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Contacts 02
London Section Sponsors 02
60 Seconds with a Young Professional 02
Offshore Europe 2013 03
Energy4me Teacher Workshop 03
Imperial College London Trinidad trip 04
SPE London 2013/14 Programme topics 04
SPE London Annual Conference report 06
YP Aberdeen DEVEX 2013 event 08
Continuing Education - Aberdeen 08
Forthcoming UK events 10
Consultants listing 10
Recruitment 10 & 11
Society of Petroleum EngineersAberdeen and London Sections
ISSUE CONTENTS:
Young Professionals from SPE Aberdeen joined forces with two
other oil and gas professional associations at this years DEVEX
conference and exhibition, delivering an insightful panel
discussion that encouraged instant audience interaction using
voting pad technology.
See page 8
Winner of the YP DEVEX Find the Oil competition Syed Ali, of
Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes receives his gift voucher prize
from event Committee Chair, Ross Taylor.
INTERACTIVE!
Real-life industry lessons in Trinidad and TobagoImperial
College London SPE Student Chapter field tripBy Hamza Shaikh,
Student Chapter President and Sean Peyton, Student Chapter
Treasurer
At the end of 2011, as Europe was still struggling through the
current economic crisis, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago was
removed from the list of Developing Countries by the OECD. We were
two of 40 SPE Student Chapter members from Imperial College London
who were fortunate enough to visit the Republic, in May, to
discover first-hand the magnitude of this development. Having just
completed the highly-intense MSc taught course and finished our
final exams (with only the thesis to follow), we arrived in the
beautiful city of Port of Spain. Next day, at the Petrotrin
Learning Centre, Deonarine Jaggernauth (Reservoir Engineering
Manager, Petrotrin), provided an overview of the companys complex
organisational past and the history of petroleum in Trinidad and
Tobago, which links back to the Pitch Lake discovery. This was
followed by a drive-through tour of the Point--Pierre Refinery and
a visit to the Pointe--Pierre Wild Fowl Trust - a non-government
organisation dedicated to environmental education and the
conservation of wetlands and waterfowl. We were fortunate to be
welcomed there by Khalid Hossanali (President, Petrotrin), who
described his journey from university to his current post. We then
had a fascinating guided tour of the grounds, which included a
number of nature-inspired life lessons.
Continued on page 4
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Where were you educated? Your qualifications?
I have a BSc (Hons) in Physics from Heriot-Watt and am currently
studying for an MSc in Petroleum Engineering by distance learning,
from Heriot-Watt.
Why did you join the industry?
The oil and gas industry is one of a few industries strong
enough to support young professionals in the UK. It has a wide
range of opportunities and challenges that need to be faced, as we
move into the next stage of oil and gas production.
What do you like most about your job and what would you
change?
I really enjoy working with so many different people. In my
current role I work with people from subsurface, drilling and
completions, to name a few. I would really like some of the
companys new projects to come online so that the team can start
working on them.
What has been the best moment of your career so far?
Being the Chairman for the DEVEX YP committee this year was
really interesting. I had the chance to meet a wide range of people
and to make new friends from different disciplines in the
industry.
What kind of future do you think the industry faces?
From what we learned at the DEVEX YP event I am sure the oil and
gas industry in the UK has a long and vibrant future, even when the
North Sea stops producing (but that is a long way off, I hope).
How do you like to spend your leisure time?
With studying the MSc by distance learning, I dont have a lot of
free time on my hands, but I always make time for the odd G&T
or two
What makes you angry?
Ironing, as Im useless at it.
What makes you happy?
When you work as a team to solve a problem.
Who inspires you? Why?
Im inspired by the department I work in. It has a vast wealth of
knowledge and everyone is willing to take time to help you through
any problems you are having. I hope in the future I will be able to
help people the way I have been helped.
What value does the SPE offer you and how/why do you
contribute?
When I first moved to Aberdeen I didnt know anybody and I joined
SPE to make friends and learn more about the industry. As DEVEX YP
Chairman for 2013 I was involved in organising an event to discuss
the future of energy in and around Aberdeen.
What is your dream job?
Right now, I am really happy with my current role. In 10 years
time I would like to manage a team in the Petroleum Engineering
department. In 20 years time I would like to be sitting on the
Board of Directors of an oil company.
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SPE Offshore Europe 2013: The next 50 years
Our UK oil and gas industry represents a continuing success
story, both in terms of future production and a strong supply
chain. And although the future of the North Sea seems assured,
there are plenty of challenges ahead.Yet challenges drive
innovation, and the industry has a deserved international
reputation for excellence in engineering, manufacturing and
technology, allowing it to operate successfully in the mature basin
of the UKCS and to export its expertise. The next 50 years is
therefore an appropriate theme for the forthcoming SPE Offshore
Europe biennial conference and exhibition, to be held at the
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, 3-6 September 2013.
More than 31,000 visitors are expected to participate in the
worlds largest Upstream oil and gas exhibition and conference
outside North America, which also celebrates its 40th anniversary
this year. Senior representatives from the global industry, UK and
international governments and academia will come together to lead
the sessions during the four-day event, which is free to attend for
all registrants.
During the four days of the conference there will be a series of
panel sessions, peer-reviewed technical sessions, topical lunches
and breakfast briefings. Topics cover all areas of interest to
anyone directly involved in the oil and gas industry or, indeed,
anyone interested in the future outlook for this business.
The sold-out exhibition halls will showcase the technologies,
services and expertise of the global industry, covering the
complete supply chain of companies, including operators, drilling
contractors and oilfield service companies. More than 1500
organisations are expected this year in the largest exhibition of
the shows history. Reflective of the global nature of the industry
as a whole, there will be a large international exhibitor presence
at the event, with participating companies from more than 40
countries.
www.offshore-europe.co.uk
Aberdeen YPs to launch Europes first Petro-League SPE Offshore
Europe 2013 will be the launchpad for an exciting new oil and gas
competition, organised by SPE Aberdeens Young Professionals.The SPE
YP Europe Petro-League Competition - the first event of its kind in
the region - will bring together students of oil and gas-related
courses (particularly the sciences) from across Europe to compete
in a fast-paced industry knowledge challenge. The game will
encourage students to stretch themselves beyond their core areas of
study and become familiar with every aspect of the oil and gas
industry.
Look out for further information at www.spe-uk.org and on the
SPE Aberdeen YP Facebook page, or contact:
[email protected]
Energy4me Teacher Workshop at EAGEStaff from SPE Houston hosted
a teacher workshop on 13 June, at the EAGE Conference and
Exhibition in London. Local teachers were invited to attend the
free workshop, aimed at promoting the global SPE Energy4me
programme in the UK.The morning started with presentations from
Susan Henderson (GDF Suez), and YP Chair Nick Curum (BG Group), who
described the role of a geologist and an engineer in the oil and
gas industry, and explained how they became interested in science
at school.
Volunteers from SPE YP London then took the teachers on a tour
of the EAGE conference, introducing them to some of the exhibitors,
as well as explaining elements of the oil and gas industry. The aim
was to inform teachers about the energy industry, so that they
could encourage their students to take up a STEM (science,
technology, engineering, maths) related subject at school.
After lunch, the teachers and volunteers were taken through some
of the resources available on the energy4me.org website. The
classroom-based exercises are designed to teach young students more
about the oil and gas industry.
Nancy Asare, from La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls School, said:
It was very eye-opening and I gained a lot more knowledge about the
energy industry and the activities. I was inspired and I now feel
confident about talking to students about the oil and gas
industry.
Susan Henderson added: I really enjoyed interacting with the
teachers. The industry needs to do more to promote the technology
we use in the classroom, to show students how advanced the industry
is. I thought the classroom experiments were a great way to convey
to a younger audience some of the complex subjects we
encounter.
SPE London hopes to establish this unique initiative as a
permanent fixture in its UK educational programme.
Pictures and words: Nick Curum
John Donachie honoured for remarkable initiative and service to
SPE
Long-standing SPE Aberdeen Board member and former SPE North Sea
Regional Director, John Donachie, has been honoured with a 2013 SPE
Regional Service Award for the North Sea Region.
The award recognises members who have shown remarkable
initiative and service in developing a Section, or promoting SPE
programmes and activities at section or regional level.
John, a Mechanical Engineering graduate of the University of
Aberdeen, is Corporate Development Manager for Omega Completion
Technology. He was previously Vice President with Simmons &
Company International from 2006 through mid-2012, where he focused
on mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector. From 2007-2010,
he served with the SPE International Board of Directors as North
Sea Regional Director. More awards news - page 7
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Real-life industry lessons in Trinidad and TobagoContinued from
front page
Next morning, following a safety briefing, we visited two
offshore production platforms at the Trinmar base. This was a great
experience, as we could see live production of hydrocarbons and
witness the separation processing facilities at first hand -
something we had been studying only a few short days before! One of
the key learnings from this experience was the importance of safety
in the oil industry, which is maintained not only in the field but
in the office as well. Back on dry land, we visited the University
of Trinidad and Tobago campus, in San Fernando, where we met with
the University SPE representatives. The evening allowed all of us
from Imperial College to meet our future industry colleagues from
Trinidad in an informal setting, and to learn of UTTs
Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering programmes and the current SPE
activities in Trinidad.Our next stop was the Petrotrin Beach Camp,
where we were treated to a drive-by tour of some Petrotrin onshore
facilities - including steam flooding and water injection. That was
our third and last day with Petrotrin, who really were fantastic
and generous hosts throughout.Then it was on to visit our next
host, Schlumberger, where Regional General Manager Marr Bryan gave
us an overview of the company, which was followed by
presentations
on some of the service lines, including Drilling and
Measurements, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Data and
Consulting Services, WesternGeco and Wire Line. During our tour of
the base we learned about the equipment run downhole, thousands of
feet subsurface, and seeing it up close excellently complemented
our classroom theory. Next stop: Pitch Lake, the worlds largest
natural bitumen/asphalt seep deposit, located in southwest
Trinidad, in the village of La Brea. It consists of black and
viscous liquid asphalt with a semisolid surface, which we could
walk on - but we learned from our guide that its possible to slowly
sink if you stand on the surface too long!
Our final day in Trinidad was spent with Tucker Energy Services.
Half of us went to the Wireline facility, in Otaheite, and the
other half to the
Cementing facility, in Chaguaramas. This was a real-life
experience with no veneer, which included a tour of the cementing
laboratory, the chance to climb inside a cased-hole wireline truck
and to handle the equipment used during the perforation
process.Having thoroughly enjoyed our week in (highly-industrial)
Trinidad, we then hopped on the ferry and sailed to beautiful
Tobago. Here we spent a couple of days relaxing, exploring the
picturesque island and meeting some lovely local people. Some of us
went scuba diving and snorkelling, enjoyed water sports, deep-sea
fishing and kayaking, and even jumped (safely) from a waterfall!The
trip was an overwhelming success and on behalf of the entire SPE
Imperial College student body we can say that the visit really did
succeed in strengthening our classroom knowledge through first-hand
experience of how the petroleum industry works.We are most grateful
both to our hosts - Petrotrin, Schlumberger, Tucker Energy Services
and the University of Trinidad and Tobago - and to our sponsors,
Royal Dutch Shell, Hess Corporation, BP, Total S.A., OPC, Challenge
Energy, iPoint LLC and SPE London, for their generosity in making
the trip so successful.Special thanks also to Meredith Chu Cheong
for accommodating us in the splendid hotel, and to our coach
drivers, Bas and Frankie, who were full of joy and made our
journeys entertaining!
Colin Wall Prize WinnersWinners of this years Imperial College
Colin Wall Prize received the traditional bag of 300 in pound coins
at the final SPE London evening meeting of the session. Pictured
(l-r) are: Sifei Zou, Bob Mattsson, Sean Peyton and Ben Hanson.
Each year, the top two project teams from Imperial College MSc
Petroleum Engineering are selected by the Department to present to
the SPE London Chapter. The Prize is awarded to the team voted by
the audience to have created the best overall field development
plan for Wytch Farm, Dorset, based on original exploration and
appraisal data from the 1970s-80s, but applying modern petroleum
technology.
Team member Sean Peyton says: We attribute our success to close
team collaboration, our willingness to embrace uncertainty,
valuable advice from our classmates and professors, and lots of
hard work. We are grateful to have won and excited to apply what we
have learned within the industry in the years to come!
The competition, now in its 14th year, honours the late Imperial
College Professor Colin Wall.
SPE Londons Programme Committee recently asked members to
indicate their preferred topics for the Sections 2013-14 evening
technical meetings series. Here are the top 20 topics selected:
1. UK Shale Gas - Bowland shale case study; industry
perspective; government announcements
2. From models to reality: What is the ability of the industry
to forecast volumes and production?
3. Deepwater field development
4. Latest advances in drilling technology, well and completion
design, and production management
5. The Competent Persons Report art or
farce/what/why/how/when/who writes it? Who reads it?
6. EOR processes in North Sea - tied in with DECCs recent UKCS
screening exercise
7. East Africa gas discoveries and their development
8. Unconventional reservoirs
9. Future HPHT developments in the UK North Sea - main technical
and commercial challenges
10. EOR challenges in North Sea
11. Reservoir description and dynamics
12. Reserves estimation
13. PILOT workshops on CO2 -EOR, Lo-Sal and chemical
flooding
14. Presentation on a major international development
15. Big data - managing ever-increasing amounts of data, from 3D
seismic to production data
16. Reservoir management for gas condensate
17. Chemical EOR
18. Clair field development
19. UK energy forthcoming crisis
20. Managing well performance in mature assets: symptoms and
remedies
The final programme will be announced in September. Meantime,
the Programme Committee would welcome potential speakers or
suggestions for speakers on any of the above topics. Please
contact: [email protected] or tel: 07960 793308
or 02392 460136
Testing the asphalt at Pitch Lake
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At the forefront of petroleum geoscience
www.geolsoc.org.uk/petroleum
Convenors:
Andy Sims Merlin Energy Resources Ltd
Matt Brettle Premier Oil plc
Gwilym Lynn Shell U.K. Limited
John Brint Shell Global Solutions International
Capturing uncertainty in geomodels: Best practices and
pitfalls11-12 December, 2013Elphinstone Hall, University of
Aberdeen
Call for Abstracts 16 September 2013Corporate Supporter:
Over recent years, the static description of hydrocarbon fields
has increasingly been undertaken via construction of 3D cellular
geomodels. The model builders toolkit is now extensive,
incorporating sophisticated structural framework building
capabilities, numerous gridding technologies and an ever-expanding,
complex geostatistical data modelling resource. However, as we
develop hydrocarbon fields and not the geomodels that are built to
describe them, we must ask whether the modelling paradigm is robust
and whether the models illuminate or hide uncertainty.
This two-day conference will explore how geomodelling tools
should be used to best effect, and when such tools mislead or do
not add value. The focus will be on methods and workflows for
capturing uncertainty throughout the geomodelling process, and on
how to carry this uncertainty into the dynamic modelling realm.
Keynote presentations and discussion sessions are planned. We
invite contributions covering all aspects of uncertainty management
in geomodelling, from the philosophical why to the detailed how.
Examples of best practice and, particularly, on how to avoid
pitfalls are particularly welcome.
Call for Papers:Please email paper and poster contributions to
[email protected] and [email protected] by 16
September 2013
For further information please visit
www.geolsoc.org.uk/geomodelling13 or contact: Steve Whalley, The
Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG.
T:020 7434 9944 F:020 7494 0579
Future Petroleum Science & Technology Drivers100 Years and
Beyond:
C E L E B R A T I N G 1 0 0 Y E A R S O F O I L T E C H N O L O
G Y A T I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E
Date: 23-24 September 2013
Venue: Imperial College London
This 2-day meeting will celebrate 100 years of petroleum-related
scienceand engineering education at Imperial College. With a list
of distinguishedspeakers, we aim to mark this landmark achievement
by looking forwardto the next 100 years, with emphasis on
discussing key future drivers andrelated energy supply issues. The
meeting will be wide-ranging, withpresentations covering global
energy trends, future geoscience andengineering technologies,
unconventional hydrocarbon resources, carbonsequestration and
climate change.
We have an outstanding group of confirmed speakers, including:
Lord Oxburgh of Liverpool Lord Browne of Madingley Professor Scott
Tinker (Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas) Dr Bruce
Levell (VP Emerging Technologies, Shell) Malcolm Brown (Senior VP
Exploration, BG Group) Dr Bryan Lovell OBE (past President,
Geological Society) Professor Joe Cartwright (University of Oxford)
Emeritus Professor John Woods (Imperial College & the 2007
Joint
Nobel Peace Prize Winner) Dr Mike Daly (VP Exploration, BP)
The meeting is jointly convened by Imperial College London and
by TheGeological Society of London, supported by the American
Association ofPetroleum Geologists, The Society of Petroleum
Engineers and by hePetroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
and the EuropeanAssociation of Geoscientists and Engineers.
I N A S S O C I A T I O N W I T H
Further information and registration details:Further information
and registration details can be found at:
www.geolsoc.org.uk/oilcentenary13or contact Steve Whalley at the
Geological Society, using thefollowing email address:
[email protected]
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As with the inaugural conference last year, more than 200
delegates from across the UK, Europe and beyond, assembled for two
days of discussion and networking at the Institution of Engineering
and Technology (IET London), on the banks of the Thames at Savoy
Place. The venues history made it a fitting setting for SPE London
and put the illustrious line-up, assembled by SPE Chair Dr Renu
Gupta, among celebrated company, with recent speakers at the venue
including Bill Gates and Will.i.am, not to mention the Qatari
Olympic team using it as their base last summer. The one brief
pause in the impeccable two days hospitality from IET London was,
for the second year running, a rogue fire alarm - but this was
taken in good humour by the delegates, with one quipping that it
must have been the heat generated by all the ideas discussed in the
sessions taking place at the time!
Managing Oil and Gas Portfolios in Uncertain Markets began with
an opening address from Renu, who explained that the event would
explore not only uncertainties in capital markets, but also other
risks, including commercial, legal, political, fiscal and
subsurface ones.
The first session focused on UK and global portfolio management,
with Cairn Energys Mike Watts, Afrens Simon Hawkins and Gareth
Burns of Statoil providing case studies from their companies.
Portfolio management is not a spreadsheet exercise with one right
answer, but a continuous, iterative process, said Gareth,
confirming Statoils commitment to exploration as a key driver of
market growth.
Having addressed everywhere from Greenland to Senegal in the
opening session, the focus then turned to the UK. Simon Toole, Head
of Exploration, Licensing and Development at the Department of
Energy & Climate Change (DECC), outlined the Governments
approach to incentivising marginal projects, citing the immediate
impact of the Brown Field Allowance (BFA) on over a dozen projects
since its launch last September. He added that DECC can now step in
without being asked, on issues such as infrastructure access, as
well as terms and conditions.
Mark Tandy of TAQA followed with a look at opportunities and
challenges in the UK. He said there was a real role for the
Government to play and admitted that sometimes all sides need their
heads banging together.
The 2013 Lloyds oil and gas survey was expanded on by Associate
Director Christopher Coombs, with over three-quarters of UK
executives planning for growth this year and next, 86% of which is
expected to be organic and just 14% through mergers and
acquisitions. This is forecast to create more than 5,000 jobs,
primarily in the oil fields service sector, and ensures that the
industry remains an attractive priority to support in the coming
years.
After a well-received lunch with fantastic views of the Thames
and cityscape, the afternoon saw delegates take their pick from
presentations on Africa in the Lecture Theatre and a more
interactive session upstairs in the Council Chamber, examining the
challenges involved in delivering high-pressure, high-temperature
(HPHT) wells, with input from Baker Hughes, Total E&P UK and
Maersk Oil North Sea.
In the Lecture Theatre, opportunities in Nigeria, Mozambique and
Kenya, among others, were discussed, as speakers from Ernst &
Young, Memery Crystal, Inergia Petroleum and Seplat looked at East
and West Africa.
Stephanie Prior, of Ophir Energy, talked about the Mtwara Port
project in Tanzania, where they have gone from building a port and
creating infrastructure to the potential to transform the countrys
economy, in just three years.
Boston Consulting Groups Eric Oudenot described Angola as an
exciting place to be for operators and investors alike, given its
status as one of the worlds fastest-growing economies over the last
decade and a government with considerable oil and gas experience.
This offsets challenges such as increasing difficulties in finding
and retaining talent in the face of competition from other sectors
including banking and telecommunications.
A particularly impressive set of speakers got day two off to a
strong start, looking at gas and global portfolios. Shells Neil
Gilmour said gas was poised as never before to play a pivotal role
in energy, as the only resource that could meet the three key
objectives of rising energy demand, supply pressure and climate
change. Didier Holleaux, CEO of GDF Suez E&P, detailed the
challenges facing the industry: If we are serious about climate
change, our industry should be targeting coal as the enemy, he told
delegates. The decorrelation between oil and gas prices that now
exists in Europe as it long has in North America was also raised as
a challenge, as was the uncertainty of both demand and prices.
BG Group, represented by Saad Rahim, forecast annual growth in
demand of 2.6% between now and 2025, with GDF Suez slightly more
cautious at 1.6%pa up to 2035. China, India and the Middle East
were seen leading the increase in demand, with Europe stable in the
wake of the financial crisis and the US shale gas boom.
The second session addressed growth strategies, with speakers
from Evercore Partners, AMEC and KPMG. Evercores Martin Copeland
said that, as with the oil and gas industry, mergers and
acquisitions were cyclical. Rob Leonard, of Amec, said there was
huge growth potential
Managing oil and gas portfolios in uncertain marketsA review of
SPE Londons 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition By Tom Ryan
Unique in bringing together the international upstream oil and
gas industry, the financial sector and key policy-makers near the
heart of global finance, SPE Londons annual conference and
exhibition returned for its second year on 22-23 May.
Pictures by Glyn Genin Photography
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and suggested several key themes to keep in mind going forward,
including the growth of national oil companies (NOCs) and the role
M&A can play in enhancing the proposition. KPMGs Marc van
Grondelle said oil and gas was leading the way when it came to
joint ventures and alliances, part of a global growth trend that
has seen more than 5,000 JVs launched in the last five years alone.
Joint ventures now directly account for over a third of global
corporate revenues, compared to just 2% in 1980. And looking ahead,
Marc said that by 2018, many international oil companies will
conduct up to 80% of their business in joint ventures, mainly
non-operated, representing a more than doubling of the current
levels.
Opening the post-lunch session in the Lecture Theatre, Giant
Capitals Thomas Wagenhofer said that capital raising was currently
more difficult than at any time in the past 15 years. Max Bascombe
of Sanlam Securities went further, saying that while on the face of
it the market for financing oil and gas projects should be rather
buoyant, this level of difficulty hadnt been experienced since the
1980s.
First Energy Capital MD Majid Shafiq compared the different
approaches in Toronto and London since 2008, with the former more
focused on domestic investment while London was internationally
focused, with more equity going into Africa and emerging markets.
Sarah Wharry, of RFC Ambrian, looked at the key drivers for the oil
and gas equity market performance, including prices, geopolitical
factors and technological changes.
In the Council Chamber, an interactive session looked at the
challenges involved in estimating reserves and resources, with
Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA) and San Leon.
Over in the Lecture Theatre, Bruno Gama of Palantir and Xiaojing
Weng of OTM Consulting discussed portfolio optimisation in the
final session.
Finally, next years SPE London Section Chair, Arnaud Mille, of
Centrica, addressed the audience, bringing the successful two-day
event - which had also included exhibitions from OPC and Expro
Group - to a close.
The conference was followed by a much-anticipated, sellout gala
dinner at the iconic Claridges Hotel, whose highlights included a
welcoming address by Renu Gupta, an entertaining after-dinner
speech by respected BBC presenter Jeremy Vine, and the announcement
by Renu of some very special SPE Awards. Rajkamal Srivastava,
Internet Chair, and Dr David Eccles, YP London Committee webmaster
received Section Awards for their joint efforts in creating the new
SPE London website. Stuart Girling, longstanding Board member and
SPE London Past Chair (2012-13), was honoured with an SPE Regional
Service Award for his outstanding contribution to the Section, and
Nick Curum, YP Committee Chair, received an SPE Regional
Outstanding Young Member Award.
LONDON
A lot of excellent feedback from attendees and sponsors
justifies the voluntary efforts put in by the conference programme
committee and other organising committee members in designing,
organising and delivering this unique event. Having led the
programme committee and the overall conference, I feel a great
sense of relief and satisfaction that we delivered an extraordinary
programme to our members and to the wider oil and gas community of
the London area and beyond. Renu Gupta, Oil & Gas Advisor,
Gupta Energy, SPE London Chair 2012-13, SPE Conference Chair
2013
This conference was very fitting to London as a financial hub.
The financial talks in the session immediately after lunch, on
raising capital under constraint market conditions, were so
interesting that I didnt snooze. Duncan Godsmark, General Manager
North African Shale Gas Operations, Anadarko
The insightful presentations on the various regions demonstrate
the large scale infrastructure challenges for the
upstream/midstream industry in the decades to come. I would be
pleased to continue to further discuss the integrated oil & gas
business models, consolidation trends and the development of market
opportunities within an ever-changing regulatory environment, in
the near future. FG Yeterian, Commercial Project Finance Manager,
Philax Resources (EMEA) Ltd
Sadly, I could only make the first day of the conferenceFor me,
the stand-out session was Simon Tooles; this was a good opportunity
to hear views on policy. Peter Nicol, Consultant, Locin Energy
What a great event and thank you for the opportunity to attend.
The talks were very informative and the whole event proved to be an
ideal platform for meeting others in the industry. Kim Emerson,
Client Liaison, EZDataRoom
BBC presenter Jeremy Vine entertains guests at the gala
dinner
Renu Gupta, with David Eccles and Rajkamal Srivastav Stuart
Girling Nick Curum
Pictures by Glyn Genin Photography
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Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
ABERDEEN
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: abstracts of up to 200 words plus the
speakers biography should be submitted online at
www.rodgerandco.com
Exhibition stands book yours now! Contact
[email protected]
SPE Summit Series Seminar: New frontiers in flow monitoring and
control in wells22 October 2013, The Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen
There is international interest in this new one-day Summit Series
seminar, which will include presentations and time for open forum
discussion on topics such as advances in sensing, distributed
sensing and multiphase flow metering, virtual metering and advances
in flow control.
6th SPE SMN Sand Management Forum 26-27 March 2014 A committee
of SPE and Sand Management Network members is planning this joint
biennial event, chaired by Robbie Allam, BP, and co-chaired by
Colin Jones, Chevron.If you would like to submit an abstract for
presentation or register your interest in exhibiting, please
contact: [email protected]
EuALF 2014 11-12 June 2014The biennial SPE Aberdeen European
Artificial Lift Forum has evolved in line with the increasingly
important role artificial lift is playing in the mature North Sea.
If youd like to be involved on the steering committee, please
contact: [email protected]
Drilling rig automation and new builds and upgrades Spring
2014This new Continuing Education seminar will encompass reducing
cost exposure, drilling automation and new builds and upgrades, and
will be led by Steve Sawaryn, BP, and Graeme Rae, Chevron. To find
out more or become involved, contact:
[email protected]
Your future is in energyBy Hannah Collins
DEVEX the annual two-day conference and exhibition (15-16 May,
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre) explored the future of
energy in and around the oil and gas capital of Europe.
Committee and panel members
Back row (l-r): Andrew Donaldson, Ken Innes, Brian Nixon, John
Harris and Gordon McIntosh. Front row (l-r): Patricia Fleitas, Ross
Taylor and Niamh Monaghan
Committee members missing from the picture are Denis Pinto and
Niamh Collins.
To complement the event, a lunchtime workshop - Is your future
in energy? - was held on the second day, organised by a committee
of YPs representing SPE, PESGB, AFES and the Energy Institute Young
Professionals Network (EIYPN). The committee was chaired by Ross
Taylor from SPE YP Aberdeen.
The workshop featured an interactive panel discussion with four
professional industry experts: Ken Innes, Production Academy
Manager, Shell and Andrew Donaldson, Renewables Director, Petrofac,
who represented the oil and gas and renewable energy industry,
respectively; Brian Nixon, Chief Executive of Decom North Sea, and
Gordon McIntosh, Director of Enterprise, Planning and
Infrastructure at Aberdeen City Council.
John Harris, President of Gaffney, Cline & Associates, who
moderated the discussion, began by posing four questions to an
audience of around 45 people from various ages, backgrounds and
industries. Each audience member was required to vote using a key
pad.
Surprisingly, the results showed that 54% of the audience
believed that Aberdeen would no longer be the oil and gas capital
of Europe in 10 years time! This sparked an interesting debate
within the expert panel, with Ken Innes providing a great insight
into why young people need more encouragement to join the industry
at an earlier age.
The discussion moved to the issue of renewable energy.
Remarkably, it emerged that the majority of daily electricity in
Aberdeen was produced from renewable sources. Brian Nixon rounded
off the discussion by asking the audience if they would consider
setting up their own company in the future and identified some
areas of interest that any entrepreneur should think about.
In closing the debate, he repeated a key question to the
audience, and this time results showed a major U-turn, with 65% now
believing that Aberdeen would still be the oil and gas capital of
Europe in 2023. The panel had described a number of future
opportunities open to young professionals and had shown that there
is still a future for the energy industries in Aberdeen.
During the two-day main conference, the YPs also organised a
stand in the conference hall to provide information about the range
of YP events available at each society. This encouraged many new
members to sign up.
Is your future in energy? was both very informative and
enjoyable. A great, broad-based panel allowed for and drove
interesting discussions. Industry leaders offered a high level of
insight into the future of the energy industry both nationally and
internationally. John Sayer, Sales Manager,
Earthworks-Reservoir
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At the forefront of petroleum geoscience
www.geolsoc.org.uk/petroleum
Convenors:
Helen Smyth CASP
Mike Bowman University of Manchester
Tim Good ExxonMobil
Simon Passey CASP
Philip HirstBP
Colm JordanBGS
Reducing Subsurface Uncertainty & Risk Through
Field-Based Studies The Value of Outcrops and Analogues in
Hydrocarbon
Exploration, Development and Production Implications for Global
Exploration and Production
4-8 March 2014 (Field Trip 7-8 March)The Geological Society,
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
This meeting will provide a timely revisit and reappraisal of
the value and impact of outcrop based fieldwork in hydrocarbon
exploration, appraisal, development and production. In recent years
we have seen a refreshed focus on frontier exploration, in
increasingly difficult settings, and the challenges of new
developments such as deepwater clastics and carbonates. This has
led to the resurgence in the appreciation, use and need for outcrop
based studies as analogues and benchmarks for the subsurface. This
applies both to the overburden and the reservoirs. Digital
technologies such as remote sensing and digital data capture have
revolutionised field-studies, however traditional methods (e.g.
mapping, logging and sampling) remain at the very core of any field
study.
This meeting offers an exciting opportunity for key researchers
and users of these datasets to come together, learn from recent
advances and look forward to future directions and needs. A key
objective is to engage industry groups and academia in a dialogue
and knowledge sharing that reflects the current status and future
potential of this important area.
Themes: Exploration: Reconnaissance-scale fieldwork Structural
Analogues regional to reservoir scale Applications to Reservoir and
Field Appraisal,
Development and Production: Outcrop-scale fieldwork o Clastics o
Carbonates Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources Health, Safety
& the Environment and field studies Looking to the future
There will also be an optional field trip to BGS Core Store and
relevant N England and Pennine outcrops taking place on the 7-8
March. Further details will be made available during registration
for the conference.
For more information or to submit an abstract please contact :
Steve Whalley, The Geological Society, Burlington House,
Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG. T:020 7434 9944 F:020 7494 0579
Call for Abstracts Deadline 30 September 2013Corporate
Supporter:
At the forefront of petroleum geoscience
www.geolsoc.org.uk/petroleum
Convenors:
Conrad Childs University College Dublin
Caroline Gill Shell
Bob Holdsworth Durham University
Chris Jackson Imperial College London
Tom Manzocchi University College Dublin
John Walsh University College Dublin
Graham Yielding Badley Geoscience
Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults 23 -25 June 2014The
Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
Corporate Supporter:
The past few decades have seen major advances in our
understanding of many aspects of the kinematics of normal fault
systems. The analysis of high quality 3D seismic datasets of
faulted volumes and detailed outcrop studies, combined with
complementary geomechanical modelling, have provided much improved
constraints on both the nature and growth of faults and associated
fault zones. Recent research progress has benefited from the
importance of faulting in a variety of application areas, such as
the groundwater, minerals and petroleum industries. In a conference
convened on the 25th anniversary of the Geological Societys 1989
Geometry of Normal Faults conference, it is intended that the full
range of technical issues associated with the growth of normal
faults, together with their practical applications, will be
covered. The conference is in memory of Juan Watterson, one of the
pre-eminent scientists in the field of 3-D fault analysis and
modelling.
Contributions are invited on all aspects of normal faults
including: 3D geometry and kinematics of normal faults Internal
structure and growth of fault zones Deformation within the volume
surrounding normal faults Fault growth on earthquake through to
geological time scales Links between the ductile and brittle
expression of faults Stress- and strain-based methods for analyzing
normal fault systems Numerical modelling of the geometry and growth
of normal fault systems Practical application of fault analysis
techniques
Confirmed Invited Speakers:Joe Cartwright - University of
OxfordDavid Ferrill - Southwest Research Institute, TexasHaakon
Fossen - University of BergenJames Jackson - University of
Cambridge
A fieldtrip to the Bristol Channel will follow the meeting
(26th-27th June).
Abstract submission and registration will open in late summer
2013.For further information please contact: Steve Whalley The
Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG.
T: 020 7432 0980 or email: [email protected]
Andy Nicol - GNS Science, WellingtonDavid Sanderson - University
of SouthamptonJanos Urai - RWTH Aachen UniversityScott Wilkins -
Anadarko
Conference Sponsors:
In conjunction with:
Summit Series
SPE Aberdeen Summit Series SeminarInwell flow surveillance and
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Platinum sponsor
22nd October 2013The Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Mohamed N. Noui-Mehidi, EXPEC Advanced
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The programme includes insightful contributions from industry
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innovative technologies from independent companies in the UK and
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