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API 8 API’ s Repair and Remanufacture Pr ogram Strengthens Equipment Integrity By Hamza Hallal 32 GLO Marine © Louis Dreyfus Armateurs 11 IP Code Compliance: More Than a Regulatory Formality, It Impacts Commercial Viability By Maciej Jozwiak, GLO Marine Drillships 16 The Future of Long-Idle Drillships: Cold-Stacked Or Dead-Stacked?

By Sofa Forestieri, Esgian Rigs 20 Rig Retirements Set To Rise As Utilization Falls To Lowest Level 36 Since 2021 By Teresa Wilkie, Westwood

Lim Weixiang U.S. Offshore Wind 24 Charting The Evolving U.S Offshore Wind Landscape By Philip Lewis, Intelatus Global Partners Asia Offshore Wind 28 G eopolitics And Climate Change: De velopment Of Offshore Wind In East Asia And Pacific By Alisa Reiner Deepwater 52 56 T ransforming Deepwater

Parker Hannifn Managed Pressure Drilling By Nitin Kulkarni, MPD 64 FLNGs 61 Ho w FLNG Technology Can Expand T o Support The Energy Transition By Terrance Roberts, ABS

DEPARTMENTS 4 Editor’s Letter 6 Authors in this Edition 68 Ne w Tech Spotlight: OTC 2025 70 By the Numbers: Rigs & Discoveries

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