Some companies believe iPads and tablets will, in the near future, be just as important tools on oil and gas platforms as spanners and wrenches are today.

One of those putting such ideas into practice is Danish operator Maersk Oil, which recently embarked on the construction of three topsides for the technically challenging high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Culzean gas and condensate scheme, located in the UK central North Sea.

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