ABL Group companies in Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PetroSafe – Egypt’s Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company – to collaborate on technical solutions to drive performance in Egyptian energy assets, offshore and onshore.
The MoU envisages cooperation on a range of technical services that will support through-life safety and performance in Egyptian energy facilities and subsea infrastructure.
Through the MoU, PetroSafe will be able to lean on the support of ABL Group’s Egypt-based businesses, including energy and marine consultancy ABL and design and engineering consultancy Longitude.
Under the terms of the MoU, Longitude will work with PetroSafe to provide training to industry stakeholders and operating companies in Egypt, ABL will work with PetroSafe to provide marine assurance on a call-off basis, including vessel suitability surveys, inspections and audits, pre-purchase and condition surveys, DP trials and consulting and critical systems consultancy. Additionally, ABL & Longitude would support PetroSafe in providing consultancy services for Ports & Harbours including decarbonization.
“The Egyptian offshore energy landscape is both busy and rapidly expanding. Ensuring cost optimization and long-term, sustainable asset performance from the outset is critical. Not only to maintain competitiveness, but also to support wider energy security. Embedding process safety management fundamentals early, through professional training and an integrated asset integrity approach, is key to achieving safe, reliable and resilient energy assets,” says Stewart Brown, head of process engineering at Longitude.
This latest MoU is an extension of a previously signed MoU with PetroSafe to collaboration on asset and data management.
“Together with Longitude, and now with PetroSafe, we provide the Egyptian energy market with a unique technical offering. Our combined capability means we support clients with a holistic approach, integrating niche expertise in engineering, safety and HSEQ and marine assurance, to help stakeholders in driving safety and performance across the operational life of an asset. We are delighted to continue our successful partnership with PetroSafe,” says Abdulhameed Yehya, ABL’s engineering projects lead in Egypt.
