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Armed Services Committee Recommends $263 Billion Defense Budget The Senate Armed Services Com- mittee recommended a $263.3 bil- lion defense budget, $300 million below President Clinton's request. It blocks cuts in the U.S. bomber force, keeps the B-2 bomber alive, and funds another amphibious land- ing ship. Key elements of the Sen- ate committee proposal include: $3.6 billion for CVN-76, a nuclear-pow- ered aircraft carrier; $2.7 billion for three DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers; $601 million as a first payment for an amphibious assault ship. Research and development funds include $507 million for a new attack sub- marine. Phillips Petroleum & Norway Agree On Ekofisk Phillips Petroleum Company, as operator for Phillips Norway Group (PNG), and the Norwegian Minis- try of Industry and Energy (MIE) have tentatively agreed to extend the production license for Ekofisk, the PNG's giant oil and gas venture in the North Sea. MIE will extend PNG's production license for Ekofisk fields from 2011 to 2028, eliminate the royalty charged on production when the project is completed, esti- mated for 1998, and extend pipeline licenses held by Norpipe AS to 2028, subject to increase state ownership. Norpipe is owned 50 percent by the PNG and 50 percent by Statoil. The Ekofisk IIA plan provides for the construction of two new plat- forms — a wellhead platform to be completed in 1996, and a combined process and transportation platform to be completed in 1998, linked with the existing Ekofisk Complex. The estimated cost of the IIA facilities is $3 billion. Crowley Wins Chevron Contract; Makes Executive Appointments Crowley Marine Services and Chevron Shipping entered a five- year agreement for Crowley to move petroleum products between the West Coast and Chevron customer facilities. Related transactions in- clude a five-year bareboat charter of Chevron's barge Lube Quest and Crowley's acquisition of a Chevron towing tug. Crowley Maritime Corporation made some recent executive appoint- ments. Michael G. Roberts suc- ceeded Jack Park as vice presi- dent, governmental relations. Mr. Park retired in June. Also, Gary L. Depolo and Leland S. Prussia were elected to Crowley Maritime's board of directors. Unitor Acquires Fire Product Co.; Offers Free Guide Unitor AS of Norway has acquired the Ginge-Kerr Group, a major sup- plier of fire protection systems, from SNC-Lavalin, Canada. Ginge-Kerr fire protection systems will now be manufactured by the recently-ac- quired company Svenska Skum AB. Unitor now offers a special ship's log, free of charge, for the storage and use of substances which can be injurious to health. The log is used for recording the use of such prod- ucts, or any chemicals on board. It contains a list of over 40 commonly used shipboard chemicals, refriger- ants and coatings. For more information on the log from Unitor, Circle 114 on Reader Service Card New Jaya Units Purchase Ships For 5-Year Leases Shipping company Jaya Holdings Ltd. has formed two subsidiaries, SeadexPte. Ltd. andXinetPte. Ltd., the former a joint venture with Xour Line Pte. Ltd., Singapore. Seadex has agreed to buy the containership MV Aurora Maru for $4 million to place it on a five-year charter. Xinet has bought a general purpose tweendecker, MV Thor 1, for $6 million, and plans to buy a similar ship, MVThorscape, also for $6 million. Both ships will be char- tered to Norwegian Company AS Thor Dahl for five years. Alden SATPHONE The Affordable Satellite Telephone ... - ><* f£f I How well do you know the inside performance of your engines? Do you find out at sched-uled maintenance overhauls? Or, do you know all along, and schedule the maintenance when you actually need it? 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