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SPE Offshore Europe 2013 is held September 3-6 at the

Aberdeen Exhibition and

Conference Centre, Aberdeen.

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To register go to www.offshore- europe.co.uk/register

Start networking now—follow without complacency @SPE_OE on Twitter or join the SPE

SPE Offshore Europe’s chairman Malcolm Webb gives his

Offshore Europe Group on LinkedIn view on the outlook for the industry ahead of the event.

This year, Offshore Europe has orth Sea sector confdence launched MyOE, where you can make and investment are riding direct contact with exhibitors listed in high, but sustaining the record

N the exhibitor directory and build your activity levels will be a challenge, says own personalized show planner. this year’s SPE Offshore Europe chair-

You can also follow OE on Twitter man Malcolm Webb.

The chief executive of Oil & Gas UK @OEDigital has seen the industry through chal- lenges to its safety regime, following ceived EU regulation has receded, the 2010 Macondo, Gulf of Mexico, replaced by reassurance that the direc- disaster, and proftability, after succes- tive now taking its place will preserve sive tax increases by the UK Treasury. the UK’s world-class regime.

So far, 2013, has been reward- “The industry is also responding

Malcolm Webb ing, he says. But, he warns ahead of strongly to recent changes in the UK

September’s SPE Offshore Europe “2013 has so far been a reward- tax regime by committing to record in Aberdeen, the industry cannot be ing year. The fear that offshore safety investment in the region. complacent. would be compromised by ill-con- “Investment in the UK continental

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