a ully powered air-operated Ex stacker. This

    will have power lit and power drive. It is designed

    to work in conned areas where it would be dicult

    and dangerous to other personnel working in the

    area. For instance, i an operator wants to pick up

    a 1,000 kg pallet o vessel and needs to move it

    across the foor it will require a push-pull orce to

    get the unit moving o 60 kg. This is dicult to do

    and does not comply with the Manual Handling

    Regulations. Our power drive unit can move

    this with no eort. The unit is compliant with the

    ATEX Regulations and only requires the minimum

    o maintenance. There is no truck currently on

    the market that can do this and the price is very

    attractive compared to a Zoned electric version, he

    says.

    BESPOKE DESIGNS

    With the company driven by problem solving,

    some 44 per cent o its sales come rom bespoke

    designs. When customers contact us or a solution

    that we do not have a unit [or], we ask or as much

    inormation as possible so we can ully understand

    the requirements. We then start working on a

    design. This culminates in us providing the customer

    with some 3D solid model drawings o the proposed

    unit and a detailed specication and xed price,

    Jones explains. In the UK we have been oering

    customers our bespoke units on a sale or return

    basis. Over the past three years we have had a 98

    per cent sales success ater a seven-day trial period.

    The 2 per cent o specials we did not sell were all to

    companies who we had not visited or the process

    was changed. We are still very pleased with the 98

    per cent success rate.

    Our equipment, he says, is the most versatile on

    the market. For instance our DRU01 Drum Rotator

    will pick up and tip any size o drum rom 50 litres to

    205 litres, steel or plastics. Our competitors still think

    that all drums are 200 litre size.

    Problem SolvedOnce youve lled a drum or intermediate bulk container (IBC),

    how are you going to move it? Cornwall, UK-based BespokeHandling Equipment (SS) has the answer.

    For More Inormation Please Visit:

    www.sts-trolleys.co.uk

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    Dialight has launched an emergency version o its

    SaeSite Stainless Steel LED Linear Luminaire with

    integrated battery. The new LED emergency light

    operates rom -20C to +60C and will deliver at

    least three and up to eight hours on battery backup,

    while most conventional emergency lights operate

    only within the 0C to +40C range. By being able to

    operate across such a wide temperature range, this

    rst-o-its-kind LED tting with battery backup and

    integrated power supply will meet the emergency

    lighting needs o a wider range o applications

    than has been possible with traditional fuorescent

    lighting.

    Ideally suited or oshore drilling operations,

    reneries and other hazardous areas where

    vibrations and shock shorten the lie o traditional

    lamps and luminaires, the 35W and 70W tting is

    designed to replicate the output o conventional

    2X18W and 2x36W fuorescents or more robust,

    long-lie emergency lighting. Both LED ttings

    deliver 270 lumens in battery backup mode which is

    maintained over the lie o the battery.

    The SaeSite Stainless Steel LED Linear leverages

    Dialights industry-leading low-wattage LED

    design, customised driver circuitry and optimised

    power supply to deliver years o stand-by lie

    on the integrated, high perormance 3.6V NiMH

    eld replaceable battery, while its built-in battery

    status indicator allows the battery condition to be

    monitored and tested without the need to touch the

    luminaire.

    The SaeSite Stainless Steel LED Linear is the

    latest addition to Dialights growing portolio o LED

    lighting solutions or hazardous and non-hazardous

    locations and is also available as part o the Dialight

    DuroSite series in an industrial version. With

    numerous mounting options to meet the normaldemands o industry and oering loop-in and wire-

    through options the easy to install LED Linear is ideal

    or both retrot and new installation.

    Dialight Launches Emergency Version o its SaeSiteStainless Steel AEX/IECEx LED Linear Luminaire

    Next generation Zone 1 LED tting delivers three hourso illumination on battery backup or superior saety and

    reliability in hazardous areas.

    For more inormation about Dialights complete

    line o LED lighting solutions-including IES les,

    LM79 reports and technical datasheets

    visit www.dialight.com.

    Visit Us At SPE Oshore Europe Stand : 4E111

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    It could all be so simple in compressed air ltration:

    The comparison o lter perormance data is today

    possible with standard ISO 12500 and registering

    operating hours is as easy as reading the dierential

    pressure indicator. However, the energy conditions

    o air ltration still receive very little attention in

    practice (Fig 1).

    The reasons are as varied as the complexity o

    compressed air conditioning: The compressed air

    lters are a part o the system and use only indirect

    energy based on the dierential pressure, which

    is applied by the compressor. The dimensioningo a compressed air system, and thereore the

    capacity and number o lters used, is based on the

    required compressed air quantity and quality, the

    location o the compressed air purication system

    and the type and age o the compressors used.

    The contamination o the ambient intake air and

    the humidity, which varies depending on weather

    conditions, must also be considered, just as the

    impurities that are introduced by the compression

    process.

    Especially in existing compressed air systems,

    it is recommended to call in ltration experts to

    measure the contamination that may be causedby the compressors (Fig 2). The contamination

    by the lubricating oil alone amount up to 40

    mg/m3 depending on the type o oil-lubricated

    compressors; this may increase to more than

    100 mg/m3 in older compressors. Even in oil-ree

    compressors, abrasion, moisture and contamination

    by water injection and contamination through the

    lubricants o the gears and bearings can add to this

    depending on the model.

    In older compressed air systems with compressed

    air pipework that can be several kilometres long

    and disregarding leaks, can also be susceptible

    to corrosion, the use o modern energy-ecient

    compressed air systems requently alls ar short

    o expectations. The pressure losses through

    leakages are high and the compressed air pressure

    in the piping system is contaminated. When the

    compressed air lters at the points o use are heavily

    contaminated, the dierential pressure rises aster.

    This problem signicantly claries the complex

    interactions o the components in compressed air

    supply systems.

    Experienced engineers know that the condition

    o a compressed air system can be seen on the

    lters. They are the best indicators o compressed

    air quality without considering complex equipment.

    However, these monitoring unctions can only bemet by coalescence lters with a dierential pressure

    indicator (Fig 3).

    The potential savings are at several

    thousands o Euros

    The Fraunhoer Institute or Systems Technology and

    Innovation Research (ISI) discovered the ollowing in

    a study in the course o the German Compressed

    Air Campaign Drucklut ezient in 2003: In the

    eld o compressed air treatment, it is primarily

    important to achieve the compressed air quality

    required or the application. It is best or energy

    and operating costs to meet the requirements othe applications. Exceeding or alling below the air-

    quality requirements results in increased operating

    and energy costs. The current potential savings per

    component part are thereby up to several thousand

    Euros (Fig 4). Regularly changing the lter elements

    within the recommended intervals achieve signicant

    savings and thereby minimize the operating costs.

    This statement has not lost any o its topicality

    against the backdrop o rising electricity prices. This

    means or the practice o compressed air ltration:

    Compressed air lter elements must be replaced to

    improve the energy balance:

    Compressed Air Filter Replacement:

    More Saety and EfciencyTe right timing is what matters

    Above: Figure 1

    Below: Figure 2

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    i they are not validated according to ISO

    12500 and an objective perormance

    comparison is impossible or

    when the dierential pressure o coalescence

    lters or the separation o aerosols and liquid

    oil/water contents exceeds the limit or

    i they have been used or more than twelve

    months or 8,000 operating hours.

    The specication o value 350 mbar within the

    scope o the above-mentioned campaign Drucklut

    ezient is a reerence value, and refects the

    dierential pressure curve o compressed air lters.

    The dierential pressure o a new lter element

    initially increases very slowly. With increasing

    operating time, the dierential pressure rises

    more rapidly and then reaches the point at which

    the lter element replacement is necessary. The

    recommendations or dierential pressure limits vary

    depending on the lter manuacturer and may well

    be at 500 mbar.

    The Best Filter or each Use

    Why is it necessary to monitor each compressed

    air lter in a compressed air supply system?

    Contamination o the compressed air can occur

    at any point o the compressed air purication

    system. That is why it is so important that the lters

    have reliable dierential pressure gauges. The

    Economizers, which indicate when the dierential

    pressure reaches the limit value and an element

    replacement is advisable or reasons o operational

    saety and energy eciency, so that the operatingcosts caused by the lter do not exceed its cost, are

    easy (Fig 5).

    Is the dierential pressure alone

    important?

    Although long-term experience shows that an

    element replacement in the coalescence lters is

    useul when the dierential pressure limit is reached,

    it is not the sole decision criterion. A sudden steep

    increase in dierential pressure, or example, is

    a warning sign or increased contamination by

    particles. Thereore, one cannot solely rely on the

    dierential pressure. Even quality lter elements with

    their great contamination retention capacity and

    the high resistance o their lter media against the

    constant exposure to corrosive substances should

    be replaced at the latest ater 8,000 operating hours

    or twelve months.

    Basically, this replacement interval based on

    operating hours applies also to activated carbonlters that are used to separate oil vapours and

    odours. These lters are a standard or operations

    in sensitive areas such as in the ood and

    pharmaceutical industries and in the generation o

    process air, in order to achieve a residual oil content

    o air pressure o 0.01 mg/m3, as reerred to in ISO

    Standard 8573-1 or compressed air quality class 1.

    Even the use o particularly high quality activated

    carbon adsorbents that are used as a bed or

    as an integrated component o lter media, lose

    eect, despite their high adsorption capacity, which

    is not refected in the dierential pressure. The

    recommendation or the lter element replacement

    is at a maximum o 2,000 operating hours or three

    months. Depending on the prevailing oil vapour

    content and at inlet temperatures above 20 C, a

    replacement is recommended at an earlier time.

    Above: Figure 3Above: Figure 6

    Below: Figure 5

    Below: Figure 4

    This is how damages can beprevented

    In compliance with the replacement intervals and

    dierential pressure limits, the user can be sure that

    the productivity and eciency o his systems, which

    rely on compressed air, are maintained or increased

    and the optimum protection o the workers is

    ensured.

    A worst case scenario with a production loss

    or unusable products can result in unpredictable

    consequences or the company. Good advice and

    a reliable service, the monitoring o unctions in

    the central control systems and ultimately a clearresponsibility or the compressed air supply and

    the timely replacement o lter elements prevent

    economic damages.

    Filter element replacement made

    easy

    Replacing a lter element is easier today than

    ever. In a cross reerence table (http://b2b.emea.

    donaldson.com/public/Ultralter/prd/xres.htm),

    the user will nd energy-saving lter elements

    validated under ISO 12500 or most lter housings,

    the quick availability o which is guaranteed by

    Donaldson by the European Distribution Center(Fig 6). Orders received by 1 pm will usually be

    shipped the same day. This eliminates the necessity

    o own warehousing or compressed air users and

    compressed air resellers. The lter replacement is

    also oered by a nationwide service network by the

    Donaldson Service technicians.

    Author: Donaldson Filtration Deutschland

    GmbH in 42781 Haan

    Donaldson Filtration (GB) Ltd

    Humberstone Lane, Thurmaston,

    Leicester, LE4 8HP

    Tel: +44 116 269 6161

    Email: [email protected]

    Web: www.donaldson.com

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    The company is the global leader in the eld o

    long load handling and has sold over 19,000 units

    in more than 75 countries since it was established

    teen years ago.

    Combilit models range rom the small 2.5t 4-way

    Combi-CB counterbalance design truck up to

    machines capable o handling loads o over 25t, and

    the exhibit at this years show is rom the heavier

    duty series which has proved to be a popular choice

    with companies involved in the manuacturing,

    service and maintenance o down hole drilling tools.

    Until the Combilit range was introduced,

    transporting these exceptionally long and potentially

    dangerous loads was problematic. It is thereore

    not surprising that Combilit has now become abyword or sae and productive materials handling.

    In sideways mode they can transport long lengths

    along narrow connes and through doorways, and

    with loads resting on the low platorm this avoids

    elevated travel or much saer operations.

    Combilits can replace a combination o

    counterbalance trucks, sideloaders and narrow

    Combili 4-way Handling or the OshoreSector - Stand 4A61

    Combili Ltd manuactures a wide range o 4-way

    handling solutions that ensure the sae and space saving

    handling o the typically long, heavy and awkward loads

    ound in the oshore sector.aisle orklits, and are characterized by their multi-

    directional capability, their versatility to work inside

    and out in all weathers and their robust long lie

    operation. Customised to individual requirements,

    they are available with LPG, diesel or electric poweroptions as well as a wide range o attachments to

    ensure easy handling o even the most exceptional

    loads.

    Combilit Ltd., Co. Monaghan, Ireland

    Tel: + 353 47 80500

    www.combilit.com

    [email protected]

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    The ECLIPSE Model 706 is designed to provide

    outstanding accuracy, reliability and saety or virtually all

    process industries. Latest-generation eatures include:

    Enhanced Signal Perormance

    The ECLIPSE Model 706 innovative GWR circuitry

    achieves both a higher transmit pulse amplitude and

    improved receiver sensitivity, resulting in a signal-

    to-noise ratio (SNR) that is nearly 300% higher than

    competitive GWR devices. This assures precise,

    dependable control or every level application, including

    extremely low dielectric media, extended measuring

    ranges, and punishing conditions where oaming, boiling

    or fashing can occur.

    Overfll Capable Probes

    Magnetrol oers the only guided wave radar transmitter

    on the market with a complete line o overll capable

    probes. Unlike other GWR transmitters that use

    algorithms to iner level readings in top-o-the-probe

    dead zones, the ECLIPSE Model 706 measures true

    level to within specication all the way up to the process

    fange. Coaxial and single rod overll capable probes

    can be installed in various congurations on the vessel,

    even when the risk o fooding exists.

    Advanced Diagnostics

    The ECLIPSE Model 706 takes the user interace

    experience to new levels o convenience and

    unctionality. The LCD diagnostics convey critical

    real-time waveorm and trend data with outstanding

    ease o use. Additionally, the ECLIPSE Model 706 can

    be precongured online prior to shipment, to ensure

    plug-and-play transmitter commissioning and automatic

    capture o echo curve during upsets.

    The ECLIPSE Model 706 transmitter provides sae,

    ecient and cost-eective liquid level and interace

    control, and is virtually unaected by fuctuating process

    conditions including density, dielectric, viscosity and

    specic gravity.

    The ECLIPSE Model 706 introduction represents the

    latest GWR innovation rom Magnetrol, the company

    that introduced the original ECLIPSE Model 705 the

    very rst 2-wire, loop-powered GWR transmitter or

    industrial liquid level applications.

    ECLIPSE MODEL 706 ransmitter Advances Guided Wave Radar echnologyMagnetrol International, Incorporated has launched the ECLIPSE Model

    706 guided wave radar (GWR) transmitter, a best-in-class level control

    solution that advances guided wave radar technology with improved

    perormance or a wide range o level and interace control applications.

    For more inormation about the ECLIPSE

    Model 706, visit: eclipse.magnetrol.com

    Magnetrol International

    www.magnetrol.com

    Visit us at SPE Oshore Europe,

    Stand: 1C101

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    These new instruments are UK designed and

    manuactured and are based on the accumulated

    experience gained rom thousands o installations

    coupled with the latest electronic, production and

    certication technology, resulting in larger digits,

    improved visibility, more standard eatures andeven higher reliability plus signicant economic

    advantages.

    The range includes eld and panel mounting models

    with a choice o our digits 34mm high, or ve digits

    29mm high with a 31 segment bargraph. All have

    an extended operating temperature o 40C to

    +70C and include a square root extractor, sixteen

    segment lineariser, internal calibrator together with

    a tare unction. Optional accessories include a

    backlight that may be loop or separately powered

    and dual alarms with isolated solid state outputs.

    The eld mounting models have a robust IP66 GRP

    enclosure with an armoured glass window making

    them suitable or installation in harsh industrial

    and oshore environments. A separate terminal

    compartment with orward acing terminals simplies

    installation and maintenance. Accessories include

    pipe-mounting kits and stainless steel tag plates,

    which can be supplied etched with customerspecied tag and application inormation.

    Panel mounting models are available in 144 x 72 and

    96 x 48 DIN enclosures with 4 and 5 digit displays

    having heights between 11 and 34mm. The 5

    digit models also have a 31 segment bargraph.

    All panel mounting indicators have an IP66 ront

    panel and a gasket to seal the joint between the

    instrument and the mounting panel allowing them to

    be washed down. A novel scale card showing the

    units o measurement in a window adjacent to the

    display may be changed on-site without opening theinstrument enclosure or removing it rom the panel.

    Field and panel mounting models are available

    For urther inormation including datasheets,

    certicates and instruction manuals please visit

    http://www.beka.co.uk/inds

    or phone the BEKA sales oce on:

    01462 438301.

    Visit us on stand 3A184 at SPE

    Offshore Europe.

    BEKA associates Ltd

    Tel: + 44 (0) 1462 438301

    Web www.beka.co.uk

    New Large Digit Loop Powered IndicatorsSince the installation o the rst BEKA intrinsically sae loop powered indicator

    in 1984, BEKA associates have been at the oreront o indicator development

    culminating in the recent introduction o their ourth generation models.

    with ATEX, IECEx, FM and NCC intrinsic saety

    certication permitting installation in gas and dust

    hazardous areas. For applications in Zone 2 or 22,

    eld mounting models with Ex nA and Ex tc approval

    permit installation without the need or Zener barriers

    or galvanic isolators signicantly reducing installation

    cost in these lower risk zones.

    Their impressive range o hoists, covering lit capacities

    rom 250kg up to a ull 100 tonnes, are used worldwide

    within many heavy-industry applications including

    shipbuilding and oshore, covering newbuild, rets and

    repair as well as dismantling. Typical shipyard external

    applications include the installation and disassembly o

    rudder blades, shats and propellers, while internal work

    includes heavy components or the engine room drive

    equipment as well as drive shats and other general

    tting out or installation work.

    Compared with electrically operated hoists, the JDN air

    powered equipment oers a wider range o operations

    that can be saely undertaken in outdoor damp, dirty

    or even hazardous area locations as well as indoor

    operation in dusty or potentially explosive atmospheres.

    Typical perormance advantages include easy installation

    with robust, low-maintenance compact designs

    combining reduced weights and easy handling with

    100% duty rating toughness. Operating air pressures

    range rom 4 to 6 bar with lube-ree perormance

    ensuring non-pollution o the environment as exhaust

    air is oil-ree. A range o optional pendant controllers

    are available to provide sensitive, innitely variable

    speed controls or the sae and precise positioning o

    suspended loads. General insensitivity to dust, humidity

    and temperatures ranging rom -20C to +70C helps to

    ensure an unlimited duty-cycle perormance capacity.

    The Pro Ti represents the major range o hoists in the

    JDN range. This covers a total o 19 products covering

    load capacities rom 250kg up to an impressive 100

    tonnes per unit. These hoists all incorporate a top

    suspension hook mounting so that multiple hoists

    can be utilised or single load handling, where oblique

    hoisting typically required or ship rudder or propeller

    mount/dismount operations can be accommodated

    (compliance with special saety precautions will also

    apply). These rugged products can also be used

    or horizontal pulling. Where horizontal movements

    o suspended loads up to 20 tonnes need to be

    accommodated, then the Pro Ti hoists can be mounted

    on trolley units or operation on overhead support rails

    even incorporating curves.

    Shipyard Handling Solutions From J D NeuhausWith nearly 270 years o hoisting technology experience, the J D Neuhaus

    company have pioneered many substantial innovations in the eld o air

    powered handling equipment and are now acknowledged as global marketleaders utilising this technology.

    Further inormation is available on request to:

    J D Neuhaus GmbH & Co. KG, 58449, Witten-

    Heven, Germany

    Tel: +49 2302 208-219 | Fax: +49 2302 208-286

    e-mail: [email protected]

    www.jdngroup.com

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    Depending on the depth o the water, the conditions

    on the seabed and other prevailing actors, a range

    o mobile oshore drilling units such as jackups,

    semi-submersibles and drillships are used.

    When an oshore services supplier recently required

    new weighing systems on-board a service ship

    tasked with transporting rock cuttings and otherby-products rom exploration rigs, they contacted

    Applied Weighing, the UKs leading manuacturer o

    weighing systems, or a solution.

    The weighing systems were required to monitor the

    contents o eleven on-board storage tanks used

    to hold the by-products othe drilling operation.

    Without the systems, the service supplier aced

    the associated risks and ineciencies o over-lling

    and under-lling the tanks. Hours rom shore, the

    support vessels seek to maximise the productivity o

    each trip.

    The operating environment was such that the

    systems needed to be ATEX approved and robust

    enough to withstand transportation between the rigs

    and shore based processing plants. Consequently,Applied Weighing chose to supply their range o

    ATEX certied Saemount Loading Assemblies or

    the eleven tanks.

    ATEX approved weight indicators were also provided

    to allow visual weight monitoring or the operators.

    Critically, the solution included outputs on each

    system which were used to signal to the central

    control system and to stop the storage tanks rom

    Applied Weighing Provides Robust SolutionFor Harsh Environment

    When plunging to depths beyond the region o 2000, oshoredrilling is undertaken rom oating vessels due to the impracticalities

    o using xed structures or such operations.

    lling once they had reached their target weight

    utilising the maximum storage capacity o each tank,

    every time.

    Applied Weighing, the leading supplier o process

    weighing equipment, load cells and load pins orover 20 years, are ISO9001 and ATEX accredited

    or the design, manuacture & service o industrial

    weighing equipment. We integrate with DCS/MIS

    systems, making us your one-stop shop or all

    Process Weighing requirements.

    For More Inormation Please Visit:

    www.appliedweighing.co.uk

    see us at:

    SPE Oshore Europe stand Stand: 4E121

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    Barnstaple, UK, June 26, 2013 --- Advanced fuid

    connection and control components or process

    instrumentation and hydraulic systems that

    greatly reduce the risk o system ailure, leaks and

    downtime will be highlighted at Oshore Europe

    2013 by the instrumentation products division o

    Parker Hannin - the global leader in motion and

    control technologies.

    Among the major potential problem sources that

    Parkers instrumentation technology combats

    are the reliability risks posed by corrosion, the

    large numbers o potential leak paths that are

    inherent with traditional small-bore system building

    techniques, and the risks posed by welding or hot

    work. At this years exhibition, Parker will additionally

    demonstrate the broadest choice o valve, maniold

    and tube tting components available in the world

    today, ollowing more than a decade o intense

    development and corporate acquisitions.

    The exceptional choice that Parker oers means

    that instrumentation and piping engineers speciying

    and building small-bore tubing systems can source

    everything they need or projects rom a single

    supplier, backed by the assurances that Parkers

    high quality manuacturing and comprehensive

    materials traceability programs deliver. Parkers core

    values o aster, smarter, cleaner, saer capture

    the companys goal o leadership in the process

    instrumentation market.

    In terms o product choice, Parkers range is

    unparalleled. In the tube ttings segment or

    instance, choices include advanced two errule

    connectors, cone-and-thread connectors or

    medium and high pressure applications, and errule-

    less connectors or permanent connections. In the

    valve and maniold area, options include small bore

    valves that meet the medium pressure requirements

    that oil and gas operators are now demanding,

    ultra low emission valves, and an exceptional

    selection o high-reliability and close-coupled

    maniolds or installing instruments and interacing

    instruments to pipelines. These product choices are

    complemented by Parkers renowned supply chain

    and machining capability or special purpose alloys,

    such as the 6Mo material which has emerged as

    the preerred choice or many oshore engineering

    design consultants designing or corrosion

    resistance and longevity.

    A key ocus o our engineering eort is enhancing

    the long term reliability o small-bore fuid

    instrumentation systems, says Charles Harris

    o Parker Hannins instrumentation products

    division. With the aid o the new generations o

    instrumentation connectors and valves we have

    developed, engineering rms and operators now

    have a truly comprehensive selection o advanced

    system building solutions, to achieve the highest

    attainable levels o reliability and saety on oshore

    projects.

    An important aspect o Parkers display this year is

    the companys widening range o tting and valve

    products that eliminate leak-prone taper threaded

    connections, and with it any need or PTFE tape or

    anaerobic sealant - a common cause o problems in

    the eld. Parkers products in this area include valves

    and maniolds with integral compression tubing

    ends, and threadless piping interaces that convert a

    standard fange to a compression tubing connection.

    A key advance in this area being highlighted or

    the construction o tomorrows oshore platorms

    and process equipment is Parkers threadlessfuid connection solution that meets the need or

    operating pressures in excess o the typical 6000

    PSI maximum o the industry-standard two-errule

    connectors. Parkers novel Phastite connector will

    withstand working pressures up to 20,000 PSI

    and oers a high-integrity alternative to permanent

    connections made using welded connections -

    which might require a hot work permit because

    o the re risks and are typically not allowed on

    operational platorms.

    More inormation on Parkers instrument

    innovations can be ound at:

    http://www.ipde-innovations.com

    Ultra-Reliable Small Bore Systems For

    omorrows Oshore OperationsNovel uid connection and control componentsthat avoid corrosion, leaks, ailures, downtime...

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