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$120-Million Amoco

Jacket Contract Awarded

To McDermott Scotland

Amoco (UK) Exploration Com- pany, an operator for the license group concerned*, announced it has placed a contract with Mc-

Dermott Scotland, of Ardersier in

Scotland, for the construction of the platform jacket for its North

West Hutton oilfield in the U.K. sector of the North Sea. The con- tract will be worth approximately 55 million pounds (about $120 million).

Completion is scheduled for mid-1981, when the jacket will be floated out to the field location.

It is expected about 500 to 600 workers at Ardersier will be em- ployed on the jacket project. This will involve, at one time or an- other, most of the approximately 1,400 total work force currently at the yard. It is also possible re- cruitment of additional workers may be required.

North West Hutton oilfield is scheduled to begin production in 1982, building up to a daily out- put of around 100,000 barrels of oil, and 35 million cubic feet of gas.

The semisubmersible rig Ven- ture I began drilling the first pro- duction well on the field through a 20-slot seabed template last

October, less than three months after the government gave its ap- proval for the 500-million-pound development of the field.

SCHOTTEL-System solves problems of shallow-draught navigation on the Nile River

Four luxury hotel ships built for the EGOTH Egyptian Gene- ral Company for Tourism and Hotels have been put into service on the River Nile by SHERATON FLOATING HOTELS.

They carry up to 284 persons and run between Luxor and

Asswan. With an overall lenght of 71.80 m and a width of 11.30 m, they have a draught of only 1.50 m.

However this unusually low draught does not exclude the possibility of occasionally touching the bottom due to the extremely shallow water in this region. Damage to propel- lers, shafts and rudder systems of conventionally designed vessels necessitates extremely time-consuming and costly repairs in dock and due to the lack of shipyard facilities this would not be feasible in the area where the ships are to operate. For this reason each of the four ships was fitted out with three SCHOTTEL-Rudderpropellers type 300/300

DST (well installation) with a total powerof1005 kW(1366 hp).

They can be removed and re-installed using the facilities available on board while the vessel ist still afloat.

The SCHOTTEL-Rudderpropeller is a combined propul- sion and steering unit which transforms the engine power into optimum steerable thrust using matched gears and a specially designed propeller which turns through a full 360°. This gives propulsion steering in any direction ahead, astern or sideways.

All four ships have been equipped with a full follow up electro-hydraulic SCHOTTEL-Steering system S 600. Due to the extremely shallow water and the sudden strong cross winds which occur a SCHOTTEL-Jet SJ110 of 163 kW (220 hp) has been installed at the bow of the hotel ships without projecting below the hull. As in the case of the

SCHOTTEL-Rudderpropeller the SCHOTTEL-Jet pro- duces a thrust which can be directed at any angle and is therefore an extremely effective bow manoeuvring aid.

For almost 30 years the SCHOTTEL-System has proved itself throughout the world. SCHOTTEL steering and pro- pulsion units offer maximum manoeuvrability and opti- mum efficiency with propulsion steering in any direction both ahead and astern. In addition the SCHOTTEL-System requires a minimum of maintenance, is economical and space-saving. Up to the present over 15,000 SCHOTTEL units with more than 4 million hp propulsion capacity have been delivered all over the world.

SCHOTTEL International:

The SCHOTTEL-Group, with its headquarters at Spay on the Rhine offers world-wide sales and service through

SCHOTTEL-companies located at The Hague, London,

Paris, Vienna, Hamburg, Basle, Miami, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Sydney and representatives throughout the world.

SCHOTTEL-WERFT, D-5401 Spay/F.R.G., Tel. 0 26 28/611

SCHOTTEL OF AMERICA, INC., 8375 N.W. 56 Street,

Miami/Florida 33166, Tel. (305) 592-7350 *The group of companies for which Amoco is operator on the

North West Hutton oilfield is as follows: Amoco (UK) Explora- tion Company (Operator), Gas

Council (Exploration) Limited,

Mobil North Sea Limited, and

Amerada Petroleum Corporation of the United Kingdom, North

Sea Inc.

E.J. Murphy Made Senior

VP Of Coscol Petroleum

And Coscol Marine Corp.

Edward J. Murphy has been elected senior vice president of

Coscol Petroleum Corporation and

Coscol Marine Corporation, units of The Coastal Corporation, Hous- ton, Texas.

Edward J. Murphy

In his new capacity, Mr.

Murphy reports to Peter J.R.

Hunter, Coastal senior vice pres- ident, and is responsible for ma- rine transportation including the areas of administration, opera- tions and chartering.

Coastal currently owns 11 ves- sels and operates 11 others under time charters. On a daily basis, approximately 50 owned or char- tered tankers transport crude for

Coastal's four refineries and the company's international market- ing operations.

Mr. Murphy joined Coastal's legal department in 1978 as ad- miralty counsel. He later trans- ferred to Coscol Marine Corpo- ration.

D.W. Kent Named To

New Executive Posts At

Houston Offshore Int'l

David W. Kent has been elected to the office of vice president,

Operations, and member of the board of directors of Houston

Offshore International, Inc., Hous- ton, Texas.

Mr. Kent will have total re- sponsibility for the operations, construction, and purchasing of equipment for Houston Offshore's drilling rigs in his new position.

He was formerly manager of Gulf

Coast Operations.

Houston Offshore International operates two jackup drilling rigs,

Nueces I and Sabine I, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and has a third jackup, Sabine II, under construction in Bethlehem Steel's shipyard in Beaumont, Texas, for delivery in April of 1980.

Mr. Kent is located at Houston

Offshore's operations office at 80

Interstate 10 North in Beaumont.

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