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norway’s no.1 offshore magazine | edition 4/2011 www.petro.no www.oilinfo.no
Come
Sail Away
The future has never looked brighter
for offshore oil and gas floaters, but has
the industry learned from its mistakes
and failures of past booms?
Pages 24-53
No regrets Staying afloat
- Former Sevan CEO Tveteraas comes clean - A history of FPSOs on the NCS
Pages 46-50 Pages 38-43
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IntervIeW: JAN ERIK tVEtERAAs 46 Jan Erik Tvete
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