<br />
OFFSHORE<br />
TECHNOLOGYFOCUS<br />
ALASKA<br />
EYES ON<br />
How drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean will move ahead<br />
depending on the result of the US presidential election<br />
ISSUE 4 | OCTOBER 2012<br />
IN ASSOCIATION WITH<br />
+ WHO OWNS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA? + NEW LIFE FOR DISUSED OIL RIGS + NORWAY’S INDUSTRY AFTER THE STRIKES<br />
ISSUE 4<br />
OCTOBER<br />
2012<br />
OFFSHORE<br />
TECHNOLOGYFOCUS<br />
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INDUSTRYNEWS<br />
<br />
SPECIAL REPORT<br />
Drilling the Arctic: <br />
O<br />
n 6 November either currently<br />
serving Democrat President<br />
Barack Obama or his Republican<br />
rival Mitt Romney will be elected<br />
US president. Up until that moment the two<br />
hopefuls will continue to debate on every<br />
issue, from the economy to American<br />
energy independence.<br />
For more than two decades, drilling in the<br />
Alaskan Arctic Ocean has been forbidden.<br />
However, the Obama <a title="Offshore Technology Focus | Issue 4 | October 2012 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/d427a178?page=1"> OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGYFOCUS ALASKA EYES ON How </a>
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