Mobil Oil Corporation

  • Harmon F. Hoffmann has been appointed vice president and general manager, Marketing, for Mobil Oil Corporation's U.S. Marketing and R e f i n i n g D i v i s i o n , succeeding William V. Butler, who has elected early retirement at the end of this year.

    Mr. Hoffmann, who since 1976 has served as general manager, Marine Transportation, Middle East Transportation and Supply, will be succeeded by Walter C.

    Mink Jr. Mr. Mink rejoins Mobil Oil as a vice president after serving as president of Seabrokers, Inc., and as a director of Seabrokers' parent company, H.

    Clarkson and Co., Ltd., London.

    Mr. Butler joined Mobil in 1944 and held a number of marketing positions before being named general manager, West Coast Division, in 1966. Two years later, he was appointed general manager, Resale Marketing. He was promoted to vice president and general manager in 1976.

    Mr. Hoffmann joined Mobil in 1954. Before a transfer to the Marine Transportation Department in 1972 as manager, Operations and Charting, he was general manager, Planning and Fi- nancial Analysis for the then North American Division.

    In 1964, Mr. Mink joined Mobil Oil as manager, Scheduling, Marine Department. A few months later, he was named manager, Traffic. In 1968, he joined Seabrokers as executive vice president, chief operating officer and director. In 1976, he was elected president and chief executive officer, retaining responsibilities as the company's chief operating officer.

  • full presentation, which includes a summary of many successful techniques developed to reduce fuel consumption, write to Edward K. Arndt, Mobil Oil Corporation, 150 East 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10017

  • . "Supplementary Analytical Procedures for Evaluation Fuel Handling Characteristics of Heavy Distillate Gas Turbine Fuels," E.G. Barry, Mobil Oil Corporation, Paulsboro, N.J., and S.P. Cauley, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, N.Y. "A General Review of Lubrication Systems for Marine Gas Turbines

  • Mobil Oil Corporation has awarded a contract for a video entertainment system on each of its nine U.S.-flag ships to Marine Video International (MVI), a subsidiary of the Bell and Howell Company. Each ship will receive 120 hours of prerecorded video entertainment per year, which is equivalent to

  • Gary M. Jaeger has been appointed marine marketing representative for Mobil Oil Corporation. He will be located in New Orleans and serve the marine trade on the Gulf Coast with Mobil products and with Mobil's oil analysis service. Called EM/PA ( f o r Engineering M a i n t e n a n ce through

  • North Sea Directorate, Rijjkswijk, The Netherlands 9:00 a.m. Santa Anita Room Session H: Cleanup Operations I Chairman: William C. Park III, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, New York Vice Chairman: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Mark Torres, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC Innovative Response Techniques

  • —Literature Available Mobil Oil Corporation has introduced six hydraulic fluids for general industrial use. They all meet requirements of system and pump builders for resistance to heat, wear, water, and rust. The Mobil Hydraulic Oil Series consists of six ISO (International Standards Organization)

  • Albert J. Herman, vice president of Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company, a subsidiary of Mobil Oil Corporation, has been elected chairman of the board of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) for a one-year term. A graduate of the State University of New York Maritime College at

  • rig has been under construction for nearly 10 months and, upon delivery, will begin drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico for Mobil Oil Corporation. Sherman C. Perry, general manager of the Beaumont shipyard, said the Griffin-Alexander II is the second of eight rigs that Bethlehem

  • Mobil Exploration and Producing Services, Inc., a unit of the Exploration and Producing Division of Mobil Oil Corporation, has awarded the Sperry Division, Great Neck, N.Y., of Sperry Corporation contracts to develop and produce one of the most advanced navigation systems ever developed for a

  • A f o u r - p a g e , full-color brochure describing the benefits of a new engine oil for high output, marine diesel engines is available from Mobil Oil Corporation. Mobilgard 446, designed for use in General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) engines, including those equipped with silver wrist pin

  • A costly tangle involving petroleum explorers and fishermen may soon come to an end, the American Petroleum Institute reports. Mobil Oil Corporation has patented a device that will prevent seismic cables used for exploring beneath the marine bottom for oil and gas from becoming tangled with

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    INTERVIEW One-on-One with ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND As the U.S. offshore wind industry endures a predictable number of stops and starts during its adolescence, common mantras are ‘learn from the established European model’ and ‘embrace technology transfer from the offshore oil and gas

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