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Offshore Report 500 bowthruster, rated 500 hp @ 1.200 rpm. The four-engine installation pro- vides superior power for propulsion and increased maneuvering and positioning, by virtue of generous distances between outboard propellers. The two engines used for main propulsion are keelbox cooled, while the two jacking engines are radiator cooled.

Redundant 425 ekW Cat 3412 DITA generators and one 190 ekW Cat 3306

DITA emergency generator provide electrical power.

Both Dixie Legacy and Dixie Endeav- or are USCG Subchapter "L" — ABS classed Self-Elevating Lift Boats, AMS,

International Tonnage — International

Load Line - Zero pollution, satisfy ABS and IMO requirements and are SOLAS ready.

The vessel is well-outfitted on the bridge with the top level of marine elec- tronics and safety equipment, including

GMDSS, fire detection and smoke alarm throughout, and nearly a full comple- ment of JRC equipment, including .IRC radar, GPS and VHF. It also features a

MAN B&W Diesel engines IS (Invisible Smoke) not only in cruise ships

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Furuno FCV 667 depth finder with three transducers, located port and starboard legs forward, as well as center below the engine room. This allows the captain, while running on the river, to switch from one transducer to the other and ensure that the vessel does not run up onto the bank. Domke said the owner is currently evaluating satellite communi- cation service providers and will soon hook up the Dixie Legacy, helping to integrate it with the other eight vessels in the fleet and the home office.

Dixie Legacy Specifications

Builder Semco

Designer Semc

Owner Power Offshore Services

Mission Multi-Purpose

Length 225 ft. (68.5 m)

Beam 103 ft. (31.4 m)

Depth 13ft. (4 m)

Main Engines Caterpillar

Ships Service Power Caterpilla

Marine Gear Twin Disc

Propellers Ships Machinery Inc. (SMI)

Electronics Frank L. Beier

Controls MEC Electronic Controls System

Cranes Seatrax

Thruster engines SMI Model 500 bowthruster

Steering system ... .EMI Electro/Hydraulic System

Speed 7 knots

Hull Construction Steel

Crew & Passenger 50

Fuel capacity 29,340 gal.

Water capacity 29,000 gal.

Lube oil capacity 935 gal.

Hydraulic oil capacity 5,000 gal.

Waste oil capacity 1,975 gal.

Chevron To Spend $6B In 2001

Chevron announced a $6 billion capi- tal and exploratory spending program for 2001, planning to invest $3.7 billion in worldwide exploration and produc- tion, and $1.2 billion in the United

States. "The 2001 capital and explorato- ry program is an increase of approxi- mately 16 percent over our 2000 pro- gram," said Dave O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO.

Worldwide, Chevron continues to tar- get 4 to 4.5 percent annual barrel of oil equivalent volume growth from 199 lev- els. Chevron's third Gulf of Mexico deepwater development project,

Typhoon, is on schedule for a mid-2001 start up. In West Africa, development of

Block 0 and the deepwater Block 14 in

Angola will continue.

Chevron's capital program includes exploratory drilling programs in Angola,

Brazil, Azerbaijan, Norway and deep- water Gulf of Mexico. Exploratory drilling will continue in Angola on

Block 14. In Brazil, drilling will begin on two offshore blocks acquired in 2000. Seismic work will begin on the newly acquired deepwater lease (OPL 250) in Nigeria and two additional blocks in Brazil. Chevron intends to participate in an exploration drilling program in Alaska and is funding drilling offshore Canada's east coast and in the Mackenzie Delta.

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