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While Joseph Fonseca - IndiaClaudio Paschoa - Braziltightly tethered to the price of oil and gas companies may downsize to ride out the storm, resulting in a Peter Pospiech - Germany– wait patiently for any sign that there is loss of valuable human resource assets that can take years to Productionstabilization, or dare we say rebound in the recover, many view turmoil as an opportunity to prune dead AIrina Tabakina tabakina@marinelink.comNicole Ventimiglia nicole@marinelink.commarket. The maritime and energy markets are certainly no branches, and also a chance to pick up a product, capability or Corporate Staffstranger to wild ? uctuations, but despite the luxury of 20/20 company on the cheap.Mark O’Malley, Public RelationsEsther Rothenberger, Accountinghindsight these market swoons always seem to bring varying This is perfect timing for our shipyard edition, as shipyards Gabby DelGatto, Of? ce Managerlayers of surprise, shock or anger. are the heartbeat of this industry. A sincere thanks to Germán Information TechnologyVladimir BibikWhile this precipitous drop in oil price (Brent is hovering at Carlos Suárez Calvo, CEO, Astican & Astander Shipyards, Emin Tule $50 per barrel currently) has some industry watcher harken- for sharing his valuable time and insight regarding business, Subscriptioning the collapse of the 1980s and early 90s, even adjusting for investment and prospects at these pair of storied Spanish ship Kathleen Hickey k.hickey@marinelink.comin? ation the current price is a far cry away from the $14 per repair and conversion facilities. Spain in particular has en-SalesLucia Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.combarrel seen as recent as 1994. 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