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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
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SUT ANNUAL GOLF EVENT
‘The Society of Underwater of Technology annual golf event is 21 years old this year and again will provide an excellent opportunity for the Tigers and the Happy Gilmours of the subsea community to enjoy a quality social event. The venue this year is the local Aberdeen Golf Club (Peterculter Golf Club), and excellent course for all abilities in a friendly atmosphere in beautiful surroundings surrounded by the Dee river, and only a short drive from the city. The golf will be followed by a BBQ, where drives can be longer, putts can be holed and networks expanded.
- Registration and Brunch at 10:00hrs (plenty of time to do the morning emails)
- Tee off starts at 11:00
- The event shall be based on a stableford event with prizes for teams (3 person) and individuals, plus a few others; giving all an opportunity.
- The day shall conclude with a BBQ and prize giving.
- The cost for the event is £75 per person or £225 per team
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. The SUT is a learned society and charity organisation, money raised will go towards the SUT Education Fund.
To book please email [email protected]
An explanation of pipelay systems in the ocean environment, the environmental forces they are exposed to and how we analyse the structures
Introduction to pipelay systems – A general overview of pipelay in the offshore environment
Load-cases for pipelay systems – How we develop loadcase from vessel motions, product load and other factors
Analysis of pipelay structures – Combining multiple load-cases and assessing criticality of failure modes to produce an optimised but acceptable structure
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An evening meeting that will highlight technology developments in a wide array of seabed machines and how that translates through to operational efficiencies for our underwater industry.
Chairman: Jim Mann – JMCS Ltd
Lars Lundberg, Saab Seaeye – Discussing seabed resident robotic technologies across a range of markets
Mike Blackett, Canyon Offshore: Presenting on the evolution of the Canyon jet and mechanical trenchers and how Canyon has diversified across the market opportunities.
Mike Wilson, Ecosse Subsea: Presenting the SCAR Seabed System for Pre-Cut Trenching, Boulder Clearance and Backfill Operations.
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.
Evening is co-sponsored by:
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Chairman: Peter Blake, Subsea Systems Manager, Chevron
Presenter Gregor Scott – Ocean Installer
With some of the most challenging heavy lifts and umbilical work Ocean Installer has
ever done, while operating in a new region, the Ocean Installer-team had to pull out all
the stops to execute the Total Moho-project.
Presenter Phil Stokoe, Subsea Operations Engineer, Bibby Offshore
Bibby Offshore – Innovative Subsea Umbilical Extraction
Bibby Offshore will present an Operator case study on the considerations and
complexities encountered during an umbilical extraction, using a combination of vessels
in a challenging timeframe.
Presenter Martin Goodlad, Strategic Technology Manager – Pipeline Bundles, Subsea 7
Pipeline Bundles – 81 Installed and Still Innovating
Pipeline Bundles offer an innovative alternative installation method over traditional
pipelay techniques. Although bundles have been installed for over 35 years now, this
product is continuously being developed with adoption of new technologies to further
enhance benefits to clients for a wide range of field development applications.
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.
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OneSubsea would like to invite all SUT+ subscribers to attend a guided tour of a complete Subsea Intervention System currently set up in its operational configuration at OneSubsea’s Portlethen facility. Equipment on display shall include OneSubsea’s Subsea Modular Injection System, including Open Water Coiled Tubing and ROVs. Other equipment either on display or presented shall include Retrievable Process Modules, Fluid Injection Modules and Subsea Sampling equipment.
This event is sure to provide an enlightening and educational opportunity for professionals of all backgrounds and experience.
BBQ and refreshments will be provided, however it is preferred that attendees supply their own PPE (Hardhat, Boots, Glasses, Coverall/Labcoat) as a limited amount of visitor PPE shall be on-site. Photographic ID will be required for entry. Transport is at personal expense. Parking is available on-site and nearby, but attendees are politely encouraged to lift share if possible!
OneSubsea has very kindly offered SUT+ 30 places at this open day, so if you would like to attend book promptly as this is sure to be a very popular tour!
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The UK’s premier event for renewable energy and sustainable technologies
All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy event, is taking place on 10th & 11th May 2017 in Glasgow. Since its launch in 2001, All-Energy has provided the industry suppliers, experts and thought-leaders from the renewable energy supply chain the opportunity to connect with new customers, increase their sales opportunities and expand business networks in this fast-changing marketplace.
The free-to-attend annual conference and exhibition brings together the UK’s largest group of buyers from the bioenergy, solar, offshore and onshore wind, hydropower and wave & tidal sectors, as well as those involved in energy storage, heat, low carbon transport and sustainable cities solutions.
Location: SEC Glasgow, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
www.all-energy.co.uk
The technology involved in conventional piled offshore windfarms is now well established and understood within the renewable energy sector. The next big step-change for that industry will be the development of wind farms in deeper water and more hostile environments necessitating the use of floating structures.
The presenters will discuss whether the evolution of floating windfarms presents new and unique engineering challenges or whether they draw parallels from the evolution of offshore deep water oil and gas platforms.
Presenters
Mike McMahon CEng joined Charles Taylor Adjusting in 2011. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1998. Mike started his career as an Engineer Surveyor for a major Classification Society. After working in Classification for six years, Mike joined a large engineering consultancy working as a Project Manager delivering complex construction projects. He now employs his technical and commercial skills adjusting Energy losses with a particular interest in construction projects. Mike is Deputy Managing Director of Charles Taylor Adjusting, UK Energy.
James Buckwell CEng joined Charles Taylor Adjusting in 2015. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005. Prior to joining Charles Taylor Adjusting, James spent 10 years working on the design and construction of both onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities. He has worked around the globe in various design offices and constructions sites, with extensive experience in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. James has been involved in numerous offshore claims in the North Sea and West Africa, as well as on major construction projects.
Special thanks to Charles Taylor, 7th Floor – 88 Leadenhall Street, EC3A 3BA for hosting the event.
Registration 12.00pm – Presentations 12.30pm – Lunch 1.30pm
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This Five-day Course has been designed to be suitable for engineers new to the offshore industry, those transferring from other disciplines within the industry and engineers who have worked in subsea previously but would benefit from a refresher course and exposure to the latest technology.
Go to register or learn more; http://gcesubsea.no/event/1295/Subsea_Awareness_Course_2017
