At Heerema Fabrication Group's yard in Hartlepool, UK, the BP Andrew process module is completed and has set sail to its final offshore destination in UK's central North Sea.
Early 2011 Heerema Hartlepool started the fabrication of the 750 ton process module with a length 18 m (59 ft), a width of 13 m (42 ft) and a height of 28 m (91 ft) for installation on the existing BP Andrew platform.
Ken Scott, project manager of Heerema Hartlepool, explained: "The fabrication process of the BP Andrew module was a challenging project with many design changes during the process and a special method of installing the module on the existing structure. The BP module has been constructed as a so-called 'bolt on' process module. This means that the whole process module will be positioned on the side of the existing platform, on two huge hinge pins placed into two engagement hooks welded onto the existing BP Andrew brown field platform structure. We also used an unusual technique of installing and dressing the electrical cabling. The pulling installation and dressing was done by means of telescopic boom lifts (cherry pickers), due to access restrictions as a result of the configuration of the module."
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