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neering, procurement and con- struction management services for the fabrication, transportation, installation and hook-up of an esti- mated 17,000 tons of offshore facil- ities, including central process and living quarters platforms.

Marine Propulsion Profits

From Offshore Upsurge

Marine Propulsion of Hammond,

La., which distributes a host of power and control products, has seen its business boosted by the resurgence in the offshore busi- ness. According to company spokesperson Ken Robbins, the company observes rig and OSV uti- lization in order to gauge market strength.

Marine Propulsion and Schottel

North America offer the offshore industry a host of products, includ- ing: power transmissions; controls and steering; firefighting systems; coolers; and propulsion products from Schottel, Kort Propulsion,

Brunton, Heimdal and Vosper

Thornycroft.

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Circle 35 on Reader Service Card using a submerged turret loading system anchored to the sea bed.

Njord will be one of the first fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in which this technology is used.

Production in the field is slated for

October 1997. The vessel can store 112,000-cu-m, or roughly 10 days of production. The offloading of stabilized oil to shuttle tankers is arranged through a flexible hose in the stern of the FSU.

The offloading rated is 8,000-cu- m/hr. The FSU will be equipped with a 2.5-MW azimu thing thruster located in the aft, which will be used for heading control at the offloading phase.

Classed by DNV, the FSU is designed for 15 years of continuous operation.

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Kvaerner Masa-Yards

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Jack-Up Barges Decked By

Durastic

Two jack-up barges, acquired last year by Noble Drilling

International of the U.S., have been completely refurbished and upgraded at the Lamprell Group's

Sharjah port facility in the United

Arab Emirates. As part of the upgrade, both vessels had 15,000- sq-ft. of existing deck coverings in the accommodation areas removed and replaced using materials sup- plied by Durastic Ltd.

For more information on

Durastic flooring and decking products

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FSU Floated Out In Finland

The Floating Storage Unit (FSU) under construction at Kvaerner

Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard for Norsk Hydro Production was launched in early February.

Scheduled for delivery in June, the

FSU will be towed out to the Njord field and anchored in a water depth of approximately 330 m

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