OTC Feature


Offshore Technology Conference Preview – OTC 2011 Pumps Energy into Houston


Industry Outlook


BOEMRE’s New Regulatory Approach to Environmental and Safety Systems Management HA Tony Wood


Director, National Spill Control School, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi


Critical Drivers of Exploration and Production Clockspeed Ruud Weijermars


Department of Geotechnology, Delft University of Technology Regional Focus The Arctic


Forecasting Waves-in-ice for Arctic Operators Dany Dumont,1,2 Hanne Sagen1


Vernon Squire,3 Stein Sandven,1 and Laurent Bertino1


1. Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen; 2. Université du Québec à Rimouski, Institut des Sciences de la Mer, Rimouski; 3. University of Otago, Dunedin


The Americas


Overview of the BP Macondo Catastrophe – Economic and Policy Implications Professor Omowumi Iledare


Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies, Baton Rouge The Middle East


Expanding Iraq’s Oil Production – Issues and Impediments Peter Robin Avent Wells


Director, Neftex Petroleum Consultants Limited Geology


Carbon Transport Pipelines – A Review of the Challenges to Safety and Structural Integrity Dr Amir Chahardehi


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Offshore Renewable Energy Group, Department of Offshore, Process and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering, Cranfield University


Subsea & Pipelines


Enlightening Subsea Structures Marc Niklès1


and Fabien Ravet2


1. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Technical Officer; 2. Latin America Area Manager, Omnisens


Development of a Hydrate Inhibition Monitoring System by Integration of Acoustic Velocity and Electrical Conductivity Measurements Jinhai Yang,1,2


Antonin Chapoy,1,2 and Bahman Tohidi1,2


1. Centre for Gas Hydrate Research, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University; 2. Hydrafact Ltd


2 Saeid Mazloum1,2 33 Natural Gas


Shale Gas Reservoirs in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin


Daniel John Kerridge Ross Geologist, Shell Canada Upstream


Corrosion 36


Techniques Used in Research for the Prevention of Top-of-the-line Corrosion Stuart I Bailey


Corrosion Centre for Education, Research and Technology, Curtin University


EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION – VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1 71 66 24 21 18 Engineering & Construction 7


The Re-development Potential of Offshore Structures Destroyed by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the Gulf of Mexico Mark J Kaiser and Yunke Yu


Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 12


Electromagnetic Cavity Sensors for Multiphase Measurement


SR Wylie, AI Al-Shamma’a, A Shaw and SH Al-Hajeri Radio Frequency and Microwave Group, Liverpool John Moores University


Drilling & Well Technology


Approach to Improve and Optimise Deepwater Waterflood Projects in 2011 Fady R Chaban and Grant T Gibson


Gibson Applied Technology and Engineering (GATE), LLC


Overview of Wellbore Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Modelling with Applications in the Oil Industry


Mehdi Bahonar, Jalel Azaiez and Zhanxing (John) Chen Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary


Transportation & Logistics


Air Cargo – At The Heart of The Oil and Gas Industry


Volga-Dnepr Group 64 54 45 5


The Effect of Oil on Foam Stability During Foam Flow in Pipes


Sneha Panchadhara,1 and Seung I Kam1


Rahul N Gajbhiye,1 Gyu S Lee2


1. Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University; 2. Rural Research Institute


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