Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - Offshore Systems Manufacturing

Operational since 1997, Wellstream’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Newcastle provides close proximity to the key offshore markets of West Africa and the NW European Continental shelf and also affords excellent shipping access to markets in Brazil, North America and Asia Pacific.

The adjacent quayside provides:

Newcastle manufactures the full range of Wellstream products, but excluding the FlexSteel™ product line. Within the facility, work stations are laid out to mirror the sequential manufacturing process creating efficient material and work in progress flows throughout. Currently the facility has an:

Wellstream’s comprehensive test facilities are also housed in Newcastle, where all testing is executed in accordance with API Recommended Practice 17B. These facilities are used for both prototype testing and R&D activities to qualify new flexible pipe materials and structures.

Panama City, Florida - FlexSteel™ Onshore Manufacturing

Operational since 2004, annual manufacturing capacity is currently 900km 4-inch normalized production*

Annual manufacturing capacity - 1,000km from 3Q06

Shipping packages

Loadout capability

Calgary, Canada

Niteroi, Brazil – Offshore Systems Manufacturing

In May 2007 Wellstream commenced production at its new manufacturing facility in Niteroi, Brazil.  This new facility provides an:

In addition the site will also provide:

* Theoretical production capacity based on a normalized 8-inch ID pipe for offshore applications and 4-inch ID pipe for FlexSteelTM.