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GULF REPORT launched its first vessel recently - a French-flagged drilling barge that will be used to drill in oil fields under Lake Maracaibo,

Venezuela. Drill barge Prisa 103 is 180 ft. (54,8 m) long, with a beam of 75 ft. (22.8 m), and a normal operating draft of 10 ft.

The three-deck, all-steel integrat- ed barge has four liquid mud tanks, three dry mud tanks and can carry 75,768 gal. of fuel, 50,765 gal. of oil and 50,765 gal. of fresh water.

Electrical power is supplied by two Caterpillar 3516 units gener- ating a total of 300 kW. It is the first of a series of three nearly identical barges for Sedco Forex of

Montrouge-Cedex, France, which is owned by Schlumberger.

The barge rigs will be outfitted with a centralized control cabin, a 35 metric ton capacity AmClyde model 10000 pedestal-mounted deck crane, AmClyde deck winch- es, a helideck for a Bell 212 heli- copter and accommodations for 36 persons. The rigs were designed by Sedco-Forex, and TDI-Halter and Zentech, Inc. handled all detailed engineering to accommo- date new technology and equip- ment which may be available in the future.

First Wave Marine

Wins Project

First Wave Marine, Inc., parent company of Newpark Marine

Fabricators, Inc., was contracted by Reading & Bates Drilling

Company to perform modifications and upgrades to semi-submersible rig M.G. Hulme Jr.

According to Francis Fair, execu- tive vice-president of First Wave's

Offshore Division, the job was per- formed at the East Pelican Island facility in Galveston. In addition,

First Wave Marine has acquired

Galveston Shipbuilding Company (GSC), a 33-year old company located on 30 acres. First Wave has hired more than 100 of GSC's craftsmen and welders.

Ingalls Delivers USCG

Integrated Deepwater

Proposal

Ingalls Shipbuilding and

Lockheed Martin has delivered a written proposal to participate in the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG)

Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) program, for replacement of their ships, aircraft and command and control network. Ingalls is also

July, 1998 teamed with M. Rosenblatt & Son,

Inc., Bell Helicopter Textron and several Litton Divisions, including

PRC, Data Systems and Sperry

Marine. The USCG's current deep- water fleet of Cutters and Patrol

Boats is facing retirement in the near future. In the first two phases of the IDS program, in-depth trade studies will be performed by indus- try teams that will assist the

USCG in making decisions on how many, and what type of, new ships and aircraft are to be built and what type of Command and

Control network will be used to replace these retiring assets.

Starting in 2002, the USCG plans on implementing these deci- sions by awarding a contract to build new ships, modernize some of their existing assets, and provide a fully integrated "System of

Systems." Awards to three indus- try teams for initial study efforts are expected to be made later this summer.

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