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Delta Elects New

Directors And Officers

The election of two new mem- bers of the board of directors, three new corporate officers and a mana- gerial promotion was announced by

Capt. J.W. Clark, president of Del- ta Steamship Lines, Inc., following the company's recent annual meet- ing.

The new directors are Roy E.

Three ALCO, 12-cylinder diesels power drill ship DISCOVERER II in Malaysia.

Winegardner, first vice chairman of the board of Holiday Inns, Inc., and Clyde H. Dixon, executive vice president of Holiday Inns, Inc.

Holiday Inns, Inc. is the parent company of Delta Steamship Lines.

Other directors reelected were

F.E. Farwell, president of Milliken and Farwell, Inc.; William B. Bur- kenroad Jr., president of J. Aron &

Co.; Capt. J.W. Clark; L.M. Cly- mer, president of Holiday Inns,

Inc.; Fred G. Currey, president of

Tco Industries; C.A. Sporl Jr., chairman of the board of Frank B.

Hall of La., Inc.; George G. West- feldt Jr., president of Westfeldt

Bros., Inc., and Kemmons Wilson, chairman of the board of Holiday

Inns, Inc.

Elected as corporate officers were

Thomas W. Harrelson, promoted to vice president, while also retain- ing his present title of assistant to m

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Jack up SAGAR SAMARAT goes to work off India with power from four ALCO 251 diesel engines. the president; Richard V. Collins to assistant vice president, and

Larry J. Byers to assistant vice president-operations.

Other officers reelected included

F.E. Farwell, chairman of the board; Capt. J.W. Clark, president;

J.F. Badger, vice president-market research; R.N. Burguieres, assist- ant vice president and assistant sec- retary ; H.D. Hunter, vice president-

Eastern Division; Mario Iacona, vice president - South America;

Capt. D.P. Kirby, vice president- operations ; J.D. Landry Jr., assist- ant vice president-sales; J.A. Mun- ster, vice president-treasurer; R.J.

Nolan, assistant vice president and assistant treasurer; W.E. Walker, assistant vice president-traffic; F.

A. Wendt, vice president-traffic and sales, and R.W. Wismar, secretary.

Captain Clark also announced that Capt. E.R. Seamen was pro- moted to manager-marine opera- tions.

Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. owns and operates a fleet of modern

American-flag cargo vessels serv- ing the east coast of South Ameri- ca, Central America, the Caribbean and the west coast of Africa, from ports in the Gulf of Mexico. $13 Million In Orders

To Rucker Company

For Offshore Equipment

The Rucker Company, Oakland,

Calif., a manufacturer of equipment for offshore petroleum drilling, has received five orders totaling ap- proximately $13 million for prod- ucts on new semisubmersible drill- ing rigs to be built for Norwegian and U.S. offshore drilling contrac- tors. The equipment is to be deliv- ered during 1975 and 1976, accord- ing to the company, and all orders are subject to price escalation with- in certain limits.

Rucker will supply 15 sets of drill string motion compensators, 15 sets of riser and guideline ten- sioning systems, and 10 sets of sub- sea spherical or ram blowout pre- venters. The items will be manu- factured by Rucker Control Sys- tems in Oakland, Calif., and Ruck- er Shaffer Division in Houston,

Texas.

The equipment will be fitted to 17 new semisubmersible drilling rigs to be Constructed for petrole- um exploration and development in the North Sea. These include 10

Aker H-3 design rigs and one Ode- co rig being built for various own- ers, four SS-2000 semisubmersibles for Zapata Corp., and two Penta- gone-design rigs for Gowart-Olsen.

In addition, options for equipment on two additional rigs have been granted to two of the purchasers.

The Rucker Company is primari- ly engage.d in developing, manufac- turing and marketing petroleum drilling and well completion equip- ment used in drilling operations on land and offshore. The company is also engaged in developing and manufacturing electrical safety products, and in distributing hy- draulic and pneumatic components used in industrial equipment.

WORLD'S LARGEST JACKET, 12 piers, leaves Houston for Ekofisk behind ALCO-powered Mr. Harold on 6,061 mile tow at average speed of 6.95 knots. 9*1

SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL'S CHEROKEE, converted to work as bury barge on Ekofisk pipeline, has eight 4,000 BHP Alcos driving high pressure water pump to bury sled.

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