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I f Spar caisson weldout of the FPS Neptune "next-generation" offshore production plat- l / form. Ingalis fitted and joined two massive. /• }f J. 72-foot diameter caissons together - a his- / Af torical first - to form the 705-foot-tong pP, Spar hull, and completed the installation of spiral hull strakes to stabilize the struc- |igtg| ture against ocean currents. ' * • ' And during 1996, the Mississippi Gulf

Coast shipbuilder delivered as many as three hopper barges a week to an inland waterways towing customer, processing 900 tons of steel per week and demonstrating Ingalis' quick- reaction steel fabrication capabilities.

Ingalis Shipbuilding - world-class resources available for your next offshore project.

Ingalis Shipbuilding, one of the world's \ most innovative and successful shipbuild- 1 ers, offers its diversified resources - and six decades of experience - to the offshore industry. ^ '

Ingalis has a long history of building, ~; ^^Mt overhauling and modernizing drilling rigs, barges and other commercial marine struc- tures. In the 1980s. Ingalis built 13 world- class jackup rigs and four submersibles. Ingalis has also overhauled and modernized an additional 25 offshore rigs.

Today, a new era is dawning in the offshore industry - worldwide.

And Ingalis is meeting the demands of this new era with innovative solutions to unique projects - like the

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