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MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL

Matunuck, R.I.

The plea agreement was filed at the same time the criminal charges were filed against the oil barge and tugboat owner.

The owners of the North Cape barge and Scandia tugboat admit- ted ignoring winter storm warn- ings the day the barge ran aground. After a fire broke out in the engine room of the tugboat, the crew had to abandon both vessels and leave them adrift in the storm.

The $8.5 million settlement includes fines of $3.5 million to the federal government and $3.5 mil- lion to the Rhode Island state gov- ernment.

The owners will also pay $1.5 million to the Nature Conservancy to buy and preserve land in the area around the spill.

The settlement must be approved by state and federal courts, and

Eklof will face an additional $1 million penalty if it fails to upgrade and improve its vessels as the company promised.

Owners of the vessels still risk civil lawsuits for the spill.

Boots & Coots Responds To

Gas Blowout

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Well Control, Inc. recently responded to a natural gas blowout at a site 30 miles south of

Alexandria, La.

Four of the company's well con- trol specialists were dispatched to the site of the high-pressure well to assess the damage to blowout prevention equipment that began to leak causing a mixture of nat- ural gas and water to be released from the 17,000 ft. well.

Boots & Coots has developed procedures designed to minimize the risk of fire and explosion. The company's industrial and marine fire-fighting division, in concert with the well control team, deliv- ered to the site supplies of a spe- cially formulated, vapor-sup- pressing foam designed to miti- gate the hazards associated with a potential explosion and result- ing fire and eliminate hydrocar- bon emissions in an environmen- tally friendly manner.

In addition, the company is working at two other locations providing critical well control management services at a site 120 miles offshore of Cameron,

La., and near Punta de Mata in the eastern region of Venezuela.

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Needs Of Maritime

Industry

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