Lamprell
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates |
Key people | Ian Prescott, CEO Neil Millar, COO |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  US$338.6 million (2020)[1] |
| US$(32.0) million (2020)[1] | |
| US$(53.4) million (2020)[1] | |
Number of employees | 5,000 (2021) |
| Website | www |
Lamprell plc, based in the United Arab Emirates, specialises in construction and fabrication, servicing both the Renewables and Oil & Gas industries.[2] It builds wind turbine foundations as well as shallow-water drilling jackup rigs, liftboats and land rigs, and it also carries out rig refurbishment. In 2021 the company added a Digital business unit servicing not only the renewables and oil & gas sectors but other related industries. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.[3][4]
History
The company was established by Steven Lamprell in 1976 in Dubai.[5] The company established three sites in the United Arab Emirates and one in Thailand before starting jackup rig conversions in the late 1980s.[5] In the late 1990s, the company started to diversify into oil rig construction.[5] In 2006 the company launched an initial public offering on the Alternative Investment Market and in 2008 it secured a full listing on the London Stock Exchange.[5]
Lamprell diversified its offering further, from predominantly servicing the oil & gas market to entering the renewables' arena in the early 2000s. It delivered four self-propelled jackup vessels for offshore oil & gas and offshore wind turbine installation to Seajacks,[6] and two wind turbine installation vessels to Fred Olsen.[7]
The company acquired Maritime Industrial Services, another maritime services business, for $336 million in July 2011[8] but was hit by a series of profit warnings in 2012 following a string of losses, delays and deferrals in individual projects.[9] In March 2013, the company was fined £2.4 million by the Financial Services Authority in connection with the profit warnings and for its failure to keep the market properly informed.[10]
The company entered the Guinness World Records book in 2014 for the "heaviest load moved by self-propelled modular trailers" for moving a 13,191.98 metric tonne Production, Utilities and Quarters (PUQ) deck for its client Nexen Petroleum UK.[11]
In 2016, Lamprell won its first contract to construct 60 wind turbine foundation structures following an award from ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia One project.[12]
In 2017, Lamprell, via subsidiary Maritime Offshore Limited, joined a partnership developing the King Salman Global Maritime Industries Complex in Saudi Arabia.[13]
In 2022, the company announced that Thunderball Investments, a company owned by Blofeld Investment Management and AlGihaz, had made an offer for the company worth £38.8m ($46.5m) which the board of Lamprell had accepted.[14]
Operations
Lamprell has three main business units: renewables, oil & gas, and digital.[15] Its main operations centres and yards are in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. In the UAE its main facility is located in Hamriyah,[16] and it has a second facility in Jebel Ali and a third in Dubai Investments park.[17]
Lamprell also has a joint partnership with Saudi Aramco, Bahri and HHI in the Industrial Maritime Yard in Saudi Arabia.[18]
References
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Lamprell. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Thomas, Allister (8 September 2022). "UAE's Lamprell puts pen to paper on huge contract for Moray West wind farm". Energy Voice.
- ^ "Lamprell concludes contract for Moray West transition pieces". Renewablesnow.com.
- ^ "Lamprell Signs Contract Worth More Than $200 Mln for UK Offshore Wind Farm". MarketWatch.
- ^ a b c d "Top 50 most influential Brits in the UAE". Arabian Business. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "UAE: Lamprell Builds Fourth Vessel for Seajacks". Offshore Energy. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Norway: Lamprell Delivers Windcarrier 2 "Bold Tern", to Fred Olsen Windcarrier". Offshore Wind. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Lamprell buys Maritime Industrial Services". Gulf News. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Lamprell leaps 17pc despite issuing fifth profit warning". The Telegraph. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Lamprell fined £2.4 million for the profit warnings that kept coming". The Times. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Lamprell PUQ deck breaks Guinness World Records for heaviest load". Oil Review Middle East (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Lamprell wins USD-225m job on East Anglia One offshore wind project". Renewablesnow.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Bahri, Partners Step Closer to Set Up Maritime Yard in Saudi Arabia". World Maritime News. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Lamprell agrees $46.5m takeover". Splash 24/7. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Lamprell forms three business divisions". Offshore Magazine. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Sharjah's Hamriyah Free Zone inks leasing deal with Lamprell". Trade Arabia. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Lamprell Steady Despite Softening Oil Market Outlook". Rig Zone. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Offshore Rig Builder Lamprell Shutters Two Yards". Maritime Executive. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
