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JOINT MEETING IN NEW YORK: The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N.Y.,

Inc., and The Institute of Marine Engineers, Eastern U.S.A. Branch held a joint meeting at the Downtown Athletic Club, New York City, on October 24, 1973. At the technical session, preceded by a dinner, Thomas J. Young, United States Lines, Inc., sponsored a paper titled "LNG Carriers-Operations," by Arthur G. Berndt, manager, Ship Group "E",

Exxon International, Inc., Tanker Department. Pictured at the meeting are: (seated, left to right), Mr. Young, sponsor; Mr. Berndt, speaker; Joseph Thelgie, Marine Transport

Lines, first vice president; Robert E. Yohe, American Bureau of Shipping, secretary, In- stitute of Marine Engineers; (standing, left to right), Robert H. Imlah, Ampower, treas- urer, Institute of Marine Engineers; Edward English, Atlantic Repair Co., chairman, pro- gram committee; John Antonetz, Texaco Inc., chairman, papers committee; William P.

Towner, American Bureau of Shipping, second vice president; Thomas Jones Jr., American

Export Lines, chaplain, and H.H. Hunt, marine surveyor, secretary-treasurer.

Three Firms To Join

In Irish Consortium

Serving Coastal Drilling

Three firms are forming a new consortium in Dublin for the pur- pose of servicing Ireland's offshore oil and gas industry. Fitzwilton, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam

Navigation Company, and Irish

Shipping will participate in the venture, with each firm holding equal shares in the consortium.

The group decision was made after each of the companies had made separate feasibility studies of the services sector to Ireland's off- shore oil industry. The companies are now making a more detailed study to define areas where their combined skills may be put to use.

Fitzwilton is one of Ireland's most important industrial conglom- erates. The Peninsular and Orien- tal Steam Navigation Company is a London-based shipping firm.

Irish Shipping is a deepsea ship- ping line owned by the Irish Gov- ernment.

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Sea standards the gas find is rela- tively small, although they have not disclosed publicly the extent of the find. A company spokesman has said that studies are now under way "to determine the magnitude of investment required to develop the field." Marathon's final decision will be made after the company's studies have been completed and their discussions with the Irish

Government have been concluded.

Ireland's Minister for Industry and Commerce, Justin Keating, has undertaken a special departmental study encompassing the entire field of Ireland's offshore gas and oil exploration and development. Im- portant considerations to be an- swered by the study include the extent of possible Government par- ticipation in exploration, and the desirability of establishing a state energy corporation.

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World's Largest LNG

To Be Built In France

According to reports from

France, Louis Dreyfus S.A. of Par- is, has ordered a liquefied natural gas carrier (LNG) from 'Chantiers de France, Dunkirk. It is said this will be the largest such vessel in the world. The ship, about 130,000 cubic meters, will be built by the use of the "Gaz Transport" method of construction, and is scheduled for delivery by the end of 1977. When completed, the LNG carrier wil be time-chartered to the

European consortium "Segape," the Societe d'Achat de Gaz Alge- rien Pour l'Europe, for a minimum period of 20 years. 44 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News