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APL

– S

ubse

a M

oorin

g C

onne

ctor

Janu

ary

28, 2

010.

Mor

ten

Paul

sen

23

Febr

uary

201

02

AP

L In

trodu

ctio

n:A

dvan

ced

Prod

uctio

n an

d Lo

adin

g A

S (A

PL)

was

foun

ded

in 1

993

to d

evel

op a

nd

com

mer

cial

ize

the

STL

and

STP

syst

ems.

APL

is a

mar

ket l

eade

r in

deve

lopm

ent,

fabr

icat

ion

and

sale

of t

urre

t moo

ring

syst

ems

and

rela

ted

tech

nolo

gies

for t

he o

il an

d ga

s in

dust

ry.

The

mai

n de

velo

pmen

t/tec

hnol

ogy

offic

e is

in

Are

ndal

, Nor

way

. APL

als

o ha

s of

fices

in

Bra

zil,

USA

, Fra

nce,

Mal

aysi

a, C

hina

, Si

ngap

ore

and

UK

.

APL

is o

wne

d 10

0% b

y B

W O

ffsho

re a

nd is

pa

rt o

f the

BW

org

aniz

atio

n.

33

Febr

uary

201

03

AP

L In

trodu

ctio

n:A

PL h

as g

row

n fr

om a

bout

10

empl

oyee

s in

the

star

t to

clos

e to

200

toda

y.

The

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

STL

tech

nolo

gy w

as a

resu

lt of

a d

eman

d in

the

mar

ket f

or lo

adin

g sy

stem

s w

ith h

igh

avai

labi

lity

in h

arsh

env

ironm

ents

. To

day

both

STL

and

STP

sys

tem

s ar

e w

ell e

stab

lishe

d as

the

wor

ld’s

firs

t st

anda

rized

turr

et s

yste

ms.

Wor

ld’s

firs

t offs

hore

LN

G

Reg

asifi

catio

n P

roje

ct

43

Febr

uary

201

04

AP

L In

trodu

ctio

n:D

eriv

ed fr

om th

is te

chno

logy

, APL

dev

elop

ed th

e Si

ngle

Anc

hor L

oadi

ng

(SA

L) s

yste

m, S

ingl

e A

ncho

r Pro

duct

ion

(SA

P) s

yste

m, t

he S

AL

Yoke

(S

YS) s

yste

m, t

he B

uoy

Turr

et L

oadi

ng (B

TL) s

yste

m, t

he E

xter

nal T

urre

t Pr

oduc

tion

(ETP

) sys

tem

, and

Spr

ead

Moo

red

Tand

em (S

MT)

sys

tem

.

Our

cur

rent

pro

duct

rang

e al

so in

clud

es th

e B

ow L

oadi

ng S

yste

m (B

LS),

the

Ster

n D

isch

arge

Sys

tem

(SD

S), t

he V

olat

ile O

rgan

ic C

ompo

unds

R

ecov

ery

(VO

C re

c.) s

yste

m, t

he V

olat

ile O

rgan

ic C

ompo

unds

Ret

urn

(VO

C

ret.)

sys

tem

, Seq

uent

ial T

rans

fer o

f Tan

k A

tmos

pher

e (S

TTA

) sys

tem

and

G

as to

liqu

id (G

TL).

53

Febr

uary

201

05

AP

L gl

obal

pre

senc

e:

Rec

ruitm

ent c

ente

rs

Mex

ico

Nor

way N

iger

ia

Latv

ia

Indi

a

BW O

ffsho

re o

ffice

s

Fran

ce

Bra

zil

US

A

Scot

land

Rus

sia

BW O

ffsho

re u

nits

APL

Tech

nolo

gy

Berm

uda

Chi

na

Philip

pine

s

Sing

apor

eM

alay

sia

63

Febr

uary

201

06

Turn

key

sol

utio

ns:

Prod

uctio

n sy

stem

s

Sub

mer

ged

Turre

t Pro

duct

ion

(STP

) for

FP

SO

Sub

mer

ged

Turre

t Loa

ding

(STL

) fo

r FSO

Ext

erna

l Tur

ret P

rodu

ctio

n (E

TP)

for F

PS

O

SA

L Y

oke

Sys

tem

(SY

S) f

or

FPS

O

Har

sh e

nviro

nmen

t FP

SO

Term

inal

sys

tem

s Sub

mer

ged

Turre

t Loa

ding

(STL

) for

LN

G a

nd S

huttl

e Ta

nker

s

Sin

gle

Anc

hor L

oadi

ng (S

AL)

for

Shu

ttle

Tank

ers

Buo

y Tu

rret L

oadi

ng (B

TL) f

or

Shu

ttle

Tank

ers

BLS

and

SD

S s

yste

ms

for S

huttl

eTa

nker

s

73

Febr

uary

201

07

Ref

eren

ces:

Shel

l, F

ulm

arSta

toil,

Hei

dru

nBP,

Har

din

gSta

toil,

Ym

eH

ydro

, N

jord

BSta

toil,

Åsg

ard C

Conoco

Phill

ips,

Ban

ffConoco

Phill

ips,

Bay

u U

ndan

Exc

eler

ate,

Gulf G

atew

aySta

toil,

Volv

e,

Exc

eler

ate,

Nort

h E

ast

Gat

eway

Suez

LN

G N

A,

Nep

tune

STL

™ -

Sub

mer

ged

Turr

et L

oadi

ng

83

Febr

uary

201

08

STL

™ -

Sub

mer

ged

Turr

et L

oadi

ng

(Hei

drun

)

9

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

Rea

son

for d

evel

opm

ent

Eas

ier a

nd s

afer

con

nect

ion

of S

TL/S

TP m

oorin

g lin

es.

Avo

id e

xpen

sive

div

er in

stal

latio

n.

Con

nect

all

lines

usi

ng R

OV

.

Dev

elop

a s

tand

ard

conn

ectio

n th

at c

an b

e us

ed fo

r mos

t of A

PL

inst

alla

tions

/ sy

stem

s.

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

9

10

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

The

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or c

ompr

ises

a m

ale

and

a fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor

that

are

pul

led

toge

ther

and

lock

ed w

ith a

hor

se s

hoe

lock

.

Tota

l wei

ght i

s 3.

4 to

nnes

(dry

) and

it is

3.4

m lo

ng.

The

conn

ecto

r for

ms

a pe

rman

ent p

art o

f the

moo

ring

line

and

is d

esig

ned

and

qual

ified

for t

he fu

ll M

BL

of th

e lin

es a

nd th

e to

tal l

ifetim

e of

the

moo

ring

syst

em.

Offe

rs R

OV

ass

iste

d su

bsea

mat

ing

with

a li

mite

d te

nsio

n in

the

moo

ring

line.

Con

nect

ion

/ mat

ing

is d

one

usin

g a

spec

ially

des

igne

d w

inch

tool

. Thi

s to

ol

is o

pera

ted

by R

OV

.

The

win

ch to

ol c

an a

lso

do th

e re

vers

e op

erat

ion,

mea

ning

dis

conn

ect t

he

moo

ring

line

if ne

eded

.

Con

nect

ors

are

deve

lope

d fo

r an

MB

L up

to 1

5000

kN

.

Con

nect

or fo

r MB

L fro

m 1

5000

– 2

0000

kN is

bei

ng d

evel

oped

(equ

al d

esig

n,

but d

iffer

ent m

ater

ial).

The

conn

ecto

r has

bee

n th

roug

h a

qual

ifica

tion

prog

ram

spe

cifie

d by

DN

V.

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

10

11

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

Tech

nica

l Des

crip

tion

The

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or c

onsi

sts

of th

ree

mai

n co

mpo

nent

s, m

ale

conn

ecto

r, fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor a

nd h

orse

sho

e lo

ck.

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

11

Mal

em

oori

ngco

nnec

tor

Conn

ecto

rho

rse

shoe

Moo

ring

Line

(To

STL

Buoy

)

Fem

ale

moo

ring

conn

ecto

r

Moo

ring

Chai

n

(To

anch

or)

12

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

12

Mal

e C

onne

ctor

Has

a d

oubl

e pa

deye

for c

onne

ctio

n to

war

ds m

oorin

g w

ire c

lose

d so

cket

. (C

an b

e ch

ange

d so

it c

an fi

t oth

er in

terfa

ces)

Has

a g

uide

con

e w

ith c

ircul

ar s

hape

that

fits

into

the

fem

ale

conn

ecto

r. Th

e ci

rcul

ar s

hape

ens

ures

that

the

mal

e/fe

mal

e is

in

depe

nden

t of t

heir

rela

tive

orie

ntat

ion.

It is

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

rece

ss fo

r the

hor

se s

hoe

lock

.

At t

he e

nd to

war

ds th

e fe

mal

e, th

e m

ale

has

a cl

aw fo

r con

nect

ion

of w

inch

wire

.

13

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

13

Fem

ale

Con

nect

or

Has

a s

ingl

e pa

deye

for c

onne

ctio

n to

war

ds m

oorin

g ch

ain

join

ing

shac

kle.

Has

a g

uide

con

e fo

r ent

erin

g of

the

mal

e co

nnec

tor.

Equ

ippe

d w

ith m

echa

nica

l loc

king

for t

he h

orse

sho

e lo

ck.

Incl

udes

ano

des

and

supp

ort p

oint

s fo

r the

sub

sea

win

ch to

ol.

14

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

14

Hor

se S

hoe

Lock

Whe

n in

stal

led

in th

e m

achi

ned

track

in th

e fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor,

it lo

cks

the

mal

e in

side

the

fem

ale

conn

ecto

r. It

is s

elf l

ocke

d as

long

as

ther

e is

tens

ion

in th

e lin

e. In

add

ition

, it i

s m

echa

nica

lly lo

cked

w

ith tw

o lo

ckin

g bo

lts.

Sha

ped

like

a ho

rse

shoe

with

mac

hine

d tra

ck fo

r sel

f loc

king

.

15

AP

L - S

ubse

a M

oorin

g C

onne

ctor

16

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

16

Moo

ring

Win

ch s

yste

m

A R

OV

tool

for

conn

ectin

g th

e A

PL

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or.

Dev

elop

ed b

y O

cean

eerin

g in

clo

se

colla

bora

tion

with

APL

.

Con

sist

s of

a S

uppo

rt U

nit a

nd a

Win

ch u

nit.

Supp

ortU

nit

Win

chU

nit

Win

chTr

ansp

ort

Fram

e

17

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

17

Supp

ort U

nit

The

purp

ose

of th

e S

uppo

rt U

nit i

s to

sec

ure

and

stab

ilize

the

fem

ale

moo

ring

conn

ecto

r dur

ing

tie-in

. It i

s al

so th

e in

terfa

ce

adap

tor b

etw

een

the

fem

ale

conn

ecto

r and

the

Win

ch U

nit.

The

fem

ale

conn

ecto

r can

be

tilte

d or

par

tly b

urie

d in

mud

afte

r la

unch

ing,

and

stil

l be

pick

ed u

p by

the

Sup

port

Uni

t and

lifte

d/til

ted

to h

oriz

onta

l pos

ition

read

y fo

r mat

ing

with

mal

e co

nnec

tor.

The

two

adju

stab

le s

tabi

lizer

ski

s ar

e op

erat

ed h

ydra

ulic

ally

by

a 35

mm

QP

hot

-sta

b. T

hey

are

adju

sted

sep

arat

ely

by o

pera

ting

a th

ree

way

val

ve fo

r cho

osin

g le

ft or

righ

t ski

.

For e

xtre

me

soft

soil

cond

ition

s, w

here

it is

like

ly th

at th

e w

hole

co

nnec

tor i

s to

tally

bur

ied,

it is

reco

mm

ende

d to

use

mat

s un

dern

eath

. Als

o th

e si

ze o

f the

ski

s ca

n be

incr

ease

d.

The

Sup

port

Uni

t has

gui

des

for i

nter

faci

ng w

ith c

onne

ctor

and

for

inte

rfaci

ng w

ith W

inch

Uni

t.

Ope

ratin

g pr

essu

re: 5

0 to

210

bar

.

Wei

ght i

n w

ater

is 2

130

kg.

18

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

18

Pict

ures

of S

uppo

rt U

nit

Actio

n ra

nge

skis

= 7

20m

m (h

eigh

t)

19

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

19

20

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

20

21

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

21

22

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

22

Win

ch U

nit

The

purp

ose

of th

e w

inch

uni

t is

to p

ull t

he m

ale

conn

ecto

r int

o th

e fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor a

nd in

stal

l the

hor

se s

hoe

in lo

cked

pos

ition

.

The

unit

has

thre

e hy

drau

lic fu

nctio

ns, a

ll op

erat

ed b

y R

OV

. Win

ch

pay

in/o

ut, l

evel

-win

d an

d ho

rse

shoe

up/

dow

n.

The

win

ch p

ay in

/out

is o

pera

ted

thro

ugh

a 43

mm

hig

hflo

w h

otst

ab.

The

leve

l-win

d an

d ho

rse

shoe

func

tions

are

ope

rate

d th

roug

h th

e sa

me

35m

m Q

P h

ot s

tab

as u

sed

for t

he S

uppo

rt U

nit.

The

win

ch h

as a

pul

l cap

acity

of 3

5 to

nnes

.

The

win

ch is

fitte

d w

ith a

Dyn

ema

fiber

rope

.

Wei

ght i

n w

ater

is 2

230

kg.

Siz

e: 2

551x

1538

x221

0mm

23

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

23

Pict

ures

of W

inch

Uni

t Le

velw

ind

ROV

hand

le

Pull

inPi

n

Hor

sesh

oew

agon

ROV

pane

lw/

hydr

aulic

rece

ptac

les

Shea

ve

Lock

pin

w/R

OV

hand

le

WU

anch

orpo

int

inte

rfac

ing

with

conn

ecto

r

24

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

24

25

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

25

26

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

26

Out

line

Inst

alla

tion

Met

hod

(STL

/STP

sys

tem

s):

1.In

stal

l Anc

hors

with

cha

in a

nd th

e fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor.

2.Pr

eten

sion

moo

ring.

3.D

eplo

y S

uppo

rt U

nit a

nd g

uide

it

dow

n to

inte

rface

with

the

fem

ale

conn

ecto

r.

27

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

27

4.

Whe

n in

pos

ition

on

the

fem

ale

Con

nect

or, u

se R

OV

ar

m to

turn

the

4 lo

ck

hand

les

into

lock

ed

posi

tion.

5.

Dis

conn

ect l

ift ri

ggin

g an

d ke

ep

riggi

ng o

utsi

de a

ll in

terfa

ce

poin

ts to

avo

id in

terfe

renc

e w

ith

Win

ch U

nit d

ocki

ng.

28

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

28

6.

The

fem

ale

conn

ecto

r can

now

be

lifte

d fro

m th

e so

il an

d til

ted

so it

is re

ady

for c

onne

ctio

n w

ith m

ale.

Th

is is

don

e w

ith th

e R

OV

usi

ng h

otst

ab a

nd tu

rnin

g th

e ba

ll va

lve

with

the

RO

V a

rm.

29

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

29

7.

Inst

all t

he H

orse

Sho

e in

the

Win

ch U

nit.

Dep

loy

the

Win

ch U

nit

and

guid

e it

with

the

RO

V u

ntil

conn

ecte

d w

ith th

e S

uppo

rt Fr

ame.

Th

e un

its a

re fi

tted

with

sev

eral

gui

des

that

mak

es th

e co

nnec

tion

easy

.

30

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

30

8.

Whe

n fu

lly d

ocke

d on

to th

e S

uppo

rt U

nit,

turn

the

lock

ing

hand

les

to lo

cked

pos

ition

by

the

RO

V a

rm.

31

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

31

9.

One

RO

V d

ocke

d to

Win

ch

Uni

t whi

le s

econ

d R

OV

gra

bs

fiber

rope

. Gra

b ov

er s

hrin

k fit

ted

prot

ectiv

e sl

eeve

. O

pera

tion

can

be p

erfo

rmed

w

ith o

ne R

OV

onl

y, b

ut tw

o is

re

com

men

ded.

32

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

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nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

32

10. O

ne R

OV

pay

s ou

t on

win

ch

whi

le s

econ

d R

OV

gui

des

rope

to

mal

e co

nnec

tor.

33

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sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

33

11. O

ne R

OV

pul

ling

in m

ale

conn

ecto

r whi

le s

econ

d R

OV

is o

bser

ving

.

12. P

ull i

n m

ale

conn

ecto

r unt

il fu

lly d

ocke

d. In

dica

tion

ring

on m

ale

to b

e vi

sibl

e.

34

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

34

13. L

ower

the

hors

e sh

oe in

to

lock

ed p

ositi

on b

y us

ing

RO

V

hots

tab.

14. U

se th

e R

OV

arm

to re

leas

e th

e ho

rse

shoe

hin

ge a

rm.

35

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

35

15. P

ay o

ut o

n w

inch

to re

leas

e te

nsio

n an

d re

leas

e ro

pe fr

om

mal

e co

nnec

tor c

law

.

36

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

36

16. U

se th

e R

OV

arm

to

mec

hani

cally

lock

the

Hor

se

Sho

e in

pla

ce u

sing

a lo

ck

key.

Not

e th

at th

e ho

rse

shoe

is

sel

f loc

ked,

and

this

m

echa

nica

l loc

k is

onl

y fo

r ex

tra s

afet

y.

37

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

37

17. T

he A

PL

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or is

now

fully

con

nect

ed. T

he W

inch

un

it an

d S

uppo

rt un

it ca

n no

w b

e re

mov

ed a

nd b

e re

ady

for a

noth

er

conn

ectio

n. N

ote

that

the

oper

atio

n is

reve

rsib

le. M

eani

ng th

e co

nnec

tor

can

be d

isco

nnec

ted

usin

g th

e sa

me

tool

and

tech

nolo

gy.

38

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

38

Alte

rnat

ive

inst

alla

tion

proc

edur

e:

The

desc

ribed

inst

alla

tion

met

hod

is th

e ba

sic

met

hod

inst

allin

g ev

eryt

hing

se

para

tely

. It i

s al

so p

ossi

ble

to in

stal

l the

Sup

port

Uni

t and

Win

ch U

nit o

n th

e Fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor b

efor

e la

y-do

wn

of c

onne

ctor

. The

inst

alla

tion

vess

el

mus

t the

n pi

ck u

p th

e ch

ain

and

brin

g th

e en

d to

the

deck

for c

onne

ctin

g of

co

nnec

tor a

nd to

ol. T

his

met

hod

will

save

tim

e.

39

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

39

Test

ing

and

His

tory

:A

qua

lific

atio

n pr

ogra

m h

as b

een

perfo

rmed

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

DN

V.

The

conn

ecto

r has

gon

e th

roug

h fu

ll sc

ale

stre

ngth

and

fatig

ue te

stin

g in

ad

ditio

n to

sm

all s

peci

men

fatig

ue te

stin

g. A

ll te

stin

g w

as p

erfo

rmed

at

DN

V la

b’s

in O

slo

and

Ber

gen.

Con

nect

ion

test

ing

usin

g th

e to

ol a

nd a

full

scal

e co

nnec

tor w

as d

one

dry

at th

e O

cean

eerin

g fa

cilit

y in

Jåt

tåvå

gen.

Inte

rface

test

ing

betw

een

Sup

port

unit,

win

ch u

nit a

nd c

onne

ctor

per

form

ed a

t the

sam

e tim

e.

In a

dditi

on to

the

abov

e fu

ll sc

ale

test

ing,

the

conn

ecto

r and

tool

s w

ere

mod

eled

in th

e si

mul

atio

n pr

ogra

m M

imic

. Sim

ulat

ion

was

then

per

form

ed

of th

e co

mpl

ete

inst

alla

tion

proc

edur

e to

che

ck a

cces

s fo

r RO

V, v

isib

ility

and

so o

n. T

his

wor

k w

as d

one

by O

cean

eerin

g.

Two

STL

buo

ys w

as in

stal

led

this

sum

mer

(200

9) o

utsi

de B

osto

n on

the

Nep

tune

fiel

d. W

ater

dep

th w

as 8

0m a

nd th

e so

il w

as v

ery

soft.

9 o

ff co

nnec

tors

was

inst

alle

d w

ith g

reat

suc

cess

. Des

ign

appr

oval

was

re

ceiv

ed fr

om D

NV

on

the

conn

ecto

rs.

40

Sub

sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

40

Adv

anta

ges

of th

e Su

bsea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or:

Allo

w s

ubse

a co

nnec

tion

with

low

tens

ion

in m

oorin

glin

es (t

ypic

ally

10-

25

tonn

es).

No

oper

atio

ns in

volv

ing

pers

onne

l wor

king

with

wire

s un

der h

igh

tens

ion.

No

dive

r ass

ista

nce

need

ed.

Com

pare

d to

a c

onve

ntio

nal d

eck

conn

ectio

n, th

e S

ubse

a M

oorin

g C

onne

ctor

sig

nific

antly

redu

ce ri

sk fo

r dam

age

to m

oorin

glin

e du

ring

inst

alla

tion.

Allo

w c

onne

ctio

n us

ing

stan

dard

anc

hor h

andl

er. D

ynam

ic p

ositi

onin

g is

no

t req

uire

d.

No

heav

y pu

rpos

e m

ade

inst

alla

tion

equi

pmen

t req

uire

d on

the

inst

alla

tion

vess

el.

No

heav

y lif

t or A

-fram

e re

quire

d. T

ypic

ally

a S

WL

20-3

0 to

nnes

cra

ne

requ

ired

for o

verb

oard

ing

of fe

mal

e co

nnec

tor.

Allo

w in

stal

latio

n in

sea

stat

es u

p to

Hs

3m. S

ea s

tate

lim

itatio

n is

mai

nly

limite

d by

RO

V la

unch

/reco

very

ope

ratio

ns a

nd o

verb

oard

ing

of to

ols.

41

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sea

Moo

ring

Con

nect

or

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

010

41

Than

k yo

u fo

r you

r atte

ntio

n,

any

ques

tions

?