The Company continued its expansion in the offshore production systems market with the installation of two S 3 Slug Suppression Systems. These systems are in operation and performing to expecta- Development of fields in deeper waters with greater distances between the production platform and subsea production trees has increased the need for a control system that offers enhanced speed characteristics and data transmission reliability. DRIL-QUIP has developed its control system using fiber optics communications technology that is designed to meet this requirement. “We see the use of fiber optics as the way of the future,” says Al Williams, DRIL-QUIP Product Manager of Control Systems. DRIL-QUIP’S control system is in the final stages of development and testing. tions. The S 3 Slug Suppression System is designed to improve multi-phase flow performance of production fluids in a flowline that connects subsea trees  to a platform.  More Products, New Developments The Subsea Production Control System, a new product for DRIL-QUIP, is used to control and monitor subsea production trees and subsea manifolds. The DRIL-QUIP system was designed using state-of-the-art components and features redundancies and high reliability that are critical for subsea completion applications.  8 DRIL-QUIP 2002 Annual Report S 3 Slug Suppression System installation in the North Sea Subsea Control System