Allis-Chalmers Receives
$6-Million Mud Pump
Order From Wilson
The Marine Diesel Division of
the Allis-Chalmers Corp., Mil-
waukee, Wis., recently received
an order valued at more than $6
million covering construction of
60 mud pumps for drilling rigs
made by the Wilson Manufac-
turing Co., Wichita Falls, Texas.
The division, whose major ac-
tivity is construction of large ma-
rine diesel engines, also operates
a custom manufacturing depart-
ment which produces a wide range
of products to specifications of
other firms.
The Wilson Manufacturing Co.
is a major supplier of products
used by oil well drillers. Allis-
Chalmers will make equipment in
Wilson's line of model 600 duplex
mud pumps, 600 hp maximum at
95 strokes per minute.
Allis-Chalmers said that the
order includes an option for 60
additional pumps. The order in-
cludes Allis-Chalmers responsi-
bility for manufacture, assembly,
test, and shipping of the pumps
to Wilson dealers.
Title XI Granted For
Drill Rig Cheyenne
Total Cost $32.6-Million
MarAd has approved in princi-
ple an application by Tidelands
II, Inc., a wholly owned subsid-
iary of Temple Drilling Co., Hou-
ston, Texas, for a Title XI loan
guarantee to aid in financing con-
struction of the offshore jackup
drilling rig Cheyenne.
The 220-foot rig, which can
drill in water 12 to 200 feet deep,
is being built by Bethlehem Steel
Corp., Sparrows Point, Md. The
vessel is scheduled to be deliv-
ered by April 1982. Plans call for
it to operate initially in the Gulf
of Mexico. The Title XI guaran-
tee amounts to $24,472,000, or
roughly 75 percent of the ves-
sel's $32,630,000 estimated actual
cost.
$1 -Billion Lube Oil
Refinery To Be Constructed
In Saudi Arabia
An agreement to build in Saudi
Arabia the world's largest lubri-
cating oil refinery was signed in
Riyadh recently by representa-
tives of the General Petroleum
and Minerals Organization (Pe-
tromin)—the Saudi Arabian state
oil agency — and wholly owned
subsidiaries of Standard Oil Com-
pany of California and Texaco
Inc.
The agreement clears the way
for formation of a new company
to proceed with the joint ven-
ture partnership at a cost of over
$1 billion. Petromin will hold a
50 percent interest, and each of
the other participants a 25 per-
cent interest.
The new refinery will be lo-
cated on the Arabian Gulf at
Madinat-Al-Jubail Al-Sinaiyah, a
major industrial complex in Saudi
Arabia's national development
program. Construction is sched-
uled to start in 1982, with com-
mercial production planned for
early 1986. The Jubail Lube Oil
Refinery is designed to produce
12,000 barrels per day of premi-
um lubricating oil base stocks for
automotive and industrial use.
Signing the agreement for Pe-
tromin was Dr. Abdulhady H.
Taher, the agency's governor.
Signing for Texaco Saudi Invest-
ments Limited was Alfred C. De
Crane Jr., a director of that com-
pany and executive vice president
of Texaco Inc. W. Jones McQuinn,
president of Arabian Chevron
Overseas Limited and a SoCal
vice president, signed for his com-
pany.
Management of the new com-
pany will emphasize training of
Saudis. The training of plant op-
erators, engineers and supervi-
sors, and the massive lube proj-
ect itself, are expected to repre-
sent a significant contribution to-
ward the kingdom's goal of ac-
quiring technology. With initial
assistance from SoCal and Texaco
personnel, it is planned that the
refinery will be managed, oper-
ated and maintained by a ma-
jority of Saudi Arab personnel.
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