Monday, 13 September

0900–1600

Training Course: Flow Assurance in Deepwater

Course Instructor: Abul Jamaluddin, Schlumberger Global

1700–1800

Session Chairmen/Speakers Meeting

1800–1900

Registration and Badge Collection

1900–2100

Welcome Cocktail Reception and Networking Hour

Tuesday, 14 September

0900–1000

Session 1: Opening Session

This first session will open with the workshop inauguration, followed by opening remarks by Steering Committee Chairman and invited keynote speaker.

1030–1230

Session 2: Field Examples–Management of Risk and Uncertainty in Deepwater Developments

Deepwater oil and gas developments are now being executed in increasingly demanding and high cost frontier environments. 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. This session will set the tone of the workshop with presentations and discussions of three field examples of recent deepwater developments from fields across the world where management of risk and uncertainty has been a critical success factor. The session will provide an overview of the methods selected and used to mitigate both risk and uncertainty in these developments.

1330–1600

Session 3: Challenges in Well Architecture and Control

As exploration activities go deeper and deeper, finds are becoming larger, some fields are maturing, planning/designing of wells plays a critical role in optimum exploitation of the fields. Worldwide, deepwaters have become the new and exciting frontier area for the oil industry. With the oil and gas industry being more complex, unpredictable and riskinundated than before, “well architecture” has become more essential to ensure sound and secure decision making. When one thinks about the overall E&P business of an oil company and the very significant portion of it that goes into well drilling, it seems that reducing drilling related risks and costs might be one of the most important contributions of the petroleum professional to today’s E&P industry. This session will focus on issues in India’s deepwater scenario, such as the role of the “well architect”, as the world oil industry sees it, and the important role played throughout the well planning and drilling process. It will also elaborate on essential aspects of “well architect”, based on the state-of-the-art technologies in the oil sector. Synergy between new well architectures and various processes for optimisation of production.

1630–1830

Session 4: Well Completion and Intervention

Proper completion of a well is always helpful for the productivity of the well throughout its life. This becomes more critical in case of deepwater campaign, especially due to tough logistical conditions. Therefore adoption of the right technology is essential to get the maximum productivity and any intervention in the future. A total approach from the time of conceptualising the well and Geo Technical Order (GTO) preparation may be of great help considering all the eventualities on the basis of petrophysical properties and reservoir data. Selection of completion fluid should also be given due importance. Concept to complete the well first on paper may be of great help to mitigate the challenges like flow assurance, sand incursion, chemical injections and primary interventions to attain the maximum productivity. Surface control for intervention facilities may have great economical values. This session will focus on all aspects of completion considering the above facts. Speakers will address the systematic approach on design and completion of well and subsequent intervention methodologies.

1930–2230

Gala Dinner

Wednesday, 15 September

0900–1100

Session 5: Facilities Design and Construction

With the growing number of deepwater field developments in harsh environments, technical challenges to design and manufacture the subsea equipment and surface facilities (FPSO, semi-submersible, TLP, FSU, Spar) become complex, and the risks associated with those installations are also higher. With deeper field, the design challenges, of riser and flowlines, subsea manifolds, christmas trees, umbilicals, associated with field developments increase. Continuous research and development and improvement of design methodologies and technologies are required to meet the needs of deepwater environment. Reliable and economically viable installation methodology and equipments, within the capabilities of existing installation vessels, are required to plan for deepwater projects. This session will focus on design, construction and installation of subsea and surface facilities. This session will address the technological challenges and the solutions provided for deepwater hardware design and construction work, including installation engineering, planning of systems integration testing (SIT), in order to provide the industry with the assurance it needs. The four papers will present the cutting edge deepwater technology and capabilities.

1130–1300

Session 6: Production Operations and Flow Assurance

Production Operations: Seabed processing, multiphase meters, subsea production and production through FPSO, SEMI’s ,TLP, SPAR system in deepwater environment. The installation of subsea processing systems and multiphase flow meters has created new opportunities for increasing the efficiency to production operations and reservoir recovery in deepwater environments. Flow Assurance: Impediment to flow caused by either fluid phase behaviour coupled with the dynamics of flow and/or production-chemistry-related issues in the wellbores and flow lines becomes more severe in deepwater environment as the intervention is very challenging from both technical and cost considerations. Naturally, this situation demands careful consideration of fluid phase behaviour, fluid dynamics and production chemistry aspects at the design phase of field development. This session attempts to address production operations and address ways of preventing or mitigating flow assurance related problems by understanding the fluid flow behaviour and production chemistry.

1400–1530

Session 7: Integrated Reservoir Management

With significant capital invested in exploring and exploiting deepwater reservoirs, an integrated approach to management of the reservoir through its productive lifecycle ensures enhanced ultimate recovery. Information gathered during life of the reservoir along with systematic dissemination and processing of the information can help manage risks at various stages of the reservoir’s exploitation. This session will cover topics that touch upon:

• Practical considerations in frontloading integrated reservoir management in the planning stage of deepwater reservoirs
• Mitigating risks associated with gaps in available reservoir information
• Integrating workflows to optimise production efficiency
• Considerations in managing mature deepwater reservoirs

1600–1730

Session 8: Contracting Strategies

The challenges in exploring and developing deepwater fields have prompted operators to implement various contracting strategies to facilitate access to technology and best practices, while at the same time mitigate risks. Based on the business drivers, oil and gas companies have successfully experimented with multiple contracting methodologies to suit the scenario of operation. There have been occasional failures also. Apart from the usual, do it all by in-house and standard contracting, bundled services, integrating rig and services to alliances have been tried. This session aims to share the diverse experiences of the various stake holders/partners in a project namely the owner, the operator, the consultant and last but not the least the service provider/contractor. The session will also endeavour to understand the compulsions and limitations of the various stakeholders while conceptualising/framing their proposals, be it a requirement or an offer. Diverse points of view on the complexities of choosing a right business model while exploring and developing deepwater blocks will be addressed.

Thursday, 16 September

0900–1030

Session 9: HSSE Issues

There are significant HSE risks and challenges that are specifically associated with the exploration and development of deepwater reservoirs. This session will cover topics related to efforts ongoing to mitigate the risks and address the challenges in the deepwater environment. Topics will cover how HSE risk mitigation is integrated into deepwater projects in relation to developing safety cases, project planning, environmental issues, geo hazards, drilling hazards, equipment reliability etc.

1100–1300

Session 10: Panel Discussion–Deepwater: Next Decade

This high level panel session will conclude the workshop with presentations by key invited speakers from the industry. The session will focus on the future of deepwater challenges and the new technologies required to further manage risks and uncertainties in deepwater. The panel will deliberately look at potential “game changing” technologies that will drive deepwater developments in the next decade. The session will end with workshop concluding remarks by the steering committee chairmen.