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Introduction to DUCO June 2005
DUCO Umbilicals
27th June 2006
Subsea North East Launch
Alasdair MacDonald
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
2Overview
Duco manufactures Control Umbilicals for Subsea Production Systems
Electrical and hydraulic power transferred from host facility to subsea wells Fluids to assist well productivity tranferred from host facility to subsea wells Control signals between wells and host facility to monitor production.
Worldwide market
Broad client base Majors and Independant Oil Companies State Oil Producers EPIC contractors Wellhead equipment manufacturers
International business with a local North East focus
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
3Make Up of an Umbilical?
Electric Cable
Electric Cable
Fibre Optic Cable
TubeTube
FillersFillers
Outer SheathOuter Sheath
Armour LayersArmour Layers
Inner SheathInner Sheath
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
4UMBILICAL ASSEMBLY
Typical Umbilical Lay-up
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
5A Sense of Proportion - LENGTH
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
6
1978Dunlop enters
umbilical business Southampton facility
1983Joint Venture
formed between
Dunlop & Pirelli
1990 - £7mDUCO moves to
Walker Plant
1989 - £5mNew joint venture between Dunlop &
CoflexipDUCO
1998 - £33mDUCO LTD
first umbilical manufacturer to be awarded API 17E
licence
1994 - £14mCoflexip Merge
with Stena Offshore
1996 - £25mDUCO Inc
Channelview, HoustonOpens
2001- £37mTechnip &
Coflexip merge
2004 - £61mAngoflex Ltda factory opens
2006 - £100mReviewing options for further international and local expansion
*Newcastle Revenue only
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
7LOCATIONS
DUCO Inc.USA Houston
AngoflexAngola
DUCO Ltd.Newcastle HQ
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
8DUCO Ltd – Newcastle, UK
• Capacity 300km per annum
•Workforce : 350 approximately
•Facility located 30m (100ft) from 800m (2625ft) long quayside
Introduction to DUCO July 2006
9SIGNIFICANT MANUFACTURING ACHIEVEMENTS
Largest Single Length Thermoplastic Umbilical Produced by Newcastle Facility Exxon Mobil Arthur : 31km ; 983 tonnes ; 146mm diameter
Supplier of the GOMEX longest umbilical (DUCO Inc.) SHELL, MENSA DEVELOPMENT, 106 km
Supplier of the world’s heaviest and largest umbilical (DUCO Ltd.) PETROCANADA, TERRA NOVA @ 170kg/m, 320mm diameter
Supplier of the world’s largest number of components (DUCO Ltd.) TALISMAN, BUCHAN ALPHA, 98 HOSES
Currently manufacturing world’s heaviest umbilical BP SECU 305mm diameter @ 190kg/m
Safety Performance In excess of 1400 days incident free
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Number of Subsea Production Wells
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20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
WHY IS MARKET SO ATTRACTIVE?
High oil price here to stay
Next 5 years:-
40% increase in subsea production
Doubling FPSO’s
Planned delays to decommissioning
Enhanced recovery to existing subsea production systems
By 2013 oil demand predicted to exceed supply