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"Technology's Role in Transforming Costs and Increasing
Efficiency Now"
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Deadline for submissions: 8th January 2016
Please note: The submission of a proposal does not constitute automatic acceptance of a speaking
slot.
We are seeking abstracts that match the description and bullet points outlined for the four
parallel sessions, as follows:
Technologies for Well Plugging and Abandonment
The current forecast decommissioning spends for the North Sea is in the order of £50bn over the
next 35 years. The cost of plugging and abandoning the 5,500 wells in the North Sea comprises c
40% of this cost. The large scale well P&A programmes so far undertaken have illustrated
significant technical challenges and a large number of surprises. Well P&A is an area where
technology development could have a dramatic impact on the size of the North Sea's
decommissioning bill - Areas of interest for the conference include the latest developments on:
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Through Tubing Logging
Making 100ft of tubing disappear
Cutting Subsea Well Heads in One Operation
Alternative plugging/barrier materials
Non-vessel based P&A
Through tubing abandonment
Accurate placement of plugs
Self-sealing wells
Well Construction & Drilling Automation
Session hosted by Shell and Baker Hughes
Exploration and development activity in the North Sea is being constrained by the high cost of
well construction - the average cost of a normal pressure/normal temperature well in the CNS in
2013 was $80m. The UK Technology Leadership Board has set a challenge of reducing the unit
well cost by 50%. This is key to invigorating exploration and to successfully developing the >3 bn
bbl of discovered reserves in the North Sea. The unit cost reduction can be addressed by more
sharing of know-how, adopting emerging yet proven technologies more widely and, for the longer
term, in developing innovative technologies. The innovative technologies will include new
approaches to well construction, addressing geomechanical risks, increasing use of automation
and robotics and new approaches to data acquisition and transmission. Areas of interest for the
conference include the latest developments on:
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Managed pressure drilling combined with casing while drilling
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Monobore / Mono-Diameter well construction
Efficient treatment and transportation of offshore drilling cuttings
Case studies of efficient drilling offshore
Efficient well construction design
Technologies that could radically reduce the cost of well construction
Analytical techniques for improved pore pressure and fracture pressure prediction
Developments with Real Time Geomechanics
Improved techniques to reduce waiting on weather time
Multilateral well technology
Automation and robotics for drilling
Technologies to transmit and utilise in real time data obtained from downhole sensors
Technologies for Marginal Developments and Small Pools
Session hosted by Centrica, GE Oil & Gas and Enquest
About 1.5 bn boe of reserves lie within discovered small pools (3-15 mmboe) in the North Sea that
have to date been uneconomic to develop. Reducing the development cost (including well
construction) and operating cost related to such fields could move 150 or more into development.
Developing and deploying technology associated with subsea facilities, subsea pipelines brownfield
modifications and floating units are likely routes to start unlocking the potential. Radical cost
reductions will require the application of innovative solutions in subsea tie-backs and standalone
solutions, or other disruptive approaches to field development and operations that can apply both
within UKCS and internationally. Areas of interest for the conference include the latest
developments on:
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significantly reduce the cost of stranded stand-alone or sub-sea tieback small pool
development
challenge convention by facilitating alternate subsea or topsides techniques and
concepts – including subsea processing and storage
utilise existing facilities & infrastructure in an alternate manner
enable simultaneous production of mixed streams and compositions to minimise fluid
commingling hurdles
simplify facilities modifications on existing brownfields infrastructure for new fields
minimise gas disposal by avoiding flaring and monetising associated gas production in
small pool development solutions (e.g. micro GTL technologies)
introduce novel subsea pipeline, power, communication and control technologies to
reduce cost, improve installation efficiency and operational availability
right size technologies relating to improving recovery from low energy small pool
reservoirs – including subsea boosting, flowing and processing
Improved subsurface imaging technologies to accurately target small pools including the
application of “Big Data” recognition techniques
Asset Integrity, Reliability and Production Efficiency
Session hosted by Total E & P UK Ltd and AMEC
The decline in UKCS average production efficiency from 80% in 2004 to circa 60% in 2015 was
highlighted in Sir Ian Wood’s Final Report “Maximising Economic Recovery”. Ensuring asset integrity
is a primary objective for the oil and gas industry and is intimately linked with improving the
production efficiency of aging assets. The Technology Leadership Board Asset Integrity Theme has
chosen to focus initially on two key areas related to offshore vessel inspection and corrosion under
insulation. Improving technologies for offshore vessel inspection can have a significant impact on
increasing production efficiency. Robotic inspection technologies can reduce manned vessel entry
and improve safety. Corrosion under insulation is a continuing problem for the onshore and offshore
process industry. With 60% of pipeline leaks estimated to originate from CUI the development of
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effective inspection and detection technologies to eliminate the requirement to remove insulation prior
to examination will bring significant industry benefits. Areas of interest for the conference include the
latest developments on:
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Inspection techniques for detecting corrosion under insulation
Robotics and drone technologies for internal process vessel inspection
Technologies for optimising production efficiency
Inspection technologies that can be transferred from other industries such as, for
example, aerospace, nuclear, marine, medical and automotive
Autonomous surface and subsea vehicles for asset inspection
Use of Big Data technologies for asset integrity, logistics, condition monitoring and
production efficiency
Latest advances in subsea and pipeline integrity and inspection
Submit your abstract today for the opportunity to speak alongside industry experts and present to the
UK oil and gas industry. The speaking slot if allocated, will be a five minute pitch-type presentation
with time for Q&A at the end of the focus session. You may also want to consider booking an
exhibition stand as this greatly enhances the networking experience and maximises the opportunity
to showcase your technology.
Please complete the attached form along with your submission.
Before submitting a paper proposal, please ensure you have the following information:
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Proposal Title
Submission Category (chosen from the sessions above)
Author/Speaker Information (short bio)
First and Last Name
Position
Company
Contact Number
Email Address
Text of Abstract (200 - 500 words)
Please note this author will become the main point of contact and will receive all correspondence
regarding the submission. It is then the responsibility of the presenting author to share all pertinent
information with their co-authors.
Proposal Requirements and Format
Identify the key theme from the list above to which the abstract is best suited. Proposals are reviewed by
the Showcase committee and slotted into sessions according to the topic preference selected by the
author.
 The proposal should stand on its own and not refer to another work, unless associated with
current work.
 Do not include tables, figures, bibliographic lists, or subscripts in your proposal.
 All proposal submissions are reviewed by the Showcase committee.
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Please state what (if any) preference for Audio Visual (AV) Support you may have and also list
if you have any embedded videos in your final presentation
All slide presentations must be computer generated. No speaker may use his or her personal
laptop to give a presentation.
If you have any further questions regarding the Technology Showcase call for abstracts, please don’t
hesitate to contact Pauline Hailstones, ITF – p.hailstones@itfenergy.com
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First and Last Name:
Company:
Position:
Contact Number:
Email Address:
Proposal Title:
Submission Category:
Author Information:
Between 200 – 500 words
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