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News Release from: Destec Engineering | Subject: GSB Subsea Clamp Connectors
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 November 2006
Single bolt clamp connectors for well
tree head
Destec Engineering has enhanced the operational ability of the new MARS work platform - supplying subsea single bolt clamp connectors that offer rapid and simple connection to the well tree head
Specialist engineering company for the oil and gas industry, Destec Engineering, has enhanced the operational ability of the revolutionary new MARS (Multiple Application Re-injection System) work platform - supplying subsea single bolt clamp connectors that offer rapid and simple connection to the well tree head Lincolnshire, UK-based Destec has already supplied 8 and 10 inch examples of its GSB Subsea Clamp Connectors for the first MARS operational platform, which has been delivered to the BP King Field, Gulf of Mexico
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The manufacturer of the system, DES Operations of Aberdeen, is also to specify Destec Single Bolt Clamp Connectors on all new MARS platforms, as orders unfold.
The MARS universal work platform has been designed to increase ultimate recovery, optimise production and increase net present value on oil field reserves, by enabling multiple processing possibilities on new and existing wells at any time in field life.
Interfacing directly with the production tree, the MARS platform connectors are required to meet extreme pressure and temperature demands, while being quick and simple to fit.
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Added to this, with the platform designed to operate in extreme subsea depths, connectors must be ROV as well as diver operable.
Having supplied over 1,000 Single Bolt Clamp Connectors for the offshore oil industry, many for ultra deep water applications, the Destec design team - working closely with DES - were able to propose several bespoke single bolt connector solutions that precisely met the requirements of the MARS project.
Commenting on the decision to specify Destec connectors for the project, DES Operations project manager, Steve Robb, says: "The Destec extensive track record in the development of single bolt clamp connectors, and its flexible approach to subsea connection solutions, provided a close fit with our own demanding requirements for well head connectivity.
So far, the connectors have met all expectations, so much so that we have asked Destec to quote on other project solutions".
Destec sales and marketing manager, Alistair Chadwick, adds: "The MARS project was a particularly challenging application and Destec Engineering is proud to be associated with it.
The application allowed us to fully demonstrate our unrivalled expertise and flexibility in single bolt clamp technology on what is one of the most exciting concepts yet in oil and gas operation".
Destec Engineering designs and manufactures single bolt clamp connectors in a range of materials.
They are used in a wide variety of applications from large pressure vessel closures to pipe connectors for subsea hook up.
The connectors can be adapted to meet ASME and other pressure vessel requirements for quick release.
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