Business View Magazine | December 2019

157 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 CALM buoy remote monitoring and control Mooring hawser tension monitoring Subsea PLEM valve control Pressure surge detection Emergency shutdown EATON Electric Limited, Ocean Technical Systems, Oceantech House, Station Approach, Cheam, Surrey, SM2 7AU, U.K. T: +44 20 8643 2233 F: +44 20 8643 6444 E: sales@oceantech.co.uk W: www.oceantech.co.uk Powering Business Worldwide . SOFEC INC . “Our fabrication site team in Singapore is about 35 engineers, inspectors, and construction and commissioning related staff,” Duggal elaborates. “In China, we probably have another 10 staff working at the fabrication yard. The fabrication yards build all the major structural and piping components and integrate a number of mechanical components that we design and manufacture all over the world, as well as other equipment like instrumented control systems, valves, winches, hydraulic power units, etc. We ship these various components to the fabrication yard for integration into the system, and perform as much of the commissioning there as possible. The off-vessel mooring materials are typically pre-installed in the field and once the vessel is hooked up offshore, the remainder of the commissioning is completed.” Regarding SOFEC’s competition, Waronoff says, “There are few companies in the world that do what we do; less than a handful. And when we talk about the competitors in that space, we’re talking about our combined relationship with our parent company, MODEC. MODEC is an FPSO owner/operator as well as a supply company. SOFEC provides our moorings and fluid transfer systems to MODEC on all their FPSOs as well as to others when not in conflict. “Our competitive edge for the mentioned U.S. Gulf of Mexico upcoming projects includes being a U.S. company, and we are small and nimble. We can provide our clients with good options; we work with them very closely in understanding their requirements and giving them a practical solution. Our systems are designed to be robust, and we’re very focused on HSE&Q (Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality) in terms of making sure that what we put out there is going to last a long time, be safe to operate, is good for the environment, and good for our clients in all aspects.” “Where we tend to be very successful is when there is need to customize and optimize for a