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Upturn In Gulf Spurs

Acquisition

American Oilfield Divers Inc. (AOD) said that, in anticipation of improved demand in the Gulf of

Mexico diving market, it has acquired the operating assets of

Gulf Coast Marine Divers Inc., a medium-sized, privately held com- pany, for an undisclosed sum.

AOD also announced that in sep- arate transactions, it acquired two, four-point anchor boats from two separate owners, as well as diving and related equipment from

Offshore Diving and Salvage Inc., a diving contractor currently in

Chapter 7 liquidation. "Based on several industry indi- cators, expectations are high that demand in the Gulf of Mexico div- ing market will steadily increase during the next several years," said George C. Yax, AOD's chair- man of the board, CEO and presi- dent. "As a result, I believe these are timely acquisitions which will increase our capacity to serve our

Gulf of Mexico customer base. We anticipate that the acquisition of

Gulf Coast assets will produce a minimum of $3 to 4 million of rev- enue for AOD over the next nine months. We expect to employ most of the Gulf Coast's offshore person- nel and look forward to working

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Operating assets acquired fi

Gulf Coast Marine Divers incli four-point anchor boat Four Pc

IV (renamed Americ

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American Scout), as well as misc laneous diving and marine cc struction equipment.

The two four-point anchor boa acquired by AOD were the 220- (67-m) Seahawk Retrieve (renamed American Constitution and 170 ft. (52-m) New Constructi (renamed American Triumph

Both vessels will operate in th

Gulf of Mexico, replacing two ves sels in AOD's Gulf of Mexico fleel which will be positioned oversea for international opportunities particularly in the West Africai market.

Krupp MaK's

New M 25

Photo of the new Krupp MaK M 25. A more complete techni- cal piece was featured in the

May edition of MR/EN (pg. 68), but photos were unavailable for the May edition.

As reported in the

May edition of

MR / EN, Krupp MaK has introduced the M 25, a member of the company's long-stroke engine generation six, eight and nined-cylin- der in-line engines.

Following is a list of the engines' specifica- tions: 1 /r ) flA

C yHffi m

AM \ / \

Pictured is a cr| section of

MaK diesel engin| 25.

M25 Technical

Specifications

Bore 255 mm

Stroke 400 mm

Cylinder rating 290/300 kW

Speed 720/750 revs/min.

Mean piston speed 9.6/10 m/s

BMEP 23.7/23.5 bar

Pmax 190 bar

Specific fuel oil consumption .. .185 g/kWh at 100% mor 184 g/kWh at 85%

Specific lube oil consumption 8 g/kWh

Engine rating (6M 25) 1740/1800 kW (8M 25) 2320/2400 kW (9M 25) 2610/2700 kW

Gen rating (6M 25) 2060/2140 kVA (8M 25) 2750/2850 kVA

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