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Sakhalin II Tow-Out Depends on

Fugro Geos news

Fugro Global Environmental & Ocean

Sciences (Fugro GEOS) played a role — providing real time information on weather, waves, current profile and water level — during the tow-out, positioning and instal- lation of two concrete gravity base substruc- tures (CGBS) for the Lunskoye A (LUN-A) and Piltun-Astokhskoye B (PA-B) platforms for the Sakhalin II Phase 2 Project for Aker

Marine Contractors. This is thought to be the biggest single integrated oil and gas project ever undertaken.

Fugro GEOS' Weather Forecasting

Division supplied senior meteorologists to provide real time weather information.

They were based onshore for the tow from the port to the holding area and then accompanied the tow based on a support vessel. The Measurement Division was involved in measuring waves, current profile and water level during the tow-out and installation of the two gravity based plat- forms. Both were contracted to Aker

Marine Contractors. "The most critical part of the meteorological operation was moving from the port to the holding area,"

Above: The tow out of concrete gravity base substructures (CGBS) for the

Lunskoye A (LUN-A) and Piltun-Astokhskoye

B (PA-B) platforms.

Right: The Seawatch mini buoy.

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