08:30
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REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
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09:00
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CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Simon Rees, Projects Director, Norton Straw Consultants
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OPTIMISATION OF CURRENT ASSETS
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09:15
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Novel use of traditional technologies to reduce costs and meet deadlines
Ben Eastwood, Process Engineer, Costain
- Introduction to the Freon Replacement Project at the Dimlington Terminal to meet the requirements of the Ozone Depleting Substances Directives
- Hear how to meet the demands of the directives by making improvements to the hydrocarbon dewpointing equipment
- The key challenges, successes and lessons learned from the project
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09:40
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ICE PIGGING: A STORY OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Steve Wheeler, Development Manager – Special Projects, iNPIPE Products
- The use of ice pigging in a decommissioning context through cleaning the ‘un-cleanable’
- The benefits of using ice pigging for preventative maintenance through reducing outages required for cleaning
- Understand the complexities of attempting to develop and deploy new technology and the ice pigging technology transfer journey
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10:05
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RISER DESIGN EXPLORATION AND OPTIMISATION: REDUCE COSTS NOT PERFORMANCE
Matt Straw, Managing Director, Norton Straw Consultants
Alex Read, Director - Oil & Gas, CD-adapco (A Siemens Business) and Nate Chase, Technical Team Leader, Red Cedar Technology (A Siemens Business)
- Introduction to optimisation methods and how automated design exploration can be coupled with engineering analysis methods to find lower cost design options
- Using optimisation and automation techniques more efficiently identify cost-effective designs
- Other examples of how engineering analysis can be combined with automation and optimisation to target cost reduction while maintaining safety and performance
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10:40
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION
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10:55
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NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
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11:25
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SPS/SURF CASE STUDIES: RESULTING IN COST REDUCTION AND CERTAINTY
Chris Freeman, Partner & Director of Field Development, io oil & gas consulting
- Introduction to the state of the industry and how it is going through a major transformation to manage the lower longer environment
- Hear how the operators are beginning to see benefits of combining services and contractors
- Overview of recent case studies from Australia, West Africa and Mediterranean where value was maximised for the operator
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11:50
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FUTURE DESIGN CONCEPTS FROM YOUNG ENGINEERS
Young engineers will present five minute design concepts to the attendees
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12:20
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION
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12:35
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NETWORKING LUNCH
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13:35
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PREVENTION OR CURE: WHAT DOESN’T LEAK, CAN’T KILL
Graham Dalzell, Independent Consultant, TBS3
- Introduction to the equation Risk equals (Opex)2 and how to derive it
- Do safety systems really save lives?
- The need for human factors to be taken into account including mistakes, accidents and death
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14:00
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LOW COST DESIGN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Sarah Wilford, GCD Environmental and Social Lead Advisor, Upstream HSE, BP
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14:25
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION
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14:40
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Networking Refreshment Break
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15:10
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ADDRESSING THE EXCUSE “BUT IT’S BEEN THIS WAY FOR YEARS”
Andrew Stokes, Managing Director, Augmentias Offshore and Maritime Engineering
- Overview of the state of the industry and the need for new design concepts
- Case studies of the design approach used for various pieces of ancillary equipment and kit used in the offshore industry
- Hear first-hand experience of how blindly following what’s been done before is often neither cost effective nor safe
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15:40
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Panel Discussion: Lessons learned from the conference
- With dialogue so crucial at this time, how can a more joined up approach between operators, suppliers, designers be achieved?
- What is the best practice for presenting business cases for innovative low-cost design concepts?
- How can safety and environmental demands be taken into account when considering low cost design of equipment?
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16.15
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CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
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16:30
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END OF CONFERENCE
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