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  Six steps to predictive maintenance Take your operation to the next level
• Nippon Foundation, DeepStar launch Decarbonization R&D JV
• Photo by André Ribeiro / 2019 April 1st

  The multi-billion barrel Buzios Depending on the search engine you use, Búzios comes up as either a conch or whelk. Conch might be the more appropriate, given its association with use as a horn; Petrobras' Búzios field in Brazil deserves a lot of noise. Elaine Maslin takes a look. by Elaine Maslin
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  LR Blazes the Digital Path Lloyd’s Register (LR) is helping offshore energy operators leverage digitalization solutions to make operations more economic and efficient, as Sean van der Post, Global Offshore Business Manager, LR, explains.
• Photo by André Ribeiro / 2019 April 1st

  Future Floating Powerhouses From being an ugly duckling, floating offshore wind is now the Cinderella of the offshore renewables world. Attention is now being paid to floating and even subsea substation concepts to help bring this power to shore. Elaine Maslin reports
• Focusing on Subsea Innovation in Brazil Brazil has always pushed the boundaries of deepwater exploration and production – and it’s still doing so today. With some of the world’s largest deepwater reservoirs, that are often complex in themselves, it’s had to come up with new solutions. Elaine Maslin found out more from André Lima Cordeiro.
• Five Things to Consider to Increase the Value of Digital Twins as part of Digital Transformation By Leo Learth, Upstream Oil & Gas Manager, Radix Engineering and Software
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  Reusing & Recycling Decommissioned Materials: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? By Melissa Marques, Umit Bititci, Amos Haniff & Matt Blair
• How Brazil’s Tech-Driven startups are Pioneering the future of the Oil & Gas Industry By Roberto Escoto, Managing Director of Apex-Brasil
• By the Numbers: Discoveries & Reserves
• By the numbers: RIGS
• Sector in Focus: Australasia