DEC-Upstream International Day
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DEC Upstream International Day
Friday, November 29, Haikou, China
DEC Upstream International Day is a side event of the Deepwater Energy Conference 2019. The symposium will be produced and managed by Upstream, the global oil and gas news source, under the auspices of the hosts.
Discussions will focus on marginal field development, the digital revolution and subsea technology – three hot issues that the industry is embracing as it seeks optimum development solutions in challenging market conditions.
Preliminary Programme Framework
| 08:00-09:00H | Registration and Morning Coffee |
| 09:00-09:10H | Welcome Address by Forum Organisers |
| 09:10-09:20H | Opening Address Ståle Torstein Risa, Royal Norwegian Consul General Guangzhou |
| 09:20-09:40H | Keynote Address Global Offshore Oil & Gas Development amid the Energy Transition Kevin Zhu, Associate Director, Upstream Consulting, IHS Markit |
Session 1: Floating Production
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| 09:40-09:50H | The fledging competence and challenges to deliver FPSOs for operation in Brazil – Chinese perspective Xu Xiulong, Vice President, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry |
| 09:50-10:00H | New Innovation in Deepwater Floating Production System Frank Lim, Principal Advisor, 2H Offshore |
| 10:00-10:30H | Panel Discussion: Floating Production Moderated by: Russell McCulley, Technology Editor, Upstream Panellists： Xu Xiulong, Vice President, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Frank Lim, Principal Advisor, 2H Offshore Andy Lipman, Director Subsea and Mining Operations, ABS (China) Ltd Maarten Spilker, Senior Vice President at Wison Offshore & Marine (TBC) |
| 10:30-11:00H | Morning Refreshments |
Session 2: Subsea technology
Since the world’s first subsea well came online in the Gulf of Mexico in 1961, subsea technology has moved forward in leaps and bounds and remains a key enabler for the deepwater oil and gas industry.This session looks at how advances in deepwater subsea technology can help the oil and gas industry meet both today’s challenges and those in the future. | |
| 11:00-11:05H | Moderator’s Introductions Russell McCulley, Technology Editor, Upstream |
| 11:05-11:20H | Subsea Development & Innovation Technologies Mr. Andrea Del Guzzo, Regional Subsea technology Manager Saipem APAC |
| 11:20-11:35H | Digital subsea production management in China Mr. Shane McArdel, Senior Vice President, Kongsberg Digital |
| 11:35-12:15H | Panel Discussion: Subsea Technology Moderated by: Russell McCulley, Technology Editor, Upstream Panellists： Mr. Andrea Del Guzzo, Regional Subsea technology Manager, Saipem APAC Mr. Andreas Jagtøyen, Senior Vice President, Kongsberg Digital Herve Quintin, GPC KL – Engineering Manager, Subsea 7 Chad Caillouet, Vice President, Baker Hughes |
| 12:15-13:30H | Networking Lunch |
Session 3: Digital Development in the Oil & Gas sector
The oil and gas industry is hoping the digital revolution will provide crucial answers to meeting today’s energy challenges in efforts to achieve efficiency through cost reduction. Offshore companies are looking to stay ahead of the new wave by developing in-house digital capabilities and this session will look at best digital practices and innovations in the offshore industry.
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| 13:30-13:40H | Moderator’s Introduction Russell McCulley, Technology Editor, Upstream |
| 13:40-13:55H | Digital technology to provide efficiency and productivity for the oil and gas industry York Guan, Senior Vice-President, Lloyd’s Register |
| 13:55-14:10H | Beyond the Hype of Digitalization: Value Created Through the Life of Field Digital Twins Oyvind Larsen, Senior Vice President, Aker Solutions |
| 14:10-14:50H | Panel Discussion: Digital Development in the Oil & Gas sector Moderated by Russell McCulley, Technology Editor, Upstream Panellists： Are Føllesdal Tjønn, Head of Software Development, Aker Solutions Dr. James Holbeach, Global Director, Strategy & Development, Wood York Guan, Senior Vice-President, Lloyd’s Register JGC (TBC) |
| 14:50-15:00H | Closing Remarks & End of Forum |