... ABSTRACT In an ideal world risks can be avoided by careful analysis at the pre-contract stage of risks which may arise. However even in the best prepared and managed operations, accidents will happen. Risk management involves the apportionment of risks between the parties involved in contracts...

... shallow water to tap those reserves that extended into shallow-water areas. It was not until the mid 1950s that R&D was lnitlated to develop remotely operated equipment and techniques for subsea completions. It was, I belleve, in 1960 tha.c the first subsea completion m the open sea was installed...

...Advances in Riserless Intervention for Subsea Well Servicing Colin Headworth, Wharton Williams Comex Houlder Ltd, UK Pete Cowan, Otis Pressure Control Ltd, UK Downhole maintenance or logging on subsea wells in the North Sea has typically required the operator to give inhouse budget approval...

...-independent when operating in deep waters. Dynamic positioning rather than anchors will be used for station keeping, and a marine riser will not be required The use of a pressurized winch on the top of an 18m directly-coupled lubricator reduces operating problems and enhances safety. Norsub A/S in conjunction...

... sequenced actions as the role of a well slot is changed. But what has this to do with an integrated subsea and topside control system? Prior to the more general acceptance that a multiplexed electrohydraulic control system is the way to operate subsea completions, it was not possible to integrate the two 2...