KANFA - The Topside EPC provider

KANFA Group is an independent Norwegian process design and engineering group of companies delivering EPC contracts and services to the offshore oil and gas industry. Our main focus is the worldwide FPSO market – from arctic to tropical climates, and from benign to harsh environments. KANFA AS is the holding company of KANFA Group and was founded in 2000 by five multi-discipline engineers with an average of more than 20 years of experience from the offshore world.

KANFA Group consists of KANFA AS, KANFA Mator AS and KANFA Aragon AS, KANFA UK and KANFA do Brazil; in total they have more than 50 employees.

KANFA Group is independent with regards to technology, clients and vendors.

KANFA Group is a part of Sevan Marine Group, listed on Oslo Stock Exchange.

KANFA Group is a supplier of process equipment and systems, and can also carry out consultancy services, i.e. studies and troubleshooting.

Offshore plant engineering

KANFA Group can offer in-house offshore plant engineering including process design, project management, technical solutions, arrangement drawing/layout and purchase of valves and instruments. Our services include:

• Process flow diagrams (PFDs)
• Process and instrument diagrams (P&IDs)
• Equipment sizing and calculations
• Overall process plant modelling (3D), layout and design
• Individual process package modelling (3D), layout and design
• General arrangement and equipment drawings
• As-built drawings and final documentation
• HAZOP sessions

Procurement of offshore materials and instrumentation

For your procurement of offshore materials and instrumentation KANFA Group will outsource purchasing of piping and steel, detail engineering (mechanical calc, pipe stress, structural analyses etc.) and fabrication/assembly. Our services cover:

• Purchase of complete topside modules
• Purchase of bulk materials
• Purchase of tagged items, instrumentation
• Expediting
• Logistics

Oil and gas construction services

• Oil, gas and water separation and stabilization systems
• Gas compression systems for re-injection, gas lift or gas export
• Gas scrubbing and inter-cooling
• Gas dehydration systems including TEG, MEG and regeneration systems
• Water injection systems
• Produced water treatment systems
• Sand handling and treatment systems
• Stand-alone pressure vessels, pumps and instrumentation
• Utility systems (fuel gas, compressed air, nitrogen generation, seawater, drain systems, etc.)
• Methanol and chemical injection systems
• Sulphate removal systems

Studies and troubleshooting

• Front end and conceptual studies
• System design, cost estimation, review and optimization
• Offshore troubleshooting
• CFD calculations (FLUENT)
• HYSYS calculations
• Commissioning and start-up
• Project management and other technical support

Offshore process consulting and process packaging

References

KANFA Group employees have an average of 15 years of experience from offshore projects. We have been responsible for project management, engineering management, process design, equipment procurement, fabrication supervision and start-up of separators and separation systems, produced water treatment systems, sand cleaning systems, gas dehydration systems, water, methanol and chemical injection.

KANFA Group wants to combine our extensive market knowledge and multidiscipline experience to provide good process designs and technical solutions to the best advantage for our clients. We focus on cost, project execution and quality. During our years in the business, we have often observed that the operator, the contractor and the vendors have different perceptions and expectations. Wrong selections and lack of decisions are very costly, especially when taking the operational consequences into account. The key is correct specifications and most of all good communication. We are certain that we can contribute in this area.