WOODFIELD SYSTEMS LIMITED

Transfer Solutions
Marine Loading Arms Site Services Engineering Services

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Being the preferred partner through our values

HSE Mindset
We take personal responsibility for HSE because we care.

Delivering Results
We deliver consistently and strive to beat our goals.

Open and Direct Dialogue

We encourage early and honest communication.

Customer Drive
Building customer trust is key to our business.

Hands-on Management
We know our business and get things done..

People and Teams

All our major achievements are team efforts. AKER KVRNER ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Kvaerner"), is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. The business within Aker Kvaerner comprises several industries, including Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemicals, Mining & Metals, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, Power Generation and Pulp & Paper. The Aker Kvaerner group is organised into two principal business streams, namely Oil & Gas and E&C, each consisting of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Kvaerner is used as the common brand/trademark for most of these entities.
The parent company in the group is Aker Kvrner ASA. Aker Kvaerner has aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 41.4 billion and employs approximately 21 000 people in more than 30 countries. Aker Kvaerner is part of the Aker Group (www.akerasa.com), a leading multi-industry powerhouse with more than 40 000 employees and NOK 62 billion revenues. Aker owns 50.01 per cent of Aker Kvaerner, and the group is also a major European shipbuilder and a significant participant in the fisheries industry.

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History
Woodfield Systems started trading in 1922, and has been designing and manufacturing Marine Loading Arms since 1954 and can demonstrate a continuous record of design, manufacture and service over this period. We became a wholly owned subsidiary of Aker Kvaerner in 1998.
Woodfield Systems have been operating from the same site for the past 40 years. We have enjoyed the benefit of an experienced and skilled workforce that offers a level of expertise unrivalled in the industry. The company is based on the north Kent coast region of England, just 55 miles from London and only 25 miles from the Channel Ports. There are a variety of designers, engineers, project management teams, sales and support staff employed at our Whitstable site, with a further team of service engineers deployed on various assignments worldwide. Our UK workshop facilities are specifically designed for swivel manufacture and loading arm fabrication and assembly. In addition to this, the Aker Kvaerner worldwide manufacturing base allows cost effective solutions to be passed on to our clients without negatively influencing the integrity of the product. We are able to manufacture in India, Malaysia, Qatar, Dubai, USA, China and Eastern Europe, whilst maintaining our design, management and construction base in the UK. Woodfield Systems is proud to be a part of the Aker Kvaerner Group.

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Marine Loading Arms

Our Marine Loading Arms can be supplied as manual, lever-hydraulic, electro-hydraulic with either hardwired or wireless remote control.
Manually operated arms can be supplied with attachment brackets for the later addition of hydraulic operations. Operational limiting controls and other warning devices are available as optional extras. Woodfield Arms, although normally fixed in one jetty position, can be mounted on movable trailers or rail tracks to provide dockside flexibility.

Several types of quick connect/disconnect couplings are available for the full range of Loading Arms. An emergency disconnect coupling is also available as an operator initiated device or as part of a sequence controlled shut down disconnect-system. Both our ambient and cryogenic swivel technologies are well proven within the industry and our swivels have surpassed expectations in OCIMF testing and the LNG swivel has excelled in life cycle testing. Our designs are currently being used for offshore loading systems within the Aker Kvaerner Group and other companies in the market place.

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Marine Loading Arms

The Woodfield range of Marine Loading Arms extend from 4 dia. up to 24 dia., for handling crude oil, refined products, slurries, chemicals, LPG, LNG and other cryogenic products. The equipment can cover operating temperatures from -164C to +200C.
Standard Design Features:
Designed for minimum maintenance Self supported product pipe (ambient loading arms) Structurally supported product pipe (LNG loading arms) Carbon Steel / Stainless Steel product pipe Rigid pantograph link (no wire ropes - low maintenance) All bushes self lubricating Stainless steel Hydraulic lines and fittings All product swivels seals fully serviceable in situ Loading arm fully balanced in all positions whilst empty

Optional Design Features:

Emergency release systems Remote lubrication QC/DC coupler Manual or Hydraulic Product stripping system Manifold support jack Ladder & platforms to inboard swivels Vacuum breaker valve Gas return line Drain valves Mobile trailer mounting Overreach alarm Position monitoring systems

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Marine Loading Arms

Key design
The most important feature of a marine loading arm is the swivel joints. These are required to be capable of resisting bending moments, shearing forces and axial load combinations while retaining low torque characteristics and simple maintenance. There are a total of 6 swivels on a marine loading arm. Swivel joints allow for movement of the arm in all planes and freely follow the motion of any tanker when connected. These joints are required to carry high loads and must not allow any product leakage. On a LNG marine loading arm, the loading arm components must undergo a cooling process to prevent thermal shock prior to the products introduction. LNG vapour is pumped through the system initially, before LNG liquid is introduced. To reduce tanker turn around time an optimum cool down procedure was developed using finite element analysis (FEA) methods to achieve as short a time as possible without causing any overstressing or over cooling in the adjacent C.S. supporting structure. Specific features of WSL Swivels are: 1. Single track allows for accurate calculation of bearing capacity and is not subject to problems of machining tolerances as experienced in multi-track swivels. For cryogenic use, the entire swivel unit is stainless steel, which actually increases in strength at low temperatures. For ambient applications carbon steel is the preferred material of construction. Seal design used will withstand design operating pressures, vacuum conditions and high flow velocities.

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Marine Loading Arms

Innovation in design
Downtime costs money, its a fact of life. With tight shipping schedules and complex equipment to be inspected and maintained, every second counts. Aker Kvaerner-Woodfields drive to find cost driven solutions focussed on one particular area of the loading arm design; the rigid pantograph link system. The use of a wire rope system necessitates frequently planned maintenance activities and inspection, leading to increased downtime and reduced turn around for both tankers and cargo. As a result, all Aker KvaernerWoodfield marine loading arms are supplied with a rigid pantograph link system. This arrangement consists of a rigid linkage (not wire rope) between the outer arm and secon dar y counterbalance weight support member situated behind the pedestal head assembly. This rigid linkage therefore balances the outer arm independently of the inner arm and is maintenance free due to the non-lubricated bearings.

Rigid pantograph link system

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Marine Loading Arms - MK9S

The Woodfield LNG Marine Loading Arm is specifically designed for the transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The loading arm features a structurally supported product pipe to cope with the cryogenic properties of the liquid.

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Marine Loading Arms - MK9S

The Woodfield LNG Marine Loading Arm is featured here with a double ball valve emergency release system and bolted flange connection. Note the rigid pantograph link.

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Marine Loading Arms - MK9

The Woodfield MK9 Marine Loading Arm is designed for general purpose service with the extra strength and support required in the use of emergency release systems and other similar applications.

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Marine Loading Arms - MK9

The Woodfield MK9 Marine Loading Arm is seen here in 16 dia. size with a reduced bore emergency release system and manual QC/DC coupler.

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Marine Loading Arms - MK6

The Woodfield MK6 Marine Loading Arm is designed for lightweight service solutions where emergency release systems and other similar applications are not required.

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Marine Loading Arms - MK6

The Woodfield MK6 Marine Loading Arm is designed for lightweight service solutions where emergency release systems and other similar applications are not required.

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Marine Loading Arms - ACW

The Woodfield ACW Marine Loading Arm is designed for manually operated, lightweight, ambient service solutions where emergency release systems and other similar applications are not required. Typically it is suitable for barge loading and other small ocean going vessels.

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Marine Loading Arms

In our 50 year history within the marketplace, we have supplied Marine Loading Arms to every major supplier in the Oil & Petrochemical Industry. Recent highlights include; Ambient Loading Arms 23 ambient loading arms for Petrobras, Brazil 14 ambient loading arms for Repsol, Spain 8 ambient loading arms for JTC, Singapore 8 ambient loading arms for Exxon, UK 9 ambient loading arms for Scanraff, Sweden 5 ambient loading arms for Qatar Petroleum, Qatar LNG Loading Arms 4 LNG loading arms for ADGAS, Abu Dhabi

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Site Services/After-Sales
The Service and Installation department at Woodfield Systems Limited has some of the most experienced site engineers in the loading arm industry.
We can offer provision of trained supervision covering the installation, commissioning or decommissioning/refurbishment and handover. For all new Woodfield Marine Loading Arms and all refurbished/overhauled Loading arms we can supply all management and on-site facilities to supervise installation and commission of these units, meeting the clients safety requirements and carrying out the works around your shipping schedules, keeping any downtime to a minimum. Our maintenance programmes for Marine Loading Arms are suitable for any make of equipment, we can supply personnel to provide yearly maintenance, ERS testing, troubleshooting and safety assessments. We are able to provide in-house and on-site training for end user operatives and maintenance staff. This is normally undertaken on the successful commissioning of the new installation/refurbishment. We can also offer a comprehensive after-sales service for all WSL equipment, including expert advice on maintenance and troubleshooting.

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Engineering Services
Woodfield Systems Limited offers the design and manufacture of Skid Modules/Packages for the Oil and Petrochemical Industries.

Skid Package Pipework can be constructed from: Duplex Cupro Nickel Cromoly All the above to suit client process requirements. Welding capabilities include: FCAW SMAW TIG (GTAW) Stainless steel Inconel Carbon Steel Inculoy

Fabrications of up to 20 tonnes (single lift) can be undertaken Standards: BS EN ISO 15614-1 : 2004 ASME IX BS EN 287 PART 1 : 1992 PED Module H (97/23/EC)

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Contact
We have a substantial and highly experienced network of agents across the world. Please contact us directly for more details. Postal address: Woodfield Systems Limited Tyler way Swalecliffe Whitstable Kent UK CT5 2RS Telephone: +44 (0) 1227 793 351 E-mail: woodfield.sales@akerkvaerner.com Web: www.akerkvaerner.com/loadingarms Fax: +44 (0) 1227 793 625

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