TPi April 2012

business & market news

Deep Down announces multiple awards Deep Down, Inc, an oilfield services company specialising in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, has been awarded multiple contracts for subsea hardware and deployment equipment orders worth in excess of $2.6mn. Two orders were placed by a major controls OEM, and the third order placed by an international installation contractor. Moray ® and flying lead deployment frames. The majority of the work was scheduled to be completed in the first quarter 2012, with the remainder completed in the beginning of the second quarter. The products and equipment will be used on three international projects in the Far East and Mediterranean and one project in the Gulf of Mexico.

easy make up of the heads by the ROV on the ocean floor. Ron Smith, chief executive officer, stated, “These awards continue to build upon Deep Down’s expansion into the international oil and gas market. Deep Down continues to gain recognition outside of the Gulf of Mexico as a solution provider. By working with our customers, we are able to provide them with innovative cost effective solutions for their offshore projects.”

The company will manufacture umbilical termination assemblies (UTA), flying leads, umbilical termination heads (UTH), rapid deployment cartridges,

The patent-pending Moray termination system contains a light-weight and compact termination head and very flexible steel tube bundle allowing for

deep down, Inc – USA sales@deepdowninc.com www.deepdowninc.com

Young professionals to speak alongside sector experts

these changes and give their views on how they will ensure the industry can meet the challenges of today, whilst leaving a sustainable legacy for future generations. Young speakers have become an integral part of the Institute of Water Annual Conference in recent years, giving young professionals the opportunity to showcase themselves in front of key personnel from within the UK water industry. Speaking about the initiative, Institute of Water president Nick Ellins commented, “The Institute of Water is providing the best possible business environment for water professionals to develop and apply their skills, helping them to learn directly from the top performers in the sector. We offer people who join the Institute of

Two young water professionals have been selected to speak at the Institute of Water National Conference alongside a line up of industry speakers. As part of the Institute of Water’s on-going work to nurture rising talent in the water sector, Anna Gocher from South West Water and Ursula Trolan from Northumbrian Water will take centre stage at the two-day conference, ‘2012 – Changing the Industry for a Sustainable Legacy’, which will be held at The Royal Society in London, 17-18 May. By the time the event commences, most elements of the water industry will have been reviewed, re-structured or be subject to change. The conference will bring together key people in the sector to discuss the implications of

Ursula Trolan will speak at the Institute of Water National Conference

Water unique career opportunities in a motivating and enjoyable setting.”

Heidi Mottram, chief executive of Northumbrian Water, will be providing a keynote address at the event on ‘Changing the Industry for a Sustainable Legacy’.

Institute of Wate r – UK www.instituteofwater.org.uk

Kazakhstan president visits Flowserve Flowserve, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced a recent visit by Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to the Flowserve Quick Response Center (QRC) located in the city of Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Turaliev, Flowserve service centre director. During his visit President Nazarbayev recognised Flowserve as the first Western original equipment manufacturer to invest in his country’s drive to establish a world-class industrial support infrastructure.

content goals of the country’s industrial development programme. While touring the facility Mr Nazarbayev saw the success of the newly established customs union between Kazakhstan and Russia when the Flowserve Atyrau QRC was repairing worn pumping systems from a Russian refinery.

The presence of Flowserve, Mr Nazarbayev noted, is an important step in meeting local ownership and

Mr Nazarbayev was accompanied by Umirzak Shukeev, first vice prime minister of Kazakhstan, and Gazizbek

Flowserve corp – USA www.flowserve.com

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