Page 3: of Offshore Engineer Magazine (Dec/Jan 2013)

Read this page in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of Dec/Jan 2013 Offshore Engineer Magazine

Volume 38, Number 12 December 2013

Departments Columns &

PUBLISHING & MARKETING

Chairman

Shaun Wymes “What role should national governments [email protected] have in funding research and development

President/Publisher in the oil and gas industry?”

Brion Palmer [email protected] 9 Voices

Associate Publisher

Our sampling of leaders offers guidance.

Neil Levett [email protected]

EDITORIAL 10 Colloquy

Editor

Nina Rach

Downtime risk can be managed with [email protected] 10 improved data from NOAA’s next-gen

Managing Editor polar-orbiting satellites. Nina Rach explains.

Audrey Leon [email protected]

European Editor 12 ThoughtStream

Elaine Maslin [email protected]

Dana Petroluem CEO Marcus Richards discusses

Staff Writer the industry shift towards industrialized markets.

Sarah Parker Musarra [email protected]

Contributing Editors 14 Global Briefs

Meg Chesshyre

News from the around the world,

Anthresia McWashington including discoveries, feld starts,

ART AND PRODUCTION and contracts.

Bonnie James

Marlin Bowman

CONFERENCES & EVENTS 68 Solutions

Events Coordinator

Jennifer Granda

An overview of offshore products [email protected] and services

Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales 68

John Lauletta [email protected] 70 Activity

PRINT

Company updates from around the industry

RR Donnelley & Sons, Pontiac, Illilnois, USA

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

John Chianis,

Houston Ofshore Engineering 71 Spotlight

Noble Energy

Susan Cunningham,

New MD at RWE’s UK branch and other moves

Marshall DeLuca, Wison Floating Systems

Allseas Marine Contractors

Edward Heerema,

Kevin Lacy,

Talisman Energy

Dan Mueller,

ConocoPhillips 72 Editorial Index

FMC Technologies

Brian Skeels,

SUBSCRIPTIONS:

To subscribe or update details, email: 71 73 Advertiser Index [email protected] or visit oedigital.com.

Rates $160/year for non-qualifed requests.

CIRCULATION: 74 Numerology

Inquiries about back issues or delivery problems should be directed to [email protected]

Industry facts and fgures

REPRINTS:

Print and electronic reprints are available for an upcoming conference or for use as a marketing tool.

OE (Ofshore Engineer) is published monthly

Reprinted on quality stock with advertisements by AtComedia LCC, a company wholly owned removed, our minimum order is a quantity of 100. by IEI, Houston. AtComedia also publishes

For more information, call Jill Kaletha at Foster

AtComedia

Asian Oil & Gas, the Gulf Coast Oil Directory,

Printing: 1-866-879-9144 ext.168 or email jillk@ 1635 W. Alabama fosterprinting.com the Houston/Texas Oil Directory and the

Houston, Texas 77006-4101, USA web-based industry sources OilOnline.com

DIGITAL:

Tel: +1-713-529-1616 | Fax: +1-713-523-2339

AtComedia and OEDigital.com.

www.oedigital.com email: [email protected] 1635 W. Alabama

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ofshore-

Houston, Texas 77006-4101, USA

US POSTAL INFORMATION

Engineer-Magazine/108429650975

Ofshore Engineer (USPS 017-058) (ISSN 0305-876X) is published

Tel: +1-713-529-1616

Twitter: twitter.com/OEdigital monthly by AtComedia LLC, 1635 W. Alabama, Houston, TX 77006-4196.

Fax: +1-713-523-2339

Linked in: www.linkedin.com/groups/OE-Ofshore-

Periodicals postage paid at Houston, TX and additional ofces.

Engineer-4412993 email: [email protected]

Postmaster: send address changes to Ofshore Engineer, AtComedia, PO Box 2126, Skokie, IL 60076-7826 oedigital.com December 2013 | OE 5 003_OE1213_toc.indd 5 11/22/13 8:57 PM

Offshore Engineer