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OFFSHORE

TECHNOLOGY

CONFERENCE

May 2-5, Houston, Texas 20th ANNIVERSARY

SPECIAL PREVIEW

This year's Offshore Technology

Conference (OTC '88), to be held in the Astrodomain Complex in Hous- ton, Texas, May 2-5, will mark the event's 20th anniversary with an ex- tensive technical program and ma- jor exhibition featuring hardware and services from the world's lead- ing suppliers to the offshore indus- try. Additionally, OTC is planning to assemble a special museum to display the immense development and range of offshore technology produced during the last 20 years.

OTC primarily serves offshore in- dustry engineers, managers, marine- related personnel and scientists from around the world. More than 1 million participants from over 90 nations have attended the combined technical programs and exhibitions of OTC since its inception in 1969.

Some 30,000 are expected to attend this year's meeting, making the con- ference the largest Houston-area convention during 1988.

OTC currently stresses prudent management and economics of off- shore operations, including petro- leum exploration and production.

The OTC exhibition also empha- sizes efficient and cost-effective products, equipment and services for the offshore industry.

Technical Program

Over the years, the OTC technical program has earned a reputation of presenting papers that are on the leading edge of technology and cov- er the world in all areas of ocean resource development.

The 1988 program may well be remembered as one of the most sig- nificant ever assembled by the 130- member program committee. Eight special sessions, six topical lun- cheons, a management session with keynote addresses by high-ranking industry and government officials, and 30 regular sessions constitute one of the most outstanding pro- grams in the conference's 20-year history.

The eight special sessions focus on the latest major industry projects such as the subsidence management project at Ekofisk and the Campos

Basin deepwater development proj- ect. Teams of engineers, scientists and managers from Marathon Oil

Co., Phillips Petroleum Co., Placid

Oil Co., Elf Aquataine, Reading and

Bates, Petrobras, and Hamilton

Brothers have developed these ses- sions.

The topical luncheons at OTC will provide registrants with the op- portunity to hear industry experts speak informally on a number of issues.

Some of the subjects focused on in the topical luncheons include: "The

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