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Contracts

Keppel FELS Consolidates

Philippine Power Barges

Keppel FELS Energy & Infrastructure

Ltd. has purchased from SM Develop- ment Corporation, its entire stake in

Keppel FELS Energy Inc (KFEI), for a total consideration of $13.3 million.

It has also bought from the Keppel

Philippines Group and Keppel Marine

Industries Limited (KMI) their individ- ual stake in KFEI and Keppel FELS

Energy Manila Inc (KFEMI) for total considerations of $32.1 million and $7.3 million, respectively. With the comple- tion of these transactions, Keppel FELS will wholly own KFEI and KFEMI.

KFEI and KFEMI were operating power barges in Calacca, Batangas and

North Harbor respectively under BOO contracts with the Philippine National

Power Corporation that expired in the

October 1998 and July 1999. The power barges are now undergoing maintenance for redeployment.

Charleston Orders Pilot

Boat Pair

The Pilots of Charleston, S.C. have called on the team of Hunt/Gladding-

Hearn to supply a pair of fast 75 ft. (22.8 m) pilot boats. The Pilots currently oper- ate two 55 footers and a 38 footer, both constructed by Hunt/Gladding-Hearn.

Designed by C. Raymond Hunt Asso- ciates and constructed by Gladding-

Hearn, the increased size and higher per- formance of these vessels mirrors the contemporary demand for trips that are farther offshore than normal. A pair of

DDEC 16V200 engines, each with an output of 1,285-bhp provides maximum speed of 28 knots via custom Brunton five blade propellers selected for maxi- mum speed and efficiency.

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GE To Upgrade Gas Turbines

For Venezuelan Navy

Mariscal Sucre and Almirante Brion at Litton

Ingalls' Pascagoula, Miss. yard.

GE Aeroderivative and Package Ser- vices (GEAPS) will modernize and re- install four GE LM2500 aeroderivative

July, 2000 gas turbines that have been running for 20 years on two Venezuelan Navy frigates.

The gas turbine upgrades are part of the frigate modernization project per- formed by Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding at the company's Pascagoula, Miss, ship- yard.

Utilizing up to 1,000 shipbuilders for the next two years, the project marks the first major retrofit and upgrade of the two 2,500-ton Lupo-class frigates,

Mariscal Sucre and Almirante Brion.

Work on the vessels includes major upgrades to the gas turbines' high-pres- sure compressor rotors, high-pressure

Circle 277 on Reader Service Card compressor stators and the low-pressure turbine stators.

A wedge will also be added in the exhaust to decrease noise and exhaust system distress, while increasing perfor- mance and fuel economy.

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