AN offshore protection system maker is eyeing further success after raising its industry repute in a £14.5m deal.

Mech-Tool Engineering is working on a number of “multi-million, high-profile” projects to follow up a lucrative oil platform scheme.

The Darlington-headquartered company supplied fire and blast walls, louvres and wind walls for Canada’s Hebron platform, which officials say has the potential to pump 150,000 barrels of oil every day at its peak.

The company is now preparing to provide on-site supervision and inspection services to support the platform’s launch, which is scheduled to produce its first oil by the end of the year.

Anthony Jones, divisional director at Mech-Tool, which is also known as MTE, said Hebron was a real “demonstration of the company’s proven ability to deliver significant projects”.

He also said it was proof of Mech-Tool’s successful geographical expansion, with the business having previously opened a base in South Korea in a bid to attract new work from Asian shipyards.

He said: “Hebron is one of many multi-million, high-profile contracts being delivered.

“The project has been a significant scheme for MTE and is very much a demonstration of our technical capability to consistently do this on time and on budget.

“We have been providing in-depth technical support from our offices in the UK and Korea and the hook up of the project is now well underway, which is an important milestone in the project.

“We have extensive experience in testing and inspection and we will ensure the highest standards are met.”

Earlier this year, The Northern Echo reported how Mech-Tool, which supplements its Darlington head office and sister manufacturing base in the town with a site in Middlesbrough, had supported work on a £1.5bn energy development.

The business delivered a contract to help Statoil’s Dudgeon wind farm come to fruition, with bosses at the time revealing the company designed, made and supplied fire and blast walls for the Norfolk coast development, which Statoil claims will power more than 400,000 homes.

The firm also last year secured the most valuable deal in its history - a £37m contract to design and make units for a Kazakhstan oil field development – and is known for supporting Hartlepool’s Heerema on a platform for the Galloper wind farm, off the Suffolk coast.