InterMoor

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InterMoor
Company typePrivate limited (Non-trading)
IndustrySubsea Services
FoundedMorgan City, Louisiana (2004)
Headquarters,
Area served
Global
Key people
Tom Fulton, Global President
Number of employees
500
Websitehttp://www.intermoor.com/

InterMoor is a global mooring, foundations, and subsea services company. Its services include rig moves, mooring and offshore operations such as engineering and design, survey and positioning, fabrication, subsea installation and chain inspections.

InterMoor has offices in the United States, West Africa, Brazil, South East Asia, Norway, Mexico and United Kingdom.

History[edit]

In November 2004, Acteon acquired the business and assets of Technip Offshore Moorings, Inc. The company was renamed InterMoor Inc. and later merged with sister Acteon companies International Mooring Systems and Trident Offshore.[1][2]

In 2006, InterMoor created the subsidiary InterMoor do Brasil and opened an office in Brazil.[3]

In June 2010, Acteon acquired IOS Offshore, which became the Norwegian arm of InterMoor. Formed in 1986 with an office and workshop on NorSea’s Dusavik base in Stavanger, IOS began as a mooring equipment supply company to the offshore oil industry.

InterMoor opened its Morgan City facility in Louisiana, USA, on March 24, 2011.[4]

The Morgan City facility received ISO14001 certification in March 2012.[5]

InterMoor currently operates around the world[6] from offices in the USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Brazil, Angola, Norway, Mexico and the UK.

InterMoor operates shore base services from Fourchon, Louisiana, USA and plans to offer similar shore base operations from the Açu Superport in Brazil by 2013.[7]

InterMoor has been the current world record depth holder for a conventional drilling rig mooring installation at a water depth of 2570m since 2010.[8]

Activities[edit]

Short for "International Moorings," InterMoor has provided temporary and permanent moorings to the offshore oil and gas industry since its founding.

InterMoor was among the first to utilize polyester fiber mooring ropes in an offshore mooring system with the Red Hawk Cell-Spar Mooring installed in 2003 for Kerr McGee.[9] InterMoor recently became the first company to decommission a permanent floating structure in the US Gulf of Mexico when they removed from service the Red Hawk Cell-Spar and artificially reefed it as part of the rigs to reefs program.,[10][11][12] InterMoor is involved in the commissioning and installation phases of moorings and risers, and the abandonment and decommissioning efforts as well.[13]

InterMoor pioneered the design of suction piles for use as a deepwater anchors in the 1990s, and has been a part of the design, fabrication, or installation of well over 75 suction piles in the global offshore oil and gas market.,[14][15] In addition to their suction pile work, the company has also produced driven conductors and foundation piles in smaller diameters as well.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www2.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=134111[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "StackPath".
  4. ^ "Wharf Improvement Donation to Town of Berwick".
  5. ^ "OilOnline - InterMoor's Morgan City wins ISO 14001 certification". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  6. ^ http://www.petroleumafrica.com/en/newsarticle.php?NewsID=7037&PHPSESSID=d0b2a75d7b8989ae62f50385a8d11a76 [dead link]
  7. ^ "InterMoor and LLX sign land lease agreement at Açu Superport: Logistik express informiert | fachlich, sachlich, aktuell". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  8. ^ "International". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
  9. ^ "StackPath".
  10. ^ "Red Hawk, Gulf of Mexico - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis".
  11. ^ "Intermoor Completes Red Hawk Spar Decommissioning Contract".
  12. ^ Rigs-to-Reefs
  13. ^ "Deepest GoM decom job complete". 30 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Suction Pile Design & Installation | Suction Pile Anchors | Subsea Foundations | InterMoor". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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