Objective
Full SDPO or DPO, or 3rd Mate
Experience
August 2007 to July 8 2010
J Ray McDermott
SDPO/3rd Mate/VSO
DB16 - shallow and deep-water flexibility in installing structures or laying pipe with dynamic positioning, and S-Laying up to 48-inch diameter pipe.
Reason for leaving: Fleet reduction
June 2003 to Aug. 2007
C-MAR AMERICA
DPO/ Sr. DPO, 3rd Mate unlimited
Diamond Offshore “Ocean Confidence”
Rig Type
DP Semisubmersible
Rig Location
Republic of Congo
Rig Design
Enhanced Aker H-3.2
Year Built
1988
Yard Built
Mitsui, Japan
Upgrade
1999
Class
ABS DP Class 3
Registry
Marshall Islands
Water Depth - Ft
10,000
Drilling Depth - Ft
35,000
Helideck
89' x 89' for Chinook BV-234
Drilling Draft
75'
Pipe Handling System
Varco AR-3200 Iron Roughneck, Varco PR5-4I Pipe Racking System
Rotary
Varco-BJ RST 60-1/2"
Top of Rotary Table to Bottom of Barge
163 Ft.
Dynamic Positioning
Nautronix ASK 5003 Triple Redundant System
Torch Inc. “Midnight Wrangler”
Midnight Wrangler, a 341ft DP-2 deepwater pipe lay and subsea construction vessel, has been utilized by the company in various types of construction projects, including deepwater pipe lay, and has the capabilities to work in water depths up to 8,000ft.
Reason for leaving: Contract work
November 1998 to Dec. 2002
J Ray McDermott
DPO/3rd Mate
DB50 - dynamically positioned, premier heavy-lift (up to 4,400 tons) and pipelay vessel; Reel-Lay and J-Lay installation up to 12-inch and 20-inch diameter, respectively.
DB16 - shallow and deep-water flexibility in installing structures or laying pipe with dynamic positioning, and S-Laying up to 48-inch diameter pipe.
Reason for leaving: Fleet reduction
April 1991 to Feb. 1998
Sabine Transportation
3rd Mate, Bos’n, AB
Tankers.
Reason for leaving: Company sold.
I hold a current USCG 3rd Mate any Oceans, any gross tonnage that expires 20 Jul 2014. All my certificates and endorsements are current, along with GMDSS operator. I also hold a Panamanian Third Mates, GMDSS, and VSO.
I have experience on GEC, Nautronics ASK 4000, ASK 5000 and Kongsberg Simrad SDP21 and 22 systems.
My DPO experience includes Dive Support, ROV Support, Pipe lay, Subsea Construction, and Drilling.
My DPO Certificate was issued in May 2001 by The Nautical Institute #1928
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