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Section 1: Market Overview

Market & Demands for North Sea Decommissioning

• Get the latest updates on the Global & North Sea decommissioning market and when new work will be announced

• Understand operator/contractor relationships and where costs can be reduced in order to develop more work for North Sea contractors

• See the lessons learnt from B.P.'s platform, well and pipeline decommissioning and how these lessons can accelerate future projects in the North Sea

 Gunther Newcombe, VP Decommissioning, BP

Strategy to Support North Sea Decommissioning:

• Discover how to plan a work based strategy that can get you more contracts in the North Sea decommissioning market

• Learn how to develop a global work portfolio that will allow stronger global decommissioning markets to support the North Sea

• Avoid fragmenting different decommissioning projects in order to drive bigger profits and more consistent work for your company

Alistair Birnie, Chief Executive, Subsea U.K.

Strategy for Supply Chain Mobilisation

• Hear Decom North Sea’s strategies to support supply chain efforts from 2010
• Understand what your role is in the development of an efficient workforce in preparation for North Sea Decommissioning
• Discover what the North Sea decommissioning industry must do to mobilise its decommissioning supply chain in order to cope with future decommissioning work

Brian Nixon, Chief Executive, Decom North Sea

Section 2: The Cost of North Sea Decommissioning

Offshore Plant Decommissioning Cost: The Operator's View

• Identify the key drivers that influence the cost of decommissioning and discover the solutions that can save your project time and money!
• See how the United States’ SFAS 143 establishment principle of asset cost offers the required working standard to cut liability and open up the decommissioning market
• See how the coding of project cost from Exploration & Production departments is vital to deliver solid cost estimations which are attractive to contractors

William J. Moore, Decommissioning Co-ordinator, Eni

Analyse the Costs of Decommissioning:

• Analyse vital rates for vessels, jacket removal, topside removal and other processes to gain a blueprint for your decommissioning costs

• Define how decommissioning pricing works in the UK and what the relationship between the estimated and applied cost really is

• Examine how cost changes through the decommissioning process and what effects this has on the contractor

Brian Twomey, M.D., Reverse Engineering

Section 3: Regulation and Legislation Overviews

Understanding OSPAR

• Examine the legislation and regulations of the North Sea decommissioning and how you can navigate the current legislation

• Get the inside track on the future changes to OSPAR that will effect North Sea Decommissioning from 2011

• Understand the preparations you must take to plan for operating under new laws!

Luisa Rodriguez Lucas, Deputy Secretary, OSPAR

DECC’s Legislation & Regulations

• Get the latest updates on North Sea regulations and legislation from DECC's point of view

• Discover how you can effectively navigate the regulatory landscape to operate in a cost and time efficient manner

•  See the best way to use new technologies and modern approaches in relation to regulatory conditions

Section 4: Planning & Early Stage Work

Lessons Learnt From Decommissioning Contracts

• Understand different approaches to Decommissioning contracts and which is the

• Discover the pro’s and con’s of target cost contracts and how an incentive model can minimise waste & maximise efficiency

• See the lessons learnt from nuclear decommissioning and how the Oil and Gas industry can accelerate its efforts by learning from this model

Hamish Lal, Partner, Jones Day

Project Planning & When Things Go Wrong! Case Study

• Discover how to best plan for decommissioning projects and how to develop contingencies for when things go wrong

• Understand the importance of cost implications, contractor selection and legal reactions you must consider when dealing with damage limitation in offshore decommissioning

• Identify and plan how to best mitigate financial and operation risk when facing adversity in offshore decommissioning projects

 Bill Napier, President, Fairwinds International

Creating an efficient Decommissioning Supply Chain

• Understand the U.K. and International expertise you need to secure a solid decommissioning supply chain

• Manage your supply chain in order to avoid overruns or excess cost

• Identify the correct partners you need to secure in order to deliver on time and on budget decommissioning projects

Health and Safety in the North Sea

• Analyse what methods you must employ to work safely with offshore decommissioning projects

• Understand the relationship between safety and cost with North Sea decommissioning projects and how to ensure both cost effective and safe working projects

• Discover the implications with working on older, damaged and partially removed facilities and examine the best way to approach this work

Pal Brekke, HSE & Q Manager, AF Decom Offshore

Section 5: Well P&A and Pipe Removal

Well P&A Case Study

Learn from InterAct’s experience with working in the Irish Sea and plugging a bespoke and complicated well

• See exactly how it was done
  
• What challenges were faced
  
• Learn from their experience

Stuart Wordsworth, General Manager U.K. InterAct

Risk & Approach in Pipeline Removal

• Examine the current approaches for dealing with pipelines in the North Sea decommissioning and discover

• Understand where the cost and risk is allocated in pipeline removal and how these aspects can effectively be mitigated

• What are the options for lowering pipelines below Sub-Sea and can this be done in the North Sea

Section 6: New Cost Efficient Technology and Modern Approaches

Cutting Case Studies

• Get the engineer’s view of the entire North West Hutton removal story
• Learn the lesson’s BP uncovered during the topside removal of NWH and how you can implement success for future projects
• Understand successful approaches to jacket removal and learn the importance of good planning for cutting in real world decommissioning environments

Eamon Sheehan, NWH Decommissioning Project Lead, BP

Cutting Panel Session

Join offshore decommissioning's best cutting experts as they come together to discuss the best options and applications for

• Diamond Wire
• Abrasive Water Jet
• Hydraulic Shears
• ROV cutting options

Get a cutting edge SWOT analysis of each technology and which is the most effective for your project!

Paul Yeats, Eastern Hemisphere Manager, Oceaneering

Duncan Griffiths, Manager, Cut UK

Topside Removal Panel Session

Interact with heavy lift experts as they analyse the options for topside removal in the North Sea... Join the discussion as we cover

• Single lift
• Piece removal
• Cost implications

Ask questions and understand exactly what options are viable for North Sea Decommissioning and at what cost

Jurjen van der Molen,Unit Head - Heavy Lift, Allseas

New Approaches to Subsea Work

• Discover the options for subsea decommissioning with and without divers and how this effects your bottom line!
• Understand the decommissioning dredges & cutting tools you need to deliver your subsea decommissioning projects on time and on budget
• Get the latest update on ROV’s and how learn how this option can greatly aid cutting in offshore decommissioning
• Examine what’s involved from an engineering point of view and analyse how you can make your decommissioning programme more efficient

 Paul Yeats, Eastern Hemisphere Manager, Oceaneering

New Contracting Models Case Study

Be the first to see new contracting models that could potentially slash costs for decommissioning projects and offer an efficient alternative to traditional contracting chains... See the benefits of using their contracting model and question the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to this innovative approach!

Paul Yeats, Eastern Hemisphere Manager, Oceaneering

Andy Gray, CEO, NCS Survey

Jim Alexander, Operations Manager, BJ Services

Ross Foster & Andy Duncan, Subsea Managers, Bibby Offshore

Section 7: Onshore Capabilities & Completing the Decommissioning Cycle

Transfrontier Waste Regulations & Legislation

• Identify the different regulations that affect waste material transportation and licensing from offshore to onshore facilities and how to plan effectively for these laws

• Understand how to efficiently navigate the multiple and complex legal restrictions on waste transportation, including dealing with NORM & differences in national licencing

• Detail innovative options which can identify and avoid regulatory hold-ups and save you time and money

Toby Stephens, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan

Recycling of NORM & Mercury Contaminated Metallic Residues: Netherland Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM) Decommissioning Case Study

• Examine how to effectively deal with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material and what implications NORM has on your decommissioning strategy

• Access real world examples of how you can most effectively clean or dispose of NORM and other hazardous waste prior to reaching shore

• Understand the options for innovative re-use, recycling and cost cutting if NORM is identified in the early stages of planning

• Learn from Brent Spar, NAM and other case studies to draw on the lessons learnt from past offshore decommissioning projects

Christoph Ferrière, Recycling and Reprocessing, Siempelkamp Nukleartechnik GmbH

Onshore Decommissioning Capabilities

• Analyse the current capabilities for onshore decommissioning facilities in the UK and what cost effective resources can save you time and money

• Discover the importance of including onshore decommissioning facilities in the planning process to accelerate project efficiency and slash costs by over 50% with innovative re-use and recycling!

• Understand the requirements of onshore facilities to ensure your decommissioning project does not suffer overruns onshore

Rachel O’Donnell, Decommissioning Manager, Vieolia

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