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• Offshore concrete structure — Offshore concrete structures have been in use successfully for about 30 years. They serve the same purpose as their steel counterparts in the oil and gas production and storage. The first concrete oil platform has been installed in the North Sea… …   Wikipedia

• Offshore Power Systems — (OPS) was a 1970 joint venture between Westinghouse Electric Company, which constructed nuclear generating plants, and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, which had recently merged with Tenneco, to create floating nuclear power plants at… …   Wikipedia

• Unit Trust of India — was created by the UTI Act passed by the Parliament in 1963.For more than two decades it remained the sole vehicle for investment in the capital market by the Indian citizens. In mid 80 s public sector banks were allowed to open mutual funds. The …   Wikipedia

• Offshore trust — An offshore trust is simply a conventional trust that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. Generally offshore trusts are similar in nature and effect to their onshore counterparts; they involve a settlor transferring (or settling …   Wikipedia

• Offshore fund — An offshore fund is a collective investment scheme domiciled in an Offshore Financial Centre such as the British Virgin Islands, Luxembourg, or the Cayman Islands; it is typically sold exclusively to foreign investors (those not of the domestic… …   Wikipedia

• Offshore company — The term offshore company is ambiguous. It may refer to either: A company which is incorporated outside the jurisdiction of its primary operations regardless of whether that jurisdiction is an offshore financial centre (sometimes known as a non… …   Wikipedia

• Offshore financial centre — Many leading offshore financial centres are located in small tropical Caribbean countries. An offshore financial centre (OFC), though not precisely defined, is usually a small, low tax jurisdiction specializing in providing corporate and… …   Wikipedia

• Offshore oil spill prevention and response — Inspector on offshore oil drilling rig Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances into the environment and limiting the amount… …   Wikipedia

• Offshore Supplies Office — OSO was a British government agency with a remit to support British suppliers to the offshore oil and gas industry in the British sector of the North Sea. It was set up in 1973, following the publication the previous year of a report entitled… …   Wikipedia

• offshore petroleum discharge system — Provides a semipermanent, all weather facility for bulk transfer of petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL) directly from an offshore tanker to a beach termination unit (BTU) located immediately inland from the high watermark. POL then is either… …   Military dictionary

• offshore fund — 1) A fund that is based in an offshore financial centre outside the UK to avoid UK taxation. Offshore funds operate in the same way as unit trusts but are not supervised by the Department of Trade and Industry. 2) Any fund held outside the… …   Big dictionary of business and management