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Offshore Annual

Marflex Pumps Produce for FPSO

Marflex, established in 1980, special- izes in manufacturing and delivering electric driven Deepwell cargo and bal- last pumps. Marflex recently signed an order with Belanak representing its first major FPSO/Offshore project. The intended use of the cargo pumps is the cargo and condensate off-loading and slops handling. The ballast pumps are intended for ballast transfer and debal- lasting of the FPSO. The pumps were all made of stainless steel material grades:

SS 316L or Super duplex (25 Cr).

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Contract Now Effective

Keppel FELS announced that its rig- building contract with the Skeie Group

AS has come into effect on February 16, 2004. The $126 million contract includes an option for an additional unit within the next six months. Developed by Keppel FELS' sister company,

Offshore Technology & Development, the rig will be an enhanced KFELS B class jackup, capable of operating in water depths of up to 350 ft. and high pressure high temperature (HPHT) deep drilling of down to 35,000 ft. The rig is due for delivery in 2Q 2006.

Delta Wave Expands

Service Line

Delta Wave Communications, Inc. now offers complete mobile satellite solutions, including VSAT, the New

Inmarsat Fleet and Inmarsat RBGAN services, as well as Iridium and

Globalstar mobile satellite equipment and services. After having provided equipment and installation service for the last seven years, Delta Wave

Communications, Inc. had previously facilitated airtime billing through

Stratos Mobile Networks for their cus- tomers. Delta Wave is now responsible for monthly satellite airtime billing with their in-house developed airtime billing program for their current and potential clients. This has been made possible due to a new "Stratos Distribution

Channel Partnership" recently formed with Stratos Mobile Networks. Delta

Wave is also a direct dealer for

Globalstar products and airtime.

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Hydro's Board Seeks

Share Buyback

At the company's Annual General

Meeting May 11. 2004. the Board of

Norsk Hydro ASA will ask for authori- zation to buy back shares. Under this authorization, the Board may buy up to 2,808,810 of the company's own shares in the market, over the 18 months period commencing May 12, 2004. Each share may be purchased at prices ranging from

NOK 200 to NOK 700 per share.

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AT THE HEART OF EVERY GREAT VESSEL

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IS A HEALTHY ENGINE ROOM

At the heart of every engine room is a great ventilation system

BE SURE TO INSIST ON DELTA "T" SYSTEMS DON'T ACCEPT ANY SUBSTITUTES

Delta "T" Systems designs and manufactures all of their own components including centrifugal fans, marine fans and blowers, ventilation control systems and moisture eliminators.

CALL THE ENGINE ROOM

VENTILATION SPECIALIST

DELTA "T" SYSTEMS 858 West 13th Court

Riviera Beach, FL 33404

Tel: 561.848.131 1

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