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Volume 40, Number 3 March 2015

Departments Columns & “Are processes in place to fully utilize

PUBLISHING & MARKETING digital oil? eld technologies and if not

Chairman

Shaun Wymes what more needs to be done?” [email protected]

President/Publisher 9 Voices

Brion Palmer

Our sampling of leaders offers guidance.

[email protected]

Associate Publisher

Neil Levett 16 10 ThoughtStream [email protected]

Professor Alex Kemp discusses the impact of low

EDITORIAL oil prices and activity on the UK Continental Shelf.

Managing Editor

Audrey Leon [email protected] 12 Global E&P Briefs

European Editor

News from the around the world, including

Elaine Maslin [email protected] discoveries, ? eld starts, and contracts.

Web Editor

Melissa Sustaita [email protected] 16 Field of View: Constructing Mariner

Contributing Editors

Meg Chesshyre checks in on the Mariner project’s

Meg Chesshyre progress.

Greg Hale

Kelli Lauletta

Editorial Assistant 21 In-Depth: Back to basics

Jerry Lee

Editorial Intern

Getting engineering back to basics isn’t just about

Greg App standardization anymore. Industry executives at the

ART AND PRODUCTION annual GE Oil & Gas summit in Florence advocated

Bonnie James for simplicity in order to keep costs low and get

Verzell James 21 projects done right. Elaine Maslin reports.

CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Events Coordinator

Jennifer Granda 58 Automation [email protected]

Greg Hale looks at ways automation can advance

Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales recovery efforts.

Gisset Capriles [email protected]

PRINT 60 Solutions

Quad Graphics, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA

An overview of offshore products and services.

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

John Chianis,

Houston O