The London and South of England Branch AGM will take place on 25 November at The Walrus and The Carpenter, 45 Monument Street, London EC3R 8BU.

Start time is 1630 with drinks and small eats afterwards at 1700.

12.00 – Guests arrive

12.30 – Presentations starts

13.15 – Presentations conclude

13.15 – Lunch

Speakers: David Stoddard-Scott, Sustainable Marine Power and Peter Child, Waves4Power

David Stoddard-Scott

David is an entrepreneurial Marine Scientist and qualified PRINCE2 project manager, with a background in Marine Biology. He has been privileged to have experience in a wide variety of start ups and projects from bioenergy to offshore wind, and has latterly concentrated on the Wave & Tidal sector working with Seatricity Ltd to commercialise the Oceanus wave energy technology. A 75kW demonstrator device was installed 10km off St Ives at Cornwall’s Wave Hub in 2014.

He is currently working for Sustainable Marine Energy, on the deployment of their 100kW tidal energy platform PLAT-O at the European Marine Energy Centre later this year. SME has recently announced its plans to install 1MW of tidal power at EMEC in the coming years, backed by SCHOTTEL who will provide 16 tidal turbines for the project.

David has the distinction of being one of very few people to have worked on projects at both Wave Hub and EMEC, global leading marine energy test centres located in the UK.

Peter Child

Peter Child Associates Ltd is a consultancy based near Truro specialising in the Marine, Renewable and Management Sectors. Peter Child is the MD, a Chartered Management Accountant who spent the last 20 years in the marine sector and was MD of A&P Falmouth (Falmouth Docks) 2003 to 2015. Peter has a wide and experienced business network throughout Cornwall and the UK maritime sector. Peter is also Vice Chair of The Cornwall College Group and on the boards of The Cornwall LEP Employment and Skills Board, Cornwall Marine Network Ltd and Marine Offshore Renewables Ltd.

Peter Child Associates Ltd is the UK representative for Waves4Power, a leading Swedish Renewable company who develop, build and sell Wave Energy Parks. The heart of the system is the WaveEL buoy – a point absorber – where the energy of the waves are converted into electric power. A wave power park consists of a large number of WaveEL buoys linked together in an optimal power generation pattern. The first WaveEL buoy was successfully deployed at Runde Norway in February 2016 and will be gird connected and producing by  March 2016 putting W4P in the vanguard of WEC device developers.

12.00 – Guests arrive

12.30 – Presentations starts

13.15 – Presentations conclude

13.15 – Lunch

 

The Salvage of the Costa Concordia

Presenter: Captain John Noble

An SUT view of the Salvage and the technical issues and how they got round them.

John Noble

John Noble has worked in commercial shipping since 1962 when he joined HMS Conway, the famous pre-sea training school in the UK.  John served as a deck officer in the British Merchant Marine sailing with some traditional shipping lines including Blue Funnel and Palm Line.

After obtaining his Master Mariners certificate, John graduated with a Nautical Studies BSc (Honors) from Southampton University in 1977.  After a spell as a claims executive with Thomas Miller (The UK P & I Club), John set up the London office of Murray Fenton & Associates Limited in 1980.  Following the acquisition of Murray Fenton by BMT, in 1999, John served as Chief Executive Officer of the Salvage Association until 2005.  John’s practical expertise lies in dealing with Salvage, Wreck Removal and Oil Pollution having attended some 60 major casualties, including the HAVEN, BRAER, SEA EMPRESS, IRVING WHALE, HYUNDAI SPIRIT and ERICA . John is an experienced expert witness recently offering expertise in, cargo issues, unsafe port cases and salvage.

Over the past 34 years, John has worked with all of the major salvage companies and did serve briefly as an SCR before taking up the Salvage Association post.

Until recently John was an advisor to the International Salvage Union acting as the General Manager.  In the UAE John currently acts as advisor/mentor to Constellation Marine Services.

In his role as salvage expert John has been involved in the post incident activities that follow a casualty, including giving evidence in court, examining the effectiveness of response.  John has worked for and with government departments or agencies in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Canada and the EU Strike Team.  John is the Technical Editor of the Nautical Institute publication “Casualty Management Guidelines”.

Speakers: Alex Mitchell

The oilfield services sector has endured a tough year in 2015 and with present oil price levels the expectations in the industry are for a weaker trading environment in 2016. Energy research and consulting group Douglas-Westwood continue their renowned “Global Offshore Prospects” series of presentations focusing on oilfield services sector spend, and highlighting key sectors, considering the outlook and timing for recovery or further contraction.

Alex Mitchell will present the firm’s outlook for the next five years and consider both the near-term macroeconomic outlook and specific sector drivers for a variety of offshore energy business services and equipment lines. Analysis will be drawn from the firm’s published research and extensive proprietary in-house data, in addition to the insight and experience gained from the many consulting and transactions engagements completed throughout the past  12 months. Specific sector focus will include offshore Capex & operations, offshore drilling, subsea production and associated services and technology.

Timings: 1200 for 1230 presentation followed by a light lunch
Cost: free of charge

How oil and gas professionals approach the stages of a project lifecycle, specifically the implications of early stage decisions on the project outcome.

Speakers:

Farnaz Ghasemi, Project Engineer – Field Developments, ADIL
Farnaz is a project engineer with more than 7 years’ experience, involved in projects based in various locations including UK, Azerbaijan and Trinidad. She is currently working as a Project Engineer – Field Developments at ADIL, taking oil and gas fields from discovery to production.

Nico Nicodemou, Senior Project Engineer, ADIL
Nico is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with seven years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry, with particular focus on high CAPEX oil and gas development projects. His experience covers all project stages from Appraise to Execute, with particular focus in the areas of Project Engineering, Cost and Schedule development, Project Design Rationale and Risk Analysis.

Timings: 1200 for 1230 presentation followed by a light lunch
Cost: free of charge

For more information please click here.

 

Being run in the Netherlands for the first time

21 – 23 September 2016, Amsterdam

A two and half day training course for engineers and others involved in the design, specification, commissioning, operation, maintenance, repair or refurbishment of underwater oil and gas production equipment and related facilities.

Permanent employees of EEMUA and SUT member companies, as well as individual members of the SUT, are entitled to a discount on the standard course fee.

Click here for further information or contact [email protected]

www.eemua.org

 

This two-day course has been specifically designed for people new to subsea or unfamiliar with the various corrosion considerations which need to be applied during design, construction and operation of subsea assets.
The course will be presented by experienced personnel from both the supply and
subsea industries. Most of the course will be held in a classroom environment, with the session being interactive, with every opportunity to ask questions and discuss the material presented as well as a couple of site visits to relevant facilities.

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 *** This course had been postponed ***

For further details or to express interest in attending a future course please email Corelle Charles 

This international conference in the field of Subsea Controls & Data Acquisition is aimed at those engaged in control, monitoring & distribution of subsea systems. The conference provides a unique forum for operators and suppliers of subsea controls & umbilicals technology to network and exchange views and experiences.

The aim of this particular conference is to bring together the many diverse disciplines engaged internationally in Subsea Controls and Umbilical technology, to share experiences gained by discussing regional challenges, as well as new advances in global subsea technology. For this conference the theme will be “Enhancing Value for the Future: Lessons Learned and New Technologies”, showcasing ways of bringing new ideas and technology to provide operational cost savings plus understanding from an operator’s viewpoint how we can learn from experiences locally and internationally.

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Wednesday Presentations:

Keynote: Technology Disruption, Data Science & Subsea
Sean Salter, Woodside Energy Ltd (permission denied)

Effect of Condition Monitoring System on Availability of Subsea Equipment
Leong Pei Chze, Forsys Subsea

Integrated solution for Operational Metering, Surveillance and Condition Based Maintenance
Luca Letizia, Schlumberger Software Integrated   Solutions (SIS)

DC/FO, A Lean and Powerful DC Subsea Control   Infrastructure
Ronan Michel & Stephen Keenlyside, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks

System Sustainability & Obsolescence Management, the foundation for optimsed life of field partnership
Ned Chapman, GE Oil & Gas

Power Buoy – Alternative Development Scenario with Minimal  Umbilicals
Benjamin Ahani, Aker Solutions (permission denied)

Understanding Electric Actuation Technology and its Impact on Subsea Projects
Andrea Rubio, OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company

Subsea Electric Systems Enter a New Era
Ajith Kumar & John Lovas, FMC Technologies

DigiTRON3 – Providing a Compact Cost Effective Electrical Connector Solution Where you Need it Most
Liam Widdrington, Siemens Subsea

Integrating & Operating A New Salinity Measurement System As Part of A Wet Gas Meter – Experiences from   an Australian Pilot
Svein Eirik Monge, Emerson Process Management

Increased Performance and Safety by Means of Subsea Instrumentation
Olav Brakstad, ClampOn AS

Managing Flowline Buckling and Walking with Real time Position Monitoring
Stephen Fasham, Sonardyne International Ltd / Atteris Pty Ltd

Oil / Water / Sand Quality Measurement – The Key Enabler for Subsea Separation Development
Si Huai Yeaw , Aker Solutions

Thursday Presentations:

Subsea All-electric Technology:  Now Available for the Future Field Developments
Salvatore Micali, Aker Solutions

Increasing Shareholder Value with  Subsea Electric Actuation Systems
Mark Perry, Wittenstein Motion Control GmbH

The Subsea Internet of Things
Brendan Hyland, WFS technologies Ltd

On Umbilicals’ and Power Umbilicals’ Sensitivity to the Ambient Temperature
Magnus Komperød, Nexans Norway AS

An economical subsea wet gas solutions meter – reliable well production solutions for a low cost environment
Alan Downing, Solartron ISA

Monitoring Multiphase flows via Earth’s Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Keelan O’Neill, UWA

Online Real-time Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring of  Subsea Pipework and Pipelines with Permanently or   Retrofitted Installted Ultrasonic Sensor Arrays
Edd Tveit, Sensorlink

Subsea and Topsides Controls Integration: The New MDIS Integration Standard
David Walker, Yokogawa Australia

Data Analytics – Operational Technology & ‘Big Data’ analytics starts with Machine Knowledge
Ahmed Ibrahim, GE Oil & Gas

V-LIFE: A Technology for the Rejuvenation of Subsea Insulation Resistance Failures
Neil Douglas, Viper Subsea

Closing the Subsea Equipment Feedback Loop
Oddbjorn Gjerde, SEAR Consultant

Life of Field is More Than Just ‘Existence’
Kevin Glanville, Proserv Controls (UK)

Generations of Subsea Control System – Challenges  and Solutions
Gunasekaran Settiyannan & John Lovas, FMC Technologies

For further information please contact Jennifer Maninin.

 

The presentations for the evening are as follows:

Remote Intelligent Geotechnical Seabed Surveys – technology emerging from the RIGSS JIP
Sam Stanier, Research Fellow & David White, Shell EMI Professor of Offshore Engineering, UWA

DIG: Diagnostic Integrated Geosciences. Blending wholesome cocktails of geoscience data to confidently diagnose what’s actually going on with the seabed
Stella Kortekaas, Senior Geologist & Sam Ingarfield, Geotechnical Engineer, Fugro AG

Mitigating the consequences of geohazards on subsea infrastructure
Alex Bandini-Maeder, Senior Geologist, NGI Perth

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