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Keppel to Deliver

Maersk Rig Early

Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) will deliver a new generation semi-submersible rig to Maersk

Contractors in mid August 2003 - two weeks ahead of schedule. The rig was named Lider in a ceremony that was held at Caspian Shipyard Company (CSC) in Baku,

Azerbaijan. Lider will be contracted to Exxon Azerbaijan

Operating Company

LLC and Chevron

Overseas Petroleum

Azerbaijan Limited for a three-year drilling program.

Co-designed by

Keppel FELS of

Singapore and Marine

Structure Consultants of Netherlands, this cost-effective multi- function rig is the first of the DSS-20-CAS-

M semi-submersible design to be built. Keppel FELS and CSC clinched the con- tract for the construction of Lider in February 2001, follow- ing their successful delivery of the MOD V jack-up rig,

Gurtulush to Transocean SedcoForex. Capable of operating in water depths of up to 1,000 m and drill depths of up to 9,140 m, Lider has a variable deck load of 4,000 tons and is able to accommodate 130 people. It is specifically designed to handle large water depths and high formation pressures, which are anticipated at the first well in the Zafar Mashal structure.

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Nichols Bros. Launch

Sternwheeler Cruise Ship

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Whidbey

Island and Seattle-based American West

Steamboat Company, owned by Henry Hillman,

Jr., CEO of Oregon Rail Corp., have launched the newly constructed overnight sternwheeler cruise ship Empress of the North. On June 16, 2003, the 360-ft. (110-m) sternwheeler was transferred on a specially designed rail system into Holmes Harbor, where it was launched at high tide. Designed by

Seattle naval architects, Guido Perla & Associates, construction of the Empress of the North began at

Nichols Brothers' shipyard in April 2002. The largest ship built by Nichols Brothers, with more than 350 employees on the job, the project encom- passed approximately 300,000 man-hours. Four decks high, the ship accommodates 235 passengers and 84 crew and features 117 ail-outside suites and staterooms, of which 105 have private verandahs.

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