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IHI Completes Accommodation Barge

For Abu Dhabi Oilfield

A jackup accommodation barge for Zakum Development Company (ZADCO), Abu Dhabi, United

Arab Emirates, has been con- structed by IHI (Ishikawajima-

Harima Heavy Industries Co.,

Ltd.), Japan, for use in the Per- sian Gulf.

It will be a control and accom- modation center for 180 person- nel employed aboard offshore oil production platforms in the Upper

Zakum oilfield, 80 km off the coast of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

This new barge, (shown above), measuring about 32 meters by 71 meters (approximately 105 feet by 233 feet), will be permanently installed on site. Durability is ex- pected to be over 40 years.

IHI is performing the accom- modation barge project on a full turnkey basis, which includes en- gineering, construction, transpor- tation and offshore erection, un- der the supervision and manage- ment of TOTAL CFP—Compagnie

Francaise des Petroles—acting as manager for the overall Upper

Zakum project. ETPM (Entre- pose G.T.M. pour les Travaux

Petroliers Maritimes, France), in charge of offshore civil works, and

GEM HERSENT (France), in charge of jacking operations, will perform the installation of the barge as subcontractors. Partici- pating in engineering work is

Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (ACB-France). Work will be con- ducted under the supervision and management of the prime con- tractor, IHI.

The accommodation barge pro- vides a control block with a con- trol room having a panoramic view over the entire central com- plex, a control equipment room with computer facilities for the complex, private offices, two heli- copter decks, helicopter reception areas, a radio room, medical cen- ter, etc. The accommodation block consists of 179 single rooms, each with a spare berth, a manager's suite, messing facilities, recrea- tional areas including patio space with many large live trees and shops, restaurant, squash room, sports'game rooms, swimming pool and laundry and sanitary in- stallations, etc.

The barge also provides general utilities, such as air-conditioning units, desalination plants, emer- gency power generators, sewage treatment units, waste/disposal unit (full automatic incinerator), firefighting system and safety system. Most of the above equip- ment was imported from Euro- pean vendors through IHI's over- seas network.

A radio and telemetry mast with a height of about 100 me- ters above sea level (about 328 feet) is provided on the control block for communications.

Sulzer Appoints New

Head Of Diesel Engine & Marine Equipment Sales

Effective May 7, 1980, Felix van der Schaar will become vice pres- ident and head of sales for diesel engines and marine equipment for the Sulzer Group. Mr. van der

Schaar was head of Sulzer Oslo from 1967-1975, and head of

Sulzer New York since March 1975. He will succeed Peter Georg

Sulzer, who has been appointed to the corporate executive man- agement by the board of direc- tors. This appointment will also become effective on May 7, 1980.

Morris Guralnick Assoc.

Names Darrel W. Starr Jr.

Chief Mechanical Engineer

Capt. Darrel W. Starr Jr.

Capt. Darrel W. Starr Jr., US-

CG (ret.), has been appointed to the position of chief mechanical engineer with Morris Guralnick

Associates, Inc., San Francisco,

Calif. The appointment was an- nounced recently by Hugh F.

Munroe, president and chief ex- ecutive officer of the West Coast firm of naval architects and ma- rine engineers. In this position,

Captain Starr will supervise the

Guralnick machinery design group, which is concerned mainly with machinery arrangements, piping systems, and heating, ven- tilating and air-conditioning sys- tems.

Captain Starr earned his bach- elor's degree at the U.S. Coast

Guard Academy, New London,

Conn., and was selected for fur- ther study at the University of

Michigan, where he was awarded a Master of Science degree in naval architecture and marine en- gineering.

Following retirement from the

Coast Guard, he was engaged by the Bechtel Corporation of San

Francisco and SEDCO, Inc. of

Dallas, serving one year with each firm, mainly in the design and construction of nuclear power- plants and offshore drilling rigs.

Captain Starr is a member of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and The

American Society of Naval En- gineers.

Morris Guralnick Associates, now in its 34th year of operation, is one of the largest architectural and engineering firms of its type on the West Coast.

Middle East

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