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Annual Offshore Technology Conference At Astrohall In Houston, Texas Set For May 1-3 A 200-paper technical program emphasizing the relationship between offshore development and environmental control, plus a 60,000- square-foot exhibits display will be part of the activities awaiting registrants at the Fourth Annual Offshore Technology Conference May 1-3, 1972, at the Astrohall in Houston, Texas. The conference, which was founded in 1968, is jointly sponsored by nine international engi- neering and scientific societies and is recog- ized as the world's leading annual meeting on ocean research and technology. Six of the 33 technical sessions at the 1972 OTC will be devoted to the problems associated with the protection of the environment during offshore exploration and development opera- tions. The remainder of the program will offer a broad range of engineering and scien- tific subjects related to the development of the oceans. Scheduled session topics include waves and currents, wave structure interaction, ocean state prediction, marine geology, vessels, electronic navigation, techniques of offshore construction, design of offshore structures, legalities and insurance, drilling, the Arctic, and communications technology. To complement ithe extensive technical pro- gram at the conference, some 400 of the world's leading offshore service and manufacturing companies will display their latest technologi- cal developments in a technical educational exhibits show. The 1971 conference featured a 560-booth exhibits display, and the exhibi- tion at ithe 1972 OTC is expected to foe even larger. Registration .for the conference will open at 7:30 a.m. Monday, May 1, in the lobby of the Astrohall. The exhibits portion of the conference will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Technical sessions will be conducted from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 2 to 5 p.m. On Monday; from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday; and from 9 a.m. ito noon, and 1:30 to 4 :30 p.m. on Wednesday. Advance registration deadline for the Fourth Annual Offshore Conference is April 15, 1972. The sponsors of the Offshore Conference include the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (The Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, The Metallurgical Society of AIME, and The So- ciety of Petroleum Engineers of AIME) ; The American Association of Petroleum Geologists; The American Institute of Chemical Engi- neers ; The American Society of Civil Engi- neers ; The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Petroleum Division) ; The Marine Technology Society; The Institute of Electri- cal and Electronics Engineers (Aerospace and Electronics Systems Group, Communications Technology Group, and Geoscierice Electronics Group) ; The Society of Exploration Geo- physicists, and The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers. TECHNICAL SESSION TIMETABLE MONDAY Morning Geoscience Generation of Waves & Currents Movement and Sorbent Cleanup Production Moorings The Offshore Environment Afternoon Exploration and Sample Analysis Mechancial Cleanup Devices Wave Structure Interaction Underwater Activities I Pipelines Corrosion TUESDAY Morning Dredging, Production and Transportation Ocean State Prediction Drilling WEDNESDAY Morning Analysis and Design of Off- shore Structures Communications Technology Terminals Soil Mechanics Marine Geology Safety in Offshore Resource Develop- ment on the Outer Continental Shelf Afternoon Oil Slick Detection and Containment Wave Theory Techniques of Off- shore Construction Vessels Underwater Activities II U.S. and Canadian Governmental Safety Programs Legalities, Insur- ance, Economics and Environ- mental Control Afternoon Electronic Navigation Offshore Environmental Quality Control Arctic Statistics of Waves Interaction of Structures and Foundations The 1972 OTC program committee is com- prised of the following: A.E. 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