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Shipbuilders Ltd., in Glasgow,

Scotland, a GEC Marine Ltd. sub- sidiary.

The $400,000 project will provide a printroom automation solution, and eventually, an enterprise docu- ment management system, deliv- ering information directly to dock- yard users. "Yarrow realized that manual reprographics departments and production libraries cannot effec- tively produce, maintain and dis- tribute documentation to meet its current and future production requirements," said Altris CEO

Jay Tanna.

Coast Guard Contracts With

EA Engineering

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The company will provide envi- ronmental engineering and reme- diation and other environmental services for shore facilities and off- shore aid-to-navigation facilities.

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Parker Drilling May Acquire

South American Assets

Parker Drilling Co. may acquire assets of drilling contractor

Bolifor, S.A., a Bolivian-owned contractor with rigs located in

Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

Parker would purchase 11 rigs and a parts inventory, and Bolifor would assign to Parker all of its drilling contracts under which

Bolifor rigs are working. "One of the most significant developments in Latin American energy is construction of the pipeline from Bolivia to Brazil.

Our purchase of Bolifor establish- es Parker as a key player in a drilling market that will only grow in importance," said CEO Robert

L. Parker, Jr.

Offshore Interest Begins

NYSE Trading

Cliffs Drilling Co. announced that its common stock was to begin trading on the New York Stock

Exchange (NYSE) on April 3, using the ticker symbol CDG. "This is a milestone for Cliffs

Drilling Company. We look for- ward to being a part of the most prestigious equity market in the world," said CEO Douglas E.

Swanson.

The company is an international offshore contract drilling company which provides daywork and turnkey drilling services, mobile offshore production units and well engineering and management ser- vices.

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Preliminary Rig Lease

Transocean Offshore Inc. has received letters of intent for the

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