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Offshore Structures (Britain)

Offshore Structures (Britain) is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Offshore Structures (Britain) rather than just read about it. In short: Offshore Structures (Britain) was a British marine offshore structure foundation manufacturing company that was based at Haverton Hill near Billingham on the north bank of the River Tees. The company was formed as a joint venture between Danish company Bladt Industries and German company EEW Group when it took over the assets of the factory that had been established by TAG Energy Solutions.

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Reference excerpt

Offshore Structures (Britain) was a British marine offshore structure foundation manufacturing company that was based at Haverton Hill near Billingham on the north bank of the River Tees. The company was formed as a joint venture between Danish company Bladt Industries and German company EEW Group when it took over the assets of the factory that had been established by TAG Energy Solutions. It was building structures for offshore wind farms while it was operating. The site has been empty since 2021. The factory was previously used briefly in the late 2000s by Tees Alliance Group for a prematurely terminated contract to manufacture oil rig substructures. The works was based on the site of the Haverton Hill shipyard, initially operating as the Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., established 1918. Shipbuilding at the yard ended in 1979.

History

The Haverton Hill shipyard opened in 1917 under a wartime construction programme. Shipbuilding took place at the yard from 1919 to 1969 as the Furness Shipbuilding Company under the shipping group Furness Withy. In 1968 the yard was acquired by Swan Hunter who operated the yard for a further decade, and finally by Smith's Dock Co. Ltd who built three ships at the yard in 1978. Shipbuilding ceased in 1979. In 2008 the shipyard reopened under Tees Alliance Group (TAG) to construct the foundation structure of an oil rig 'SeaDragon 1', initially to be leased to Pemex (Mexico). In 2009 the contract between TAG and the rig development company (Sea Dragon Offshore) was terminated, with the financier (Lloyds TSB) citing financial risk, and the work transferred to a yard in Singapore with previous experience of rig construction.

TAG Energy Solutions was established in 2010. The company invested in a new 40 by 171 metres (131 by 561 ft) production facility with machines for production of large diameter steel tubes suitable for monopoles, jacket foundations and other offshore structures. In 2013 the company was awarded a contract for monopoles and transition pieces for the Humber Gateway wind farm. In September 2014 the company was reported entered insolvency with the loss of around 100 jobs, having run up a £61 million debt. In late 2014 Bladt Industries (Denmark) and EEW (Germany) acquired the assets of Tees Alliance Group Corporate, and formed a joint venture Offshore Structures (Britain) Limited to reuse the TAG Energy facility at Billigham. An initial contract was obtained in Jan 2015 for transition pieces for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. As of mid 2021 the Yard is stripped empty, just a security presence.

References

External links

"TAG Energy Solutions Ltd", www.tagenergysolutions.com (official website), archived from the original on 2 May 2015 Nicholls, Brian (16 February 2015), "TAG crash took the wind out of UK sails", www.bqlive.co.uk

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Offshore Structures (Britain)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Offshore Structures (Britain) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Offshore Structures (Britain) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Offshore Structures (Britain) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Offshore Structures (Britain)

In research: Offshore Structures (Britain) appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Offshore Structures (Britain) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Offshore Structures (Britain) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in Middlesbrough, English company stubs, Offshore engineering, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Offshore Structures (Britain) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Offshore Structures (Britain) matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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