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So. California Begins

Feasibility Studies

For LNG Facility

Southern California Gas Co. has begun preliminary studies to deter- mine the feasibility of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the Port Hueneme area, accord- ing to Keith McKinney, director of

LNG projects for the company.

As an initial step, the company applied to the South Central Coast

Regional Coastal Commission for permission to collect soil samples on property owned by a gas com- pany affiliate near Port Hueneme.

The application was approved at a commission meeting.

This application is the first of several to be made to appropriate authorities for permission to con- duct the various studies needed to determine the feasibility of this site for a facility to receive, store and regasify LNG.

The LNG would help to alleviate

Southern California's energy short- age, Mr. McKinney said. The gas would come from Indonesia as the result of a recently signed contract.

A similar facility is being consid- ered in Los Angeles Harbor to re- ceive LNG from south Alaska.

Ships would be unloaded in new berths at the port and the LNG transported to the near-by property for regasification and delivery into the gas company's existing trans- mission system in the Port Hue- neme-Oxnard area.

International Paint

Appoints Birnbaum

Special Consultant

Leon S. Birnbaum

Leon S. Birnbaum has been ap- pointed to the position of special consultant by International Paint

Company, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of marine coatings.

Mr. Birnbaum recently retired from the Naval Ship Engineering

Center where he was head of the

Coatings, Corrosion Engineering and Chemistry Branch of the Ma- terials Development and Applica- tion office. In this position, Mr.

Birnbaum managed the Navy paint program as it relates to design, con- struction, operation, maintenance and repair of Navy ships. Prior to that, Mr. Birnbaum was with the

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard In- dustrial Test Laboratory for 11 years.

A member of numerous profes- sional organizations, including the

American Society of Naval Engi- neers, the American Chemical So- ciety, and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Mr. Birn- baum received a B.S. degree in chemistry from City College of

New York, and an M.A. degree in public administration from Ameri- can University.

Webb Institute To Hold

Annual Alumni Banquet

In New York Nov. 15

The Webb Institute of Naval

Architecture Alumni Association will hold its annual banquet on

Thursday, November 15, at The

Tavern On The Green, 67th Street and Central Park West, New York,

N.Y.

The evening will start with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner served at 7 p.m. Donald

Caldera, president of the associa- tion, will introduce the program for the evening. The highlight of the affair will be the presentation of the eighth W. Selkirk Owen Award to Owen Oakley Sr., former head of the Naval Ship Engineering Cen- ter Design Group. His former boss, the eminent John Niedermaier, will present the award. Rear Adm. Wil- liam A. Brockett, U'SN (ret.), pres- ident of Webb, will present the "State of the Institute" message.

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