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With more than 20 years of experience in the offshore industry, IMECA has considerably expanded since its creation in 1989 and keeps growing steadily.
With more than 20 years of experience in the offshore industry, IMECA has considerably expanded since its creation in 1989 and keeps growing steadily. Since its integration into the REEL Group in January 2011, IMECA has increased its engineering, production and financial capacities worldwide, hence reinforcing its reputation as a key player in the offshore industry.
IMECA provides the complete design and manufacturing of hydraulic / electric lifting and laying equipment for pipelay operators, including vertical lay systems, rigid pipelay systems, pull in winches, deployment winches and carousel pipes. Over the years, IMECA has significantly increased its involvement in the offshore deepwater industry through its participation in oil and gas projects such as:
Engineering is carried out in Fontenay Le Comte, France, while manufacturing, assembly, testing and delivery are covered through two other production sites: one in Le Trait, France, for medium to large-sized equipment, and the other in La Rochelle Harbor for ultra-large sized equipment.
Being focused on industrial performance, IMECA provides its customers worldwide with innovative tailor-made solutions and offers a convenient quayside facility at La Rochelle Harbor (14m water depth), facilitating the shipment of equipment worldwide. IMECA ensures a high quality level through DNV certification and a quality plan conforming to ISO 9001 standards, as well as through a team of qualified engineers able to operate either onshore or offshore.
IMECA provides the complete design and manufacturing of lifting and laying equipment for offshore applications, either hydraulically or electrically powered, including:
Pipelay systems for rigid / flexible pipe and umbilical
Pipelay equipment
Winches
This includes pipelay towers such as hydraulic and electric traction and storage winches for pipe abandon and recovery, tensioners, anchor handling, storage reels, winches, carousels pipe lay systems, hydraulic power packs and specific hydraulic jacks, as well as any other tailor-made solutions.
IMECA ensures a high level of quality through DNV certification and a quality plan conforming to ISO 9001 standards, as well as through a team of qualified engineers that can operate onshore or offshore.
Being focused on industrial performance, IMECA provides customers all over the world with products suited to very specific requirements, and also offers a quayside facility at La Rochelle-Pallice Harbor.
Some of IMECA’s major deliveries include the following:
A static test bench of up to 750t is available prior to delivery at La Rochelle -Pallice Harbor, which has a quayside facility of 600m and a water depth of 14m. Dynamic tests are also available on demand.
IMECA has been involved in many key projects such as: Girassol, Dalia, Pazflor, Rosa, Agbami, N’Kossa, Moho Bilondo, Greater Plutonio, Simian, Kikeh, Laminaria, Curlew, Aquila, Erha, Skarv, AKPO and Kizomba.
IMECA is an integrator of complete assemblies for pipes and hoses; the company provides specially designed turnkey pipeline-laying solutions. From the drawing board right through to commissioning, IMECA manufactures made-to-measure VLS and multi-lay systems.
IMECA offers a large range of offshore lifting equipment such as pipe-laying towers including hydraulic / electric traction and storage winches for pipe abandon and recovery, tensioners, anchor handling system, barge mooring and storage reels.
IMECA is an engineering company with headquarters in eastern France (near Lyon) and is part of the REEL GROUP. IMECA provides the complete design and manufacturing of hydraulic/ electric lifting and laying equipment such as pipe and riser A&R winches, deepwater buoy winches, mooring equipment for FPSOs, pipe-laying systems and tensioners.
Roncador, the fifth largest producing asset in Brazil, has more than ten billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in place.
Girassol is one of the four major production hubs of Block 17, which is operated by Total and its consortium partners.
The Greater Plutonio development, comprising the Galio, Cromio, Paladio, Plutonio and Cobalto fields, lies in 1,200m to 1,600m deep water, approximately 160km north-west of Luanda in the Block 18 concession, offshore Angola.
Kizomba oil field lies in Block 15 offshore Angola, marking one of the first tranches of deepwater acreage offered by the Angolan Government.
Bonga is the first deepwater project for the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) and for Nigeria.
The $3.5bn Agbami oilfield project is one of Nigeria's largest deepwater developments.
The Skarv and Idun fields are located between the Norne field (35km to the north) and Heidrun (45km to the south) in Production Licenses PL212, PL262, PL159. Water depths lie between 350m and 450m.
Pazflor is located in deepwater offshore Angola block 17, 150km (93 miles) off the coast of Angola and 40km (25 miles) n
The Canyon Express Project involves the development of three gas fields in the deep Mississippi Canyon, approximately 120 miles south-east of New Orleans.
Espadarte is located in the Campos Basin, off the shore of Brazil.
Marlim is located in the north-eastern part of Campos Basin roughly 110km offshore Rio de Janeiro, in water depths ranging from 650m to 1,050m.
South Marlim was discovered in November 1987 by the wildcat well 4-RJS-382.
Petrobras originally set up the PROCAP 2000 project in order to enable the company to produce oil and gas from offshore fields situated in ultra deep waters (of 1,000m-3,000m), with the aim of incorporating the reserves located at these water depths.
the Curlew field is located in the Central North Sea, 210km east of Aberdeen, UK, in block 29 / 07. It consists of two a
Laminaria / Corallina is located in the Timor Sea, 550km north-west of Darwin.
The Imeca AgilisTM offers unique features that directly address call cost reduction from operators while providing contractors and vessel owners with a means to distinguish themselves.
5 February 2020IMECA, designer and manufacturer of offshore lifting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and special winches, will exhibit at Offshore Europe 2015 (OE).
20 July 2015IMECA, designer and manufacturer of offshore lifting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and special winches, will exhibit at Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2015.
5 March 2015IMECA, designer and manufacturer of offshore lifiting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and special winches, will exhibit at OSEA in Singapore, 2-5 December.
21 November 2014Designer and manufacturer of offshore lifiting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and special winches IMECA will exhibit at Offshore Korea 2014 in Busan, 12-14 November.
2 October 2014Designer and manufacturer of offshore lifiting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and special winches IMECA will exhibit at Rio Oil and Gas 2014, 15-18 September.
10 September 2014Design and manufacture of offshore lifiting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and special winches specialist IMECA will exhibit at Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) 2014 in Stavanger from 25 to 28 August.
14 July 2014IMECA, a specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore lifiting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and winches, will exhibit at Offshore Europe (OE) 2013 in Aberdeen, UK, on 3rd - 6th September 2013.
14 June 2013IMECA, a specialist in the design and manufacturing of offshore lifting and laying equipment, pipelay systems, pipelay equipment and winches will exhibit at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2013 in Houston, Texas on 6 - 9 May.
30 January 2013IMECA, a specialist in the design and manufacturing of offshore lifting and laying equipment, will exhibit at Deep Offshore Technology (DOT) 2010 in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 30 November - 2 December 2010. Conference and exhibition organiser PennWell has responded to growing industry de
8 November 2010IMECA has released a new brochure, which details its most up-to-date offering of tailor-made services for the offshore industry. IMECA provides a large range of offshore lifting equipment such as pipe-laying towers, including hydraulic and electric traction and storage winches for pipe
1 July 2010IMECA, a specialist in the design and manufacturing of offshore lifting and laying equipment, will exhibit at Subsea Asia 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-11 June 2010. The Subsea Asia 2010 conference, the fifth such event, will again bring together the major industry players f
16 May 2010IMECA, a leading provider of lifting and laying equipment for offshore applications, has released a free white paper detailing its product range and expertise in the offshore oil and gas industry. IMECA offers a large range of offshore lifting equipment such as pipe-laying towers, includ
13 January 2010Part of Groupe Perrotin, Imeca has 25 years of experience in the design and manufacturing of lifting and laying equipment for offshore and military applications. Groupe Perrotin itself comprises an offshore division, a purpose-built machines division and a specialist in manufacturing in
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