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Verification of Fixed Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms An Analysis of Need, Scope, and Alternative Verification Systems (1977) / Chapter Skim
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COST CONSIDERATIONS
Pages 46-46

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... Thus, an accurate and totally defensible tabulation of real costs is unattainable. The panel's best estimate of the cost of a verification program is approximately one percent of the total platform cost to the USGS for personnel to administer and monitor the system, and two percent of the total platform cost for industry, to cover its costs for extra documentation, reviews, and inspection.
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