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Sperry Introduces New

Doppler Navigation Sonar —Literature Available

The Sperry Division of Sperry

Corporation has announced the development of a new doppler navigation sonar system which will give scientific and commercial marine vessels the ability to know their position continuously with errors measured only in feet, ac- cording to the company.

The system can be used aboard surface vessels and manned or unmanned underwater vehicles.

By using doppler sonar tech- niques, the system develops ac- curate position data using the ocean bottom as a velocity re- ference, thus making the system independent of navigation errors caused by unknown subsurface currents. Two-axis sonar data en- able the system to measure move- ment of the vessel both fore/aft and athwartship. Altitude above the ocean floor is also determined.

When used in conjunction with the Sperry Mk 47 subminiature gyrocompass, the system provides all the data required to navigate from one point to another. A pre- selected track can be followed if desired.

Morton J. Howard, marketing manager for this product, said that the system can be used aboard oceanographic vessels, geological survey vessels, dredges, oil pipeline inspection submers- ibles, cable-laying submersibles, underwater work vessels, and scientific submersibles.

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Marine Manager At

Fairbanks Morse Pumps

National Marine Service

Names Five To New Posts

David A. Wright, president of

National Marine Service, Inc., St.

Louis, Mo., recently announced the promotion of three persons and the appointment of two oth- ers to the staff of the shipbuild- ing, engine repair, and liquid bulk transportation company.

Robert W. Meyer has been named coordinator of corporate planning at NMS, responsible for coordinating short and long-range plans, researching business op- portunities, and recommending productivity improvement pro- grams. Barbara A. Schaffer has been promoted to manager of corporate accounting responsible for all corporate accounting func- tions. Katina R. Truman has been named corporate market analyst.

She will direct the company's divisions in developing market strategies toward the achieve- ment of planned objectives.

Newly appointed to NMS are

Frederick R. Glose and Michael

Hawkins. Mr. Glose has been ap- pointed shipyard division quality assurance engineer where he will oversee quality control both in the engine rebuilding and repair programs at the NMS Hartford,

Illinois, yard and the remanufac- ture of diesel engine components at Unipar, Inc. Mr. Hawkins was appointed shipyard division sales- man and was assigned to the Mid- western area, representing all shipyard services including1 diesel engine repairs.

John F. Lastovica

John F. Lastovica has been ap- pointed manager of marine oper- ations at Colt Industries, Fair- banks Morse Pump Division, Kan- sas City, Kan. In addition to this new assignment, Mr. Lastovica will continue to serve as man- ager, public works operations.

Mr. Lastovica joined Fairbanks

Morse in 1954 and for many years was the top sales person in the

Pump Division. In 1978, he be- came manager, public works sales, and later that year was promoted to manager, public works oper- ations. n A CTUPli Q1 The 8th International LNG/LPG Conference and Exhibition

U/A. D 1 ULn D1 Congress Centrum Hamburg, 20-23 October 1981

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Session 1: World Gas Supplies

Chairman: Aman R. Khan, President, GDC

Inc., Chicago

Natural gas for Europe — a personal viewpoint

Dr. Christoph Brecht, Director, Ruhrgas AG and Deutsche Verein des Gas -und Wasserfachs

The USSR gas industry development and

Soviet Natural Gas exports to Western

Europe

Y. V. Baranovsky, General Director v/o "Sojuzgazexport", Moscow

Algeria's natural gas export policy

Dr. M. Belguedj, Director of Gas Exports,

Sonatrach, Algeria

International trade in LNG: present projects and future outlook

Edward K. Fandany, Managing Director,

Ocean Phoenix Gas Transport BV, Rotterdam,

The Netherlands

Opportunities for the utilization of natural gas in the developing countries

George D. Carameros Jr., Chairman,

International Gas Development Corp., Houston,

Texas

Session 2: LPG Production and

Trade

C.hairmen: M. ]. Bowers, Managing Director,

BP Gas Ltd., London, M. D. Tusiani, Poten and

Partners, Inc., New York, N.Y.

International Session:

Speakers:

A petrochemical company's view on LPG as a feedstock: Today and in the future

W. S. Buck, Commercial Director, Dow

Chemical Europe, S.A., Horgen, Switzerland

Abu Dhabi's views on the LPG industry

A. W. Maoui, Marketing Director, Abu Dhabi

National Oil Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab

Emirates

Saudi Arabia's views on the LPG industry

A. Showail, General Manager, Oil and Gas

Division, General Petroleum and Mineral

Organization (Petromin), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A Japanese view of the current LPG situation and a look toward the future

K. Suzuki, General Manager, London Branch,

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo

Panelists:

J. Nama, Head, Sales Sea ion, Marketing and

Transportation Dept., Qatar General Petroleum

Corporation, Doha, Qatar

L. A. Nielsen, President, Trammo Gas and

Petrochemicals Ltd., London

C. R. Omana, Supply and Marketing

Coordinator, Petroleos De Venezuela, S.A.,

Caracas, Venezuela

E. W. Ross, Manager, International Sales,

Exxon International Company, New York, N.Y.

European/North Sea Session:

Speakers:

The shipping and terminalling of Gas

Liquids in Europe

Dr. C. L. Beevers, Manager, Economics

Logistics and Project Coordination, LPG Markets

Division, Shell International Petroleum Ltd.,

London

The development of new LPG resources in the North Sea

T. D. Fitzmaurice, Vice President - NGI. and

Chemical Feedstocks, Phillips Petroleum

Company Europe-Africa, London

The development of new markets in Europe (Speaker to be announced)

Panelists:

R. Boudet, Chairman, Geogas Enterprise,

S.A., Geneva, Switzerland

D. Butters, Head of Feedstocks, Energy and

Raw Materials Dept., Imperial Chemical

Industries Ltd., Wilton, U.K.

T. Refvem, General Manager, Gas and Gas

Liquids, Norsk Hydro, A S., Oslo, Norway

J. E. Sandvik, Vice President, Refining and

Marketing, Statoil, A.S., Stavanger, Norway

M. Van De Luitgaren, Manager, Eurogas

Terminals C.V., Eurogas, Rotterdam/Flushing,

Netherlands

K. J. Vaughan, Assistant General Manager -

Business Development, BNOC Trading Ltd.,

London

Session 3: Offshore Gas and Gas

Production — Technical Workshop

Utilisation of a marginal gas field with major NGL content by natural gas liquefaction and offshore loading

D. Meyer-Detring, Preussag Erdol und

Erdgas, Hannover, E. Berger, Linde AG,

Werkesgruppe TVT, Munich, H. G. Butt,

Bilfinger + Berger, Hamburg, K. Finsterwalder,

Dyckerhoff & Widmann, Munich, K. Petersen,

Blohm + Voss, Hamburg

The OLASCO offshore liquefaction and shipping system for marginal gas fields

K. W. Edwards, E. K. Faridany and

J. Sloggett, Offshore Liquefaction and Shipping

Co. Ltd., London

Control of dynamic bodies moored in an open seaway

T. Hillberg, Delta Marine, La Habra, Calif.

Baseload LNG plants with spherical storage tanks, all built as very large modules

Dr. J. Bakke and P. G. Andersen, Moss

Rosenberg Verft a s., Moss, Norway

Cryogenic flexible pipes for offshore

LNG/LPG production

J. M. Dumay, Coflexip, Paris

Session 4: Transportation

Technology & Operations

Chairmen: R. C. Ffooks, Consultant, London and R. J. Lakey, President, Lakey Associates Inc.,

Houston

A submarine LNG tanker concept for the

Arctic

P. Takis Veliotis, Executive Vice President — Marine, General Dynamics Corporation, St.

Louis, Missouri & Spencer Reitz, Deputy

General Manager, General Dynamics Electric

Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut

Energy-saving LNG carriers

R. S. Kvamsdal and S. Koren, Moss

Rosenberg Verft a.s., Moss, Norway

On the study of the tank system of 125000 cu m. MRV type LNG carrier (Loads and Stress

Analysis)

Dr. R. Nagamoto, M. Ushijima, D. Sakai, K.

Hagiwara, T. Takahashi, Y. Kuramoto,

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Nagasaki

Response of spherical cargo tanks for liquefied gas to large support deformation

Dr. J. L. Arm and, Department of Naval

Architecture, University of California, Berkeley

A comparison of the collision resistance of membrane tank-type and spherical tank-type LNG tankers

P. R. Van Mater, Jr., Band, Lavis and

Associates Inc., Severna Park, Md., USA., D. L.

Edinberg, Gianotti & Associates, New York and

P. Orsero and D. Finiftcr, Institut de Recherches de la Construction Navale, Paris

Some notes on the practical application of the IMCO Gas Carrier Code to pressure vessel type cargo tanks

M. Bdckenhauer, Germanischer Lloyd,

Hamburg

Prediction of sloshing loads in LNG ships

Dr. J. C. Peck, McDonnell Douglas

Astronautics Company, Huntingdon Beach, Calif, and P. Jean, Gaz-Transport, Le Havre, France

LNG transfer ship-to-ship following "LNG

Libra" tailshaft failure

G. J. Masaitis and E. G. Tornay, Energy

Transportation Corporation, New York

Port planning and management aspects of the safe shipment of LNG and LPG

Capt. P. R. Lyon, Eagle Lyon Pope

Associates, Dr. D. H. Slater and Dr. M. A. F.

Pyman, Technica Ltd., London

The control of the movements of gas carriers in ports

Dr. S. Mankabady, Liverpool Polytechnic,

UK

The Organisers reserve the right to amend this programme if circumstances so require

Session 5: Safety and Training

Chairman: R. C. Gray, British Shipbuilders,

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Staying safe and retaining earnings: a team approach to systems integrity on LPG carriers

D. W. F. Gosden, M. Smith and P.

Elkington, Bibby Bros. & Co., Liverpool, UK

Assessment of consequences from accidental release of liquefied gases

D. M. Solberg and E. Skramstad, Det norske

Veritas, Oslo

LNG safety research overview

S. Atallah, Gas Research Institute, Chicago

Simulation and its role in liquefied gas carrier personnel training

G. Angas, College of Nautical Studies,

Warsash, Southampton

Alternative fire protection systems for LPG vessels

J. M. Wright, and K. C. Fryer, Blevex Ltd.,

Bo re ham wood, Herts., UK

Poison-resistant flammable gas sensors for

LNG/offshore installations

J. M. Sonley, International Gas Detectors

Ltd., Wetherby, W. Yorks., UK

Safety of liquefied gases containment systems on land and at sea

M. Kotcharian and J. M. Simon, Technigaz,

Maurepas, France

Session 6: Liauefied Gas Storage

Chairman: Robert E. Petsinger, LNG

Services Inc., Pittsburgh, USA

State-of-the-art assessment of refrigerated liquefied gas storage systems using flat: bottom tanks

L. P. Zick and I. V. La Fave, Chicago

Bridge & Iron Company, Oak Brook, 111., USA

Test tank programme for liquefied gas storage using the GT/MDC containment system

T. M. Yamakawa, Toyo Kanetsu K.K ,

Tokyo

Unloading of large LPG carriers into !>alt and rock caverns

W. Brumshagen, LGA Gastechnik GmbH,

Remagen-Rolandseck, Germany

Commissioning of the 120000 cu m. storage tanks of the Gaz de France LNG termi nal

C. Riou and C. Zermati, Technigaz,

Maurepas, France

Foundation failure and its remedy for a liquefied gas storage tank

W. C. van Hoof, Raychem Corp., Menlo

Park, Calif., USA and J. P. Ofrenchuck,

Cyanamid of Canada Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario

Operation of the world's largest LPG plant

S. Shtayieh, Kuwait Oil Co., C. A. Durr and

J. C. McMillan, M. W. Kellogg, Houston and C.

Collins, M. W. Kellogg, London

Session 7: Development of the World's

LPG Carrier Fleet — Technical

Workshop and Discussion Session

Chairman: Dr. Ing. H. Backhaus, LGA

Gastechnik GmbH, Remagen-Rolandseck,

Germany a) Classification of LPG carriers: aspects of new and foreseeable IMCO rules

J. Benoit, Bureau Veritas, Paris b) Views of a shipbuilder towards modem gas carriers

A. B. Bjoerkman, Oy Wartsila AB,

Turku, Finland c) Peculiarities of gas tanker operations: crews and qualifications, safety and training

P. R. Mitchell, P & O Bulk Shipping

Ltd., London d) Special queries of gas transporting contracts

J. M. Mabileau, Gasteam Ltd., London e) Shipping and terminalling capacities for the increased LPG world market

Dr. R-D. Behling, Gelsenberg AG,

Hamburg

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM

GASTECH SECRETARIAT 2 Station Road

Rickmansworth, Herts WI)3 1QP UK

Tel 09237 7636:! Telex 924312

DEUTSCHE GASTECH SALES

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D-5460 Linz am Rhein, Germany

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