Wednesday Morning
Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 306
PANEL: INDEPENDENTS: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
| Moderators: | Greg Carter, Nautilus Offshore Sandeep Khurana, Devon Energy |
| The worldwide rising quest for energy has once again brought flexibility and risk‑taking attitudes of the independents to the forefront. Technical challenges still exist—rig availability, rising commodity prices, increasing service and supply costs, workforce issues, weather‑related risks, and geopolitical concerns. Additionally, independents have to search harder for funding. Nevertheless, independents are uniquely positioned where they can support both national oil companies and majors to bring production faster to the market. This panel will address some of the strategies that independents have taken to rise to the challenge of meeting world oil demand. |
| Panelists: | Tracy Krohn, President and CEO, WT&T Offshore Jean Claude Gandur, President and CEO, Addax Petroleum Martin Ferron, President and CEO, Helix Energy Solutions Paul Ellis, Chief Executive, Serica Energy William Schneider, Vice President-International, Newfield Exploration |
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| 0930 | 19109 | Independents: Rising to the Challenge W. Schneider, Newfield; T. Krohn, W&T Offshore; P. Ellis, Serica Energy; M. Ferron, Helix Energy Solutions; J.C. Gandur, Addax Petroleum; S. Khurana, Devon Energy; G. Carter, Nautilus Offshore |
Moderator Profiles
Greg Carter, Nautilus Offshore
Greg J. Carter is the founder and owner of Nautilus Offshore Company, Inc. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He began working while still in college, tending production fields in South Texas and working offshore drilling rigs. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked as a drilling, reservoir and managing engineer for various drilling contractors and operators, including Tenneco, Texas Eastern, Marlin Drilling and Nabors Industries. In 2001, Carter started Nautilus Offshore Company, an offshore drilling enhancement design and project management company exclusive to global offshore exploration. The company has participated in many leading-edge projects, including casing drilling, managed pressure drilling, conceptual offshore rig design, arctic rig development and offshore field development. In 2004, Carter helped form an additional venture, Sea Technology Ltd., which develops offshore drilling enhancement tools. Carter is actively involved with OTC sessions planning. He is a 1984 graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS degree in petroleum engineering, and he has an MBA degree from Houston Baptist University.
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Sandeep Khurana, Devon Energy
Sandeep Khurana is the facilities advisor in the international division at Devon Energy Corporation. He has 17 years of diversified experience in planning and engineering offshore platforms, subsea equipment and pipelines, including management responsibilities during the procurement, fabrication and installation phases. Current key roles include project execution, management, field development planning and supporting exploration/exploitation activities. Khurana has actively contributed to the industry and the community via nonprofit organizations such as the Marine Technology Society Houston Section and the Offshore Energy Center in Galveston, Texas, where he is a charter member. He has also served on the OTC Technical Program Committee and as the offshore operations chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Khurana earned his master’s degree in civil engineering in 1990 from Rice University and is a registered professional engineer in Texas.
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Panelist Profiles
Tracy Krohn, President and CEO, WT&T Offshore
Tracy W. Krohn is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of W&T Offshore, Inc. After graduating from high school in 1972, he began his career in the oil and gas business working on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. He subsequently attended Louisiana State University, where he earned a BS degree in petroleum engineering in 1978. Upon graduation, Krohn was employed by Mobil first as a production engineer and subsequently as a drilling supervisor with assignments in Morgan City, Louisiana, and New Orleans. After leaving Mobil Oil Corporation, he was employed as senior engineer for Taylor Energy Company in New Orleans. Krohn capitalized and became president of W&T Offshore in 1984.
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Jean Claude Gandur, President and CEO, Addax Petroleum
Jean Claude Gandur is the chief executive officer and a director of Addax Petroleum Corporation. He has worked with major commodity traders, including Philipp Brothers from 1976 to 1983, where he was manager of the African/Latin American division; Sigmoil Resources N.V. from 1984 to 1986, where he was the managing director; and Kaines S.A. from 1986 to 1988, where he was the managing director. For 10 years, he was honorary consul for the Republic of Congo in Geneva. Gandur was also awarded a diplomatic passport by Senegal. In addition, he has received the decorations of Grand Officer of the Lion Order of Senegal and Commander of the National Order of Benin. Gandur is one of the founders of the Addax & Oryx Group, of which he is chief executive officer and chairman of the advisory board. He is also the non-executive chairman of AXMIN Inc. Gandur studied law at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
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Martin Ferron, President and CEO, Helix Energy Solutions
Martin R. Ferron is president and chief executive officer of Helix Energy Solutions. He has served on the company’s board of directors since 1998. He was named CEO in October 2006 and became president in February 1999. He also served as chief operating officer from January 1998 to August 2005. He has 27 years of worldwide experience in the oilfield industry, seven of which were in senior management positions with International Marine Services companies. Ferron has a civil engineering degree from City University in London, a master’s degree in marine technology from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and an MBA degree from the University of Aberdeen. He is also a chartered civil engineer.
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Paul Ellis, Chief Executive, Serica Energy
Paul W. Ellis is the chief executive officer of Serica Energy plc in London. He has 35 years of experience within the areas of exploration, production, development and management of international oil and gas ventures. He joined Serica Energy as chief executive in 2005 to lead its fundraising and listing on London’s Alternative Investment Market, and the company has just commenced an eight-well offshore drilling program in the North Sea and Indonesia. Previously, he was the chief operating officer of Emerald Energy plc, where he was instrumental in the successful expansion of the company's exploration and production interests in Colombia. Ellis commenced his career with BP and subsequently held senior positions in the international oil and gas industry, including serving as technical director at Charterhouse Petroleum, director of international E&P at British Gas and senior vice president international at PanCanadian Petroleum.
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William Schneider, Vice President-International, Newfield Exploration
William D. Schneider is currently vice president – international for Newfield Exploration Company. In this capacity, he has overseen the company’s entry into international projects in Australia, Brazil, China, Malaysia and the UK North Sea. Schneider joined Newfield in 1989 as one of the original founders of the company. He previously worked as the exploration manager for the Gulf of Mexico and began Newfield’s onshore Gulf Coast effort. He is the chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America’s International Committee, and he is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Houston Geological Society. Schneider holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in geology from Boston University.
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Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 604
ADVANCES IN RISER TECHNOLOGY
| Session Chairpersons: | Cobie Loper, Wellstream Enda O'Sullivan, MCS |
| 0930 | 18946 | Surface Monitoring Techniques for a Continuous Flexible-Riser Integrity Assessment M.G. Marinho, C.S. Camerini, J.M. dos Santos, G.P. Pires, Petrobras |
| 0952 | 18703 | Smoothbore Flexible Riser for Gas Export T. Crome, E. Binet, Technip: S. Mjoen, Statoil |
| 1014 | 18905 | Fatigue Analysis of Unbonded Flexible Risers With Irregular Seas and Hysteresis R.J. Smith, P. O’Brien, T. O’Sullivan, C. Wiebe, MCS |
| 1036 | 18791 | Inline IR-Cured XLPE Technology for Flexible Pipes L.M. Procida, N.J. Rishoj Nielsen, NKT Flexibles |
| 1058 | 19051 | Fatigue Monitoring of Flexible Risers Using Novel Shape-Sensing Technology R.D. Roberts, Insensys Oil & Gas; S. Garnham, BP; B. D’All, Technip |
| 1120 | 18667 | Innovative Optimization of a Large-ID Sour-Service Flexible Riser for the Baobab Project in 1000m Water Depth, West of Africa L. Decoret, D. Mullot, J. Paterson, Technip; T. Taylor CNR Intl. |
| 1142 | 18895 | Internal Flow-Induced Pulsation of Flexible Risers B. Swindell, Bureau Veritas; S. Belfroid, TNO TPD |
Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 602
ORMEN LANGE PROJECT
| Session Chairperson: | Jennifer Bell, Chevron Corp. Herbert Schmachtenberg, Hydro |
| 0930 | 18961 | Ormen Lange Langeled Development T. Rotjer, Hydro |
| 0952 | 18963 | Ormen Lange: Challenges in Offshore Project Execution B. Nordvik, E. Kilde, Hydro |
| 1014 | 18965 | Ormen Lange Subsea Production System T. Bernt, Hydro; E. Smedsrud, FMC Technologies |
| 1036 | 18967 | Ormen Lange Pipelines Installation and Seabed Preparation T. Eklund, K. Hogmoen, Hydro; G. Paulsen, Reinertsen Engineering |
| 1058 | 18969 | Ormen Lange Subsea Compression Pilot B. Bjerkreim, K.O. Haram, Hydro; E. Poorte, Shell; H. Skofteland, O. Rokne, Aker Kvaerner; S. Diop, Converteam; A. Tesei, GE Oil & Gas; S. Rocke, Vetco |
| 1120 | 18971 | Ormen Lange Onshore Processing Plant A. Kjeldsen, Hydro |
| 1142 | 18962 | Constructing the World’s Longest Subsea Pipeline, Langeled Gas Export L. Solberg, E. Gjertveit, Statoil |
Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 312
FLOW ASSURANCE: SOLIDS MANAGEMENT
| Session Chairpersons: | Tom Sifferman, ETTP Consulting Edgar Cowling, ConocoPhillips Alaska |
| 0930 | 18547 | New Experimental Equipment for Hydrate Dissociation Studies A. Sinquin, V. Beunat, IFP |
| 0952 | 18798 | Wax Deposition During Production Operations: SOTA R. Venkatesan, J.L. Creek, Chevron |
| 1014 | 18790 | Wax Flow Assurance Issues in Gas Condensate Multiphase Flowlines K.J. Leontaritis, AsphWax Inc. |
| 1036 | 19002 | Effect of Resins on Stability of Asphaltenes N.F. Carnahan, Carnahan Corp.; J.L. Salager, R. Anton, U. de Los Andes |
| 1058 | 18691 | Sand Transport Modeling in Multiphase Pipelines T.J. Danielson, ConocoPhillips |
Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 610
AUV TECHNOLOGY FOR SEAFLOOR INVESTIGATIONS
| Session Chairpersons: | Tony George, C&C Technologies Michael Taylor, BP Exploration Europe |
Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 606
THE TECTONIC EARTH: IMPACT ON OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
| Session Chairperson: | Joe Reilly, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. Klaas Koster, Shell E&P |
| 0930 | 19031 | Development of Standards and Guidelines for Assessment of Tsunami Inundation Hazards for Marine Facilities C. Synolakis, U. of Southern California; U. Kanoglu, Middle East Technical U. |
| 0952 | 18911 | Seismic Triggering of Submarine Slides F. Nadim, ICG/NGI; G. Biscontin, Texas A&M U.; A.M. Kaynia, ICG/NGI |
| 1014 | 18588 | The Green Canyon Event as Recorded by the Atlantis OBS Node Survey J.A. Dellinger, J. Ehlers, R.A. Clarke, BP AIT |
| 1036 | 19032 | The Setting and Possible Mechanism of the 2006 Green Canyon Seismic Event F. Peel, BHP Petroleum |
| 1058 | 19099 | Analysis of the February 10, 2006, Gulf of Mexico Earthquake From Global and Regional Seismic Data M. Nettles, Columbia U. |
| 1120 | 19035 | A Geohazard Perspective of Recent Seismic Activity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico M.M. Angell, C. Hitchcock, William Lettis & Assocs. |
| 1142 | 19116 | Induced Seismology and Hydrocarbon Production M.W. Puckett, J.H. Le Calvez, Schlumberger |
Wednesday, 2 May, 0930 to Noon
Room 600
INVITED ORGANIZATION: FRENCH OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY COUNCIL (GEP)
| Session Chairpersons: | Claude Berbigier, GEP Pierre-Alain Delaittre, Total |
| 0930 | 19110 | Execution of a Major Gas Development in the Landlocked Caspian Sea P.A. Thomas, P. Kergustanc, Technip |
| 0952 | 19111 | Composite Carbon Thermoplastic Tubes for Deepwater Applications D. Picard, W. Hudson, Doris Engineering; L. Bouquier, Total; G. Dupupet, Soficar; I. Zivanovic, Freyssinet Intl. |
| 1014 | 19112 | Acute Revisiting of Semisubmersible Concept for Ultralow-Motion Floating Production Unit Design J.F. Demoulins, Y. Martin, J. Chefdrue, D2M Consultants |
| 1036 | 19113 | Submarine Fiber-Optic and DC Power Solution for Ultralong Tiebacks M.J. Fullenbaum, N. Hazell, G. Waterworth, L. Doyle, Alcatel Submarine Networks |
| 1058 | 19114 | Gas Import Floating Terminal: A New Concept of Floating LNG Terminal L. Claes, Akeryards; J.C. Messager, M. Vache, J. Pepin-Lehalleur, Doris Engineering |
| 1120 | 19115 | Extend the Capacity of a Jumbo FPSO: The ROSA Project J. Ribuot, Sofresid Engineering |
| 1142 | 19118 | Steel Catenary Riser Challenges and Solutions for Deepwater Applications H. Quintin, J.L. Legras, K. Huang, M. Wu, Acergy |