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Ship Repair & Conversion

Mobile Yard Stays Busy With Offshore Work

Even before the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washing- ton, D.C., the offshore market in the

Gulf of Mexico had shown signs of weakening. However one shipyard —

Atlantic Marine-Mobile — has reported a steady flow of work with the award of several, substantial offshore refurbish- ment contracts in recent months.

The shipyard in Mobile has a long his- tory with the offshore market, but it notes that 2001 has been particularly busy. Semi-submersible and jack-up rigs have occupied the Mobile, Alabama facility throughout 2001. The influx of

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ENSCO International's jack-up rig

ENSCO 68, arrived in Mobile in late

March. The rig was in the yard for rou- tine maintenance and class inspection, including the installation of a new top drive and upgraded drill floor to increase its drilling depth capacity. The job included about 85 tons of steel replacement, and the yard accomplished the work 10 days ahead of schedule.

ENSCO 94 immediately followed, and was scheduled to leave the yard in early

October. It was in the yard for drill floor modifications to allow for the installa- tion of a new derrick in order to increase its drilling depth capacity, as well. On this job. 85 tons of steel renewal was required. Atwood Oceanics' semi-sub- mersible Atwood Hunter entered the yard in June for a major upgrade.

Hunter will have all new crew quarters — accommodating 120 people — installed, as well as a new 75-ton crane.

All derrick and drilling equipment will be upgraded along with a complete renewal of the piping systems, to accommodate the rig's capacity o drill a well depth up to 25,000 ft. This was a substantial steel job. involving the replacement of about 750 tons of steel.

Upon leaving the shipyard in October, hunter will begin a contract in the

Egyptian territorial waters of the

Mediterranean Sea for Burullus Gas-

Company, drilling 11 wells.

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