September 2019

September 2019 offshoreequipment.co.uk OFFSHORE ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT 21 Business  In the face of increased demand for off-shore wind energy – including the UK Government’s recently announced ambition to deliver 30% of the country’s electricity from this renewable source by 2030 – Ricardo is creating a dedicated team to service a significant growth in demand for consultancy expertise, including the provision of advanced technologies and innovations developed by the company. The new team represents a significant expansion of Ricardo’s activity in off-shore wind consulting and builds upon the company’s investments in technology development specific to the unique demands of off-shore wind energy. The off-shore environment brings significant opportunities in terms of the reliability and strength of prevailing winds and, freed from the constraints of land-based transportation and installation, the size of turbines that can be used. At the same time, the challenges of maintaining and operating wind turbines in the marine environment are considerably greater than on-shore, meaning that operation and maintenance costs are considerably higher. ww.ricardo.com Off-shore wind energy team expanded WFS Technologies, a global leader in Subsea Internet of Things (SIOT) devices for Asset Integrity Management, has announced its expansion into Houston and Brazil as it continues to meet its growth objectives for 2019. Molly Reyes, energy industry sales director, joins the WFS senior leadership team to lead the new office and explore opportunities in the growing energy sectors of Gulf of Mexico and North American territories. “The US energy industry is fully immersed in digital transformation and data has become a valuable commodity, explained Reyes, an offshore expert with 20 years of experience in the energy industry from a variety of commercial and technical roles across subsea infrastructure, asset economics, regulatory policy and corporate strategy. “The WFS team combines pioneering hardware with cutting edge cloud computing to solve some of the toughest offshore challenges. I am excited to join an innovative team and collaborate with subsea leaders across the Americas to continue to create meaningful solutions.” www.wfs-tech.com Arnlea, a global leader in industrial mobile software for tracking, inspection and maintenance for the oil & gas industry, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and will be sharing its success with customers, employees and suppliers alike. The business, which was founded in 1994, has been run by an MBO since 2014, led by Allan Merritt, and has a global reputation in the oil & gas industry for innovative, effective industrial software that improves safety inspections and inventory management.  Its flagship brand, Intrinsix, features its most popular product, IntrinsixEX. This enables a quicker turnaround of faulty and ineffective equipment because of its Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) platform and typically improves inspectors’ efficiency by an average of 150%. This benefits the client as it frees up their teams to focus on other areas of responsibility while delivering higher productivity.   IntrinsixEX enables clients to comply with IEC 60079 and provides standardised inspection and reporting processes to speed up data interpreting, comparisons and understanding, which facilitates better management decision-making at all levels. www.arnlea.com Expansion of operations into Houston and Brazil Celebrating 25th anniversary as a trusted partner