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agency on Thursday as saying that the vessel, is ultimately responsible for the fate of the next two years.
named Dia had started to sink after years tanker. Last year, a Houthi official announced Proserv will deliver the WHCPs in three
of being abandoned at the port. Authorities that a rescue team had been dispatched to the lots, with the first due towards the end of Q3
reportedly tried to tow it using a tugboat Safer to carry out maintenance work. 2021, with the second scheduled for Q4 and
before it eventually sank, partly due to a lack The UN-recognised government-in-exile the final tranche set to arrive in March 2022.
of specialised equipment. has blamed the Houthi authorities for any The firm will make use of its well-
One unnamed source at the port authority leaks from the tanker because it’s moored in developed footprint in the Arabian Gulf to
disclosed that the oil slick had spread along territory under their control. deliver this order, with the WHCPs being
the coast for some 20 kilometres. However, Sanaa has insisted that it is the manufactured at Proserv’s dedicated site in
One member of the environmental coalition which should be held accountable as Jebel Ali, Dubai. The value of the contract has
rescue committee in Aden, Ahmed Fahim, it controls the waters near the vessel and has not been disclosed.
explained that no one had taken “care of the also prevented the Houthis from selling the oil Proserv’s Vice President, Operations,
maintenance of the tanker, so it sank and which is still on board. Geert Kooi commented: “This contract award
caused a disaster on the coast.” Adding that MEMO has been achieved through the excellent
dead fish had “washed up on shore.” reliability and quality of our products and
However, according to the Sanaa-based our fabrication processes. We have provided
Yemen Press Agency, the Minister of SERVICES support on the Majnoon field for eight
Fisheries in the Houthi-aligned government, years now, delivering high levels of service
Mohammed Al-Zubayri, accused the Proserv lands expertise, and building both relationships and
Saudi-backed international government and trust in the meantime.”
the UAE-supported Southern Transitional manufacturing order for News of Proserv’s deal with BOC at
Council, who control much of the port city of the Majnoon asset coincides with another
being responsible for the oil spill. Majnoon significant gain for its topside controls
“The ships of the aggressive Saudi-UAE business, with a sizeable order from
coalition allocate oils and waste near the Aberdeen based global controls technology Pakistan for its WHCPs, which will also be
Yemeni coasts, with the systematic aim of company Proserv Controls has secured a manufactured in the UAE.
disrupting the ports and affecting the marine significant contract to manufacture and Davis Larssen, CEO, Proserv Controls,
environment,” Al-Zubayri said, warning that deliver 22 wellhead control panels (WHCP) added: “Across the entire company, we have
the oil spill would affect fish, seagrass, and to the Basra Oil Co. (BOC) for use on the enjoyed a very encouraging first half to
coral reefs. Majnoon oil field in southern Iraq. 2021, with some major wins both subsea and
“We have approximately 290 fishermen The deal has been arranged through KBR, topside. We have not only achieved success in
who are missing due to the systematic the Houston based engineering, procurement our traditionally strong markets, such as the
targeting of fishermen by Saudi-UAE and construction management (EPCM) Gulf of Mexico, but also in south-east Asia
aggressors,” he added. company, which is the EPCM lead on BOC’s and right across the Middle East.
The sinking of Dia has also reignited pre- plans to significantly ramp up production “This valuable contract from BOC in Iraq
existing environmental and humanitarian capabilities at the field. demonstrates the full scope of our abilities
concerns over the abandoned oil tanker, the The 22 WHCPs each has the capability across the Middle East and North Africa
45-year-old FSO Safer vessel which has been of controlling up to four wells and they have region. We have the bandwidth to deliver
anchored near the strategic western Red Sea been earmarked for use on 70 new wells expert service support, as we have done
port of Al-Hudaydah, which has been under which are currently in the development phase. previously on Majnoon, but also the know-
blockade by the Saudi-coalition since March At present, Majnoon has a capacity of how and infrastructure to manufacture high-
2015. just over 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of quality topside controls equipment at scale.”
Both the de facto government in Sanaa production, but BOC’s strategy is to more PROSERV
and Riyadh have traded accusations as to who than double this to above 400,000 bpd in the

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