Author: Tom Howard

Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, has secured a contract from Strohm to design, manufacture and supply a subsea protection and buoyancy solution for a Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (“TCP”) Jumper.

Strohm (previously Airborne Oil & Gas), the world’s first and leading manufacturer of fully bonded TCP, was awarded a contract earlier this year to supply a first-of-its-kind spoolable TCP Jumper to connect a subsea vehicle to the vertical transport system of a newly converted deep-water polymetallic nodule collection vessel.

Tekmar Energy has been chosen by Strohm to supply Bend Stiffeners, Ballast Modules, and Buoyancy Modules for the TCP solution to ensure it does not exceed load and bend design limitations. Tekmar Energy will manufacture the Bend Stiffeners and Ballast Modules at their Newton Aycliffe facility in the North East of England. DeepWater Buoyancy will manufacture the Buoyancy Modules in Maine USA under a recently signed agreement with Tekmar Group plc. All products will be delivered to Strohm in Q4 2021.

Gary Howland, Group Sales Director at Tekmar Group commented: “Tekmar Energy is delighted to have been chosen by Strohm to protect this exciting project. We look forward to working with Strohm and to strengthening our relationship. We are also thrilled to secure a contract in partnership with DeepWater Buoyancy. The award demonstrates how working together enables us to offer customers a broader range of solutions and technologies”.

Strohm Chief Operating Officer Martin van Onna said: “TCP is a lightweight, corrosion-free, versatile technology used to support many different applications across multiple underwater sectors in varying depths. Ensuring the stability and security of the TCP Jumper with a subsea protection and buoyancy solution that is completely reliable and equally as durable as our product, is extremely important to the success of the project. Tekmar is a market leader with a sustainability focus that aligns with our own energy transition strategy. We look forward to working together”.

About Tekmar Energy & Tekmar Group:

Tekmar Energy Limited is the market-leading provider of subsea protection systems for cables, umbilicals, and flexible products. The company is trusted to protect billions of pounds worth of subsea assets in offshore energy markets worldwide.

Tekmar Group plc works together to provide market-leading technology and services to the global offshore energy markets. Tekmar Group’s primary operating companies are Ryder Geotechnical Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, Tekmar Energy Limited, and Pipeshield International Limited.

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About DeepWater Buoyancy:

DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc., located in Maine USA, provides subsea buoyancy products for offshore energy, oceanographic, military, and technology companies around the world. Customers have relied on the company’s products for over forty years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

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About Strohm:   

Leading composite pipe technology company Strohm (formerly Airborne Oil & Gas) has the world’s largest track record for Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) after being the first to bring the technology to the Oil & Gas industry in 2007. TCP reduces total installed and life cycle cost for subsea flowlines, jumpers, and risers and has proven to reduce the CO2 footprint of pipeline infrastructures by more than 50%.

The company is committed to driving sustainability with its range of TCP solutions which enable clients towards their net-zero carbon emissions targets and support the renewables sector.

TCP is a strong, non-corrosive, spoolable, lightweight technology that is delivered in long lengths, resulting in a significant reduction of transportation and installation costs. TCP is installed using small vessels or subsea pallets, significantly reducing CO2 emissions. It is also 100% recyclable.

Strohm’s shareholders are Aker Solutions, Chevron Technology Ventures, Evonik Venture Capital, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Shell Ventures, Subsea 7, Sumitomo Corporation and the private equity investor, HPE Growth.

The firm’s manufacturing facility is located at its headquarters in IJmuiden in The Netherlands. Strohm also has offices in Houston (US), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

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Tekmar Group plc a leading provider of technology and services for the global offshore energy markets, is pleased to announce it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc. (“DeepWater”), a leading producer of subsea buoyancy products for offshore oil & gas, energy, oceanographic, and technology companies.

Under the MOU, the companies will bring together their complementary engineering capabilities, and extensive track records in their respective fields, to enhance the range of services and technologies they offer customers, whilst helping to integrate and optimise offshore project supply chains.

The partnership is focused on the new and emerging floating offshore wind market which has an exponential growth forecast of 10GW installed capacity by 2030. Tekmar Group and DeepWater will provide greater value across the life of a floating wind project by offering a collective package of geotechnical assessment and engineering analysis, cable and mooring system design, cable protection and stabilisation solutions, cable buoyancy, and mooring line buoyancy. Additionally, they will offer bespoke product solutions for the unique elements of floating offshore wind projects, such as cable disconnection systems.

The partnership further supports Tekmar Group’s organic growth strategy by strengthening its presence and manufacturing capability in the US fixed offshore wind market, an emerging but increasingly important market for the Group. The partnership also provides DeepWater with greater access to the European market, where their products complement Tekmar Group’s existing offering.

Gary Howland, Group Sales Director at Tekmar Group said “Aligning with DeepWater Buoyancy gives Tekmar Group access to over 40 years of innovation in subsea buoyancy products. This strengthens the unrivalled service and technology capability we already offer across a subsea project’s timeline. The partnership supports Tekmar Group’s ambition for the global floating wind market and the US fixed offshore wind market, where we now have stateside expertise and manufacturing capability. We look forward to building a strong and rewarding relationship with DeepWater Buoyancy.”

David Capotosto, Co-President & Director of Business Development at DeepWater Buoyancy commented “This new partnership represents both companies’ commitment to serving the rapidly growing offshore wind market and will enable us to offer a wider range of products and service solutions to our customers. We look forward to leveraging Tekmar Group’s vast offshore wind experience and their extensive global reach to drive the partnership forward.”

About Tekmar Group

Tekmar Group plc, based in Darlington UK, provides market-leading technology and services to the global offshore energy markets through its primary operating companies Ryder Geotechnical Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, Tekmar Energy Limited, and Pipeshield International Limited.

About DeepWater Buoyancy

DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc., located in Maine USA, provides subsea buoyancy products for offshore energy, oceanographic, military, and technology companies around the world. Customers have relied on the company’s products for over forty years, from the ocean surface to depths exceeding six thousand meters.

Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, is pleased to announce a contract award from Van Oord to supply its Generation 10 Cable Protection System (“CPS”) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, Germany.

Baltic Eagle (476MW) is Iberdrola’s second offshore wind project in Germany, following the commissioning of OWF Wikinger in 2017 (also protected with Tekmar CPS). Once complete, Iberdrola’s projects will together form the largest offshore wind complex in the Baltic Sea with a combined installed capacity of 826MW.

Tekmar Energy’s scope of work comprises the engineering, manufacturing, testing and supply of its latest generation of CPS technology to protect subsea inter-array and inter-platform cables as they transition between the seabed, offshore turbines and offshore substation. The CPS will be delivered on behalf of EPC contractor Van Oord who has previously installed Tekmar Energy CPS on various offshore wind farms including Fryslan, Borssele and Deutsche Bucht. Tekmar Energy will manufacture systems and accessories at their Newton Aycliffe facility in the North East of England for delivery in late 2022.

Henk-Jan van Dijk, Project Director, Van Oord, commented “We are pleased to continue our strong working relationship with Tekmar Energy, a familiar, reliable and proven CPS partner.”

Russell Edmondson, Tekmar Energy’s Managing Director, said “We are delighted to secure this new award from Van Oord which strengthens our long-standing relationship that has delivered successful offshore wind projects over the years, particularly in Europe, which remains the largest market for offshore wind installations in the world. It is testament to our continued investment in CPS technology, to safeguard subsea assets in increasingly challenging environments.”

About Tekmar Group

Tekmar Group plc is a market-leading provider of technology and services to the global offshore energy markets. The Group’s primary operating companies are Ryder Geotechnical Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, Tekmar Energy Limited, and Pipeshield International Limited.

Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, is the market-leading provider of subsea protection systems for cables, umbilicals, and flexible products. The company is trusted to protect billions of pounds worth of subsea assets in offshore energy markets worldwide.

Ryder Geotechnical Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, has launched its new Geotechnical Data Analysis Solution – Hadrian Cloud Services.

Ryder Geotechnical, a specialist in offshore geotechnical design and analysis services, has applied its extensive experience in offshore geotechnics to develop Hadrian Cloud Services. Hadrian is a professional analytical and visualisation tool that allows users to easily interact and interrogate geotechnical data from the data acquisition stage through to detailed design.

Designed for and built by Engineers, Hadrian offers hassle free geotechnical insight via intuitive controls that make accessing and querying your data effortless. Hadrian will expedite your responsive data driven design decisions and help streamline your offshore construction project.

Fraser Gibson, Managing Director of Ryder Geotechnical said “We are excited to launch Hadrian, an intuitive cloud-based software that is easy to use and accessible anywhere. It’s a powerful tool that can be at the fingertips of everyone in your team, to facilitate communication, collaboration, and validation of geotechnical data. In a remote working world, Ryder Geotechnical is already using Hadrian internally to provide data driven solutions across several sectors, from jack up analysis, to trenching assessments, and post burial review”.

To learn more or book a demo visit www.rydergeotechnical.com.

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Ryder Geotechnical provides expert geotechnical design and consulting services to the offshore wind and subsea energy sectors. Services include offshore structure foundation design, geohazard assessment and subsea cable routing and burial assessment.

Tekmar Group plc works together to provide market-leading technology and services to the global offshore energy markets. Tekmar Group’s primary operating companies are Ryder Geotechnical Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, Tekmar Energy Limited, and Pipeshield International.

Tekmar Energy, a Tekmar Group Company, today announces multiple Cable Protection System (CPS) supply contracts to protect over 1200MW of new offshore wind generating capacity in China.

The contracts will see Tekmar Energy engineer, manufacture, and supply over 250 of its patented Cable Protection Systems for four new offshore wind farm projects in the region. The projects include Shandong South 4 (300MW) located on the Jiaodong Peninsula in Eastern China, Yangjiang Shapa – Phase V (300MW) located off Guangdong in the South China Sea, and Dafeng H8-2 (300MW) and Rudong-H2 (350MW) located off the coastal province of Jiangsu in Eastern China. The systems will be manufactured at Tekmar Energy’s Newton Aycliffe production facility in the North East of England and exported to China in 2021.  

Russell Edmondson, Tekmar Energy’s Managing Director, commented “We are delighted to announce four new CPS supply contracts in China, and thank our regional customers for their continued confidence in our industry leading CPS technology. We are proud to support this rapidly growing offshore wind market”.

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Tekmar Energy Limited is the market-leading provider of subsea protection systems for cables, umbilicals, and flexible products. The company is trusted to protect billions of pounds worth of subsea assets in offshore energy markets worldwide.

Tekmar Group plc works together to provide market-leading technology and services to the global offshore energy markets. Tekmar Group’s primary operating companies are Ryder Geotechnical Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, Tekmar Energy Limited, and Pipeshield International Limited.

Subsea Innovation Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, has completed the design, build, testing & commissioning of two bespoke retrofit Dynamic Bend Stiffener (DBS) subsea installation tools on behalf of offshore installation contractor Leask Marine.

The DBS installation tools were designed in-house by Subsea Innovation’s team of highly qualified and experienced engineers in accordance with DNV’s standard for offshore platform and lifting appliances (DNVGL DNVGL-ST-0378).

The new tools are a MK.2 version of installation equipment developed by Subsea Innovation in 2020 and incorporate upgrades and modifications to improve the performance of the MK.01 model. This includes a full subsea camera and light package, a subsea control manifold, and a new operating system complete with marine grade hydraulic cylinder functions.

The installation tools were built and tested by Subsea Innovation’s offshore certified production team in Darlington, UK, who along with Leask Marine, also commissioned the equipment onsite at the mobilisation port on the South East coast of England. Both installation tools are now mobilised offshore and supporting O&M activities on an operational wind farm in the UK.

To find out more contact info@subsea.co.uk.

About Subsea Innovation

Subsea Innovation is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of complex engineered equipment and technology used in the offshore energy market. Its products include large back deck handling systems, emergency pipeline repair systems (EPRS), and bespoke equipment for use in the construction and maintenance of offshore energy projects.

Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group company, is pleased to announce a contract award from cable manufacturer ZTT to supply its Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the Gode Wind 3 high-voltage grid connection project.

The 16km long submarine cable is scheduled for installation in 2023 and will connect the 242MW Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm to TenneT’s extra high-voltage grid via the DolWin Kappa HVDC converter station, and the associated DolWin 6 grid connection in Germany.

Tekmar Energy’s CPS and bespoke Bellmouths will be installed to protect the cable as it transitions from the seabed through the dynamic zone between the Gode Wind 3 Offshore Substation and the DolWin Kappa Platform. The products will be delivered in 2022 and 2023 from Tekmar Energy’s Newton Aycliffe manufacturing facility in the North East of England.

Russell Edmondson, Managing Director at Tekmar Energy said, “we are delighted to have once again been chosen by ZTT to protect critical subsea infrastructure in Europe”.

About Tekmar Group

Tekmar Group plc works together to provide market-leading technology and services to the global offshore energy markets. Tekmar Group’s primary operating companies are Ryder Geotechnical Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited, Subsea Innovation Limited, Tekmar Energy Limited, and Pipeshield International.

Tekmar Energy Limited is the market-leading provider of subsea protection systems for cables, umbilicals, and flexible products. The company is trusted to protect billions of pounds worth of subsea assets in offshore energy markets worldwide.

Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, is pleased to announce a new Cable Protection System (CPS) supply contract for an offshore wind farm project located off the Shandong Peninsula in North East China.

The award follows two recently announced CPS supply contracts for offshore wind farm projects located in the coastal province of Guangdong in South East China. Under the latest contract Tekmar Energy will supply its patented TekLink Mechanical Latch CPS technology to protect the project’s subsea array cables as they transition from the seabed through the dynamic zone to the topside hang-off position. The systems will be manufactured at Tekmar Energy’s production facility in the North East of England and exported to China in Q2 2021.

Russell Edmondson, Managing Director at Tekmar Energy said, “We are delighted to secure another exciting CPS supply contract in China and to secure our market leading position in the region”.

At Tekmar Group the health and happiness of our People is our priority, so we are proud to be launching our 2021 Health & Wellbeing Events and Communications Calendar.

Following the results of an internal Wellbeing Survey, we have focused the initiative on educating and equipping our People to better manage their physical and mental health, both at work and at home.

Over the next 10 months we will deliver 7 campaigns on topics which are likely to affect our People directly or indirectly during their lifetime, such as stress, mental health, healthy habits, women’s health & menopause, men’s health, suicide, and cancer. We will be offering live speaker events, workshops, webinars and more.

Following the success of our February 5,000 mile charity challenge, our March Campaign focuses on Health, Hydration and Nutrition. We are proud to have partnered with Quorn Foods who will host 2 live cook-along sessions to inspire the can, can’t and won’t cooks.

Continuing our focus on Health and Wellbeing, by April we will have increased the number of Mental Health First Aiders across Tekmar Group to 1 in 10, so there is a certified point of contact offering Mental Health support for all employees everywhere.