From the Editor: Sixty Years On

As we prepared this issue, we strove to keep in mind something Arnis Judzis, chairman of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Board of Directors, related to us: “This year, OTC will mark the 60th anniversary of the development of the modern offshore industry. In 1947, drilling in 15 feet of water was a challenge, and drilling out of sight of land was a major technical milestone. Engineers of that time could not conceive of drilling in water depths much over 50 feet. But today, advanced technology has pushed that limit to water depths of 10,000 feet….”