Contents | 4TH QUARTER 2010
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13 Editorial comment Middle East buyers market requires swift action
7-14 News 7-10 News 12-14 Equipment news
16-59 Features
Feature 1 FPSO conversions 16 Keppel completes Maersk FPSO conversion
Feature 2 Middle East 18 Oman yard gears up for 2011 start
20-22 LNG contracts sustain Harris Pye Gulf 22 DMC contracts signed
24-26 Tanker activity keeps leading Middle East yards busy
27 Qatar yard ready to commence operations 28 Robots make a splash in Dubai 30 Steady flow of work for Albwardy 30 Heisco plans explansion 32 Topaz invests for the future 32 Capacity expansion planned by Basrec
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Maersk converts Maersk Nova into FPSO Maersk Peregrino.
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ABB Turbocharging Setting a new standard.
ABB Turbocharging introduces the all-new A100 turbocharger generation as a significant step in the development of single-stage, high-efficiency, high-pressure turbocharging.
www.abb.com/turbocharging
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