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Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of

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In 1993 she founded MTR and the Marine and Oceanographic

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As steam rises above the water in a sea ice slot, a work crew prepares to survey the

Oooguruk flowline test trench in the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska. In March this year, INTEC Engineering assisted Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, Inc., operator of the Oooguruk Field, in completing two 300-foot long test trenches-one near shore and one close to the gravel island drill site-to understand soil performance during trenching. INTEC completed detailed engineering of the Pioneer production pipeline system in winter 2006. The pipeline bundle installation completes in April 2007, with start-up planned for early 2008. (Story starts on page 30) also in this Edition 4 Editorial 4 Editorial Index 7 New WHOI Deep Sea Hybrid dubbed Nereus 8 NOAA celebrates new addition to fleet 16 Preview: Offshore North Sea (ONS) 2006 47 MTR 2006 Directory 49 People & Company News 54 Products 59 MTR Marketplace: JOBS 64 Advertiser’s Index the Authors

Edward Lundquist is a senior science advisor and naval ana- lyst with Alion Science and Technology, Washington, D.C. A retired U.S. Navy captain, he currently supports the Navy's

Surface Warfare Directorate. (Story on page 20)

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