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ChevronTexaco to Operate

New LNG Carrier

ChevronTexaco Shipping Co. LLC said one of its affiliates - Chevron

Transport Corp. Ltd. - will serve as the operator of the North West Shelf

Venture (Venture) Gas Project's newest vessel, the Northwest Swan. The vessel is currently planned to deliver LNG from the project's Western Australian operations to customers in Japan. Korea and China, as well as provide opportuni- ties to deliver into the LNG spot market.

The membrane containment system ship was built in Korea at the Daewoo

Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering shipyard in Okpo. The vessel measures 941.5 ft. (287 m) long, with a beam of 142.4 ft. (43.4 m). a draft of 37.7 ft. (11.5 m) and a capacity of 138,500 cu. m. Participants in the North West Shelf

Venture, each of whom hold an equal interest, are: Woodside Energy Ltd. (operator); ChevronTexaco Australia

Pty Ltd.; BHP Billiton Petroleum (North

West Shelf) Pty Ltd.; BP Developments

Australia Pty Ltd.; Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd.; and Shell

Development (Australia) Proprietary

Limited.

In July 2003, ChevronTexaco Global

Gas was formed to commercialize the company's existing natural gas resource base and enable the creation and devel- opment of new natural gas growth opportunities worldwide. The organiza- tion includes — ChevronTexaco Natural

Gas, ChevronTexaco Shipping Co.,

Chevron Pipe Line Co., Global Power

Generation, North American

Regasification Ventures and

International Marketing & Business

Development. ChevronTexaco is one of the world's largest producers and mar- keters of natural gas, producing approx- imately 4.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day.

Kongsberg Chosen for

Seven LNG Newbuilds

Kongsberg Maritime received an order for equipment for seven new LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tankers, sched- uled to be built in Korea by Samsung

Heavy Industries and Daewoo

Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.

Delivery is scheduled from late-2004 to mid-2005.

Ham worthy Breaks Into

Japanese Market

Hamworthy KSE has won a contract to supply shipsets of engine room pumps to two 145,000 cu. m. Leif

Hoegh LNG carriers under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan.

Each shipset comprises 19 pumps,

Gas Ships including seven of the company's new

C2G models. Hamworthy KSE's new generation C2G engine room pumps have been developed to deliver benefits when being used for all types of onboard duties, both in terms of operational costs and hydraulic efficiency. The company based the range on as many standard components as possible to reduce costs and to minimize spare parts inventories.

For example, only five sizes of seal bearing assembly and eight sizes of pump couplings are used throughout the

C2G range, which includes 23 models.

The design is optimised for low

NPSHr ('net positive suction head required') and good cavitation resist- ance. The C2G's lightweight compact design is available in spacer-coupled and close-coupled variants.

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One Hundred Years CPP Anniversary

We were there from the very beginning.

Tradition - Experience - Knowledge - Research - Development

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Systems for all applications up to today's 30 000 kW range.

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