• Three days of expert public engagement training
• Support for preparation of public engagement activities
• An opportunity to deliver your activities at the West Highland Yachting Week
• Connections with community organisations and artists interested in collaborating with scientists
• Opportunities to showcase your public engagement and research in the media

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Presentations included:

• On-bottom Stability Design of Pipelines and Umbilicals on Seabed Susceptible to Scour: A Multi-Faceted Approach, Presented by Dermot O’Brien, Atteris
• Rapidly Rig Installable and Re-Usable Suction Bucket Wellhead Platforms, Presented by: David Field, ICON Engineering
• Prediction of Seabed Trench Formation Induced by Anchor Chain Motions, Presented by: Michael O’Neill, Fugro
• Recent Advances in Well Modeling: Axial Interaction Between Structural Casing and Soil Under Cyclic Thermal Loads, Presented by: Hongjie Zhou, NGI

For more information please contact  Michael Cocjin

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Shoot for good and help us raise funds to support outstanding students in the field of underwater technology. You can help us achieve our goal while smashing some clays. Gather your team of 5 to represent your company or community, compete as a solo, or simply enjoying the competition with friends and family.
Registration

Teams (5 shooters for either Skeet & Clay): $750
Individual shooters: $175
Non-shooters: $25

Cost includes lunch & 2 beverage tickets per person.

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Patsy Rhymes (713) 818-6601
[email protected]

Join us for a SUT-US Networking Event: Champagne and Conversation with Geeta Thakorlal, President of INTECSEA.

The networking event aims to bring together women professionals working in the broad oil and gas industry as an effort to highlight the importance of their contributions in the sector. This is a unique opportunity to meet and interact with other women from the industry, but also to participate in an open discussion with Mrs. Thakorlal.

Companies interested in signing up as a group, see sponsorship opportunities below or contact us at [email protected] for a group reservation.

Cost of the event: $35 members and $40 non-members
(cash bar)

Champagne & Conversation is SUT-US’s inaugural event for women in the energy industry. SUT-US is committed to providing opportunities for women to learn and network by developing more editions of this event to the future.

Event sponsored by:

PennWell SUT-US Sponsor
www.pennwell.com

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Sponsorship Opportunities
Grand Cru Sponsor
Sponsorship amount: $1,500

• Offshore sponsorship includes 10 invites
• Company name displayed on all advertising materials
• Name and logo displayed on all electronic mailings
• Posts on LinkedIn: SUT-US Page and SUT-US Offshore Site Investigation Geotechnics Group
• Online registration is managed by SUT-US
• Marketing table at event
• Drink tickets provided
• Appetizers

Premier Sponsor
Sponsorship amount: $500

• Platform sponsorship includes 5 invites
• Company name displayed on all advertising materials
• Name and displayed on all electronic mailings
• Posts on LinkedIn: SUT-US Page and SUT-US Offshore Site Investigation Geotechnics Group
• Marketing table at event
• Online registration is managed by SUT-US
• Drink tickets provided
• Appetizers

All proceeds generated from this event help to support SUT-US learning programs.

In dynamic soil-structure interaction problems soil damping is an important consideration for assessing both limit state and fatigue conditions as well as ground response for earthquake conditions. It is also, relative to the strength and stiffness characterization of the soil, less clearly understood by geotechnical engineers. Part of the challenge is that for soils the damping is derived from two sources. Radiation or geometric damping is frequency dependent as well as dependent on the geometry of the soil-structure system. The greater the likelihood of transmitting energy away from the foundation (or pipeline) the greater the damping. The second source of damping is material damping which depends on the soil non-linearity and is therefore dependent on the amplitude of the displacements. How these two sources of damping are combined is also challenging.

The webinar will present several examples demonstrating how damping levels are often underestimated. The examples will focus on field data, model test results and numerical simulations to evaluate damping levels. Observed field response of building under earthquakes, model test results of conductors and offshore steel jackets, and the ground response for a thick clay deposit will be presented. Finally results of numerical simulations of a pipe embedded at the seafloor and subjected to vertical excitation will be discussed. In this case the radiation and material damping components are independently identified and a combination rule proposed. The damping levels in these simulations were found to be much greater than damping values recommended in existing codes. These higher damping values can have a significant impact when evaluating fatigue life for pipelines subjected to slugging or for evaluating acceptable span lengths.

About the Presenter
Edward C. Clukey, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, earned his masters and bachelors degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and his doctorate from Cornell University. He is a registered professional engineer in California and Texas, a member of the Society of Underwater Technology and a Diplomate in ASCE for both Geotechnical and Ocean Engineering. For the past 45 years, Dr. Clukey has focused on offshore geotechnical engineering for the development of oil and gas reserves. His research at Cornell and in the early part of his professional career addressed problems on wave-seafloor interaction. He was Geotechnical Advisor at BP America (1998-2015) and worked on deepwater foundation, geotechnical aspects of pipelines and risers, as well as geotechnical aspects of earthquake and arctic engineering. Previously, he helped initiate the marine geotechnical program for the U. S. Geological Survey in California (1976-78) and prior to his BP experience worked for McClelland Engineers (1983-1985) and Exxon Production Research (1985-1998)). Since1991 he has been actively involved with the development of suction caisson technology for deepwater applications. This work resulted in over ten publications on the topic and the installation of over 100 suction caissons throughout the world for BP. He chairs the API task group which has developed industry guidelines for geotechnical aspects of conductors, risers and pipelines, now currently in both in API and ISO design documents. Throughout his career he has championed the use of centrifuge model testing and advanced numerical models to address complex offshore geotechnical technical issues, managing ten centrifuge programs for problems related to ice gouging of the seafloor, suction caisson technology, piles capacity in Angolan soils, conductor and SCR fatigue, and the seismic response of steel jacket structures and subsea manifolds. Since his retirement from BP he has become an active committee member in COPRI developing a standard practice for renewable energy as well as a member of the ASCE Geo-Institute developing guidelines for the risk and reliability of geotechnical structures and foundations. He is now a yearly lecturer at MIT and Cornell University and has a working relationship with the multi-disciplinary company, The Jukes Group. Dr. Clukey is the author of 55 technical publications and his experience covers many regions throughout the world.

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Join us as Andrew Meyers, Associate Director at Westwood Global Energy Group, reviews the current macro situation and present the Westwood Global Energy deepwater outlook for 2018-2022. The outlook analyzes how prolonged low oil price has impacted the deepwater market, with operators considering alternative development options and delaying the sanctioning of new projects, whilst trying to protect returns on their existing investments in the sector.

About the presenter
Andrew Meyers Associate Director Westwood Global Energy Group Andrew began his career as an analyst at Anadarko Petroleum where he gained experience working across multiple asset groups throughout the company. He joined Douglas-Westwood’s Houston office in 2014 with over decade of experience in the energy sector. Prior to joining DW, Andrew was a Project Lead in the Market Intelligence practice for a boutique consulting firm where he assisted corporate and financial clients in market analysis, decision analysis, M&A due diligence, commercial analysis, strategy development, market forecasting, technology strategic marketing and benchmarking. His experience spans the upstream, midstream, downstream, industrial, oilfield service and renewable energy sectors. Andrew holds a BBA in Finance from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.

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Delivering safe, reliable and cost-effective solutions to complex and challenging problems is the ultimate goal in our industry. Currently, the codes and standards lack specific guidance on geotechnical soil modelling for pipelines and SCRs (steel catenary risers) and strength analyses. Therefore, SUT-US is organizing this 1 -day workshop to provide a platform to stimulate a discussion and interaction between industry and researchers, and highlight the current state-of-practice and knowledge gaps in pipelines and SCRs.

Workshop topics:

• Current practice in soil modelling for pipelines and SCRs, and knowledge gaps
• Implications of knowledge gaps in the current practice on delivery of safe, reliable, and cost effective engineering solutions
• Recent developments made towards addressing knowledge gaps and performance feedback
• Field monitoring and evaluation of predictive tools
• Mitigation and control methods
• Future activities needed to address knowledge gaps

Workshop program

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For event information contact Patsy Rhymes: [email protected]

For registration information contact Araceli Lopez: [email protected]

This 4-day course has been suitably designed for engineers and others new to the offshore industry, or those transferring from other disciplines within the industry. This course is also great for engineers who have worked in subsea previously but would benefit from a refresher course and exposure to the latest technology. The modules are presented by key supply and service companies in the subsea sector and will be hosted on their premises.

While most of the course will be presented in a classroom environment, the sessions will be interactive, with the opportunity to ask questions and discuss what has been learned. In particular, hands-on and visual components have been included wherever possible to enable delegates to view software models and products destined for subsea service.

Day 1 Technip

• Field Development Planning
• Systems Engineering
• Floating Production Systems
• Development Strategies Shell
• Subsea Operations Case Study
• Thunderhorse Model Tour

Day 2 BP

• Subsea Controls
• Flow Assurance
• Control Fluids
• Umbilicals presentation
• Umbilicals Tour

Day 3 FMC

• Subsea Trees
• Systems Approach
• Subsea Completions
• Manifolds & Tie In Systems
• Systems Integration
• Pipeline Installation
• Tour

Day 4 Oceaneering

• ROVs
• Subsea Processing
• Oceaneering Tour
• Operators Perspectives

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For event information contact Patsy Rhymes: [email protected]

For registration information contact Araceli Lopez: [email protected]

Professional networking is the cornerstone of individual and business success. Do you shy away from networking? Do you get nervous walking into a noisy room full of strangers? This valuable skill can be learned. This interactive development session will be facilitated by Ron Gibson, an expert on professional networking. Come along to learn new skills and gain confidence in your next networking session.

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