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OTC '81

Technical Program (continued from page 61)

Thursday Morning 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon • Ship Collisions and

Structural Monitoring

OTC 4134 Collisions Between Ships and Offshore

Platforms 4135 New Non-Linear Methods for Estima- tion of Collision Resistance of Mobile

Offshore Units 4136 The Behavior of Steel Offshore Struc- tures Under Accidental Collisions 4137 Measured Vibrational Behavior of a

Gulf of Mexico Platform • Field Development and Economics

OTC 4138 An Offshore Development Planning

Model Incorporating Risk Analysis 4139 The Planning and Management of the

Nido Reef Complex Oil Field Devel- opment Philippines 4140 The Beta Field Development Project 4141 Offshore Quartering Study — A Five

Year Projection Into an Expanding

Gulf of Mexico Operations 4142 Availability and Pricing of Insurance for Offshore Operations • Foundation Performance

OTC 4143 Foundation Performance of Mat-Sup- ported Jack-Up Rigs in Soft Soil Areas 4144 Prediction of Jack-Up Rig Footing

Penetration 4145 Scour About Jack-Up Rig Spud Cans 4146 Observed Settlements of Five North

Sea Gravity Platforms 4147 Evaluation of Concepts for Guyed

Tower Foundations 4148 Use of the Normalized Soil Param- eters (NSP) Concept in Gulf of Mexico

Offshore Foundation Design 4149 Model Studies of Long Piles in Clay • Corrosion Control/Cathodic

Protection of Offshore

Production Systems

Resistant Tubing 4154 The Effects of Water Depth on Ca- thodic Protection of Steel in Sea Water 4155 The Development and Trials of an

Antifouling System Involving the Con- trolled Release of Copper • Satellite Data Collection

OTC 4156 4157 4158 4159 4160

The Use of a Real Time Weather and

Wave Measurement Program to Assist in Offshore Operations

The Continuing Evolution of Transit

Satellite Based Geodetic Positioning and Survey Navigation Capabilities

A New Passive Technique for Off- shore Navigation and Positioning

Navstar Applications to Offshore

Operations

MARISAT-to-INMARSAT Transition • Towage of Offshore Structures

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Diamond M. Company,

Houston

Bethlehem Steel Corp.,

Beaumont, Singapore

Marathon LeTourneau

Offshore Co., Houston

Reading & Bates

Chiles Drilling Company,

Houston

J. Ray McDermott,

Morgan City

Southern Shipbuilding Co.,

Slidell, La.

North American Trailing Co.

Levingston Shipbuilding Co.,

Orange, Texas

Cleveland Tanker Corp.

Tidelands Ltd.

Dixilyn-Field Drilling Co.

Broughton Offshore Co.

Penrod, Singapore

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OTC 4150 4151 4152 4153

Sulfide Stress Cracking Resistance of

Nitrogen-Strengthened Stainless Steels

High Performance Stainless Steels for

Improved Offshore Production

Economy

Fatigue Properties of Stainless Weld

Cladding on Low Alloy Steel

The Development of Corrosion

OTC 4161 4162 4163 4164 4165 4166

A Quasi-Static Approach for Transpor- tation Analysis of Offshore Platforms

Reliability Analysis of Offshore Struc- tures in Towing Operation

Fatigue Considerations for Ocean

Towage

Towing Resistance Estimation of Off- shore Construction Barges

Analytical and Model Test Study of

Platform Jacket Tow in Waves

An Experimental Study of the Param- eters Affecting the Drag of Barges in

Waves

OTC '81

Exhibitors' List

A partial list of marine and offshore exhibitors at OTC '81

Exhibitor Booth

A-Z International Tool Company 3711

ABEX/Denison . 9312

ABM/McDaniel Controls, Inc. 6212

ACMI-lndustrial Division 7329

Aeroquip Corporation 6321

AFC, Inc. . . . 3752

AGA Navigation Aids 1375

AG IP (ENI Group) 7125

AIRCO Cryogenics, Div. of

AIRCO, Inc. 6224

Exhibitor Booth

Al George, Inc. 9617

Albany International 7319

ALCO Power Inc. 4627

Alexander Industries Inc. 4119

Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd. 3347, 3351

Alfa-Laval, Inc 358

Allen-Bradley and Integrated

Power Systems Corporation 2387 (continued on page 67)

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