SLP Engineering, also known as Sembmarine SLP, is a construction company in
Lowestoft that builds
gas platforms for the
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...
and offshore industry.
History
Sea & Land Pipe Lines Ltd was founded on 7 March 1967. SLP Engineering was based in London. In the company was Sea and Land Pipelines (Production). Another division was SLP Fabricating Engineers.
On 23 September 2009, the company was visited by the
Princess Royal
Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to their eldest daughter. Although purely honorary, it is the highest honour that may be given to a female member of the royal family. There have been se ...
. In November 2009, the company entered administration; at the time the company employed around 900 people. It was owned by Smulders of the Netherlands, then bought by SembCorp Marine in October 2012 for £2.5m.
Structure
It is a subsidiary of
SembCorp Marine
Sembcorp Marine Limited an Singaporean company. It is listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). It was a subsidiary of Sembcorp until 2020, when the companies demerged following Sembcorp Marine's poor financial performance.
Sembcorp Marine's pr ...
, an
EPC constructor. The site in Lowestoft is situated off the
A12 in the
Port of Lowestoft
The Port of Lowestoft is a harbour in Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk owned by Associated British Ports. It is the most easterly harbour in the United Kingdom and has direct sea access to the North Sea. The harbour is made up of two ...
.
See also
* Consafe Engineering of Scotland, builds accommodation modules for North Sea platforms
References
External links
SLP Engineering
{{Energy in the United Kingdom
North Sea energy
Steel companies of the United Kingdom
Structural steel
Companies based in Suffolk
Lowestoft
Manufacturing companies established in 1967
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1967
British companies established in 1967