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EDITOR’S LETTER

The Future is Now

The Offshore Technology Conference has regained some positive V ol. 48 No. 3 momentum, but it remains a shadow of its former self – at least in

ISSN 0305-876x USPS# 017-058 terms of exhibitor footprint – as the industry continues along the path of transformation. While traditional oil and gas undoubtedly remains 118 East 25th Street, the world’s dominate fuel of choice for a generation or two to come,

New York, NY 10010 the winds of change are undeniable, with ‘energy transition’ and ‘off- tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 shore wind pavilions’ encroaching on precious OTC foor space, which www.OEDigital.com up until only a few short years ago would have seemed absurd.

As has been written and reported many times, transition for the tra-

EDITORIAL

GREGORY R. TRAUTHWEIN ditional oil and gas sector is not necessarily a bad development, as the

Editor & Publisher nascent offshore wind – particularly foating offshore wind – presents a

BARTOLOMEJ TOMIC market in dire need of offshore oil and gas technologies and experience at

Managing Editor a scale not before seen.

[email protected] “This is not a small, kind of, maybe thing; this is big, it’s global and

ERIC HAUN [email protected] it’s happening right now,” is how Barry Parsons, CCO, Acteon, described foating offshore wind when we met with him recently. Make no mistake,

ELAINE MASLIN, Aberdeen [email protected] there are plentiful challenges – legislative, geopolitical, technological – to evolve this market from today to the promised land of the mid-2030s,

WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI, Oslo [email protected] which offers the prospects of hundreds of GW of power coming from foat- ing wind. But the wheels are in motion, and if the market develops to only

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NICOLE VENTIMIGLIA a percentage of its promise, there will be plentiful work for many.

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Focus stays on the environment via a pair of features from Wendy Laurs-

SALES en and Bartolomej Tomic.

TERRY BREESE, VP Sales

The former examines fugitive methane emissions, looking at how new +1 (561) 732-1185 • [email protected] and evolving technologies are helping the industry boost their leak detec-

GARY LEWIS, Panama tion and repair (LDAR) strategies.

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The latter looks at the role of emerging carbon capture and storage

TONY STEIN, UK, France & Spain +44 (0)1892 512777 • [email protected] techniques to help companies get the theoretical ‘Net Zero’ target. In this edition, Tomic takes a deep dive into the Northern Lights offshore carbon

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