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Vanuatu Removed From USCG List Of

Targeted Flags

Vanuatu has been removed from the U.S.

Coast Guard's list targeting certain countries for increased safety inspections in U.S. waters. The basis for the targeting was an intervention rate which exceeded a three year average interven- tion rate of 0.5 percent for all ships entering the

U.S.

Vanuatu's intervention rate was 0.9 percent resulting from two interventions for 214 inspec- tions.

Vanuatu appealed to the USCG that the two interventions lacked merit and should be elimi- nated. The USCG rescinded one of the two interventions, changing Vanuatu's intervention rate to 0.47 percent and effectively removing

Vanuatu from the list of targeted countries.

Ocean Vessel Transits Through Seaway Up

From Last Year

Commercial ocean vessel transits through the

Montreal-Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence

Seaway are 41 percent ahead of last year's level at the halfway mark of the 1994 navigation season, according to the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.

As of Aug. 14, there had been 551 ocean vessel transits through the bi-national waterway, an increase of 161. In addition, overall vessel transits were ahead of last year's level by 16 percent at 1,290.

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Admin- istrator Stanford E. Parris noted that the increase in vessel transits, especially ocean vessel transits, is a direct benefit of the aggressive international market- ing and sailing improvements initiated by the Corpora- tion.

In addition to the increase in vessel transits, com-

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Specific cargoes which registered in- creases were:

Product % Total Now

Increased (Metric Tons)

Iron ore 14% 5.4 million

Iron and steel 74% 2 million

Steel slabs 74% 899,000

Petroleum products 54% 756,000

Stone 29% 441,000

Coke 29% 374,000

Gypsum 29% 198,000

Coal 66% 173,000

Chevron Testing New Offshore

Gas Well

Chevron U.S.A. Production Company and Stone Energy Corporation have suc- cessfully drilled and completed the OCS-

G-2050 No. A well at East Cameron Block 281 in federal waters offshore Louisiana.

The well tested at a daily rate of 22.8 million-cu.-ft. of gas at 1,800 lbs. of flowing tubing pressure ona43/64-in. choke. Chev- ron owns a 50 percent interest in the block, with Stone and other limited partnerships managed by Stone owning the other 50 percent. Future work in the block will include drilling another well. Stone will serve as operator for drilling and Chevron will serve as operator for production.

Texaco Completes Horizontal Oil

Well In South Louisiana

Texaco completed its first successful horizontal oil well in South Louisiana.

The well is located in the Bay de Chene

Field. Texaco's previous horizontal suc- cesses have been in the Gulf of Mexico and the Austin Chalk. The well utilizes Texaco's horizontal well technology to recover addi- tional reserves from mature water drive reservoirs. The well is currently produc- ing 1,100 barrels per day of 29 gravity crude oil and no water. The completed well has a 517-ft. (157.5-m) single lateral with a measured depth of6,260 ft. (1,908 m) and a vertical depth of 5,080 ft. (1,548 m).

Agreement Finalized For

Purchase And Cleanup Of

Seattle Waterfront Property

The Washington State Department of

Ecology finalized the first prospective pur- chaser agreement under new amendments to the state's Superfund law, with

Northlake Shipyard, Inc., a Seattle-based marine company. The agreement was the last hurdle before Northlake Shipyard could reopen a bankrupt shipyard along

Seattle's Lake Union, the former United

Marine, Inc. site.

This is also reportedly the first prospec- tive purchaser agreement in the nation to involve a profit-sharing arrangement be- tween a private company and a govern- ment agency. Northlake Shipyard will contribute a portion of its profits each year into a fund capped at $1.1 million to clean up the property.

In a consent decree with Ecology,

Northlake Shipyard will pay $400,000 at 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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