A crane loads out syntactic foam buoys at Delmar Systems, Broussard, Louisiana. Offshore, they are installed in-line in anchored rig mooring systems. Delmar provides mooring for offshore, deep water drilling platforms and drilling ships, world wide. The 2007 International rig count, excluding Iran and Sudan, was 1,015, up 8 from May 2007; up 109 year over year.

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