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strategic growth area for Amoco.

Marlin will be the first of many successes in this growth area as

Amoco plans to aggressively pur- sue additional deepwater opportu- nities it has identified," said

David Welch, Amoco vice presi- dent for the Gulf of Mexico unit.

Two new pipeline systems will transport Marlin production to onshore markets. The Main Pass

Oil Gathering System, an Amoco- operated system installed in 1996, will transport oil into the Empire,

La., market. Natural gas will flow through the recently-announced venture Destin Pipeline, a joint venture of Amoco, Shell and Sonat.

The Destin Pipeline will come ashore at Pascagoula, Miss., where an Amoco/Shell gas processing facility will be built. The pipeline will extend northward to intercon- nect with five interstate pipelines in Mississippi.

Construction of the TLP will begin this year, and plans exist for the hull to be fabricated in

Taranto, Italy, and towed to

Corpus Christi, where the topside facilities will be built. The hull will be fastened to the seafloor by steel tendons at the Marlin site.

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Pictured on top is Sovereign of the Seas in drydock at Bethlehem Shipyard. The mid- dle photo shows how empty space on the pool deck was converted by James P. Colie & Assoc. into two hot tubs and a shower, covered by a gazebo. The bottom photo shows workers from James P. Colie &

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