An overview of the harmonised mandatory control system -- Impact of the OSPAR decision on the harmonised mandatory control system on the offshore chemical supply industry -- The development and the introduction of the chemical hazard assessment and risk management (charm) into the regulation of offshore chemicals in the OSPAR convention area : a good example of government/industry co-operation or a warning to industry for the future? -- Bioaccumulation potential of surfactants : a review -- Alkaphenol based demulsifier resins and their continued use in the offshore oil and gas industry -- Use of enzymes for the in-situ generation of well treatment chemicals -- Electrically conductive oil-based mud -- The use of surfactants to generate viscoelastic fluids -- Function and application of oilfield chemistry in open hole sand control completions -- Effective topside chemical detection via a novel antibody engineering technique -- Using electrochemical pre-treatments for the protection of metal surfaces from the formation and growth of calcium carbonate scale -- The challenges facing chemical management : a BP perspective -- The development and application of dithiocarbamate(DTC) chemistries for use as flocculants by North Sea operators -- Optimising oilfield oxygen scavengers -- Enhancing reliability, performance and environmental acceptability of subsea hydraulic production control fluids, a true chemistry challenge -- Reservoir drilling fluids : an overview of current technology and new potential developments -- A chemical packer for annular isolation in horizontal wells -- Increased oil production from wet wells in sandstone reservoirs by modifying the relative permeability -- Life cycle management of scale control within subsea fields and its impact on flow assurance, Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea basin -- New methods for the selection of asphaltene inhibitors in the field -- The development of advanced kinetic hydrate inhibitors -- Prediction and solution of asphaltene related problems in the field.