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BETHLEHEM SINGAPORE Bethlehem's newest shipyard is now under construction on a 79-acre tract in Singapore. Incorporated as Bethlehem Singapore Private Limited, the new yard will specialize in the design and construction of offshore oil drilling, produc- tion and storage equipment and facilities, as well as service and transport vessels, and will offer distinct advantages to firms active in offshore exploration and production in the Far East. Our Beaumont, Texas, yard, one of the world's lead- ing designers and builders of specialized equip- ment for the offshore oil production industry, will serve as its engineering consultant and will act as its United States sales representative. The new Singapore yard, a joint venture with the Development Bank of Singapore, which holds a 30 per cent interest, will be operated by Beth- lehem. It is scheduled to begin product fabrica- tion shortly. Bethlehem Rigs Working in Indonesia In July, 1970 at Singapore, Reading and Bates Exploration Company,Tulsa,commissioned the Bethlehem-built drilling tender Dickson M. Saunders (Ex-Pelican) and two Bethlehem- designed offshore mobile drilling rigs for work in Indonesian waters. The platform for the Milton G. Hulme was built by our Beaumont yard and towed around Africa 13,000 miles to Singapore where the locally-built mat was attached. A sister rig, the J. W. McLean, was wholly constructed in Singapore under Bethlehem supervision. These jack-up, mobile drilling platforms are each ca- pable of working in 225-ft water depths and can drill to 25,000 ft. Their design was developed by Bethlehem and has been proved in more than a dozen other rigs built by Bethlehem and success- fully operating in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Pacific Coast of South America. BETHLEHEM STEEL Shipbuilding General Offices: 25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004 Tel: (212) 344-3300 Cables: BETHSHIP January 1, 1971 35
