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Second Occidental Tug/Barge Unit Christened At Avondale Yard
Christening c e r e m o n i e s were held recently at Avondale Shipyards, Inc. for the integrated tug/ barge unit Oxy Producer (shown at right), a 41,500-dwt liquid chemical and petroleum tanker, which was built for a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
'Griffin-Alexander I' Now In Service- First Of Eight Costing $280 Million
Griffin-Alexander Drilling Company has announced that the first of its eight new jackup drilling rigs is now in service. The Griffin- Alexander I (shown above under tow), a Bethlehem cantilever design, m a t - s u p p o r t e d jackup built by Bethlehem Steel at its Beaumont,
Santa Fe Names Three To Top Management Posts
Edfred L. Shannon Jr., president of Santa Fe International Corporation, Orange, Calif., for the past 17 years, has been elected chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer. Assuming the newly created office of president and chief operating officer is Gordon M.
McDermott To Build Second Offshore Platform For Union Oil Company
J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. has received a letter of intent from Union Oil Company of California for a turnkey project which will involve the design, fabrication, and installation of a second giant offshore platform in the East Breaks Field in the Gulf of Mexico.
Booklet Tells How To Keep Seawater Piping Systems Free Of Growth
A new b r o c h u r e , "Offshore Chloropac® Systems," is available from the Systems Department of Engelhard Industries. Engelhard's Chloropac Generating Systems, skid-mounted, produce sodium hypochlorite for elect r o l y t i c decomposition
French Group Receives $110-Million Offshore Rig Order From Soviet Union
The Soviet Union awarded a major offshore oil-drilling contract to a French consortium. The two Paris-based firms that won the contract are E.T.P.M. and U.I.E. The $110-million contract for the first Soviet attempt at deepwater oil drilling went
McDermott To Participate In Azeri Field Development
McDermott International, Inc., New Orleans, La., recently confirmed that it has reached an agreement with Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company to participate in the evaluation and development of the Azeri oil field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea,
DOT Approves Two Offshore Superports For Large Tankers
Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman has approved the construction of the nation's first two offshore superports. To be built in the Gulf of Mexico, the deepwater ports will be connected to shore storage facilities by buried pipelines. In announcing this decision,
International Paint Announces Promotions And Appointments
Wm. Norman Duncan, vice president and general sales manager of International Paint Company, East and Gulf Coasts, has announced the promotion of three sales representatives and the appointment of a new technical assistant. George G. Robinson has