This is the fourteenth volume in a series of publications containing classic papers of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the world's leading event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of exploration, drilling, production, and environmental protection. ASCE, through its participation in and support of the OTC, plays a major role in the innovation and evolution of the technologies needed to overcome the challenges facing development of resources in the offshore environment. The years since the first Offshore Technology Conference in 1969 have seen the presentation...