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Oil slicks in Alaska and elsewhere helped Vikoma , the group 's environmental cleaning equipment manufacturer , which specialises in separating oil from water , and although Salvesen brick , is suffering in the second half from a 30 to 40 per cent cut in demand as housebuilding nosedives , the first half was prosperous and full year trading profit should be on a level with 1988 , says finance director Brian Fidler .