Sectors
Oil and Gas
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Engineered for oil and gas
Thurston designs and manufactures Portable Spaces and Engineered Solutions for onshore and offshore oil and gas projects and operations. These include offices, welfare facilities, control rooms, equipment housing, blast-resistant structures and bespoke offshore containers, with each project developed around intended use, site conditions and project needs.
Controlled offsite manufacture provides greater visibility over production and quality, while delivery and installation are planned around live operations, site-access requirements and agreed working windows.
- £2.9m CATS blast-building project completed ahead of schedule with zero safety incidents
- 324m² office and welfare complex delivered at Esso Purfleet within a six-week programme.
- Blast- and fire-resistant control building delivered at the live BPA Kingsbury Oil Terminal.
- More than 50 years of UK manufacturing experience.
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Overcoming oil and gas challenges
Working around live services
Offsite manufacture can progress alongside groundworks, subject to the project programme. We plan manufacture, transport, lifting and installation around restricted access, shutdown windows and site-control procedures to help reduce on-site activity and disruption.
Responding to site hazards
We begin each project by taking the time to gain a clear understanding of its intended use, location, site risk information and required performance. We then plan our entire approach around this on a site-by-site basis.
Integrating operational systems
Our buildings accommodate a wide range of operational systems. Subject to the demands of the building this can include control units, servers, power supplies, communications systems, fire protection and HVAC, as well as other specific project requirements.
Performing in demanding environments
Onshore and offshore locations can introduce exposure, corrosion, transportation, lifting and maintenance challenges. Materials, finishes and structural requirements are therefore selected around the project conditions and applicable specification.
Solutions
Our solutions for oil and gas
We support electricity and gas networks, and water and wastewater infrastructure, with solutions for temporary project needs, long-term operational use and specialist technical requirements.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable offices, welfare facilities, changing and drying rooms, storage and other operational accommodation for suitable site locations, maintenance programmes, shutdowns and temporary requirements.
Engineered Solutions
Blast-resistant buildings, including our Ultrablast system, toxic refuges, control buildings, equipment housing and bespoke containers developed around defined operational and performance requirements. Offshore outputs include equipment containers, half-height containers, baskets and containerised workshops, with specifications tailored to the project.
Portable Spaces
Relocatable offices, welfare facilities, changing and drying rooms, storage and other operational accommodation for suitable site locations, maintenance programmes, shutdowns and temporary requirements.
Engineered Solutions
Blast-resistant buildings, including our Ultrablast system, toxic refuges, control buildings, equipment housing and bespoke containers developed around defined operational and performance requirements. Offshore outputs include equipment containers, half-height containers, baskets and containerised workshops, with specifications tailored to the project.
Applications
Explore applications supporting day-to-day operations, workforce facilities and specialist requirements across onshore and offshore oil and gas environments.
Portable Spaces
Typical uses:
- Temporary catering and dining facilities
- Changing, welfare and support facilities
- Secure equipment and materials storage
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Toilets
Canteens
Changing/Drying Rooms
Site Offices
Storage
Engineered Solutions
Typical uses:
- Electrical, control and communications equipment housing
- Blast-resistant offices, welfare facilities and control buildings
- Offshore containers, workshop, baskets, skips, lifting frames and skids
- Containerised workshops developed to offshore requirements
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Equipment Housing
Blast-Resistant Buildings
Bespoke Containerised Solutions
Toxic refuges
Offshore Logistics and Handling
Quality, Safety & Assurance
Our independently assessed management systems and recognised industry standards provide customers with confidence in the quality, safety, environmental responsibility and control behind how we manufacture and deliver.
Assurance for demanding oil and gas environments
Oil and gas projects can involve defined offshore-container, hazardous-area, fire and blast-performance requirements. We establish the applicable standards, verification route and supporting evidence around the product, operating environment and intended use.
Depending on the project, relevant requirements may include ISO 10855-1, DNV-ST-E271, DNV-ST-E272, DNV-ST-E273, BS ISO 1496 and CSC. Where independent testing, inspection or certification is required, we can coordinate the service through our UK partners.
Projects
Oil and gas projects
Explore how we’ve delivered buildings and engineered spaces for complex oil and gas environments, working around restricted access, live operations, technical interfaces and demanding programme requirements.
Discuss your oil and gas requirement
Tell us about your building’s intended use, operating environment, equipment interfaces, site constraints, required performance and delivery programme. Our team will work with you to identify the appropriate portable or engineered solution.
