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C-E Tulco Signs Agreement

With British Firm To Develop

Concrete Offshore Platforms

Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor,

Conn., has announced that its Tulsa-based sub- sidiary, C-E Tulco, has signed an agreement with Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd., Lon- don, England, for combining skills and re- sources to develop new concepts for offshore oil production platforms.

The agreement combines the concrete con- struction expertise of Taylor Woodrow with the pre-engineered oil production-processing capabilities of 'C-E 'Natco (an operating unit of

C-E Tulco). The agreement provides for joint activity in the construction of offshore plat- forms at a time when both the United States and Western European countries are concern- ed over revitalizing exploration and develop- ment of new petroleum sources. Most recently,

President Nixon provided for the tripling of offshore acreage available under Federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.

Currently, offshore production platforms are built of steel and attached to the seabed with pilings. One objective of the C-E Tulco/TWC agreement is to introduce unique concepts of concrete design into the construction of off- shore platforms. The pact will combine the capabilities of both companies in developing and marketing pre-engineered concrete and composite (concrete and steel) gravity-based offshore fixed platforms. These platforms will l>e available in various stages of prefabrica- tion and on a turnkey basis.

Taylor Woodrow Construction, Ltd. has ex- tensive experience in engineered projects for the oil, gas, coal and electrical industries, and is also a leading supplier of prestressed con- crete pressure vessels for nuclear power sta- tions.

C-E Tulco, through its operating units, 'C-E

Natco and C-E 'Crest, is a leading supplier of onshore and offshore oil and gas production processing equipment and associated design and engineering services.

Marine Management Systems

Appoints William Oakes VP

The appointment of William R. Oakes to the newly created post of vice president in charge of marine systems for Marine Management

Systems, Inc. was announced by Eugene D.

Story, company president.

Mr. Oakes joined MMS in 1970 as manager of marine systems after serving for 10 years in various engineering positions with Mobil Oil's marine transportation department, Esso Inter- national's tanker department, and Bethlehem

Steel's shipbuilding division.

A graduate o'f the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, where he majored in naval archi- tecture and marine engineering, Mr. Oakes earned his M.B.A. degree in finance in 1966 at the Babson Institute of Business Administra- tion. He is a member of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers.

Marine Management Systems, Inc., based in

Stamford, Conn., designs and implements com- puter systems exclusively for the international marine industry.

Albina Engine & Machine

Appoints Integrity Marine

Bruce Hobbs, president and general manager of Albina Engine and Machine Works of Port- land, Ore., has announced the appointment of

Integrity Marine (a division of Integrity Ship- ping 'Company) of Philadelphia Bs representa- tive.

Albina Engine and Machine Works (a Dill- ingham Company) is a well-known well-staffed and well-equipped ship repair firm specializing in drydocking, overhauls and voyage repair work.

Coordinating with Integrity Marine is Jack- son Marine'Corporation (Robert M. Catharine). lackson Marine maintains an office at 405 Park

Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Additional agency offices are located in New Orleans, La., and San Francisco, Calif.

Integrity Marine maintains offices at 817

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United Fruit Co.

States Marine Corp.

Trinidad Corp.

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.

Isthmian Lines

Moore McCormack Lines

American President Lines

Pacific Far East Line

Mathiasen's Tanker Ind.

Military Sea Transportation Service

Delta Steamship Lines

U.S. Coast Guard

Keystone Shipping Co.

Margate

Waterman Steamship Co.

City Service Oil Co.

Atlantic Richfield Co.

Pocahontas Fuel Co

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