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on September 15, 1985Brown & Root International, Inc. has been awarded a contract for engineering feasibility studies related to the development of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s Rocky Point Unit drilling and production platform offshore California. Chevron and partners Phillips Petroleum and Champlin Oil are considerin
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on September 1985The Forney Engineering Company, Carrollton, Texas, is offering a free, full-color brochure on their new AFS-1000 control system. The three-hole binder publication offers several color photographs of the AFS-1000 and its components, along with clear, concise explanatory text. According to th
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on September 1985—Literature Available The new digital clamp-on instruments capable of measuring both DC and AC current and voltage have been introduced by Amprobe Instruments division of Core Industries, Inc. of Lynbrook, N.Y. Model ACDC1000 measures AC or DC currents and voltages on two ranges up to 999 a
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on September 1985—Literature Available Hollming, Ltd., the Finnish shipbuilding and engineering group, has opened offices in Louisiana. The objective is to promote and conduct marketing of the Aquamaster Azimuth propulsion units and support sales and service activities in the U.S. and Canada. The office is m
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on September 1985As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen its responsiveness to the offshore industry, Honeywell's Marine Systems Division has announced two new appointments. John D. Owen has been named systems business manager. He joined the offshore industry in 1970 and has held a variety of program man
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on September 1985The new corporate managing director of J.C. Hempel Holding A/S, the parent company for all foreign and associate companies of the Hempel Group, is to be Knud Laursen. He joined the Hempel Group, a worldwide supplier of marine and industrial coatings, on September 1 this year, and take full
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on September 1985— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Sales of cold-water survival suits by Imperial Manufacturing Company of Bremerton, Wash., approach 100,000 this year, according to production manager Jim Skelly. A big boost in sales for the company, which has been producing survival suits for 15 years,
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on September 1985Wilson Walton International of Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland (UK), recently received two contracts to provide rapid emergency service to two ship operators. The first contract, for a Norwegian customer, involved the replacement of a scrubber base tank, part of the ship's inert gas system, whic
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on September 1985Industrial Engineering & Equipment Company (INDEECO), St. Louis, Mo., recently announced that Katina R. Truman has joined its operation as advertising manager. From the St. Louis office, Mrs. Truman will implement advertising programs to support INDEE- CO's extensive electric heating line.
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on September 1985—Literature Available Krupp Mak Diesel, Inc. (KMDI), a subsidiary of Krupp Mak Maschinenbau GmbH, which has been selling medium-speed engines for heavy fuel and MDO operation both in the United States and in Canada, will relocate its offices and parts warehouses to Toronto, Canada, on Octob
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on September 1985COMSAT has announced that its board of directors has elected Irving Goldstein as chairman and chief executive officer, and Marcel Joseph as president and chief operating officer of the corporation, effective October 1 this year. Mr. Goldstein, who joined the company in 1966 and has been pres
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on September 1985A sturdy liquid-level sensor and transmitter from Tecnomatic Controls Ltd. in Britain is said to withstand the rigors of shipboard and rig applications. Constructed of stainless steel and monel (a nickel-base alloy), the Series 200 is completely seawater, oil and chemical resistant, and its
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on September 1985Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production and Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company have signed a twoyear contract with the Canmar/ Reading & Bates joint venture for the use of Canmar's single steel drilling caisson (SSDC) mobile Arctic drilling unit. Tenneco and 11 partners will use the unit for a w
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on September 1985Newly revised literature from American Air Filter, an Allis- Chalmers company, is now available on AMER-kleen cartridge filters for marine and stationary applications. The AMER-kleen cartridge filter is a glass fiber filter that successfully cleans the intake air for highhorsepower engines.
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on September 1985—Literature Available Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited and Kongsberg Limited have entered into an agreement to establish a joint international marketing and sales venture for computer-based dynamic positioning and machinery control systems for naval vessels. A complete systems a
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on September 1985Tidewater Inc.'s marine subsidiary, Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., has completed an agreement to purchase a package of five vessels from Otto Candies, Inc. of Des Allemands, La. According to an announcement by John P. Laborde, Tidewater chairman and chief executive officer, on 135-foot, 5,
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on September 1985—Literature Available Uniden Corporation of America, Marine Communications Division, Indianapolis, Ind., will feature its 90-channel, remote control marine radio, the MC 900, as well as five other new units, at the IMTEC Show in Chicago, September 27-30 this year. "Because of its two-piece
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on September 1985—Technical Literature Available A new "T" Series worm gear operator for manual and motorized control of any valve or mechanism requiring 90-degree rotation is now available from Limitorque Corporation in Lynchburg, Va. The new operators are available in two series: a commercial series for gen
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on September 1985— N e w Free Brochure Available A new 24-page catalog from Barksdale Controls Division presents the company's diverse line of semiconductor strain-gauge pressure transducers. Standard models are available with milli-gauge volt, voltage, milliampere and frequency outputs, with gauge pressures
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on September 1985—Free Literature Available Inventive Machine Corporation's Blast n'Vac pneumatic blasting and recovery system that allows abrasive blasting and vacuum recovery simultaneously now offers three improved packages to meet production needs—BNVP-3, -4, and -5. The working weight of hand held compo