Tuesday 24th January 2023 | 18:00 at Mubarak Marine DMC, Dubai
Registration Fees – This event is free to attend, but booking is essential.
The complete focus of the offshore industry is naturally geared toward designing, fabricating, and installing our assets for the sole purpose of supporting production. But what about the end of life, when the assets are too old, or can no longer support, or are too old for production? The decommissioning options must be considered before an asset ends its production life. There are many options for this operation from the P&A through the removal process. The SUT Middle East is pleased to have Claxton, Ashtead Technology, and James Fisher Decommissioning, three companies working in the region, who specialize in the removal of subsea infrastructure, structure and jacket removal, well severance, and subsea well abandonment with a long track record in the Middle East Region.
This course has reached capacity. To be added to the waitlist please complete and submit the form below.
University of Southampton | Day 1 – NOCS building on the Waterfront Campus | Day 2 – Boldrewood Campus
This two-day in-person course provides a comprehensive introduction to site investigation and ground engineering in the offshore environment and has been run successfully for a number of years. The course will include a stimulating mix of case studies, lectures, computer practicals, and ‘hands-on’ laboratory testing to help illustrate concepts and applications. An evening meal is included on the first day followed by mini-lectures. Alongside valuable knowledge sharing, the course is an excellent opportunity to network within the offshore industry.
Industry experts will cover a wide range of topics from planning an offshore site investigation, through technical and operational aspects of data acquisition and reporting, to the practical use of the data in geohazard assessment and foundation design.
This course is intended for non-specialists and will give a broad overview of the offshore market today and how the data acquired is applied to maximise the value of offshore projects.
Cancellations are subject to a 25% administration fee where the cancellation is made more than one calendar month before the date of the training course. No refund is payable for a cancellation made within the calendar month immediately prior to the training course – in this event the full sum shown on the invoice remains payable.
Delegates may wish to nominate a substitute in their place.
Waitlist
This training course has now reached capacity, please fill in the form below to be added to the waitlist.
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 18:00 – 19:00 GMT | NK14, New King’s Building, University of Aberdeen.
This event is free to attend; spaces are limited to 40 so please register in advance to guarantee a place.
Join SUT+ for an informal job-seeking support session where members of the committee will draw on their own experience to provide advice on: Careers & Job Fairs, CVs, Assessment Centres, and Job Interviews.
An ideal event for students and graduates seeking professional employment.
This event is free to attend; spaces are limited to 50 so please register in advance to guarantee a place.
Join SUT+ for the opportunity to discuss all things Chartership! Whether this is initial thoughts and gaining knowledge about each of the institutions or more detailed and personal information about the peer interview stage of the Chartership process with a chance to review your Chartership evidence with your respective institution.
This event is free to attend; spaces are limited to 20 so please register in advance to guarantee a place.
Verlume is a leader in intelligent energy management and storage technology, providing battery systems for harsh environments.
Founded in 2013, the company uses its core technologies of intelligent energy management and storage to enable clean, resilient and integrated energy systems. Offering a suite of products and services across the underwater, offshore and onshore sectors, Verlume helps clients to reduce carbon footprint and decarbonise operations.
Recognising the challenge of renewable energy intermittency and energy security needs for offshore operations, the RSP project has been developed by partners in the UKCS to combine Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy converter and Verlume’s Halo seabed battery energy storage system, to deliver low carbon power and communication with subsea infrastructure such as subsea production control systems and residential ROVs and AUVs.
The project takes a phased approach:
Phase 1 included the completion of a detailed front end engineering design (FEED) study.
Phase 2 is ongoing with the assembly and onshore commissioning of both the wave energy device and the energy storage system, with integrated energy management.
Phase 3 will be the final part of the project, including offshore deployment and underwater demonstration in the North Sea.
Transport: Verlume operations facility has a car park, where reverse parking is observed. The facility can be reached by First Bus X27 and it is also a 15-20 minute walk from Dyce train station.
Other details: No PPE is required as there will be no operations ongoing. Please advise if there are any access requirements.
Floating Wind Solutions Conference & Exhibition 2023 (in-person event) will showcase the many capabilities of the established Global Offshore Supply Chain and create a platform for bridging Supply and Demand while facilitating development of this industry. Floating Wind Solutions’ mission is to utilize this platform to bring together the many critical players within the Wind and Offshore industries enabling accelerated adoption of Floating Wind Energy globally. This premier event’s primary goal is to accelerate the Energy Transition, by focusing on the industrialization and commercialization of Floating Wind Energy. A world-class Advisory Board is being assembled and will ensure that the program will be extremely focused on the principles of this mission.
SUT is happy to be the Learned Society Patron for this event.
Speaker: Neil Douglas, Director, Viper Innovations Ltd
Overview
This presentation discusses the fundamental processes that occur when sea water comes into contact with a copper conductor of an electrical cable or umbilical. Whilst the science presented is easily understood, the results are surprising and generally not appreciated in the subsea industry. An Insulation Monitoring Device (IMD) is normally mandated for detecting a failure of the cable insulation and thus water ingress. However, the use of IMDs can have a detrimental effect on the copper conductor during fault conditions. We also look at what happens when a similarly wetted cable with two or more insulation faults is energised with the typical ‘surface to subsea’ electrical supply. Hydrogen has long been considered to be the root cause of failure mechanisms that result in low insulation resistance. A new hypothesis argues that the hydrogen gas is actually an indicator of the presence of a failure in the insulation material. The presentation will prove through theory and tests that failure of insulation resistance in a sea water environment will lead to serious and potentially catastrophic damage of the copper conductors. Finally, we will look at how a proven technology, V-LIFE, can be used to increase the insulation resistance without the need for any subsea intervention.
Speaker Bio
Neil Douglas has been in the Subsea Controls Industry for over 35 years, the majority of which were spent with what is now Baker Hughes. In 2007, along with co-director Max Nodder, he established Viper Innovations, a company that specialises in technology development and integrity management of subsea controls and electrical distribution equipment. Neil holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and electronic engineering and a Masters in Subsea Engineering.
Wednesday 9th – Thursday 10th November 2022, 13:30-16:45
Join us for two interactive workshops, brought to you by the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), and the D’Arcy Thompson Forum.
Sustainable Responsible Impact+ Investment+ (SRII++) Custodianship of Marine Life: Ecosystems Impact of Anthropogenic Activity in the ‘Blue Space’ What does ‘Good’ look like and How do we Explain it to Others?
Salvage, Decommissioning & Wreck Removal (10th Anniversary Special) Navigating the Blue Economy through the Climate Emergency: How do we achieve joined-up thinking and improved decision making?
For information please contact: Karen Seath, [email protected] | 07872 109103
