Case Studies

Pneumatic Winches and Umbilical Reelers Package for Oceaneering

Oceaneering contracted ACE Winches to execute their initiative to develop the IWOCS’ equipment rental fleet for operation in shallow water developments in the North Sea. The equipment delivered by ACE Winches included four ACE 1.5 Tonne WLL Pneumatic Umbilical Reelers, two of which were configured…

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Helix Well Ops Umbilical Reeler

The reeler, which is capable of spooling over seventeen hundred metres of 141mm diameter umbilical was designed, manufactured and tested at ACE Winches state-of-the-art manufacturing and testing facilities.

The reeler comes complete with an electric main control system, and a wireless remote…

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The ACE Linear Chain Winch has been designed to accommodate 84mm chain. Unlike a conventional rotary winch, the Linear Chain Winch is not constrained by the amount of product the winch drum can hold, or suffer loss of pulling power as the product spools higher onto the drum. The Linear Winch is…

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Pull In Linear Winch System for Statoil

Statoil required a complete rental Pull in Winch System including Wire Rope and HPU for their Subsea Line Modification Project based on the Troll B Platform offshore Norway. The ACE 100te SWL Zone 11 Hydraulic Linear Winch is designed for use in land based shore pulls and offshore wire rope…

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4-Track Tensioner Package for Bibby Offshore

The ACE 50te SWL 4-Track Tensioner includes a caterpillar track system for hauling or veering cable, umbilical, steel pipe or similar round tubular products. The unit is designed for horizontal deployment. Enclosed within a lift frame the tensioner operates by gripping the product between four…

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Chain Mooring System for Heerema Marine Contractors

Supporting the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Northwest Australia, ACE Winches engineered, designed, manufactured and commissioned a 200 Tonne twin Chainlifter Hydraulic package. The chain winch package will be used to pull the heaviest chains ever installed by Heerema, with a diameter of…

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Saipem, Piltun Project, Sakhalin
Client: Saipem Project: Piltun Project, Sakhalin Scope of Work: 2 x 120 tonne Drum Winch packages for load out of 32,000 tonne offshore platform topside Project details

ACE Winches supplied two 120 tonne drum winch packages, two 132kW diesel HPUs and accompanying wire rope packages to support…

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McDermott Traction Winch Beach Pull
Client: McDermott Project: Saudi Arabia Scope of Work: 40 tonne Pull Synthetic Rope Traction Winch, 100 tonne Spooling Winch, 200 tonne Spooling Winch and 120 tonne Vessel A&R Winch Project details

This contract involved ACE Hire Equipment and Hire Personnel in a unique cable pull operation…

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FPSO Anasuria (Sigma 3/Shell)
Client: Sigma 3/Shell Project: FPSO Anasuria Scope of Work: 200 tonne SWL Anchor Mooring Winch Project details

ACE Winches was contracted by Sigma 3 (North Sea) Ltd to design, manufacture, install and commission a bespoke 200 tonne SWL replacement anchor mooring winch to lift and tension the…

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SBM Offshore
Client: SBM Offshore Project: Shell EA Project Scope of Work: 30 tonne SWL Winch Package Date of Completion: Summer 2010 Project details

This Hire order covered the supply of a 30 tonne SWL Winch package to SBM Offshore for operations in Nigeria on their Shell EA Project. The winch package was…

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