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Achievement Awards

William H. Silcox and Norwe- gian Contractors have been named 1988 recipients of the OTC Distin- guished Achievement Award for in- dividuals and organizations, respec- tively. The awards will be presented at the OTC Awards Luncheon,

Tuesday, May 3.

Mr. Silcox, recently retired as- sistant general manager of Chevron

Corporation's engineering depart- ment, has been recognized for his technical contributions to subsea and deepwater technology. He is credited with being the leader in the design and installation of the first deepwater subsea well completion offshore California and the first anywhere in 250 feet of water, and the first multiwell subsea template and well completion. He pioneered many other advancements that have been incorporated in 2,500-foot water depths, Arctic seas, and on floating and tension-leg structures.

Norwegian Contractors have been recognized for their pioneering work in the development, fabrication and deployment of concrete platforms for offshore oil and gas drilling and production. The company and its parent organizations constructed

Floating Production Platform featuring revolutionary Smith Berger Bending Shoe Fairleads. (Patents Pending)

Smith Berger Innovation:

Mooring Systems

Smith Berger can custom design and manufacture underwater fairlead- ers for wire rope or chain anchoring systems for all water depths. For example, our patented bending shoe fairleader for 5" diameter wire rope was designed and built in less than six months with full ABS approval.

Smith Berger can offer complete mooring systems including winches or wildcats built by some of the premier winch manufacturers of the world.

New Marine Fairleaders

Smith Berger invented the balanced head fairlead over 50 years ago and it has become the standard of the marine industry around the world.

Our Naval Class deck mounted or flange mounted balanced head fair- leaders are designed for the ultimate in service life to meet the needs of the U.S. Navy and other offshore applications.

We also offer our Mariner Class

Fairleads which are designed to the same exacting engineering standards but use new techniques of fabrication and manufacturing to provide an eco- nomical answer to todays civilian marine industry.

Customized Towing Equipment

Stern rollers, pop up pins, tow pins, guide sheaves and other equipment for new construction or retro-fit can be custom designed to fit your vessel.

Rugged, simple designs offer long life and low maintenance.

Tow pin sets can be provided in two, three, or four pin units with har- dened steel rollers and with or without hold down caps.

Specialized Military Equipment

Smith Berger is fully qualified under MIL Q 9858 A requirements to manufacture military fabrications and machined products. Our Naval Class fairleads are standard for many mili- tary applications and we also are avail- able for special design consultation on products which we can produce. We have designed highly specialized wire rope handling equipment for many naval vessels in current production and we have the expertise to work on any problems in mooring, wire rope guide sheaves, fairleads, support sheaves, special chocks, bitts, roller fairleads etc.

Effer Hydraulic Cranes

Smith Berger is the master distrib- utor in North America for the com- plete line of Effer hydraulic marine cranes manufactured in Italy.

Effer Marine Cranes are among the finest in the world and meet the same criteria for dependability and low maintenance which typifies other

Smith Berger products.

Smith Berger Marine will supply hydraulic power packs, winches, sheaves and blocks, mountings and special control packages.

Many special designs and combina- tions are available to meet your unu- sual application needs and Smith

Berger engineers are available to design to your needs.

Call us to put Smith Berger Innovation to work for you.

Smith Berger Marine, Inc. 516 South Chicago St., Seattle, WA 98108

TELEX: 32-8912 FAX: 206-764-4653 (206) 764-4650 the world's first offshore concrete structures, including Ekofisk and

Beryl A in the North Sea. Since its beginning in 1973, the company has advanced designs for deepwater,

Arctic and marginal field environ- ments to as much as 1,000 meters.

The Offshore Technology Confer- ence represents one of the largest and comprehensive interdisciplin- ary, cooperative ventures in the en- gineering and scientific communi- ties. OTC is one of the leading forums for the development of ocean resources. The conference is sponsored by 11 societies, including:

American Institute of Mining, Met- allurgical, and Petroleum Engi- neers; Society of Mining Engineers;

The Metallurgical Society; Society of Petroleum Engineers; American

Association of Petroleum Geolo- gists; American Institute of Chemi- cal Engineers; American Society of

Civil Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers—Petro- leum Division; Marine Technology

Society; Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers—Oceanic

Engineering Society; Society of Ex- ploration Geophysicists; and Socie- ty of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers.

Circle 172 on Reader Service Card

Technical Program

Monday, May 2 • 9 a.m.-Noon

Phillip's Management of Subsidence at Ekofisk I •

Room 117

OTC 5618 Reservoir Aspects of Ekofisk Subsidence

R M Suiak and J. Danieisen, Phillips Petroleum Co 5619 Measurement of Ekofisk Subsidence

H.C. Rentsch and M.J. Mes, Phillips Petroleum Co. 5620 Compaction Monitoring In the Ekofisk Field

M.L Menghini, Phillips Petroleum Co. 5621 Pork Mechanics of the Ekofisk Reservoir in the

Evaluation of Subsidence

J.P. Johnson, D.W. Rhett. and W.T Siemers, Phillips

Petroleum Co. 5622 Forecasting of Ekofisk Reservoir Compaction and

Subsidence by Numerical Simulation

R.R Boade, L.Y. Chin, and W.T. Siemers, Phillips

Petroleum Co. 5623 Casing Deformation

A. Yudovich, L.Y. Chin, and D.R. Morgan. Phillips

Petroleum Co.

Reading & Bates "Zane Barnes" Drilling Rig •

Room 114

OTC

Introduction to Project

R.W Mowell Reading S Bates Drilling Co. 5624 Station Keeping In Deep Water—An Alternative to

Dynamic Positioning

C.V. Wolff, Reading & Bates Drilling Co.; C.J. Lohr, Shell

Offshore Inc.; and D.J Wudtke, Skagit Products 5625 Integrated Motion, Stability, and Variable Load

Design of the Trendsetter Class Semlsubmersible "Zane Barnes"

R.J. Allan, Reading & Bates Drilling Co. 5626 Drilling and Handling Systems on the "Zane Barnes

A. Bakonyi, Reading & Bates Drilling Co. 5627 Subsea and Surface Well Control Systems and

Procedures on the "Zane Barnes"

G.L. Marsh, Shell Offshore Inc., and J.A. Altermann III,

Reading & Bates Drilling Co.

Closing Statement on the Operating history of the "Zane Barnes"

Bruce Collip, Shell Offshore Inc.

Slowly Varying Drift Forces • Room 108

OTC 5628 Prediction of Large Amplitude Motions and Stability of Intact and Damaged Mobile Platforms

M. Soylemez and A. Incecik, U. of Glasgow 5629 The Influence of Directional Spreading of Waves on

Mooring Forces

J.A. Pinkster, Maritime Research Inst. 5630 Statistics of High and Low Frequency Motions of a

Moored Tanker

J.A. Pinkster, Maritime Research Inst. 5631 Wave-Current Interaction Effects on Moored Tankers

In High Seas

J.E.W. Wichers, Maritime Research Inst. 5632 Wave Drift Damping Influences Upon the Time

Domain Simulations of Moored Structures

G.E. Heam. S.M. Lau, and K.C. Tong, U. of Newcastle

Upon Tyne 5633 On the Complete Quadratic Transfer Function of

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