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Energising the world

Like you, the Dutch don’t like sitting in trac jams. The

row o oil tankers in this photograph, however, is one o the

ew trac jams that we really are proud o, because these

vessels are standing o the Dutch coast waiting to unload

their cargo in the Port o Rotterdam. They are also not

the only ones: one third o crude oil transhipments in

Europe takes place in Rotterdam. This photograph

refects Rotterdam’s exceptional position in

Europe as a whole, which is a source o

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Contents

4 MADE IN HOLLAND

4 Contents

Oil and gas6 In the spotlight

Dutch power 11 Outsider’s opinion

“Best in the world”12 News

50th

anniversary

15 Interview

A major player18 At work

Smart oil extraction20 Facts and gures

The Dutch oil and gas industry22 At work

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, 2 5 0 0 E C T h e H a g u e , T h e N e t h e r l a n d s , m a d e i n h o l l a n d @ i n f o . a g e n t s c h a p n l . n l C o n t r i b u t

o r s F M E - C W M , I R O , H M E , A s t r i d d e n B e s t e n , A r n o u d

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i l b r i e f , J o o s t v a n K a s t e r e n , P a u l S c h a a p , M e r i j n v a n G r i e k e n T r a n s l a t i o n

O v e r t a a l C o n c e p

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K r i s K r a s D e s i g n P r i n t i n g K o n i n k l i j k e D e S w a r t , T h e H a g u e C o p

y r i g h t A r t i c l e s m a y b e r e p r i n t e d o r r e p r o d u c e d o n l y

w i t h a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t o f t h e s o u r c e : M a d e i n H o l l a n d ,

O i l a n d G a s / N L E V D I n t e r n a t i o n a l . N o r i g h t s m a y b e d e r i v e d f r o m t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n .

A majorplayer

Interview

Dutch powerOil and gas in the spotlight


34 Technology report

Giant38 Agenda

Meet the Dutch40 Links

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Dutch

knowledgeAsk a proessional

24 Ask a proessional

Dutch knowledge26 Holland abroad

Beyond Brazil30 Column

Global oil and gas hub31 Showcase

Highest network reliability

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// Oil hub In addition to gas, the Netherlands also extracts oil, both onshore and oshore on the continental shel. As the largest

port in Europe, the Port o Rotterdam has a major role to play where oil is concerned: more than 100 million tonnes o oil

pass through Rotterdam en route to reneries elsewhere in North-West Europe. One third o the entire volume o crude

oil transhipment in Europe takes place in Rotterdam. The port is home to ve international oil reneries and more than

40 petrochemical companies, three manuacturers o industrial gases and 13 tank storage and distribution companies.

Rotterdam is not alone, however, because Amsterdam is also an energy port o signicance. Some 60% o the work carried

out in the Port o Amsterdam is related to energy. Where tank terminals are concerned, the Netherlands-based Vopak, whichstores and tranships liquid and gaseous chemical and oil products, is the largest tank terminal operator in the world.

// Gas The Netherlands is now one o the largest gas-transporting countries in Europe. It all began with the discovery o an

enormous gas eld in Groningen, which led to the laying o 12,000 kilometres o pipeline to orm one o the largest high-

pressure grids in Europe. That grid is now connected to grids in other countries, turning the Netherlands in the process

into a hub or major gas streams – two thirds o the gas fowing through our grid is destined or oreign customers.

The Netherlands can also accommodate seasonal fuctuations in the demand or gas and thereore oer ‘fexibility’ to

customers in North-West Europe. What’s more, large LNG terminals will soon be built which will allow the Netherlands to

import gas rom countries with which it does not have a pipeline connection. All o this experience with gas has created

an enormous knowledge base, resulting in the establishment o the internationally renowned Energy Delta Institute (EDI).

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In the spotlight

Photo: Shell

Photo: Shell




// Pipelines and heavy transport

When it comes to laying pipelines, the Dutch are specialists. The market leader is Allseas Marine Contractors, which was

the rst company in the world to launch a pipe-laying vessel with a dynamic positioning system (Lorelay). The dredging

companies Boskalis and Van Oord are oten contracted to level sand dunes in order to make way or pipelines, to cover

the pipelines once they are laid and to stabilise the resulting structure. The Netherlands is also active around the world in

maritime heavy transport, where Dockwise is the market leader with a feet o 20 semi-submersible heavy liters. BigLit

Shipping and Jumbo Shipping, whose vessels transport heavy components or the oshore and petrochemical industries,

are also based in the Netherlands. Mammoet Transport has a feet o liting units and sel-propelled platorm trailers to

move heavy platorm components and modules to ocean-going transport barges.

// Oshore Whether upstream or downstream, Dutch companies are active throughout the entire supply chain. Fugro, or example,

conducts seismic surveys worldwide with the help o its feet o seismic survey vessels. The Netherlands also plays a

leading role as ar as drilling platorm design is concerned: GustoMSC, or example, designs drilling platorms or both

shallow waters and waters that reach depths o approximately three kilometres. In addition, there are the production

platorms made by companies such as Mercon, HSM Oshore, Nami and the Heerema Fabrication Group which are

deployed worldwide. O course, these platorms have to be secured at their nal destinations using huge crane vessels,

and the world leader in that market is Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC), whose feet includes the strongest semi-submersible crane vessel in the world, the Thial.

Photo: Shell

Photo: Fugro

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// Maritime The Netherlands is a country with centuries o maritime history: Dutch ships were sailing the seas o the world as long

ago as the 17th century. Those centuries o expertise can also be seen in the oshore industry, where the Dutch are

masters when it comes to specialist oshore vessels, such as those built by IHC Merwede Oshore & Marine, which has

constructed an entire series o advanced oshore vessels in recent years or installation, repair and maintenance work and

or laying pipelines. These are the kinds o projects where remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are oten used. The vessels

were built in close cooperation with Schiedam-based Huisman, which designed and built the pipe-laying equipment and

the cranes or these vessels. The largest customer or these leading Dutch products is oshore contractor Subsea 7.

There are also the service companies like SMIT and Vroon Oshore Services with its tugboats, supply vessels and diving

support vessels. With its headquarters in Den Helder, Vroon Oshore Services (VOS) operates worldwide with a feet

o more than 100 vessels. The Keppel Verolme shipyard in Rotterdam describes itsel as the place to go i you need

inspections, repairs, maintenance or modications carried out on drilling platorms, crane vessels, pipe layers, foating,

production, storage and ofoading vessels (FPSOs), liting platorms or shuttle tankers, or example.

SBM Oshore and Bluewater Energy Services also deploy their FPSOs worldwide. Both companies design, build and hire

out large, foating oil production/storage and ofoading vessels (FPSOs) or use worldwide. FPSOs are oten used in ultra

deepwater and at locations where no pipeline inrastructure is present. Wherever these vessels are used, shuttle tankers

will always be needed to transport the oil produced back to shore.

The Port o Rotterdam and Schiphol Airport continue to play a major role in the worldwide distribution o component

parts. Every major Dutch company has premises in the immediate vicinity, so components can be sent all over the world atlightning speed.

Photo: Bluewater


“Ambition drove me to leave Romania and come to the Netherlands, where the Uni-

versity o Groningen turned out to be the best in Europe. Ater completing my degree in

International Economic Aairs, I stayed at the university to take two Master’s degrees as

well. I’ve now been working or almost a year at Energy Delta Institute, where I am ortunate

enough to meet and work with large numbers o gas specialists. I’m pleasantly surprised by

the high level o knowledge. The weather here may not be my cup o tea – the Netherlands

is certainly a cold country – but the knowledge base is exceptional in global terms. Take

the extensive amount o experience o senior specialists, or example, some o whom have

been working in the gas industry or more than 30 years. You quickly realise they’ve already

seen and experienced everything in every area, rom market regulation to technologies and

nancial decisions involving major projects (sustainable and otherwise). The discovery o the

large gas eld near Slochteren in the 1950s and the stocks in the North Sea have ensured

that the Netherlands has not only a fourishing oil and gas sector, but above all a remarkable

knowledge industry. That is truly invaluable.”

Energy Delta Institute (EDI) is an international energy business school in Groningen, the Netherlands,

with a primary o cus on natural gas. www.energydelta.org

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Tried and tested technology

The technology needed to reliably and saely store gas in an empty eld is very similar to the technology

used to extract gas, so it’s only logical that anyone wanting to store gas would look to the Netherlands as

an example. The Abu Dhabi national energy company, Taqa, and Russia’s Gazprom have thereore joined

orces to use Dutch expertise in gas extraction, transport and storage on a gas storage project in the

Netherlands. They aim to use a depleted gas reservoir north o Amsterdam to store a working volume o

around 4 billion m3 and an extra 4.6 billion m3 o cushion gas to control the pressure. Developers Dyas,

Energie Beheer Nederland and Petro-Canada are also working on the project. Construction o the acility

is expected to start in 2010, and it should be operational by 2013.

www.taqa.ae

About this publication The Me ho sector specials provide inormation on specic Dutch sectors, such

as Delta Technology, Design and Horticulture. Centres o excellence and commercial

companies are given the chance to comment on the latest developments in the sector and

on their products and services. Me ho does not have regular subscribers, but

instead reaches a new oreign readership with each issue. The publication is translated into

multiple languages and is circulated worldwide. Additional inormation on this publication

can be obtained rom the Netherlands’ diplomatic representations abroad.

www.hollandtrade.com

News

50th anniversary

The largest tapped gas eld in Western Europe was discovered in the

Netherlands more than 50 years ago on armer Kees Boon’s land on 29 May

1959. Now, approximately 30 billion m3 o gas are extracted rom the eld in

Slochteren every year. All o the Dutch gas elds together produce 68 billion

m3 per annum in addition to a total reserve o 1,572 billion m3. Dutch stocks

represent approximately 25% o total European gas stocks. Gas is still being

extracted rom the eld in Slochteren today and the expectation is that the

Netherlands will be able to continue to do so or the next 50 years.

www.nam.nl | www.gasunie.nl

Brazil is coming to the Netherlands

One o the largest companies in the world, the Brazilian oil company Petrobras came knocking on the Netherlands’ door in February 2010. Petrobras

has opened an oce employing 15 people in Rotterdam and will invest hal a million euros in the Netherlands over the next three years. Former

Minister or Foreign Trade, Frank Heemskerk, commented in his speech to mark the opening o the new Petrobras oce that the company’s decision

to establish an oce in Rotterdam showed how good the business climate is in the Netherlands. “I hope that other Brazilian companies will ollow

Petrobras’ example.” During a previous visit to Brazil, the Minister remarked on the good relationship between the two countries. “Dutch companies

have already discovered Brazil, where the Netherlands is the second largest investor.” The opening was attended by the CEO o Petrobras, Sergio

Gabrielli, and the Mayor o Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb.

www.petrobras.com | www.nfa.nl

Prices all, volumes climb

The Anglo-Dutch company APX-ENDEX, Europe’s premier provider o power and gas exchange services or the wholesale

market, can look back on 2009 as a progressive year with alling energy prices, but unprecedented high volumes. A total

volume o 412 TWh was traded and/or cleared by APX-ENDEX, representing overall growth o 26% year-on-year (2008:

328 TWh). Futures markets recorded a total o 210 TWh, while spot markets had a total volume o 202 TWh. The number

o memberships rom over 15 countries totalled 328 by the end o the year. “ This record growth year on year, even during

a recession, conrms our position in the market ater the successul merger between spot and derivatives,” says Bert den

Ouden, CEO o APX-ENDEX. [email protected]

www.apxendex.com

Leading Dutch companies

head or the Gul

The oil, gas and power sector in the Gul will be receiving a lot o Dutch visitors over the next ew years

because Dutch suppliers – working under the name ‘Dutch Energy Solutions’ – have joined orces

to enter or extend their presence on the markets in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the

neighbouring countries. An initiative o the sector organisations IRO (association o Dutch suppliers in

the oil and gas industry) and FME-CWM (employers’ organisation in the technology sector), the Dutch

Energy Solutions programme is partly nanced by the Ministry o Economic Aairs. The Netherlands has

years o experience oil and gas extraction and is gradually becoming the gas roundabout o Europe. All

o this expertise is an ideal t or what is needed in the Gul, namely working with a reliable partner who

oers cutting-edge technologies.

www.dutch-energysolutions.nl

Interview

News



Interview


From the deep waters o the coast o Angola to the

inhospitable cold o Sakhalin: wherever there’s oil, you will nd the Dutch in

the orm o employees o the Anglo-Dutch oil concern Shell or o one o the other

specialist companies that operate in the oil and gas sector. This is how it’s been or

more than a century. >> By Arnoud Veilbrie

A major player

Future-proo

The Netherlands has a strong, well-organised maritime sector, consisting

o several major global players and a large number o smaller players, which

together create an excellent knowledge base. Three maritime sectors have

joined orces in the ‘Maritime Innovation’ programme: oshore, the maritime

manuacturing industry and hydraulic engineering. Their aim is to maintain

and urther expand their current positions as worldwide market leaders.

The oshore sector is responding to the tremendous need in the oil and gas

industry or new technologies and new equipment to acilitate working in

extreme conditions (ultra-deepwater and/or inaccessible work sites). The

oshore industry also sees potential or the urther expansion o services and

structures used to extract, store and tranship liquid natural gas (LNG).

www.nedmip.nl

News

Under the loop

So it’s nally arrived: EuroLoop, a calibration acility or oil

and gas meters with the potential to save millions o euros

every year all because o a 0.1% improvement in measuring

accuracy. NMi, which is part o the Holland Metrology Group,

opened EuroLoop as a new centre o excellence in March 2010.

EuroLoop consists o testing acilities or industrial liquid and

gas meters that can be used 365 days a year or calibrations

and R&D, as well as an oce with training rooms. EuroLoop’s

gas and liquid calibration acilities consist o closed circulatory

pump systems. Thanks to the latest cutting-edge technology, a

major step orward has been taken in the accuracy o measuring

large streams o liquid and gas. There is no other acility in the

world that can assess and calibrate industrial oil and gas meters

to such a high degree o accuracy. [email protected]

www.nmi.nl

Dutch knowledge

The Energy Delta Institute (EDI) international energy business school

was built on top o the largest natural gas eld in Europe. From this

base in the north o the Netherlands, EDI serves as a centre where

international knowledge o and experience with gas can be exchanged.

EDI works together with the international business sector and other

leading institutes in the eld o energy research, natural gas in

particular. Participants in the training programmes come rom many

dierent countries all around the world. Originally established in 2003,

the ounders included N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, Gazprom and the

University o Groningen. o@eege.

www.energydelta.orgPhoto: Jurgen Huiskes

Stronger together

Two Dutch icons o the maritime oshore industry are to join

orces: Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and SMIT Internationale

NV have signed a merger agreement. Boskalis is an international

dredging, maritime inrastructure and maritime services

provider, so SMIT’s towage and harbour activities will be a

perect t. The merger will create a maritime services provider

on a truly global scale.

www.boskalis.com | www.smit.com

Interview



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Not everything is the same, however. Instead o

collecting oil that used to shoot up suddenly out o the

ground, nowadays you have to extract it at increasingly

remote locations. Peter de Wit, CEO o Shell

Netherlands, enthusiastically describes how mountains

are moved in the course o the work done in this

sector. “Take our major project in Sakhalin (Russia),

or example. In an inhospitable environment with an

extremely cold climate, we built an LNG plant, an oil

export terminal, two pipelines spanning 900 kilometres

o mountainous terrain, two production platorms and

a gas purication acility. Each one may have presentedus with new challenges, but all elds and acilities

were ready on time and their production levels are

exceeding expectations.” Shell soon plans to start

looking or oil near Alaska. “What we learnt in Russia

will be useul in Alaska.” When initial planning began

or a new project on the Jamal peninsula in northern

Russia, the Dutch government took the lead in Russia

by promoting several Dutch companies – including

Shell – as candidates or the project. De Wit: “That was

an excellent initiative and a perect example o how the

eorts o the business sector and the government can

really complement each other.”

// Dutch prideRoyal Dutch Shell may be the largest Dutch player in the

oil and gas sector, but it is certainly not the only one.

SBM Oshore, Heerema, Van Oord, Boskalis, SMIT and

Fugro are all respected names worldwide. So how did

a small country get to play such a large role? Peter de

Wit: “You can attribute it to a mix o circumstances.

The Dutch economy has an international ocus, or

example. The Netherlands also has oil and gas stocks

within its borders – both onshore and oshore – as

well as a long tradition o scientic research at Dutch

universities and the readiness and skills needed to

collaborate with people rom a highly diverse range o

cultural backgrounds. These are the circumstances that

have made the Dutch oil and gas sector a major player.

The Port o Rotterdam was already home to the largest

renery in the world beore the Second World War.”

// ShowpieceThe challenges acing today’s oil and gas industry are

greater than ever. Dwindling uel stocks, the need to

reduce CO2

emissions and an increased demand or

oil and gas are placing a heavy burden on the sector.

Shell’s response involves new, complex acilities such

as the gas to liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar. De Wit: “Our

new acility in Qatar converts gas into highly clean,

liquid oil products such as diesel and lubricant without

any sulphur compounds or other pollutants. We have

invested billions o dollars in this acility to make it a

real showpiece based on technology developed entirelyin our laboratory in Amsterdam.”

Research is Shell’s lieblood, which is why research will

not be subject to cost-cutting measures. “In 2008 we

increased our R&D budget to $1.2 billion,” says De

Wit, “which is more than any o our competitors.” By

ar the most research takes place in the Netherlands.

Upstream (extraction) research takes place in Rijswijk

near The Hague, while downstream (processing)

research is done in Amsterdam. “There are several

hundred researchers working at both locations.

We preer to have the research units close to our

headquarters as it oers increased eciency.” A great

deal o progress has been made in upstream research in

the last ten years, making it possible, or example, to

redevelop exhausted oil elds – such as Schoonebeek

in the Netherlands – ater they have previously been

closed. “The oil in the Schoonebeek eld is quite

viscous, but we can still get it out o the ground

using the newly developed extraction methods. We

will obviously be applying this knowledge worldwide

because there are many elds that contain viscous

types o oil.”

The Dutch are amous or their readiness to work

together, their reliability and a sharp ocus on costs,

says De Wit. “But in the erce competition or scarce

uel resources, it’s technology that will be the deciding

actor,” explains De Wit in a matter-o-act tone.

“Dutch companies will have to work extremely hard to

maintain their leading positions. As a globally operating

company, we look or talent everywhere. But I think

it denitely says something that most o our research

acilities are still in the Netherlands.”


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CO2

undegound.“We’ve already mastered

the technology,” says Shell CEO Peter de

Wit. “The empty elds oer an enormous

amount o storage capacity and can make a

signicant contribution towards achieving

the CO2

reduction targets. We now need to

ensure that there is sucient acceptance

and support among the general public. It’s

understandable that they are concerned, but

it’s up to us to show them that their concerns

are unnecessary.”

www.shell.nl | www.shell.com

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itsel into gs distiuto.Pivotal milestones

in this process have included the decisions

to build an LNG terminal in Rotterdam and

to join the Northern Stream project involving

the construction o a gas pipeline rom Russia

to Western Europe. Due to its strategic

location, the Netherlands will become a ‘gas

roundabout’ or West-European gas supplies.

Shell will also have a major role to play in these

developments.

Research is the lieblood

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At work




Smart organisations and companies

TNO // A research institute whose

participation in ISAPP has transormed the

institute into a player on the international

stage in the feld o upstream oil and gas

technology and beyond. The institute is

involved in activities in countries ranging

rom Russia to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

www.tno.nl

TU Delft // A university o technology that

specialises in establishing strategic links

with leading innovative companies. Those

active at TU Delt believe that capitalising

on all available knowledge is important or

society. www.tudelt.nl

Shell // A multinational oil and gas company

that ensures that R&D innovations are

rapidly changed into real-lie applications.

www.shell.nl

University of Twente // A university o

technology that concentrates on research

into ways to improve the oil extraction

process at the microscopic level.

www.utwente.nl

The magic gure that all oil elds must contend with is 35%, because it is not possible to obtain more than 35%

revenue rom an oil eld using today’s technologies. Nevertheless, these limits are being pushed urther and urther

back all round the world, thanks to tertiary extraction technology. Dutch experts are gaining extra margin at the

macro-level with smart injections o water to enable optimum management o oil take-up. They are also investigating

whether it would be possible to optimise the underground separation process at the microscopic level in what is

known as the ‘downhole actory’. ISAPP – the strategic knowledge centre in which Shell, TNO and TU Delt have joined

orces – aims to use this method to increase prots by between ve and ten percentage points. With 40 PhD students

working on ‘smart drawing’, knowledge development is progressing rapidly: everything is applied immediately in

a simulated environment. This ensures a rapid transition rom new technology to application in the industry. So

what makes the knowledge being developed by these students so unique? The answer is that their tertiary recovery

methods have given these students a lead over their counterparts, not only at Stanord, but also in Norway. This edge

can be seen in the demand or their expertise, with requests coming in rom countries all round the world – rom

Russia to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

[email protected] | www.tno.nl

Smart oil extraction

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Photo: Shell

Facts and fgures



403,000 barrels

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The Netherlands is the world’s2nd largest importer and exportero petroleum products.

2nd

The MaasvlakteOil Terminal

(MOT) in the Porto Rotterdam is

one o the largestoil terminalsin the world.

Supertankers up tomore than 400,000

tonnes DW witha draught o more

than 22 metrescan moor at the

terminal.Shell Pernis handles 403,000 barrels o crude

oil every day, making it the largest renery in

Europe.

A major exporter o oil and gas products, the Netherlands is also

home to a large number o reneries and one o the largest oil

concerns in the world. Our experience has provided us with an

exceptional knowledge base in the oil and gas sector. Centuries

o maritime know-how also set the Dutch oil and gas sector apart

rom the competition worldwide. Still not convinced? Maybe the

cold, hard acts will persuade you:

400,000 tonnes

One o the largest gas elds in

the world – covering 900 m2 –

is located in the Netherlands.

The total production volume

rom this eld is 2,800 billion

m3

, o which 60% has alreadybeen produced.

The Netherlands is sixth in theworldwide list o producers andseventh in the worldwide list o

net exporters o natural gas.

53.3 billion m3

NAM, the largest gasproducer in the Nether-

lands, produced 53.3billion m3 o natural gas

in 2009. In that same year, NAM produced15.7 billion m3 o gas

rom small onshore and

oshore elds.

O all the gas consumed in Europe, 15% to 20%

comes rom the Netherlands.

15 - 20%

EUR 8.8 billionThe Dutch shipbuilding cluster realised a total

turnover o EUR 8.8 billion in 2008.

5,000 tonnesHeerema Marine Contractors (HMC) owns the

Thial, the strongest semi-submersible crane

vessel in the world. Seaway Heavy Liting’s

feet now includes the Oleg Strashnov, the

largest monohull crane vessel in the world,

with a 5000-tonne liting capacity.

16 billion m3

Gasunie and Royal Vopak are building the

rst-ever Dutch reception terminal or

liquid natural gas (LNG) near Rotterdam. The

terminal will be able to store a total o 12

billion m3 o LNG and can be expanded to 16

billion m3.


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// GaS rOUNDabOUT O NOrTh-WESTErN EUrOpE

With rising gas imports rom outside Europe, the Netherlands sees a role or itsel as a hub and a distribution centre or

natural gas in North-Western Europe. The Netherlands’ strategic position, the possibility o storing gas in the ground,

the quality o the Gasunie grid and the many connections to neighbouring grids are the core o what is reerred to as

the ‘gas roundabout’ o North-Western Europe. Such a system would guarantee the security o supply and make it

possible to import gas rom a range o dierent countries because Gasunie’s grid is connected to gas grids in Belgium,

the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway and – rom 2011 onwards – Russia. The preparatory work is in ull swing or the

connection to the new gas pipeline rom Russia to Germany – the North Stream pipeline. Gasunie is also expanding its

grid in the Netherlands Approximately 500 kilometres o pipeline are being laid in addition to the construction o two

new compressor stations. Furthermore, the Balgzand Bacton Line (BBL) pipeline is in operation, the capacity o which

will be increased with the installation o a ourth compressor. The Netherlands also has storage options in empty gas

elds and in salt caves, and a new LNG terminal will be constructed near Rotterdam. In short, the Netherlands is well

on the way to realising its ambition to become the gas roundabout o North-Western Europe.

Photo: Rob Cloosterman / HH

Beating heart


> Gsunie N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie

(Gasunie) is one o the largest gas

inrastructure companies in Europe. More

than 100 billion m3 o natural gas – nearly

a quarter o the total amount consumed

in Europe – are transported through the

Gasunie grid every year. Gasunie is the

rst European gas transport company

with a grid that extends beyond a single

country. The grid consists o more than

15,000 kilometres o pipeline in the

Netherlands and Germany, connections

to national and international pipeline

systems and hundreds o installations,

including an LNG installation (peak shaver)

and approximately 1,300 gas reception

stations. Various major expansion projects

are underway.

www.gasunie.nl

> Tnsmission System Oetos (TSOs)

The Dutch part o the Gasunie grid is

operated by the subsidiary Gas Transport

Services B.V. (GTS) and the German

part by Gasunie Deutschland Transport

Services GmbH (GUD). As Transmission

System Operators (TSOs), GTS and

GUD are responsible or the day-to-day

management o the gas grid. They also

work together to draw up an inventory o

uture demand or transport capacity rom

customers. This inventory orms the basis

or uture investment plans.

www.gastransportservices.nl

www.gasunie.de

Ask a proessional




1 Oil and natural Gas arE sO

20th cEntury. Why dO yOu

still dO rEsEarch invOlvinG

Oil and natural Gas? “This is a

common misunderstanding. Even i

we do absolutely everything we can,

sustainable resources such as solar

and wind energy will only supply

between 20% and 25% o our energy

needs by 2050. In other words, three

quarters o our energy supply will

still come rom ossil uels. The bigchallenge is to use those ossil uel

resources in as sustainable a manner

as possible.”

2 What arE yOu dOinG at tnO

in rElatiOn tO Oil and Gas?

“We’ve been working with natural

gas or 50 years, so we’ve developed

an excellent knowledge base. The

Netherlands is the world leader as

regards the development, application

and transer o knowledge about

extracting, cleaning, storing and

distributing natural gas. We were only

in danger o missing the boat where

LNG is concerned.”

3 WErE in danGEr? “We’ve taken up

the challenge posed by LNG. At TNO,

we are working with the business

community on the development o

the LNG Centre o Excellence using

an existing acility or liqueying,

storing and transporting natural gas:

a ‘peak shaver’ as it is known that is

not used during the summer. As an

independent organisation we can use

the acility, together with certication

bodies, to test the equipment o

commercial companies. We can

also use the acility or research and

innovation.”

4 What is yOur ExpErtisE as

rEGards pEtrOlEuM? “Although

the Netherlands is not a major oil-

producing country, we do have a great

deal o knowledge about extraction

methods – especially enhanced

recovery methods. These are also

useul in the extraction o natural gas

because you can use steam or CO2

to get more out o gas and oil elds,

extending their productive lie. Byusing one tonne o CO

2, or example,

you can produce between our and

six extra barrels o oil. Another

advantage is that you help to reduce

CO2

emissions by storing the gas deep

underground.”

5 What intErnatiOnal activitiEs is

tnO currEntly pursuinG?

“As well as importing oil and gas

rom the exporting countries, we still

want to contribute to sustainable

development. For this reason, TNO

has decided to establish a branch in

Qatar, not just because Qatar is a

partner country o the Netherlands,

but also because o the potential or

knowledge development and transer.

Another practical consideration is that

it’s easy to reach the other oil and gas-

producing countries in the Middle East

rom Qatar.”

6 What dOEs thE cOllabOratiOn

Entail? “In essence, we jointly

develop knowledge and technology

to maximise the lietime o their

oil and gas stocks using enhanced

recovery methods. We are also jointly

developing ways to clean gas so that

it no longer contains CO2, hydrogen

sulphide or any other pollutants.”

7 hOW far dOEs thE cOllabOratiOn

ExtEnd? “In addition to Qatar, the

other oil and gas-producing countries

also have a great need or knowledge

– and not only in relation to oil and

gas extraction, but also knowledge in

general. These countries rightly see

knowledge as the engine that drives

progress. They value TNO as a partner

in the development o their own

knowledge inrastructure because o

our wide ranging expertise in so manydierent areas. That’s why we are

working with the University o Qatar,

or example.”

8 as WEll as With thE businEss

sEctOr? “O course. The oil and gas

industry is international. The same is

true o research and development. A

great many multinational companies

and engineering consultancy rms

come to us on a regular basis because

o our expertise. Hal o our turnover

can be attributed to them. They’re

especially likely to call us in i they nd

themselves in a dicult situation. The

work can be anywhere rom Norway to

Nigeria – that’s what makes this job

even more interesting.”

Dutch knowledgeCompanies and government agencies worldwide turn to TNObecause its knowledge base covers everything rom exploration to processing and distributing

oil and gas. “We’re called in when the going gets tough,” says René Peters, physicist and market

manager or the oil & gas sector and the processing industry at TNO. << By Joost van Kasteren

Contact

TNO is an independent

organisation that conducts

research under contract

rom the government and

the business community.

TNO is especially active in

relation to industry and

technology, quality o

lie, construction and the

subsurace, deence and

security, and [email protected]

www.tno.nl

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1 // SurveyFugro Brazil was contracted by the Brazilian

National Oil and Gas Agency (ANP) to take more

than 1,000 ocean bed samples o the coast

o Brazil. As well as taking samples – some o

which go down to a depth o 3,000 metres – the

project also includes recording and interpreting

satellite data and processing three-dimensional

seismic data or the area. Fugro is using the

survey vessel the Fugro Odyssey or this job;

making it possible to also survey the ocean

foor.

2 // Underwater robotFugro has 17 Remotely Operated Vehicles

(ROVs) in Brazil. An ROV is an underwater robot

attached to a cable that is ull o acoustic

measuring equipment and seabed transponders

or depths down to 3,000 metres. The cameras

on the ROVs bring the underwater installation

into view, and the robotic arms are used to

operate the installation as necessary. Fugro is

currently carrying out inspection work around

six drilling platorms or Petrobras.

3 // ROV supportROVs are also deployed on ROV and dive

support vessels or inspections, repairs and

maintenance on underwater installations. Fugro

has a team o 35 people working on a contract

or Petrobras in the Campos basin. They are

working with Global Industries rom the ‘ Toisa

Pegasus’ to nd and repair underwater oil

pipeline reespans. Fugro is using an underwater

location system, two ROVs and divers to help

repair the reespans.

4 // Diving supportA project is being carried out in north-eastern

Brazil on board the Dalen Tide. Petrobras has

to have existing pipelines inspected to obtain a

permit to operate in this area. This programme

o visual inspections will cover a total o 500

kilometres o pipeline using an ROV with digital

video equipment.

5 // Saturation diving

Fugro has a specialist team o 300 divers in

Brazil or the precision work that an ROV cannot

do. This team now has more than 15 years’

experience. Fugro is currently working on the

dive support vessels ‘Toisa Sentinel’ and ‘Toisa

Pegasus’ with a team o more than 30 people in

each case with two ROVs and a complete system

or diving down to depths o a maximum o 300

metres. The diving and the ROVs complement

each other, because while divers can carry out

the more precise work, ROVs can work down to

depths o 3,000 metres and can handle heavier

tasks.


The waters o the coast o Brazil see a constant fow o high-tech systems –

and almost all o them come rom the Netherlands. This is where centuries

o maritime tradition and a healthy dose o entrepreneurial spirit have

combined to create Fugro, the best in the world when it comes to charting

the surace o the earth and the seabed. >> By Caroline Boessenkool

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There is oil just o the coast o Brazil…a lot o it. The

Santos and Campos elds discovered near Rio de Janeiro

in 2008 even rank among the largest in the world. The

only problem is that the oil is located some ve kilometres

below the surace under the seabed, so you can’t exactly

dive down to reach it. This problem is encountered in many

dierent places throughout the world, whether the oil is

under the ice in Alaska or in an area prone to earthquakes.

These are dicult circumstances where the only solution

is to deploy Fugro’s specially developed geotechnical

and survey systems. It is not entirely coincidental that

Fugro is a Dutch company, because the Dutch seaarers

o the Golden Age needed the same knowledge or their

trading journeys and as a result became amous as the best

cartographers and navigators o their era.

Adventure storySeveral decades later – in 1962 – Fugro’s oundation

engineers began their own adventure story. At the time,

the gas stocks beneath the Netherlands were bursting to

be discovered when two young entrepreneurs embarked on

a mission eectively anticipating that discovery. According

to these two entrepreneurs, the separate worlds o

oundation advice and ground/seabed testing (excavation,

organic growth and acquisitions to employ a workorce o

some 13,500 people worldwide.

Dutch export productRob Luijnenburg, Regional Manager Europe & Arica at

Fugro: “Our working methods t in very well with the

new economic reality, because while a small number o

large organisations used to run the show in the oil and gas

industry, it has now become a lot more important to work

together. Our advantage is derived rom the act that rom

the very beginning we have been geared to listening to

what our customers need. What’s more, we oten go that

little bit urther than what the customer actually asks or.

In my opinion, it is that open attitude – combined with a

can-do mentality – that makes or a typically Dutch and

extremely successul export product.”

However, it’s not only this sel-willed management style

that is successul outside the Netherlands. Deep-sea

testing in the ocean foor or under the ice cap near the

North Pole is a recent phenomenon rom the last ew

years. As a result, the methods used are brand-new as

well. Fugro develops all o this technology in house in a

number o development centres around the world. They

also have partnerships with the best research institutes

drilling and probing) were made or each other. And so it

happened, thanks to what has become known as the ‘Fugro

mentality’: you rst do everything possible and then a little

bit more.

Things then started to move quickly, as the discovery

o both onshore and oshore gas stocks meant that

knowledge o the ground/seabed was vital. Expansion was

necessary, and Fugro immediately went multinational.

Originally an outt that only did ground/seabed testing,

Fugro has since evolved over the course o a ew decades

into a ull service provider, covering the entire oil and gas

eld lie cycle – rom pre-design testing or production

equipment in new elds to improving production in current

elds and decommissioning o equipment. Fugro carries

out this wide range o tasks with the help o a feet o

highly specialised vessels, many o which were developed

in house. A quick count reveals that the company has more

than 50 vessels, including a number o seismic vessels, as

well as several hundred probes and drilling units, 50 aircrat

and helicopters and more than 130 remotely operated

vehicles (ROVs). The latest acquisitions – autonomous

underwater vehicles (AUVs) – look even more advanced and

are entirely autonomous. Furthermore, the meter is still

running, because Fugro has now expanded through both

and universities worldwide. The specialist technologies

developed by Fugro using this system are subsequently

made available to all o Fugro’s local partners.

Creative and pragmaticIn Brazil, it all began with the takeover o Marsat and the

establishment o a joint venture with Oceansatpeg. This

group o companies ensured a position at the absolute

top-end o the market, whilst at the same time retaining

an unparalleled level o specialisation covering everything

rom seismic testing at sea to oshore surveys and

geotechnical work or the oil and gas industry.

Fugro now employs more than 1,000 people in Brazil and

combines the best o two worlds: knowledge o Brazilian

deep-sea conditions and Brazilian business culture, on the

one hand, and the typical can-do Dutch management style

on the other. This is actually the secret o Fugro’s success

all over the world. Mathilde Scholtes, Fugro Brazil Manager:

“Whenever we expand – including in Brazil – we always

ocus on strengthening our unique expertise, especially by

combining Brazilian creativity to always develop a solution

with the pragmatic Dutch style o management. The Dutch

management style is practical and open, but above all

ocussed on ‘being global and acting local’.”


Contact

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What exactly is a hub? In the most practical o terms,

a hub is dened as ‘the central part o a wheelwhere the spokes come together’. This is a most

intriguing metaphor or the oil and gas hub we envisage in

the Netherlands: a central place o convergence, where energy

partners rom all over the world meet and do business. In our

bid or a undamental energy transition, we need a strong

ocal point, where knowledge and expertise o the highest

quality are available. At the moment, we ace many challenges

in relation to ossil uel resources. The original stocks are

diminishing, while worldwide demand is on the increase. As

a result, energy eciency needs to be improved drastically.

We will need to reduce emissions and also use and store

CO2

wherever possible in order to meet our climate goals. In

addition, whatever the activity, private sector involvement

will always be needed because an oil and gas hub is a business

venture rst and oremost!

Any system will all apart i the centre cannot hold.

Fortunately, there is a strong inrastructure base already in

place or the oil and gas hub that is now taking shape in the

Netherlands. Just think o the Port o Rotterdam, an enormous

mainport that is a true gateway to Europe. The Netherlands

also has the advantage o a good energy trading inrastructure.

In addition, we believe in an open and transparent market

system, with APX and ENDEX to help achieve this goal.

But let me be clear: no wheel can turn properly i the spokes

are loose. In other words, we need the commitment o our

trading partners worldwide to develop an oil and gas hub that

will help saeguard energy security, increase energy eciency

and make the most o business opportunities.

I invite you all to take up the business opportunities that are

available in the Netherlands, because you are most welcome

to join the hub. Let’s keep those wheels turning!

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Multi-purpose platorm

The multi-purpose platorm (MPP) developed and patented by KCI is a sel-elevating,

sel-installing reusable platorm or use in harsh environments and waters down to

depths o 60 metres. This platorm eliminates the need or clients to rent out expensive

jacking systems and manage their installation and removal. [email protected]

www.kcibv.nl

Fourth in a row

Maersk Drilling ordered our GustoMSC CJ50-X100 high-eciency drilling rigs. The rst unit, Maersk

Resilient, commenced operations in February 2008, while number our, Maersk Reacher, was delivered in

July 2009. GustoMSC is a leading design and engineering company or mobile oshore units or the oil and

gas industries. In addition to proprietary designs, GustoMSC also supplies associated hardware such as

jacking systems and large oshore [email protected]

www.gustomsc.com

g

The advanced robotics group at University o Twente is developing what it calls a ‘gas

robot’. This robot is entirely autonomous when operating underground, enabling

it to precisely locate leaks in gas pipes ‘rom the inside’. This working method

substantially reduces the need to excavate to detect gas leaks. The researchers

expect the gas robot to be on the market in around ten years.

[email protected]

www.utwente.nl

Mega construction vessel

Leading Dutch oshore ship designer Ulstein Sea o Solutions (USOS) was awarded the contract to

provide the basic design or a new large derrick pipe-laying vessel: the DLS-4200 or National Petroleum

Construction Company Ltd (NPCC) o Abu Dhabi. The vessel combines S-lay double-joint pipe-laying

operations with a 4200 short-ton heavy-lit crane, making it one o the biggest construction vessels in

the world. USOS’ specialist design experience made it possible to ully integrate this ‘mission equipment’

into the vessel design. [email protected]

www.seaosolutions.nl

The Netherlands:

Maria van der Hoeven is the Dutch Minister o

Economic Aairs | www.ez.nl

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What is the best way to transport LNG rom one vessel to another? As it is dicult to pump LNG across

using loading arms and stainless steel hoses, the Rotterdam-based company Gutteling joined orces

with TNO to develop an LNG transer system that uses fexible hoses made o composite materials.

This system easily pumps liquid natural gas rom one vessel to another while the vessels are still at sea.

Another major advantage is that vessels can be unloaded outside the port area. [email protected]

www.gutteling.nl

1,000,000 m3

GDF Suez E&P Netherlands has been using a new platorm to produce gas since the end

o 2009. The component parts o this production platorm are built by HSM Oshore,

which is a subsidiary o the Andus Group. The production platorm comprises an

860-tonne jacket and a 1740-tonne topside. Four steel piles weighing a total o 580

tonnes were needed or the oundation. This platorm is involved in the production o

more than 1 million m3 o gas every day. [email protected]

www.hsm.nl

Highest network reliability

Lovink Enertech specialises in low- and medium-voltage cable accessories. The LoviSil® medium voltage

fuid silicone joint technology oers the highest network reliability with a ailure rate o less than 0.1%.

LoviSil® cable joints are hydrocarbon-resistant and can be installed without the need or external heat

sources. In 2006 and 2008, Lovink was selected to overhaul the medium-voltage network at the Shell Bukom

renery in Singapore. LoviSil® cable joints are also approved by ADNOC companies in the UAE.

[email protected]

www.lovink-enertech.com

Piglet

The Piglet developed by A. Hak Industrial Services is an inspection tool or non-piggable

pipelines. The Piglet can pass through an unlimited amount o bends and provides ull

100% coverage. This tool provides online wall-thickness measurements as it progresses

through the pipeline, thus allowing the operator to thoroughly assess the quality o the

pipeline. The Piglet is made rom an ultrasonic measuring head, a body and a bre-optic

connection or it may have on-board data storage. A. Hak Industrial Services oers these

inspection services worldwide. [email protected]

www.a-hak-is.com

Low noise, high efciency

Bronswerk Heat Transer BV has developed an advanced industrial an called the WHIZZ-

WHEEL®, which is the most ecient product o its type presently on the market. Total

eciency reaches 85%, compared to the 55% o the product’s closest competitor. An

additional advantage with these ans is that they are ultra-low-noise. This an will also

provide energy eciency savings o around 40% every year. Furthermore, the WHIZZ-

WHEEL® weighs only 10% o the weight o conventional ans. [email protected]

www.bronswerk.nl

Driven by the requirements o the oshore installation industry to install larger structures

in deeper waters, Jumbo Oshore has successully installed and used a Deepwater

Deployment System (DDS) on one o its J-Class Heavy Lit Vessels. The DDS combines

traction winches, storage winches and both 900T cranes into a single system. With this

one system, Jumbo Oshore can load, transport and install structures on the seabed.

[email protected]

www.jumbo-oshore.nl

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Saely transer personnel

As installations become smaller with ewer acilities, the provision o a helideck becomes

cost prohibitive and marine transer becomes the alternative. But how do you saely

transer personnel? Oshore Solutions BV has developed the Oshore Access System, a

patented heave compensated walkway, which allows sae access rom a support vessel

to an oshore structure. With zero ‘lost-time incidents’, the system has proven to be an

extremely sae alternative to helicopter transer. [email protected]

www.oshore-solutions.nl

Stier, stronger and longer

The oil and gas industry’s move into greater depths calls or innovative solutions. The conventional

steel wire or braided rope systems have several disadvantages, which are eliminated by FibreMax’s

lightweight synthetic precision cables. They set a new perormance benchmark with the use o Endless

Winding Technology which produces the entire cable – complete with integrated end terminations – in

one go. The unique properties, or instance, the absence o construction stretch, will make mooring o

oshore constructions more economical and give access to greater depths. [email protected]

www.fbremax.nl

In the hall, they are putting the nishing

touches to the Valhall platorm an

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touches to the Valhall platorm, an

11,000-tonne production platorm destined

or the Valhall eld in the North Sea, which

consists o a production and a hotel deck

with accommodation or 180. The current

Valhall platorm is due or replacement

because the sea bed has sunk ve metres as

a result o oil and gas being extracted rom

the eld. The existing deck was in danger

o being damaged by the North Sea waves,

thereore endangering the crew’s saety. For

this reason, BP Norway contracted Heerema

Fabrication Group to build a new productionplatorm or an envisaged 40-year service lie.

The completed platorm will be delivered to

BP in July 2010.

// In time“This is the largest one-piece platorm

we’ve ever built,” says Tino Vinkesteijn (46),

mechanical engineer and Managing Director

o Heerema Zwijndrecht. Heerema has aced

a lot o challenges during the three years it

has taken to build this platorm, not least

because o the many changes requested by

the customer ater the construction work had

already begun. Vinkesteijn: “We needed to be

very creative to incorporate design changes

into the platorm’s various component parts.At the same time, we had a strict deadline.

The transport and installation o a platorm

like this is always scheduled well in advance

and postponement is almost never an option.

Continuing to work in a sae manner is the

most important challenge when you’re on an

increasingly tight schedule. But – as always

– we managed once again to respond to the

issues raised by the customer.”

// Far away and close to homeHeerema started out in 1948 as a

manuacturer o oil platorms or what was

then the new Venezuelan oil industry around

Lake Maracaibo. It wasn’t long beore the

start-up manuacturer developed major

As the sound of a heavy hammer reverberates throughthe dark assembly hall, sparks rain down from large steel pipes where

assembly workers are using grinding machines and welding equipment, totally

focussed on the job in hand. Everywhere the mild smell of scorched steel hangs

in the air. This is the scene in the assembly hall at Heerema Fabrication Group in

Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands, the largest assembly hall of its kind in all of Europe.

The workers are building a giant offshore platform for BP. >> By Arnoud Veilbrie

Giant

As large and imposing as a block o fats, with

accommodationor 180

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goggles is mandatory in the shipyard. “Saety has

always been the top priority in the oshore industry.

Our customers demand that we meet such standards

and we also believe it’s important to maintain those

levels. Our people here are working with extremelyheavy large steel objects and oten at great heights.

We also start testing the equipment at the end o the

construction phase, which means that the cables are

live and the pipelines and tanks are pressurised,”

explains Wiebes.

// Round the clockThe production platorm is a maze o thick and

thin tubes and impressive equipment, all o which

combines to pump the oil and gas to the surace,

clean it and pressurise it. Surrounded by assembly

workers, Wiebes explains the workings o the

compressors, separator stations, pumps and electrical

equipment. “Building, painting and testing are in

progress here 24 hours a day.” We climb steadily rom

one foor to another, passing a white steel wall on the

way. This is the blast wall separating the production

area rom the hotel area which is intended to protect

the crew rom powerul explosions. Even higher still –

about 40 metres up – we arrive at the crew’s quarters

and the electricity station where the direct currentrom the undersea cable is converted into alternating

current. The undersea cable is 292 kilometres long

and runs rom the Nor wegian coast to the Valhall

eld. At the moment, the platorm – which is as high

as a large block o fats – still has a view out across

meadows and a river. That view will have changed

into a raging sea in a ew months’ time.

// AnticipationThis platorm rests on a jacket, but that will be less

and less the case in uture, explains the director,

Tino Vinkesteijn. “The sources that are now being

discovered are oten at very great depths, which

will present new diculties. You can’t use jackets in

water that is 3,000 metres deep. Instead, you need

foating processing installations. You have to use

underwater robots to lay the pipeline. All o this

requires major investment and new technologies.”

“Redeveloping old elds is another trend. It used

to be possible to extract no more than 30% o the

oil rom a eld. That’s now gone up to 40% to 50%thanks to new extraction methods. As a result, we

oresee a growing need or smaller units.” One

day, the North Sea elds will run dry and Heerema

Fabrication Group is anticipating that day by looking

or business partners in new oil producing countries

such as Angola and Kazakhstan. “You don’t

necessarily have to build a new shipyard in those

countries, because partnerships have potential as

well. We want to make sure in any event that we’re

involved,” says Vinkesteijn. “As well as retaining

our own abrication, engineering and project

management capabilities, we also have to be in a

position to carry out projects successully on an

EPC basis in locations other than the North Sea. The

world is changing and we’re changing along with it.”

// thE hEErEMa GrOup cOnsists principally Of thE hEErEMa fabricatiOn GrOup (hfG) and hEErEMa MarinE cOntractOrs

(hMc). hfG has shipyards in thE nEthErlands, thE unitEd KinGdOM and pOland. hMc transpOrts and installs OffshOrE structurEs

and is OnE Of thE GlObal MarKEt lEadErs in thE sEctOr, With its Giant cranE vEssEls thialf, hErMOd and baldEr. hfG EnGinEErinG is

thE rElativEly nEW EnGinEErinG firM that dEsiGns hEErEMa’s OWn OffshOrE platfOrMs.

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innovations, such as pre-stressed concrete pillars,

which saved a lot o time and money. In the 1960s and

1970s, Heerema turned increasingly to the North Sea

where large oil and gas elds had been discovered.

Heerema introduced a range o both major and minorinnovations, such as larger cranes and the semi-

submersible crane vessel which was less vulnerable to

heavy seas and could continue working in the winter.

“Our innovations have always contributed to the

development o the oil and gas industry and continue

to do so,” says Vinkesteijn.

// Saety rstThe Valhall production platorm has now been

driven out o the main assembly hall at Heerema

Zwijndrecht so that the nishing touches can be

carried out outside. “It was driven out very slowly

on 1700 wheels,” recalls Project Manager Ronald

Wiebes. “It was becoming a bit too tall, even or our

hall.” Whether inside or outside the hall, wearing

protective clothing, saety boots, a hard hat and

// at 100 MEtrEs lOnG, 47 MEtrEs WidE and 50 MEtrEs hiGh, thE 11,000-tOnnE bp valhall Main dEcK is thE larGEst

OffshOrE dEcK EvEr built in thE nEthErlands. all thE structurEs – thE Main dEcK, thE WEathEr dEcK MOdulE, thE flarE bOOM

as WEll as bridGEs 1 and 2 – Will lEavE hEErEMa ZWijndrEcht in junE 2010 fOr thEir final dEstinatiOn Off thE cOast Of nOrWay.

with BP’s project teamhas contributed to this

success”


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tEchnOlOGy cOnfErEncE,

hOustOn, unitEd statEs The

Oshore Technology Conerence

is an event or the development o

oshore resources in the elds o

drilling, exploration, production, and

environmental protection.

www.otcnet.org

8 - 10 junE 2010, pOWEr-GEn

EurOpE, aMstErdaM, thE

nEthErlandsA three-day event,

POWER-GEN Europe comprises a busy

exhibition foor populated by the major

players in the power industry. The

exhibition is backed up by a high-level

multiple track conerence eaturing

strategic and technical presentations

by the leading experts in the power

industry. www.powergeneurope.com

21 - 25 junE 2010, nEftEGaZ,

MOscOW, russia Russia’s leading

oil and gas industry exhibition.

Leading European, Asian and American

manuacturers showcase their oil

and gas production and processing

equipment, to establish direct traderelations and achieve marketing goals.

www.netegaz-expo.ru

nOrthErn sEas, stavanGEr,

nOrWay Access to more energy will

be the key topic during ONS 2010 as

the world’s energy leaders gather under

the keynote theme “Energy or more

people”. www.ons.no

13 - 16 sEptEMbEr 2010, riO Oil &

Gas, riO dE janEirO, braZil

The Rio Oil & Gas is an oil and gas

industry event in Latin America and

takes place at Riocentro ConventionCenter in Rio de Janeiro every two

years. The Expo is an opportunity or

national and oreign companies to

display their products and services.

Similarly, the Conerence stands as a

place or networking, discussing major

technological issues and promoting

innovative ideas. www.ibp.org.br

4 - 6 OctObEr 2010, schiEdaM

OffshOrE EvEnt, schiEdaM, thE

nEthErlands The Schiedam Oshore

Event (SOE) (Location: Rotterdam

area, the Netherlands) combines

international conerences with an Oil,

Gas & Technology Exhibition. Major oilcompanies, EPC contractors, experts

as well as subsea, oil and gas vendors

will be gathering in Holland. Over 300

exhibitors and close to 10,000 visitors

are expected to be present at this

upstream, mid- and downstream show.

www.soe2010.com

dEn hEldEr, nEthErlands

The third Oshore Energy event

will take place at Oude Rijkswer

Willemsoord in Den Helder in the

Netherlands. This event ocuses

on the international oshore oil &

gas and energy markets. A trade

air is combined with a conerence

programme covering the very latest

developments and markets in the

oshore sector.

www.oshore-energy2010.nl

1 - 4 nOvEMbEr 2010, adipEc, abu

dhabi, uaE As one o the largest and

most acclaimed oil and gas shows

in the world, ADIPEC 2010 will bring

more exhibitors with their extensive

ranges o products and services and

more international visitors - making

ADIPEC the total oil and gas show. We

are looking orward to another award-

winning event. www.adipec.com

2 - 4 nOvEMbEr 2010, pOWEr-GEn

asia, sinGapOrE The region’s premier

conerence and exhibition or the

power generation and transmission anddistribution industries.

www.powergenasia.com

21 - 24 March 2001, GastEch,

aMstErdaM, thE nEthErlands

The largest international event serving

the entire spectrum o the natural

gas industry, Gastech provides

a prestigious meeting place or

thousands o global gas proessionals.

www.gastech.co.uk

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38 MADE IN HOLLAND

Meet the Dutch Whether on land or sea and above or below the equator, in the oil and gas sector

you meet the Dutch all over the world. If you’re still not convinced of the dynamic

nature of Dutch activity in this sector, why not attend one of the events listed and

meet your Dutch counterpart? Obviously you are also very welcome to come to the

Netherlands to make contacts here, such as during the 25 th Gastech Conference and

Exhibition which runs from 21 to 24 March 2011 in Amsterdam.

Links



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irO The Association o Dutch Suppliers

in the Oil and Gas Industry promotes the

interests o the Dutch supply and service

companies in the upstream oil and gasindustry. Members cover all activities

involved in the supply industry, such as

engineering, eld development, pipeline

installation, maintenance, manuacturing

and material & equipment supply, onshore

as well as oshore. www.iro.nl

fME-cWM FME-CWM is dedicated

to strengthening the position o the

technological/industrial sector in the

economy, thus helping to enhance

the competitiveness o its members.

To achieve these goals, FME seeks to

maximise its infuence on political and

other social processes that are important

to the sector or the benet o its

members. www.me.nl

hME The Holland Marine Equipment

Association (HME) is the trade

organisation or Dutch suppliers to the

maritime sector. The association promotes

innovative developments, combines

know-how and strengthens its members’

position in oreign markets. The morethan 270 member companies are active

in maritime engineering & contracting,

the supply o maritime equipment and

components, the supply o technical

maritime services, and ship repairs.

www.hme.nl

d Eeg soo The Gul State

Region is the world’s largest energy

producer and oers the Dutch supply

industry numerous opportunities. Dutch

Energy Solutions: Global Excellence, Local

Perormance is an export programme

that FME and IRO are setting up on behal

o the Ministry o Economic Aairs. The

objective o the three-year programme is

to enable Dutch suppliers in the oil, gas

and power industries to obtain a greater

market share in the Gul by means o

multi-year market cultivation.

www.dutch-energysolutions.nl

nfia The specic purpose o the

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

(NFIA) is to help and advise oreign

companies that wish to take advantageo the Dutch business environment and

set up an oce in the Netherlands as

a strategic base or the rest o Europe.

The NFIA provides inormation and

practical assistance ree o charge and

on a condential basis. The NFIA is an

operational unit o NL EVD International,

the agency or international business and

cooperation, which in turn is part o the

Dutch Ministry o Economic Aairs.

www.na.nl

tWa The TWA Network is part o the

Dutch Ministry o Economic Aairs and

serves as a liaison or international R&D

contacts and cooperation. From its many

oces throughout the world, the TWA

Network seeks partners or research and

technological development or innovative

applications o technologies.

www.twanetwerk.nl

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