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Colt Industries Names

D.E. Babb To New

Sales Post In Houston

Colt Industries' Power Systems

Division of Beloit, Wis., has in- creased their product representa- tion in the 'Gulf Coast area with the assignment of D.E. Babb of

Houston, Texas, to handle an ex- panded line of the division's prod- ucts. F.J. Eubank, vice president and general manager of the water and waste management operation, recently announced that the addi- tional product lines that Mr. Babb will handle will include vapor com- pression desal'ters and waste treat- ment equipment. These products are primarily directed to the grow- ing offshore drilling industry. "With the expanded demancls and increased sales in the areas of desalting equipment and waste con- trol, particularly in the areas of offshore drilling, i't is necessary to extend the representation of our product line in this geographical area," Mr. Eubank said. He also emphasized that Mr. Babb, with an extensive sales-engineer back- ground, is ideally located to handle this new assignment.

The Colt division maintains a sales office in Houston. Mr. Babb has been with the company for 22

Western Co. Of N.A.

Awards Avondale Ship $25-Million Contract

A $25-million construction contract for a third semisubmersible offshore drilling vessel has been awarded Av- ondale Shipyards, Inc. of New Or- leans, La., by Western Co. of North

America. No delivery date has been given.

Two other semisubmersibles are under construction for Western Co., one is scheduled for delivery in the middle of 1973, and the other set for the first half of 1974. years, and is well-known in the

Houston and Gulf Coast marine and industrial areas. He has exten- sive experience in product applica- tion to the offshore drilling market.

D.E. Babb

The Power Systems Division products that Mr. Babb now sells and services include a line of va- por compression, water desalting equipment in 15,000-gpd and 7,500- gpd capacities, and waste treatment equipment that has been primarily designed for marine application. In this group of products is a new vacuum sewage collection system now being manufactured and mar- keted under the trade name "En- virovac." This system is available for both permanent and mobile in- stallations, with the advantages of using 90 percent less water and economical cost of installation and operation.

Storm Awards Contract

To Beth-Beaumont For

Self-Propelled Drillship

Arthur Weiss, president of Dear- born-Storm Corporation, Chicago, 111., has announced that its subsidi- ary, Storm Drilling Company, has agreed with Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration for the construction of a self-propelled drillship, the Hurri- cane, to add to Storm Drilling

Company's fleet of offshore drilling units. The Hurricane, the third self-propelled drillship to be owned by Storm, will be comparable in design to the Cyclone, and will cost approximately $14,000,000. It will be built at Bethlehem's Beaumont,

Texas, Shipyard, and is expected to be completed in May 1974.

Mr. Weiss stated that he was pleased to announce this important expansion of Storm Drilling Com- pany's offshore drilling fleet to en- able it further to serve the needs of the domestic and international industry. 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News