The continued safe and reliable operation of offshore oil and gas structures beyond design life
Attending will help you:
- Improve offshore safety
- Assess potential problems
- Decrease risk
- Heighten your awareness of latest emerging technologies and techniques
- Consider financial aspects such as budgetary surprises
- Share experiences with industry experts in life-extension of offshore structures and structural components
- Understand how regulatory authorities address life-extension issues
- Appreciate how inspection and structural integrity monitoring can be used to ensure reliable operation
With oil and gas prices forecast to remain high for the foreseeable future, the economics of offshore operations have changed dramatically.
Following the recent price rise, fields previously considered economically marginal are now viable. This places extra demands on aging infrastructure. Invariably, standards and design guidance only deal with newly manufactured structures and components. Such guidance is relatively ineffective, both in quantifying risk / fitness-for-service and assessing structural integrity of complex offshore systems.
This one-day seminar brings together leading figures from industry, academia and regulatory/certification authorities. Experts from Cranfield University, ABB, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, TWI, Petrofac, DnV, Poseidon and Atkins will present and discuss contemporary methods in risk, reliability and life-extension of aging offshore structures, including inspection/monitoring, maintenance and repair philosophies.
The event will appeal to engineers and managers working in offshore industry and students and academics with an interest in integrity management.
Scope:
Risk, reliability and life-extension of aging offshore structures including inspection/monitoring, maintenance and repair philosophies.
Who Should Attend:
Offshore, Oil and Gas and Support Industry
Certification and Regulatory Authorities
Academics.
Benefits of Attendance:
· To discuss and share experiences with industry experts concerning life-extension of offshore structures and structural components;
· To learn how regulatory authorities address life-extension issues;
· To better understand how inspection and structural integrity monitoring can be used to ensure reliable operation;
· To learn of new and emerging technologies and techniques for life-extension offshore.