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New Jackup Drill Rig

Christened At Beaumont

Yard Of Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem Steel Corporation's

Beaumont, Texas, yard recently christened a new 200-foot water depth offshore drilling rig for

Dixilyn-Field Drilling Company of

Houston, a subsidiary of Panhan- dle Eastern Pipe Line Company.

The rig is the second of two sim- ilar rigs built for Dixilyn-Field during the past year, and the fourth of nine multimillion-dollar rigs scheduled for delivery this year by the Beaumont yard.

The 200-foot rig, Dixilyn-Field 86, was commissioned during cer- emonies in which Mrs. Jess John- son, wife of the vice president and South Texas district man- ager of the Arco Oil & Gas Com- pany, was the sponsor.

The jackup is mat-supported and features a cantilevered sub- structure. It consists of a plat- form 157 feet by 132 feet sup- ported by three 11-foot-diameter columns fixed to a large stabil- izing mat 220 feet by 185 feet.

Outfitted with National drilling equipment, the new rig will be able to drill to 20,000 feet in wa- ters to 200 feet. At a lesser water depth, it will withstand hurricane

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Upon leaving the shipyard, the rig will work in the Gulf of

Mexico for the Arco Oil & Gas

Company.

Patrick Keene Named

Director Of Operations

At Ingalls Shipbuilding

Patrick Keene, director of ma- chinery, test, and trials at Ingalls

Shipbuilding Division of Litton

Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., has been promoted to director of op- erations, Len Erb, senior vice president of Litton Industries and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, has announced.

Patrick Keene

Mr. Keene began his career with Ingalls in 1966 as a shift test engineer in the submarine project, and has held increasingly responsible positions in the sub- marine, engineering, and opera- tions divisions.

He is a graduate of the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy, and has sailed with steamship compa- nies and holds a chief engineer's license for ships of unlimited horsepower. His career includes a year's service as Assistant Com- mandant of Midshipmen at the

Merchant Marine Academy.

Ron Hardy Promoted

To Product Manager

At Morrow Electronics

Morrow Electronics, Inc. has announced the promotion of Ron

Hardy to the position of product manager. A 27-year veteran of the marine electronics field, he had been serving as Morrow's field service manager since 1978.

In his new capacity, Mr. Hardy will travel around the country talking with dealers and other marine industry people, and relay their comments and suggestions back to Morrow's engineering and marketing departments.

He will also manage the com- pany's new research vessel pro- gram, collecting performance data from a nationwide cross sec- tion of marine electronics con- sumers.

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