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Levingston Lays Keel For

New Jackup Drilling Rig

Builder's and owner's representatives at keel-laying ceremonies included (left to right): Woody Gaines, director of steel trades, Levingston Shipbuilding; Eddie Uher, project engineer, Levingston; L.A.J. Monroe, chairman of the board, Dixilyn-Field;

Joe Barrios, vice president, Commercial Division, Levingston; David Edgar, director of purchasing, Dixilyn-Field; Pat Ahlman, project engineer, Dixilyn-Field; George Istre, program manager, Levingston; Dick Franklin, hull superintendent, Levingston; and

Lou Seeber, Dixilyn-Field representative. tending the ceremony included

L.A.J. Monroe, chairman of the board; David Edgar, director of purchasing; Pat Ahlman, project engineer, and Lou Seeber, owner's representative. Levingston was represented by Joe Barrios, vice president, Commercial Division;

Eddie Uher, project engineer;

George Istre, program manager;

Woody Gaines, director of steel trades; and Dick Franklin, hull superintendent.

This three-legged drilling rig measures 200 feet by 186 feet by 23 feet and has independent four- chord square truss legs which will be 414 feet long. One of the cus- tomer's requirements for this par- ticular rig is that it be capable of operating in temperatures of minus 20 degrees centigrade, and withstand winds of up to 125 mph and seas of 50 feet. Drilling depth is 25,000 feet in a maxi- mum of 300 feet of water.

Rig 87 will have accommoda- tions for 80 people, and is equipped with two galleys and two mess- rooms. The construction of this rig will meet the requirements of the United States Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Ship- ping.

AWO's Shipyard Conference

Honors Renshaw For Leadership

Engine protection for smaller boats.

Levingston Shipbuilding Com- pany of Orange, Texas, recently laid the keel for a new jackup drilling rig. Dixilyn-Field of Hous- ton is the owner of this Levings- ton-designed Class 111-C rig, and will take delivery in April 1981.

Officials of Dixilyn-Field at-

Edward Renshaw, president of

St. Louis Ship, was honored re- cently by the American Water- ways Shipyard Conference (AW-

SC), an organization founded in 1976 largely through his efforts.

Under Mr. Renshaw's steward- ship, the AWSC has grown into a representative national body, which today includes 64 member companies.

John M. Donnelly Jr., chair- man of The American Waterways

Operators, Inc. (AWO), and pres- ident, Ingram Barge Lines paid tribute to Mr. Renshaw at a re- cent AWSC meeting in St. Louis.

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