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Offshore Update

Offshore Inland:

Poised To Pounce On Offshore Upturn

Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services of

Mobile, Ala., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Off- shore Inland Services that commenced operations on

December 1, 2000. The fledgling operation timed its entrance into the market perfectly, and despite its short time of operation it is considerably long on references.

Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services - which is ISO 9000 compliant - primarily is involved in the following business operations: turn-key hydraulic sys- tem engineering; hydraulic/pneumatic tubing & pip- ing; steel renewals & fabrications; inside & outside machinists; and providing class certified welders.

The organization's expertise has been utilized on many of the world's most sophisticated offshore struc- tures and vessels. For the DPDS' Jack Ryan and Russ

Luigs, the company manufactured and commissioned

HPU's for the vessel's drill floor. For Cal-Dive Inter- national's Q-4000, it designed and manufactured

HPU's and Solenoid Cabinets for the Ballast Control

System and Deck Machinery. Again for Cal-Dive, this time on Uncle John, Offshore Inland Marine & Oil- field Services redesigned and installed a new hydraulic lift and roll system for the vessel's drill floor. It also re-certified and repaired the vessel's two

Aker 75-mt cranes, and renewed miscellaneous piping and tubing throughout the vessel.

For Ensco, the company installed new S.W. cooling systems for Ensco 7500's thrusters. It also designed and installed a new remote shutdown system for the

JP5 fuel system, and installed a new hydraulic filter- ing system for the vessel's thrusters.

For U.S. Ocean Rig Inc.'s Bingo II (Eirik Raude) the company installed a number of tubing systems, including ballast control, H.P water wash down; hydraulic watertight doors; hydraulic hatch covers; choke & kill tubing; hydraulic ring main components; and derrick hydraulic piping.

For Noble Drilling, Offshore Inland Marine & Oil- field Services worked on three vessels - Max Smith,

Paul Ramano and Jim Thompson. For the trio, it designed, built and installed a subsea tree lifting sys- tem including the HPU's. It also designed, built and installed an automated P-Tank system, and installed

LMRP and BOP hydraulic tubing.

Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services also provides hydraulic component reconditioning services (pumps, motors and cylinders), offshore and onshore crane repairs, gearbox repairs and steering gear ser-

Pictured is progress shots of Offshore Inland's turnkey project aboard Cal Dive International's M/V Mystick Viking. The company has assumed the responsibility for engineering, project manage- ment, project manning and material procurement. vice engineers. The organization has extensive tech- nical expertise supported by its own engineering department including AutoCad Draftsmen. The com- pany's professional engineers are trained and certified by the National Fluid Power Society.

The parent company, Offshore Inland Services, began operations in 1983, and currently has six loca- tions across the nation. Offshore Inland also employs

NFP trained and certified technicians, with expertise in trouble shooting and problem solving.

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Big Jets, Big Capacity For New Crew Boat

McCall Boat Rentals, long known for innovation in crew boat development, have done it again. With the christening of its latest boat from Gulf Craft, the 165 x 30-ft. Keith G. McCall, the company has taken the use of jets up another notch. The four Hamilton model HM 811 jets, each with an impeller diameter of approxi- mately 32 in., are reportedly the largest jets used in a crew boat to date. Power for the jets is provided by four of Cummins' 16-cylinder KTA50 M2 engines rated for 1,800 hp each at 1,900 rpm, giving the new boat a total of 7,200 hp. Between the engines and the jets are Twin Disc 6848 gears with 2.47:1 reduction so that the impellers turn at 769 rpm at maximum engine rpm. Speeds are anticipated to be well over 30 knots. The new boat, christened on July 11, has an 82 x 24.5-ft. open cargo deck with a capacity for 200 long tons. This allows for a relatively large cabin to accommodate up to 90 passengers in comfortable business class-type seats.

Entertainment for passengers as well as vending machines and a communications area are also provided.

Tankage includes 32,150 gallons of rig water and 26,850 gallons of fuel. A second boat, to the same design, is under construction at Gulf Craft's Patterson Louisiana Yard.