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To: Czechsinthemail who wrote (12309)	2/21/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Teddy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 95453

Latest Short Interest of 11 randomly stocks in our sector (Data from The Wall Street Urinal, listed by % change) Company 02/20/98 01/22/98 % Chg Avg Dly Vol PRECISION DRILL 798,928 330,317 141.9 369,550 TIDEWATER 4,467,938 3,119,034 43.2 1,347,625 EVI INC 1,803,809 1,391,615 29.6 834,470 GLOBAL MARINE 3,893,490 3,157,640 23.3 2,985,435 TRANSOCEAN 1,781,713 1,511,399 17.9 1,364,710 PARKER DRILL 4,959,968 4,550,061 9.0 1,223,430 DIAMOND OFFSH 8,694,471 8,380,329 3.7 1,973,790 NOBLE DRILLING 3,108,928 3,183,167 -2.3 1,402,465 HALLIBURTON 5,801,066 6,204,383 -6.5 2,324,690 SCHLUMBERGER 5,831,695 6,282,104 -7.2 3,529,050 R&B FALCON 3,775,387 4,735,866 -20.3 1,242,400 Teddy's note: Noble and R&B short interest declined last month too. Looking at the short-term big picture (what even that means), i think the GoM lease sale (March 19?) is the biggest event to watch.