16th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2006)

The 16th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference included research from the following areas: ocean industry review, offshore mechanics and technology (offshore mechanics, international standards for offshore structures, subsea systems, fpso, vlfs, tlp, spar, structures, lng & terminal, model basin and measurements), gas hydrates, deep-ocean mining, ocean and offshore wind energy (renewable energy, tidal power, otec, offshore wind energy, wave energy), ocean and polar environment (oil pollution, environment assessmant, water purification), arctic, ice science and engineering (ice forecasting, ice-structure interactions, ice and environment).