Vemar Shipyard Delivers Its First Offshore Rig To Glendell Drilling

Vemar Shipyard, Channelview, Texas, VECO International's offshore rig construction facility, recently celebrated the completion of its first drilling rig. Nearly 600 people attended the christening ceremony at the Vemar yard.

Vemar built the $12-million posted barge rig f o r Glendell Drilling Company. The new barge, which took over four months to complete, is a wetlands rig for use in the shallow waters of southern Louisiana. It has the capacity to drill down to 20,000 feet.

Mrs. Delwin C. Stults, wife of Glendell's president, broke the traditional bottle of champagne to give the rig its official name, Mr. Del. Vemar general manager Charles Johnson said: "Over the next few years we have orders to built 10 rigs, but none will be as special as the first. This one stands as a monument to all the people who had a hand in building it." Vemar currently employs more than 300 persons.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 8, Feb 1981

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