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OFFSHORE REVIEW

The interim project workscope covers engi- neering, procurement and project management to enable the semi to perform exploration drilling in 475 m of water in the Shah Deniz project. The value of the total rig upgrade is expected to cost $100 million and other prospec- tive rig users are anticipated to share in the investment and hence its use.

The contract will be carried out in an alliance initially consisting of Statoil/BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Ltd. and Kvaerner. Additional alliance members will be selected as the project progresses. An important factor for awarding the contract to Kvaerner was past experience with the conversion of Shelf 12 and Shelf 8 at the Vyborg Shipyard in Russia. The contract was won in competition against European and

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Stolt Comex Seaway Invests $ 14 M In

Deepwater kOVs

Stolt Comex Seaway has invested $14 mjflion in new deepwater ROVs. "This major investment in new ROV technolo- gy is part of the ongoing expansion ar/l recon- figuration of our as^ts to meet the demands of the deepwater irmrket worldworae," said

Bernard VossierACEO of SJrolt Comex

Seaway. Based on ita experienc^n the North

Sea, the company has Vlesigned apid built a new range of work class RDVs for/ery deepwater applications with components /uitable for oper- ations in water depthslof 9/40 ft. (3,000 m).

The new ROVs will b« iiytailed on Seaway

Falcon, Seaway Eagle Li/l Seaway Harrier.

Seaway Condor has comjHeted the upgrade of both workclass ROV ystems for the Shell

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Stolt Comex Seaway Expands Fleet

Stolt Comex Se^vay expanded its support ship fleet with the delivery oil the new multi- purpose subsea/construction* ship, Seaway

Eagle, which was bought atl auction from receivers of thefbankrupt BoelwVrf Vlaanderen shipyard in Belgium. When completed, the

Seaway Eagleiwill involve an investment of $60 million. AAer a competitive Vender, the

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Holland wa£ picked to complete tha fitting out of the vess/l. Upon completion in Aplil, the ves- sel will hi working in the North Sea for five months, initially on the Britannia Development

Project fi the U.K. sector. It will relocated to the Asi/n Pacific to start on the Statoil Lufeng 22-1 £«bsea field development in the South

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Aker Rauma Offshore tapped Bardex Corp. to supply the mooring system on the floating

Spar drilling and production facility to be deployed in the deepwates (77\(i locU^d in

GOM's Green Canyon 205. TTrg^fcfrJ^oiJUssel mooring system w!Wb A capSJU o^noving the

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