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Watson leaves BSEE

Standardization was a

US Bureau of hot topic at the Underwater

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Technology Conference (UTC)

Environmental in Bergen, Norway;

Enforcement Director

Elaine Maslin reports.

James A. Watson will join ABS next month.

Shell picks

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Voser successor trending

Ben van Beurden,

Royal Dutch Shell’s

Olympus TLP begins journey downstream director,

Global demand for ultra-deepwater drilling is to replace Peter units remains high with new contracts

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