1. Winter 2011
Events
Innovations
KOGT attends virtual conference for the first time associated with taking exhibition space. We received great
feedback from those who attended our booth and we’d certainly
For the first time Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies participated in consider participating in this event again in the future.”
the Digital Oilfield Virtual Summit on 18 and 19 October. Hosted on Visit www.digitaloilfieldvirtual.com for more information.
a state-of-the-art virtual event platform, attendees were able to
interact via integrated video chat, view keynote presentations and
visit company booths without leaving their desks. The event
explored visualisation technologies, data storage, infrastructure, The official newsletter of Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies in the UK
enhanced collaboration in oil and gas and the role of data
standards.
The KOGT booth included video clips, presentations and brochures Real-time data revolutionised
Contents
of the group’s offerings and for the duration of the conference
KOGT welcomed over 100 visitors. Ben Lovell, who organised
KOGT's attendance at the Digital Oilfield Summit, says, “Attending
with SiteCom®
a conference of this kind can provide significant benefits. It helps to professionals is paramount in the decision
raise the profile of the range of products and services which KOGT making process, and SiteCom® features
provides across the globe, without the additional high costs Welcome technology which automatically verifies the
Meeting the challenges accuracy and quality of the data before it is
faced by UKCS distributed. This feature gives users the security
of knowing that they are not only accessing the
Did You Know? The oil and gas industry currently employs 440,000 people.
340,000 focus on finding, developing and producing of our own reserves.
operators at Kongsberg
Oil & Gas Technologies
latest information but also the best quality
information.
100,000 are occupied with supplying goods and services to oil and gas Andy adds, “SiteCom® enables any number of
provinces around the world. News users to view all available petrophysical,
KOGT spreads festive geophysical, geologic and drilling data
In 2010, 2.2 million barrels of oil and gas equivalent (boe) per day were
cheer generated on the rig in a multitude of ways
produced making the UK the second largest oil producer and third largest gas depending on their function. It allows engineers
producer in Europe. and decision makers to view everything they
High-performance drilling operations depend
Andy MacDonald on real-time information being made available need.
In the last 40 years, £468 billion has been spent with £300 billion invested appointment to a community of professionals regardless of
in exploration drilling and field developments and £186 billion on “It has shown to deliver real-time drilling data to
whether they are based in the office, on the
production operations. users faster and more robustly than any other
Get In Touch Events
KOGT attends virtual
drilling rig or in any number of remote locations
across the globe. Current and relevant
information is essential to allow these
system,
competitors.
when trialled against
Discovery Web also updates
leading
Technical Area Solution Contact email browser images faster than any other drilling
conference for the first professionals to make high-level decisions on a
visualisation tool on the market. This allows
Studies and OTS K - Spice Jonathan Teuten Jonathan.teuten@kongsberg.com time daily basis – and thanks to SiteCom® that has
users to spend more time making decisions
become possible.
based on the data, rather than waiting for it.”
Pre-feed/concept studies K - Spice Mark Baldwin Mark.baldwin@kongsberg.com
SiteCom® integrates real-time data, historical
Did You Know? data, reports and files from all sources on the rig
Detailed engineering studies K - Spice Graham Rayner-West Graham.rayner-west@kongsberg.com
and makes them available through a single
Commissioning - DCS checkout K - Spice Donald Brown Donald.brown@kongsberg.com web-based interface – Discovery Web. This
Get In Touch revolutionary technology enables all end users –
Operator training systems K - Spice/LedaFlow® Declan Fahy Declan.fahy@kongsberg.com How to contact the no matter what time zone they are based in – to
KOGT team simultaneously access reliable information
Production management systems K - Spice/LedaFlow® Adam Ward Adam.ward@kongsberg.com during operations on the rig.
Flow assurance - slugging and hydrates LedaFlow® Alick Jamieson Alick.jamieson@kongsberg.com Andy MacDonald, Sales Manager for UK and
Europe for Intellifield Drilling Software, says,
Drilling Software SiteCom® Andy MacDonald Andy.macdonald@kongsberg.com To support real-time decision making,
“SiteCom® allows users to establish a
sophisticated, fully distributed, integrated SmartAgents are layered on top of the SiteCom®
Training Various oil and gas David Garner David.garner@kongsberg.com installation. These perform calculations which
training courses environment to support drilling and well
construction decisions. From this comes a wealth are required for better interpretation of events.
of benefits that improve the safety and This is carried out automatically in real-time and
efficiency of operations, environmental impact can determine fluid and rock parameters to
and bottom line. assist with decisions on hydraulics, drilling
parameters or pore pressures.
“Data transfer using this system is secure, and
has been configured so that data never needs to “Drilling in remote global locations is becoming
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies Ltd more commonplace and the use of real time will
Campus 1 Science & Technology Park Bridge of Don Aberdeen AB22 8GT go outside of the clients’ firewall. This gives end
users full control of their assets at all times.” bring significant benefits. It also means there is
tel: + 44 (0)1224 226 500 email: kogt.sales.so@kongsberg.com
www.kongsberg.com/kogt less dependency on domain experts being
The quality of the data being utilised by present at the rig site.”

2. Welcome Career Profile
Meeting the challenges faced by UKCS operators at
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies Attention to detail is essential in Graham Rayner West’s role as Senior Process Engineer.
Getting there: the importance of clear and concise
Welcome to the winter edition of Mariner and Bressay projects will result in a My first job was in process development and communication so as not to lose detail in
Innovations, a corporate newsletter gross investment in the region of GBP 6 operations support with BP Chemicals in interpretation.
produced by Kongsberg Oil & Gas billion, with a potential requirement for up South Wales, and I then held a variety of
Technologies (KOGT) UK – part of to 700 jobs in Aberdeen. positions with Esso Petroleum, Exxon Best bits:
KONGSBERG Group. Chemicals, BOC Process Plants and Fantoft. I There is a huge satisfaction in seeing a
A rapid recovery will inevitably lead to a was self employed for a period and was model come to life and mimic the real
As we rapidly approach the year end it is skills shortage and therefore potential cost associated with several dynamic simulation process and to see it respond to your
perhaps time to reflect a little on the past inflation in the UK sector. Amongst the Mike Topp companies conducting engineering studies actions. But more than that, it is very
Managing Director (UK), on gas gathering projects for Shell rewarding to see the lessons learned by
months. In March, the Chancellor’s solutions is the need for more informed Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies
controversial increases in North Sea tax decision making during all stages of the life Petroleum Development and the Terra running the model and to be able to
threatened several marginal field cycle from concept selection through to Nova Alliance FPSO off Newfoundland. I demonstrate if features are good or indeed
investments, while in October we witnessed operations and life extension. This is where Next year we will see the introduction of took a career break for several years and highlight issues or risks that need
the Prime Minister stressing the importance KOGT is making significant investments in RigManager, a comprehensive software worked as an IT Manager for a large law addressing before the design is finalised.
of energy security and praising the UK oil the provision of high performance suite for drilling and rig management that firm in West Sussex before returning to The knowledge that there may be
and gas industry for its continued and information technology solutions for will be supported by a domain specific dynamic simulation this year as a Senior substantial paybacks, savings or
valued contribution to the economy. drilling performance and production management consulting service. KOGT will Process Engineer with KOGT. safety/operability improvements to the
optimisation. also develop its subsea technologies client as a result is definitely the icing on the
Combine this fiscal policy uncertainty with capability in the UK, offering engineering I was looking forward to semi-retirement cake.
increasingly technically challenging projects KOGT’s activity in the UK currently provides services and software products for flexible and spending more time sea-kayaking and
and the outlook could look a little gloomy. real time drilling management services, risers, umbilical and flowline management. walking the dog when the offer to re-join Worst bits:
However, despite the mixed political along with production simulation, Our goal is to meet the challenges faced by Kongsberg arose. Dynamic simulation is a In order for the model to be realistic, the
messages, the technical challenges and optimisation and reservoir visualisation UKCS operators with optimised oil and gas very addictive occupation and the draw to fidelity must be high and this requires the
associated commercial risks, there are very services. A cornerstone of this is the operations, through collaborative data work on exciting new projects was model to be populated with accurate and
positive signs of a recovery in the UKCS. provision of training on engineering management, simulation and analysis tools, irresistible, so the kayak is firmly back on consistent equipment data. In the early
Recent North Sea investment simulators and in virtual environments to and innovative consultancy services – all the weekend shelf. The dog still gets his stages of a project, particularly FEED, much
announcements by BP with extensions to allow less experienced operators the chance leading to more informed decision making walks, but has to get up earlier. of this data is not yet firm or available and
the Clair Ridge project and also Statoil to get to test scenarios and predict and improved operational and financial estimates have to be made in the
Name: Graham Rayner-West
reflect this growing confidence. The Statoil outcomes before going into a live situation. performance for our UK client base. Interesting projects: knowledge that they may have to be
Age: 57 I worked as a commissioning manager for re-visited several times in the future.
Job title: Senior Process Engineer an Ultra High Purity Oxygen/Nitrogen plant
News at Kongsberg Oil and Gas Technologies
Qualifications: B.Sc., AMIChemE
in Japan. It was great to work with a
Japanese team and witness the strong work
ethic, attention to detail and drive to
Advice to others:
You need a good eye for detail for model
building, and there is no faster way of
Sales Manager Appointed to Drive Forward Growth in European Markets What the job involves: deliver on time, cost and quality. It was becoming familiar with an entire process than
I am currently the technical lead on BP Clair quite a challenge to find my way back to to start it up single-handed sat at your desk!
gas industry and will be responsible for Norwegian energy market.
Ridge, a new production platform to the Osaka by train when surrounded by signs
driving forward sales of KOGT’s real time Mike Topp, Managing Director at KOGT
west of Shetland. My role involves only in Kanji script! Most engineers now leave university having
software solution, SiteCom® within says, “Major operators in the UK, Norway,
producing FEED studies evaluating design already been exposed to steady-state
European energy markets. the Middle East and more recently in
alternatives, and Engineering studies I was also lucky enough to work in Italy with simulators. Like all software, so many
Australia are already seeing the significant
supporting Hazop actions, evaluating a multi-national Exxon team drawn from people only use some of the features some
Prior to joining KOGT, Andy held account benefits that SiteCom® can deliver.
start-up procedures and shut-down the US, UK, Italy, Belgium, Norway and of the time, but if you take time to exploit
management and sales roles, within a
scenarios. The model we are working on Germany, interfacing with teams from AGIP the power features to leverage extra
number of different disciplines in the “SiteCom® integrates real-time data,
will be developed into an Operator Training and Foster Wheeler. It was a good benefits, you become expert and maybe
drilling sector, including wireline logging, historical data, reports and files from all
Simulator so that it becomes a lifetime asset opportunity to see different cultures of start carving out a career path in dynamic
directional surveying, drill bit technology, sources and allows personnel to access this
for the platform. nationalities and companies, and to learn simulation.
downhole rentals and explosives, both on information from any location, whether
and offshore. that is on the rig, a remote office or
Whilst working in the field, Andy was
another country. As a result, well-informed
decisions can be made faster, thus
News
involved in the launch of Sakhalin Energy enhancing safety, efficiency and KOGT spreads festive cheer the Elizabeth Montgomery Foundation and
and Exxon Mobil projects on Sakhalin Island profitability. Andy will be responsible for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.
in Russia and led several unique contracts in taking SiteCom® into the European The season of goodwill will soon be upon
Andy MacDonald
Sales Manager (UK and Europe for Intellifield remote parts of the globe. As Account markets, which we have identified as real us, and this year we have decided to help a The charities have joined forces for an
Drilling Software), Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies Manager with Gyrodata, Andy was growth areas for the business.” worthy cause by sending an electronic ambitious £3 million fund-raising campaign
responsible for projects throughout Europe, Christmas greeting and making a donation to bring a Maggie’s Centre to Aberdeen.
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KOGT) Africa and Caspian and set up operations in in lieu of the cards we would have sent by The centre, which will be located at the
has appointed Andy MacDonald to the post Azerbaijan. He is highly experienced in more traditional methods. city’s Foresterhill Hospital, will be used by
of Sales Manager for UK and Europe for managing the introduction and promotion families affected by cancer all over the
Intellifield Drilling Software. Andy brings of new products and brought Gyrodata’s We will be making a donation to Monty’s North-east of Scotland.
over 20 years experience within the oil and Gyro While Drilling (GWD) tool to the Maggie’s Appeal, which brings together
Innovations Winter 2011