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Deliberating on 'downers': the hidden legacies of two fierce ladies"

Reprinted from OE (Offshore Engineer), September 2007
Jennifer Pallanich, Offshore Engineer 1.4 M

Well P&A Risk Presentation Robert C. Byrd, Twachtman Snyder & Byrd, Inc. 1M

Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Platform Decommissioning Esau R. Velazquez and Robert C. Byrd, Twachtman Snyder & Byrd, Inc. 596 K

State of the Art of Removing Large Platforms Located in Deep Water Robert C. Byrd and Esau R. Velazquez, Twachtman Snyder & Byrd, Inc. 128 K

Realizing the Inherent Value in Decommissioned Facilities Robert C. Byrd, Twachtman Snyder & Byrd, Inc. 708 K

Operational and Socioeconomic Impact of Non Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures Twachtman Snyder & Byrd, Inc. 732 K

Comparative Risk In The Complete Removal Of Large Offshore Platforms Robert C. Byrd and Esau R. Velazquez, Twachtman Snyder & Byrd, Inc. 60 K

Comparative Assessment of Decommissioning Applications of Typical North Sea and Gulf of Mexico: Approaches to Several Categories of Offshore Platforms in the Middle East Patrick O'Connor, BP America Inc. et al. 192 K

Costs of Abrasive Cutting in the GoM (ASCE) Mark J. Kaiser, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University. et al. 6M