Exploring new opportunities
Deepdale supplies rolled and welded large diameter and thick walled precision tube for structures such as module jackets, winches and derrick cranes
Deepdale Engineering, a specialist fabricator of tubular structures and pipework for the offshore industry, sees new opportunities in deeper fields and alternative energy sources.
The oil gas industry is a major customer for Deepdale, it supplies rolled and welded large diameter and thick walled precision tube for structures such as module jackets, winches and derrick cranes.
John Marsh of Deepdale says that the company has recently picked up significant new business.
“We have developed a new customer in the offshore industry for tubular fabrications and to see further business generated from that. We have also recently produced the tubular components for the extension and refurbishment of a rig in the Buzzard field, and jacket components for another North Sea module.”
He adds that, reflecting the trend for ever deeper exploration work, the company has also carried out work for a special prototype winch, perhaps the largest ever made, for working at extreme depths.
“This an area we need to be in,” says John Marsh. “As well as the servicing of the existing oil platforms we have to work with customers as they go out into deeper fields.
The ISO 9001:2008 company is now applying its skills to sustainable energy sources such as wind and tidal power.
Deepdale can provide everything from standard tube through to manufactured specials in sizes from 50mm diameter to 4600mm diameter and to all major standards.
Rolled tube components are automatically submerged arc welded to all major codes in carbon and stainless steel. Tubular piles are manufactured in a range of materials, from standard carbon steel to high tensile steel, and in all thicknesses to suit specified design.
Full N.D.T. facilities are available and in addition to ancillary services such as machining, shot-blasting and painting.
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