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ON THE COVER

West Coast

Shipyards —A Review—

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Navy Overhaul

Market

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ODECO Will Buy Two

Jackup Rigs From Salen

For Total Of $33.5 Million

Ocean Drilling & Exploration

Company (ODECO) of New Orleans has announced an agreement to pur- chase two independent-leg, canti- levered jackup drilling rigs from

Salen Energy and its partners. The two units, capable of operating in water depths to 250 feet, most re- cently were employed in the Gulf of

Mexico by Salen Offshore Company of Houston.

The rigs, Salenergy V and Salen- ergy VI, were built by Swedeyards'

Gotaverken Arendal of Sweden in 1980 and 1981, respectively, at a total cost of approximately $71 mil- lion. The purchase price for both units will be $33.5 million.

Hugh J. Kelly, ODECO presi- dent and chief executive officer, said the purchase of the two rigs reflects the company's long-term strategy of expanding its drilling fleet during depressed periods of offshore activity, rather than in boom times.

Pace To Replace Lewis

As Chairman And CEO

For General Dynamics

David S. Lewis, chairman and chief executive officer of General

Dynamics Corporation, has an- nounced that Stanley C. Pace has joined the company as vice chair- man, and will become chairman and chief executive officer when Mr.

Lewis retires, but not later than

January 1, 1986.

Mr. Pace had been vice chairman of TRW Inc., from which he has retired. He has been employed in increasingly important positions with TRW for the past 31 years.

Prior to his being named vice chair- man in January 1985, he had served as president and chief operating of- ficer of TRW since 1977.

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