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Eric Haun [email protected] hile the continued low pricing of energy deeply impacts the

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Michelle Howard [email protected] collective maritime and energy markets, and I refuse to hazard a guess as to when the price of oil will stabilize and return to

Editorial

Joseph Fonseca - India steady growth, the current down cycle gripping the market can

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil

Peter Pospiech - Germany perhaps be seen as a ‘glass half full’ … if you look really, really hard. The breadth and depth of pain is undeniable, particularly

Production the human toll of the many that have lost their jobs.

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Irina Vasilets [email protected]

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected]

Many of the larger, long-term players in the market are using current market conditions

Corporate Staff to hit the reset button, and as we have seen in down markets past, there is a proliferation of

Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting technology and technique providers coming out of the woodwork proposing system and solu-

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Kicking off our offshore coverage is an interview on Energy Employment with Peter

Kathleen Hickey [email protected]

Searle, CEO of Airswift Holdings Ltd. Searle leads this $1.2B turnover company and is well versed in all matters recruitment. He, and many throughout the industry, are sounding the

Sales warning bells long, loud and often to avoid mistakes of the past, namely the dreaded “Brain

Lucia Annunziata [email protected] +1 212 477 6700 ext 6220

Drain” common with an industry sector collapses and employees on the street are forced to

Terry Breese [email protected] +1 561 732 1185 ? nd paychecks in other ? elds, perhaps never to return. A delicate balance for sure, but one

Frank Covella [email protected] +1 561 732 1659 that must be struck.

Mitch Engel [email protected] +1 561 732 0312

We welcome to our pages again a familiar face, Jim McCaul of IMA/World Energy Re-

Mike Kozlowski [email protected] +1 561 733 2477 ports, for his insights and updates on the Floating Production System market. It is no secret

Dawn Trauthwein [email protected] +1 212 477 6700 ext 6230 the deepwater offshore is one of the more costly means to ? nd and recover oil and the market

Jean Vertucci [email protected] +1 212 477 6700 ext 6210 downturn coupled with the implosion of Petrobras – a major global player in the ? oater mar- ket – have conspired to change the complexion of this industry almost overnight. But while

International Sales the outlook is foggy, it is far from black. The market will change, evolve and survive, and

Scandinavia

Roland Persson [email protected]

McCaul offers insights on the “6 Things You Need to Know Now.”

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Last month our man in London, Tom Mulligan, was afforded the opportunity to attend a t: +46 411-184 00 f: +46 411 105 31 conference entitled “Disruptive Sustainability.” When the topic ? rst crossed my desk, my re-

Western Europe

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