January/February 2009
Marine Technology Reporter · Volume 52 · Number 1
Finance
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$27B per Year
Despite a global credit crisis and swooning oil prices, a new study from DouglasWestwood -- The World Deepwater Market Report 2009-2013 -- forecasts the deepwater oil & gas sector will spend more than $27 billion per year.
Floating Production Projects
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Now What?
Jim McCaul, president of IMA and a noted authority on floating production trends and projections, predicts that the world financial turmoil will have an uneven and short term impact on the world's Floating Production Projects. -- By Jim McCaul
Interview
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Bourbon CEO: Fundamentals are Strong
MTR recently spoke with Jacques de Chateauvieux, the CEO of Bourbon and one of the most prolific investors in new, high-tech offshore vessels. With billions at stake, de Chateauvieux maintains that fundamentals for long-term growth in the offshore O&G sector remain strong. -- By Greg Trauthwein
Region Report: Gulf of Mexico
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GOM Prepared for Unknown Challenges
While the Gulf of Mexico is particularly susceptible to fluctuations in the price Oil & Gas, industry leaders are convinced that astute business practices and improved technologies and efficiencies will keep product flowing. -- By Matt Gresham
Pictured in the background is the Mini B, a SCUBA system specially designed to give seafarers and marine workers the ability to access the underside of their vessel in an emergency. Intended for use at depths of less than 9 m, Mini B systems have been designed in the UK to be kept available for immediate use and to enable the wearer to enter the water with sufficient diving time to perform basic tasks. See full details on the system in this month's product section. 2 MTR January/February 2009
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