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7. Conclusion
Of the world's 70 Tm 3 of reserves, half are estimated to lie at depths of more than 200 m and more than 250 km from the coast .
IOCs (International Oil Companies) exploit both gas and oil reserves. Recently, we've even seen the takeover of historic gas companies by oil companies: BG (ex-British Gas) bought by Shell, but also the announcement that Engie (ex-GDF-Suez) is abandoning its exploration and production business.
However, in terms of total fossil fuel production, offshore gas plays a less important role than offshore oil, especially as Iran's reserves, which are mainly located...
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Bibliography
Websites
ALLSEAS – Offshore International Contractor http://allseas.com
Colorado Center For Astrodynamic Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Space-based ocean observations https://www.colorado.edu/ccar/research
Gulfbase – Gulf of Mexico...
Events
ISOPE – Annual conference of The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. Around a thousand papers are presented each year. These papers are peer-reviewed. http://www.isope.org
Offshore Technology Conference – Exhibition and conference held in Houston every year during the first week of May. Over 100,000 people attended in 2014....
Standards and norms
The list below is only a very small sample, arbitrarily limited to those mentioned in the article.
- Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings : NPS 1/2 through NPS 24 Metric/Inch - ANSI/ASME B16.5 - 2013
- Guidelines for Trenching design of submarine pipelines, Trevor Jee - HSE OTH 561 - 1999
- Production Facilities on Offshore structures - API RP 2G - 1974
- Specification for Oil and...
Regulations
SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea, London, IMO (International Maritime Organization)
UNCLOS United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
See Companies Directory 2016 published by EVOLEN http://www.evolen.org
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
EVOLEN http://www.evolen.org
Laboratories...
Statistical and economic data
CEDIGAZ, The International Association for Natural Gas
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