Introduction to Subsea Infrastructure.

Jerry Baker, Baker Marine Technology Ltd.

Many in the North of England Branch have extensive knowledge of their own product or service, but do not have a clear picture of where that fits into the overall scope of subsea production. The presentation describes typical subsea infrastructure and its function, and explains why it is the way it is, by looking briefly at its history. It then looks at the range of operational support and intervention required on subsea infrastructure at different stages in the lifecycle. It is intended as the first in an occasional series providing an overview of subsea engineering and operations.

SENTIO – Synthetic Environment and Virtualisation Platform

Mahesh Menon, Digital Services Manager, Soil Machine Dynamics.

SMD will present their advanced operations visualisation and planning tool. Sentio is a true physics-based platform that enables you to create physical offshore operations in a virtual space. Once created, the platform enables you to improve your environment’s operational safety, identify and mitigate risks and in turn, significantly lower your costs. The environment can be tailor-made to meet your specific requirements at any stage of the operational life cycle, from engineering assessment and training, to mission validation and de-commissioning. This ability eliminates the need for high-cost physical testing and resources.  SMD will present recent case-studies of how pre-emptive engineering has been an integral and highly beneficial part of a subsea project.

Newcastle University (Armstrong Building, Room ARMB1.49, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU)

Registration & refreshments 18:00, Talks 18:30

 

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The marine environment presents a complex challenge for agencies dealing with the risk of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and developing risk mitigation strategies, tasks which are exacerbated by poor record keeping of historical data and the immense amount of airborne or naval ordnance that has either been deployed during times of conflict or dumped at sea. If the ordnance did not function as intended, then it is described as UXO and even after many years,may still explode on physical contact and certainly represents a challenge to organizations that carry out subsea operations in the marine environment.

Presention given by Richard Battrick FSEE FIExpE CEng

Richard is a Fellow of the Society for Environmental Engineers (FSEE), a Fellow of the Institute of Explosive Engineers (FIExpE) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He initiated the CIRIA C-754 UK industry guide for dealing with UXO in the marine environment, is a former Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Commanding Officer and is the technical lead for the IMAS 09.60 underwater EO expert focus group.

This is a free event but registering is essential 

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 What does the Future Hold for the Offshore Energy Sector?

The Aberdeen  Branch of the SUT is hosting a Question Time event to kick-off our new calendar year.  We have assembled a cross-industry panel and developed the themes to stimulate the debate on the future of the offshore energy industry, with emphasis on the all-important Subsea Technology Sector.  We look forward to welcoming you along to what promises to be “an evening with a difference”.

The 5-member panel for the evening includes:

 

Stephen Hall

Chief Executive of SUT

Chairman and Moderator for the evening

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Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia

Director of Postgraduate Teaching,

School of Engineering, The University of Aberdeen

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Ronnie Quinn

Chief Executive, Crown Estate Scotland

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Paul  W. White

Director – Subsea Technology, GE Oil and Gas

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Dave MacKinnon

Head of Technological Innovation, Total UK

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There will be at least 3 areas to be explored during the evening, with supplementary discussion involving the panel and the audience.  The main themes for our Question Time are;

• The Shape of Future Subsea Developments on the UKCS


• Political Issues Impacting Future Developments on the UKCS


• The impact of the Low Carbon Transition to Technologies and Contractors in the subsea sector

 

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Pipeline Management

Presentations from:

Adrian Griffiths, Shell  

Subsea Intelligent Pigging   Click here for the presentation

As a conclusion to Shell’s Pipeline Integrity Project, the inspection of the Penguins production pipelines in 2016 presented the opportunity to combine many of the lessons leaned over the previous 5 years of planning and executing similar inspections from a DSV.  The subsea launch and receive of the infield 10” Pipeline, and the subsea launch and platform receive of the 16” Pipeline each presented technical, safety and resource challenges.

Damian Ling, Chevron  Click here for the presentation 

Qualifying an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Pipeline Inspection

Chevron have been qualifying an AUV for pipeline inspection.  Damian will present the project requirements, functional specification and discussing current progress and results achieved.

Brendan Hyland, WFS-Technology  Click here for the presentation 

Reducing Costs through Subsea Wireless Automation

This paper explores the latest subsea wireless products relevant to pipeline automation technologies, including hybrid wireless, Subsea Internet of Things and Subsea Cloud Computing for increasing production, reducing operating and asset integrity management costs and extending asset life.

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Please note – Ample parking is available at the Robert Gordon University and is free after 4pm, the closest car park is directly opposite the entrance to the Sir Ian Wood building. Registration open from 5:30pm. Presentations will run from 18:00 until 19:30 and will be followed by a networking buffet.