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Offshore Update as directors of the company. Messrs.

Walker and Pierce and Ms. Kean will also continue in their current respective management positions.

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FMC Inks Deal With Statoil

FMC Technologies, Inc.'s FMC Ener- gy Systems business has signed an agreement with Statoil ASA to provide equipment and technology solutions for the Sigyn Development Project in the

Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The contract is valued at approximately $19 million. The Sigyn Field is a tie-back to the Sleipner A platform. The subsea completion solution will be provided by

FMC Kongsberg Subsea, a s, the com- pany's Norwegian-based subsidiary.

Exmar Announces LNG Deals

Exmar, CMB's gas tanker division, together with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, con- firms the long-term charter party with El

Paso Corporation of two further lique- fied natural gas (LNG) tankers, thus bring the total to four vessels. They will be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding &

Marine Engineering Company, Ltd.

Each vessel will be constructed using the membrane system and have a capac- ity of approximately 138,000 cu. m.

Danish Contingent Strong

At OE2001

The joint Danish stand at Offshore

Europe 2001 (OE2001) brings together 21 Danish manufacturers and suppliers of a multiple range of products and ser- vices for the international marine and offshore industry. The companies con- stitute Offshore Denmark - The Marine and Offshore Technology Group, which forms the framework for Danish turn- key projects and innovative solutions for customers world wide. Three Danish companies in particular, Orskov Steel

Shipyard, MAN B&W A/S Alpha

Diesel, and Aalborg Industries A/S, were featured on Stand No 959/859.

Orskov Steel Shipyard (www.orskov.dk) is a full service ship builder with conversion and repair facil- ities in two floating docks and two dry docks up to 705 x 111 ft. (215 x 34 m), strategically located at the northern tip of the European continent, with very short deviation from the North Sea and the Baltic area. Orskov has completed contracts for multifunctional AHTS

Vessels, container and offshore vessels and LPG carriers.

MAN B&W (www.manbw.dk) is the total supplier of auxiliary propulsion systems for two-stroke engine plants, four stroke engine powers for 800-7,680 kW (1,090-10,400 bhp) per engine and

CP propeller systems. This June MAN

B&W has been selected as the supplier of their innovative high-tech seven cylinder GenSets each delivering 1,400 kW at 100 rpm, 50 Hz, contracted by

DFDS Tor Line at the Flensburger

Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.

Aalborg Industries (www.aalborg- industries.dk) is the manufacturer of boilers for steam, hot-water or thermal fluid and combustion equipment, spe- cially designed to meet the requirements onboard FPSOs, FSOs, and rigs. Aal- borg Industries has just signed new con- tracts for boilers and combustion equip- ment worth $10.5 million from among others Korean shipyards.

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Our mission is to help offshore operators match the increasing demands of a highly competitive market. And we have a wealth of experience in doing so.

IZAR's offshore experience comes from the former ASTANO and Cadiz yards, where some of the most outstanding offshore projects took shape, both newbuildings and conversions.

Semi-submersible platforms, FSUs, FPSOs and the recent state-of-the-art dual drilling units for the Gulf of Mexico make IZAR one of the few true specialists in offshore unit construction.

Brain and brawn are ready to meet any demand from the international oil industry.

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