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Consortium Offers New

Offshore Platform Design

Deep Oil Technology, McDermott

Marine Construction, Rauma-

Repola and Reading & Bates Devel- opment Co. have formed an interna- tional consortium to offer Spar drill- ing, production and storage plat- forms to the offshore industry.

The Spar is a large, deep-draft, cylindrical, floating platform de- signed to support drilling and pro- duction equipment and to store pro- duced oil. It is moored with multiple catenary anchor lines over a cluster of subsea wells. The wells can be individual wells or grouped within seafloor template. Steel risers con- nect the wells to surface trees lo- cated on the cellar deck of the Spar.

The Spar concept has been stud- ied by a number of oil companies for application in the deep waters of the

Gulf of Mexico and other areas throughout the world. The Spar's main advantage is that it allows a field to be developed and produced with a single floating unit. The Spar can be relocated after the field is depleted and therefore can be used for short term as well as long term development requirements.

The consortium will offer Spar platforms to the industry by direct sale, or will arrange lease terms.

For additional information on the new Spar concept,

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CMIA Plan Would Revive

Shipbuilding Industry,

Add Thousands Of Jobs

ELECTRIC COMPANY

Visit us at ASNE Booth Nos. 462 and 463.

NY 10580 Fax: (914) 921-0055

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ULTR POLY

Fitted Pile Wraps

ULTRA FEND-Ultra High Molecular

Weight Polyethylene

Ultra Fend Fitted Pile Wraps are rounded fenders designed to contour individual pile fronts.

Fitted Pile Wrap panels are factory formed to fit a given pile radius and beveled along the edges to further reduce possible edge catching and dislocation.

Wraps let hulls slide freely along piles and protect wood against chipping and shredding due to impact and abrasion.

A 3/4" thick x 11" wide Wrap suitable for a 13" diameter pile is drilled with holes 1-1/2" diameter, 1/2" deep countersink, to accept 1/2" diameter bolts with cut washers.

Standard Fitted Pile Wraps are available in any length.

ULTRA POLY, Inc.

MANUFACTURERS OF UHMW 2926 South Steele, Tacoma, WA 98409 USA (206) 272-1217 • Twx 5106017576 • Fax (206) 272-1457

ULTRA FEND —Continuous Length

Fendering Systems

Ultra Poly offers Ultra Fend UHMW-PE Fendering Systems for pile wraps and boards in continuous lengths.

Because of its low coefficient of friction and high impact strength Ultra Fend allows vessels to guide freely along its surface while protecting against chipping, shredding, and catching due to impact.

Ultra Fend is available In standard black or custom UV- stabllized colors, flat or formed, or fabricated to the special needs of our customers.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800-872-8469

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The Canadian Maritime Indus- tries Association (CMIA) recently presented the Canadian government with a plan which would revive ship- building in the country and add about 30,000 jobs.

The plan calls for both the federal and provincial governments to pro- vide financing which would stimu- late commercial shipbuilding by pri- vate owners. CMIA claims that its plan could put almost 30,000 Cana- dians to work which would decrease unemployment rates and, at the same time, upgrade Canadian fleets.

The plan would also create a surge in revenue as well as ensuring the survival of the Canadian shipbuild- ing industry.

SPD Offers Free 48 Page

Brochure On MIL-SPEC

Circuit Breakers And

Switchgear

SPD Technologies, of Philadel- phia, Pa., is offering interested cus- tomers a free 48-page color brochure entitled Mil-Spec Circuit Breakers

And Switchgear. This includes the molded case breakers from 5 amps through 1600 amps. The company also reports that the delivery time for new air circuit breakers and switchgear is at an all-time low.

The SPD brochure is a well de- signed and developed guide to se- lecting from an extensive line of cir- cuit breakers and switchgear. Cir- cuit breakers are divided into two categories, the first being molded case circuit breakers (AQB) and the second air circuit breakers (ACB).

Each category includes application and technical data, rating charts and product descriptions, ordering data and an explanation of the company's catalog numbering sys- tem.

Each piece of equipment is indi- vidually photographed and comes with a full page description, includ- ing rating tables, photos and full dimensional line drawings.

The switchgear section contains photographs and text describing the

SDP selection of Navy switchgear.

A follow-up chapter provides four, bi-colored, time/current character- istic curves.

To receive a free copy of SPD

Technologies brochure,

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