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InterMoor

Houston, TX www.intermoor.com

President & CEO:

Mark Jones

InterMoor provides mooring solutions in support of global

JW Fishers Mfg., Inc.

marine applications. It achieves this through research and devel-

East Taunton, MA opment, combined with design and delivery of the high-value www.jw? shers.com services, technologies and experience at every stage of their

President & CEO: Karen Fisher mooring and offshore installation projects.

For operators and contractors who require rig moves or who need to anchor FPUs, MODUs, TADs, barges and other

Hitting a 50-year milestone in April 2018 JW Fishers Mfg ? oating structures, InterMoor’s mooring services provide an integrated solution that focuses on reducing cost, time and continues to specialize in the design and manufacture of high- risk. InterMoor engineers actively participate in the planning, tech, reasonably priced underwater search equipment. Their design, logistics, installation, inspection, maintenance, and sonar systems, underwater metal detectors, ROVs, and mag- netometers are in use by commercial diving companies, public recovery operations for the vast majority of its mooring proj- ects. Consequently, its knowledge of installation equipment, safety dive teams, government agencies, police and military vessels and offshore methods allows InterMoor to offer the units worldwide

JW Fishers was founded in the mid-sixties by Jack Fisher. expertise needed to realize safe and ef? cient installation jobs.

InterMoor also extends its oil and gas expertise to aquaculture Fisher, an avid diver, needed an underwater metal detector to use on a salvage project. Over the next several years he de- and renewable projects such as ? oating wind and marine en- ergy converters. InterMoor is present in 17 locations and has veloped and built his own underwater metal detector. Today 10 shore bases around the world, including in the U.K., U.S., JW Fishers designs/manufactures all of its underwater search systems at its factory in the U.S. Its expansive line includes

Norway, Brazil, Asia Paci? c, and Australia.

In 2018, InterMoor launched the Inter-M Release, a new hand-held and boat-towed metal detectors, magnetometers, acoustic release mooring connector. The device was designed underwater video systems, ROVs, sonar systems, acoustic pingers and receivers, pipe and cable trackers, a sub-bottom using the proven platform of sister company SRP’s Rocksteady mooring connector and its secondary actuated release system, pro? ler system and the Pulse 8X underwater metal detector.

In 2017, the SAR-1 metal detector was speci? cally designed with a control system developed in conjunction with Tele- dyne Marine. The control system uses high-? delity acoustic for projects that need to locate metal objects in poor visibility, modems, and implements domain key authorization, unique underwater environments.

The unit alerts the user to the presence of metal by vibra- addressing, network relay and frequency hopping techniques, tion which is transmitted through the handle and a bright red ensuring the mooring connectors are not affected by obstruc- tions or noise. These features eliminate the possibility of an LED display. It’s “snareless” design with no external wires inadvertent release and allows for the connector to be actuated or cables, rugged construction, streamlined con? guration, and bright yellow search coil help the end user ? nd any target in individually, in clusters, or even sequenced in any order. These

ZERO visibility waters. In 2018 JW Fishers debuted the ? fth new features have been implemented without sacri? cing bat- tery life, which has been improved from 18 months to 5 years. generation magnetometer, the Proton 5. The fully digitized

More importantly, the new connector weighs a quarter of the system displays the current ? ve-digit measurement on a new weight of other connectors yet can disengage at 100% of its easy to read six-inch LCD screen that is backlit for night op- rated break strength; 900t compared to less than half of that erations. A new “auto tuning” feature greatly simpli? es set- in older products. The Inter-M Release is available to drilling up when operating in different locations. It allows the user to contractors and operators who are looking to save valuable quickly tune the magnetometer without having to disassemble time and money not only in the case of weather or emergency and manually con? gure the device without even opening up the ? sh. A unique feature of the tow? sh is its ability to be avoidance but also in the context of drilling optimization, al- separated into two parts so it easily ? ts into a watertight case lowing for faster rig moves with simpli? ed connect/discon- for storage and transportation.

nect operations from pre-laid mooring lines.

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