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DUCO Umbilicals 27th June 2006 Subsea North East Launch

DUCO Umbilicals 27th June 2006 Subsea North East Launch. Overview. Duco manufactures Control Umbilicals for Subsea Production Systems Electrical and hydraulic power transferred from host facility to subsea wells Fluids to assist well productivity tranferred from host facility to subsea wells

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DUCO Umbilicals 27th June 2006 Subsea North East Launch

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  1. DUCO Umbilicals27th June 2006Subsea North East Launch

  2. Overview • Duco manufactures Control Umbilicals for Subsea Production Systems • Electrical and hydraulic power transferred from host facility to subsea wells • Fluids to assist well productivity tranferred from host facility to subsea wells • Control signals between wells and host facility to monitor production. • Worldwide market • Broad client base • Majors and Independant Oil Companies • State Oil Producers • EPIC contractors • Wellhead equipment manufacturers • International business with a local North East focus

  3. Make Up of an Umbilical? Outer Sheath Armour Layers Inner Sheath Fillers Tube Electric Cable Fibre Optic Cable Electric Cable

  4. UMBILICAL ASSEMBLY • Typical Umbilical Lay-up

  5. A Sense of Proportion - LENGTH

  6. 1990 - £7m DUCO moves to Walker Plant 1978 Dunlop enters umbilical business Southampton facility 2004 - £61m Angoflex Ltda factory opens 1989 - £5m New joint venture between Dunlop & Coflexip DUCO 2006 - £100m Reviewing options for further international and local expansion 1983 Joint Venture formed between Dunlop & Pirelli 2001- £37m Technip & Coflexip merge *Newcastle Revenue only 1998 - £33m DUCO LTD first umbilical manufacturer to be awarded API 17E licence 1996 - £25m DUCO Inc Channelview, Houston Opens 1994 - £14m Coflexip Merge with Stena Offshore

  7. DUCO Inc. USA Houston Angoflex Angola DUCO Ltd. Newcastle HQ LOCATIONS

  8. DUCO Ltd – Newcastle, UK • Capacity 300km per annum • Workforce : 350 approximately • Facility located 30m (100ft) from 800m (2625ft) long quayside

  9. SIGNIFICANT MANUFACTURING ACHIEVEMENTS • Largest Single Length Thermoplastic Umbilical Produced by Newcastle Facility • Exxon Mobil Arthur : 31km ; 983 tonnes ; 146mm diameter • Supplier of the GOMEX longest umbilical (DUCO Inc.) • SHELL, MENSA DEVELOPMENT, 106 km • Supplier of the world’s heaviest and largest umbilical (DUCO Ltd.) • PETROCANADA, TERRA NOVA @ 170kg/m, 320mm diameter • Supplier of the world’s largest number of components (DUCO Ltd.) • TALISMAN, BUCHAN ALPHA, 98 HOSES • Currently manufacturing world’s heaviest umbilical • BP SECU 305mm diameter @ 190kg/m • Safety Performance • In excess of 1400 days incident free

  10. WHY IS MARKET SO ATTRACTIVE? • High oil price here to stay • Next 5 years:- • 40% increase in subsea production • Doubling FPSO’s • Planned delays to decommissioning • Enhanced recovery to existing subsea production systems By 2013 oil demand predicted to exceed supply

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