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OTC '93 will include a keynote address from a major international official. Four

OTC Topical Luncheons, scheduled

Monday and Wednesday, May 3 and 5, will offer opportunities for dia- logue with international authorities on innovative technologies and newsmaking projects.

These special luncheons include: "Partnering: A Joint Perspective," held by Larry Broussard, project director with Brown & Root, Inc., on

Monday, May 3 at noon. Also on

Monday , "Impacts of Hurricane An- drew" will feature discussion from a panel on the short- and long-term physical and economic consequences of the hurricane which swept through the heart of the Gulf of

Mexico's most concentrated offshore oil and gas producing areas last sum- mer. On Wednesday, in "Expanding and Changing Role of the MMS in the Offshore Oil Industry," a top official from the U.S. Minerals Man- agement Service (MMS) will discuss the role the agency plays in oversee- ing exploration and production op- erations on the U.S. Outer Conti- nental Shelf. Finally, also on

Wednesday, Terry B. Wood, tech- nical support manager for Amoco

Production Co.'s construction de- partment, will present "Total Qual- ity Management in the Offshore In- dustry." The popular OTC Topical

Luncheons will take place at the

Sheraton Astrodome Hotel.

For more information on OTC, contact: Fred Herbst at (214) 952- 9494; fax: (214) 952-9435.

OTC '93 TECHNICAL

CONFERENCE

Monday, May 3 9 a.m.-12 noon: ~ Geophysical Technology ~ General Instrumentation - Risers I — Marine Riser Design &

Analysis of Mooring System

Hardware - Subsea Production Systems ~ Safety In Offshore Operations - Platform Stength & Extreme Load- ing 2-5 p.m.: - Ocean Drilling & Petroleum Geo- science - Control Rooms & New Technology - Risers II—Developments in Drill- ing & Production Riser Technology ~ Hydrodynamics ~ The DeepStar Project ~ Exclusive Economic Zone Pro- grams -- Platform Damage & Repair

Tuesday, May 4 9 a.m.-12 noon: - Cables, Hoses & Umbilicals ~ Pipelines, Materials & Fatigue - API RP-2A, Background to the 20th Edition ~ Offshore Safety I ~ Exxon USA's Zinc Subsea Devel- opment - Resource Economics - Sequence Stratigraphy I 2-5 p.m.: ~ Electrical Connectors & Subsea

Maintenance ~ Seafloor Surveying ~ Offshore Production Systems - Offshore Safety II - General Session, At What Price

Cheap Oil? - (CATS) Central Area Transmis- sion System & Central Graben

Development - Sequence Stratigraphy II

Wednesday, May 5 9 a.m.-12 noon: - Offshore Pipeline Installation - Analytical Considerations for Self-

Elevating MODUS - Developments in Materials

Technology ~ Troll Oil Development ~ Design & Analysis of Floating

Production Systems - Recent Developments in Offshore

Welding of Marine Pipelines - Cost Reduction Measures to Fa- cilitate Economic Hydrocarbon

Production 2-5 p.m.: ~ Innovative Pipeline Technology ~ Environment 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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