Editors Evaluation Note regarding Baker Hughes -- Note how they really are limiting any warranty claims. Next comes the actual list of these itemsthe first of which has a link to what you Just have read I clicked the link and then copied and pasted that linked page and the above is what was copied just for that first item you now see below. DISCLOSURE NOTICE : Compliance status regarding any Baker Process product or project will be addressed as it specifically relates to a Project. Therefore, to obtain the appropriate diclosure and compliance status, please contact: Alistair D. Strachan, Baker Process [email: Alistair.Strachan@bakerhughes.com] Division Name Product Line Product Compliance Status Last Date Modified

Baker Process Bird. NIAGARA. Horizontal Plate Filter Bird. NIAGARA. Horizontal Plate Filter As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Anti-Biofouling Products Group METROL SEA-CELL. Electrochlorinator BFCC Copper-Chlorine System As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Beneficiation (Flotation) Product Group EIMCO. Pyramid Floatation Column Cell Dissolved Air Flotation(DAF) Unit SMARTCELL Flotation Machine As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Biological/Aeration Products Group EIMCO. CARROUSEL. Aeration ELASTOX Diffused Aeration CARROBIC Digester HYDROBALLAST Digestion EIMIX. Digestion Mixer Anoxic Mixer As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Centrifuge Products Group BIRD. MACHINERY Screen Bowl Decanter Centrifuge Solid Bowl Decanter Centrifuge XL-PLUS. Centrifuge High Performance Solid Bowl Centrifuge Three Phase Centrifuge As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Centrifuge Products Group Basket Centrifuge (Batch): PROCESS 2000. Vertical Peeler Centrifuge MARK III. Top-Drive Centrifuge TOLHURST. Centrifuge As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Centrifuge Products Group Screen Bowl Decanter Centrifuge BIRD-HUMBOLT As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Centrifuge Products Group CENSOR CENSORFIER CENTRIPRESS. CENTRIDRY. CENTRISIZER. As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Centrifuge Products Group CENTRIDRINK Solid Bowl Centrifuge: Series S Series BSC Series VS As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Centrifuge Products Group BIRD-WEMCO: Universal Pusher Centrifuge (Scroll/Screen) Centrifuge HSG Vibratory Centrifuge As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Dryer Product Group BIRD-HUMBOLT CENTRIDRY. Drum Dryer Disk Dryer As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Electrostatic Products Group PETRECO. BIELECTRIC. CYLECTRIC LOW-VELOCITY Electrostatic Desalters BIELECTRIC. CYLECTRIC LOW-VELOCITY Electrostatic Dehydrators METERCELL units As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group EIMCO. BDP HDP MDP Belt Filter Press 3DP Three-Belt As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group DeWatering Filter SHRIVER. Filter Press EIMCO-EXTRACTOR. As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group Horizontal Belt Vacuum Filter EXPRESSOR. Filter Press EIMCOBELT. As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group Vacuum Drum Filter gravity belt thickeners minerals filters CLARI-DISC Filter ASP screw press Vertical pressure filter products Drum Filters As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group SOD filters AGIDISC filter QUADRAKLEEN. Granular Media filter Traveling Bridge filter As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group BIRD. Machinery Filtrobra Batch Pressure filter Bird-Young Rotary As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group Vacuum filter Bird Prayon Tilting Pan filter Humboldt Rotary Vacuum filter As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group RITTERSHAUS & BLECHER. Membrane Filter Press As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group RITTERSHAUS & BLECHER. Filter Press As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group BIRD-HUMBOLDT. CENTRIREACTOR As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group METROL. SEA-SCREEN. Coarse Strainer Dual Media Filter As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group AUTOFELT. Fine Filter As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filtration Product Group WEMCO. SILVERBAND. filter As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Gas/Liquid Contacting Products Group METROL. Vacuum Deaeration Gas Strip Deaeration Gas Dehydration NLG Recovery Fuel Gas Treatment As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Gravity Separation Products Group METROL. Two Phase Separator Three Phase Separator FWKO Drums As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Gravity Separation Products Group Downstream Enhancement Vessel As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Gravity Separation Products Group WEMCO. PACESETTER. Units PROPACK. As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Heavy Media Separation Group WEMCO. Drum Separator WEMCO. Cyclone Separators As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Helicopter Refueling Product Group Helicopter Refueling Product Group As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Hydrocyclone Product Group Vortoil. Liquid-Liquid Hydrocyclones SUBSEP Downhole Hydrocyclones Solid Liquid Hydrocyclones As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Hydrocyclone Product Group Krebs. Solid-Liquid Hydrocyclones Wellhead Desander Hydrocyclones Liquid-Liquid Hydrocyclones As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Sedimentation Product Group DELTA-STAK. Clarifier E-CAT Clarifier Thickener REACTICIZER Clarifier C3 Clarifier C3S Clarifier C3D Clarifier Reactor Clarifier Clarifier ALCAN Thickener Advent Thickener Thickener FLOCCULATOR FLOCSILLATOR. As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Trac-Vac. Sedimentation Product Group EIMCO. Trac-Vac. Sedimentation Product As stated in disclosure June 2, 1999 Baker Process Filter Media Product EIMCO. Filter Media Product Cloth, Paper, and Sand As stated in disclosure June 30, 1999 Baker Process Knowledgescape System Knowledgescape. August, 1999 Centrilift : A subsidiary of Baker Hughes http://www.bakerhughes.com/y2k/mby2k.htm Centrilift Downhole Monitoring Tools & Control Products w/ Microprocessors Oil Dynamics (ODI) DHS-5000 Down Hole Monitoring System Non-compliant with Millennium Date Change - Operational Changes Required, Potential Data Integrity Concern September 9, 1999 Centrilift Test Benches Centrilift Test Benches Software "CAT Browse" Non-Compliant; Compliant Upgrade Available September 8, 1999 _____________________________________________________________________ E & P http://www.bakerhughes.com/y2k/mby2k.htm There is nothing in this webpage that indicates the company is or will become compliant at any date. The only thing stated is that they will begin developing contingencies for anything not compliant after June 30th, 1999. ______________________________________________________________________ Hughes Christenson http://www.bakerhughes.com/y2k/mby2k.htm No Non-Compliant items among the 4 items from this company

______________________________________________________________________ Baker Hughes Mining Tools -- A division of Hughes Christenson http://www.bakerhughes.com/y2k/mby2k.htm No Non-Compliant items among the 4 items listed ______________________________________________________________________ Western Geophysical http://www.bakerhughes.com/y2k/mby2k.htm Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Atirau Processing Center Compliance to be Determined; Evaluation in Progress September 22, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Colombia Processing Center (Bogota) Compliance to be Determined; Evaluation in Progress April 22, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Cairo Processing Center (Egypt) Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 21, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Luanda Processing Center (Angola) Century Date Compliant; with Issues September 22, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Port Harcourt Data Center (Nigeria) Compliance to be Determined; Evaluation in Progress April 22, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Stavanger Processing Center (Norway) Compliance to be Determined; Evaluation in Progress April 22, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Deep Water Marine Seismic Data Acquistion Services (and Data Products); MSX Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 15, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Deep Water Marine Seismic Data Acquistion Services (and Data Products); WG24 and/or WG24A Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 24, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Deep Water Marine Seismic Data Acquistion Services (and Data Products); Syntrak 960 Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 24, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Deep Water Marine Seismic Data Acquistion Services (and Data Products); Titan Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 24, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Ocean Bottom Cable Seismic Data Acquisition Services (and Data Products); Syntrak Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 24, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Ocean Bottom Cable Seismic Data Acquisition Services (and Data Products); I/O Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 24, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Land and Transition Zone Seismic Data Acquisition using Sercel Seismic Data Acquisition Systems Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 15, 1999 Western Geo Seismic Data Processing Services Land and Transition Zone Seismic Data Acquisition using I/O Seismic Data Acquisition Systems Non-Compliant with Millennium Date Change or Leap Year; Remediation in Progress September 23, 1999 Western Geo Software Packages TIPEX Processing System Obsolete; Compliance not Evaluated Replacement Available (Omega) April 22, 1999 Western Geo Software Packages IQueue Processing System Obsolete; Compliance not Evaluated Replacement Available (Omega) April 22, 1999 Western Geo Software Packages Expeditor Data Management System Century Date Compliant; with Issues September 14, 1999 Western Geo Software Packages FACE Survey Software Obselete; Compliance not Evaluated September 24, 1999

Summary: Okay, that is a rundown on various products of the Baker Hughes family. Personally, I find it commendable that they have been so candid and open on this matter. We do want to note that there are many items in their system that are labeled as being compliant or were not date-sensitive to begin with. I've presented all of this material so that those reading this and who've been doing some preparation but recently wavering because morons like Factfinder attempt to mislead them into a false sense of security that there won't be any problems, relax, don't worry, be happy. I do not and have not said that Y2K will be TEOTWAWKI. I'm not absolutely certain it will be a disaster. I do think that the risks are exceedingly high that serious disruptions will occur to our society and economy. There will be failures in the Oil Patch. How severe or extensive is unknown. But the odds are strongly in favor of severe disruptions. The odds are extremely against a BITR. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 = TEOTWAWKI) I've ranged from a 4 to a 7. Lately I've been moving towards the upper end of that range and could conceive quite easily of an "8" category though I'm not convinced it will be that severe. Certainly very strong odds for a 6-7 range and I haven't been able to see any evidence of it being less than a "4" but I think a "4" is probably being too optimistic.

-- R.C. (racambab@mailcity.com), November 18, 1999

Answers

Ah nuts, this didn't format out correctly. It's all there just jumbled together. Again I encourage you all to go to the Baker Hughes website and go thru the material for yourself. See all the various product items listed as non-compliant. I've got more say specifically on Factfinders claims regarding the specific product he called into question. That will have to wait for another day and time as I've run out of time for now...but I'm not finished with this just yet. More to come soon enough.

-- R.C. (racambab@mailcity.com), November 18, 1999.

Great stuff R.C. I have read every word. Factfinder's experience in the oil industry must be limited to pumping gas.

-- Mike Lang (webflier@erol.com), November 18, 1999.

Ditto

-- Dave (aaa@aaa.com), November 18, 1999.

Yes, thank you for the posts. You know, when we say it isnt the end of the world, you mean FOR US. Think about all those that WILL be turned upside down. SO many countries are based around thier ports. ALl the little people strung on a thin web of support that is soon to go boom. Kosinskin told me to my face that ports were going down in places and it was not a matter of days, but months for some to fix. That spells total disaster for the soon to be hungry locals.

-- billburke (bburke@rocketmail.com), November 18, 1999.

Bill,

Now that is an interesting story. You met Kosky himself? I suppose I better bite my tongue... I can feel a joke coming on but it wouldn't come out right, I'm sure. Very interesting that Kosky mentioned the ports issue. Well, there's a lot more he should be telling us but isn't. Thanks for that personal anecdote.

-- R.C. (racambab@mailcity.com), November 19, 1999.

I thought Kosky said he wanted Americans to "know everything I know" about Y2k.

Why do I sense he's not being totally upfront with us about a few other things he "knows"?

What a despicable man. Oh, and thanks, R.C.

God help us all.

-- really truly (disgusted@it.all), November 19, 1999.