ABYSS MINER:Design of a deep-sea vertical continuous excavator

TECHNIP: Johann RONGAU, Benoit WAQUET BAUER Maschinen GmbH: Giovanni SPAGNOLI MARTEC Brokerage event, Paris - La Défense, 5th February 2013

Table of contents

1. Company profile: TECHNIP

2. Company profile: BAUER Maschinen GmbH

3. Project presentation: the Abyss Miner

4. Main identified Work Packages

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Company profile:TECHNIP

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Three Business Segments, One Technip

• Fixed and floating platforms• Floatover technology

Offshore• Gas treatment ,Oil refining,

pipelines, Petrochemicals…• Mining and metals

Onshore Subsea• Deepwater flexible, rigid pipelines,

umbilicals and riser systems• Subsea construction

Technip is a world leader in Project Management, Engineering and Construction for the energy industry Specially in Oil & Gas sector (97% group’s revenues)

Technip is active in three segments:

32,000 people in 48 countries

€6.8 billion revenue (2011)

Company profile:BAUER Maschinen GmbH

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BAUER Maschinen GmbH, Passion for progress

BAUER Maschinen GmbH The company belongs to the BAUER Group

active in foundation engineering works, development and manufacturing of equipment for foundation engineering applicationsand mining products and services in the fields of water, energy, mineral resources and environmental technology.

BAUER Maschinen is leader in the trench cutter technology 75% of the market share in the trench cutter technology, 300 exemplars worldwide. 3500 drill rigs exemplars worldwide. BAUER machines able to work in every kind of soils and rocks. Very active in R&D programs (e.g. research project Sugar II for methane hydrate).

9,700 people in 70 countries

€1.4 billion revenue (2011)

Project presentation:the Abyss Miner

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Context

Since 2009, Technip leads an R&D project on subsea mining, along with IFREMER and ERAMET (French PPP)

Increasing worldwide demand on metal resources on long term Results in metal resources scarcity and rising prices

Exploitation of seafloor mineral resources could be a solution

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Deposits to be exploited

Subsea “Volcanogenic Massive Sulfides” (VMS) Also known as “black smoker chimneys”

Located on depths from 1500 m to 2000 m On the oceanic crust

Highly enriched ores in: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Cobalt, Gold, Rare Earths…

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Scientific data collection

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Campaigns in Wallis & Futuna (French Polynesia) provided large amounts of data French PPP Campaign

TECHNIP has now a good understanding of the deposit

It is a design basis for mining equipment

Technip Engineering

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This is what we call “Abyss Miner”

Several mining methods have been studied

A solution with a vertical continuous excavator seems highly promising

BAUER experiences in offshore mining

BAUER Maschinen will be involved in the design of the Abyss Miner

The company has already relevant experience

Offshore diamond sampling off Namibia coasts at a water depth of 165 m

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BAUER experiences in offshore foundations

Installation of an offshore monopile in Scotland in 2011

Operations in 35 m water depth in siltstone with UCS up to 150 MPa

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BAUER experiences in offshore foundations

Installation of an offshore monopile in Scotland in 2011

Operations in 35 m water depth in siltstone with UCS up to 150 MPa

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Umbilicals for supply of hydraulic oil, air,grout and signals

Template with an automatic levellingsystem

DP vessel with crane and deck capacityoperating in 4.5 m/s current

ROV and fixed cameras assist in all phaseof deployment

Drill hole with a 2.30 m Ø and 11 m depthachieved in one day

Grouting the annulus and recovery oftemplate with conductor casing

Identified main Work Packages

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Identified main work packages

1. Detailed Mining method (Technip / BAUER Maschinen)

2. Cutting head design (BAUER Maschinen)

3. Pressure appliance on cutting head (BAUER Maschinen)

4. Frame and supporting system (Technip / BAUER Maschinen)

5. Subsea motion and deployment systems (Technip)

6. Slurry transferring system (Technip / BAUER Maschinen)

7. Environmental impact assessment (Technip)

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Any questions ?

www.technip.com www.bauer.de

www.technip.com www.bauer.de

Thank you