Contents I
1ST QUARTER 2008
Editor Cheryl Saponia
Editorial Assistant Clare Nicholls
Design/Production Manager Sandy Defraine Group Sales Director Debbi Bonner Advertisement Manager Rosemary Little Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Marlceting Manager Adelaide Proctor
Publisher Mark J Staunton-Lambert
Published by: •
Hie Royal Institution of Naval Architects Editorial & Advertisement Office: 10 Upper Belgrave Street London S W I X 8BQ, U K Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622 Telefax: +44 (0) 20 7245 6959
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Four issues published annually
Printed in Wales by Pensord Press Ltd
The Institution is not, as a body, responsible for opinions expressed i n Offshore Marme Technology unless it is expressly stated that these are the Council's views.
Registered charity No. 211161
© 2008 The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Hiis publica-tion is copyright under the Berne Convenpublica-tion and the Interna-tional Copyright Convention. A l l rights reserved. No part o f this publication may be reproduced, stored i n a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior permission o f the copyright o^vner. Permission is not, however, required to copy abstracts of papers or o f articles on condition that a f u l l reference to the source is shown. Multiple copying of the contents without permission is always illegal.
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Editorial comment
Offshore wirid forms: breaking through the
bureaucratic barriers
4-8
News
4-5 News
Ó-8 Equipment News
9
In-depth
9
Design
| PSV icebreaker designed to
be green
10-11
Vessels: Launch & Delivery
10-11 Fast crew supplier reduces slamming
12-20 Features
Feature 1 Repair and conversion
12-13 More conversion contracts for
Singaporean group
13 North Sea first: flare tower repair
14 FPDSO conversion underway
14 In-situ repair reduces downtime costs
15 Pipe-laying project completed
Feature 2 Spars
16 The Perdido spar: certification ongoing
Feature 3 Environment and renewabi© energy
18 Class approval for new wind concept
18 Windmills for offshore Europe
20 Government go-ahead for Wave Hub
Shell's Perdido spar is
being constructed by /j
Technip. h/'
yy<r
Approval In principle has been agreed for this wind energy concept.
Contents
2ND QUARTER 2008
Editoi- Cheryl Saponia
Editorial Assistant Clare Nicholls
Design/Production IVIanager Sandy Defraine Group Sales Director Debbi Bonner Advertisement IVIanager Rosemary Little Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Marketing Manager Adelaide Proctor
Publisher Mark j Staunton-Lambert
Published by;
The Royal Institution o f Naval Architects Editorial & Advertisement Office: 10 Upper Belgrave Street London S W I X 8BQ, U K Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622 Telefax: +44 (0) 20 7245 6959
E-mail editorial editorial@rina.org.uk E-mail advertising advertising@rina.org.uk E-mail subscriptions subscriptions@rina.org.uk
Four issues published annually
Printed i n Wales by Pensord Press Ltd
The Institution is not, as a body responsible for opinions expressed i n Offshore Marine Technology unless it is expressly stated that these are the Council's views.
Registered charity No. 211161
© 2008 The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. This publication is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. A l l rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored i n a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Permission is not, however, required to copy abstracts of papers or of articles on condition that a f u l l reference to the source is shown. Multiple copying of the contents without permission is always illegal.
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Editorial comment
Offshore vessels orders: will the trend continue?
4-6
News
4 News
6 Equipment news
8-9
In-depth
8-9
Equipment
| Weighty advantages for FPSOs
10-24 Features
Feature 1 Jack-up rigs
10 Diesel engines power first elevating
support vessel
12-14 Self-elevating platforms excel
Feature 2 Rules and regulations
16-17 Are existing regulations appropriate for new
generation OSVs?
18-21 Updates rules meet current requirements
21 New rules for units in remote Ice areas
Feature 3 Support vessels
22 Triple christening for new vessels
24 Largest ever ship completed by yard
Contents I
4TH QUARTER 2008
Editor Angela Velasco
Publishing Assistant Nicola Stuart Group Sales Director John Payten Advertisement Manager Rosemary Little Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Marketing Manager Adelaide Proctor
Publisher Mark J Staunton-Lambert
Published by:
The Royal Institution o f Naval Architects Editorial & Advertisement Office: 10 Upper Belgrave Street London S W I X 8BQ, U K Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622 Telefax: +44 (0) 20 7245 6959
E-mail editorial editorial@rina.org.uk E-mail production production@rina.org.uk E-mail advertising advertising@rina.org.uk E-mail subscriptions subscriptions@rina.org.uk
Printed m Wales by Stephens & George Magazines.
The Institution is not, as a body responsible for opinions expressed i n Offshore Marme Technology unless i t is expressly stated that these are the Council's views.
Registered charity No. 211161
© 2008 l h e Royal Institution o f Naval Architects. Hiis publication is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. A l l rights reserved. No part o f this pubhcation may be reproduced, stored i n a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior permission o f t h e copyright owner. Permission is not, however, required to copy abstracts o f papers or of articles o n condition that a f u l l reference to the source is shown. Multiple copying o f the contents without permission is always illegal.
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Editorial comment
A class of their own
6-9
News
6-7 News
8-9 Equipment news
10
In-depth
10
Composite repair
| Belzona Polymeries
launch new pipe repair system
12-26
Features
Feature 1 Gulf of Mexico
12-13 The frontier: ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico
14-15 First FPSO for GoM
16 Contracts for drilling semi-submersibles for
Gulf of Mexico
Feature 2 FPSO tectinology
18-19 First FPSO for PetroProd
20 Aker Solutions awarded contracts
21 Keppel Shipyard expands FPSO repertoire
23 FPSOs dominate offshore industry boom
Feature 3 Environment and renewable energy
24 Commercial wave power project goes live
25 Six biofuel agreements for Shell
25-26 Catching the breeze
BW Pioneer, the first FPSO bound for GoM.
