Room 306

Panel: Government Policy—Recent Consequences in the Gulf of Mexico

Moderator: Gregory Carter, Principal, Nautilus Offshore Company

The recent moratorium imposed on the Gulf of Mexico has had widespread impacts on local businesses and employment, US Oil and Gas companies, and US oil dependency. The new US regulatory agency BOEMRE (now BSEE) was a result of the Macondo incident.  

How effective have the US agencies been in providing regulations and resources that safe guard lives and environment?  What effects have the recent regulations had on growth in local economies, jobs, and Gulf of Mexico output?  There are many effects of recent regulations that have a wide range of topics to discuss and debate.

Topics include:

• Local economic impact
• Gulf of Mexico production output levels
• Lease holdings
• Operators and contractors desire to be in the Gulf of Mexico
• Cost to drill and operate in the Gulf of Mexico

This panel pulls together a wide variety of expertise to debate the issues around the effects that recent regulations have had in the Gulf of Mexico.

Panelists:

• Bill Flores, Congressman, US Representative from the 17th District of Texas
  
• Christopher Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Energy
  
• Lanier Yeates, Member Resident, Gordon Arata McCollam & Eagan, LLC

• Robert Kessler, Managing Director Head of Integrated Oil Research, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co.

Room 604

Technology, Projects, and Finance

Session Chairperson: Gamal Hassan, Baker Hughes; Dan Georgi, Baker Hughes

1400

23607

Technology Roadmaps as a Tool for the Technology Management Process in Production Assets    •  R. Camacho-Velazquez, M. Jimenez-Acquino, E. Villalobos-Luevanos, P. Silva, Pemex

1422

23118

Enhanced Technology Qualification: A Reliable Path When Facing Changing Conditions and Demands    •  D. McGeorge, V. Ahjem, M. Viteri, J. Borg, Det Norske Veritas

1442

23064

Maximizing the Benefit of Technology by Evaluation Qualification From Early R&D and Concept Stages of Development    •  M. Sillett, BMT Reliability Consultants; H.J. De Naurois, Total

1506

23504

Delivering Projects During a Skills Shortage: Lessons Learned From the UK Nuclear Industry    •  A. Warwick, J. A. Penney, K. Krishna, Atkins

1528

23004

Infrastructure Sharing: Creating Value for Brazilian Deepwater Offshore Assets    •  D.C. Pedroso, D.C. Abdala, L.G. Pinto, Petrobras

1550

23114

An Engineering Approach to Upstream Insurance: Risk Management or Poacher Turned Gamekeeper?    •  A. Gnanendran, M.J. Hayes, D. Watson, Torus Insurance

1612

23485

Probabilistic Evaluation of Oil and Gas Reserves Considering the Effect of Change in the Oil Price  •  L. Hastenreiter, M. Galvao, Petrobras; S. Hamacher, J. Montechiari, PUC-RIO

Room 602

Active Arena: Australia—Challenges of Success

Session Chairperson: Dan Smith, Principal Technical Mustang Engineering

Moderators: Sandeep Khurana, Manager, Noble Energy; Neil Kavanagh, Chief Science & Technology Manager, Woodside Energy

Australia currently is experiencing a surge in activity due to the discovery of numerous hydrocarbon fields. Some of these developments rival the largest offshore developments in the world. The increased capital expenditures by oil companies lead to many benefits and rewards for Australia and its people. Conversely, this massive development leads to challenges for Australian technical resources, Australian regulators, and market availability for product. In short, how does Australia handle this huge success? All of these items will be addressed by a panel of experts. After evaluating the current conditions, the panel will look forward to developments in the coming decade.

Panelists:

• Bill Bullock, Jr., President Global Power & Gas, ConocoPhillips

• Jon Ozturgut, Senior Vice President International Business, Woodside Energy
• Antoine Serceau, Managing Director, Ichthys Project, INPEX
• Tom Maher, Regional Vice President for Australia, Apache Corp.
• Bruce Steenson, Vice President Technical and Prelude, Shell

Room 312

Advances in Subsea Thermal Management Technology

Session Chairpersons: Jean Francois Saint Marcoux, Subsea 7; Vicki Niesen, GL Noble Denton

1400

Keynote

The Evolution of Thermal Design Challenges in Offshore Production Systems  •  Wade Schoppa, Shell

1422

23108

Field Deployment of the World's First Electrically Trace Heated Pipe-in-Pipe    •  R.C. Fisher, S. Hall, Technip; J. Cam, D. De La Porte, Total

1444

23033

A Holistic Approach to Steady-State Heat Transfer From Partially and Fully Buried Pipelines    •  E. Zakarian, Schlumberger; J. Holbeach, MSI Kenny; J.E. Morgan, Woodside Energy

1506

23646

Electric Heating of Pipelines and Large Export Flowlines >30 Inches and More Than 100 km    •  O.A. Heggdal, Aker Solutions; A. Pedersen, J.K. Lervik, SINTEF; O. Bjerknes, Aker Solutions

1528

22953

Experimental Study on Wax Deposition Characteristics of a Waxy Crude Oil Under Single Phase Turbulent Flow Conditions    •  P. Dwivedi, Schulmberger; Formerly with University of Tulsa; C. Sarica, W. Shang, W. Shang, University of Tulsa

1550

23628

Case Study: Optimization in Interventionless Monobore Design in Completing Horizontal Gas Producing Wells in Malaysia    • C. Elliott, M.I. Feroze, A. A. Mahdzan, Saradah, M. Z. Sulaiman, M. Mohammad, M. Hakim, M. A. Omar, Petronas; K.F. Aziz, S. Paramavathar, Halliburton 

Room 610

Topsides Technology

Session Chairpersons: Steve Harper, Fluor Corporation; John Nighswander, Schlumberger

1400

23334

Advances in Production Monitoring: A Deepwater Field Case History    •  E.E. Udofia, F. Van den Berg, A.B. Oguntimehin, V. Beijer, C. Koster, O. Oni, Shell

1422

23200

Field Implementation of New Electrostatic Treating Technology    •  J.M. Walsh, Shell International; G.W. Sams, J.M. Lee, Cameron

1444

23079

Mobile Gas Lift Compressor and Well Unloading System for Enhancing Oil Production and Reserves, While Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Offshore Environments    •  J. Rexilius, T. Wamanon, A. Sahni, Chevron Corporation

1506

23109

Best Practice in Flare Gas Measurement    •  C. Marshall, TUV SUD NEL

1528

23549

Acid Gas Dehydration: Is There a Better Way?    •  W. Mckay, J. Maddocks, Gas Liquids Engineering

1550

23306

High-Pressure Gas Liquid Separation: Experimental Verification of Separator Internals in Laboratory and Real Fluid Systems    •  D. Kvamsdal, F. Carlson, M. Talseth, Cameron Process Systems

Room 606

Recent Updates in Offshore Geoscience

Session Chairpersons: Aurora Castelan, Schlumberger; Jim Kreamer, Weinman Geoscience

1400

23373

Exploitation Strategy in the Development of Gas and Oil Fields: Case Study    •  G.L. Vega Riveros, Petroleum Consultant; E. Yehya, Smoothwell Oil Services

1422

23681

Reservoir Geophysics in Brazilian Presalt Oilfields   •  P.R. Johann, A. Martini, A. Maul, J. P. Nunes, Petrobras

1444

23055

Results of Frequency-Based Interpretations of Deepwater Passive EM Survey Data    •  M.J. Mes, D.R. Bruns, Norwegian EM Technology; E.A. Johnson, eField Exploration

1506

23680

Emerging Applications for EM Methods: Beyond Drill or Drop    •  D. Ridyard, J. Danielsen, EMGS Americas

1528

23556

Using Simulation To Address Challenges of Subsalt Imaging in Tertiary Basins With Emphasis on Deepwater Gulf of Mexico    •  M. Fehler, SEAM

1550

22939

High-Resolution Seismic Imaging and Reservoir Characterization for Drilling Risk and Production Management    •  J.H. Yu, M. Smith, Geotrace

Room 600

Design Issues and Trends for Offshore Service Vessels

Session Chairpersons: Donald Burris, Alan C. McClure Associates; Tomasz Matlak, Schlumberger

1400

23329

Hydrodynamic Behavior During Offshore Loading and Discharge   •  O. Peters, M. Seij, Dockwise Shipping; R.H. Huijsmans, TU Delft

1422

23319

Design Issues and Trends for the New Generation of Offshore Support Vessels    •  M. Sano, W. Huang, Y. Ozaki, M. Penfold, Y. Ozaki,C. He, M. Leszczynski, ABS

1444

23437

U.S. Coast Guard Review of Natural Gas Fueled Vessels    •  T. Meyers, N. Woessner, U.S. Coast Guard

1506

23445

LNG Fueled Offshore Support Vessels in Americas    •  T. Vollmers, STX Canada Marine  

1528

23421

LNG as a Fuel For Offshore Vessels: Bunkering Technology    •  M.A. Hodgson, D. Lee, Shell International Trading & Shipping Company

1550

23483

New Marine Era for Gas    •  J.F. Hatley, Wartsila North America

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