Proserv Controls and Trendsetter Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the joint marketing and supply of integrated subsea hardware and controls.
The mutually beneficial arrangement will enable the two companies to use their combined expertise and core strengths to develop cost-effective, high-quality solutions for their customers, across both brownfield and greenfield projects.
The new MoU will mean that Proserv will now be able to incorporate its cutting-edge energy production control systems and related services, designed to improve the reliability, integrity and performance of critical infrastructure, alongside Trendsetter’s state-of-the-art pressure protection systems, including its cornerstone high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS), connection systems and manifolds.
It is expected that the new MoU will enable both parties to expand their scope of offering for their customers and to take their proposition into new global markets.
The collaboration has already borne fruit with the two parties combining their expertise on the expansion of the Shenzi North field on behalf of BHP in the Gulf of Mexico. Trendsetter will deliver its proven SIL3 rated HIPPS module, equipped with Proserv’s renowned subsea controls technology.
This will enable BHP to use its existing flowlines, risers and topside facilities, significantly enhancing the cost-effectiveness of the tieback to the Shenzi tension leg platform (TLP).
A key component of the value proposition of the MoU is that the two parties utilise the coexistence and backwards compatibility capabilities of Proserv’s subsea electronics technology to supply and retrofit HIPPS and manifold mounted controls on existing systems.
For more information, please read the project data sheet and visit Proserv's website.
