Day 1
08:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Simon Rees, Member of the Offshore Engineering and Upstream Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
09:10 - KEYNOTE: COMMITTED TO INCREASING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Oonagh Werngren, Operations Director, Oil & Gas UK
• An overview of production efficiency from an Oil & Gas UK perspective
• Looking at the wider operational picture: lack of investment into barrels, fewer new wells and a rise in operation expenditure
• The development of the Production Efficiency Task Force as a solution for the offshore industry
09:40 - MAXIMISING THE RECOVERY OF UKCS OIL AND GAS
Andrew Carr, Field Development, DECC
• Actual versus ideal: the current situation on the UKCS and what can be done to improve this
• Evaluating the importance of asset stewardship in light of the Wood Review
• Working with and supporting the new regulator as it comes into power from September
10:10 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:40 - KEYNOTE: SUSTAINING AN IMPROVED PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
Archie Kennedy, Managing Director UK and Vice President Europe, Nexen
• Nexen’s history on the UKCS: the discovery of Buzzard and its importance as a newer field
• The contribution thus far to the North Sea industry which has supported the overall increase in production results
• A solid environmental performance offshore to further support a better production environment onsite
11:10 - DESIGNING FOR PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND AVAILABILITY: AN OPERATOR PERSPECTIVE
Cris Fells, Mechanical Engineer, Global Concept Development, BP
• Setting achievable production efficiency targets early in major projects
• Brown field developments; splicing in work to minimise production impact
• Making early equipment configuration decisions
11:40 - IMPROVING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY THROUGH TARGETED MAINTENANCE
Martin Grady and Andy Hollins, ABB
• Are we doing the right maintenance?
• Focusing on production losses / bad actors
• Underpinned by an Evergreen Asset Life Strategy
12:10 - NETWORKING LUNCH
13:10 - AN UPDATE ON KP4 AND THE HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE’S FOCUS BEYOND 2014
Andrew Duncan, Lead Consultant, Intertek
• An overview of the findings of the KP4 final report
• Changes seen in the offshore industry in response to KP4
• What now for ageing and life extension of offshore installations to achieve continuous safety improvements?
13:40 - LATE LIFE EXTENSION PROJECT: THISTLE PLATFORM
John Cowie, Area Manager, Northern North Sea, EnQuest
• Preparing to recover 25 million barrels over the next 15 years and overcoming the challenges to reach the target
• Working with existing wells and identifying potential exploration and drilling areas
• Improving structural and topside integrity whilst maintaining a high standard of safety
14:10 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
14:40 - SUPPORTING AGEING OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS VIA AN AGEING LIFE EXTENSION STRATEGY
Enrique Sandoval, Programmes Manager, BP
• Acknowledgement of KP4 and its benefits to North Sea operators
• Engineering a better production result on ageing assets through maintenance and investment
• Recognising how life extension programmes are cost-effective solutions
15:10 - A PRACTICAL WAY TO INCREASE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND REVERSE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION DECLINE
Dr. Sib Akhtar, Technical Director, MSE (Consultants) Ltd
• Compressor re-design
• Changing reservoir conditions
• Extending the operating life
15:40 - THE NORWEGIAN BARRIER REGULATION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO SAFETY
Gerhard Erdsal, Petroleum Safety Authority, Norway
• Example of the interaction between organizational, operational and technical barrier elements
• Performance influencing factors for organizational, operational and technical barrier elements
• The significance of performance standards in barrier management
16:10 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
Simon Rees, Member of the Offshore Engineering and Upstream Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
16:20 - END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Day 2
07:15 - BREAKFAST BRIEFING HOSTED BY PETROTECHNICS LTD
Breakfast Served
08:15 - CHANGING THE SAFETY - PRODUCTIVITY DYNAMIC IS THE KEY
Phil Murray, CEO, Petrotechnics Limited
As Einstein observed “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking as we used to create them”. Phil Murray, Petrotechnics CEO will explore what could be holding us back and how by changing the safety-productivity dynamic we can balance conflicting priorities in a way that manages risk while improving performance.
08:45 - BREAKFAST BRIEFING Q&A
09:00 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:30 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Simon Rees, Member of the Offshore Engineering and Upstream Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
09:40 - COORDINATING PLANNED SHUTDOWNS ACROSS THE UKCS
Brenda Wyllie, Production Manager, Oil & Gas UK
• Identifying how the PETF, through data and recommendations can reduce the rates of unplanned shutdowns
• Understanding the need for industry guidelines on planned shutdowns to ensure operators are working together
• The benefits of creating a dialogue between operators on the UKCS to minimise the delays surrounding shutdowns
10:10 - UNPLANNED LOSSES: PROVIDING THE FACTS
Steve Gardyne, Head Production Engineering and Operations Services, Talisman-Sinopec
• An overview of production loss data presented by PETF
• Identification of best practices across the wider industry
• Pin pointing the gaps where improvements must be made to prevent future unplanned production losses
10:40 - SUSTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF PRODUCTION IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
Richard Goff and Jill Wilday Major Hazards Unit, HSL
• An analysis of current limitations on offshore assets and how restrictions have arguably caused a decrease in production results
• Identifying ways to increase production without reducing the safety levels of the operational environment
• Safety measures versus on-site licenses and how HSL can provide greater support to the offshore environment and its personnel
11:10 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:40 - PANEL SESSION: SEEKING THE RIGHT COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Delegates will have the opportunity to review the key issues raised by the morning presentations and discuss solutions that can be implemented by operators to sustain better production results
1. What collaborative actions could the industry initiate immediately that would improve the performance of UK plc?
2. What technological developments could assist in improving production efficiency?
3. What actions could the industry take to optimise and expand its human resource performance; utilising the capabilities of offshore personnel to drive better approaches to maintenance?
4. How can costs to improve production efficiency be justified by operators?
Delegates will have the opportunity, upon registration, to put forward questions to the panel.
Panellists:
• Simon Rees, Member of the Offshore Engineering and Upstream Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Brenda Wyllie, Production Manager, Oil & Gas UK
• Steve Gardyne, Head Production Engineering and Operations Services, Talisman-Sinopec
• Jill Wilday, Major Hazards Unit, HSL
12:20 - NETWORKING LUNCH
13:20 - MAINTAINING A STRONG RESPONSE TO PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Adam Hull, Head of Production, Maersk Oil
• The identification process; analysing the causes of low production rates
• Understanding the life-cycle management process and its ability to support the improvement of production efficiency
• Continuing to increase production capabilities for both existing and new developments
13:50 - MANAGING RELIABILITY AND INTEGRITY TO DELIVER PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Dr. Caroline Roberts-Hartionov, Director, Astrimar
• Use of reliability engineering techniques to identify potential causes of unplanned failure
• Use of system reliability engineering to identify critical nodes in production and delivery infrastructure
• Prioritisation of actions to minimise the potential for, and mitigate effect of, unplanned failures
14:20 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
14:50 - MEASURING UP! USING RAM TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Neil Wragg, Principal Consultant, UK Safety & Risk, DNV GL
• Use of RAM modelling to benchmark production efficiency against ‘industry standard’ performance
• Extracting value from historical asset data to forecast future performance – “the one-year look-ahead”
• Asset owners and operators are able to identify quantify and prioritise performance improvement opportunities
• Decision support for targeting OPEX investment – “Cost vs Benefit”
15:20 - USING A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT TO DRIVE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN THE NORTHERN NORTH SEA
Sylvain Peytier, Director UK Field Operations, Total E&P
• SMART (Support and Monitoring of Asset in Real Time) room set-up: arrangement, manning and key missions
• Investments
• Key learnings and examples of quantitative gains in terms of production
15:50 - QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
A final opportunity for delegates to ask questions and make comments to the chair and afternoon speakers
16:00 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
Simon Rees, Member of the Offshore Engineering and Upstream Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
16:10 - END OF CONFERENCE