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Marathon To Build $30-Million Jackup Rig

For Chiles Offshore

Chiles Offshore Limited has signed a letter of intent with

Marathon LeTourneau Offshore

Company to purchase an 82-SD-C self-elevating, shallow-draft can- tilever drilling platform for a to- tal rig price of $30 million.

The 82 SD-C rig, designed for exploration, production drilling, and workover, will be constructed in Marathon's Gulf Marine Divi- sion yard, Brownsville, Texas, and is scheduled for delivery in March 1983.

The rig (Marathon Hull No. 182) is the fourth ordered from

Marathon by Chiles and will be used for drilling operations in the

Gulf of Mexico. The rig will be equipped with 360 feet of leg and capable of drilling in 250 feet of water to a drilling depth of 20,000 feet.

In addition to this new rig,

Chiles currently operates three

Marathon-type 150-44-C self-ele- vating, shallow-draft cantilever drilling platforms.

Marathon LeTourneau Offshore

Company is a subsidiary of Mar- athon Manufacturing Company,

Houston. Marathon is a leading manufacturer of mobile offshore jackup drilling rigs and a multi- product company manufacturing materials handling equipment, fabricated steel product, steel buildings, white oils, batteries, consumer goods, and provides civ- il engineering and construction services.

O'Boyle Firm Named

U.S. Representative

For Italian CNOMV

Richard F. O'Boyle

Richard F. O'Boyle, president, announces that the firm of Rich- ard F. O'Boyle, Inc. has been ap- pointed U.S. sales representative for CNOMV (Cantieri Navali e

Officine Meccaniche di Venezia,

S.P.A.) of Venice, a member of the Fincantieri group of Italian shipyards. Antonio Marceglia, president of the yard, announced the appointment during his recent visit to the United States to at- tend a general meeting of the

Fincantieri group with its cus- tomers and U.S. representatives. 44

The occasion for the meeting was the renewed emphasis by the

Fincantieri group on the United

States market.

As all trends indicate that more shipboard work will be done by shoreside labor, Mr. O'Boyle's firm was organized last year to represent the sales interests of ship repair organizations. There are many excellent ship repair groups worldwide who do quality work but are virtually unknown in the U.S. market.

One of the first companies to sign up with Richard F. O'Boyle,

Inc. was North Florida Shipyards of Jacksonville, whose principal

Joseph B. Schiffert has been in ship repair for 30 years. Begin- ning as boiler insulation special- ists (Thermal Engineering) 13 years ago, North Florida now em- ploys a work force of 300 in all crafts, who can do virtually any repair or conversion to ships, barges, and towboats with the ex- ception of drydocking.

The O'Boyle firm also repre- sents repair organizations in Tai- wan, India, Japan, and Singapore.

For additional information, write to Richard F. O'Boyle, Rich- ard F. O'Boyle, Inc., Dept. MR,

P.O. Box 595, Aberdeen, N.J. 07747.

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