Technical Agenda

Tuesday, 19 March, 0815-1000

Session I: Flow Assurance Risk Management

Session Chairs: Kevin Aberdeen, Chevron; Jep Bracey, BHP Billiton

• Quantifying and understanding a risk-based approach to design and operations within the flow assurance arena
• Minimal investment tieback
• Discontinuous chemical injection
• Well cleanup to facility

1030-1200

Session II: Challenges for Long Offset, Single Flowline Tiebacks

Session Chairs: George Broze; Shell Ann Davis, Baker Hughes

• Impact of single, long offset tiebacks (SLOTs) on flow assurance strategies – new technology needs
• Thermal management – cold flow or electrical heating?
• Case study from a long offset field

1330-1500

Session III: Plug Remediation - Lessons Learned

Session Chairs: Grant Gibson, GATE; Nikhil Joshi, Moulinex Business Services

• Lessons learned with subsea intervention tools and technology for hydrate remediation
• Operator case study on hydrate remediation in production of subsea systems
• Designing subsea systems for management and remediation of flow assurance risks such as hydrates, umbilical plugs, and asphaltenes

1530-1700

Session IV: Difficult Hydrocarbons

Session Chairs: Susan Garner, Nalco; Scott Hickman, ExxonMobil

• Testing for waxes and gel strength
• Asphaltene prediction status
• Heavy hydrocarbon and low API phase behavior and fluid properties

Wednesday, 20 March, 0800-0930

Session V: Flow Assurance Challenges of High Pressure/High Temperature Systems

Session Chairs: Wade Schoppa, Shell; Karthik Annadorai, GATE

• Overview of new flow assurance technologies required to manage anticipated future high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) challenges
• Focus studies of HP/HT design challenges with respect to subsea hardware, chemical qualification, and materials specification
• Case study of operating challenges posed by HP/HT

1000-1130

Session VI: Future Chemical Technology Needs

Session Chairs: Steve Allenson, Nalco; Steve Haddon, BP

• Chemical delivery challenges for high pressure, high and low temperatures, and long injection lines
• The future for combination products
• Subsea chemical delivery systems, chemical injection metering valves (CIMV) or point-to-point?

1300-1430

Session VII: Subsea Processing and Artificial Lift

Session Chairs: Janardhan Davalath, FMC Technologies; Patrick Breen, Marathon Oil

• Operator case studies on the value proposition of all subsea processing systems and a vision for the future
• Benefits to improved flow management in reservoirs, wells, flowlines, and topsides from using subsea processing systems and associated interfaces and system optimization
• Advances in state-of-the art subsea processing and artificial lift hardware