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> Determine the latest supplier initiatives and Gunther Newcombe,
VP Decommissioning,
Jules Schoenmakers,
Principle Technical
John Noble
General Manager,
technological developments to cut Supply chAin BP Expert Well International
Abandonment, Shell Salvage Union
coStS and execute a highly efficient operation
expert SpeAKerS from:
> Access expert insight into Well p&A standards,
testing and techniques to overcome this major
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> Understand skilled labour issues and organisational
factors within Decommissioning, Dismantling and
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chAllengeS
> Utilise knowledge on best practices within
decommissioning programmes to aid quAlity
project mAnAgement
globAl golD SponSor:
neW for 2011:
regiStrAtion SponSor:
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> Greater focus on Well P&A and the Salvage Industry -
exhibitor:
two hugely significant aspects within a decommissioning
programme
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2. Exclusive North Sea Decommissioning Analysis.
Definitive information to plan and execute successful North Sea decommissioning projects
Dear Colleague,
> Participation from key government operAtorS:
The North Sea decommissioning agencies such as DECC, HSE
industry is set to boom over the and the Treasury to help you
next decade providing a massive gain a clearer perspectives on Get to grips with all the major
opportunity for decommissioning the financial, regulatory and challenges such as cost, time
service providers. This makes 2011 environmental changes in order to management, safety, environmental
& 2012 the most important years to better prepare for decommissioning aspects, and supply chain logistics.
establish your business in this £multi This conference enables you with the
billion market. > An thorough focus into well opportunity to:
plugging and abandonment
Altogether, by 2030, £24-30billion - an important, difficult and > clarify planning considerations
is projected to be spent on very expensive part of the > tell contractors what you need
decommissioning around 470 decommissioning process > hear from the leading government
offshore oil and gas installations, departments influencing your
10,000 km of pipelines, 5,000 wells > Examination of the salvage industry
and 15 onshore terminals on the industry’s goal based and
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panel chaired by the International decommissioning programmes,
With mature fields becoming Salvage Union ensure you have all the resources
less economically viable the necessary and logistics in place
industry will witness a forecasted > Focus on technological to avoid supply bottle necks. By
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North Sea alone over the next challenges to execute a highly preparatory and technological
decade - some 10 to 15 fields per efficient operation information.
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understanding of what lies ahead heart of offshore decommissioning massive increase in opportunities for
is paramount if you want to be with unparalleled participation contractors. As business ramps up,
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4. Your Blueprint to Cost Effective, Time Efficient Decommissioning
Projects in the North Sea
Section one: north SeA Section tWo: HSE: Human &
DecommiSSioning mArKet DecommiSSioning Organisational Issues in
Decommissioning
upDAte prepArAtion
• Understand the three key stages;
Latest North Sea Financial Considerations Decommissioning, Dismantling,
Developments Deconstruction, to achieve a
• Learn about the specific costs greater awareness of your project’s
• Identify the latest fiscal, involved at every step of the needs
technological, and project decommissioning process to aid
• Discover the hazards presented
developments in North Sea your financial planning
by partially decommissioned
decommissioning so you have a • Examine how you can save money installations so you can manage
clear understanding of the market in the decommissioning process in these appropriately
• Explore the key factors that order to gain more control of the
• Gain insight into the human factor
influence when and how costs
issues enabling you to prepare
an installation should be • Understand the financial the correct procedures, training,
decommissioned so you can considerations required when communication methods, and
formulate your business plans contracting work and how system interfaces
• Discover how factors such as tax you can produce realistic cost Rob Miles, HOF Decommissioning
policy changes and maturing estimations Lead, HSE
fields have impacted the Brian Twomey, Managing Director,
decommissioning market and why Reverse Engineering Section three: Well
preparation for increased activity
plug & AbAnDonment
must start now Taxing Matters Panel
Andrew Reid, CEO,
Douglas-Westwood • Hear about the latest Standards and Testing in
developments being discussed Well P&A
by the Decommissioning Working
Legislative Updates Group and the issues surrounding • Understand why standards for well
tax relief P&A activity are crucial and if the
• Obtain the latest details from
current standards are adequate
DECC on the changes to the • Get clarification on what the
decommissioning approval process future of tax relief holds and how it • Become aware of the assurances
to give you an understanding of affects the long term nature of the that sufficient testing on plugged
the impact on the industry industry and abandoned wells give
for future confidence and the
• Gain insight into the future • Understand tax liabilities and the mitigation of any risks
state of the market in terms of tax break rules and how they
decommissioning programmes can affect contracts between • Receive an overview of new well
being approved so you can operators and contractors P&A standards to ensure your
confidently plan ahead continued compliance
Hugh Hedges, Head of North Sea
• Realise the key regulatory Policy Team HMRC. Jules Schoenmakers, Principle
Technical Expert (PTE) Well
challenges that lie behind delays Stuart Gregory, Senior Policy Adviser, Abandonment, Shell Global
in decommissioning and how you Business & International Tax Group,
can overcome them HM Treasury
Richard Brooks, Head of
Well Intervention Techniques
Decommissioning, DECC Planning • Examine the challenges behind
• Find out what is involved in the traditional well intervention
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5. Your guide to commercial success
Section four: Section Six: environmentAl Section Seven: Supply
DecommiSSioning nAvigAtion chAin initiAtiveS
technology upDAte
Complete Removal vs Habitat Salvage industry: Offering
Remotely Operated Creation: What are the a Different Supply
Vehicles (ROVs) environmental implications of Approach
• Discover the most effective, Decommissioning? • Learn about the capacity and
safest and cost efficient ways • Benefit from case studies of installation capabilities of onshore facilities
to operate on the seabed so removal programmes around the so you can plan for every step of
you can save time and money world so you can understand the waste management process
without risk the environmental implications of • Consider the benefits the salvage
• Gain insight into the uses of ROV decommissioning industry can bring to the offshore
work on debris, subsea isolation • Gain insight into the environmental industry so that you have a wider
valves and removal of the rules behind complete removal and choice and are aware of all
umbilicals so you can take full leaving hardware in situ to give you a salvaging options
advantage of the technology clear idea of the key environmental • Recognise the similarities
• Understand the lessons learnt priorities between the salvaging and
from other industries’ ROV • Identify the key aspects and offshore industries in terms of
use and how to exploit this considerations required for post- equipment used and activities
knowledge to eliminate wasted decommissioning work to help you undertaken so you know why
time execute an environmentally sound full those synergies should be
Moya Crawford, Director, Deeptek site clearance exploited
Bryony Pearce, Research Director, Marine John Noble, General Manager,
Ecological Surveys Ltd International Salvage Union
Cutting Panel Session
• Examine the latest methods and NORM Waste Supply Chain Management
applications for cutting so you
can operate in the safest and • Identify the key considerations that • Develop a business plan to
most time efficient manner need to be made when characterising ensure that your programme’s
all aspects of the rig and how to supply chain can cope with
• Benefit from lessons learnt in manage waste appropriately
removal projects so you can additional decommissioning
implement a successful operation • Analyse the changes to the and further E&P work by other
Radioactive Substances Act and how operators
• Learn from successful the exemption orders will have an
approaches to cutting so • Understand all supply chain
influence on decommissioning
you can formulate the most considerations so you can
• Hear about the government’s plans execute successful operations
appropriate plans for NORM waste strategy that will put on well abandonment, top side
measures in place to ensure there are removal, jacket removal, and
Section five: project waste management options available removal of subsea pipelines and
mAnAgement Adam Stackhouse, Principal Policy Officer systems.
(NORM), SEPA - Radioactive Substances
Policy Unit • Discover the solutions in
Acquired Decommissioning overcoming supply chain
Expertise pressures such as competition
Conventional Waste for use of heavy lift vessels and
• Hear from BP on their
decommissioning experience so • Learn about SEPA policy changes to onshore disposal sites so you can
“
you can learn how to manage turn more waste into resources by ensure you are fully prepared
project expectations recovering metals and oils and putting
• Gain insight into best practice
methods for decommissioning to
• Understand Common Business
Processes so you know how they
can aid the procedures of your
decommissioning programme
them back into the market to maximise
profitability
help you benefit fully from lessons • Realise the opportunities to recover
learned
the value of decommissioned materials
to implement a programme that is not
just a disposal exercise
• Understand the potential harm of
materials brought ashore so you can
protect the environment as well as
“
“These conferences do a
great job of highlighting the
importance of decommissioning.”
Delaney Olstad, Product Line
Champion - Decommissioning,
Gunther Newcombe, Vice President Weatherford
your reputation
– Decommissioning, BP
Gary Walker, Principal Policy Officer
(Conventional Waste), SEPA
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6. Get Unique Insights From Leading from the industry experts
Your chance to meet and learn Thin-Film Companies
check out the speaker line up!
Jules Schoenmakers Gunther Newcombe
VP Decommissioning
Principle Technical Expert (PTE)
Well Abandonment BP
Shell
Jules is the Principal Technical Expert for well Gunther joined BP as a geologist in 1980.
abandonments for Shell globally. He is also the Following assignments across the globe, Gunther
planning lead for well abandonments with Shell returned to the North Sea in 1996 taking on a number
in Europe. Jules chairs the Oil and Gas UK industry of business management roles. In 2004 he was posted
workgroup on well abandonments in Great Britain to Baku as HSSE VP supporting BP’s operations in
and also the industry workgroup Best Practices in the Azerbaijan, Georgia and Eastern Turkey. In 2007
Netherlands. He is involved with the Well P&A Forum Gunther returned to the UK to lead BP’s North Sea
in Norway. Jules has 27 years experience in drilling decommissioning programme which included NW
and well engineering. He has held a variety of posts Hutton, Miller and Don Field projects. In 2009 Gunther
throughout the world for Shell. became VP Decommissioning for BP E&P .
John Noble Brian Twomey
General Manager Managing Director
International Salvage Reverse Engineering
Union
John Noble has worked in commercial shipping since As Managing Director of Reverse
1962. After obtaining his Master Mariners Certificate, Engineering, Dr Brian Twomey is responsible for
John graduated with a Nautical Studies BSc. He set decommissioning and abandonment operations planning,
up Murray Fenton & Associates’ London branch in decommissioning engineering, peer review work and cost
1980. Following its acquisition by BMT in 2001, John analysis. He has worked on oil & gas decommissioning
served as CEO of the Salvage Association until 2005. and pipeline issues for over 23 years and has carried out
His expertise lies in Salvage, Wreck Removal and Oil decommissioning work on over 700 offshore installations
Pollution having attended 60 major casualties. John worldwide, including Africa, Asia Pacific, South & North
has worked with every major salvage company and is America, Norway, UK. Dr Twomey has presented over 100
acting General Manager to the ISU. papers on decommissioning and has delivered numerous
decommissioning training courses.
expert decommissioning speakers include:
John Noble Hugh Hedges Adam Stackhouse
General Manager Head of North Sea Policy Team Principal Policy Officer (NORM)
International Salvage Union HMRC Scottish Environmental Protection
Agency
Gunther Newcombe Brian Twomey
VP Decommissioning Managing Director Gary Walker
BP Reverse Engineering Principal Policy Officer (Conventional waste)
Scottish Environmental Protection
Jules Schoenmakers Nigel James Agency
Principle Technical Expert (PTE) Well Master Mariner / Associate Director
Abandonment Rob Miles
London Offshore Consultants
Shell Human & Organisational Factors Lead
Andrew Reid Health & Safety Executive
Richard Brooks CEO
Head of Decommissioning Moya Crawford
Douglas-Westwood
DECC Director
Bryony Pearce Deeptek
Stuart Gregory Research Director
Senior Policy Adviser, Business and Delaney Olstad
Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
International Tax Group Product Line Champion
HM Treasury Weatherford
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8. Researched & Organized by:
ArounD 120 inStAllAtionS coulD be DecommiSSioneD in the
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Southern north SeA Alone by 2020
Register by 9th September
8th AnnuAl north SeA
DecommiSSioning conference
november 15-16 2011, ArDoe houSe hotel, AberDeen uK
execute DecommiSSioning projectS thAt
cut Supply chAin coStS AnD eASe logiSticAl
chAllengeS in An increASingly competitive mArKet
expert SpeAKer line up:
> Hear from key government agencies to gain
clearer perspectives on financial, regulatory and
environmental changes in order to better prepAre
for DecommiSSioning
> Determine the latest supplier initiatives and Gunther Newcombe,
VP Decommissioning,
Jules Schoenmakers,
Principle Technical
John Noble
General Manager,
technological developments to cut Supply chAin BP Expert Well International
Abandonment, Shell Salvage Union
coStS and execute a highly efficient operation
expert SpeAKerS from:
> Access expert insight into Well p&A standards,
testing and techniques to overcome this major
decommissioning challenge
> Understand skilled labour issues and organisational
factors within Decommissioning, Dismantling and
Deconstruction allowing you to eASe logiSticAl
chAllengeS
> Utilise knowledge on best practices within
decommissioning programmes to aid quAlity
project mAnAgement
globAl golD SponSor:
neW for 2011:
regiStrAtion SponSor:
> More government participation than ever before - giving
you the essential facts influencing your industry
> Greater focus on Well P&A and the Salvage Industry -
exhibitor:
two hugely significant aspects within a decommissioning
programme
Open NOW for all details of this business critical meeting