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Bisso Completes Offshore

Salvage

Simrad/Robertson dynamic posi- tioning system, and included in the pilothouse are Berg electronic con- trols, Sailor VHF and SSB radios,

Sperry radars, a Tokimec gyro and a Control General electro- hydraulic steering system. The vessel is U.S.-flagged and ABS- classed, Maltese Cross Al, Maltese

Cross AMS towing supply.

For more information on Halter

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Oil Operations Underway

At Global

Work has commenced at Global

No matter how you look at it, your business is more productive when you can see where it's headed.

Industries, Ltd. on two contracts associated with

Marathon Oil company's

Oyster and Arnold sub- sea field developments located in Ewing Banks

Blocks 917 and 963 in 1,250 ft. (381 m) and 1,800 ft. (549 m) of water,

Global's reel pipelay barge Chickasaw laid both the Arnold and Oyster flow lines. respectively. Working under con- tract to ABB Offshore Technology,

Global will weld and reel eight miles each of dual six and 10-in. diameter pipe-in-pipe insulated flowlines, which will then be reeled onto Global's Chicasaw reel pipelay barge.

The Oyster and Arnold flowlines will be the third and fourth reeled pipe-in-pipe flowlines in the Gulf of Mexico, and Arnold's 10/6 insu- lated line will reportedly be the largest pipe-in-pipe flowlines laid in the Gulf of Mexico to date. The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

For more information on

Global Industries, Ltd.

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Bisso Marine Company's Salvage

Division has successfully complet- ed salvage operations on M/V Cliff

Wayne.

The 130-ft. (40-m) offshore sup- ply vessel sank in January 1997 in 40 ft. (12.2 m) of water in West

Cameron 103. The stern was embedded 60 ft. (18.3 m) below the mud line in Beaumont Clay with 10 ft. (3 m) of the bow above the 28 Circle 281 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News