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Vastar Horn Mountain Spar Installation Completed

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

August 23, 2002

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) contracted C & C Technologies, Inc. and alliance partner, Century Subsea, for the Vastar Resources, Inc. Horn Mountain SPAR Project. The SPAR was successfully moored in approximately 5,400 ft. of water in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 126 and 127. Heerema contracted C & C for surface and subsurface positioning on the CV Balder and AHT President Hubert to accurately place nine suction piles and the SPAR hull. Surface positioning was completed with the aid of C-Nav, C & C's new Worldwide DGPS service. A Long/Ultra Short Baseline (LUSBL) network was used to perform the subsurface positioning.

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