Dutch company profiles

Aug. 1, 2005
Balance Point Control provides specialist hydraulic workover, snubbing, well control and related engineering services.

Balance Point Control

Balance Point Control provides specialist hydraulic workover, snubbing, well control and related engineering services. The company claims to use state-of-the art equipment, managed by in-house, trained personnel, with an emphasis on safely engineered solutions.

www.balance-point.nl

BigLift Shipping

BigLift Shipping is a specialist in ocean transportation of heavy lift and project cargoes. It operates 14 specialized heavy lift vessels, capable of lifting up to 1,100 metric tons, with ro-ro capacity of up to 2,500 metric tons. Shipments include topsides modules, turrets, reels, and buoys. In recent years the company has been involved in major offshore projects such as Kizomba, Bonga, Baobab and White Rose.

www.bigliftshipping.com

Burdock

Burdock group provides management and engineering consulting for oil and gas upstream and downstream extraction and distribution, production and the gas to liquids sector. Its services include engineering, construction, maintenance, structural and architectural disciplines ranging from feasibility and design to realization, project management and commissioning.

www.burdock.com

Croon

Croon has experience worldwide working for the offshore and marine sectors. The company provides a complete package of services and solutions related to electrical and instrumentation installations. There are no restrictions on the choice of vendor equipment. Facilities include a switchboard manufacturing plant and overhaul/repair/rewind shops for electrical rotary equipment, including balancing services. The company has accreditations such as ISO 9001:2000 and AQAP 110.

www.croon.nl

Genius Vos

For over 50 years Genius Vos has been involved in production of process equipment, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, columns, condensors, bridges, locks and special constructions, as well as maintenance and construction of oil and gas facilities offshore and onshore. Specialties are minimal facility platforms, including topsides, feed water tanks, mild steel pressure vessels or pressure vessels with weld overlay. The company is a subsidiary of the mechanical contracting division of the Vos Groep company. Sister companies in this division are VMB Energy Services, Vos Industrial Projects, Vos Rotating, Gerard Services, VWS Technical Services and Zappey.

www.genius-vos.nl

HSM Steel Structures

HSM Steel Structures is an offshore fabrication contractor, with over 30 years experience, and with wide-ranging expertise in multi-discipline projects. These range from construction to project management, design, engineering of all disciplines, procurement and installation/assembly at construction sites. The company has produced many platforms, jackets, compression modules, living quarters and process modules at its conditioned facilities in the Rotterdam harbor area.

www.hsm.nl

Keppel Offshore & Marine

Keppel Offshore & Marine aims to be the provider of choice and partner for solutions to offshore and marine clients, with regard to (proprietary) design, engineering, construction, global shipyard services and other products. Keppel Verolme BV in The Netherlands is a member of the Singapore-based group. The Rotterdam-located subsidiary is ideally situated for North Sea projects, and has modern deepwater facilities for new construction, conversions and repair works.

www.keppelverolme.nl

Mokveld Valves

Mokveld offers engineered valve solutions for control and safety applications. Products include custom-designed shut-off, control, choke and check valves using the axial flow concept. The company also has specialist knowledge of high integrity pressure protection systems, and is a well-known supplier of severe duty, angle choke valves. Mokveld has offices in Europe, Ukraine, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.

www.mokveld.com

Teijin Twaron

Teijin Twaron supplies companies throughout the world with para-aramid fibers under the trade names Twaron and Technora. These fibers offer strong mechanical properties for application in rope cables, such as high tenacity, high modulus, resistance to high temperatures and fatigue resistance.

www.twaron.com

Van Oord Offshore

Van Oord is a marine contractor specializing in dredging, coastal engineering and offshore construction. Its expertise ranges from preparation of the seabed for installation of offshore facilities to stabilization and protection of pipelines, offshore structures and cables, to turnkey design and construction projects. The company owns and operates a large fleet of DP flexible fall pipe vessels, side stone dumping vessels, trailing suction hopper dredgers and cutter suction dredgers, construction and support vessels.

www.vanoord.com

Westmark

A clean work floor improves safety, decks, stairs, scaffolding and other structures and contributes to a safer environment also during shutdown and turnaround works. For that purpose Westmark developed the `S’ shaped safety hook Cablesafe, which has been adopted by numerous oil companies and drilling contractors. The hooks are produced from strong, non-conductive and non-flammable reinforced polyester and can be used repeatedly. They are designed to suspend temporary utility cables for the duration of a turnaround program. The hooks can carry a load up to 190 kg, withstand a temperatures up to 200degC, and are UV-resistant. Recently Westmark opened an office in Houston to promote the products.

www.cablesafe.com