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Offshore Drilling Rigs

Symposium To Be Held

In London Nov. 24-25

A two-day Symposium on Off- shore Drilling Rigs, organized by the Royal Institution of Naval Ar- chitects, will be held on November 24-25, 1970, in the Weir Lecture

Hall, 10 Upper Belgrave Street,

London, S.W. 1.

The following papers will be pre- sented : Tuesday, November 24 at

Skagit delivers towing winches from stock! 10:00 a.m., Paper No. 1—"En- vironmental Conditions" by L.

Draper, National Institute of

Oceanography; Paper No. 2— "Types of Rigs" by Ir. A. Starink,

Shell Group, and Dr. F.G. West,

Bataafse Internationale Petroleum

Maatschappij N.V., The Hague; 2:30 p.m., Paper No. 3—"Design

Considerations for Offshore Drill- ing Structures with Particular Ref- erence to Arctic Conditions" by

W.H. German, German and Milne,

Consultants, Montreal; Paper No. 4—"Construction and Repair" by

H.W. Stapel, The Rotterdam Dock- yard Company; Wednesday, No- vember 25 at 10:00 a.m., Paper No. 5—"Exploration and Drilling" by

K.B. Charles, B.P. Petro'eum De- velopment Limited; Paper No. 6— "Towage, Insurance and Safety" by

Capt. W.D. Noble, W.D. Noble &

Co. Marine Consultants; 2:30 p.m.,

Paper No. 7—"Service and Supply

Craft" by Brig. E.F. Parker, Off- shore Marine Limited, and a panel discussion in which all authors will participate.

Admission will be by ticket only, but the meetings will be open to non-members. Further details and registration forms are available on application to the Secretary, The

Royal Institution of Naval Archi- tects, 10 Upper Belgrave Street,

London, S.W. 1.

Mobil Oil Promotes

Johannes Saakes In

Marine Sales Dept.

Johannes Saakes

Mobil Oil Corporation has an- nounced the promotion of Johan- nes Saakes to marine sales engi- neer in the Atlantic marine dis- trict, it was announced by R.C.

Schnepf, general manager of the domestic marine sales department.

Mr. Saakes is a graduate in ma- rine engineering from Nijmegen

Naval School and sailed as chief engineer for five years. He joined

Mobil Oil in 1968 and has been a marine representative at the port of New York.

Mr. Saakes replaces J.A. Gatti, who has been transferred to the

West Coast as district marine man- ager.

Newport News Ship

Names H.W. Childress

Naval architecture, marine engineering and marine surveying

We handle many jobs from the hull up, including: fishing boats; hydrofoils; tug boats; offshore drilling platforms; port facilities; underwater vehicles; ship conversions, and marine electronic systems.

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A subsidiary of Western Gear Corporation

Skagit's broad product line of towing, pipe and anchor handling winches provide the line pull, speed and spool capacity to meet your exact requirements! Available in 1-2-3 drums with power, gearing and other op- tional variables . . . usually with 30-day de- livery. Send us your specifications ... there's a Skagit winch already engineered for you.

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Washington 98284.

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Mr. Childress, who joined New- port News in 1968 upon retirement from the Navy, received his B.A. degree in physics from the Univer- sity of North Carolina in Chapel

Hill in 1956, and his M.S. degree in education from Old Dominion

University in Norfolk, Va.

A native of Ararat, Va., Mr.

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