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Contents

SUBSEA 92 Combating fatigue

Michael Long Ge and Himanshu Maheshwari explain a new methodology to monitor fatigue on drilling riser systems.

PIPELINES 98 Preventing damaging vibrations for long-term pipeline protection

Specifying the right vortex induced vibration suppression solution is vital to ensuring pipeline longevity. Jonathan Fox explains.

100 Testing under tension

Using the tensioner test rig simulator can show how to improve tensioner pad design, says MacKinnon Marine’s Alex

MacKinnon.

NORTH SEA 102 Exploring the underexplored

An impetus to explore the UK North Sea could help unlock some underexplored plays. Elaine Maslin found out more.

108 Subsea realities

Rising subsea development costs have led Statoil to set a target Rising subsea development costs have led Statoil to set a target for 20-30% cost reduction on projects. Elaine Maslin reports.

110 Wind power gains

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Over 3.8GW of offshore wind transmission capacity is being installed offshore northern Europe. Meg Chesshyre explains.

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Networking pros abound, 112 Flying high but beware of cons

Chris Fleming explains how using remotely operated aerial vehicles for inspections can reduce plant shutdowns. Greg Hale examines both sides of networking offshore. 118 Norway’s challenges and opportunities 136 Integrating automation

Challenges to produce new areas and extend the life of more offshore mature regions, are high on the agenda for Norway’s Petroleum

Peter Welander examines how the

Directorate. Elaine Maslin reports from the UTC in Bergen. challenges of networking disparate elements are intense, but workable.

122 What will it take to develop offshore heavy oil?

Statoil’s Ingolf Søreide explains how heavy oil production has 144 All eyes on deck improved and where it is still challenged.

Ellen Fussell Policastro examines how video surveillance meets DCS

VESSELS integration for faster event response.

124 Liftboat used for geotechnical work 150 OE Review Numerology off US Atlantic coast

Industry facts and ? gures.

Rami Mohsen and Nina Rach discuss L/B Inez H. Eymard.

HSEQ

Building an offshore HSEQ ecosystem 126

McMurdo Group’s Remi Julien discusses how different technologies can converge to create an offshore safety solution.

130 Building a safety case

Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering’s Girish U. Pai,

Devendra Awadhiya and Zubin Fatakia discuss the evolution of safety case in designs for offshore platforms.

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