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DI INDUSTRIES FLORIDA UNIT GETS WATER CONTRACT
    HOUSTON, June 2 - Drillers Inc of Florida, a unit of <DI
Industries Inc>, formerly Drillers Inc <DRL>, said it has
received two separate contracts for water injection projects
valued at 408,500 dlrs and 850,000 dlrs respectively.
    DI Industries said another unit, Drillers Inc of Texas
completed a 560,000-dlr Department of Defense project which
involved drilling a vertical firing shaft for the department's
R and D Railgun.
    DI said the projects represented efforts of the company to
diversify from its traditional oil and gas drilling contracts.