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Cable Splicing System

Lowers Shipbuilding Costs —Literature Available

AMP Special Industries recently issued Product Bulletin 805-1. This

Bulletin, entitled "Marine Cable

Splicing Kit," describes the latest equipment for wiring methods to be used in modular shipbuilding, jumboizing and repairs. The meth- ods and equipment listed have been reviewed and accepted by the

Coast Guard and the American

Bureau of Shipping.

The AMP System is a low-cost method of marine cable splicing. It includes pressure-type butt con- nectors, thick-wall heat-shrink tubing throughout for replacement cable jacket and maintains the electrical continuity of the armor by AMP "TERMI-FOIL" ground- ing harness.

The methods described in the

Bulletin make it possible to elimi- nate long cable pulls, splicing of cables at modular breaks, salvage broken shipboard cable and facili- tates a faster turnaround in dam- aged vessels.

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Evans Appointed Vice

President of ODECO

James C. Evans

James C. Evans, a veteran of 31 years in the oil and gas industry, has been elected a vice president of

Ocean Drilling & Exploration Com- pany (ODECO) of New Orleans, responsible for environment and governmental affairs. He succeeds

John R. Macgregor, who recently retired after six years in that post.

Hugh J. Kelly, ODECO presi- dent and chief officer, said Mr.

Evans will be responsible for coor- dinating the company's compliance with and analysis of regulatory re- quirements in the areas of environ- ment, production, and drilling oper- ations.

Mr. Evans joined ODECO in 1957 after working four years for

Texaco in various engineering as- signments. He managed ODECO production operations for many years, and the highly successful op- erations of the dynamic positioning drillship Ben Ocean Lancer, from 1977 until 1980 when he returned to

ODECO headquarters in New Or- leans.

He served as assistant vice presi- dent-foreign drilling operations from 1981 until he joined ODECO's environment and government af- fairs staff earlier this year.

Hydranautics Skids Exxon's x Platform A' Jacket

To South Pass 89-B Field

The 8,400-ton jacket for Exxon's

Platform A was loaded out recently at Avondale's Morgan City, La., shipyard onto Brown & Root's BAR 376, using the onboard Hydranau- tics Hydraulic Systems skid system.

The eight-legged, 24-slot structure was subsequently launched using the Hydranautics equipment in 436 feet of water in the South Pass 89-B field in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems is headquartered in Goleta, Calif., with offices in London, Singapore, and Houston. The company designs and manufactures heavy-load mov- ing equipment for offshore and shipyard-related activities, includ- ing systems for applications ranging in size from 50 tons to more than 50,000 tons.

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Circle 24 on Reader Service Card the Vancouver Shipyardwith New Horizons

G enstar Shipyards Ltd. is the new name df Vanceuver Shipyards.

We've been part df the Genstar family fdr many years, and this name change fermalizes that relationship.

For more than 80 years the name of Vancouver Shipyards has been synenymdus with excellence in vessel design, cdnstruction and repair.

Such an dutstanding recerd has been achieved by dur ability td meet the demands of an industry in which change is a cdnstant.

As Genstar Shipyards Ltd. we Iddk with cdnfidence to new horizons of challenge and opportunity.

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