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OTC '91

TECHNICAL PROGRAM (Session Topics)

Monday, May 6 9 a.m.-Noon •"Platform Concepts and Designs" •"Platform Construction and Installation." •"Safety and Oil Spill Control." •"Mineral Exploration and Mining Systems." •"Subsea Wellheads and Systems." •"TLPs." •"Offshore Stratigraphic Traps and Ocean

Drilling." •"Drilling Technology Applications." 12:15-1:45 p.m.—Topical Luncheons— "Mega Borg Incident," by Rear Adm. James

M. Loy, USCG; "Mobile Bay: An Extraordi- nary Challenge," by C.D. Sabatheir, Mobil

Oil Corp.; and "Auger and Beyond," by C.L.

Wickizer, Shell Offshore Inc. 2-6 p.m. •"Design and Analysis of Bottomfounded

Structures." •"Offshore Platform Repair and Salvage."

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Circle 216 on Reader Service Card •"Foundation and Soil Structure Interac- tion." •"Wave and Current Forces." •"Diverless Maintained Subsea Systems." •"Oil Spills: Response and Mitigation." •"Estimation & Practical Use of Seismic

Velocity." •"Mooring Design and Analysis."

Tuesday, May 7 9 a.m.-Noon •"Non-Metallic Materials and Offshore Use." •"Marine Corrosion." •"Flexible Pipe Technology." •"Response to Wind, Wave & Currents I." •"Freeport McMoRan Main Pass Mine

Development: Structures & Subsidence

Design." •"Wind and Wave Environment." •"Borehole Seismic Imaging." •"T0GI Project." •s • 12:15-1:45 p.m.—Awards Luncheon—

Rt. Hon. John Wakeham, U.K.'s Secre- tary of State for Energy, is the keynote speaker. Awards to be presented include the "1991 OTC Distinguished Achievement

Award for Individuals" and the "1991 Dis- tinguished Achievement Award for

Companies, Organizations and Institu- tions." 2-5 p.m. •"Exploration Geoscience." •"Mitigating Offshore Corrosion Problems:

Various Techniques." •"J-Pipe Laying in Deep Water." •"Response to Winds, Wave & Currents II." •"Freeport-McMoRan Main Pass Mine

Development: Mine Technology, Production." •"Drilling Operations & Equipment." •"Jackup Design & Analysis."

Wednesday, May 8 9 a.m.-Noon •"Environmental Assessment: Instrumen- tation." •"Instrumentation & Control." •"Subsea Pipeline Design & Construction." •"Safety of Riser Systems I." •"Completion Operations & Equipment." •"Snorre Project." •"Santa Ynez Unit Project I." 12:45-1:45 p.m.—Topical Luncheons— "Offshore Arctic Potential," by Jerry

Dees, Arco Alaska Inc.; "The Greenhouse

Effect," by Steve Clifford, Lunar and

Planetary Institute in Houston; "The

Challenges of Ultra Deepwater Drilling," will be a discussion by a group of panelists representing both drilling contractors and operators; and "Valdez Revisited—The

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Exxon Company USA. 2-5 p.m. •"Environmental Assessment: Operation." •"Geophysical Data Acquisition & Process- ing." •"Pipeline Stability Analysis." •"Blast and Fire Resistance Design." •"Tanker Safety/Tanker Regulations." •"Santa Ynez Unit Project II."

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