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FEATURE SUBSEA PROCESSING

SUBSEA SUBSEA

PROCESSING -PROCESSING -

EMISSIONS ABATEMENT

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS?

A COMPLETE SUBSEA FACTORY MAY YET BE A PIPE DREAM.

HOWEVER, WITH ITS CONSTITUENT PARTS NOW MORE OR

LESS READY, THE INDUSTRY HAS A MUCH GREATER TOOLBOX

OF TECHNOLOGIES WITH WHICH IT CAN NOW APPLY TO

EXISTING AND NEW SUBSEA DEVELOPMENTS. BUT IS THERE

WILLINGNESS, EVEN WITH THE TEMPTATION OF BEING ABLE

TO REDUCE THEIR CO FOOTPRINTS? 2

BY ELAINE MASLIN

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