GE Oil & Gas invested more than US$20.7 million across its subsea manufacturing facilities in Montrose, Scotland, enhancing the business’s test and assembly (T&A) and manufacturing capabilities in direct response to customer need.
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GE Oil & Gas welder at work in Montrose. |
The company completed construction of a 1000 sq m heat treat and cladding workshop at its Brent Avenue facility, with structural work beginning on a new 600sq m administration block, scheduled for completion in June 2015. GE has also finished the new high bay facility at its Charleton Road site, the result of a $4 million investment.
“The oil & gas sector is going through a period of adjustment, but we have been through many cycles of this nature before, both as an organization and as an industry,” says Scott Kelly, GE plant leader at Charleton Road. “What is most important is that we mustn’t lose sight of our customers’ needs and the long-term viability of our industry. We are consistently advancing to offer the very best to our customers, and these latest upgrades are no exception.”
Charleton Road’s high bay, which measures in at a width of 40m and 23m in height, has been equipped with a 75-tonne capacity crane to accommodate the larger subsea production systems common of the industry today. Six new pressure test bays have also been added along with a larger gas test pit, improving the site’s inspection capabilities.
Further to the ongoing work at Brent Avenue, the business has also purchased six new machine tools and doubled the number of cladding stations on-site, a move designed to improve delivery times for customers and drive greater cost efficiencies. These latest investments are valued at $16.5 million.
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