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Hudson Engineering Plans

Study Of Offshore Platforms

For 1,600-Foot Water Depths

Hudson Engineering Corporation is planning to initiate a study of composite leg platforms for 1,600- foot water depths. The study will develop technical and cost data for a drilling/production platform and a drilling/wellhead platform for envi- ronments like those found in the

Gulf of Mexico, as well as generate two field development schemes for using CLPs. "The study will provide decision- making data for economic evalua- tions of deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico," said Stephen A. Will, manager of Hudson's Development

Department. "The results will also be applicable to waters around the world with similar characteristics."

Study participants will share re- sulting critical data concerning deepwater concepts and the cost information on all phases of opera- tions, from design to fabrication, transportation, and installation.

The project is estimated to cost a total of $840,000. It is scheduled to start in February this year and be completed in early 1987. For further information on the project,

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Black Elected President

And CEO Of ARO Corp.

Todd Shipyards Corporation re- cently announced that David

Black was elected by the board of directors to the position of presi- dent and chief executive officer of

The ARO Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Todd. In addi- tion, the board elected John T.

Gilbride, Todd chairman, to the position of chairman of ARO.

Mr. Black, a director of ARO since 1982, has been executive vice president of ARO since July 1984 and prior to that was vice president of marketing and product research and development engineering since

December 1974. Before joining

ARO, Mr. Black was marketing manager for international opera- tions for the Tool Group of Dresser

Industries.

Mr. Black holds a B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Texas A & M University. He is president of the American Supply and Machin- ery Manufacturers Association Inc., a trustee of the Fluid Power Educa- tional Foundation, and a member of the industrial advisory committee of the Industrial Distribution Program at Western Carolina University of

Cullowhee, N.C.

Todd Shipyards Corporation, one of the nation's leading ship con- struction and repair companies, op- erates shipyards in Seattle, San

Francisco, Los Angeles and Galves- ton. Its recently acquired ARO sub- sidiary is an international manufac- turer of industrial air-powered equipment and aeronautical and en- vironmental life support systems.

April, 1986

Ciserv And ScanMarine

Form New Joint Venture

Ship Repair Service

Ciserv AB of Gothenburg and

ScanMarine Services BV/ScanMar- ine Trading BV of Rotterdam has agreed to collaborate in a new, joint- ly owned company—Ciserv Rotter- dam BV. Ciserv will buy 50 percent of ScanMarine; at the same time the name will be changed to Ciserv Rot- terdam.

The partners foresee positive de- velopments arising from the merger, and the new company will become part of Ciserv's international organ- ization. The company's managing director will be Barry Solaas, present owner and managing direc- tor of ScanMarine Services/Scan-

Marine Trading. The new compa- ny's goal is to give all customers, old and new, the very best possible ser- vice, based upon the two companies' considerable experience within the marine sector.

Ciserv AB is a wholly owned sub- sidiary of Cityvarvet AB in Gothen- burg, specializing in ship repair ser- vice in ports and at sea. The compa- ny is headquartered in Gothenburg, with service facilities also in the

U.K., Singapore, and Norfolk, Va.

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