Editor-in-Chief: Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California

Executive Editor: Simon W. Richards, EPCONSULT Ltd

Associate Editors: Galen M. Dino, AMEC Paragon and Gerald E. Verbeek, Verbeek Management Services.

Technical Editors: Kenneth E. Arnold, American Bureau of Shipping; Navneet Behl, Schlumberger; Williams A. Chirinos, Colt Engineering; Umit Cicekli, AMEC Paragon; Gioia Falcone, Texas A&M University; Richard L. Faulkner, Mack Energy Company; Ted C. Frankiewicz, Spec Services; Edward J. Gerber, AMEC Paragon; Amrin F. Harun, BP Egypt; Muhamad S. Hussin, ExxonMobil E&P Malaysia; Mark Kaiser, Louisiana State University; Demir Karsan, AMEC Paragon; Vitold R. Kruka, VRK Technologies; Alan M. Lavelle, Shell; Robert D. McCavitt, Chevron Corporation; Weihong Meng, Nexen Petroleum USA; Saeid Mokhatab, Consultant; Shaya Movafaghian, Petreco Process Systems; Gary Sargent, EnCana Oil & Gas; Luis Tapia, Consultant; Sally A. Thomas, ConocoPhillips Company; Neil T. Torrance, Technip-Coflexip; and Shoubo Wang, MSI.