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Inland Report

Bollinger Provides Speedy

Rig Modification

Bollinger Shipyards in Fourchon, La. accommo- dated the Glomar Adriatic IX and Adriatic X for leg modifications and repair work following the two rigs' return to the U.S.

Bollinger Fourchon, LLC, a sub- sidiary of Bollinger Shipyards, recently completed a project for R&B Falcon

Drilling, which included the replace- ment of jet piping and the fabrication and erection of an interior bulkhead on the Cliffs 150 rig in just eight days.

The Lockport, La.-based shipyard also performed work on two Marathon Le

Tourneau 116-C jack-up drilling rigs -

Glomar Adriatic IX and Glomar Adriat- ic X - owned by Global Marine Interna- tional Drilling Corporation. On each rig,

Bollinger, in conjunction with Marathon

Le Tourneau, lengthened three legs from 410 to 477 ft. (124.9 to 145.3 m). The company also added a wind wall around the drill floor, installed BOP (blow out preventor) trolley beams and a shale shaker trough, and extended the jet pip- ing lines.

Cory Upgrades Bristol Tug Fleet

Cory Towage's tractor tug, Stackgarth, has been transferred to the company's Bristol fleet.

Throughout the past few months, Cory

Towage has invested more than $800,000 in upgrading its Bristol tug fleet for the extension of operational flexibility.

The 43-ton bollard pull tug Stackgarth has been transferred from Swansea, replacing the 50-ton bollard pull tug

Edengarth. Despite being less powerful than its predecessor, Stackgarth is a highly maneuverable tractor tug fitted with azimuthing propellers, while Eden- garth is a conventional single screw ves- sel. Prior to being incorporated into the

Bristol fleet, Stackgarth underwent refurbishment at the Dunston shiprepairyard in Hull, which included a major overhaul of all machinery onboard. New slipping clutches have been installed to improve the tug's per- formance at low engine revolutions and the skeg has been modified to reduce roll.

An additional Bristol vessel, "combi" tug Point Gilbert also underwent refur- bishment - the rebuilding of the main engine and Caterpillar unit driving the front Aquamaster unit.

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