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Volume 41, Number 1 January 2016

Departments & Columns 8 Undercurrents 18

Celebrating the new in the New Year.

10 Opinion: The Barrel

The mantra for oil service companies in 2016 must be to do everything possible to stay in business.

14 Global Briefs

News from the around the world, including discoveries, ? eld starts, and contracts.

18 Field of View: Giving ABK a boost

Abdelghani Henni reports how French major Total was able to keep the 61

ABK ? eld offshore Abu Dhabi up and running past its initial life span.

21 In-Depth: Pain in the Annulus

Well plugging and abandonment activity as part of offshore decommissioning campaigns is starting to ramp up – but could it be done better? Elaine Maslin reports.

60 Solutions

An overview of offshore products and services.

61 Activity

Company updates from around the industry. 62 Spotlight: Laurent Decoret 66

Aging infrastructure, deep waters, high-pressures and rising levels of H S 2 and CO are all on the hit for Technip’s VP of technology development.

2 64 Editorial Index 65 Advertiser Index 66 Asset of the month

Voxels, submicrons and synchrotronic optics are coming to an oil and gas laboratory near you. Well, almost. Elaine Maslin reports on the

University of Aberdeen’s new high-spec scanner.

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