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de Nul Group, the dredger, which is the largest in the world, will be utilized for international land reclamation projects.

Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH supplied the dredging systems and components.

Before being passed over to its owner during 2000, the dredger is scheduled to carry out high-performance dredging operations.

Main Particulars

Length 656 ft. (200 m)

Width 119 ft. (36.2 m)

Draft 46 ft. (14 m)

Dredging depth 148/197/262/430 ft. (45/60/80/131 m)

Deadweight 58,000 tons

Total power (approximate) 37,060 kW

Speed (fully laden) 16.5 knots

Pilot Boat Features

New Hull Design

Featuring a waterjet-powered fiber- glass hull, a new pilot boat was con- structed for Puget Sound Pilots at Nord- lund Boat Co., Tacoma, Wash.

Measuring 74 ft. (22.5 m), the vessel will be based at Port Angeles, Wash., where it was scheduled to enter service during December 1999. Powered by two

Cat® 3412E marine diesel engines, each rated 900-bhp at 2,300-rpm, driving

Hamilton waterjets through Reintjes

Gears, the vessel's top speed is estimat- ed at 26 knots. The 1,800-bhp (1,342 bkW) Puget Sound boasts a new hull design developed in conjunction with

Tim Nolan of Tim Nolan Marine

Design and Ed Hagemann of Hage-

Marine, Inc.

Noted as the first marine engine to fea- ture Caterpillar's patented Hydraulical- ly-Actuated Electronically-Controlled

Unit Injector (HEUI) fuel system — this will be the first pilot boat installation of

Cat 3412Es. Regarding the engine's per- formance, Captain John Harris, of Puget

Sound Pilots, cited increased fuel econ- omy, emissions control and weight-to- weight power ratio.

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Schlumberger Launches

Deepwater Vessel

Schlumberger introduced DeepSTIM — an advanced stimulation vessel.

Launched last month for operation in the Gulf of Mexico, the vessel measures 260 x 56 ft. with its large capacity pro- viding reliability in unfavorable weather conditions — allowing it to remain at sea for extended periods. A fully enclosed North Sea-style deck houses all pumping, mixing and blending equipment — eliminating exposure of equipment and personnel to weather.

Equipped with the most recent tech- nology in antiroll systems, environmen- tal waste containment, data acquisition and transmission, and fluid engineering, the vessel runs at 12,700-hhp at rates of 50 barrels per minute. DeepSTIM can also increase its hhp, with 48 hours notice, to 19,500-hhp. A process con- trolled, continuous-mix fluid system permits "on-the-fly" mixing of both acid and fracturing fluids utilizing fresh water or seawater, thus significantly minimizing fluid wastes and reducing material costs. Features include an inno- vative dynamic positioning system, which allows the vessel to remain at a programmed position using computer- supported thrusters constructed into the vessel's hull. A high-speed satellite communications package allows trans- mission of critical wellsite information.

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Main Particulars

Length 74 ft. (22.7 m)

Beam 20 ft. (6 m)

Design draft 3 ft. (.9 m)

Propulsion engines 2xCat3412E

Marine gear 2x Reintjes WFS 334

Propulsion x Hamilton

Conoco Christens Seventh

DH Tanker

Conoco Inc. has placed in service the seventh double-hulled crude oil tanker the company has built since 1990.

Sentinel will join Conoco's all double- hulled fleet, which includes: five similar double-hulled tankers primarily used to transport crude oil from Venezuela and

Mexico to Conoco's Lake Charles, La. refinery, a double-hulled shuttle tanker in the North Sea, and two, state-of-the- art deepwater drillships.

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Precise Control, Navigation and Information

Systems for Safiey and Entriromental Protection

Autopilots IBS / Stand Alone Gyrocompass

Speed Log Magnetic Compass Charting Instruments mmm

St t Level

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The first flat array antenna for liquid tank gauging.

This software driven array allows for each sensor to remotely configure itself for the type of product as well as the structural characteristics within each tank. It is completely self-diagnostic and is factory calibrated using a laser interferometer to ,1mm. It is designed for the harshest environments and can be provided in a high temperature version to 385°F. It is intrinsically safe with Class 1, Div. 1,

Group D & C approvals. As a smart sensor, all processing calculations and software are resident in the device itself, only a high level generic data output, i.e., RS485 (or others on request) is sent to the cargo control area.

Options: • Multiple alarm set-points • Temperature • PV Pressure • I.G. Pressure • Tank Management Software • Automated draft and trim

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