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Subsea UK Planned Events

Shaping the Events for 06 and 07

Patrick O’Brien

Director SUBSEA UK & Chairman of Events Committee

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Presentation Contents

• Objectives of Meeting• Overview of Events to mid-2007• Subtech 06• Subsea 07• Summary• Open Discussion

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Meeting Objectives• Inform you of our plans

– Particular focus on Subtech 06 and Subsea 07 events– Some industry dialogue in preparing current plans

• Get your feedback to these plans– Shape and refine events accordingly

• Get buy-in and support for these plans• Create an industry network to:

– Source interesting issues for presentation– Source high quality and high level industry speakers– Promote Subsea UK events within your own organisation– Get strong industry engagement with our Subsea UK events

• Beginnings of an “Events Advisory Board”

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Overview of Events to 2007• Operator’s Breakfast – 6th September• Subsea UK Annual Review – 14th September 2006• Business Breakfast – 3rd October 2006

– Marine Renewables – Why Bother? (Brian Wilson, Tony Trapp) • Business Breakfast – 23rd November 2006

– 2020 Breakfast• Subtech 06, 14th December 2006• Subsea 07, 8th February 2007• Subsea Tieback Forum, Feb / March 2007, Galveston

– 20 companies to travel under Subsea UK banner• Oceans 07: 18th-21st June 2007, Aberdeen

– Subsea UK is the Gold Sponsor of this event• Subsea Solutions, Paris, June 2007• OE2007: Subsea Networking Dinner, September 2007

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Subtech 06: Unlocking Small and Deep Accumulations with Tiebacks• North Sea small accumulations

– Tieback technology to maintain pace of development and unlock the potential

• Tiebacks for deepwater• Presentations by operators on technology and

management approach used on tiebacks• Innovative companies with technologies that significantly

advance industry capability• Some other themes

– Subsea wells less productive than platform wells?– Tieback construction projects effects on platform / plant shutdowns.

How can we minimise disruption to production?– Allignment of risk and reward, openness and understanding of

economics of the operator

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Subtech 06• One day seminar on 14th December 2006

– 150 visitors; technology focused, operator engagement• Location:

– Institute of Directors Offices, Central London• Costs:

– £175 members; £350 non-members• Speaker Programme

– From Subsea UK members– Invited guest speakers from companies within supply chain: from

Operators to SME’s• Opportunities for Sponsorship / Exhibits• Members with guests Dinner at IOD on evening of 13th• Alligned with SUT AGM in London on evening of 14th

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Subsea 07: Utilise to Deliver

• Main theme:– Vessel utilisation for subsea developments– People skills and attracting people into the subsea industry

• Issues to be addressed:– Extent to which tieback solution is dictated by vessel availability– Vessel utilisation in wider context of a subsea development– Installation vessel capabilities: what is the international

perspective?– Vessels for drilling, intervention, completion. Utilising vessels of

opportunity– Contracting strategies to optimise utilisation– Maximising vessel uptime in harsh, deep conditions– Vessel construction plans; challenges and plans for deepwater– People resources and how Subsea UK is addressing this– Vessel utilisation for inspection and maintenance activities

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Subsea 07

• Location: Aberdeen Conference & Exhibition Centre• Date: 8th February 2007• One-Day Conference and Exhibition

– 800 delegates, 80 stands (70% stands already booked)– Premier Subsea Event in the UK Calendar– Conference discussing key industry issues from industry leaders– Build up the international dimension

• Networking Dinner the evening before the Event (7th Feb)• Current Issues

– Securing 2 to 3 top industry speakers– Including an international speaker– Work with SDI and UKTI to attract international visitors– Put conference programme together

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Subsea Solutions 07, Paris

• Subsea Solutions had a strong seminar programme– Good operator involvement: Total, ExxonMobil, BP– Good format for Technology Session– Short technical presentations by innovative companies on a variety

of technology issues– Strong focus on West of Africa

• Strong support by Operator Participants to build on this format for 2007– Keep a focus on West of Africa– Commitment to begin working on a programme for 2007 during

third quarter of 2006– Committee of operators and large contractors to be formed soon

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Summary• Outline Specifications for Subtech 06 and Subsea 07 well

advanced– Now progressing with the detailed speaker programme

• Subsea UK Events– By the industry, for the industry– All of us here know what the issues are– Subsea UK is the proper forum to run these events

• Plenty of competition from other organisations to run Subsea Events

• We need your support– Today we begin to build the networking web– “Events Advisory Board”

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