Papers from a June 200 conference deal with underwater instrumentation, control, and communication technology for subsea oil and gas production, and focus on technologies that enable field optimization. Themes are optimizing field performance, buoy-based systems, intervention, systems architecture and sensors, experience feedback, and subsea communication. Specific subjects include remote buoys, development and testing of a downhole optical gauge system, BP Amoco subsea control system lessons, and fiber optic technology for subsea control and monitoring systems. Of interest to professionals in the offshore oil and gas industry active in subsea production systems and in particular those engaged in control and monitoring of such installations. Lacks a subject index. Distributed by ASME. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)