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FEATURES 16 (Tying) Back to the Future 32

Lower costs, improved productivity, increased yield: always goals of the global energy industry., have gained even more signifcance with exceptionally diffcult business conditions of the past fve years.

By Svein Strømberg

Source: Baker Hughes 24

Time for an Intervention?

Despite historic volatility, with a pandemic thrown in for good measure, well intervention players in this space are optimistic, with new vessels and more compact intervention systems being planned.

By Elaine Maslin

Source: TIOS

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Leading Off Walk to Work EPIC Unmanned Platforms Tech Talk: Coatings

Drivers for increased demand for offshore BPT promotes foating NUI for low life- Non-traditional systems in extending coat- crew and equipment transfer technology. cycle cost developments of marginal felds. ing service lives on offshore assets.

By Dr. Wei Huang, ABS By Elaine Maslin By Bruce Toews & Johnny C. Pourciau 10 20 46

Dutch Tech to the Fore

Subsea Asset Protection Products Mooring Solutions

Ampelmann innovates again with the

Deploying modern tech to maximize subsea development of the E5000 system.

asset protection.

By Greg Trauthwein 46

By Jeff Robbins

Executives on the Move 12 30 Automated Maintenance Tech 48

Well Intervention Market Review

Machine Learning technologies in E&P of-

Charting the path ahead for a niche market

Ad Index & Editorial Index fers operators the chance to automate.

with only a few main players.

By Chris Bell & Matthew Celnik, DNV GL

By Catherine MacFarlane, IHS Markit

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