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FEB 2013

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offshore oil &ocean; engineering US Interior Dept. Reviews Shell Alaska Offshore Drilling The U.S. Department of the Interior launched in January an expedited assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling program by Shell (The Hague, Netherlands) in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas to review practices, and identify challenges and lessons. Shell was limited in its preparatory drilling operations last season, achieving only the construction of top-hole sections for one well each in the Chukchi and the Beaufort. The review, which is expected to be completed by March, will look at Shell���s safety management systems, its oversight of contracted services and its ability to meet the standards in place for Arctic development. It will pay special attention to challenges that Shell encountered in connection with certifcation of its Arctic Challenger containment vessel, the deployment of its containment dome and operational issues associated with the Noble Discoverer and Kulluk drilling rigs. 86 st / FEBRUARY 2013 Leading the review will be the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau, who has been selected to serve as the acting assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management. The review will help inform future permitting processes in the Arctic. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar acknowledged that ���the unique challenges posed by the Arctic environment demand an even higher level of scrutiny.��� The U.S. Coast Guard will provide technical assistance for the review. It has also initiated a comprehensive marine casualty investigation regarding the grounding in January of Shell���s Kulluk drill rig off the coast of Alaska. full load tests. The tests were carried out at the COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard in Dalian, China, and the vessel will commence operations in Brazil���s offshore Papa-Terra feld in 2013. The engines can run on treated well gas, treated crude or marine diesel oil. They will have signifcantly lower levels of CO2 emissions compared to conventional technologies. It is estimated that the level of carbon emissions will be reduced by as much as 93,000 tons per year.�� W��rtsil�� was contracted by QUIP (Rio Grande, Brazil) to provide a turnkey package for this vessel, including three main power modules, each comprising two 18-cylinder W��rtsil�� 50DF engines in V-confguration, alternators and all required auxiliary equipment, as well as commissioning start-up and operational supervision. W��rtsil�� 50DF Engines Complete Load Tests BRIL Expands Fleet With Its Biggest Vessel Charter Yet The new P-63 FPSO vessel featuring W��rtsil�� Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) 50DF (dual-fuel) engines, the frst such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 megawatts electric, has successfully completed all the required www.sea-technology.com Bibby Remote Intervention Ltd. (BRIL), based in Liverpool, England, is expanding its feet by signing a contract to charter the multipurpose offshore vessel Toisa Warrior in its biggest vessel charter to date. With this vessel

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