London & South of England Branch SUT Summer Reception

Join us aboard the HQS Wellington for our SUT Summer Reception, moored on the River Thames between the City and the West End, with unparalleled views up and down the Thames,  spanning the London Eye, Big Ben and St Paul’s Cathedral.

Thursday 20th July, 2017 from 1800

Dress code – Smart Casual

Great Food & Free Bar!

£87.50 per head

To book please email [email protected]

 

 

SUT+ Pub Quiz

Come along to our annual SUT+ Pub Quiz Night and put those brains to the test!


This event will take place at Soprano Wine Bar and Bistro on Thursday the 20th of April from 1900-2030. Food and drinks will be reaily available on the night to buy as you wish.


Teams will be made up of groups of 4 who will be competing through various rounds to win the cash prize! So get your thinking hats on and make your team. Chat to your collegues, fellow students or friends you have worked with in the industry and form your supergroup! Entry is £5 per person and this will form the cash prize, so the more teams that enter- the more money there is to be won! Everyone is welcome for what promises to be a great evening!


Sign up to confirm your space and pay on the door on the night- only £20 for a team of 4!

Perth – SUT Community Casual Catch Up

The SUT Committee invite you to our informal casual catch up at the Cheeky Sparrow. It will be a buy your own drinks and nibbles evening with a chance to network and engage with your peers in the SUT Community.

Make the 2nd Wednesday of every month SUT Night, either Evening Technical Meeting or Casual Catch Up.

Click here for flyer.

So we have a guide of numbers please register  at  www.casualcatchupsept

For more information contact Jennifer Maninin.

Perth – SUT Community Casual Catch Up

The SUT Committee invite you to our next informal casual catch up at the Cheeky Sparrow. It will be a buy your own drinks and nibbles evening with a chance to network and engage with your peers in the SUT Community.

Make the 2nd Wednesday of every month SUT Night, either Evening Technical Meeting or Casual Catch Up.

So we have a guide of numbers please register at www.trybooking.com/QHKF

For more information contact Jennifer Maninin.

Perth – SUT Community Casual Catch Up

The SUT Committee invite you to our first informal casual catch up at the Cheeky Sparrow. It will be a buy your own drinks and nibbles evening with a chance to network and engage with your peers in the SUT Community.

Make the 2nd Wednesday of every month SUT Night, either Evening Technical Meeting or Casual Catch Up.

So we have a guide of numbers please register your interest at www.trybooking.com/PPVI

Click here for flyer or contact Jennifer Maninin for more information.

London and South of England Lunch & Learn – MER UK and Subsea Operations

Host: Simon Hems, Ince & Co LLP


Presenter: Gunther Newcombe, Director of Operations – Oil & Gas Authority


The MER UK Forum brings together government, industry and the OGA, and provides strategic direction, oversight and support, helping to create alignment, accountability and collective action on key priorities. Government ministers, industry leaders and representatives of the OGA attend the meetings which take place twice a year


This event is FREE to attend but booking is essential.


Please arrive from 11.30 to register to enable a prompt start at 1200


Ince & Co LLP

Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, London E1 8QN


Please click here for the presentation 

Evening Geoforum – Construction in the Marine Environment: Projects and innovations in the South West Region

“Registrations are now closed but places may become available for allocation on the door”


The SUT OSIG committee is pleased to announce it has organised an evening Geoforum event to be hosted at the SS Great Britain in Bristol.


The evening will comprise of a series of presentations on a range of geo-related themes of particular interest to the south west region with an opening address by Commodore Steve Jermy RN of Marine Offshore Renewables.  Each speaker slot will include allowance for a Q&A session at the end. An outline of the session is provided for guidance.


17:00 Arrivals and drinks reception.


18:00 Relocate to the Viridor Theatre (overlooking the quayside) for the speaker session, comprising:



  • Introduction – Organising committee, SUT OSIG

  • Opening address – Commodore Steve Jermy RN, Marine Offshore Renewables

  • Wave Hub – Stuart Herbert, Wave Hub Limited

  • A review of Innovation Research within the South West – PRIMaRE

  • Geotechnical Aspects of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm – Alice Maynard, DNV

  • The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Project – Graham Hillier, Tidal Lagoon Power

  • Overview of Geotechnical Challenges for Tidal Lagoon Project – Mike Hughes, Atkins


21:00 Venue remains open for discussions and networking


CPD hours can be claimed for this event.


This event is FREE but places must be booked in advance and are limited to  the first 150 delegates. Finger foods will be provided, and a cash bar will be operating throughout the evening. Delegates are welcome also to explore the historic SS Great Britain.

London & South of England Evening Meeting – Recent Developments in the Technology of Subsea Valves for Critical Applications

Presenter Enrico Sanguineti, General Manager, Advanced Technology Valve Spa.


Valves are key components of subsea production and subsea pipeline transportation systems and manufacturers have been tasked to extend the capabilities of their products to cover larger sizes and more severe operating conditions.   This presentation will discuss the recent developments at ATV Spa with large bore valves and valves for HPHT and HIPPS applications, including valves supplied to Shell Appomattox and Exxon Julia.


Enrico Sanguineti holds a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering with University of Genova and is currently General Manager with ATV Spa.  Enrico has been involved with  valves for critical applications since 1993.


Sponsored by:


National Hyperbaric Centre Site Visit

Join SUT+ and the NHC for an afternoon visit to the site in Aberdeen. The event will consist of presentations and a tour to gain exposure to the National Hyperbaric Centre and the services it provides to the Oil and Gas industry and medicine.


The presentations include:


 



  • Introduction to the NHC.

  • Commercial diving.

  • Hyperbaric medicine.

  • Hyperbaric testing of subsea equipment.


 


The tour of the NHC facility will enable invitees to interact with the hyperbaric technology and help to put the presentations into real-world context.


 



  • Attendees are expected to make their own way to the event and are to meet at the reception of the NHC. There is adequate free parking available outside the facility.

  • No PPE required.


Places are free of charge, but limited to 20 and you must register in advance.


North of England – Evening Meeting – Marine Renewables, Challenges and Opportunities

Presentations from:



Opportunities & Challenges of Wave Power: If I could tell you just one thing.


Beth Dickens, Senior Engineer, Quoceant


Beth is a mechanical engineer with extensive experience of offshore renewables in her career at Pelamis Wave Power and now as a consultant at Quoceant.  In this talk she will look at the opportunities and challenges the marine renewables industry faces specifically targeting operational constraints in connecting and disconnecting devices onsite in hazardous conditions.  She’ll talk about the innovative systems developed at Pelamis to perform these tasks and their wider applicability to the marine renewables industry, offshore wind and the wider offshore market.



Anchoring – Getting the foundations right!


Andrew Hunt, Engineering Manager, Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd


SME will present how they have tackled and solved one of the key challenges facing installation of tidal energy converters, namely cost effective anchoring to the seabed.  They will discuss the development of screw pile anchors for the subsea market used in sand/clay seabeds and the novel, grout free, Raptor rock anchor solution.  The products have applicability far beyond just marine renewables; it’s just that SME by the nature of its business solved the problem in perhaps the most hostile subsea environment first.


 


Venue: Newcastle University, Armstrong Building,  Room ARMB 1.48, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU


Registration 6.00pm – Presentations 6.30pm – Refreshments 7.30pm


Click here for the meeting report