Introduction to Special Issue: Reassessment and Requalification of Offshore Platforms

Abstract

This issue contains a series of papers that were presented during a workshop and associated technical sessions held at the 1998 OMAE Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop and technical sessions addressed the reassessment and requalification of offshore platforms. (The first four papers in this issue address the topic of requalification.) The workshop was organized by Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (IMP), the University of California at Berkeley, and Instituto Superior Technico de Lisboa. The workshop was attended by 50 engineers representing industry, government, and 14 countries.