Installation Capabilities

Session B7 | Day 2, Weds 30 June, 11.00-12.15pm

Session Summary
Session focusing on all aspects of installation, from vessels to cables to forecasting.

• Chris Towner, Partner, Bond Pearce LLP
• Thor Stenersen, Marketing Director, Master Marine A/S
• Carsten Heymann, Managing Director, Beluga Hochtief Offshore
• Robin Newman, Principal MetOcean Scientist, EMU
• Rob Grimmond, Managing Director, Offshore Marine Management

	Chair: Chris Towner, Partner, Bond Pearce LLP Chris is a partner specialising in commercial projects work with particular expertise in the energy sector. Chris spent six years in the energy and projects team at Herbert Smith, advising a range of companies, merchant banks and public sector clients in relation to a wide range of issues connected with the UK electricity and gas markets. Since coming to Bond Pearce in 2006, Chris has specialised in advising renewables projects, with particular focus on offshore and onshore wind projects as well as wave and tidal projects. Chris advises on all commercial aspects of renewables projects and is Chair of the RenewableUK Offshore Wind Delivery Group.
	Speaker: Thor Stenersen, Marketing Director, Master Marine A/S Sheringham Shoal installation of Substations and Wind Turbine Generators by the new and innovative Service Jack-Up Vessel Master Marine AS is an offshore service company, specialised in transport and offshore installation of heavy structures for the Oil and Gas industry and for the Renewable Energy Sector. Master Marine AS has ordered two new Jack Up Construction Vessels at Drydocks world shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. First unit will be delivered in Q3 2010 and second unit in Q4 2010. Contracts are secured for both vessels. The first vessel has a contract with ConocoPhillips as an Accommodation Unit on the Ekofisk field with a 3 year plus option charter. The second vessel has a contract with Statoil/ Statkraft for the installation of 88 offshore wind turbines at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm project off the coast of UK. The Jack Up Construction Vessel provides a safer, environmental friendly and cost effective alternative for load out, transportation, offshore installation and hook up of offshore structures. The Jack Up vessels are fully self contained, able to install offshore structures weighing up to 7,200 T, replacing several service-, crane and accommodation vessels normally used in offshore wind field development. Biography Thor Stenersen assumes the current position as Sales & Marketing Director in Master Marine, Norway. Mr Stenersen has more than 30 years experience from senior positions in Statoil, Kværner Oil & Gas, ABB, Vetco, Aibel and now in Master Marine. His experience varies within the fields of project execution, strategic procurement & contracts as well as business development internationally. Mr Stenersen holds a degree of Lieutenant Commander from the Royal Norwegian Navy and the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy.
	Speaker: Carsten Heymann, Managing Director, Beluga Hochtief Offshore Next Generation Vessels: Loading, transporting and installing offshore – all in one The new trend within the wind power sector is called “Offshore”. By 2012 we expect installations of 800 foundations and wind turbines per year. The potential for offshore is enormous but also there are major barriers for successful offshore wind projects, These are: Lack of sophisticated vessels for transportation and installation of next generation turbines (5 MW+); Lack of know-how in standardized installation process; Access to qualified manpower of offshore specialists. This is where BELUGA HOCHTIEF Offshore comes into play. With the developed joint venture from April 2009 BHO aims to serve the growing demand for special-purpose vessels needed for the construction of offshore wind farms. Specialist vessels - BHO plan to develop heavy-lift jack-up vessels that are able to load, transport and install huge offshore wind plants. The vessels are able to undertake installation and maintenance of offshore facilities with overall heights of more than 120 meters in water depths of up to 50 meters. With 8,000 tons deck loading capacity, 1,500 tons crane capacity and 12 knots service speed, these special lifting vessels can be operated every single day of the year. Crew - But what would the vessels do without the right crew. In cooperation with Maritime Universities Beluga develops high-quality training concepts that are tailored precisely for future nautical officers and engineers in the standard Heavy-Lift segment. Furthermore, BHO is significantly involved in the built up of a “Maritime Safety Training Centre” and an “Offshore & Heavy-Lift Crane Operation Simulator”. Biography Since 2008 Carsten Heymann has been involved in the development of the new venture BELUGA HOCHTIEF Offshore GmbH & Co. KG. Carsten has a passion for the construction business; in 2002 he started his career carrying out a variety of construction projects with HOCHTIEF in Germany and Europe. Between 2002 and 2006 he has gained management experience and training on international strategic projects with HOCHTIEF Corporate Development. Since 2007 he has been involved in the offshore wind energy department at HOCHTIEF Construction AG. He holds a degree in civil engineering and a degree in business administration.
	Speaker: Robin Newman, Principal MetOcean Scientist, EMU Opening the weather window – lessons learnt from the Oil & Gas Industry Wind generated waves can cause extensive damage to marine structures and endanger lives if poor decisions are taken with respect to ‘safe to operate’ decisions. Real time data showing conditions of an offshore site are of real importance to contract managers enabling them to make informed decisions when managing operational logistics and health and safety. However, forecasting wave conditions on site is not an easy task and millions of pounds are wasted by companies worldwide through unnecessary ‘weather downtime’. Wave measurement is a complex science and understanding wave conditions is of vital importance when making operational decisions in all offshore industries, whether avoiding unnecessary weather down time, improving health and safety or selecting the most appropriate vessels for the local conditions. Emu has been leading research on groundbreaking techniques in real time wave telemetry, not only to deliver real time wave data direct to managers’ desktops but to improve the actual information getting through. During a test case project undertaken by Emu Limited in the northern North Sea, a real-time spectral interface was developed to isolate longer swell energy from locally generated wind waves, allowing real time visualisation of wave energy at specific sites. This new system provided crucial information beyond the ‘normal’ forecasted oceanographic parameters, allowing oil & gas engineers to take advantage of weather windows that would not have been identified previously. The site presented many logistical challenges and has a complex wave climate; it is thus considered a robust test case for the techniques discussed. This development in real time wave information has the potential to offer more efficient and informed decision making with respect to offshore operations, and it can be used to improve health and safety procedures and even ensure the right vessels are used for the local on site conditions. The application of this improved real time system is of real importance to offshore wind managers and well as those in the Oil & Gas industry. Lessons can be learnt from positive application rather than from hindsight. Biography Robin Newman is the Principal MetOcean Scientist and Manager of Emu Limited’s MetOcean Department. He joined EMU in 2003 after seven years at Gardline working in the Environmental and Oceanographic Section. During his 7 years at Emu, the MetOcean department has grown to a team of 10 full time specialists and become a leading edge provider of meteorological and oceanographic expertise. Robin’s role includes providing a technical lead on all facets of the department’s operations as well as overseeing health and safety, quality assurance and the department’s finances. Under his leadership the department has grown to the point that it now underpins the delivery of a variety of complex projects working in industries including Offshore Oil and Gas developments, coastal engineering and offshore renewable energy developments. The department is also involved in European Grant funded research into the provision of metocean data via the internet. Robin has extensive oceanographic experience of wave, tide, current, suspended sediment, water quality and meteorological monitoring within the UK and worldwide. The department under his leadership now provides technically advanced solutions for the provision of mulitple data types in the most appropraite manor. “The right data at the right time in the right format” underlies the approach to data delivery by the department. Robin has worked on a number of projects worlwide inlcuding work in Angola, Yemen, Kuwait, Falkland Islands, Brunie, Namibia, Libia, Peru and many more. He has experience of working in the North Sea, North Atlantic, Meditearanean, South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Estern and Western Pacific, China Sea and the Caribean. As a result he has considerable experience of working in diverse conditions and supporting developments accross the globe. Prior to working in the MetOcean field Robin worked as a computer consultant and has transferred these skills to the MetOcean field. OceanV3, a comprehensive and ever evolving MetOcean software package, has been developed to provide the technical core of the department. The software suite is designed to be a user friendly windows based system that can import data from any meteorological or oceanographic data source into a standard data format that can then be fully quality controlled, processed and reported using identical mathematical approaches independent of the initial data source. The software includes full Harmonic Analysis, in depth wave processing and complex statistics. This approach provides significant time and money savings for clients. Robin is a leading advisor to clients on the use of this software for best logistical planning with regard to health and safety issues and financial savings. Robin is currently working on a PhD through the University of Southampton which includes a comparison of wave measurements from Wave Buoys, Pressure Sensor, Wave Radar and Acoustic Instruments and to formulate a robust and coherent mathematical approach to data analysis. A review of existing approaches in wave processing and of the ‘pure’ mathematics underpinning the practical approaches has been undertaken and a further attempt to understand how these can best be applied to observed data.
	Speaker: Rob Grimmond, Managing Director, Offshore Marine Management Cables: A vision of the future - looking at the past The cabling industry is learning valuable lessons from its formative years within the wind farm industry. As the offshore wind farm industry develops into deeper waters, over longer distances and in tougher environments the cable industry must adapt with the lessons learnt under their belt. This presentation looks at where we have come from to where we are going, from vessels, to experience, to equipment and technology. Biography Rob has owned and managed OMM since 2003, developing a credible and multi-service business to the offshore cabling industry. He has a vast experience in cable installation projects working for a global company during the subsea optical fibre and renewable energy offshore windfarm cable projects within Europe working within the subsea cable industry for over 10 years, Working offshore on subsea optical fibre projects from Canada to Saudi Arabia. Serving as a Royal Australian Navy officer was a good basis for his offshore environment understanding. Working at a strategic level within the Renewable Energy sector as Vice Chairman of the RenewableUK (formerly BWEA) offshore wind delivery group and a Participant in the EWEA offshore Group.