EVENT PREVIEW SPE OFFSHORE EUROPE REINVENTING THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY
An exhibition featuring 1000+ suppliers, a four-day conference programme, a Decommissioning Zone, a Technology Zone, breakfast briefings and topical lunches, Department for International Trade country briefings, and the OTM Investment Workshop. Just some of the highlights of SPE Offshore Europe 2017
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his year’s SPE Offshore Europe 2017 is taking place at a time when
confidence levels are gradually climbing following the longest and most significant downturn the oil and gas industry has seen in decades. The event takes place at the AECC (Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre) in Aberdeen from 5th-8th September. Over four days, under the central theme
Embracing New Realities: Reinventing our Industry, 65 free-to-attend technical presentations and a programme of business breakfasts and topical lunches, will provide opportunities to debate, knowledge-share and take new courses of action to shape the future of the industry. The 2017 conference chair, Catherine
MacGregor, and her executive committee of 17 senior international industry figures, have put together a focused keynote programme that will tackle the issues the industry is facing as it adjusts to the realities of the ‘new normal’. Catherine MacGregor is also president of Schlumberger Reservoir Characterization Group. She said: “The industry’s technical and financial performance has been challenged for some time now. Learning the lessons from the most severe downturn for the past 30 years, there is
no doubt that the industry must reinvent itself. The traditional industry response to market downturns, which has included halting exploration investment, decreasing development activity, pressing for price reductions throughout the supply chain, and letting talented people go, is no longer viable.”
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME The opening plenary session promises a packed hall with a top-level line-up of oil major CEOs. BP group chief executive Bob Dudley, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden and Pedro Parente, CEO of Petrobras, will address the hundreds of visitors attending the opening plenary - with more senior figures to be announced in the coming months. Eleven panel sessions will cover the
gamut of topical issues that are relevant in the current climate: from people safety,
A diverse range of products and systems will be on display from 1000+ suppliers
big data, cyber and physical security, transformative technologies, sustainability and decommissioning to new business models for mature basins, making capital work, the talent pool, breakthroughs in supply chain effectiveness and learning from other industries. In addition 65 technical presentations
will address topics including: Improvements in Safety & Environment; Pipelines; Drilling and Well Automation.
OE & ME SPE Offshore Europe 2017 has the strong support of leading industry figure Sir Ian Wood who has kicked off a new campaign ahead of the event to encourage visitors, exhibitors and speakers to share their experiences of OE past and present. The OE & Me online hub invites people to share their stories of Offshore Europe. To contribute, visit the OE website:
www.offshore-europe.co.uk/oeme
Visitors will be treated to interactive displays throughout the four day event
GAS PROCESSING HEATER CONTROL OPTIMIZATION
Eurotherm by Schneider Electric offers a range of precision process control, tamper resistant data recording and advanced power control solutions to the oil and gas industry. Its engineering teams have experience in providing complete systems; designed, engineered and tested to stringent requirements. The solutions are supported by comprehensive service level agreements tailored to specific customer needs, to aid the smooth operation of equipment and processes. On stand number IC48 at Offshore Europe 2017, Eurotherm will be highlighting its power control solutions.
These include the flexible EPower controller; which offers energy efficiency features for electrical heater control in both offshore and onshore gas processing applications. Designed to contribute to operational protection, reliability improvements and system availability, these devices can reduce operational risks in both new and existing installations. Advanced features aid optimum power efficiency and a modular form means it can be adapted to changing requirements, with a single driver module controlling up to four independent power loops. Electric heating can lower costs, reduce installation footprint and enhance process efficiency. Eurotherm power control solutions are suitable for use in electric heater installations for fuel gas conditioning, amine acid gas removal reboilers, glycol dehydration reboilers, liquid-gas vaporization, seal gas heating and condensate stabilizers. Eurotherm
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www.eurotherm.co.uk
IN THE ZONE Another new event feature for 2017 is the Decommissioning Zone, which will include a themed exhibition hall and conference space. More than 20 decommissioning technology and service providers will be exhibiting and a conference programme is being organised by key industry associations. Independent North Sea operator Fairfield Energy, which is in the process of decommissioning the Greater Dunlin assets, will share details of progress. THE OGTC’s (Oil & Gas Technology Centre) Technology Space at this year’s show presents new innovative technologies to make the industry think differently. The Zone will also host a village of start-ups and SMEs.
EXHIBITION The exhibition floor is seeing a diverse range of new companies booking space for the first time as well as the return of the industry’s major players. For example, HIMA (stand No. 3B200),
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