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Hotel, four industry leaders will examine "Design Considerations in the Transition From Fixed to

Floating Platforms." Panelists will be Joe W. Key, president of Key

Ocean Services (moderator); Alan

C. McClure, president of Alan C.

McClure Associates Inc.; Jay B.

Weidler, senior vice president of

Brown & Root Inc.; and Andrew

F. Hunter, supervising marine engineer with Conoco Inc. They will cover technical, economic, and regulatory problems related to in- novative concepts such as the guyed tower, tension-leg platform, float- ing systems, and special support equipment.

Also on May 9, at the Marriott

Astrodome Hotel, Christopher

Fay, director of exploration and production with AS Norske Shell, will speak on "Frontier Hydrocar- bon Production: Commercial De- velopment in the Troll Field." He will describe technical innovations needed to produce oil and gas in deep waters and hostile ocean en- vironments, using as an example

Shell's Troll field in more than 1,000 feet of water offshore

Norway.

In addition to the Topical

Luncheons, OTC will hold Round- table Luncheons in the Astrohall

Ballroom May 8 and 9. These luncheons will allow OTC regis- trants to share information infor- mally on topics covered in the technical sessions.

The Awards Luncheon

Ronald L. Geer and Exxon

Company U.S.A. have been named recipients of the 1984 OTC Distin- guished Achievement Awards.

These awards represent the high- est honor conferred by the offshore community. They will be pre- sented at the annual Awards

Luncheon on May 7.

Mr. Geer, senior mechanical en- gineering consultant with Shell

Oil Company in Houston, will re- ceive the Distinguished Achieve- ment Award for Individuals for his pioneering achievements in float- ing drilling and subsea completion technology over the past 25 years.

He was responsible for the first re-

OTC Sponsor Societies and Executive Committee

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE-AIME)—D.G. Russell, Shell Oil Company.

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)—M.E. Milling, ARCO

Oil and Gas Company.

The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME).

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE)- W.B. Katz, Illinois Chem- ical Corporation.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)—J.E. Dailey, Brown & Root Inc.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)—M.M. Livingston.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)—J.C. Redmond, GTE

Production Corporation.

The Marine Technology Society (MTS)—J.A. Rickard, Exxon Production Research

Corp.

The Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG)—A.M. Olander, Exxon Company,

U.S.A.

The Society of Mining Engineers (SME-AIME)—C.G. Welling, Ocean Minerals

Company.

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)—W. DuB.

Thomas, J.J. Henry Co. Inc.

The Metallurgical Society (TMS-AIME)—R.T. Hill, J.P. Kenney & Partners Ltd.

Exhibitor's representative—R.C. Rieder, Continental Emsco Company.

OTC Executive Manager—D.K. Adamson. mote-controlled subsea well com- pletion in the open sea in 1960. He helped prove the semi-submersible drilling rig concept by leading the design group that converted an ex- isting bottom-supported drilling barge into the first semi-submers- ible, Blue Water I, in 1962. Mr.

Geer also is recognized for foster- ing a cooperative spirit among in- dustry, government, and the sci- entific community.

Exxon will receive the Distin- guished Achievement Award for

Organizations for the design and installation of the Lena Guyed (continued on page 76) (r. MAIN IRON WORKS, INC.

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