ENERPAC and WA engineering company AME have worked together to provide the fabrication and testing of a tilt table for the Pyrenees offshore oil and gas project, said to have been delivered ahead of scheduled time.
According to Enerpac, its Western Australia territory manager Andrew Marsh helped AME to facilitate the rapid delivery of nine 9t double acting hydraulic cylinders ordered through its distributor Cooper Fluid Systems.
AME was required to work to a tight deadline to design, fabricate, test and supply the Cameron Vertical Connector (CVC) tilt table for seabed-to-surface contractor Acergy.
Enerpac claims 10 days were available for provision of the cylinders and associated componentry, drawing on both Enerpac’s Australian resources and complementary equipment that had to be sourced from the United States.
AME is said to have beaten the deadline and the CVC tilt table was successfully function tested at the company’s Perth workshop prior to sea trialling aboard Acergy’s construction vessel Toisa Proteus working on the Pyrenees project.
The CVC tilt table is an installation facility which positions the CVC gooseneck to fit with the umbilical or riser coming from the sea bed.
Enerpac says various flow components were also provided including couplers, valves, manifolds, hoses and gauges.
Pyrenees is a joint venture between BHP Billiton and United States oil producer Apache Corporation that is expected to produce about 96,000 barrels of oil per day over a 25 year period.
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