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WRITERS Bryant, Mitchell, Tamez, Quadvlieg, Payne

GOVERNMENT UPDATE 18 Discharges from Small Commercial Vessels • by Dennis L. Bryant, Maritime Regulatory Consulting

OFFSHORE UPDATE 21 Dynamic Positioning & Mariner Licensing • by Justin Mitchell & Carlos Tamez, Hill Rivkins LLP

EYE ON DESIGN 24 Dynamic Positioning in the Spotlight • by Frans Quadvlieg, MARIN

OFFSHORE REPORT 40 Deepwater Exploration Market Report • by Thom Payne, Douglas Westwood

COVER STORY

OFFSHORE ANNUAL 40 Going Deep

While the world gets back to business, the offshore oil and gas industry remains a light- ning rod for interest and activ- ity. Recently there have been political moves in the U.S. to open additional drilling sites along the coasts. And globally, the push to discover and re- cover resources in increasingly deep waters continues.

Read our reports, starting on page 40.

Pictured on this month’s cover is the Anadarko-operated Independ- ence Hub, currently the world's deepest production platform in ap- proximately 8,000 ft of water. The project will be recognized next month as OTC's Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies,

Organizations and Institutions, for its innovative collaboration in creating a coordinated infrastructure solution that provided access to ultra-deepwater reserves, previously economically unfeasible.

Natural gas from the project represents a 10% increase in the sup- ply from the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo cour tesy Anadarko)