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- Angola And Canada Provide Projects For Smit Pioneer Maritime Reporter, Apr 2000 #40
Smit Pioneer, the first of Smit International's new class of multipurpose offshore installation vessels, has been busy in its first few months of service. This vessel is one of four former LASH barge carriers purchased by Smit over the past two years. Three of the dock-type vessels are operating successfully in the global heavy transportation market. Smit Pioneer, however, was converted at a U.K. yard for the offshore installation and cablelay roles.
Immediately following sea trials and commissioning, Smit Pioneer sailed to Le Trait, France, last October to load for a subsea installation program in the Kuito Field, offshore Angola, under a contract won by Smit Maritime Contractors. Smit Pioneer has now commenced a 105-day charter for subsea installation work in Canadian waters. Once again, the vessel loaded at Le Trait, on the Seine, for departure to the Terra Nova Field, offshore Newfoundland. The assignment began earlier this month. The client for both Angola and Canada is Coflexip Stena Offshore. In the former case, Smit Pioneer installed flexibles in the Kuito Field, together with buoyancy tanks and counterweights required for the mid-water arches. This work was associated with the first phase of the fast-track Kuito development. The spread mobilized for the subsea works includes a 66 ft.
(20 m) diameter carousel and the Coflexip VLS (Vertical Lay System), positioned at the aft moonpool. A 20 x 20 ft. (6 x 6 m) moonpool plug was engineered, to ensure that the radius of the flexibles remained within the specified parameters. Smit Pioneer is a unique offshore installation vessel, outfitted to remain on station for extended periods. There is accommodation for a minimum of 80 persons, including 50 project personnel. Equipment includes an advanced DP system, two moonpools, a fully heave-compensated revolving crane (rated 150 tons dynamic load), an overhead crane and a Super Puma-capable helideck. The primary operational roles include the installation of moorings for FPSO's, diverless tieins, well servicing, flexlay, manifold and riser installation, ROV support and cablelay. The spread required for Terra Nova includes 12 reels, the Coflexip VLS (installed at the forward moonpool), a trencher and an ROV. The Coflexip contract is Smit's second award connected with Terra Nova — the first development in Canadian waters to require an FPSO. Smit Transport & Heavy Lift is to provide heavy lift services during the outfitting of the FPSO (a newbuild from Daewoo, Korea) at the Bull Arm facility. This program of lifts will be performed next month by Asian Hercules II (3,200 tons lift capacity) — the largest floating sheerlegs in the Smit fleet. Smit Pioneer's task is to trench and lay flexibles in the field, 350 km off St John's Newfoundland. Water depth on location is 312 ft. (95 m). Petro-Canada is the Project Operator. Drilling began in June of last year.
In recent months, an additional role has been identified for Smit Pioneer — as an all-weather surface platform for Smit's POLREC (Pollutant Recovery) system, developed to pump out oils and chemicals from wrecks. The need of an all-weather surface platform was identified following the loss of the tanker Erika off France last December. Smit used POLREC successfully in an awardwinning project to pump out Bunker C cargoes from two small tankers lost off the Korean port of Busan. In these cases, the POLREC diverless recovery system pumped the oil to a barge equipped with reception facilities.
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- Positive Outlook for Global Subsea Development, Deepwater Strengthening Maritime Reporter, Apr 2002 #50
, Cameron has a favorable market position with a 55 percent share following on the heels of several significant ExxonMobil contracts including Kizomba in Angola, Erha in Nigeria and Leased Production System (LPS). With the award of Shell's deepwater Bonga trees offshore Nigeria in early 2001, ABB will supply
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- Progressive Delivers First Boat For Africa Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1981 #12
n um crewboat Oil Corsair (shown above) was loaded aboard the Japanese freighter Seki Rokel recently in New Orleans for service in the waters offshore Angola in West Africa, highlighting a "first" for the shipbuilder. Built by Progressive Shipbuilders and Fabricators, Inc. of Houma, La., the Oil Corsair
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- Piracy Offshore Africa: Securing a Continent Maritime Logistics Professional, Q2 2014 #22
of Guinea for the fourth annual counter-piracy exercise involving 31 vessels and 20 countries. The African countries most affected by piracy, including Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo sent their ships to participate in
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- Outlook for Floating Production Systems Maritime Reporter, Sep 2003 #52
system depends on local weather and sea conditions. As many as 60 to 70 subsea wells can be tied back to the production unit (e.g., Dalia FPSO off Angola will be tied to 67 wells through nine manifolds) or the unit could be producing from only one well. Off-take and delivery of oil is accomplished
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- Rigdon Marine Promotes Harkness to CFO Post Maritime Reporter, Nov 2004 #85
for Europe and Africa for a major offshore energy support company. He has also held financial management positions for that company in Egypt, Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Ivory Coast. Nigeria, and the North Sea. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Washburn University
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- Converting for the Oil Market Maritime Logistics Professional, Q4 2013 #40
patterns deepwater exploration and production is developing. No doubt, oil as we once knew it, is changing. The Changing Landscape Nigeria and Angola are leading African offshore and also developing a reputation as the continent’s oil, gas exploration and production hub since the first explorations
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- Teekay Orders Aframax Tankers Maritime Reporter, Feb 2004 #15
of its FPSOs on a long-term lease rather than buying it as initially planned. Meanwhile, a new FPSO has started production for Exxon Mobil offshore Angola. With this new unit, IHC subsidiary SBM now has 13 FPSOs under lease and operating contracts with three new ones under construction, the company said
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- Marine Contractors Begins Work On $68-Million Turnkey Project Maritime Reporter, Mar 1980 #4
, engineering, fabrication and installation of three gas i n j e c t i o n p l a t f o r m s and their process facilities off the coast of Cabinda, Angola, West Africa. The project is scheduled to be completed in 18 months. By then, two 8-pile platforms, a 6-pile platform, with utilities and pipelines wil
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- A Pivotal Year for AUVs in the Oil & Gas Sector Marine Technology, May 2014 #24
or hybrid (AUV-ROV) vehicles. The application is still in pre-commercial stages, but has a great potential to demand a number of units for installations in Angola, Nigeria, Brazil, South Asia, North Sea, and US GoM, as LoFI using AUVs are more applicable in deepwaters. Site Surveys, which take place on the seabed
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- Floating Production Growth May Face Obstacles Maritime Reporter, Apr 2014 #38
moves by Marathon illustrate the shift in investment priorities taking place in the industry. Marathon has recently sold its interest in Block 31/32 in Angola and is marketing its interests in the North Sea. Explaining the company’s strategy, the CEO in March said the divestiture “is a continuation of our
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- Floating Production Systems: A Big Opportunity for Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Sep 2013 #62
. In other areas, MMHE/Technip in Johor (Malaysia) is building a large TLP for Shell for use offshore Malaysia. Paenal, a new yard in Porto Aboim (Angola), is contracted to finish topsides work on two FPSOs being built for offshore Angola. Technip is fabricating a production spar hull for Anadarko at
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July 2022 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 22robot being deployed for inspection of the a abandoned platform m to become an arti? cial reef. All photos courtesy EQS Turning an oil platform in Angola into an arti? cial reef aving reached the end of its service lifecycle, the cameras, sensors, tooling and complex data gathering systems Safueito
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February 2021 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35during the FPSOs. Africa is in second place, with 24% of planned same period will likely be higher, causing the number of FPSO projects. Nigeria and Angola account for two-thirds FPSOs in service or available to begin to slowly decline of the African projects. Other major locations are SE Asia, over
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September 2019 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21By turning a “tuna scandal” into an op- In addition, Mozambique’s 1,400-mile time systems for major navies. The ships gas discoveries. Ivory Coast, Angola, Al- portunity, Mozambique could become a coastline and three deep-water ports are are modern, capable, and impressive, yet geria, Egypt, Equatorial
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June 2019 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 45(alongside Teekay Offshore Partners, LP (TOO) largest LNG supplier), jointly owning sold to lessors and then chartered back. the state oil company in Angola) and and Teekay LNG Partners, LP (TGP), all more than a dozen modern LNG carriers. Such transactions serve to raise cash listed on the NYSE. Teekay
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November 2016 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 55training. ings were completed earlier this year. Monet is owned by Google, Algar Tele- Subsea IMR provider N-Sea has in- Boskalis Wins Work for com, Angola Cables and ANTEL. The creased its
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March 2016 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 66Sales Manager in the Largo, last eight years working in Africa; in production and development of systems Md., of? ce. His responsibilities include Angola as an engineer and a specialist as well as the logistics for the Low Prob- executing Phoenix commercial (AUV, in the coordination of mobile offshore
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August 2015 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 48uncertain, involvement of oil companies in ? oating one in Vietnam as proof of the new oper- needs, West African yards — like Pae- nal at Porto Amboim, Angola with its with 50 percent of marginal oil? elds in production contracts can result in fewer ator-contractor success model. The con- 2,500-metric-ton
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July 2015 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4711 river ment in our home markets where there Ahlers Lindley and Almarin share ing equipment for marinas, leisure har- landings in the Kubango River, Angola has been little to no recent investment, engineering and production capabilities bours and ? shing ports. Due to the nature for the locals to
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April 2015 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 39GPS, GLONASS and GNSS solutions QA/QC NMEA outputs compliant with OGP 373-19 / IMCA S 015 Precise Stable & Reliable Easy to Install www.cnav.com Angola Brazil Mexico Singapore South Africa United Kingdom USA www.marinetechnologynews.com Marine Technology Reporter 39 MTR
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October 2014 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 57Venezuela: up to $2,715 per day Project Manager in Iraq: up to $2,700 per day Subsea Manager in Australia: up to $2,692 per day Drilling Manager in Angola: up to $2,631 per day Completion Manager in Iraq: up to $2,624 per dayOceanica Orders Two ROVs Oceanica, the long established Brazil-ian subsea
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September 2014 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38contracts in progress. • Bumi Armada in mid-August signed a contract with ENI to supply a VLCC-size FPSO for use as the East Hub on Block 15/06 off Angola. The lease is for 12 years fi rm with options for 8 yearly extensions. During the fi rm lease period, the lease payment will aver- age $684
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Q3 2014 - Maritime Logistics Professional page: 45, including the waters off Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo, Cameroon and Lagos. However, pirates are not shy of extending their roaming to Angola and Congo and seizing op- portunities arising from political instability in Syria, Egypt and Libya. Beyond these areas, from India and Indonesia to
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Q2 2014 - Maritime Logistics Professional page: 29Ratings and Of- fi cers on the Geo Arctic, preparing to repel pirates with sound deterrents. The African countries most affected by piracy, including Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo sent their ships to participate
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Q2 2014 - Maritime Logistics Professional page: 28in West Africa. One Scottish sea captain seized along with his ship in May last year said the pirates threatened to burn him alive. Separately, Angola saw its fi rst reported hijacking in the fi rst quarter of 2014, further demonstrating the increased range and capabil- ity of Nigerian piracy,
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Q2 2014 - Maritime Logistics Professional page: 27Guinea for the fourth annual counter- piracy exercise involving 31 vessels and 20 countries. The African countries most affected by piracy, including Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo sent their ships to participate
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March 1980 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2the design, engineering, fabrica- tion and installation of three gas injection platforms and their process facilities off the coast of Cabinda, Angola, West Africa. The project is scheduled to be completed in 18 months. By then, two 8-pile platforms, a 6-pile plat- form, with utilities and
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June 2014 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 52Acquisition Mooring Start Strategy System Sankofa Ghana ENI 1000 2017/20 FPSO Lease ET Bonga SW Nigeria Shell 1200 2020/21 FPSO Own S Chissonga Angola Maersk Oil 1355 2017/18 FPSO + TLWP Own ET Libra EWT Brazil Petrobras 2200 2016 FPSO Lease S Tartaruga Verde Brazil Petrobras 930-980 2017 FPSO Lease
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May 2014 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26from approximately 600 in 2014.An overview of the demand by region is as follows: Africa - Main activity will be site survey in the presalt area in Angola and Nigeria. Asia - Military demand will come from China, research in Japan and deepwater O&G in India, Indonesia and Malaysia. Australasia -
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October 15, 1981 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 10Oil Corsair (shown above) was loaded aboard the Japanese freighter Seki Rokel recently in New Orleans for serv- ice in the waters offshore Angola in West Africa, highlighting a "first" for the shipbuilder. Built by Progressive Shipbuild- ers and Fabricators, Inc. of Hou- ma, La., the
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April 2014 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43Norway ? Catcher (U.K.) BWO is likely to get a build/lease award from Premier for a 60kb/d + 60mmcf/d FPSO for use offshore the U.K. ? Kaombo GC & CLM (Angola) Saipem and Modec are competing for an award from Total for two similar FPSOs with 100kb/d + 105mmcf/d processing plants ? Atlanta (Brazil) QGEP is
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April 2014 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42moves by Marathon illustrate the shift in investment priorities taking place in the industry. Marathon has re- cently sold its interest in Block 31/32 in Angola and is marketing its interests in the North Sea. Explaining the com-pany?s strategy, the CEO in March said the divestiture ?is a continuation of
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October 1983 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36August 8, 1983. If you have questions concerning the pro- posed regulations, contact LCDR George Naccara (202) 426-2240. ITC Tows Choctaw I From Angola To Texas I.T.C. Holland's tug Simoon delivers the Santa Fe Choctaw I at Sabine Pass, Texas. After a 7,000-mile journey, the I.T.C. Hol- land
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April 2000 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40™ ™ .x? ^ r. • ^ - v - V •a; »? I " At t< ,'V You Have A Lot Riding on Your Roller Fairlead Why Settle for Less fhon Skookum ? Angola And Canada Provide Projects For Smit Pioneer Circle 294 on Reader Service Card 40 Smit Pioneer, the first of Smit International's new class
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October 2000 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 3rd Coverrole. The newly commissioned vessel — the first of a new class — started immediately on a contract connected with development of a new field in Angolan waters, and then secured another contract, for work relat- ed to Canada's first FPSO, offshore Newfoundland. Engaged by Coflexip Stena Offshore