John Avila, president of Spec- Tec General, Inc., recently announced that the AMOS maintenance software system will be used for all ships in the Esso International Shipping fleet. The contract was awarded to SpecTec General's Benelux (economic union comprising Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) allied company, SpecTec Consult B.V.
Mr. Avila stated, "The Esso International Shipping (Bahamas) Co.
Ltd., operating out of their Schiedam, Netherlands, office, selected AMOS-D from a number of international competitors for spare part control and administration of maintenance history on board their ships.
AMOS-D will be installed on all 27 Esso crude oil tankers ranging from 25,000 dwt to more than 300,000 dwt. The construction and installation of all databases for the six different classes of ships will take 22 months and will be performed by Esso engineers under supervision of SpecTec Consult B.V.
More than 60 engineers and superintendents will be trained in the use of PCs and AMOS-D.
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Canada's Northwest Territories is nearing completion at Matsumoto Shipyard, Ltd., on the Dollarton waterfront of North Vancouver, British Columbia, for Esso Resources Canada Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta. The 39-foot aluminum boat, named the R.W. MacKinnon, is unusual in several respects: power is provided
IMODCO of Los Angeles, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been awarded a contract by Esso Suez, Inc. for a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) terminal. This unit for Esso is designed to securely moor tankers of up to 85,000 dwt, primarily for
IMODCO of Los Angeles, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been awarded a contract by Esso Suez, Inc. for a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) terminal. This unit for Esso is designed to securely moor tankers of up to 85,000 dwt, primarily for
Three GEC Rolls-Royce electrical generating sets worth $18 million have been ordered to power the Shell/Esso Tern offshore production platform in the northern sector of the North Sea. Two ERB-1 generating sets, each powered by a Rolls-Royce Industrial RB211 gas turbine developing 30,840 hp, and one
Esso has decided to install inertgas systems in a number of its large crude oil carriers. Based on competitive bids from Norwegian shipyards, Esso Tankers Inc. — a subsidiary of Exxon Corporation in New York — has signed a contract for such equipment to be installed aboard crude oil tankers by the
R.J. Brown and Associates has been awarded a contract by Esso Australia Ltd. for the design of an underwater plow to trench-in a pipeline following its installation in Bass Strait, off Southeast Australia. The 23-mile 24-inch gas transmission line will connect the Snapper "A" production platform
The 508,731-dwt ultra large crude carrier (ULCC) supertanker Esso Atlantic, the largest ship built in Japan to date, was delivered to her owner, Esso Tankers, Inc. of Liberia, on August 11, 1977, at Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Shipyard. Besides being the largest ship ever built in Japan, she is also the
From June 28 to July 7, 1969, the new 190,- 800-dwt tanker Esso Norway lay at anchor in Eckernfoerde Bay, about 20 miles from Kiel, Germany, where she was built. Figure 1 gives the general arrangement and dimensions of this ship. An extensive static structural test program was carried out on a
Atlantic Marine, Inc., recently delivered a very special multipurpose tug, the Esso Santa Cruz, to Lago Oil and Transport Company, Limited of Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, an Exxon affiliate. The $4-million tug was built to stop and help maneuver to and from dockside VLCCs up to 400,000 dwt in the
will go into operation early in 1978 under a development contract signed between the Organization for Industrial Research TNO, a Dutch corporation, and Esso Tankvaart Maatschappij B.V., an affiliate of Esso Nederland B.V. The unique engine room simulator will be located at the TNO Institute for Mechanical
and for rental of portable tank cleaning and land based equipment worldwide. Butterworth Systems, an affiliate of Exxon Corporation, parent of Esso Petroleum Co., is the pioneer in tank cleaning machines. Mr. Smith joined the Esso Group 17 years ago, serving in diversified marketing, sales and
, the largest domestic gas development on the eastern seaboard of Australia at the time. The charterer was McDermott Australia and the client was Esso Australia where we served as accommodation unit for up to 400 work- ers doing upgrade on the Marlin B platform. The project started in June 2012 and
., primarily in the Far East. He has had extensive general manage- ment and marketing experience in the Philippines as vice presi- dent and director, Esso Philip- pines, as well as in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Australia, Ma- laysia and Pakistan. He will be headquartered in Manila. Mr. Burke
. Stanford worked with Gibbs & Cox, Bethlehem Steel, and Gulf Oil, securing considerable experi- ence in marine design and oper- ations. He then joined Esso In- ternational Services, where he was responsible for the company's entire European construction pro- gram, including the building of over
Lines Atlantic Richfield Co. Burmah Oil Co. Calmar Steamship Central Gulf Cities Service Oil Co. Delta Steamship Lines El Paso Natural Gas Esso Standard Oil of Ohio Isthmian Lines Margate Maritime Overseas Co. Marine Transport Lines Mathiasen's Tanker Ind. Matson Military Sealift
Manu- facturing Company, P.O. Box 608, Savannah, Ga. 31402. Shallow Water Maneuvering Trials Completed In Gulf The 278,000-dwt supertanker Esso Osaka successfully com- pleted shallow water maneuver- ing trials on August 3, 1977 in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Galveston, Texas, it was
has a way of making research and development pay off. Our lengthy experience building LPG carriers proves it. Among these, the 100,000m3-tank-capacity Esso Fuji is the world's largest. Now our new gear support for Hitachi Zosen-Chicago Bridge & Iron gear-support type LNG carriers helps to prove it again
of Oklahoma. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engi- neering in 1965, Dr. Petty became an operations supervisor for Esso Exploration, Inc. He returned to the University of Oklahoma and earned a Master of Science degree in petroleum engineering in 1970. Dr. Petty
,000 dwt), the ves- sel in the dock on the day of the ceremony, was ASRY's fourth VLCC. She had been preceded by the Ambrosiana (231,048 dwt), the Esso Dalriada (259,042 dwt), and the Stavros GL (357,054 dwt). The Mobil Pride was immediately followed into the dock on Decem- ber 16 by the Texaco
, and DDR- Schiffs-Revision und Klassifika- tion. July 1, 1978 15 plied by LTEK/CSC Metli ane Pioneer Meth ane Princess Methane Progress Esso Brega Esso Portovenere Esso Uguria Laiet i Desc irtes Above: El Paso Southern, Newport News Shipbuilding, launched in 1977. Below: El Paso
In North Sea Taywood-Santa Fe Limited has been awarded a contract by Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, acting on behalf of the Shell/ Esso partnership, for the project management and detailed design of the topside facilities for the North Cormorant platform in the North Sea. The
final structural and mechanical design of a SALM (Single Anchor Leg Mooring) System for Shell U.K. Exploration and Production (Operator), and for Esso Explora- tion and Production U.K. for the Fulmar Field in the North Sea. The facility will accommodate a nominal 200,000-dwt storage tank- er
barge Balder, jackups such as the Ma- ersk Explorer, pipelaying barges including the Viking Piper, and offshore storage systems such as the Shell Esso Brent Spar. IHC Gusto received the 1978 Offshore Technology Conference Distin- guished Achievement Award, which in a large part was due to the
contract to de- velop and install the maintenance system and to inventory the on- board spares in the four ultra large crude carriers (ULCCs) of the Esso Atlantic/Tokyo class. Two of these tankers are approxi- mately 500,000 dwt and two are 400,000 dwt. Exxon has decided to proceed with this class
, Jeffersonville Mayor Richard Vissing, and Joe Bobzien, president of Jeffboat and its sister company, American Commercial Barge Line. Executives of Esso Tankers and China Shipbuilding shown at the recent contract signing in New York City are, left to right: A. Elmer III, commercial planning man- ager
plow, and plow cutting depth. In late 1978 early 1979, prior to design and construction of the full-scale post-trench- ing plow, RJBA, on behalf of Esso Australia, built and tested 1:50 and 1:5 scale model plows. The 1:50 scale model was used to confirm the closure mechanism of the split share
meters per second and wave heights of 2.5 meters (about 8 feet). The Port Authority project is the second for Imodco in Singa- pore. A CALM for ESSO Sing- apore Private, Ltd., for handling crude oil tankers of up to 252,000 dwt, has been in operation since 1970. Collision Avoidance Literature
Beall Jr., (AAPG), Conoco Inc. Gale L. Hubred, (AIChE), Chevron Research Co. Daniel G. Godfrey, (ASCE), Shell Development Co. William P. Dixon, (ASME),Esso Exploration, Inc. Glen N. Williams, (IEEE), Texas A&M U. James H. Osborn, (MTS), Naval Facilities Engineering Command A.M. Olander, (SEG), Exxon
owners. SD 14s have also been built under license in Argen- tina, Brazil, and Greece. $11-Million Contract For IGS Retrofits Signed By Esso Tankers Esso has decided to install inert- gas systems in a number of its large crude oil carriers. Based on competitive bids from Norwegian
Lines Atlantic Richfield Co. Burmah Oil Co. Calmar Steamship Central Gulf Cities Service Oil Co. Delta Steamship Lines El Paso Natural Gas Esso Standard Oil of Ohio Isthmian Lines Maritime Overseas Co. Marine Transport Lines Mathiasen's Tanker Ind. Matson Military Sealift Command
. 5:00 p.m.—Chairman's Remarks WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 Session 2—Operation and Safety Chairman: Capt. A. Allievi, Shipping Safe- ty Coordinator, Esso Europe Inc., London. 9:00 a.m. — Explosion Hazards and Relevant Safety Measures at Vapor Re- covery Plants: K. Schampel, Physikalisch- Technische
of the motion re- sponses resulting from rudder ac- tion during ship trials. These techniques were used to specify the trial maneuvers of the Esso Osaka (VLCC), and to "measure" the ship's hydrodynamic charac- teristics from the data obtained during these trials. Paper No. 11—"Guidelines
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