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Undercurrents
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Neil Levett [email protected]
Not it: The race to avoid being ? rst
EDITORIAL t almost every oil and gas industry the two industries. This year also marks the
Managing Editor conference there will undoubtedly ? rst-ever “d5” series at OTC, which will
A
Audrey Leon be a panel discussion where someone will showcase disruptive technologies.
[email protected] make a wry remark about how unwilling While there is a common attitude that the
European Editor
Elaine Maslin operators are to be the ? rst. No, not the ? rst oil and gas industry moves at an appropri- [email protected] to produce oil or gas, but to adopt new tech- ate pace in terms of technological advances,
Web Editor nology. The oil and gas industry is the one there are occasions where failure to be the
Melissa Sustaita [email protected] industry where the goal is to be second. ? rst to try out a new technology could mean
Contributors There’s no true incentive to be the ? rst, millions of dollars wasted.
Meg Chesshyre because no one wants to be the company One of those times came for US opera-
Greg Hale
Heather Saucier that took a chance and failed. And, when it tor Stone Energy (See full story on page
Editorial Assistant comes to avoiding the next Macondo, that is 50). The company needed innovation. The
Jerry Lee an attitude that is understandable, yet some- Pompano ? eld features a subsea template
Editorial Intern
Greg App what defeatist. The oil and gas industry with a through-? owline tree system. One does many great things, and deploys some well had been out of production for about
ART AND PRODUCTION
Bonnie James of the best technologies of any industry, 10 years. Stone Energy was faced with
Verzell James including new innovations. But, there either replacing the entire kit, or ? nding
CONFERENCES & EVENTS should be more done to encourage innova- a solution that would allow ? exibility for
Events Coordinator tion and adoption of new technology. either risered or riserless intervention, and
Jennifer Granda [email protected] At next month’s Offshore Technology they eventually found it by working in
Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales
Conference (OTC) in Houston, NASA has collaboration with specialists to create that
Gisset Capriles been invited to showcase how its space solution. [email protected] technology – buoyancy, robotics, even Smaller companies might face large
PRINT arti? cial intelligence – could be applied to obstacles in the current downturn, but one
Quad Graphics, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA deepwater operations. OE has covered the bright spot is that these leaner companies are
EDITORIAL ADVISORS partnership between Deloitte and NASA able to take chances that some of the larger
John Chianis,
Houston O