Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Acteon is a specialist subsea services company. Acteon Group Operations (UK) Limited is registered in England, [1] with its headquarters in Norwich. The Acteon Group is one of the largest firms in East Anglia, [2] comprising 17 companies that provide integrated subsea services, mainly to the oil, gas and renewables industries, with particular focus on foundations and moorings; risers ...
It is a converted ULCC tanker with a SOFEC external turret mooring system, two flexible risers connected in a lazy-S configuration between the turret and a pipeline end manifold (PLEM) on the seabed, and an offloading system that allows up to two tankers at a time to moor and load, in tandem or side by side.
SBM Offshore N.V. (IHC Caland N.V. prior to July 2005) is a Dutch-based global group of companies selling systems and services to the offshore oil and gas industry.Its constituent companies started their offshore activities in the early 1950s and SBM subsequently became a pioneer in single buoy moorings (SBM) systems. [2]
Short for "International Moorings," InterMoor has provided temporary and permanent moorings to the offshore oil and gas industry since its founding. InterMoor was among the first to utilize polyester fiber mooring ropes in an offshore mooring system with the Red Hawk Cell-Spar Mooring installed in 2003 for Kerr McGee. [ 9 ]
A private equity firm or private equity company (often described as a financial sponsor) is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of a startup or of an existing operating company with the end goal to make a profit on its investments.
According to Private Equity International's latest PEI 300 ranking, [107] the largest private-equity firm in the world today is The Blackstone Group based on the amount of private-equity direct-investment capital raised over a five-year window. As ranked by the PEI 300, the 15 largest private-equity firms in the world in 2024 were: Blackstone Inc.
Vetco was a British oilfield service company that was established in July 2004 and operated through its subsidiaries Vetco Gray and Vetco Aibel AS. Vetco was the result of a consortium consisting of the private equity firms Candover, 3i and JP Morgan Partners, which took over ABB's oil and gas division, ABB Offshore Systems.
The properties of chain, versus wire, mooring lines have been investigated, with chain mooring lines causing reductions in anchor capacity of up to 70%. [6] Thus, where appropriate and cost-efficient, wire mooring lines should be used. The embedded section of a mooring line contributes to the anchor's holding capacity against horizontal movement.