About this workshop

Workshop Description

Following the highly successful 2008 and 2009 Applied Technology Workshops on deepwater development in Mumbai, SPE will host another deepwater ATW entitled “Deepwater Development: Managing Risks and Uncertainties” from 13–16 September in Mumbai, India. The task of fuelling the economic growth of the world has led to exploitation of geographically and geologically difficult and complex terrain having increasingly demanding and high cost frontier environments. Deepwater and ultra deepwater exploration and development will continue to play an increasing role which has high risk association. This results in a requirement for the project teams to develop innovative and flexible solutions to mitigate the risks and uncertainties posed by these HSE, technical and cost challenges. The theme of this ATW is aptly selected to discuss and deliberate strategies to mitigate the same.

In India alone, out of the total basinal area of 3.14 million sq. km., 43% is deepwater with a prognosticated reserve 10 billion tonnes of O+OEG, the majority of which are low to moderately explored. So far, 82 deepwater blocks have been awarded in eight rounds of NELP bidding by the Government of India which has witnessed success in terms of one of the largest gas discoveries of the world in recent times in Krishna - Godavari Basin in the Bay of Bengal on the east coast of India. Subsequently, many more deepwater oil and gas discoveries have been made in this region by Indian NOCs and private oil companies. These early discoveries in water depths ranging from 500 to 3000m show the makings of a major new oil and gas region for exploration, development and production much like the Gulf of Mexico in the early 1960s, North Sea in the early 1970s and Campos basin, offshore Brazil in the early 1990s.

In view of high cost deepwater developments, it is necessary to understand the asset size, reducing key uncertainties and managing risks. Accordingly, 10 sessions have been planned over three days with the emphasis on deepwater field examples in India as well as other areas around the world, HSSE, well drilling and completion, subsea and surface facilities installation, production operations and flow assurance, integrated reservoir management, contracting strategy and a panel discussion on the future challenges of deepwater development.

Who Should Attend

The intended audience of this Applied Technology Workshop (ATW) is multi-disciplinary professionals in the deepwater exploration and production sector. This includes facilities engineers, production engineers, drilling engineers, reservoir engineers, production managers, asset managers, geophysics and geology professionals and any professional facing challenges in deepwater environments.

Visa Information

SPE Middle East, North Africa and India will assist in providing a visa invitation letter, upon request in writing, to confirmed registrants after receiving full payment of registration fees. Visa invitation letters take five days to issue from the date of request and it is the delegate’s responsibility to obtain their own visa. SPE cannot issue the visa nor can we guarantee it will be obtained.

Workshop Guidelines

Format

Three (3) days of informal discussions prompted by selected keynote presentations and discussions. Workshops maximise the exchange of ideas among attendees and presenters through brief technical presentations followed by extended Q&A periods. Focused topics attract an informed audience eager to discuss issues critical to advancing both technology and best practices. The majority of the presentations are in the form of case studies, highlighting engineering achievements and lessons learned. In order to stimulate frank discussion, no proceedings are published and the press is not invited to attend.

Documentation

• Proceedings will not be published; therefore, formal papers and handouts are not expected from speakers.
• Work in progress, new ideas, and interesting projects are sought.
• Professionally-prepared visual aids are not required; handwritten view graphs are entirely acceptable.
• Note-taking by participants is encouraged.

Poster Session

The Steering Committee encourages registrations from professionals who are able to prepare and present a poster on a relevant project. For further details kindly contact Loreen Nisha, Country Manager - India at lnisha@spe.org.

Attendance

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come first-serve basis. The Steering Committee encourages attendance from those who can contribute to the workshop most effectively either in discussions or with posters. A mix of attendees in terms of geographic origin, companies and disciplines will be encouraged.

Workshop Deliverables

• The Steering Committee will appoint a “scribe” to record the discussions and to produce the full workshop report for SPE.
• This report will be circulated to all attendees as the workshop deliverable within 4–6 weeks following the workshop. The copyright of the report is with SPE.
• PowerPoint presentation materials will be posted on a specific SPE URL address after the workshop. Provision of the materials by the speakers will signify their permission for SPE to do so.

Commercialism

In keeping with ATW objectives and the SPE mission, commercialism in posters or presentations will not be permitted. Company logos must be limited to the title slide and used only to indicate the affiliation of the presenter and others involved in the work.

Attendance Certificate

All attendees will receive an attendance certificate attesting to their participation in the workshop. This certificate will be provided in exchange for a completed Workshop Questionnaire.

Continuing Education Units

Attendees at this workshop qualify for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU) at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the Workshop.