INDEPTH OIL & GAS 01 2019

Connecting Oil and Gas Companies Worldwide Issue 1 2019 6 EGYPS 10 Geoquip Marine 20 AMOT 38 Ampelmann

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Lorna Emery Editor’s Editor Comments Events Welcome to the latest edition of InDepth Oil and Gas in which we bring to you a wealth of news and articles from those at the Subsea Expo forefront of our industry. As always, the world of oil and gas has 5-7 February 2019 • Aberdeen been evolving. At the end of November last year, Polish and Danish gas https://www.subseaexpo.com transmission system operators, GAZ-SYSTEM and Energinet, made positive investment decisions and agreed to implement EGYPS – Egypt Petroleum Show the joint Baltic Pipe project. At the time of writing, EU Member 11-13 February 2019 • Cairo, Egypt States voted on a commission proposal to invest almost €800 million in key European energy infrastructure projects with https://www.egyps.com major cross-border benefits. The pipeline will enable the supply of natural gas from Norway through Denmark to Poland and WINDFORCE Baltic Sea 2019 other countries in the region, as well as reverse transmission 13-14 February 2019 from Poland to Denmark and Sweden. Gdansk, Poland In other news, crude oil prices fell by more than $1/bbl on New York and London markets on 22 January with light, sweet crude https://www.wab.net/termine/ oil settling above $52/bbl as US markets reopened for trading windforce-baltic-sea/program/ after being closed on 21st January for Martin Luther King Jr Day. Despite this, analysts said oil investors are optimistic Oceanology International Americas US-China trade talks are making progress although commodity 25-27 February 2019 and equity markets are likely to remain volatile pending more San Diego, USA US-China talks on 30-31 January. Watch this space! There is, of course, further news within this magazine as well https://www.oceanologyinternational as an array of company profiles and innovation announcements americas.com/ from your peers. If you would like to share the limelight in the next edition, please do get in touch. GreenTech in Shipping Global This edition reaches you just before an important event in our Forum, 26-27 February 2019 industry calendar. The Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS 2019) will take place 11-13 February at Egypt International Exhibition Hamburg, Germany Centre. Featuring 400+ exhibiting companies from over 38 https://greentechshipping.com countries, delivering a unique and vital platform for industry interaction between national and international oil companies, International Petroleum Week international service providers and engineering, procurement 26-28 February 2019 • London and construction companies and over 20,000 regional and international attendees, this is an event not to be missed. https://www.ipweek.co.uk Some of the attendees will greet you in the pages that follow. 42nd Annual Offshore Pipeline Technology Conference 26-28 February 2019 • Amsterdam https://energy.knect365.com/ offshore-pipeline-technology/

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Contents 20 6 EGYPS 38 10 Geoquip Marine 17 ExxonMobil 48 20 AMOT 60 24 C-DOC 6 30 NOV 34 OPT 38 Ampelmann 40 NAPEC 44 Aertssen 48 Operational Excellence 53 Total 58 Saudi Aramco 60 BP

Advancing multilateral collaboration tops agenda at EGYPS 2019 North Africa and the Mediterranean’s largest oil and gas conference returns to Egypt in February 2019 The Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) will This year’s show has expanded bringing return with its third annual flagship strategic with it a highly-anticipated and enhanced conference this February, kick-starting the programme. “As the oil and gas market in opening of the show on Monday 11 February, Egypt continues to progress we continue to 2019 at the Egypt International Exhibition receive overwhelming international interest and Conference Center (EIEC). Held under enabling the Egypt Petroleum Show to remain the patronage of the Egyptian President Abdel relevant and central to providing high-level Fattah El Sisi and with the support of the knowledge exchange to discuss commercial Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, opportunities across the region and facilitate the central theme for the EGYPS three-day business partnerships and collaboration event this year will be “North Africa and the between leading NOCs and IOCs and industry Mediterranean’s Journey in Delivering the stakeholders,” said Jean Phillipe Cossé, Vice Energy Needs of Tomorrow”. President of dmg events, the show organisers.

With more than 20 panel discussions, Senior level representatives including His presentations, strategic roundtables, and Excellency Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, investment and finance briefings, the 2019 Secretary General, Organization of the agenda covers the entire value chain. More Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), His than 30 speakers, including thought leaders Excellency Dr Xiansheng Sun, Secretary and high-level decision makers will participate General, International Energy Forum (IEF) in robust discussions on new oil and gas and His Excellency Abbas Al Naqi, Secretary discoveries, investments, downstream General, Organisation of Arab Petroleum diversification and integration, data-driven Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and Dr operations, and digital innovations through to Houda Ben Jannet Allal, General Director, human capital and talent management. Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie The first day of the conference will feature a (OME) will also discuss critical industry topics, ministerial session on fostering collaboration such as the rebalance of global markets and between nations to secure energy reinventing global trading routes. accessibility, efficiency and sustainability, Day one will further feature three global serving as a platform to discuss critical actions business leader sessions with speakers required from governments to develop global including Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and security of supply and harness disruptive CEO, Total, Bob Dudley, CEO, BP, Marco technologies to create social value. The Alverà, CEO, Snam, and Russell Hardy, Group session assumes significance given that CEO, Vitol. Global business leaders will share Egypt plays a pivotal role in establishing much their insights on creating open gas markets, needed energy infrastructure to secure greater moving towards cleaner-burning fuels, and production levels in the region. capitalising on the new era of digitalisation. The North African country is planning to export Moreover, a series of parallel strategic liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe following roundtables will take place on the eve of the massive discoveries in recent years, including first day to examine opportunities within North the largest gas field in the Mediterranean, Africa and the Mediterranean region’s oil and Zohr, ensuring energy security and to achieve gas industries, promote collaboration, and gas self-sufficiency. share knowledge.

Day two of the conference will feature five The second day of the conference will also leadership panels, which focus on creating include two investment and finance briefings. a sustainable energy mix and adopting data Government representatives, NOCs, IOCs, driven initiatives. Industry leaders will share local operators, local and international insights on European supply cooperation banks and private equity firms will convene agreements, the progress of new infrastructure and share insights to unlock project finance and pipelines that support the European and create investment opportunities in the Union’s mission to diversify its energy supply. global oil and gas industry. Key panellists Speakers include Josephine Wapakabulo, include Panos Banos, Chief Financial Officer, CEO, Uganda National Oil Company, Energean, Alan Haywood, CEO Global Ali Al Jarwan, CEO, Dragon Oil, Nick Boyle, Energy Trading, BP and Tameer Nasser, CEO, Lightsource BP, Mathios Rigas, CEO, Chief Financial Officer – North Africa, Baker Energean, Mahdjouba Belaifa, Head Gas Hughes, a GE Company. Market Analysis Department (GMAD), The Strategic Conference will be held as part Gas Exporting Countries Forum Secretariat of the third edition of the Egypt Petroleum (GECF), Dr Patrick Allman Ward, CEO, Show (EGYPS), North Africa and the Dana Gas, Stefano Cao, CEO, Saipem, and Mediterranean’s largest specialised event, Dr Symeon Kassianides, Executive Chairman, which is expected to attract over 20,000 Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA), Cyprus. attendees from more than 40 countries. European Agencies & Maritime Works Address: 78 El-Baharia-ST, P.O. BOX 519, Alexandria Telephone: +203-4800-918 +203-47010-17 Email: [email protected] Web: www.eamw.net

HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY ABDEL FATTAH EL SISI PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT SUPPORTED BY 11-13 February 2020 ó©ŸG Ihô```ãdGh ∫hô``àÑdG Egypt International Exhibition Center Petroleum & Minera á````«f l Resources IQGRh Ministry of NORTH AFRICA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN DELIVERING THE ENERGY NEEDS OF TOMORROW 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN www.egyps.com/cfp 15 TECHNICAL Exploration: Reservoir Geoscience: Technology Unconventional Oil and Gas CATEGORIES Characterisation (EXPL) Developments (GEOT) Resources Development (URD) Oil and Gas Field Drilling (DR) Completions (COMPL) Development (FD) Onshore and Offshore Fluids Project Management Operational Excellence Processing and Transportation; Offshore and Marine and Execution (PM) (OpEx) Gas Processing, Operations and Technology and Technology (GAS) Operations (MAR) Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Downstream: Refining Downstream: Petrochemicals Biofuels, Alternative Fuels Digitalisation of Oil and Gas Technology, Operations Technology and Operations and Renewable Energy (DIGI) and Marketing (REF) (PET) (BIO) DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT NORTH AFRICA & THE MEDITERRANEAN’S LEADING OIL AND GAS TECHNICAL CONFERENCE Deadline for abstract submissions Thursday 27 June 2019 EGYPS 2019 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE 710 84 33 32 ACROSS 132 FROM ABSTRACTS COMMITTEE TECHNICAL TECHNICAL 11 TECHNICAL 45 RECEIVED MEMBERS SESSIONS POSTERS SPEAKERS CATEGORIES COUNTRIES SUPPORTED BY OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS ORGANISED BY

Experts in Perimeter Detection Please introduce Geoquip Marine; tell geotechnical drill rigs. The roots of the us about the history of the group and company do, however, originate from the highlight any milestones throughout your early 1980s, operating as an engineering journey since inception in 2011. contractor in the field of offshore geotechnical Geoquip started in 2011 as a company and geophysical surveys. Over the years, designing, building, installing and Geoquip once again evolved from a supplier commissioning offshore heave compensated of drill rigs to a full circle supplier of offshore site investigation services.

InDepth Oil and Gas spoke with Geoquip’s Hans Hanse to find out what makes this reputable supplier of offshore site investigation services so successful. Operating offshore heave compensated supporting deepwater gas hydrate research geotechnical drillrigs, designed and build programmes and deepwater oil and gas in house, has allowed us to optimise our developments. By increasing our global geotechnical operation which is key to our footprint, we have been able to support reputation today as a provider of high-quality emerging markets, such as offshore wind geotechnical data. In the past decade, we in South East Asia and North America, have developed several new drilling rigs besides various port and harbour projects in allowing us to enter the deepwater arena, South America.

MV Dina Polaris What makes discerning companies data. Our loyal workforce, with some members choose to work with Geoquip Marine? of the team still involved since the early days, To what values do you attribute the is an important contributor to our continuous group’s continuous success? high level of services. We are a flat organisation, with open and It is also important to note that a geotechnical direct lines of communication. Clients site investigation is a process of discovery, in appreciate our straight forward approach to other words, the soil conditions can present doing business, approachability and aversion several surprises and/or challenges. A good to red tape. It is important to note that in our geotechnical contractor makes sure he field of work – geotechnical site investigations carries a large suite of site investigation tools – the quality of the acquired soils data (our to enable himself to adequately deal with product) is extremely important to the final different and indeed sometimes challenging, result; the foundation design. soil conditions. Through years of experience, Bad data can increase the foundation costs we have developed a suite of equipment, significantly, or worse, compromise the actual carried on each drilling spread, capable to structure. Being in the offshore geotechnical properly test and sample a large variety industry for over 35 years has earned us a of soils and rock, allowing us to deal with reputation as an extremely capable offshore unexpected conditions in an efficient manner, geotechnical contractor, providing high quality continuing to provide quality data.

What areas of survey does the company 150 tonne predominantly work in? Please expand on heave your services. compensated We are specialised in offshore geotechnical drill rig drilling operations, so-called downhole drilling, sampling and testing operations. We provide How many members of staff does Geoquip these services in water depths ranging from Marine employ and where are they based? 7 metres to 1,500 metres, with the option to go Is it difficult to find employees that meet as deep as 3,000 metres with our largest drill your high standards? rig. We currently own and operate five offshore We currently employ about 135 people, most of heave compensated geotechnical drill rigs. whom are working offshore on our installations. Three of those are mainly operating in shallow We have offices in St Gallen, Switzerland water, serving oil and gas clients, wind farm and Bristol, UK, from which we manage the developers and port and harbour developments. operations offshore, carry out the engineering The other two drill rigs are capable of operating and reporting services, do sales and marketing in 2,500 and 3,500 metres of water respectively. and manage the financial side of things. Besides serving the same markets, these We are lucky to have an extremely loyal rigs are also used for gas hydrate research workforce, with many employees having been programmes and deepwater oil and gas with the company for more than one or two developments. We are truly operating decades. Because we work with state-of-the- worldwide with operations in six continents art equipment, it appears we are regarded a over the last couple of years. Besides the favourable employer by many in the offshore above, we also operate seabed PCPT units, geotechnical industry. Nevertheless, it capable of rapidly executing 40 metre seabed remains difficult to attract experienced PCPT’s, box, vibro and piston corers. personnel which is why we start to put a lot of emphasis on in-house development and Nearshore site investigation succession of those in more senior roles.

Are there particular projects that you have A couple years back, a vessel owner in been especially proud to have worked on Japan contracted us to provide a deepwater or that were most challenging? Are you geotechnical drill rig for one of their new able to tell us about any exciting projects vessels. Eight months after contract signature, currently in the pipeline? we were drilling successfully in over a 1,000 Many of the projects we do are interesting metres of water having completed the design, because of the location they are in, places off build, commissioning and installation of this the standard grid like Tonga, Japan and Chile. state-of-the-art drill rig. Other projects are interesting because of the How do you envisage the company moving challenging environmental conditions like the forward? Please expand on any future Barents Sea and the Falkland Islands. plans and/or developments. What is the One thing we are quite proud of is our ability to ultimate goal? mobilise a drill rig onto a vessel of opportunity We will continue to do what we do best, in short time and basically convert these drilling offshore geotechnical boreholes vessels into full blown offshore geotechnical worldwide. Our mid-term plan is to continue vessels. Last year, we mobilised a drill rig onto to grow slowly, expanding our fleet. Where we a DOF supplied vessel and performed four currently work worldwide and move our assets months of fieldwork for oil and gas clients in from area to area at times to serve our clients, Australia with virtually zero downtime and zero start-up issues.

the future should see us having a continuous Finally, please tell us about anything you presence in every main market minimising think our readers might like to know about, assets transiting from one main area to the or anything you would like to emphasise other. After all, we want to make our money that hasn’t already been mentioned above. doing what we do best – drilling. So the The offshore geotechnical site investigation ultimate goal would be to have a continuous is one of the first fairly large sized operations presence in each main geographical market. in the development of an offshore civil We will also continue to develop our site construction project, be it a platform, a wind investigation tools in an effort to design farm or a port expansion. Without this data, it tools which are more efficient and as such, is impossible to safely design piles, drive piles, improve production and look at additional install a jack-up platform, design a structure or measurements to provide geotechnical for that matter, select the appropriate site. engineers and designers with a more elaborate It is, generally speaking, the first major data set for design of their offshore structures. investment for any sizeable offshore infrastructure project. The data, gathered during the site investigation, allows geotechnical engineers to design piles, select the right hammer to drive the piles, calculate the penetration of the footings of a jack-up platform, calculate the footprint of gravity- based foundations and so on. The quality of any design consideration, related to the soil’s conditions, will rely on the acquired site investigation data and perhaps more importantly, the quality thereof.

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Shell and partners start deep-water production at Lula North in Brazil Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (“Shell”), today announces with consortium partners the start of production at the Lula North deep-water project in the Brazilian Santos Basin. Production at Lula North is processed by the The business has a strong funnel of P-67 floating production and storage offloading opportunities in countries with existing vessel (FPSO) and is operated by Petrobras. expertise, long-term relationships, critical The production hub is the seventh FPSO infrastructure, and a strong development deployed at Lula and the third in a series of pipeline with production on-stream in Brazil, standardised vessels built for the consortium. the US Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, and Malaysia. It is designed to process up to 150,000 barrels The company’s deep-water exploration of oil and 6 million cubic meters of natural opportunities extend beyond 2025 and include gas per day. Shell and its partners began Brazil, Mexico, the US Gulf of Mexico, offshore production at Lula Extreme South with the Mauritania, and the Western Black Sea. P-69 FPSO in October 2018. Shell has a 25% stake in the Lula consortium, P-67 FPSO operated by Petrobras provided by Shell operated by Petrobras (65%). Galp, through its subsidiary Petrogal Brasil, holds the remaining 10% interest. Discovered in 2006, Lula is the largest producing field in Brazil and accounts for 30% of the country’s oil and gas production. Shell’s interest in the Lula field is subject to unitization agreements. The entire BM-S-11 concession includes nine FPSOs, the two additional are in the Iracema field. In deep water, Shell has 10 operated, production hubs and is on track to exceed 900-thousand barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day by 2020, from already discovered, established areas

Project to deliver new subsea flowline to existing gas pipeline Subsea Integration Alliance Awarded Integrated EPCIC Contracts Offshore Australia by Esso Australia Subsea Integration Alliance has announced production trees, wellheads, controls and the award of integrated subsea engineering, installation and commissioning services. procurement, construction, installation and “By adopting our supplier-led approach, commissioning (EPCIC) contracts. These Esso Australia will leverage our technical awards, by Esso Australia Pty Ltd, represent specifications as well as standardised the first integrated subsea project for Subsea configurable products that will allow for shorter Integration Alliance in Australia combining lead times, overall lower system costs, and OneSubsea and Subsea 7 expertise in accelerated first gas production. Further, subsea production systems (SPS) and subsea Subsea Integration Alliance’s execution umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) systems. strategy will enable Esso to achieve cost Subsea Integration Alliance work scope and schedule certainty and reduce interface includes engineering, procurement, risk,” said Don Sweet, president, OneSubsea, construction and installation of two production Schlumberger. wells. The wells are in a water depth of Andy Woolgar, Subsea 7 Vice President for approximately 45 metres and will be tied back Australia and New Zealand, said, “This award to the Longford onshore gas plants. Project builds on our relationship with Esso and on management and engineering will be provided the reputation of Subsea Integration Alliance by OneSubsea and Subsea 7 from local offices to offer clients a quality-focused project in Perth and Melbourne, Australia. Offshore execution, with optimised production and installation activities are scheduled for 2020. improved cost efficiency.” The Subsea 7 scope includes project “By bringing together complementary management, engineering, procurement, technology and expertise, we are able to construction and installation of two production provide our clients with greater certainty of wells and a single electrohydraulic umbilical return on investment and enhanced asset from the Barracouta Platform to the West profit potential. This project serves as a step- Barracouta drill centre. change of how we work in the region and The OneSubsea scope includes the provision demonstrates our ability to deliver superior of two vertical monobore on-wellhead value to the industry.”

Subsea Integration Alliance delivers complementary technology and expertise that help customers extend field life and lower production costs, ensuring greater certainty of recovery and return on the investment. About the Alliance Schlumberger is the world’s leading provider Subsea Integration Alliance is a worldwide of technology for reservoir characterisation, non-incorporated partnership between drilling, production, and processing to the OneSubsea, Schlumberger, and Subsea 7 oil and gas industry. Working in more than developed to jointly design, develop, and 85 countries and employing approximately deliver integrated subsea development 100,000 people who represent over 140 solutions through the combination of nationalities, Schlumberger supplies the subsurface expertise, subsea production industry’s most comprehensive range of systems (SPS), subsea processing systems, products and services, from exploration subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines through production, and integrated pore-to- systems (SURF), and life of field services. pipeline solutions that optimise hydrocarbon Its goal is delivering complementary recovery to deliver reservoir performance. technology and expertise that help customers Schlumberger Limited has principal offices in extend field life and lower production costs, Paris, Houston, London and The Hague, and ensuring greater certainty of recovery and reported revenues of $30.44 billion in 2017. return on the investment. For more information, visit www.slb.com

How safe is your site? For over 25 years, AMOT has been promoting safety by raising awareness of the explosive risks from runaway diesel engines and educating industry professionals of ways to better protect equipment and employees. Petroleum products play a vital role in our Drawing in the surrounding combustible day-to-day life and confidence in the safety of mixture and using this energy as fuel is the industry’s operations is paramount. Diesel both unstable and engine runaway is the unexpected danger uncontrollable. The in upstream, midstream and downstream engine’s control system operations and has led to fatal accidents for attempts to limit the companies involved in exploration, production diesel injection to and refining of hazardous material. keep the engine ‘Runaway’ is a dangerous phenomenon under control but where the running diesel engine draws as more vapours extra energy from low concentrations of any hydrocarbons in the surrounding air. This causes uncontrolled overspeed beyond the safe design limits and an explosion or ignition of the external air-fuel mixture.

are ingested, the speed will increase beyond The only proven, reliable method to stop the the ‘red line’ and normal limits, often causing engine running away beyond a safe limit the internal valves to bounce, exposing the is to install an emergency shutoff valve in combustion to the manifolds and the flames the engine’s air intake system. Blocking the will pass out, meeting the flammable vapours engine’s air intake effectively cuts off the being drawn in. external fuel source and air supply, so the Diesel engines that are not properly controlled engine quickly stops and the ignition source or protected present a dangerous source of is removed. ignition when used in areas where combustible Risky Business vapours may exist. A resulting explosion often Few industries are more hazardous or more leads to significant consequences for people, safety conscious than oil and gas. It takes a refineries and the environment. broad variety of diesel-powered equipment to Recent tests by the IEC have shown that a successfully support exploration, drilling, and diesel engine can start to run away within refinery operations. Stationary diesel engines, three to nine seconds of a gas being drawn mobile equipment, emergency response in, at a concentration as low as 22% LEL. vehicles and vehicle mounted engines Once this begins, turning off the ignition will should all be considered as a potential risk to not stop a diesel engine. Similarly, the concept operations. of manual closing of the intake by a remote- Understanding the lessons learned from the control valve is unlikely to be fast enough to Texas City Refinery accident and Deepwater prevent serious consequences. There is very Horizon explosion investigations are useful little margin for error if engine shutdown is for addressing this safety related issue. The dependent on human intervention!

key recommendation is to ensure that these be engineered to withstand the harsh site risks are identified, all employees understand conditions, extreme temperatures and high them and that this message is reinforced vibrations of the engine. periodically. As regulations change and new For over 25 years, AMOT (Chalwyn, Rigsaver standards and guidance are developed, and Roda Deaco) has been promoting safety consideration should be given to periodic by raising awareness of the explosive risks updates to maintain operator awareness. from runaway diesel engines and educating Areas designated for no ignition sources industry professionals of ways to better are places where diesel engines must have protect equipment and employees. The appropriate upgrades to mitigate their potential group continues to invest in new products, for ignition. Does a safety policy already exist technologies and solutions to meet the that considers all the risks and what can evolving needs of modern engines with we do to reduce accidents? All employees increasing performance standards. should be educated about the risks and a risk AMOT offers on-site training, consultations assessment should be performed. and public presentations to operators and An inspection and maintenance schedule managers and safety specialists to educate on should be implemented to ensure the international accident history, lessons learned, overspeed systems are functional and fit for and best practices adopted within the global purpose. The selected air shutoff valves must oil and gas industry.

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A Rock-Solid Programme The work of offshore divers has proven “Personally,” Ms Thomson explained, “I have invaluable to the exploration and production been involved in the medical and occupational sectors of the oil and gas industry. health and safety sector of commercial diving Established in January 2010 by Managing since 2000. As a result of my own experiences, Director Bridget Thomson, SEADOG I have been aware for quite some time that there is Commercial Diving School is a skills a strong level of demand for products and services development and assessment centre specific particularly in light of South Africa’s growing to the commercial diving industry. InDepth Oil importance within the oil and gas industry.” and Gas found out how this standard-setter is The role South Africa plays in today’s market is evolving with the industry. further highlighted by its being one of a handful Situated within Saldanha Bay, South Africa , of countries where its accredited diving schools SEADOG’s unique location allows trainees to award qualifications that are recognised by the develop under realistic conditions where the International Marine Contractors Association quiet waters of the bay provide the perfect (IMCA). introduction to learner divers before they enter “What we quite often find with the clients we the open ocean. Committed to providing quality, work with,” Ms Thomson continued, “is that they progressive education, using outcome-based require a full service of training regarding training skills training, SEADOG promotes student-centred of divers, supervisors, equipment technicians and learning. This structure ensures that those diver medics, and the supportive products such as individuals trained by the school demonstrate offshore medical equipment.” competency through a combination of knowledge, Pathing the Way understanding and skills that encourage good While SEADOG Commercial Diving School is performance and safe working practices. a relatively young business in its own right, the experience of its managing director and the trust she has gained throughout the industry have proven to be the catalysts behind what has become a successful, respected operation. “A number of people that I have trained over the years are today working in key areas and our continuous open working relationship with them has assisted us to develop with the needs of a growing industry.” Ms Thomson affirmed: “What I believe to be the key to SEADOG’s success is a combination of trust and our ability to maintain long-term relationships, and the way in which we are able to adapt as a business to meet changing industry needs.”

SEADOG has continually partnered with C-DOC all of its major industries being encouraged to to ensure compliance regarding health, safety, embrace change and new ideas, rather than just medical support and training. Ms Thomson stated: maintaining traditional standards and practices. “C-DOC is well known worldwide for the high Ms Thomson is confident that “this type of skills standard of diver medic training and we are proud development is accessible to all and is industry to have developed the Helpful Hints Catalogue to aligned thus moving people and their performance support the training and now have it available as in new directions.” an iApp. Our innovative C-DOC offshore medical D+MER offers quality control and assurance, kits, which follows DMAC 015 guidance, is a organises content, addresses learning and growing product line.” assessment and tracks student progression and New to the group of companies is D+MER, an online achievement. learning platform and competence management DMER provides quality assurance giving industry system for air and saturation divers and health care the confidence in knowing that there is a robust professionals in support of diving operations. quality check on training which is cross referenced Education, training and development are to industry guidance. developing themes across Southern Africa, with

Ms Thomson stated: “The D+MER competence activity. “South Africa truly does have the means management system offers a combination of and abilities to offer a quality service to the oil and on-line learning with on-site skills assessment. gas industry. As we ourselves evolve and grow as It is easily accessible to all. Employees can a business, it is that message that we will look to learn in their own time at their own pace and convey to the international sector.” employers can track progress to ensure continued professional development. “The beauty of these systems is they track performance and collect data and data is invaluable. It defines patterns and changes our approach. D+MER is changing the way we look at business and training. In years ahead, we will ultimately see the benefit for everyone.” The progress and alliances made by SEADOG has certainly been impressive. “It is clear to anyone who visits us that we continue to develop a rock-solid programme,” Ms Thomson enthused. It is this approach that SEADOG hopes to extend internationally through the establishment of cross- border cooperatives. Ms Thomson appears acutely aware that the success of the school is, at least in part, tied to the growth of the region as a hub of oil and gas



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ATE ORE OGY Global economics, coupled with political developments, means that oil and gas prices are fluctuating. Energy companies are having to invest in optimising existing wells, while searching for new reserves. With easily reachable resources already being used, these searches now focus on less accessible areas, including polar regions and deep oceans. Royal IHC is respected in the oil and gas market as a supplier of innovative equipment, and complex integrated offshore vessels, which are up for the challenge. ROYALIHC.COM

Finding solutions where others fail Part of the NOV family since 2012, The Flexibles group in Subsea Production System Business Unit prides itself on its game-changing innovation. Grace Bull, Offshore Production Marketing Manager, told us more. Please introduce your company and Brazil, sales offices in Accra, Houston, Rio highlight any milestones throughout your de Janeiro and Singapore – in addition to journey so far. When was the company our headquarters in Copenhagen – and founded and by whom? a processing company in Scotland. It Flexibles is a Danish-based group within was founded as part of Danish industry NOV. We have factories in Denmark and conglomerate NKT in 1996 and was purchased by NOV in 2012. The Flexibles factory in Kalundborg, Denmark, is one of NOV's two plants for manufacturing flexible pipes. The other is in Superporto do Açu, Brazil.

Flexibles has always had innovation as a core value and central market offering. As part of NKT, we supplied the world’s first commercial flexible pipe in 1968. We have numerous industry-defining patents – including arguably the world’s most elegant and accurate real-time condition monitoring system and a revolutionary method for heating up pipes to mitigate wax and hydrate formation – and as part of NOV’s Subsea Production Systems business unit, we have introduced and are introducing a number of new technologies to innovate subsea infrastructure. What makes discerning companies choose NOV? Please expand on your products and services, innovation, flexibility and capacity etc. To what values do you attribute the company’s continuous success? Companies choose our Flexibles A reel of Flexible pipe weighs 40-45 tons in itself and products for many reasons. We have can hold up to 250 tons of flexible pipe. a strong partnering approach, where we emphasise open and honest Please tell us about your R&D work. Is R&D communication – also when we have something the company invests heavily in? made mistakes or if we think the customer is wrong. We also have an unparalleled track record in terms of delivery and product integrity. Our innovation and ability to find solutions where others can’t are also strong factors. Partnering with each customer to We do R&D work on several levels (see configure comprehensive solutions that innovation above). A very important part of our fit their needs, must ensure you maintain research is fundamental materials research, long-term business relationships; is this where we have made great strides in research correct? Do you provide an after-sales in failure modes related (toSSHC2S)., in particular service also? sulphite stress cracking We have a Systems Assessment Services This has allowed us to find stronger steel division that helps evaluate existing materials leading to optimised pipe designs installations – from an analysis standpoint as and – especially – supply sour service risers well as actual offshore work as well as perform for 2.5 km WD, such as in the pre-salt layers FEED studies. offshore Brazil.

NOV’s flexible pipes are bespoke constructions with several layers, each of which serving a specific purpose. Another testament to our strong focus to R&D the Johan Castberg project is our fully accredited in-house qualification in the North Sea and several lab, which enables faster response time and a others. significantly greater materials understanding How many members of throughout the design process. staff does NOV employ Are you able to tell us about any exciting and where are they projects you are currently working on or based? Is it difficult to that are in the pipeline? find employees that meet We have projects around the world, your high standards? including several ground-breaking ones We employ over 1300 including the OCTP project offshore Ghana, people in Denmark, Brazil and Scotland. We are fortunate enough to offer an exciting and rewarding workplace where employees get all the responsibilities and challenges they need to grow and flourish. Thus, while we have high standards, we are fortunate with good candidates for our open positions. How do you envisage the company moving forward? Please expand on any future plans and/or developments. What is the ultimate goal? The future of our Flexibles group will be driven in a collaborative effort with NOV’s Subsea Production Systems business unit. In a symbiotic relationship with the other groups in the business unit, we will leverage our in-depth knowledge, our disruptive technologies and our technically innovative subsea solutions to enhance our customers’ energy portfolio.

Subsea integration made flexible When operators develop their fields to take their production further, we’re there to connect the dots. We leverage reliability and innovation, and provide flexible pipe solutions for the toughest conditions. Based on exhaustive materials research, a fully qualified in-house lab and decades of fundamental and applied research, we are the most innovative flexible pipe provider in the industry, supplying solutions for any imaginable condition across the globe. For more information visit nov.com/flexibles © 2018 National Oilwell Varco | All Rights Reserved

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SCHEDULE Offshore Pipeline Technology Conference TECHNICAL SEMINAR - DIGITALISATION: A NEW ERA FOR THE OFFSHORE PIPELINE INDUSTRY - 26/02/2019 26 – 28 February 2019 Okura Hotel Amsterdam TIME DIGITALISATION: A NEW ERA FOR THE OFFSHORE PIPELINE INDUSTRY 08:00 09:00 08:30 - Registration and Welcome Coffee 10:00 09:00 - Welcome from Seminar Chair 09:15 - Digitalisation - The Next Technology Frontier for the Pipeline Sector 11:00 10:00 - Spidev: A Home-Made Python Recipe for Subsea Pipeline Design using Open-Source and Devops Ingredients 12:00 10:45 - Networking Refreshment Break 11:15 - Subsea Pipeline Design Automation 13:00 14:00 12:00 - Merging the Physical Subsea Field with the Digital Technologies 15:00 12:45 - Lunch 13:45 - Cognitive IoT for Real Time Monitoring of Subsea Pipelines 16:00 17:00 14:30 - Real Time Fatigue Accrual Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence 15:15 - Networking Refreshment Break 15:45 - AOV/AUVs 16:30 - Open Panel Session: Making Digitalisation a Reality 17:15 - Chairman’s Summary and Wrap-up

SCHEDULE Offshore Pipeline Technology Conference DAY 1 - OPT 2019 - 27/02/2019 26 – 28 February 2019 Okura Hotel Amsterdam TIME ACTIVE FLOWLINE HEATING SESSION OPT DAY 1 08:00 09:00 08:00 - Registration and Welcome Coffee 10:00 09:00 - Opening of OPT 2019 09:05 - Chairman's Welcome to Day 1 11:00 09:15 - Global Markets and Consequences for the Offshore 12:00 Pipeline Sector 13:00 09:40 - Keynote Address: Use of Digital Technologies for Deliv- 14:00 ering Certainty in SURF and Deepwater Projects 15:00 10:05 - Innovation, Efficiency, Integrity – How Do We Optimise 16:00 Pipeline Supply Chains? 10:30 - When Innovation Goes Wrong...What’s The Remedy? 17:00 10:55 - Morning Break and Networking 18:00 19:00 11:30 - Execution Challenges for Zhor Field Development 20:00 11:55 - GluBi® Pipe - A New Development of a Reelable Me- chanically Lined Pipe 12:20 - Development of a Phased Array Ultrasonic Inspection Method for the Liner to End Cladding Interface 12:45 - Networking Lunch 14:00 - Quality Guideline for the Treatment of Unexploded Ord- nance Encountered During Offshore Pipeline Construction 14:25 - A New Era for Offshore Field Joint Coating (FJC) Pro- cessing 14:50 - Technology Innovation for Next Generation Offshore Pipelines 15:15 - Networking Refreshment Break 15:15 - Networking Refreshment Break 15:45 - Qualification of Next Generation DEH system – Target- ing Cost and Technical Improvements 16:10 - Use of Technology Enables Development of Field in Nor- wegian Sea 16:35 - 2nd Generation ETH-PIP for VNG Fenja Project, Enabling Technology 17:00 - Champagne Roundtable Session 17:45 - Champagne Roundtable Session - Take 2! 18:30 - Networking Drinks Reception 19:30 - Arrive for Dinner 20:00 - Take Your Seats and Enjoy the Evening

SCHEDULE Offshore Pipeline Technology Conference DAY 2 - OPT 2019 - 28/02/2019 26 – 28 February 2019 Okura Hotel Amsterdam TIME OPT DAY 2 08:00 09:00 08:00 - Coffee and Early Bird Networking 10:00 09:00 - Chairman's Welcome to Day 2 09:10 - Keynote Address - New Depths and Weights in Pipelaying: Pioneering Spirit’s Achievement on Turkstream in the Black Sea 11:00 09:40 - Design for Installation and For Operations in Significant Bottom Roughness: The Johan Sverdrup OEP Project 12:00 13:00 10:05 - Pipeline Installation - Meeting the Challenges of the Johan Sverdrup Project 14:00 10:30 - OGTC Update and Subsea Tieback Initiative 15:00 10:55 - Morning Break and Networking 16:00 11:25 - ART of Crack Detection and Inspection of High Wall Thickness Pipeline 11:50 - Shallow & Deep Water Mechanical Pipeline Repairs 12:15 - Flow Assurance Tools Can Help Pig the [previously] Unpiggable 12:40 - Networking Lunch 13:45 - 3D Time Domain On-Bottom Stability Analysis of Subsea Pipelines 14:10 - Free Spans in the Digital Age – Experience with Digitalisation of Free Span Assessments 14:35 - Pipeline Integrity and Extending Marginal System Life Using Machine Learning Algorithms 15:00 - Afternoon Break and Networking 15:20 - Innovative Solutions 15:45 - Spiral Welded Line Pipes for Offshore Applications 16:10 - Robust Rigid Jumper and Spool Optimization via Design Space Exploration 16:35 - Chairman’s Concluding Remarks 16:45 - Close of OPT 2019 OPT

CCrreeww CChhaannggee SSoolluuttiioonnss Getting you there For offshore workers, getting to work safely is a priority every day. While traditional offshore access Gmeettthinogdsypooustehceerertain risks, fully motion compensated gangway systems provide an alternative. FAomr opfefslmhoanren'wsoprokretrfso,liogeetntisnugretos twhoartkcrseawfelcyhiasnagperoiopreityraetivoenrsy adraeys. aWfehr,ileeatrsaiedritaionndalmooffrseheofrfiecaiecnctetshsan ever mbeeftohroed. sWpitohsethceelarttaeisntraisdkdsi,tiofunllytomooutrioflneecto,mthpeeinmspartoevdegdaLn-gtywpaeyssyysstteemmsispfurollyvideleecatnrica,ltceornmaptiavect. and Acmappaeblmleaonfns'savpinogrtfuopliotoe3n0su%reosnthloagtisctriecws ecxhpaenngseeso.perations are safer, easier and more efficient than ever before. With the latest addition to our fleet, the improved L-type system is fully electric, compact and cFaoprambloereofinsfaovrmingatuiopn,tom3a0il%[email protected] eosr.visit www.ampelmann.nl/crewchange For more information, mail [email protected] or visit www.ampelmann.nl/crewchange

Ampelmann inks two new contracts in Asia Pacific Dutch multinational Ampelmann has secured two new contracts in the Asia Pacific region. Two A-type systems have made their way to India and Indonesia, respectively, and will enable both short- and long-term Walk to Work (W2W) operations. The contract for India is with vessel owner Ampelmann’s A-type operating off the coast of Indonesia and operator MMA Offshore. This contract will see the A-type installed on the MWV Falcon “The adoption of the Ampelmann gangway to enable top-side maintenance work. The system to support this programme has without campaign will go on for 195 days, with the a doubt increased the safety and efficiency possibility to extend. of the day-to-day transfer operations for the “We are excited to be working on our second crew. For mass personnel transfers on and off campaign in India, as it brings us that offshore facilities, we would recommend these much closer to the local market,” Ramesh systems as an effective and safe solution Namasivayam, Commercial Manager to our clients,” said Kenny Black, Technical Australia, India & Indonesia from Ampelmann. Director of PT Bintang Subsea Indonesia. This is also the second contract between “We are happy to have gained the trust of Ampelmann and MMA Offshore. The first PT Bintang Subsea as an offshore access one, secured earlier this year, enabled a provider,” said Joeri Poelmann, Asia Pacific similar work scope in Brunei. “We value the Director at Ampelmann. “This campaign is close relationship with MMA and are happy to a great opportunity to expand our work in provide them with a safe and efficient means Indonesia and bring a higher level of safety and for transferring personnel offshore.” efficiency to offshore operations in the region.” Alongside the work in India, Ampelmann has also signed a contract to supply an A-type W2W system onboard the vessel NPP Nusantara, operating in Indonesia with PT Bintang Subsea Indonesia. The contract is for 30 days firm, with options to extend, for supporting personnel transfers between the vessel and a floating asset. The NPP Nusantara will be used as a floatel for this scope to accommodate the increased personnel needed at the location.

ExxonMobil advancing integrated gas-for-power development in Vietnam Proposed development to provide cleaner, reliable power and stimulate economic growth and improved living standards. Front-end engineering and design work is proceeding with a final investment decision targeted for 2020 ExxonMobil, with joint venture partners jobs and improved energy security from PetroVietnam and PetroVietnam Exploration domestic gas development.” Production Corporation, have announced that Vietnam Electricity, PetroVietnam and it is advancing plans for a multi-billion dollar Sembcorp are in discussions to build and integrated gas-for-power development in operate the power plants. The proposed base central Vietnam. The company has awarded development is expected to generate three the contract for front-end engineering and gigawatts of power, equivalent to about 10% design, and is filing appropriate permits, of Vietnam’s current total power demand. planning applications and other preparatory A final investment decision, targeted in 2020, work for the proposed development. will be based on a number of factors, including If approved, ExxonMobil will lead the regulatory approvals, government guarantees, construction and operation of the project, executed gas sales agreements and economic which will produce and treat natural gas from competitiveness. the Ca Voi Xanh field, located offshore in block 118. The proposed project consists of Image courtesy: ExxonMobil an offshore platform, a pipeline to transport the gas to shore, an onshore gas treatment plant and pipelines that feed gas to third-party power plants to generate electricity locally. “The Ca Voi Xanh project could bring a number of long-term benefits to the country, including cleaner, reliable power to help drive economic growth and improved living standards,” said Liam Mallon, president of ExxonMobil Development Company. “If the project goes forward, it is estimated to generate $20 billion in revenue to the Vietnamese government, thousands of local

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Your Reliable Partner Aertssen Group is active worldwide in large contracting projects, complex lifting works and exceptional transport. “Sustainable growth in partnership with our clients is our objective,” Sales Manager Tim Bernaerts told InDepth Wind. Please introduce your company and In the following years, his children Greg, Luc, highlight any milestones throughout your Raf and Saskia continued to build sustainably many years’ experience. When was the on the growth of the family business. They company founded and by whom? saw market potential for exceptional transport Bob Dylan sang ‘The times are a changin’ in and lifting activities and set up separate 1964. That’s exactly what our founder Marcel entities for both activities: Aertssen Transport Aertssen must have thought in 1964 when and Aertssen Cranes. he made a virtue of necessity. Marcel had to Today, Aertssen Group is active worldwide leave his fertile polder land and make way for in large contracting projects, complex lifting the expansion of the port of Antwerp. That’s works and exceptional transport. Our group when he exchanged his agricultural machinery also diversified towards inland shipping, for earth-moving machines. logistics, project development and green

energy. We now offer a range of services to clients in the construction and industry sector. One of the major recent milestones has been the acquisition of crane rental company Michielsens at the beginning of the year. And we have another milestone coming up. In 2019, our logistics branch will expand on a new site of 13 hectares in the port of Antwerp. We want our logistics business unit to become the European reference in the area of storage, assembly and modification of heavy agricultural and construction machinery. When did Aertssen move into the wind energy sector? What makes other discerning wind energy companies choose Aertssen? Please expand on your experience, expertise, flexibility and capacity. To what values do you attribute the company’s continuous success? Around 2007, Aertssen Group entered the wind energy sector in a project in the North of France for Enercon. This marked the beginning of a long-term partnership. Along the years of collaboration, one of the reference projects is The Hooge Maey in 2014. A location, smack-dab in the middle of the Antwerp harbour area, a perfect area for a wind farm. This farm was built with the help of Aertssen Transport and Aertssen Cranes. In just three months, we collected and transported the components for five windmills. Please tell us about the work you have been doing on the wind farm in Antwerp. The Hooge Maey focusses on renewable energy. What used to be a contaminated dumping ground is now slowly becoming a sustainable location. Aertssen contributed to this by means of the professional transport of huge components for five separate windmills and of course heavy lifting activities.

For each windmill, we transported 42 How do you envisage Aertssen moving concrete segments among other components. forward? Please expand on any This translates into 1300 tons for each innovations, future plans and developments windmill. Both inland waterway ships and etc. What is the ultimate goal? trucks were required for the transport of these heavyweights. The other components were The wind energy industry is one of the main transported by roadway from the factory focus areas for Aertssen Cranes. We are also to their final destination. Once at the final actively working in (petro)chemical factories destination, Aertssen Cranes ensured flawless in the harbour of Antwerp and will continue installation using the new Terex CC3800 to grow in heavy lifting projects in the coming mobile crawler crane. years. Sustainable growth in partnership with our clients is our objective. More recently, the right bank project, also in the harbour of Antwerp, is another project Finally, please tell us about anything you executed by the Aertssen group. We have a think our readers might like to know about, unique offering and expertise because of our or anything you would like to emphasise long experience in exceptional transport and that hasn’t already been mentioned above. lifting activities all in one company. 18 windmills were built. This means more than 150 concrete One of the strengths of Aertssen is that we segments were transported and lifted from the can offer turnkey services in the wind energy storage area to the construction site. Not to sector. From within the different divisions mention the turbines and the blades. of the group we can integrate complete execution from ground preparation and Aertssen is understandably proud of foundations, transport and logistics of the the team work displayed by employees. various components from factory to site and How many employees does Aertssen have erection services. and where are they based? Is it difficult to find employees that will meet your high standards? We have two dedicated teams of professionals working in the wind industry including project and account management, crane operators and drivers as well as admin support. Aertssen has purchased and developed tailor- made trailers to transport the tower sections. Route surveillance is a standard part of a wind energy project. We have learned a lot over the years, specifically building these wind farms. The visual aspect of working with windmills gives a great sense of satisfaction for the team. There are also challenges as the windmills are placed on locations with a lot of wind, planning for lifting can be changed last minute due to weather conditions. This demands great flexibility from our people working on site.



IQPC goes beyond the traditional event experience to deliver enhanced learning and networking opportunities. Ahead of the third annual Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals and Resources Summit, we caught up with the organising team to find out more about the event and what visitors can look forward to this year. 25-27 February 2019 Norris Conference Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Delivering the world’s leading events to the world’s business leaders Please introduce your company and How many exhibitors and visitors are you the Operational Excellence in Energy, expecting this year and how do these Chemicals and Resources event. For how numbers compare with previous events? long has the event been running? We are expecting over 150 Heads of IQPC is a global conference company Operations, Operational Excellence, HSE, that runs conferences all over the world in Maintenance and Reliability to attend the various different industries. The Operational summit and participate in the workshop Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources sessions and dedicated track sessions. We Summit is one of six events in the Operational have nine sponsors/exhibitors attending the Excellence in Hazardous Industries global conference including Sphera, DevonWay, portfolio. We run events in Houston, Toronto, Enablon, Akselos, Dekra, High Reliability Calgary and Europe focusing on hazardous Group, NovaTech, Rolls Royce and Voovio. industries such as oil & gas, energy, These numbers are definitely higher than chemicals, utilities, mining and forestry. The previous years and we are thrilled to see the Opex Houston event is now in its third year event grow bigger and bigger each year. running and we are looking forward to it! What will be the main topics this year? To what values do you attribute the If you’re in a hazardous industry, you’re facing event’s continuous success? more volatility, complexity and risk than ever The events success is largely due to our before. With markets shifting, regulations incredible panel of industry leading speakers changing and pressure to increase efficiency in who attend the event and deliver insightful case your operations – the question on everyone’s studies, roundtable discussions, workshops minds is how to deliver operational excellence. and keynote speeches on topics surrounding Therefore, the focus of this and all our events Operational Excellence. The conference is is learning world class strategies to keep your focused on sharing best practice and learning people safe, your operations productive and from other industry leaders what they are your products sustainable. This year’s event currently doing in their own businesses and has tracks on Leadership & Culture, Next how you can incorporate these lessons in your Generation EH&S, Asset Optimisation and a own role within your own company. large focus on digital transformation.

What can visitors look forward to this • Daniel Lebsack, Global Process Safety year? Are there particular seminars/guest Management Lead, BHGE speakers that are not to be missed? Visitors can look forward to so much this • Gregg Kiihne, Director, Process Safety, BASF year! We are thrilled to have some of the top • Hugo Ashkar, Global Risk Manager, BP speakers in the industry confirmed to speak • Arun Narayanan, Chief Data Officer, at the event. There will be eight workshop sessions run by various key industry players Anglo American and an evening workshop on Culture and • Linda Hui, Global Downstream Continuous Business Transformation held by Jose Pires, Former Global Vice President of Enterprise Improvement Manager, Shell Business Improvement & Productivity at • Grigor Bambekov, Director, Performance Andeavor Corporation. Some of the other top industry speakers that are not to be missed are: & Business Excellence, Andeavor Logistics • Remi Raphael, Director, Business • Jose Pires, Former Global Vice President Transformation, Duke Energy & Director of Business Excellence, Andeavor • Jerome Fady, Vice President, • Alexander Breskvar, Corporate Vice Operational Excellence, Arkema President, Quality, Siemens Gamesa • Cristian Matei, Head of Business Renewable Energy We also have an entire new track dedicated Transformation, Veolia to digital transformation, a prominent topic in • David McKay, Head of Maintenance, the industry. There will be three sessions focusing on this topic at each time interval Reliability, & Integrity, Hess where delegates can choose which they • Damien Stead, Planning & Performance prefer to attend based on where they are in their operational excellence journey. Director, Operations, BP • Hani Noshi, Manager, Projects Center of As a valued InDepth Oil & Gas subscriber, you are entitled to a 15%* discount on the Excellence, BHP Billiton conference package using promo code • Greg Bussing, Director, Enterprise Business INDEPTHOG15. Register online at the Improvement, Marathon Petroleum event website to claim your discounted offer. • Jennifer Rogers, Head of Learning, For more information on the Anglo American event or if you are interested in attending, please email the event team at [email protected] or call +1.705.707.1301. @OpexSummits