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Keppel Wins Key Contracts
Keppel Shipyard won the contract for the construction of a derrick lay barge and the modification of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada) has contracted Keppel Shipyard for the construction of a derrick lay barge for pipe laying operations in waters of up to 100m in depth. It will be built in two separate hull strips and mechanically completed in Keppel Shipyard before being transported through the narrow Volga-Don River Canal System to a shipyard in the Caspian Sea for the joining of the vessel. The second project is from Single Buoy Moorings Inc (SBM) for the modification of FPSO Capixaba, which was a fast-track conversion carried out by Keppel Shipyard in 2006. The new work scope includes the installation of four new modules and the associated integration plus modification of the existing topsides and turret. The FPSO is currently deployed in the Golfinho field, Brazil, and is expected to arrive at Keppel Shipyard in August, 2009. FPSO Capixaba will be modified and upgraded for operation in the Cachalote field in offshore Brazil. The vessel is expected to be back in operation in Brazil in early 2010. Keppel Shipyard's projects with SBM currently also include the major conversion of FPSO P-57 and FPSO Okha and the construction of FPSO Skarv's internal turret for SBM.
NetSurvey Buys Multibeam Sonar Systems
Reson was awarded a contract by the British-based NetSurvey Ltd. to deliver two SeaBat 7125-SV multibeam sonar systems in dual-head configuration. NetSurvey is working within advanced hydrographic survey services using multibeam technology. From
MTS ROV Committee Awards Scholarships
Joshua Rosenthal, Kurt Jankowski, Andy Lister and Patrick Hickey have been selected as recipients of the Marine Technology Society's 2009 ROV Committee Scholarships. In addition James Douberley, Amanda Lowe and Zachary Miller received special MATE Center MTS ROV Committee Scholarships. Joshua Rosenthal, who will be attending Bard College was awarded $7,000; Kurt Jankowski who will be attending the University of Michigan received $5,000. Andy Lister who will attend Embry Riddle and Patrick Hickey who will attend Rutgers each received $2,000. As winners of the MATE Center (Marine Advanced Technology Education) MTS ROV Committee Scholarships, James Douberley who will attend MIT was awarded $5,000. Amanda Lowe who is at present undecided as to which University she will attend and Zachary Miller who will attend Duke, both received $2,000. Drew Michel, Chairman of the ROV Committee of MTS initiated the scholarship program in 1994. Since then it has awarded over $145,000 to deserving students with an interest in Remotely Operated Vehicles. Scholarship applications for 2010/11 must be postmarked by April 15, 2010. Details on how to apply and additional information on the MTS ROV Committee can be found at
http://www.rov.org/ 18 MTR May 2009
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