Page 12: of Marine Technology Magazine (October 2010)

news 12 MTR October 2010

Subsea Contracts

Awarded

Aker Solutions, through its subsidiary in Malaysia - Aker

Process Systems Asia

Pacific (APSAP), won two subsea contracts from PETRONAS

Carigali Sdn Bhd (PETRONAS Carigali).

The first is a work order to supply sub- sea production system and services for the

Kanowit field, while the second is a contract to deliver 5600m of subsea umbilicals that tie back the Kanowit subsea wells to the

Kumang Cluster,

Offshore Bintulu,

Sarawak, Malaysia.

The engineering, pro- curement and con- struction work order is valued at $45m.

Expro Wins Subsea

Contracts

Oilfield service compa- ny Expro secured 10 subsea contracts in its

Europe CIS region for work in 2010 and 2011. More than $10m worth of new subsea business has been secured in the central North Sea and

Norway with compa- nies including Premier

Oil and BP North Sea.

Expro’s subsea safety systems are designed to provide reliable and efficient in-riser land- ing strings for well interventions and com- pletions.

All American Marine (AAM) will build for

C & C Technologies (C & C) a new catama- ran survey vessel. C & C Technologies, which is highly regarded as a pioneer in the use of AUVs in surveying offshore plots, signed a contract with AAM to build a new 134 x 37-ft. aluminum catamaran for survey operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The two companies have been developing the design concept for the vessel for nearly two years.

Teknicraft Design Ltd. of Auckland, New

Zealand will provide the engineering and naval architecture services for the design, which is expected to be launched and deliv- ered during the second half of 2011.

C & C worked with AAM and Teknicraft to make the custom designed vessel versatile and accommodating to perform AUV opera- tions, water sampling, side scan sonar and multibeam operations while underway. The vessel will feature a sophisticated survey lab which functions as the control center for data collection during each mission.

Transducer wells and deployable sonar struts were thoughtfully integrated into the hull to ensure quality data results. Topside, the working decks feature an impressive configu- ration of winches, a-frames, and cranes. The vast aft deck also provides suitable space for

AUV launch and recovery operations as well as conventional geophysical surveys.

Once complete, the vessel will be kept on a busy schedule, making approximately 20 trips annually, each lasting a duration of 14 days. The hull tonnage will be certified less than 100 gross tons and will include accom- modations for 26 research staff and crew.

Caterpillar has been selected to supply the prime movers, inclusive of twin C32 ACERT engines and twin C18 ACERT engines. The propulsion configuration will provide a cruise speed of 20 knots with a total of 2153 bhp in each sponson.

The pairing of two different engines allows for high speed transit to the survey site using all four engines and a slower survey speed when using only the smaller engines.

The C18s are coupled to ZF Marine gears with trolling valves to provide an economical speed range from 3 to 11 knots. Auxiliary power for onboard electrical needs will be supplied by twin Caterpillar C4.4 gensets rated 99ekW. www.allamericanmarine.com

C & C Orders New Vessel

AAM to Build Survey Cat