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Contents

GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 28 Isometric sampling: The next milestone in integrated 3D marine seismic

After a decade of R&D, a new class of marine seismic technology has been commercially deployed. Nina Rach spoke with Chris Cunnell of Schlumberger.

DRILLING & COMPLETIONS 30 Well integrity matters

Meta has deployed its Metalmorphology technology in wells in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Richard Craig reports.

EPIC 32 Long series for IHC Merwede Over recent months, the Offshore Division of IHC Merwede has successfully secured the design, engineering and con- struction of 10 pipe-laying vessels. Alan Thorpe explains.

PRODUCTION 34 Sharing intervention lessons

A group of operators in the North Sea is taking a shared

Feature approach to barrel chasing through well intervention. Could other regions do the same? Elaine Maslin reports. 38 The digital age: Gas lift goes modern

Visualization

Gas lift enhances well stability – but it has its drawbacks.

Camcon’s Ian Anderson explains how digital gas lift differs

Technology from traditional gas lift technology.

Gaming technology goes upstream 22

SUBSEA

Through its development in the gaming and defense 40 Embracing towed pipeline production systems sectors, gaming technology is being adopted by various

Subsea 7 demonstrates the effectiveness of pipeline bundle industries, including oil and gas. Elaine Maslin reports.

solutions and a subsea depressor device in the North Sea.

Meg Chesshyre reports.

Visualizing operations in Technip’s model lab 26

PIPELINES

Developing physical models of complex deepwater 44 Pipeline market to grow in Europe, Asia, and Africa projects can help with construction and operations.

Infeld Systems analyst Catarina Podevyn discusses pipeline

Nina Rach explains.

market trends and investments in the three regions.

SAFETY

ON THE COVER 48

Offshore Safety: People Power with Technology

Required reading for the Global Oil & Gas Industry since 1975

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Optimizing the use of automation technologies can pay big ?

completely different: dividends offshore by decreasing downtime and improving

November 2013 oedigital.com Visualization Southeast Asia Deepwater Intervention Vol. 38 No.11 visualization company productivity, effciency and proftability. ABB’s Luis Duran 48

PIPELINE OFFSHORE DEEPWATER

Market Forecast 44 Safety Intervention 61

Return to Scene uses explains.

spherical photography

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FOCUS: SOUTHEAST ASIA page 22

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Chevron North Sea Ltd.’s 54

Drilling and investment in Southeast Asia

Captain platform, one

Two countries – Malaysia and Indonesia– hold nearly two- thirds of the region’s reserves, and NOCs outstrip IOCs in of the newest and most regional capex. Nina Rach looks at the regional activities. sophisticated drilling platforms in the

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SE Asia comes to LAGCOE

North Sea.

US representatives from two Asian trade organizations made

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