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PIPELINES 90 Plastic fantastic

Xodus Subsea’s Mostafa Tantawi and Swagelining’s David

Whittle discuss the potential for polymer-lined pipe as an alternative for internal corrosion protection.

96 Shallow water hazards

Elaine Maslin reports on the challenges of protecting, inspecting and repairing pipelines in the shallow waters of the Middle East.

98 Ensuring the integrity of fatigue-sensitive SCRs

Denise Smiles, of Optical Metrology Services, discusses how to correct internal HiLo misalignment between butted pipes.

102 Increasing the tension

Elaine Maslin discusses Maritime Developments’ ? rst four-track 75-tonne pipeline tensioner.

Feature

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OER3 OER3 A wide horizon

With its rich maritime heritage, the Danish With its rich maritime heritage, the Danish

Gulf of Mexico offshore industry still ? nds ways to expand, offshore industry still ? nds ways to expand, in Focus create value and produce pro? table returns create value and produce pro? table returns for its customers, says Offshore Denmark for its customers, says Offshore Denmark 104 Spotlight on the Gulf managing director Mogens Tofte Koch.managing director Mogens Tofte Koch.

Ultra-HPHT, other technologies advance despite oil price drop, but actual deployment in Gulf

OER4 OER4 Danfoss driving subsea of Mexico could slow. Bruce Nichols puts it in pumping technologypumping technology perspective.

The subsea factory could be here sooner than The subsea factory could be here sooner than many believe and Danish ? rm Danfoss is many believe and Danish ? rm Danfoss is 108

Tracking ? oating production in helping drive the innovation that will make it happen. helping drive the innovation that will make it happen. Mexico .

Emma Gordon reportsEmma Gordon reports

Bruce Crager pro? les some of the ? oating production units already in use offshore Mexico,

OER6 Drilling deep

Maintaining a modern ? eet with long-term contracts while and highlights what is yet to come.

setting drilling records is Maersk Drilling’s way of doing 112

Red Hawk spar ? ies home business. Eloise Logan spoke to the ? rm’s chief technology

InterMoor’s Dusan Curic discusses the of? cer.

decommissioning of Anadarko Petroleum’s Red

Hawk spar in the US Gulf of Mexico.

OER8 Innovation in intervention

Welltec’s well tractor has transitioned from an unlikely 116

EMAS makes waves in the Gulf vision to a solid reality now deployed in deepwater wells. OE

Audrey Leon reports on EPCIC contractor EMAS explains.

AMC investment in the Gulf of Mexico and its marine base in Ingleside, Texas.

OER10 Harnessing energy

DONG Energy has taken on the offshore wind market—and it is winning. Elaine Maslin explains.

OER11 A tight grip on pipehandling

Pipehandling can be costly if it goes wrong. e-l-m Kragelund is ready to take its pipehandling solution to the global market is ready to take its pipehandling solution to the global market place.

OER12 Rigtools eyes expansion

REVIEW

Danish entrepreneurs are taking on the rig tool market.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

Emma Gordon explains.

Securing the offshore target

OER13 Ramboll spreads its American wings

Peter Welander shows how a solid

OE REVIEW: SAFETY & SECURITYOE REVIEW: SAFETY & SECURITY cyber plan will buttress safety and uptime.

Engineering ? rm Ramboll is bringing its Danish values to oming soon to a theater near you: Platform of

Death: The exciting story of a small group of off-

C shore oil platform workers, starring Tom Cruise and

Keifer Sutherland, as they struggle for survival while

Securing the 137 137 its newly acquired American businesses. Meg Chesshyre their platform is under attack by cyber terrorists. Cut off from the mainland with all means of escape eliminated, our heroes try to stay one step ahead of unseen criminal hackers trying to set the platform ablaze.

sets out the details.

Does that sound like an exciting movie, or a little offshore targetoffshore target too close to reality? Offshore platforms, like pipelines, refineries, and onshore drilling sites, provide tempting targets, thanks to the high revenues they produce along with the potential for dramatic fiery disasters. For better or worse, what disasters there have been are attributed

Peter Welander shows how a Peter Welander shows how a to other causes, but the potential for problems caused by

OER14 P-scan goes deeper cyber threat actors remain. Are offshore platforms any different than similar onshore facilities? Are they subject to a higher level of threats? Are they, or should they be solid cyber plan will buttress solid cyber plan will buttress defended differently?

Exploration in deeper waters is driving technology

The short answer to those questions is no, to the extent safety and uptime.

www.oedigital.com development, not least in subsea inspection. Meg Chesshyre development, not least in subsea inspection. Meg Chesshyre reports.

144 144 Security seeks Security seeks parallel existence

OER15 Ice spurs innovation with safety

Viking Life-Saving Equipment is taking PPE to the limit. Meg

Greg Hale highlights the importance of both

Chesshyre explains.

safety and following proper security protocols.

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