Contents | 4TH QUARTER 2011
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5 Editorial comment 5 Bring on the new breed
6-10 News 6-7 News 8-10 Equipment news
12-30 Features
Feature 1 Environment 12-16 A cheaper way to lay the foundations 17-18 Fuel for thought
Feature 2 Safety 19 Plugging the information gaps
20 Release hook guidelines still expose grey areas
Feature 3 Deepwater & ultra-deepwater operations
22 Steady as she goes 23 P10000 proves popular choice
Feature 4 Subsea support vessels 24-26 Linked in 26-27 Rise of the robots
Feature 5 FPSO technology
28-30 Easier riser and umbilical connections for FPSOs
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