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Bullock Named Senior VP, Exploration And Production For Coastal Corporation In an announcement made by the Coastal Corporation, Jerry D. Bul- lock was recently elected senior vice president, exploration and produc- tion. Before joining Coastal, Mr. Bul- lock worked as an independent pe- troleum consultant for several ma- jor exploration companies, focusing primarily on international projects. From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Bullock was an executive vice president with British Petroleum's BP Exploration Company. From 1985 to 1987 he served as senior vice president, production for Sohio Petroleum Company, with re- sponsibility for drilling and produc- tion activities in North America. Mr. Bullock served as general manager-production, president, chief operating officer and director of Superior Oil International in Houston from 1981 to 1985. Priorto 1981 he worked for Exxon, completing his career in Houston as headquarters operations manager. The Coastal Corporation is a Houston-based energy holding com- pany. The company has assets of $9.4 billion and subsidiary opera- tions in natural gas transmission Dual window presentation at different chart scales with vessel track and nav data ECPINS Large detailed view of chart section with vessel track, spot soundings, annotations, and nav data a new concept to safe navigation Based on more than 10 years of research and tested in over 35 shipboard installations, Offshore Systems Ltd. (OSL) introduces ECPINS (Electronic Chart/Pre- cise Integrated Navigation System) - a new aid to safe navigation and grounding avoidance. ECPINS, which will comply with all IMO performance standards for ECDIS, is the most advanced, completely integrated, ship's navigation system available to the shipping industry today. ECPINS intelligently combines information from a variety of navigation sen- sors on a high-definition electronic chart display. By providing real-time, "own ship" position data and re- lationship to potential haz- ards, ECPINS reduces the workload on the mariner and assists in safe, precise navigation, particularly in confined waters. Coupled with radar image overlay and ARPA target presen- tation, ECPINS helps the navigator in collision avoidance and sets new standards for aids to safe, efficient navigation. ECPINS integrates and continuously checks data from GPS, DGPS, gyro, log, depth sounder, radar, and other navigation sensors to present actual "own ship" position on an authorized nautical vector chart. The information can be viewed in multiple scales on several non-overlapping windows with modes North-Up, Course- Up, Relative Motion and True Motion. For planning or previewing, two different charts also can be shown. ECPINS console Detailed chart section with radar image overlay, RACON signals and nav data Both Route Planning and Route Monitoring can easily be carried out. Additional ECPINS display/control sta- tions can be connected to the master workstation on the bridge. Efficient Way-Point Steering is performed in conjunction with the ship's autopilot. ECPINS generates alarms in case of navigation sensor input loss, position error, cross track error, and if the projected ship's heading steers into dangerous waters. Find out how Offshore Systems' ECPINS can make your ships' operations much safer and more efficient. off/hore /y/tem/ ltd. 1974 Spicer Road, North Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V7H 1A2 Tel: (604) 929-7961 Fax: (604) 929-3260 Please see us at SMM '92 in Hamburg at the Canada Stand 10004, Hall 10EG. Circle 333 on Reader Service Card and storage, refining and market- ing, oil and gas exploration and production, coal, chemicals, truck- ing and independent power produc- tion. McDermott Completes Phase One Of Shell Auger Pipeline Project McDermott Marine Construction recently announced that it has com- pleted the installation of about 52 miles of 12-inch oil pipeline and 16 miles of 12-inch gas pipeline for phase one of the Shell Auger pipe- line project. The two pipelines will eventually connect the Shell Auger tension leg platform (TLP) at Garden Banks Block 426 with two shallow water production platforms located in the Vermillion and Eugene Island ar- eas of the Gulf of Mexico. Pipelaying operations began in May of 1992 and were completed about one week ahead of schedule. The pipelines were laid by McDermott's Derrick Barge 28 us- ing conventional pipelaying meth- ods in water depths ranging from 243 to 1,240 feet. Phase two will extend the previ- ously laid pipelines another 20 miles to the Auger platform. Water depths will range from 1,240 to 2,860 feet and the work will be performed by McDermott's Derrick Barge 50 us- ing the J-lay method. McDermott Marine Construction is a major operating unit of McDermott International, Inc., a leading worldwide energy services company. The company and its subsidiaries provide engineering and construction services to the oil and gas industry offshore and for industrial and utility facilities on- shore. McDermott also manufac- tures steam-generating equipment, environmental equipment, defense and aerospace products, and de- signs, and builds ships for a wide variety of services. For further information about McDermott International, Inc., Circle 48 on Reader Service Card Oceaneering To Spend $4 Million To Upgrade ROV Fleet Oceaneering International, Inc., has announced that it plans to spend $4 million to refurbish and upgrade its fleet of remotely operated ve- hicles (ROVs) around the world. Most of the large work vehicles in Oceaneering's fleet are expected to be upgraded to higher horsepower and outfitted with new video sys- tems to improve handling, work ca- pabilities and video communications from the seabed to the surface. The umbilicals on several of the systems are to be upgraded to include fiber optics as well as the standard elec- tromechanical elements. Oceaneering, together with its affiliate companies, is one of the world's largest underwater services companies. 30 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
