________________________________________________________________________________________________ IKM
Testing UK
Recognized for consistent results and inspiring innovations, IKM Testing UK( IKM Testing) is a service provider for the energy sector, dedicated to challenging conventions with bold, responsible, and clear approaches. Supporting the oil and gas, power generation, and renewable sectors, IKM Testing’ s extensive services include pipelines, processes, wells, valves, digital learning and development, training and competency services, energy transition, methane emissions quantification, and 3D animation.
Driven by its mantra‘ challenge convention, inspire innovation,’ IKM Testing continuously pushes boundaries and embraces new ideas. This approach is the foundation of the company’ s vision and mission to think differently and deliver the right solutions. IKM is a subsidiary of parent company, IKM Testing AS, a Norwegianbased major supplier of inspection, testing, cleaning, and mechanical completion services to both the onshore and offshore sectors.
“ The business was originally established in 1998 with just one facility in Cramlington, England, which still delivers a range of on-site, construction, and commissioning services across the UK and internationally, both onshore and offshore,” opens Barry Summers, Regional Director.“ Around 2010, the company wanted to expand its presence in the Aberdeen region due to its proximity to the North Sea. At that point, I moved to IKM Aberdeen to grow the company’ s core capabilities within pipeline and process services. We won our first major contract in the region in 2011, and with the backing of our parent company in Norway, we gradually grew the business by adding more employees and services such as 3D animation, energy transition, methane emission quantification services, and valves services.
“ In 2014, we moved to our current main facility in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, which comprises a 1000-square-meter workshop with an integrated test bay, 600-square-meter office, and a 3000-square-meter yard. We also operate our Aberdeen Marywell facility, 1200-squaremeter yard and 500-square-meter workshop, to support both the valves department and supercritical CO 2
( SCCO 2
) flushing operations. We’ ve continued to grow from these facilities, but we’ re shortly going to be taking on a third Aberdeen site just over the road from the main site in Westhill, which will be our fourth location in the UK.”
We use a patented, noninvasive system called Safe- Freeze ®, which is used to create a temporary ice plug isolation in various client systems
Alongside continued innovation and investment in its new facility, IKM Testing is also implementing new technologies, data management systems, and safety principles.“ We use a patented, non-invasive system called Safe-Freeze ®, which is used to create a temporary ice plug isolation in various client systems,” Barry explains.“ This allows us to isolate and then drain a section of a live system for maintenance, repair, or valve replacement without the requirement of shutting down the entire system.” In terms of pipeline services, IKM Testing provides everything related to pre-commissioning, commissioning, and decommissioning of pipeline systems, including maintenance of existing pipes and pressure systems. Working closely with clients, the company finds optimal technical solutions that accommodate clients’ needs, such as efficiency, environment, and economic considerations. Within this department, IKM Testing also offers onshore testing, umbilical testing and cleaning, and FEED studies during the design phase of subsea development projects.
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