Controls Technology

Proserv Controls and Gilmore, a Proserv Company, established

Proserv announced a significant corporate restructure, in order to focus on its core strengths and capabilities. As a consequence, two new divisions are established, namely Proserv Controls and Gilmore, a Proserv Company.

Gilmore, a Proserv Company, a long-established Houston based manufacturer of cutting-edge sub-components, is globally known for its control valves, while Proserv Controls will encompass a range of activities, including the renowned Proserv subsea controls technology.

Skene Facility opens

Proserv’s Field Technology Services relocated to Westhill, in Aberdeen, UK. The base, located within close proximity to clients in SURF city (subsea, umbilicals, risers & flowlines), boasts 72,000 sq ft of yard space, and 50,000 sq ft of available workshops.

The move allows Proserv to focus on growing its successful IWOCS division, as well as the marine technology, subsea equipment maintenance and testing sections of the business.

Multiple platform and well decommissioning contract awards

2018 marked a big shift in the scale of decommissioning activity awarded to Proserv including technical scopes on Shell’s Brent leg cutting and Repsol’s YME platform decommissioning project, in addition to the significant volume of well slot recovery workorders that culminated in the Gulf of Mexico

Winners of the Offshore and Energy Award

Presented by Lloyd's List, South Asia, Middle East & Africa Awards, the award recognised organisation that demonstrate outstanding excellence in the provision of services to the maritime industry.

Proserv Renewables

Proserv expands its renewables capability and market focus, opening an office at the OrbisEnergy hub in Lowestoft, UK

Decommissioning contracts awarded in Asia Pacific

Proserv awarded a series of contracts for well severance, platform and FPSO decommissioning services. The contracts cover the Asia Pacific region and include Premier Oil in Indonesia; Chevron, through Baker Hughes, in the Gulf of Thailand; BHP, through Fugro, in Western Australia and by PCPP Operating Company, through Sapura Technology Solutions Sdn Bhd in Malaysia.

Winners of the Workforce Engagement Award

Awarded by Oil & Gas UK in recognition of an individual or team which actively embraced engagement with its workers on safety matters, showing how a commitment to worker involvement in safety contributes to improvements in safety performance.

Winners of the Innovator & Technology Award

Awarded by Subsea UK Awards in recognition of excellence in developing new technology and bringing it to market.

Production control contracts worth over $11million USD awarded in the Middle East

These recent contract wins will see Proserv engineering and manufacturing wellhead control panels, hydraulic power units and chemical injection systems to national oil companies, service companies and EPCs. Key to the awards is the strong installation, commissioning and life of field service offering that is unique to Proserv in the region.

New facility opens in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The opening of our new Production Controls facility in the Kingdom, allows Proserv to offer local manufacturing, project delivery and field service capabilities benefiting the local economy and workforce

HPU provision for Statoil Gullfaks in Norwegian North Sea

Proserv awarded a multi-million dollar contract with Equinor for the provision of production control equipment in Norway. Proserv supplied five wellhead hydraulic power units to the Gullfaks field as part of its extensive topside upgrade programme.

World first in subsea sampling cylinder (SSC) technology

Proserv designed and built the world’s first fully qualified and certified ‘for shipping’ sample cylinder for use in a subsea environment. The SSC enables well operators to safely and efficiently capture samples from a subsea producing well enabling accurate well properties capture throughout the lifetime of a field.

Proserv’s subsea control system in use on Callater wells in UK North Sea

Proserv’s contract with Apache included the supply of a subsea control system and associated topside and subsea interface equipment for use on the new Callater wells located south of the Beryl Alpha platform.

Proserv awarded two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico

The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corporation saw Proserv provide subsea communications and controls solutions to support the brownfield upgrade of the Phoenix field for Talos Energy. The award with Hess Corporation required Proserv to provide a subsea control module and associated tree mounted equipment for the expansion of the Conger field.

Nautronix joins Proserv

The acquisition strengthens Proserv’s position in the subsea market providing fully integrated subsea controls, communications, positioning and survey services.

Winner of Subsea Company of the Year award

Awarded by Subsea UK Awards in recognising of excellence in overall company performance in the subsea sector.

Winner of Great Large Company of the Year

Proserv is recognised by the SPE Offshore Achievement Awards for excellent performance in the offshore energy sector.

Proserv secures topside equipment contract on Johan Sverdrup

The agreement between Proserv to Aibel, on behalf of Equinor, included the design and manufacture of a hydraulic power unit and three chemical injection panels.

Proserv wins significant Brazilian subsea controls project

The $40m contract win included the supply of nine subsea control systems to support deepwater workover controls services for several projects in Brazil up to 2,500m water depth.

Subsea control systems for Hess Stampede, Gulf of Mexico

Proserv secured a major contract with Hess Corporation worth in excess of $20 million for the provision of a 12-well subsea control system along with associated topside and subsea interface equipment

Apprentice of the Year – Oil & Gas UK Awards

Business of the Year – Spirit of Enterprise Awards

Great Engineering & Manufacturing Company – Spirit of Enterprise Awards

Technology of the Year – Middle East Oil & Gas Awards

Entrepreneur of the Year – Ernst & Young Award

Acquisition of Weatherford Subsea Controls

Proserv acquires the Weatherford subsea controls business, along with legacy brands Brisco, CAC, EPS and Sicom, emerging as a significant player in the subsea controls and communications market globally.

Two North Sea contract wins for subsea control systems, in excess of $9 million

The first project involved the provision of electro-hydraulic multiplex subsea control systems at the Maersk Oil operated Talisman Clyde-platform. The second project invoved the provision of topside and subsea manifold control systems in the Southern North Sea.

Energy efficient wellhead control panel introduced

A market first for the oil and gas industry, Proserv’s innovative technologies offer a 20% saving on environmental impact

Proserv brand introduced

The Proserv brand launches following the amalgamation of five separate companies: Proserv Offshore, Proserv Technology, Hydrafit Subsea, Argus Subsea and Gilmore Valves.