RINA group adds engineering expertise

D’Appolonia, the independent engineering consulting company of RINA Group, headquartered in Italy, has strengthened its expertise in the marine offshore oil and gas sector by acquiring a majority stake in Fano-based SeaTech Srl.

 

SeaTech provides analysis and design services, manages projects for offshore pipelines, subsea systems and structures and met-ocean monitoring systems, and also provides engineering supervision services on site.

 

Roberto Carpaneto, CEO, D’Appolonia, says, “Having SeaTech as part of the group helps us to consolidate our engineering expertise in the oil & gas sector, especially in the growth area of subsea systems and deep-water exploration."

 

SeaTech provides specialised engineering services to main contractors and major engineering companies operating in the oil and gas industry.  Founded in 2000, today SeaTech has a turnover of Euro 2.8m. SeaTech will be 68 per cent owned by D’Appolonia with the remaining shares held by the founders. Examples of its work include: in 2000 SeaTech’s specialists worked for Saipem in the Blues Stream project that at the time held the record for installation water depth (2150 m), and was the first pipeline protected by polypropylene anticorrosion coating. In 2003 SeaTech performed its first design of subsea structures (FLETs and PLETs) on behalf of Saibos, for the Kizomba B project. From 2004 to 2012, SeaTech was involved in the Kashagan project that was at that time the largest reservoir discovered in the world and had particular technical peculiarities due to the hostile environment, both onshore and offshore. In 2013 SeaTech carried out the FEED of Bahr Essalam phase 2 project for Tecnomare. In 2015 Seatech delivered to Edison the met-marine and structural monitoring system for the Vega platform.

 

www.seatech.it/

 

D’Appolonia S.p.A provides integrated engineering services to the public and private markets in the areas of the environment, oil and gas, infrastructure and transport, electronics and telecommunications. D’Appolonia is part of the RINA Group, a leading international classification, verification and certification provider.

www.dappolonia.it

 

RINA is a multi-national group which delivers verification, certification, conformity assessment, marine classification, environmental enhancement, product testing, site and vendor supervision, training and engineering consultancy across a wide range of industries and services. RINA operates through a network of companies covering Marine, Energy, Infrastructures & Construction, Transport & Logistics, Food & Agriculture, Environment & Sustainability, Finance & Public Institutions and Business Governance. With a turnover of over 330 million Euros in 2014, over 2,750 employees, and 163 offices in 60 countries worldwide, RINA is recognized as an authoritative member of key international organizations and an important contributor to the development of new legislative standards.      

           
Contacts:

Giulia Faravelli

Head of Media & Internal Communication RINA

+39 010 5385505

giulia.faravelli@rina.org

 

Victoria Silvestri

Media Relations RINA

+39 010 5385555

victoria.silvestri@rina.org

 

Acquisition strongly boosts RINA offshore and port development services

By taking control of the D’Appolonia Group, a global engineering consultancy, international classification society RINA has increased its group turnover by almost 50 per cent and significantly strengthened its expertise and range of services in the offshore and port development fields.

Says Ugo Salerno, CEO, RINA, “By bringing the D’Appolonia Group’s 580 multidisciplinary staff and Euro87m turnover into RINA we have made a quantum jump in size and capability. We bring a lot of new skills and services into RINA, especially in the environmental fields, and we significantly strengthen our teams working on offshore energy and port development projects.”

In the offshore energy field D’Appolonia has key skills in site engineering, geophysical surveys and investigations, seismic hazard evaluation, coastal engineering, environmental impact assessment, HSE, layout and geotechnical engineering, training, commissioning and maintenance engineering. It has played key roles in recent on and offshore LNG projects including the Esso Highlands Papua New Guinea project, the Dunkerque LNG Terminal for Technint and several projects in Italy, Libya and Indonesia.

In the port development field D’Appolonia has developed feasibility studies and designs for the Russian ports of Sochi and Taman, Beira in Mozambique, Ain El Ghazalah in Libya, and in Italy Gaeta, Manfredonia and specific detailed engineering and supervision for ports such as Gioia Tauro and the Genoa Cruise terminal.

Salerno says, “D’Applonia’s expertise in construction, brownfield site recovery and materials handling especially complement our existing marine expertise. Together we can add a strong global dimension to RINA’s services, able to bring together marine and engineering knowledge with respect for the environment and deliver port and offshore projects safely and cleanly.”

www.dappolonia.it

RINA is one of the oldest classification societies and certification companies in the world. Established in Genoa in 1861 to serve the marine industry, today it spans the globe as a multinational and multi-faceted company, sharing its knowledge and experience through a wide range of services which help industries and the community to improve their businesses and quality of life. RINA’s services cover the environment, energy, transportation, logistics, safety, quality and social responsibility.

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For more information:
Claudia Filippone
Head of Media Relations RINA
+39 010 5385643
cfp@rina.org


Giulia Faravelli
Media Relations
+39 010 5385505
giulia.faravelli@rina.org