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Free Encyclopedia And

Technical Article On

Anchoring From SeaTec

A 24-page Anchoring Encyclo- pedia and a technical article on pipeline anchoring are available free from SeaTec International,

Ltd., Houston, Texas.

SeaTec, a worldwide marine contractor, and A.B. Chance Com- pany, a developer and manufac- turer of land anchors, recently combined efforts to offer pipeline anchors and anchoring services in North America and the U.K.

SeaTec will be the exclusive A.B.

Chance representative for off- shore installations in this area.

Chance has 60 years of expe- rience in anchor design, fabri- cation, and installation, including a computerized data base which contains samples from virtually every region in the United States.

SeaTec has developed techniques for testing anchor holding power before, during, and after the in- stallation, on land and offshore.

To meet customer requirements for fast supply and special ap- plications, SeaTec has built a pipeline bracket fabrication fa- cility in Houston.

The new association of the com- panies has resulted in the award- ing of three contracts to supply

Chance anchors and SeaTec in- stallation equipment and tech- niques to contractors on the

Northern Border Pipeline project running from Minnesota to Mon- tana.

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Santa Fe International

To Merge With

Kuwait Petroleum Corp.

Santa Fe International Corpo- ration, Alhambra, Calif., and Ku- wait Petroleum Corporation an- nounced recently that the com- panies have signed a definitive merger agreement under which

Santa Fe will become a U.S. sub- sidiary of the government-owned

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

Santa Fe's board of directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement and has sched- uled a special shareholders' meet- ing for December 1.

Santa Fe, an international drill- ing contractor, engages in oil and gas exploration and, through C.F.

Braun & Co., in process engineer- ing and construction. In 1980,

Santa Fe had revenues of about $1.2 billion, half of which was derived from foreign operations.

Kuwait Petroleum is a commer- cial enterprise engaged through subsidiaries in the production, re- fining, and marketing of oil, na- tural gas, and petrochemicals, both in Kuwait and abroad. The

Kuwait government has approved the transaction and it is now sub- ject to the approval of Santa Fe stockholders.

Under the merger, stockhold- ers will receive $51 for each share of common stock—a total of $2.5 billion for 49 million outstanding shares.

John Farrell Named VP

Of ESAB North America's

New Welding Division

John Farrell

John Farrell has been named to the position of vice president and general manager of the newly formed Robotic Welding Division of ESAB North America, Incor- porated. The new division will handle all sales, service, and ap- plication development of ESAB's

Robotic Welding Systems using the ASEA IRb6 all-electric robot and ESAB's computerized weld- ing technology and equipment.

ASEA is an ESAB associate. Mr.

Farrell had been robot market- ing manager of ESAB-HEATH.

He will be based at the company's

North American Headquarters in

Fort Collins, Colo.

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