Information is provided on this page by the speakers of meetings
held in 2004 and generally includes Acrobat .PDF
files or PowerPoint slideshows.
E-mail and web-site contact details for the speakers are also included.
The 5th Annual Film Evening was presented by Dr Ray Hobbs and included archive footage of some
historical projects undertaken in the North Sea. the three films shown were:
1 The History of the World War 2 Maunsell Sea Forts
This was about the gravity base defence structures in the Thames Estuary
2 The Murchison Project
One of the largest barge launched piled steel jacket structures of the North Sea
3 Into the Deep
The story of the first North Sea, Tension Leg Platform - Hutton |
| This meeting co sponsored with the ICE Energy and Maritime Boards marked the launch of the ICE
Offshore Wind Farms E-mail Forum. The forum is designed to act as a vehicle for discussing the planning issues
associated with offshore wind farms. Access to the forum is free of charge and is available to anyone following
registration. (see link on Eforum: Wind farms))
Click here for the slides given at the presentation.
Additionally there was a presentation given on behalf of the SUT by Mark Finch of RPS Hydrosearch on:
New Guidelines for Offshore Site Investigations for Marine Renewables
Click here for the presentation slides. |
A Rans – Based Technique For Calculation Of Added Mass And Damping Coefficients Of Complex Offshore
Structures
Dr Tanmay Sarkar of Saipem UK Ltd
& Dr Justin Penrose of ANSYS - CFX
A brief review on the talk is available here |
Shah Deniz Project
Rob Kelly - BP
Click here for a review of the presentation
and here for a selection of the slides |
Offshore Wind Farms – Recent Development
Captain Mike Frampton, London Offshore Consultants Ltd
A brief review of the talk is available here
Click here for the presentation slides |
"Oil from the Ocean Depths - the Challenges of Deep Water Engineering"
Leofric Studd - BP.
This jointly sponsored talk by the regional bodies of the I MechE, IEEE and ICE, together with the OES, held at
the Chilterns University was well attended by an audience ranging from those with a detailed knowledge of the
offshore arena to those with minimal experience of this area of engineering.
The presentation by Leofric Studd of BP was skilfully pitched at just the right level to be of interest to all
members of the audience. The presentation started with an overview of how hydrocarbons were formed and trapped
in the earth’s crust and then went on to explain how the development of modern drilling practices had
significantly improved the recovery of hydrocarbons.
The talk then moved on to the extraction of hydrocarbons in deep water with many relevant references to projects
and examples of the fast developing technology in deep water drilling in which BP and the presenter are heavily
involved. The author also included an insight into future developments and where this exciting adventure of
offshore engineering may go in the future.
Questions raised by the audience were wide ranging and numerous, reflecting the interest that had been generated
in the meeting. |
Offshore Emergency Response
Mark Talbot-Sykes & Michael Wilder -Petans
This was an excellent talk on how Petans has developed its training facilities and also how it has evolved to
meet new requirements as the North Sea Offshore operations and its Operators change as field production
declines.
Click here for a copy of the presentation slides |
Deconstruction of the Maureen Platform and Loading Columns.
Presented by Peter Broughton
with co-authors R L Davies and M Green.
This was a joint meeting with the ICE
Click here for the slide presentation |
The Challenges of the Canadian East Coast Offshore
Vincent Morgan - C-Core
Click here for a selection of the presentation slides on the issues of developing offshore installations amid
the threat of iceberg impact. |
Helicopter Operations
Steve O’Collard - Scotia
Click here for the slide presentation |
Single Point Mooring
Andrew Newport - SBM
Dr Newport gave a comprehensive presentation detailing the key principles and elements of Single point moorings
(SPM). He described in some detail the various types including CALM Buoys, Turrets, and FPSOs. The relevance of
each was ably explained by reference to actual projects. This was followed by an insight into some developments
currently in progress. the presentation generated a large number of questions on the differing aspects of SPMs.
Click here for the presentation slides |
The Barracuda and Caratinga Integrated Deepwater Site Investigation, Offshore Brazil
Mr. Ricardo Argiolas and Dr Majid Hesar, Kellogg Brown and Root
The Barracuda and Caratinga Development consists of two large taut-moored FPSOs located approximately 150km east
of Rio de Janeiro, offshore Brazil. Water depths vary from 800 to 1000m. The main challenge was to combine the
geophysical, geotechnical and ROV surveys from one vessel and deliver any potential soil risk issues and
contract variations to the client before the August 2001 deadline.
Dr Majid Hesar gave an overview of the project strategy
Click here for a selection of these presentation slides.
He also gave a presentation on the geotechnical conditions and suction pile anchors.
Click here for these
slides.
Mr. Argiolas discussed the offshore equipment used, the problems encountered and how each potential risk was
evaluated and closed to the satisfaction of KBR.
Click here for Mr. Argiolas's presentation |
Sakhalin Development
Scheduled presenter, David Meehan, became trapped on Sakhalin Island by inclement weather and Mark Zitterich and
Carl Fenwick, of Sakhalin Energy, ably stepped in to give a broad overview of the challenges of developing oil
and gas production facilities in the harsh environment off the east coast of Russia. They described the nature
of the ice floes and earthquake loading prevalent in the area and the impact these had on the design of the
facilities. An insight was given into the roads and pipelines running the length of the island (in excess of 750
kilometres) and the harbour facilities required to support the existing Sakhalin 1 development by Marathon and
the ongoing Sakhalin Energy (Shell, Mitsui and Mitsubishi) Sakhalin 2 project on an island similar in size to
Great Britain.
The presentation then gave a detailed technical description of the new PA-B (Piltun-Astkhskoye-B) and Lun A (Lunskoye
A) gravity base platforms, in 30 metre water depth. The new platforms each comprise a cellular rectangular base
with concrete legs (3 on PA-B and 4 on Lun A) topped by pendulum friction bearings that accommodate the
earthquake loadings and support a float on deck (the largest being 20,000 tonnes) installed by a purpose built
barge. The new platforms were compared with the Sakhalin 1 PA-A Molikpaq platform. The organisation of this US$
9 billion project in Russia and at the numerous sites world wide was explained. They presentation described the
processes by which Russian standards for the development of offshore resources had been developed. Finally the
presenters fielded a large number of wide ranging questions on the project.
Click here for the presentation slides |
Seabed Liquefaction and Submarine Landslide
Professor A C Palmer - Cambridge University,
Dr Scott Dunn - HR Wallingford,
Prof Richard Jardine - Imperial College, London
This was a well attended meeting as it was joint sponsored with SECED and three very interesting papers were
presented. Details of Professor Palmer and Dr Dunn's papers are available on these links.
Scott Dunn ::
Andrew Palmer |
Tide, Wave and Wind - Ocean Energy Developments
Tony Trapp - Engineering Business Ltd
The first meeting of the year was given to capacity audience and proved to be one of the most interesting
presentations on the subject of renewable energy. Tony's presentation included a broad range of topics, ideas
and systems that his company is involved with and was illustrated by many slides and video clips.
Click here for a selection of the slides presented. |
