DeepFlex work at Port moving along
- November 18, 2014
- / Carlton Proctor
- / economy
The largest single capital improvement project in the Port of Pensacola's history is racing along toward completion by the summer of 2015.
Port Director Amy Miller said construction of the $52 million DeepFlex Inc. manufacturing facility for sub-sea flexible pipe should be far enough along by early next year to accommodate installation of equipment.
"The manufacturing equipment that will be installed in the plant is being built in Brazil and other parts of the world, and that equipment is expected to make its way to Pensacola sometime around the first of the year," she said.
"So, if it seems like the building on the port site is progressing rapidly, it is."
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Construction of the $52 million DeepFlex Inc. manufacturing facility at the Port of Pensacola should be far enough along by early next year to accommodate installation of equipment.[/caption]
The DeepFlex plant will create 200 new jobs and will have initial production capacity of 328,000 feet of flexible pipe per year. The pipe is used by offshore drilling companies to transport oil and gas from the sub-sea well sites to land-based refineries.
The DeepFlex project is a the result of a partnership with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, a Mobile, Ala.,-based company that's been a port customer for some five years.
Offshore Vice President Buddy McCormick said the new plant will deliver a sizeable economic shot in the arm for the port and the broader Pensacola economy.
"I'll tell you who's really happy about DeepFlex coming to Pensacola," McCormick said. "That's Gulf Power. When DeepFlex is in full operation it will consume the same amount of power as four super Walmarts."
McCormick said local contractor John Myslak of West Coast Metal Roofing & Construction is project manager for DeepFlex.
DeepFlex also will be using natural gas in its manufacturing process.
City-owned Pensacola Energy is the lead natural gas supplier for Pensacola and Escambia County areas.
Miller said the plant will meet at state and federal environmental air quality and noise regulations.
"When we were negotiating this deal with DeepFlex noise was one of our biggest concerns," she said. "But we had an agent tour a DeepFlex manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania and the noise level at full operation was less that 70 decibels, which will not be a problem."
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Construction of the $52 million DeepFlex Inc. manufacturing facility at the Port of Pensacola is underway.[/caption]
When fully operational, the DeepFlex plant will run three, eight-hour shifts of approximately 60-65 workers, McCormick said.
"I don't think people fully realize the economic impact this DeepFlex project will have on the local economy," McCormick said. "DeepFlex will be shipping this flexible tubing on huge spools to South America, Africa, the Gulf of Mexico.
"It's really going to put the Port of Pensacola on the international shipping map," he said.
McCormick said Offshore Inland is in negotiations with the city to build another manufacturing plant on the port's 40-acre site.
"We haven't concluded the contract yet, but we’re moving forward," he said, "Once complete, we will be manufacturing sub-sea equipment and manifolds for oil and gas companies."
Offshore's sub-sea equipment is built from high tensile strength steel and are important fixtures for the operation of well sites.
Headquartered in Houston with a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, DeepFlex executives have said the new Pensacola plant will support the growing global demand for flexible sub-sea pipe, especially in Africa, South America and Asia.
Construction of the $52 million DeepFlex Inc. manufacturing facility at the Port of Pensacola should be far enough along by early next year to accommodate installation of equipment.[/caption]
The DeepFlex plant will create 200 new jobs and will have initial production capacity of 328,000 feet of flexible pipe per year. The pipe is used by offshore drilling companies to transport oil and gas from the sub-sea well sites to land-based refineries.
The DeepFlex project is a the result of a partnership with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, a Mobile, Ala.,-based company that's been a port customer for some five years.
Offshore Vice President Buddy McCormick said the new plant will deliver a sizeable economic shot in the arm for the port and the broader Pensacola economy.
"I'll tell you who's really happy about DeepFlex coming to Pensacola," McCormick said. "That's Gulf Power. When DeepFlex is in full operation it will consume the same amount of power as four super Walmarts."
McCormick said local contractor John Myslak of West Coast Metal Roofing & Construction is project manager for DeepFlex.
DeepFlex also will be using natural gas in its manufacturing process.
City-owned Pensacola Energy is the lead natural gas supplier for Pensacola and Escambia County areas.
Miller said the plant will meet at state and federal environmental air quality and noise regulations.
"When we were negotiating this deal with DeepFlex noise was one of our biggest concerns," she said. "But we had an agent tour a DeepFlex manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania and the noise level at full operation was less that 70 decibels, which will not be a problem."
[caption id="attachment_10431" align="alignright" width="300"]
Construction of the $52 million DeepFlex Inc. manufacturing facility at the Port of Pensacola is underway.[/caption]
When fully operational, the DeepFlex plant will run three, eight-hour shifts of approximately 60-65 workers, McCormick said.
"I don't think people fully realize the economic impact this DeepFlex project will have on the local economy," McCormick said. "DeepFlex will be shipping this flexible tubing on huge spools to South America, Africa, the Gulf of Mexico.
"It's really going to put the Port of Pensacola on the international shipping map," he said.
McCormick said Offshore Inland is in negotiations with the city to build another manufacturing plant on the port's 40-acre site.
"We haven't concluded the contract yet, but we’re moving forward," he said, "Once complete, we will be manufacturing sub-sea equipment and manifolds for oil and gas companies."
Offshore's sub-sea equipment is built from high tensile strength steel and are important fixtures for the operation of well sites.
Headquartered in Houston with a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, DeepFlex executives have said the new Pensacola plant will support the growing global demand for flexible sub-sea pipe, especially in Africa, South America and Asia.
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