The rapidly expanding global offshore and marine engineering company, Harris Pye Group (Booth: 6119), is highlighting a number of new developments at OTC 2011. The Group has a well established track record in the offshore oil and gas industry for in situ repair, upgrade and conversion of rigs, semi-submersibles, FSU, FSO, FPSO and FSRU units. Now it has an even greater range of services and will particularly be promoting its flat pack deck boilers, new Module Design facility, its waste heat recovery capabilities, and forthcoming marine boiler design principles course.

“Once again we are co-exhibiting with Sobrena Shiprepair Yard of Brest at OTC 2011,” explains Chris David Technical Director, of Harris Pye (HPG). “Our companies have a non-exclusive collaboration to work together providing services for refurbishment, repair, upgrade, conversion and life extension of ships and offshore assets across the marine and oil and gas fields. The relationship has proved highly beneficial to both companies and, most importantly, to our clients. OTC provides us with an opportunity to continue to promote this service.

“The exhibition also gives us an opportunity to promote the role that our rapidly expanding Brazilian base plays in the offshore industry – and Alex McAndrew, our newly appointed Country Manager of Harris Pye Brasil Ltda, will be on the stand to explain the services we offer from our base at Macaé in Rio de Janeiro state, where we are well set up to provide innovative solutions and fast turnaround for those working in ever-deeper waters.”

HPG has main stations in the UK (in Barry, South Wales), Dubai and Singapore – all three are the ASME ‘R”, 'U' and 'S' stamp accredited; and offices and repair facilities in Abu Dhabi, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, China, Denmark (covering Scandinavia) Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sharjah – and is in the process of opening in Oman and Qatar. With 17 companies, workshops and facilities in 14 countries, HPG recorded its best-ever order intake in 2010, breaking through the £100m mark worldwide; added to which Q1 of 2011 saw ever station report their businest first quarter ever.

In the spotlight at OTC 2011 HPG has recently signed a major agreement for the design, installation, commissioning and life cycle support of flat pack deck boilers with TEi Ltd. These boilers are destined primarily for FPSOs, and can be installed anywhere in the world. TEi will take responsibility for the design and detailed engineering of the boilers, which are based on well-proven and reputable Foster Wheeler Marine designed units, whilst HPG will be responsible for all other aspects of engineering, manufacture, installation and commissioning, including aftercare of the boilers and all associated module plant and equipment.

These are multi-million pound boilers – HPG aims to supply five or six each year. Their move to boiler manufacturer, after decades of repair work – which remains an important part of the company’s business – has already stimulated interest within the industry, with a first order about to be announced.

The worldwide expansion of HPG’s design team, centred on their Australian base, but working globally, will also come under the spotlight at OTC. Their new Module Design facility concentrates on the supply of custom-designed power, steam and gas modules for both offshore and onshore facilities. The specialist designers can, and do, work anywhere in the world using industry approved 3D designed and simulated software for deducing pipe behaviour; as well as HPG’s own proprietary software, Autofin, all software is loaded on the server in Australia and used globally by the team of design experts around the world.

HPG’s in-house design capability for steam plant components ranges from simple desuperheaters through to high pressure superheated steam boilers. They can undertake in-depth surveys of steam and thermal systems - from a simple analysis of the efficiency of steam traps, to a full–blown analysis of a complete thermal cycle and all associated components.

The Group offers a highly comprehensive service to the marine and offshore industries including: general boiler performance assessment; review of performance data and assessment for improved boiler efficiency; investigation of and solutions to existing operational problems or issues; investigation and requirements for firing on alternative fuels; overall steam cycle analysis and optimal utilization of steam; optimization of and proposals for enhanced waste heat recovery; and complete energy audits including diesel powered generation, air conditioning etc.

The Group will also be publicising its first three-day Marine Boiler Design Principles Course. High pressure and low pressure boilers abound on FPSOs, LNG tankers and trading tankers. Accurate prediction of boiler plant problems is essential in a highly competitive world, and an understanding of boiler design is vital in order to make such predictions.

The course to promote this understanding is being held at the headquarters of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), in London, UK, Wednesday 1 June - Friday 3 June 2011, will train participants in the use of the necessary fundamental knowledge to confidently monitor, analytically model and control the optimum operation of marine boiler plant. There are already some 20 delegates registered for the course.

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