This book provides the reader with unique access to the fundamentals of this topical subject.

Main chapter headings include:

• Offshore maintenance
• Offshore inspection
• Offshore structural repair
• R & D in offshore maintainability and reliability
• Reliability and maintainability check lists
• Maintenance costs
• Equipment and procurement
• Maintainability during topside design
• Current problems and solutions in offshore maintenance
• Case studies including inspection/maintenance philosophy and requirements for a subsea isolation system, a planned pipeline inspection scheme, conversion of a platform from manned to unmanned operation, optimisation of equipment sparing for a N. Sea platform and aspects of emergency pipeline repair.