Aluminium Offshore Delivers Maui B Platform Aluminium Helidecking
The Maui B Platform is operated by Shell Todd Oil Service and is located in the Tasman Sea, 35km off the South Taranaki coast and to the southwest of New Plymouth. The existing Maui B Platform helideck was originally designed and installed in the early 1990s for a skid mounted Bell 212 helicopter with a […]
May 2013 – NORSOK C-004 Now Requires a Passive Fire Suppression “Safe Deck”
The latest revision of NORSOK Standard C-004, Edition 2, published in May 2013, supersedes the previous 2004 edition. One of the main changes is regarding the helideck drainage and passive fire suppression: Section 13: Helideck materials and fabrication …The helideck shall be of a “safe deck” type aluminium construction with a system of extruded profiles. […]
Ekofisk 2/4 L
Ekofisk is located in the southern part of the North Sea, 300 kilometers southwest of Stavanger. Ekofisk 2/4 L is an accommodation and field center platform in the Ekofisk Complex. Ekofisk 2/4 L, with its 552 beds, all in single cabins, is the largest accommodation platform in the North Sea. In addition to the accommodation […]
Gudrun Project, Norway
Latest Update on the Gudrun Helideck Aluminium Offshore Reaffirms Strong NCS Position Gudrun oil and gas field lies in production licence 025 of the North Sea at a water depth of 361ft. The field is estimated to contain 70 million barrels of oil and 1.7 trillion cubic feet of gas. Discovered in 1974, Gudrun has […]
Announcement of Joint Venture and Co-investment
Exciting changes that are taking place at the Aluminium Offshore Group. We have recently reached agreement with the Apply group (Apply) from Norway to co-invest in the Aluminium Offshore Group and co-operate to design, build and supply modular aluminium living quarters for the offshore industry. AN ENLARGED BUSINESS This arrangement creates an enlarged business group […]
Aluminium Stair Tower for Semi-submersible Floatel Superior
A 10m high stairway tower designed and built for the Floatel Superior – a newly built DP 3 semi-submersible accommodation and construction support vessel. The vessel is built to meet the most stringent rules and regulations for worldwide operation including the North Sea/NCS. The aluminium stair tower is supported by an all-aluminium support frame which […]
Helideck and Support Structure in Two Parts for Caspian Sea Operation
A 20.88m XE Standard aluminium helideck designed and built for Petronas Caspian DLB (Bumi Armada Berhad). The design called for a aluminium support structure frame of 8.5m high and helideck to be built in two halves, transport through the Caspian sea channel and assemble in Baku, Azerbaijan within 2 weeks. Design for S92 helicopter with […]
ADMA-OPCO (Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company) US34A Pilot Project 2009
This project involves the replacement of an old timber helideck with the XE enhanced safety aluminium pancake. The challenges that we faced were in detailing the design from decades-old hand-drawn blue prints which client provided and in the design of multiple large hatches as the helideck platform is also to be used as a working […]
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland, Australia
The first stage of Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Emergency Department Expansion incorporates a roof-top helipad named the ‘Dr Peter Thomas Helipad’, with a “hot lift” which transfers critically ill patients directly to the new Emergency Department’s resuscitation room. Patients are transferred directly to this lift via a 13m long ramp from the helipad. Our 27.5m x […]
XE Enhanced Safety Helideck for ‘Nor Tigerfish’
A 22.2m XE Enhanced Safety™ Helideck with 3m aluminium support structure and platforms, delivered in kit form and assembled at Bollinger Fourchon yard for the offshore support vessel Nor Tigerfish, owned by S’pore based Nor Offshore and currently operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Fire protection is afforded by a unique combination of the passive […]