Safehouse Engineer Featured in Stavanger Aftenblad’s Story on Aberdeen’s Energy Transition
Senior Project Engineer Monika Paulsen has been featured in Stavanger Aftenblad, one of Norway’s leading newspapers, in a detailed article examining how Aberdeen is navigating a period of significant change in the energy industry. In the feature, Monika reflects on her move from Stavanger to Aberdeen to pursue a career in oil and gas, and […]
Our people: John Bryceland runs the London Marathon
Everyone at Starn Group is cheering on John Bryceland, our Training Supervisor for Safehouse Habitats, at this year’s London Marathon. We’re incredibly proud to support John as he prepares to take on the marathon this weekend, running in support of Children with Cancer UK. John is raising funds for a truly important cause, and we’re […]
Crude Oil Stabilisation
Challenge Our customer was planning a multi-phased shutdown at a major North Sea refinery terminal that processed crude oil from a pipeline system. With over 50 pipeline tie-ins to the live terminal plus many other pipework connections in need of hot work, the operator had to apply a stringent process safety management system when planning […]
The Ivory Coast
Challenge A pipe on an FPSO in the Ivory Coast had been identified as having critical wall thinning and an engineered wrap was to be applied as the emergency repair solution. The first attempt to apply the technical wrap failed due to condensation on the pipe because of the difference in ambient temperature. A potential […]
The Panama Canal
Challenge An LPG tanker was in need of urgent repairs to its hull in order to remain within the parameters of its license to operate. Due to the nature of the ship and its cargo, carrying out hot work to repair such damage would normally require the ship’s tanks to be purged of all traces […]
The North Sea
Challenge Safehouse have been involved in the rig reactivation project with a global operator since July 2012. The job was initially 50 welding repairs to the Derrick for which two habitats were erected in 27 locations. We were then involved in a further ten hot-work projects on the platform until drilling commenced in January 2013. […]
Goodwyn Alpha
Goodwyn A is an offshore production platform in Commonwealth waters about 135 km north-west of Karratha in Western Australia and has been operating since 1995. This offshore production platform produces dry gas and condensate from the Goodwyn, Perseus and Searipple area reservoirs. Gas and condensate from these reservoirs is transported via a network of pipelines […]
North Rankin Complex
The North Rankin Complex (NRC) facility comprises the interconnected North Rankin A (NRA) and North Rankin B (NRB) platforms and associated subsea infrastructure, including two export trunk lines (TL1 and TL2) which run between NRC and the onshore Karratha Gas Plant. The facility is located in Commonwealth waters about 135 km offshore from Dampier on the […]
Coral Lophelia
Anthony Veder is specialist in shipping liquefied gas products. Involved in all segments of the gas market from co2 to ethylene and from LPG to LNG, it has developed long-term relationships with clients in the oil and gas industry. The Anthony Veder fleet consists of 30 modern gas carriers. Most of them are semi-pressurised/ fully […]
Karratha Gas Plant
Karratha Gas Plant is one of the most advanced, integrated gas production systems in the world, where LNG, domestic gas, condensate and LPG is produced. It is an integral onshore element of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project’s facilities which constitute Australia’s largest oil and gas development. The Karratha Gas Plant facilities include five LNG […]