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GeOLOGY & GeOPhYSIcS 24 Gravity gradiometry has graduated

Andrew McBarnet picks up on the growing enthusiasm for modern gravity gradiometry surveys to assist E&P oil and gas operations.

DrILLInG AnD cOMPLetIOn 28 Dutch develop dual MPT for new drillships

European editor Elaine Maslin went to visit Huisman’s yard in Schiedam, Netherlands, as the fnishing touches were being carried out on the Noble Globetrotter II.

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Offshore Russia enGIneerInG, cOnStrUctIOn & InStALLAtIOn

OE takes an in-depth look at projects and 32 Corrosion problems solved activities off Russia with dispatches from with composite materials

CERAWeek and LNG17 regarding Russia’s

Repairs of corroded supports are quick and effective bid for speedy Arctic recovery and new when composite materials are used; Victor Schmidt

LNG facilities; a spotlight is shone on a new explains.

multi-chamber saturation diving system for the Russian Navy; on increasing interest and activity in the Arctic’s established staging

PrODUctIOn OPerAtIOnS areas; and marine meteorology is discussed 35 Draugen: Exceeding expectations off Sakhalin.

Draugen was the frst feld developed in the Norwegian

Sea 20 years ago. Asset manager Odin Estensen

On the cOver explains how Shell plans to double Draugen’s life span.

Built in Japan in 2008, the

Cyprus-fagged Grand Aniva

SUBSeA

LNG tanker waits to leave the

Aniva Bay terminal off Sakhalin 39 Umbilicals bring new production

Island’s southern coast after to China’s Liuhua feld loading. (Photo courtesy of

After a major storm crippled production from Liuhua

Sakhalin Energy) feld, a major life extension project and new umbilicals from JDR Cable systems renewed an aging property;

Victor Schmidt reports.

FLOWLIneS 46 Real time micelle detection in development

Lux Assure’s Emma Perfect discusses an additional tool for corrosion management: the power of corrosion inhibitor micelle detection.

EXPERT ACCESS-June

Managing Offshore Assets:

SPecIAL cOverAGe

Taking on the Information Challenge 60 Offshore Technology Conference in review

Join us on 12 June 2013 at 10:00 CST as we host a live presenta- th

OE staff attended the 45 Offshore Technology tion and Q&A with Gonzalo Merchan, director of the Global

Conference in Houston this May and came back with

Energy Sector Information Intelligence Group, EMC Corp. on how views on Mexican exploration, Innovation Norway, to manage and share asset information in a real-time environment.

Safety and Environmental Systems regulations, and a

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