The SURF (subsea umbilical riser and flowline) installation market is expanding and pushing into ever-deeper waters. At the same time IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has seen a dramatic expansion of its range of pipe and cable lay systems, with a number of large scale projects delivered, or ongoing.
A 300-tonne system will shortly be delivered to McDermott International Inc. “We are ambitious to expand our market share of turnkey pipelay systems, particularly flexible-product lay systems, and therefore we sought a partnership with an established provider of tensioner systems in order to deliver lay systems,” explains IHC EB’s Managing Director, Toby Bailey. “At the start of 2010 we came to an agreement with SAS to jointly pursue Flex-Lay system projects together, and now we have seen the fruits of our labour.