3sun Group secures Statoil contract

3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has been awarded a marine operations and management contract by Statoil, worth £1 million.

The six-month contract, which commenced in June, will be based within the Outer Harbour of East Port, Great Yarmouth, and marks the first time 3sun Group has worked with Statoil and supported on a major project for the marine sector.

Wind turbines

3sun Group will take a lead role on the project, assembling anodes onto specialist frames designed to be used to transport assembles offshore for deployment to the seabed around each of the 88 wind turbine foundations on the Sheringham Shoal wind farm, located 21 km off the North Norfolk coast.

Anodes being assembled.

Stuart Brand, 3sun Group Operations Director, commented: “This is a significant contract win for the Group and a real coup. The scope of work and the contract value signifies the extent of our technical abilities and further underpins our reputation for delivering a high quality service and execution. We are delighted to establish a working relationship with Statoil through this project and we look forward to continuing to support the company in the future as it grows its operations within the UK and Europe within the energy sector.

“3sun Group is constantly evolving its capabilities and client offering by combining our collective knowledge and expertise to form expert teams. This project confirms our ability to support operations in the marine sector, which complements our full service offering.”

3sun Group Renewables technician assembling anodes for Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.

Logistic support

The Group will be working alongside oilfield support services company ASCO that will provide logistic support in the unloading of the supply vessels from Norway. ASCO will also support the subsequent load out to the installation vessels, with the job involving more than 6000 lifting operations.

Glenn Hurren, Regional Director, ASCO SNS Logistics, added: “We are delighted to have this opportunity to work with 3sun Group for the first time by providing quayside support on this renewables project.

“We look forward to a long term successful working relationship, with 3sun Group as we jointly develop our offshore renewables offering to the UK’s windfarm operators and turbine suppliers.”

Graham Hacon, 3sun Group CEO, concluded; “The project marks the first milestone in what is planned to be a larger relationship between the two companies, with plans in place to develop a regional Operations and Maintenance hub from ASCO’s Gas House Quay facility.”

Adapted from press release by Katie Woodward

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