Even by 2020, it is estimated that 70% of primary energy consumed in the UK will still come from oil and gas, much of which will come from offshore locations. With increasing water depths comes the need for advanced technical solutions to enhance safety whilst containing ever rising costs.

This is an intensive one-day course designed to acquaint people with the important aspects of offshore oil and gas and subsea operations.

Who should attend?
This course is suitable for all professionals working in non-technical roles that are associated with the offshore oil and gas, underwater technology and subsea engineering sectors

Course presenter
Bob Summers (Membership of Society of Operations Engineers, Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, Society for Underwater Technology)

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REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED – IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY REGISTERED PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE ON THE NIGHT  – THIS IN A PRE-REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY EVENT.

Exciting SUT SW inauguration meeting, on the theme of Marine Renewable Energy, at The Met Office, Exeter.

The theme of the session is ‘Renewable Energy’ covering the following topics.

Market overview / recent developments speaker Kerry Hayes – Regen

Kerry is the marine energy sector lead at Regen and is one of our team of analysts. She has a broad range of experience in marine and offshore energy, focusing on data analysis, supply chain development and takes a lead in planning, consenting and energy policy.
Kerry left Regen for a project coordinator role in a technology development company. She has since re-joined Regen having honed her practical industry knowledge. Alongside her work at Regen Kerry is also an associate lecturer and works as a freelance project developer.
Kerry has a BSc in Ocean Science and an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, both from the University of Plymouth.

Logistics planning speaker Adam Leonard-Williams, Marine Operations Consultant   – James Fisher Marine Services

An experienced metocean consultant specialising in the simulation and analysis of complex marine operations. Primary role is technical sales, training, consultancy and development of James Fisher Marine Services Mermaid® Software.  Mermaid is used widely across the various offshore industries, it is one of the most advanced pieces of software available to model marine operations to help minimise weather downtime and reduce risk.

Operational/Energy forecasting speaker Joana Mendes   – The Met Office

Joana is a post-processing scientist at the Met Office. As part of her role, Joana applies scientific and technical expertise to contribute to the definition and delivery of value-added solutions that most optimally meet evolving customer needs.

Joana’s academic background combines theoretical physics, statistics, computing and meteorology. She has studied Physics at the University of Porto in Portugal, completed a Masters degree in Applied Meteorology at the University of Reading, then started a PhD in ‘Very-short term wind power forecasts under extreme weather conditions’.

Since the start of her career in 2010, Joana has been focusing in Energy Meteorology within the Renewables sector. In the past, this involved the development of wind power prediction tools based on machine learning, as well as the delivery of wind resource assessments for a range energy stakeholders around the world. Recently, Joana has been working in the provision of bespoke weather services for Renewables, developing tailored products and improving the Met Office’s site-specific wind and solar forecasts.

Devices  speaker Peter Child, UK Representative – Waves4Power Ltd 

Peter runs a consultancy business in Marine, Renewables and Management and joined Waves4Power in 2015. Prior to this Peter was Managing Director of A&P Falmouth Ltd, better known locally as Falmouth Docks, one of the largest ship repairers in Europe and where he first met W4P. Peter was also on the A&P Group UK main board.

Brought up in Cornwall Peter went to Truro School and then joined ECCI in 1974 where he qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant and was made a Fellow in 1985.

At ECCI Peter became Divisional Controller reporting at Board level on performance, strategy and planning and worked in Europe, America and the Pacific. He joined A&P Falmouth as Finance Director in 1994 and was appointed Managing Director in 2003 where he worked with the management team to restructure the business, refocus on the customer, change working practices by working with the Unions and develop long term partnerships with customers and suppliers. Peter is also on the COIS LEP Employment and Skills Board, a Director of Cornwall Marine Network and became a Cornwall College Governor in 2012 and is currently Vice Chair on the Board.

Married to Heather, they have three children, twin girls Brittany who works in Marketing and Nicola, a Physiotherapist, and a son Tom who works as an Environmental Engineer in Bristol. Peter’s interests include most sports and enjoys playing golf and walking his two boxer dogs around Cornwall.

WaveHub  speaker will be Stuart Herbert, Business Development Director – Wave Hub Ltd

Stuart joined Wave Hub in 2013 to lead negotiations with companies planning to use the test site and identify new business opportunities.    Prior to joining Wave Hub, Stuart worked as commercial and operational manager for the SGS Renewable energy services division and as business development manager for the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in the North East of England, focusing on marine energy device and wind turbine testing.

The event will start at 6.30pm and will be Chaired by Brian Green.

Brian,  B.Sc. Aberdeen University, 40 years oil & gas and subsea engineering, living and working in 22 countries,  he is a long-time member and now Fellow of the SUT.  A long-time supporter and Board Member of Subsea UK since 2010,  A subsea business development and management consultant now specialising in marine renewables

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Parking is available

This is a free event however pre-registration is essential.

Exeter is a great location for travel, only 2 hours by fast direct trains from Paddington (it’s closer but a bit slower from Falmouth and very picturesque!).   There are also daily FlyBe flights from London City and Southend.  It is also only 90 miles from Bristol or Truro via the M5 or A30 and 110 miles from Southampton via the A35 or A303, if you prefer.  The Premier Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels are just around the corner from the Met Office, if you want to stay over.

 

 

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Floating Tidal: Ahead of the Curve

In addition to a huge global market opportunity the harnessing of tidal stream energy offers multiple benefits should technological solutions be capable of delivering low cost and low risk electricity. However the engineering challenges and constraints of constructing and operating  turbines in highly aggressive tidal streams, for which there is limited existing experience, has meant the sector has yet to transition from research and development programmes to fully commercial projects. Scottish based Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd has recently started the test and demonstration of its first, full-scale floating tidal turbine, the world’s largest operating tidal turbine, which could hold the keys to enabling low cost tidal energy for this emerging sector. This presentation will explore the unique aspects of this exciting technology which give rise to a very different risk proposition for the tidal market.

Presenter Andrew Scott

Andrew has been working in the marine renewable space for nearly 15 years; active at the leading edge of two pioneering Scottish R&D programmes which have seen more than £100m invested in technology innovation, skills development and supply chain capability. Prior to joining Scotrenewables Tidal Power as CEO in 2015 he worked with Pelamis Wave Power for over ten years. Throughout this time Andrew has been involved on both commercial and technical aspects of technology development as well as working within representative bodies for the renewables sector. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from Strathclyde University and a postgraduate MSc in Energy from Heriot-Watt University.

This is a free event however booking is essential  

With special thanks to our hosts Lloyd Warwick International (London) Ltd

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Commercial and Military Remotely Operated Vehicles for the Defence Sector two case studies the Seaeye Leopard for Submarine rescue and the Sea Wasp to counter the Underwater IED Threat.

Commander Chris Lade Royal Navy (Retd) joined the Royal Navy in 1980 commanding HMS Middleton in 1994 and the RN Diving School 2004. He participated in Mine Countermeasures Operations in the Arabian Gulf during the Iran/Iraq War and worked closely with the US Navy during MCM Operations in the Second Gulf War. Now retired and working for Saab Seaeye in the development of unmanned underwater vehicles he remains committed to improving the efficiency and safety of Underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Mine Countermeasures.

Many thanks to our very kind hosts for the event: CLYDE & CO

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Offshore Floating Wind – Evolution or Revolution?

Our speakers for the evening are Mike McMahon, Deputy Managing Director – Energy UK, at Charles Taylor Adjusting and Alex Argyros, Senior Engineer, at DNV GL.

The technology involved in conventional piled offshore windfarms is now well established and understood within the renewable energy sector.

Whilst some countries, such as the UK, are blessed with shallow coastal waters ideally suited to conventional offshore wind, others such as Japan have only deep water close to shore.

To harness power from wind in these environments will require the development of wind farms in deeper water and in more hostile environments, necessitating the use of floating structures.

The presenters will discuss whether the development of floating windfarms presents new and unique engineering challenges or whether they are simply an evolution of offshore deep water oil and gas platforms.

Some of the lessons learned from recent major offshore insurance claims will also be explored. Following that, the presenters will discuss what is currently happening within the offshore wind industry to try and mitigate the technical challenges that offshore wind poses

With thanks to our sponsors:

BEAZLEY GROUP and Charles Taylor Adjusting

Registration: 5.30pm Presentations: 6pm followed by cheese and wine

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