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SKINNER TURBINES can consume about 40% less steam than other brands!

These American-made, single-stage, axial flow, re-entry type steam engines are available in four sizes from 1 to 1,500 hp. For continuous, intermittent or standby operation, they may be used horizontally or vertically for condensing or non-condensing service.

Rotation may be in either direction. A fail-safe system precludes the turbine from running without oil while a Woodward Governor prevents overspeeding,

REPLACEMENT UNITS have been supplied in the required time at approximately 2/3rds the cost of competitive overhaul. Size-wise, these units will fit in about 95% of existing U.S. and foreign cargo pump, fan and mechanical drives without radical change to the foundation.

SKINNER ENGINE COMPANY, a leader in the design and manufacture of marine engines for over a century, produces these precision-engineered turbines with rugged simplicity for long, trouble-free service.

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First Of Two Deepwater Rigs For Waage

Christened At Avondale Shipyards

Waage Drill I prior to christening. The drill rig is in the submerged position.

The christening' of the Waage

Drill I, the first of two identi- cal self-propelled semisubmersible deepwater drilling rigs, was recent- ly held at Avondale Shipyards,

Inc., Belle Chasse Assembly Area^

New Orleans, La.

Principals of the christening were Finn J. Stephansen-Smith, principal speaker; Edwin Hartz- man, president of Avondale Ship- yards, Inc.; acting as godmother (in Norway the sponsor is referred to as the godmother) was Mrs.

Finn J. Stephansen-Smith; her matron of honor was Mrs. Ole

Bertel, wife of the partner of

Waage Drilling Company. The

Rev. Oddvar Michalsen, pastor,

Norwegian Seaman's Church in

Houston, Texas, gave the invoca- tion.

Avondale Shipyards, Inc. is the first yard to deliver a self-propelled drilling unit to a Norwegian own- er. K/S Waage Drilling A/S and

Company was founded in 1971, the

Hagb. Waage Group being the principal partners. Other partners are Custos A/,S, Blehr and Tenwig,

Inge Steensland A/S and Ole J.

Bertel.

The Hagb. Waage Group is a major Norwegian shipping com- pany with long traditions in world- wide shipping. The group current- ly has a sailing fleet of more than one million dwt and a new build- ing program of approximately 1.6 million d'wt. The second unit,

Waage Drill II, is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 1974.

The Hagb. Waage Group is also major partners in K/S Oslo Drill- ing A/,S and Company of Oslo.

Other partners in K/S Oslo Drilling

A/S and Company are Wilhelmsen,

Oslo, Home Oil, and Bo Bailey

Industries, both of Canada. A drill- ing unit of the same design is pres- ently being constructed in Norway.

Waage Drill I is assigned to drill in the North Sea area for Hamil- ton Brothers Inc. of Denver, Colo.

The drill units Waage Drill I and

Waage Drill II will be operated by a joint venture of Santa Fe

International Services Inc., Or- ange, Calif., and K/S Waage Drill- ing A/S and Company.

Principals of the christening shown left to right: Edwin Hartzman, president, Avon- dale Shipyards; Mrs. Gerd Stephansen-

Smith, godmother, and Finn J. Stephansen-

Smith, shipowner, Hagb. Waage.

The Waage Drill I is a colurnn- stalbilized drilling unit of the ocean voyager class, designed by Ocean

Drilling and Exploration Company, being built for K/S Waage Drill- ing A/S and Company.

The overall length of the new rig is 300 feet, with a beam of 293 feet. The height to the top of the main deck is 128 feet. Draft under way is 25 feet, and drilling position is 70 feet.

Two 4,000 plus-shp engines com- prise the propulsion system on the

Waage Drill I, which incorporates the latesit all-weather quarters for 80 men.

The Waage Drill I is equipped with nine-foot stainless propellers and Kort nozzles. It is also equipped with mooring for 600 feet of water by using eight 3,600 feet of three-inch stud-linked chains, each with 30,000-pound Danforth anchors and 20,000-pound backup anchors.

Avondale Shipyards, the largest industrial employer in Louisiana, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ogden Corporation of New

York which operates in the major market areas of metals, transporta- tion, food products, leisure, real estate development, and invest- ments, reporting sales of $1,073 bil- lion in 1972.

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