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ELS Delivers Advanced uck-Up Rig To A.P. Moller

The Maersk Gallant on its way for delivery to A.P.

Moller.

A.P. Moller recently took deliv- ery of one of the most advanced and one of the largest jack-up rigs in the world, newbuilding No. B 223,

Maersk Gallant, from Far East

Levingston Shipbuilding (FELS) of

Singapore.

The rig arrived in the North Sea in mid-May. The Maersk Gallant has been awarded a contract by

Amoco Norway Oil Co. for an explo- ration drilling program commenc- ing in early August 1993. After that, the rig will work for Elf Petro- leum Norge A/S for a longer period, starting in the summer of 1994.

Crowley Announces Plans

To Purchase Two

Tractor Tugs

Crowley Marine Services of Oak- land, Calif, announced that it plans to award contracts for two $12 mil- lion tractor tugs. Each tug must be under 140 feet long with a 48-foot beam and a 21-foot draft. The tugs will reportedly be outfitted with twin

Caterpillar engines capable of de- livering 5,400 hp each, as well as twin Voith-Schneider propellers.

The tugs are expected to be able to handle even very large disabled tankers in both harbors and off- shore and will have reinforced hulls that will allow them to work in icy waters.

The tugs will probably be used as vessel escorts along the coast of

Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, and Crowley plans to order other tugs as the market for tanker escort services develops. If the demand increases as Crowley expects it to,

Crowley may eventually acquire a total of eight large tractor tugs. remotely controlled underwater ve- hicles and specialized tooling sys- tems, recently announced the suc- cessful completion of several con- tracted jobs. — The company completed the final phase of its contract support- ing the installation of Exxon's Zinc

Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Af- ter providing specialized ROV's, winches and hydraulic tools to per- form installation and flow line tie-in tasks, Sonsub mobilized a Triton

Advanced Remotely Operated Work

Systems (AROWS) to assist with hydrotesting, the operation of pig and valve assemblies and valve ac- tuation on the template in prepara- tion for production to begin. — Sonsub completed a quick call out project, as a subcontractor to

Global Divers and Contractors, to investigate a natural gas blow-out with no pollution on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. — Finally, the company leased a

Viper Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to Martech USA, Inc. of Cali- fornia, to support the installation of a sewer outfall pipeline off the coast of San Diego.

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