Sembmarine SLP secures exclusive licence from Seahorse Platform Partners for minimum facilities platforms
Sembmarine SLP Ltd (SLP), a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, announces that it has been awarded an exclusive licence by Seahorse Platform Partners Ltd (SPPL) to use its patented SEAHARVESTER™ and SeaHorse™ technology in the design and construction of Minimum Facilities Platforms (MFPs) for the North Sea, Irish waters and other territorial waters of the UK, said in the company's press release.
In addition SLP and SPPL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding by which, subject to contract, SPPL will award an additional exclusive licence for the technology for use in the design and construction of MFPs for South East Asia and Australasia (excluding Malaysia and Brunei).
Paul Thomson, SLP’s Managing Director said “This is a very important agreement for SLP. We have enjoyed a long and productive relationship with SPPL and successfully delivered eighteen MFPs based on the SEAHARVESTER™ technology which we have developed for the North Sea. This exclusive licence underlines SPPL’s confidence in our ability to achieve even greater success with our joint solutions for marginal fields in the future. And following the investment in SLP by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary SMOE of Singapore in September last year, it is a natural progression for us to combine our strengths to provide MFPs for marginal fields in South East Asia.”
Patricia Blandford, SPPL’s CEO said “Our SEAHARVESTER™ and SeaHorse™ technology has proven itself in more than 170 platforms worldwide and over the years SLP has adapted the designs originally utilised in the Gulf of Mexico for the stringent conditions of the North Sea. It was not only SLP's knowledge and experience of MFPs that led us to award the exclusive licence but also SLP’s ability to satisfy the client’s requirements safely, on time and to a high standard of workmanship. SLP’s new association with SMOE opens up new and exciting opportunities for us all in a part of the world where marginal field development is in its infancy.”
About Sembmarine SLP (SLP)
SLP (previously SLP Engineering) is based in Lowestoft, UK and was acquired by Sembcorp Marine’s SMOE Pte Ltd (70%) and SLP management (30%) in September 2012. SLP has a 40 year history of serving the offshore Energy Industry as an EPC supplier of offshore structures and specialises in Accommodation Platforms, MFPs and more recently offshore substations.
About Seahorse Platform Partners (SPPL)
SPPL, Seahorse Platform Partners Ltd, is a Houston based Texas limited partnership which owns worldwide patents on designs of offshore shallow water platforms developed originally for use in the Gulf of Mexico.
About SMOE
SMOE, a fully-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Ltd, is a Singapore based, industry leading EPC producer of major fixed and floating offshore structures for the worldwide oil and gas industry. In its 39-year history SMOE has delivered more than 300,000 metric tonnes of such projects.
About Minimum Facilities Platforms (MFPs)
MFPs (Minimum Facilities Platforms) are normally unmanned offshore wellhead platforms that are designed to carry out specific tasks such as production, metering and utilities having low capital and operating costs. As such these platforms are ideal marginal field solutions. The SEAHARVESTER™ concept minimises loading impact of wind and wave conditions on the jacket using a repeatable, symmetrical, standardised configuration that is structurally more efficient than traditional platforms.