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EDITORIAL

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Nina D. Miller

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James R. McCaul

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SALES

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Atlantic Marino And Alabama Shipyard Team Up For Offshore Conversion

Atlantic Marine, Inc. and Alabama Shipyard, Inc. of Mobile, Ala., will join forces to perform tfie major conversion of Diamond Offshore's 528- ft. (164.5 m) drillship Ocean Clipper. Diamond Offshore, headquar- tered in Houston, has been involved in the offshore drilling industry for more than 25 years. The drillship will be converted from a convention- al mooring to a dynamically positioned deepwater drill rig, capable of drilling in ultradeep water depths.

Alabama Shipyard will be performing derrick substructure renewals, cellar deck modifications and two pedestal crane additions. It will also be adding five thruster units and fabricating and installing sponsons for extra floatation. Atlantic Marine, Inc. will be performing major machin- ery modifications, including segregation of the engine room into two separate watertight compartments and installation of mudpumps. New

SCR drives will be installed, as well as a dynamic positioning system.

Most of the equipment on the drillship will be upgraded to allow it to drill in deeper water. Ocean Clipper will also undergo routine drydocking repairs and services while on Atlantic Marine's drydock Alabama.

The vessel will be classed to ABS standards, and will be at Atlantic

Marine for approximately eight months. Atlantic Marine, Inc. and

Alabama Shipyard, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Atlantic

Marine Holding Company of Jacksonville, Fla.

For more information on Atlantic Marine

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For more information on Alabama Shipyard

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