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50MTRNovember/December 2011Datawell ChoosesCoastalObs TechServices Datawell, the manufacturer of pre- cision wave buoys celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has teamed with CoastalObsTechServices LLC for sales and service support in the conti- nental US, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Datawell wave buoys use accelerometers or GPS data to track buoy motion, which is then translat- ed into wave statistics. The buoys are offered with a variety of data trans- mission capabilities, and options suchas solar panels and corrosion resistant hulls are available. Datawell also sup- plies mooring components, localradio data receivers, and test equip- ment to support deployments. OEM motion sensor packages are also avail- able for alternative installations. CoastalObsTechServices provides support for a wide variety of met/ocean data acquisition activities.These services include identification of required observations, selection of sensors and supporting components, data acquisition design, systems inte-gration, deployment, maintenance, recovery, data analysis, and QA/QC. Saipem Wins $1.5B E&C Offshore Contracts In Iraq, Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project ? Phase 2, within the framework of the expan- sion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 550 km south- east of Baghdad. The contract encompasses the engineering, pro- curement, fabrication and installation of a Central Metering and Manifold Platform (CMMP), to be installed in a water depth of 28m, along withassociated facilities. Fabrication of the CMMP topsides will be carried out atpeople & companiesRapp Hydema and Triplex were award- ed a record-sized deck machinery con- tract for Australia?s Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO). CSIRO selected Teekay Holdings Australia and Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd. to carry out the design, build and commissioning of the vessel. Sembawang and Teekay appointed RALion (a joint-ven- ture between Alion Science and Robert Allan LTD) to carry out the vessel basic design. The new vessel, named the Investigator, is scheduled for mid-2013 delivery. The consolidated deck and handling machinery package is due for delivery in 3Q 2012. Project management at Rapp Hydema reported that the contract apparently comprises ?the most compre- hensive and largest-scale research system ever delivered.? Ultimately, Rapp staff executed comprehensive analysis of dynamic loads in order to identify related drag forces and available payloads. Given the mission of working at extreme water depths (wire and cable-holding capacities range from 6000-8800m), this proved no small task. Symbolic of the scale of the deck machinery package, the new vessel will include no less than three winch rooms?and yet even with such accom- modations, space issues have posed a great challenge. Approximately 180 tons of deck and handling machinery, with an installed-power footprint of approximately 1800 kW, has posed special challenges in design. Among newer technologies aboard, there will be an Active Heave Compensation (AHC) package and Rapp?s own patent- ed liquid-cooled motor, recipient of an Offshore Technology Conference innovative technology award last year. Also, electrically-driven, electronically-syn- chronized level-winding for the winches will also be uti- lized. Rapp is also providing its latest mission-specific upgrades of its long-running PTS Pentagon winch con- trol technology, in the Research C-Bus version (for the scientific winch package management) and Fisheries C- Bus (for the fishery winches suite). Triplex equipment includes a 30-ton telescopic corer boom, a Multi-Corer Pipe Handler, Corer Pipe Davits, a 20-ton Aft A-Frame with 170-stroke and a 6-ton CTD Overhead Crane. Two 180kW power units and Towing Booms (fore and aft) are also to be provided. Record Contract to Rapp Hydema MTR#9 (50-64):MTR Layouts 11/29/2011 9:20 AM Page 50