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Gold/Mining/Energy : HRZO - Horizon Offshore, Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ldo79 who wrote (7)	6/5/1998 9:06:00 AM
From: ldo79	Respond to of 41

A couple days old but still needed info: From ODS: "HOUSTON, TX:ÿ More than 260 offshore fixed platforms are slated for installation worldwide this year, according to an analysis by Offshore Data Services, Inc.ÿ This will eclipse 1997's mark of 239 offshore platforms installed and will be the most since 1986 when 272 fixed platforms were installed worldwide. According to Offshore Data Services' report Offshore Field Development International, approximately 201 offshore fixed platforms are under construction and a further 236 are in various stages of planning and engineering, mostly for installation in water depths less than 300 feet.ÿ Southeast Asia leads all of the major offshore oil producing regions with an identified total of 114 structures slated for installation, 35 of which are under construction. The Middle East follows with a total of 75 platforms earmarked for installation; 42 are now being fabricated.ÿ The U.S. Gulf of Mexico places third with 60 platforms slated for installation; 33 are already under construction.ÿ Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America is fourth with 51 platforms to be installed.ÿ Northwest Europe and West Africa are nearly tied with 45 platforms planned for the North Sea and 44 for West Africa."