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(continued from page 41) for a successful project.

The vessel's existing units were replaced with four Wartsila 12V200 generator sets, rated at 2,100 bKW at 1,200-rpm. "We find these units are extremely popular due to the excellent load response, low capital cost and capability of working within the footprint of most all existing rig power systems, thereby minimizing the expense for repower," says Bob Kimmons, regional manager for Wartsila NSD.

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Repair also completed all necessary engineering as well as mechanical and electrical engineering of auxiliary sys- tems. So that rig downtime was kept to a minimum, installation was completed in three phases, the first two consisting of the change out of exhaust pipes and silencers, in addition to the upgrading of electrical componenents, specifically transformers. Consisting of five weeks, i In (continued from page 40) minimum of 80 persons, including 50 project personnel. Equipment includes an advanced DP system, two moon- pools, a fully heave-compensated revolving crane (rated 150 tons dynamic load), an overhead crane and a Super

Puma-capable helideck. The primary operational roles include the installation of moorings for FPSO's, diverless tie- ins, well servicing, flexlay, manifold and riser installation, ROV support and cablelay. The spread required for Terra

Nova includes 12 reels, the Coflexip

VLS (installed at the forward moon- pool), a trencher and an ROV. The

Coflexip contract is Smit's second award connected with Terra Nova — the first development in Canadian waters to require an FPSO. Smit Transport &

Heavy Lift is to provide heavy lift ser- vices during the outfitting of the FPSO (a newbuild from Daewoo, Korea) at the

Bull Arm facility. This program of lifts will be performed next month by Asian

Hercules II (3,200 tons lift capacity) — the largest floating sheerlegs in the Smit fleet. Smit Pioneer's task is to trench and lay flexibles in the field, 350 km off

St John's Newfoundland. Water depth on location is 312 ft. (95 m). Petro-Canada is the Project Operator. Drilling began in

June of last year.

In recent months, an additional role has been identified for Smit Pioneer — as an all-weather surface platform for

Smit's POLREC (Pollutant Recovery) system, developed to pump out oils and chemicals from wrecks. The need of an all-weather surface platform was identi- fied following the loss of the tanker

Erika off France last December. Smit used POLREC successfully in an award- winning project to pump out Bunker C cargoes from two small tankers lost off the Korean port of Busan. In these cases, the POLREC diverless recovery system pumped the oil to a barge equipped with reception facilities.

April, 2000 45 the third phase that began during late 1999 involved removing the old units; redundant pip- ing and equipment; performing suitable founda- tion modifications; installing new common bases engines and alternators; and installing new equipment and piping. New power cables were also implemented, as were control cables, AVRs, control systems, digital governors and rewiring of some existing electrical and controls systems.

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