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Volume 38, Number 11 November 2013

Departments Columns &

PUBLISHING & MARKETING

Chairman “How can technology innovation improve?”

Shaun Wymes [email protected]

President/Publisher 9 Voices

Brion Palmer

Our sampling of leaders offers guidance.

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Associate Publisher

Neil Levett [email protected] 10 Colloquy

BP inaugurates its Center for High-Performance

EDITORIAL

Computing, the world’s largest supercomputing

Editor facility for commercial research. Nina Rach puts

Nina Rach [email protected] high-performance computing in context.

Managing Editor

Audrey Leon [email protected] 12 ThoughtStream

European Editor

IMarEST President Andreas Chrysostomou discusses how the shipping

Elaine Maslin industry can protect marine environments without losing operability [email protected] and effciency.

Staff Writer

Sarah Parker Musarra [email protected]

Contributing Editors 14 Global Briefs

Meg Chesshyre

News from the around the world, including discoveries, feld starts,

Andreas Chrysostomou and contracts.

Anthresia McWashington

Catarina Podevyn

Quentin Whitfeld 18 Analysis

ART AND PRODUCTION

Elaine Maslin discusses decommissioning

Bonnie James challenges in the Gulf of Mexico and the

Marlin Bowman

North Sea.

CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Events Coordinator

Jennifer Granda 72 Solutions [email protected]

Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales

An overview of offshore products and services

John Lauletta [email protected]

PRINT 74 Activity

RR Donnelley & Sons, Pontiac, Illilnois, USA

Company updates from around the industry

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

John Chianis,

Houston Ofshore Engineering

Susan Cunningham,

Noble Energy 75 Spotlight

Marshall DeLuca, Wison Floating Systems

Promotions and opportunities

Edward Heerema,

Allseas Marine Contractors

Talisman Energy

Kevin Lacy,

ConocoPhillips

Dan Mueller,

FMC Technologies

Brian Skeels, 76 Editorial Index

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