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Birdsall Appointed

Manager Of Geological

Operations For Longhorn

Barton C. Birdsall has been ap- pointed manager of geological operations for Longhorn Oil and

Gas Company, Oklahoma City,

Okla., privately held independent exploration and production firm active both onshore and offshore, primarily in the Gulf Coast, Mid- continent and Rocky Mountain areas of the United States.

Reporting to John S. Porter, vice president of exploration, Mr.

Birdsall will coordinate Long- horn's domestic exploration activ- ities, with primary emphasis on developmental operations, said

Jack Phillips, president and chief executive officer of Longhorn Oil and Gas Company.

Literature Available

On New ARPA Unit

From Norcontrol

A four-color brochure and a technical report have been pub- lished by Norcontrol of Horten,

Norway, describing the capabili- ties of its DataBridge 7—a third generation Automatic Radar Plot- ting Aid (ARPA) manufactured

TRY US

ON FOR SIZE

We've added the 185 foot and the 203 foot tug/supply vessels to our line of quality boats.

It's what you've demanded from us and what we can deliver.

At our new seventeen acre shipyard we're building larger vessels for our old friends and some new friends too.

THE 185 FOOT

CHARACTERISTICS

Length overall 185'

Beam 40

Depth 14'

Design water line 10'

HUDSON SHIPBUILDERS INC. 456 River Edge Road (West Yard), P.O. Box Q, Pascagoula MS 39567 601-762-4626 TELEX 589-927 HUDSHIP PASC by the member company of Kongs- berg Vapenfabric A.S.

This multifaceted collision avoidance system incorporates a training simulator which uses preprogrammed exercises to fa- miliarize the operator with the system and all the information the unit can provide. According to Peter Talbot, marketing man- ager for Kongsberg North Amer- ica, Inc., Leonia, N.J., this unit is the only ARPA system made that includes a training simu- lator.

For a free copy of the brochure and technical report,

Write 62 on Reader Service Card

Name O'Leary Marine

Development Manager

At Dillingham Ocean

Tim O'Leary, formerly with

Foss Launch & Tug Co., has been promoted to manager, market de- velopment and research for Dil- lingham Maritime's Ocean Divi- sion, Seattle, Wash. According to

Tom Van Dawark, president of the Dillingham Maritime Ocean

Division, Mr. O'Leary's new re- sponsibilities will include admin- istration of general research functions for the ocean market- ing group, developing market op- portunities and maintaining infor- mation for long-range planning.

Dillingham Maritime Ocean Di- vision is part of Dillingham Cor- poration's maritime group. Other companies within the group in- clude Foss Launch & Tug Co.,

Foss Alaska Line, Pacific Tow- boat & Salvage, Long Beach,

Calif., Ocean Transportation

Services, Inc., Houston, Texas,

Dillingham Tug & Barge and

Young Brothers, Limited, Hono- lulu, Hawaii. 4 "HANDS-ON" DEMO — Modular

Systems president George J.

Koury demonstrates one of the 52 emergency rudder arresting systems that his company is sup- plying for Esso tankers so they will meet latest requirements of the Intergovernmental Maritime

Consultative Organization (IM-

CO) . Each system consists of a skid-mounted pump, driver (mo- tor or diesel), directional indica- tor, and relief valves completely piped and tested before shipment.

Modular Systems of Rockaway,

N.J. is a division of Warren

Pumps/Houdaille. For further in- formation and a free brochure,

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