2H Offshore Strengthens Flexible Riser Service In Aberdeen And Kuala Lumpur

2H Offshore, an Acteon company, is adding strength to its flexible marine riser engineering capabilities by growing its teams in Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur.

Highly experienced flexible riser engineer, Gilles Gardner, has been hired as a technical manager to support 2H’s growing flexible riser engineering service offering from the Aberdeen office. Gardner will assist the local management team in the development of 2H’s flexible riser analysis and engineering capability in the region.

Gardner holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, and has been active in the offshore industry since 2003. He joins 2H from Flexlife, where he was engineering, delivery and integrity director. Gardner previously held positions as a flexible pipe design engineer with Technip, and a flexible package delivery manager and riser team leader at Wood Group Kenny.

Gardner said, “My experience with design, analysis and specification of flexible riser systems is a natural complement to 2H’s existing capabilities, and I am excited to contribute in developing existing and new business opportunities for 2H in Aberdeen.”

Additionally, Hanh Ha, technical director, has relocated from the 2H London office to the Kuala Lumpur office, where he will support the local management team in the growth of 2H’s flexible riser engineering capability in the Asia Pacific region. Ha will provide technical support to projects, from FEED, through detailed engineering, to manufacturing and installation. He will also continue to contribute his specific technical expertise in flexible risers and umbilicals to other 2H projects.

Tim Eyles, managing director, 2H Offshore, said, “Flexible riser engineering remains a key strategic growth area for 2H. By hiring another flexibles specialist and relocating a member of senior personnel, we have illustrated our commitment to this growing business area. A landmark project for 2H in late 2013 was our appointment by Tullow Oil as lead riser engineering consultancy for the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) field development, offshore Ghana, which 2H continues to support through the fabrication and installation phases.”

About 2H
2H Offshore is a global engineering contractor specialising in the design, structural analysis and integrity management of riser and conductor systems used in the drilling and production of offshore oil and gas reserves. 2H Offshore is an Acteon group company. For more information, visit www.2hoffshore.com.

About Acteon
Acteon provides a range of global subsea services from surveying, installation, asset integrity management through to decommissioning. Acteon’s companies are 2H Offshore, Aquatic, Claxton, Clarus Subsea Integrity, Conductor Installation Services (CIS), Core Grouting Services, InterAct, InterMoor, J2 Subsea, LDD, LM Handling, MENCK, Mirage Machines, NCS Survey, Offshore Installation Services (OIS), Probe Oil Tools, Pulse Structural Monitoring, Seatronics, Subsea Riser Products (SRP), TEAM Energy Resources and UTEC Survey. Acteon’s companies share knowledge and experience to add value and create effective, tailored solutions for clients across four business segments: survey, monitoring and data; risers and moorings; seabed foundation technologies; and project support services. For more information, visit www.acteon.com.

About subsea services
Acteon's aim is to define, shape and lead subsea services through best-in-class expertise offering full market coverage across the whole life of a subsea field. Acteon’s integrated approach to subsea services makes it easy for clients to combine capabilities to meet their specific project needs. Acteon’s subsea services companies share knowledge and experience across four business segments to deliver highly efficient solutions tailored to a client’s unique challenges, thereby reducing overall cost, risk and complexity.

Risers and moorings
Acteon provides deepwater riser engineering, structural analysis, riser, conductor, flowline and pipeline services to add value and create effective, tailored solutions. Acteon offers world-leading capabilities in high-pressure, high-temperature risers, temporary and permanent moorings, design, supply, installation, relocation and decommissioning. With the largest global inventory of offshore mooring equipment, Acteon also provides global inventory management with rapid delivery.