June 2024, Vol. 251, No. 6
Tech Notes
STATS Group Expands Footprint with Key Projects Across Australia and Asia Pacific
Special to P&GJ
STATS broke new ground with the awards of inaugural projects by major operators and is on a recruitment drive to consolidate existing markets, while opening-up new opportunities.
“This has been one of our busiest and most successful periods in terms of project activity and increased turnover in the Asia Pacific market,” said Gareth Campbell, STATS Group Regional Manager for Asia Pacific.
A new client recently commissioned STATS to deploy its patented BISEP double block and bleed isolation technology to isolate the 20-inch Dampier-to-Bunbury Pipeline in Western Australia.
Other projects in Western Australia included a double and quad, 6-inch pipeline and a quad 14-inch isolation on the Parmelia Gas Pipeline, while building on an existing frame agreement with Santos – a 12-inch hot-tap service on the 42-inch Gladstone Transmission Pipeline was delivered in Queensland.
STATS is in the process of adding to its field crew to work across Australian projects and will also recruit a sales manager who will focus on supporting clients on the East Coast and in New Zealand.
In Malaysia, STATS has a history of successful project work dating back to 2011 and earlier this year the company signed an exclusive supply arrangement for its products and services with Malaysia’s E&P O&M Services Sdn Bhd (EPOMS).
The agreement covers hot tapping, plugging and inline isolation services.
Additionally, STATS just completed its first remote subsea isolation in Malaysia, providing a 38-inch RTP for a pipeline flange repair project which remained in the pipeline for 49 days.
As global oil and gas operators look to support energy transition and net zero carbon emission targets, STATS is in a strong position to help clients repurpose existing assets and piping infrastructure for future use in hydrogen, carbon capture storage (CCS) and other decarbonisation projects.
Over the past two decades, STATS Group has played a significant role in numerous pipeline interventions, repairs and maintenance projects, giving the company a deep knowledge base of the very infrastructure that, in the future, may be repurposed.
“Like all oil and gas producing regions, APAC’s operators and contractors are looking to the future and exploring ways to meaningfully support energy transition,” Campbell said.
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