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GLO Marine 8 Mitigating Offshore Integration Risk as Project Complexity Grows OSVs 12 Middle East OSV Market at a 8 Cr ossroads After Gulf Conflict By Theodor Sørlie, Fearnley Offshore Supply Teijin Aramid 16 14 Stabbert Maritime ditches steel wire for synthetic rope on 6,000m deepwater vessel Drillships 16 Eldor ado-Vantage Merger Signals Continued Consolidation By Kathleen Gammack, Senior Rig Market Analyst at Westwood Exploration 20 Oil Majors Reload Exploration © Vantage Drilling Hoppers - Sub-Saharan Africa By David Thomson and Jamie McGreevy, W elligence Energy Analytics 20 Rigs 23 Where the Jackup Recovery Is Already Being Priced By Sofa Forestieri, Senior Analyst, Esgian Legal Beat 26 The Delegation Clause A K ey Locking the Courthouse Doors Unless Precisely Targeted By Chris Hamilton, Spencer Fane LLP © alexmu / Adobe Stock W ashington Watch 28 Extending the Gulf of America’s 48 Ener gy Advantage By Erik Milito, President, NOIA 4 Editor’s Letter 6 Authors in this Edition 43 T ech Feature: Decommissioning 46 T ech Feature: Propulsion 48 Pr oducts and Technology © GustoMSC

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