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Petronio Elected

VP-Engineering At

Pool Company Of Houston

B.D. Miller, vice president of

Pool Company's Operations Sup- port Services Division, has an- nounced that Nicholas Petronio has been elected vice president- engineering. He is responsible for all engineering support for the company's three expanding oper- ating units—Pool Well Servicing

Company, Pool Offshore, and

Pool-Intairdril.

Nicholas Petronio

Mr. Petronio joined Pool Com- pany in May 1978 as manager of construction in the Operations

Support Services Division, and was promoted to director of en- gineering in November 1978. He has supervised engineering for the construction of more than SO onshore and offshore rigs.

Prior to joining Pool, he was shipyard technical manager for a major construction yard, and had accumulated more than 10 years' experience in engineering and steel fabrication including computerized stress analysis and design, production and quality control, training, and shipyard management.

Two MARCO Oil Skimmers

Delivered To Mexican Navy

To upgrade its oil spill response capability, the Mexican Navy has purchased two MARCO Class I-D oil-spill recovery vessels (one shown above). Capt. Jose H. Or- azco Peralta took delivery of the skimmers in San Diego from D.

William Lerch, vice president of

MARCO Pollution Control. Short- ly following this delivery, the

Mexican Navy ordered five more

Class I-D skimmers, thereby in- creasing its skimmer fleet to seven.

The MARCO skimmers are built around the exclusive MAR-

CO Filterbelt system, which uniquely removes oil and debris from the water without taking the water aboard. The Filterbelt picks up all types of oil from the surface, including light distil- lates, heavy weathered crude,, and Bunker C. It also has the ability to work effectively over a wide range of sea conditions.

These 37-foot skimmers are the first self-propelled Filterbelt skimmers for Mexico. MARCO engineers conducted a thorough training course for the Mexican crew, which included both the theory of the MARCO Filterbelt system and extensive hands-on practice in the operation and maintenance of the skimmers.

After the training was completed, a Mexican Navy vessel transport- ed the skimmers from San Diego to their home ports of Vera Cruz and Manzanillo.

The Class I-D is said to be ideal for rapid first response to oil spills on waterways, bays, and harbors. It has a cruising speed of 15 knots and a skimming speed up to 2 knots.

The Class I-D's principal dimen- sions include a length of 37 feet, a beam of 10 feet, and a depth of 3 feet. Standard equipment in- cludes a hydraulic power system for the Filterbelt, a 1,430-gallon oil sump, an automatic decanting system, a debris collection basket, and twin 120-bhp GM 4-53 diesel engines with Stern Power out- drives.

In addition to oil-spill recovery vessels from 28 to 120 feet,

MARCO is a leading designer and builder of other commercial ves- sels, including 19-foot skiffs, 32- foot gillnetters, and 108- to 160- foot trawlers, seiners, crabbers, and combination boats. Since 1972, MARCO has delivered more than 70 skimmers worldwide to government agencies, oil-spill clean-up cooperatives, and major oil companies.

With the knowledge and dedication of a doctor, the delicate skills of a surgeon and the determination of a nurse, the team moves into action, each specialist making

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