Travel Grant in Support of APEC China Workshop

这项行动为四名美国研究人员参加将于2000年10月8日至11日在中国北京举行的亚太经济合作组织（APEC）研讨会提供了支持并作出贡献。他们将发表主题演讲和受邀演讲，并将成为出席这一重要研讨会的美国代表的中坚力量。美国的参与者将在美国的建筑（工程新闻记录）、土木工程（土木工程杂志）和石油和天然气工业（离岸杂志）的技术出版物上发表几篇关于研讨会的文章。该研讨会将讨论评估和管理老化海上油气平台和浮式生产设施的最佳做法，这是亚太经合组织地区1000多个海上油气结构的主要环境风险。研讨会将来自油气监管机构、学术界、咨询公司、油气公司和认证机构的专家聚集在一起，促进私营部门和公共部门的合作。研讨会的目标包括加强亚太经合组织经济体之间的区域内合作，并通过帮助亚太经合组织石油和天然气生产商识别结构不再健全的设施，提高沿海水域的质量。研讨会的最终成果将是出版一份推荐文件，分发研讨会上发表的论文，并继续编制亚太经合组织这方面的专家名录

This action provides support for four U.S. researchers to participate in, and contribute to, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) workshop, to be held 8-11 October 2000 in Beijing, China. They are scheduled to give keynote addresses and invited lectures, and will form the backbone of the U.S. representation at this important workshop. The U.S. participants will contribute several articles on the workshop to U.S. technical publications in construction (Engineering News Record), civil engineering (Civil Engineering Magazine), and the oil and gas industry (Offshore Magazine).The workshop addresses best practices in the assessment and management of aging offshore oil and gas platforms and floating production facilities - a major environmental risk in the APEC Region that has over 1,000 offshore oil and gas structures. The workshop promotes private sector and public sector partnership by bringing together a mix of experts from oil and gas regulators, academia, consultants, oil and gas companies, and certification bodies. The goals of the workshop include strengthening intra-regional cooperation among APEC economies, and contributing to the quality of coastal waters by helping APEC oil and gas producers to identify facilities that are no longer structurally sound. The end product of the workshop will be publication of a recommendation paper, distribution of papers presented at the workshop, and continued development of an APEC directory of specialists on this topic