Oil and Gas Presentation - Regensw
A Journey Into Renewables
"Development of a cost-effective high voltage subsea connection for wave and tidal installations".
Company Background Trading since 1956 – at Barnstaple since 1968
Roots in Naval Defence – particularly Sonar sensing equipment support, Combat Systems data management and WHDS. 2001 - Diversified into Oil & Gas providing subsea asset support from Aberdeen base 2007 - New Management team and Strategy revision Defence – focus on building support franchise and exports Oil & Gas – investment, develop product range to complement support services 2008 - Enter Marine Renewables market 2010 - Winners of the West of England Business of the Year Award 2010 - Winners of the South West Business Challenge - Business Innovation Award 2011 - Winners of the EEF South West Future Manufacturing Awards and National Runners Up – Climate Change Opportunity Award
Why Renewables? Strategy to grow non Defence sectors to “balance” business against future Defence spending cuts Identified problem – “affordable connection system” Migration of a core competency – “Marinising” electrical assets Towed Arrays, signal current - Naval Seabed power distribution up to 3kV – Oil & Gas Subsea power connection systems to enable power transmission up to 33kV – Marine Renewables Immature supply chain – opportunity Credible supplier – Wave and Tidal
Kyoto commitments – “protected” public sector funding
The Strategy and the Competition J+S is typically an “Engineering Solutions” company responding to customers needs Too “woolly” for Renewables – plethora of Engineering Consultancies
Subsea connectivity
Not the cable companies’ problem
Device developers – too many problems already!
Competition
Oil + Gas sector dry mate connectors – too expensive, unproven at power requirements
Wet mate connectors – much too expensive, couldn’t achieve power rating
The Strategy “Marinise” in-air HV Splice!! as entry level product that meets budget Provide a one-stop shop
The Strategy and the Competition
J+S Habitat required for offshore operations
Splice housing being terminated offshore
Splice Housing Development Journey
Jan 09 – EMEC part funded development contract to design and qualify housing
The engineering challenge
EMEC is a Test site had to be re-usable for different devices under test
“Buildability” - Preparation and termination of 3 HV power cores, Fibre optic core and LV core within a 24 hour period
“Telemetry” – Low loss from Fibre optics
“Discharge” – PD free in stop end mode – to enable cable testing
“Strain” – Frame to withstand an 8 tonne pull load
Hyperbaric testing
“Life” – Able to sit on the seabed for 25 years – corrosion protection
“Rigour” - Tides running at up to 14 knots
All challengers overcome and qualification finally completed in May 10
The only qualified splice housing solution in the market place
Splice Housing Development Journey
Examples of use of 3d CAD for development
Equipment Specification Size :
2700mm x 720mm x 720mm
Weight:
1500kg
Operating voltages: Uo=6.9kV for 12kVAC to Uo=21kV for 36kVAC 50-60Hz Deployment Depth: Standard configuration 60m in sea water, maximum depth 300m Frame protection:
Cathodic protection with Anode positions up to25yrs life
Fibre Optic:
Splice loose tube fibres to connectable bulkhead (loop backs for shore test)
The fibre optic splice arrangement is
"Development of a cost-effective high voltage subsea connection for wave and tidal installations".
Company Background Trading since 1956 – at Barnstaple since 1968
Roots in Naval Defence – particularly Sonar sensing equipment support, Combat Systems data management and WHDS. 2001 - Diversified into Oil & Gas providing subsea asset support from Aberdeen base 2007 - New Management team and Strategy revision Defence – focus on building support franchise and exports Oil & Gas – investment, develop product range to complement support services 2008 - Enter Marine Renewables market 2010 - Winners of the West of England Business of the Year Award 2010 - Winners of the South West Business Challenge - Business Innovation Award 2011 - Winners of the EEF South West Future Manufacturing Awards and National Runners Up – Climate Change Opportunity Award
Why Renewables? Strategy to grow non Defence sectors to “balance” business against future Defence spending cuts Identified problem – “affordable connection system” Migration of a core competency – “Marinising” electrical assets Towed Arrays, signal current - Naval Seabed power distribution up to 3kV – Oil & Gas Subsea power connection systems to enable power transmission up to 33kV – Marine Renewables Immature supply chain – opportunity Credible supplier – Wave and Tidal
Kyoto commitments – “protected” public sector funding
The Strategy and the Competition J+S is typically an “Engineering Solutions” company responding to customers needs Too “woolly” for Renewables – plethora of Engineering Consultancies
Subsea connectivity
Not the cable companies’ problem
Device developers – too many problems already!
Competition
Oil + Gas sector dry mate connectors – too expensive, unproven at power requirements
Wet mate connectors – much too expensive, couldn’t achieve power rating
The Strategy “Marinise” in-air HV Splice!! as entry level product that meets budget Provide a one-stop shop
The Strategy and the Competition
J+S Habitat required for offshore operations
Splice housing being terminated offshore
Splice Housing Development Journey
Jan 09 – EMEC part funded development contract to design and qualify housing
The engineering challenge
EMEC is a Test site had to be re-usable for different devices under test
“Buildability” - Preparation and termination of 3 HV power cores, Fibre optic core and LV core within a 24 hour period
“Telemetry” – Low loss from Fibre optics
“Discharge” – PD free in stop end mode – to enable cable testing
“Strain” – Frame to withstand an 8 tonne pull load
Hyperbaric testing
“Life” – Able to sit on the seabed for 25 years – corrosion protection
“Rigour” - Tides running at up to 14 knots
All challengers overcome and qualification finally completed in May 10
The only qualified splice housing solution in the market place
Splice Housing Development Journey
Examples of use of 3d CAD for development
Equipment Specification Size :
2700mm x 720mm x 720mm
Weight:
1500kg
Operating voltages: Uo=6.9kV for 12kVAC to Uo=21kV for 36kVAC 50-60Hz Deployment Depth: Standard configuration 60m in sea water, maximum depth 300m Frame protection:
Cathodic protection with Anode positions up to25yrs life
Fibre Optic:
Splice loose tube fibres to connectable bulkhead (loop backs for shore test)
The fibre optic splice arrangement is
