North of England Evening Meeting – High Performance Offshore Systems

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Royal IHC Compact J-Lay System

Tom Blanchford – Royal IHC Limited

Royal IHC’s compact J-Lay system has been developed to overcome the challenges of packaging a highly competitive J-Lay system within the constraints of an existing vessel designed to accommodate a lower-capacity system. The key innovation described is the multi-stroke travelling friction clamp. Conventionally pipe joints (in multiples of 12m lengths) are lowered in a single stroke by a travelling friction clamp from within the tower, whereas Royal IHC’s tower lowers the joint in a series of passes. This allows a 72m (hex) joint to be deployed from a tower with a mass profile similar to a quad joint system, permitting high lay rates whilst minimising the impact of the mission equipment vessel stability. Crucially for the performance of the system, this allows high lay tensions and payloads to be maintained from the smaller vessel. Collaboration with the operators to maximise performance whilst dealing with restrictions of the existing vessel is also addressed.

High Temperature Subsea Umbilicals

Jamie Fletcher-Woods – TechnipFMC Umbilicals

The umbilical is the connection that provides control for subsea infrastructure across oil and gas fields. It uses a range of components such as fibre optics, steel tubes, hoses and electrical cables to achieve this objective. The requirement for the umbilical to transport hot fluids and large amounts of electricity presents a unique challenge for the umbilical designer. A high temperature umbilical may not seem a significant design challenge with maximum temperatures rarely exceeding 100°C. However the umbilical is a long length product being sold into an increasingly competitive market, therefore our standard umbilical design is rarely suitable for operating temperatures over 60°C. TechnipFMC now has the knowledge and systems in place to design a high temperature umbilical and manage the challenges it presents. A review of the work that has gone into selecting, developing and qualifying some of these technologies will be presented. The main focus will be on high temperature steel tube dynamic umbilicals.

Registration & Refreshments 6.00pm, Room ARMB1.48
Presentations 6.30pm, Room ARMB1.49

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Aberdeen Evening Meeting – Question Time: The New Operators – An Independent State of Mind

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Question Time: The New Operators – An Independent State of Mind

The last two years have seen more than $12bn of Private Equity investment in the North Sea, backing a new breed of operator that still sees the potential to make money in the UKCS. These new independent operators will have to deal with oil price instability, OGA stewardship, economic recovery and supply chain obligations and of course decommissioning liabilities.

What are their perspectives on the continuing oil price instability and operating costs? What is the outlook they see for service companies still dealing with oversupply? What contracting models and strategies are available to the UKCS to remain globally competitive?

Our guests to discuss the changed face of the North Sea will be:

John Woods, Chief Operating Officer of i3 Energy

Guy Sharman, SURF Manager for Alpha Petroleum

Shona Campbell, Seagull Project Manager for Neptune Energy

Colin Percival, Technical Director of the Parkmead Group

Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion that might offer a few clues of what we can expect over the next few years’ evolution in the story of the North Sea.

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Aberdeen SUT + Pub Quiz

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PERTH – PESA -The Role of Geoscience in Sustainable Energy Development – ‘Recycling’ the Permian Basin, West Texas, USA

Aberdeen – Subsea Awareness Course – FULLY BOOKED

THIS COURSE IS FULLY BOOKED

Further course dates will be announced soon, please email [email protected] with any queries or to be added to the wait list.

Contact [email protected] to be kept informed of upcoming course dates.

SUT Aberdeen are pleased to confirm the second Subsea Awareness Course of 2019 will be held on 20 – 24th May.

To avoid disappointment, book now as places are limited.

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Aberdeen – Annual Golf Day – One Team Place Available

Due to a cancellation there is now one Team Space Available.

We have limited sponsorship opportunities available

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

This year’s sponsorship provides an opportunity to have a pop-ups/banner at strategic positions (club house or halfway house); the sponsorship is £75.00 and places are limited.

Please contact [email protected] to arrange.

The SUT is a learned society and charity organisation, money raised will go towards the SUT Educational Support Fund.

Last year this event raised circa of £850, as a result of contributions, support and sponsorship, we thank you all.

Society for Underwater Technology’s Annual Golf Event

We are delighted to be returning to Peterculter Golf Club for our annual golf day for the Subsea Community and the Happy Gilmours to enjoy.

“Peterculter Golf Club is the Gateway to Golf on Royal Deeside. A spectacular 18-hole golf course that follows the natural contours of the River Dee with stunning views of the Grampian Mountains. “

The game shall be stableford format with both team & individual prizes, plus others.

10:00 Brunch and Registrations

11:00 Tee Off

15:00 Carvery and prize giving

Teams of 3 £240 (ex vat)

Individuals £80 (ex vat)

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Abu Dhabi – New Subsea Technology for Field-Life Extension

Monday 22 April 2019
09:00 – 11:30 at Petroleum Institute, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi

Diving bells to ROVs – a short history of subsea technology, TechnipFMC
Subsea asset integrity challenges – a diving perspective, DCN BV with Zakher Marine
- EPRS (Emergency Pipeline Repair Services) challenges, Accurate defect location, IRM, Asset Integrity
New subsea technology – Oceaneering & Fugro
- ROV and AUV/drone capability & limitations
- Intelligent hardware/software applications
Where is it all going?
Upstream subsea robotics – Research & Innovation, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
Panel Q&A – A chance to put your questions to the Experts
Followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to speak with key Industry Representatives

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Thank you to our sponsors

Dubai – New Subsea Technology for Field-Life Extension

Monday 8 April 2019
18:00 – 20:30 at Heriot Watt University, Dubai

Diving bells to ROVs – a short history of subsea technology, TechnipFMC
Subsea asset integrity challenges – a diving perspective, DCN BV with Zakher Marine
- EPRS (Emergency Pipeline Repair Services) challenges, Accurate defect location, IRM, Asset Integrity
New subsea technology – Oceaneering & Fugro
- ROV and AUV/drone capability & limitations
- Intelligent hardware/software applications
Where is it all going?
Upstream subsea robotics – Research & Innovation, Heriot Watt University, Dubai
Panel Q&A – A chance to put your questions to the Experts
Followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to speak with key Industry Representatives

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Thank you to our sponsors

London & South of England Evening Meeting – Global Offshore Prospects

Westwood Global Energy present their annual outlook for the coming years in the offshore and subsea business. The firm will draw upon its extensive insight and data in the E&P and OFS sectors to outline macroeconomic drivers of activity, highlight leading indicators of offshore expenditure and review key upcoming projects and regions. The outlook for the growth in expenditure in specific subsea sectors will be presented alongside key risk factors and uncertainties evident in the market.

Presentations from:

Steve Robertson, Head of Rigs & Wells

Matt Adams, Senior Analyst, Rigs & Wells

Mark Adeosun, Senior Analyst, Offshore

Registrations from 17:30, Presentations from 18:00

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Norway – Subsea Awareness Course

We invite you to join our two-day subsea awareness course which is aimed towards engineers who are new entrants to the subsea industry. Employees and refresher candidates who need technology conversions within the offshore industry.

The course programme is as follows:

Day 1 will be spent at OneSubsea’s modern manufacturing facility at Horsøy where the attendees will receive technical presentations, and be able to walk through the factory and inspect state-of-the art subsea processing equipment including multiphase pumps, multiphase meters, production trees, etc. Subsea 7 will cover the afternoon session about offshore marine operations.

Day 2 will be spent at TechnipFMC’s facility at the Coast Center Base at Ågotnes, where there will be more focus on Subsea Production Systems including a tour of their workshop. Equinor will cover the afternoon session and present the operators perspective about subsea field developments.

If you are working within subsea oil and gas you should take this unique opportunity to be updated about the latest technology in the business. The course is a cost-effective way to update and prepare for the increased activity we experience in the subsea business.

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