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International Conferences
SPE Offshore Europe 2011 Conference
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - Friday, September 9, 2011
Next month’s SPE Offshore Europe exhibition and conference
will be the largest in the event’s history, with its 1,500 exhibiting companies
also reflecting its global reach. The event will be held in Aberdeen, United
Kingdom on 6-8 September, 2011.
There will also be 28 group pavilions. In addition to the trade group pavilions
representing companies in England and Scotland, there will be pavilions from
leading oil and gas nations around the world, including the United States,
China, Nigeria, Norway, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy,
Austria, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Germany, France and Flanders/Belgium. All
of these have exhibited at previous shows.
Reflecting the global interest in SPE Offshore Europe and its continually
expanding international reputation, this year will see new pavilions from
Brazil, the Northern Territories of Australia, Finland, Greenland and Malaysia.
Also exhibiting for the first time will be the Ministry of Natural Resources
& the Environment of the Russian Federation.
The largest single pavilion will be the Energy Industries Council (EIC), which
is a leading trade association for UK companies supplying goods and services to
the energy industries worldwide. Deep Water Zone to display frontier projects,
A brand new feature being launched at this year’s event is the Deep Water Zone,
an entire hall dedicated to the industry’s deepwater advances and expertise. It
will feature a technical presentation area, with content programmed by leading
organisations in the field including the Brasilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels
Institute (IBP), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the Society for
Underwater Technology (SUT) and the European Association of Geoscientists &
Engineers (EAGE).
The SUT will present a session focusing on ‘Underwater Challenges’ on Day 1,
while Day 2 will see a session organised by Petrobras called ‘Technical
Challenges & Solutions for Pre-Salt Fields in Santos Basin, Ultra-Deepwater
Brazil’ and another dedicated to deepwater exploration, organised by the EAGE. On
Day 3, meanwhile, there will be a ‘Dragon’s Den’ event organised by the SPE. The
Presentation Area is being sponsored by Wood Group Kenny.
A special display area, meanwhile, will showcase some of the most advanced
subsea, seabed and floating production hardware and expertise being utilised. This
will include a display by Total detailing its Laggan-Tormore project west of
Shetland, being developed by the operator and key contractors such as FMC and
Subsea 7. There will also be a display by Petrobras highlighting its massive
Pre-Salt developments underway offshore Brazil.
Another pavilion will be dedicated to unmanned remote and autonomous vehicle
technologies and expertise being used within deepwater E&P remote
operations, with models and interactive displays of ROVs, AUVs and FPSOs.
Exhibition Director Elaine Hulse said: “We are delighted the exhibition is sold
out and that it is larger than before. We’ve had significant global interest
and participation, in terms of operating companies, government ministries and
others, all keen to come to Aberdeen and participate in what we believe will
once again be a very successful show for all involved.
“It is very encouraging to have so many major international operators at
Offshore Europe, and to have companies such as Petrobras and Total participate
so fully in new features like our Deep Water Zone, while also having growing
interest in the harsh environment Arctic arena represented by the Greenland
pavilion, for example. To further have a new pavilion from Malaysia, a country
in the midst of a region with the fastest-growing energy demand in the world,
shows the diversity and global reach that is now part and parcel of Offshore
Europe as it continues to evolve. It is also worth noting that we have 275
companies exhibiting at Offshore Europe for the very first time.”
The agenda-setting conference programme will feature a series of plenary and
panel sessions, topical lunches and business breakfasts, under the overall
theme of ‘Securing Safe, Smart, Sustainable, Supply’.
The opening plenary session entitled ‘Managing Complexity’
will be led by the Chairman of this year’s event, Samir Brikho, who is also
Chief Executive Officer of AMEC plc. Panellists joining him include Matthias
Bichsel, Projects and Technology Director at Shell; Charles Hendry, UK Minister
of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Michele della Vigna,
Managing Director, Global Investment Research, Energy at Goldman Sachs; and
Chris Finlayson, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe &
Central Asia Region, of BG Group.
SPE Offshore Europe is held every two years, and organised by The Offshore
Europe Partnership – a joint venture between Reed Exhibitions Ltd. and the
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Visit www.offshore-europe.co.uk for further information and to Register Online