R.W. Peach Opens
Consulting Engineering
Firm In Maryland
Robert W. Peach
Robert W. Peach has announced
a new consulting1 engineering serv-
ice, R.W. Beach Engineering 'Asso-
ciates. The company, which will
specialize in mechanics and hy-
draulics, is in the Baltimore-Wash-
ington-Annapolis area at 888 Pine
Trail, Arnold, Md. 21012.
Mr. Peach has over a quarter
century in marine design experi-
ence with Bethlehem Steel Com-
pany, Central Technical Depart-
ment; Electric Boat Division;
Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock
Co.; and Westinghouse Electric
Corporation, Oceanic Division. He
is a member of The Society of Na-
val Architects and Marine Engi-
neers, American Society of Naval
Engineers, Marine Technology So-
ciety, and is a registered profes-
sional engineer in Connecticut and
Maryland. Both of his degrees,
B.S.E. in naval architecture and
marine engineering and M.S.E. in
engineering mechanics, are from
the University of Michigan. In ad-
dition, he has authored about a
dozen technical papers in the ma-
rine field.
Burmah Oil Ltd.
Tests Produce Oil
Burmah Oil (North Sea) Limi-
ted, operator for a group of com-
panies drilling in Block 3/3, about
110 miles northeast of the Shet-
land Islands, has encountered an
economic pay thickness on its first
well, 3/3-1.
Burmah officials said a series of
drill stem tests carried out on sepa-
rate intervals across the reservoir
flowed oil through small chokes up
to one-half inch at rates from 2,600
barrels to 8,200 barrels per day.
Results so far confirm that a ma-
jor part of Ninian Field is within
Block 3/3, which the operator has
called an oil discovery of commer-
cial importance.
Partners in the Burmah group
include Imperial Chemical Indus-
tries, 26 percent; Chevron Petro-
leum (U.K.) Ltd., 24 percent;
Murphy Petroleum Ltd., 10 per-
cent; Ocean Exploration Co., a
subsidiary of Ocean Drilling &
Exploration Co., 10 percent, and
Burmah Oil (North Sea) Ltd., 30
percent.
Well 3/3-1 is being drilled by
Odeco's Ocean Kokuei, a self-
propelled semisuibmersible unit
built in Japan last year.
Pott Industries Plans
Shipyard Improvements
Costing $5.8 Million
