Annual Global Conference on offshore Decommissioning and Abandonment in Amsterdam May 2010

1. 2nd Annual
Decommissioning & Abandonment for
the Oil and Gas Industry
Evaluating the Best Cutting Edge Strategies in International Facilities Decommissioning
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
19th–21st May 2010
Including a Half Day Interactive Pre-Conference Workshop:
Legal Policy and Removal Trends: Identifying Innovations and
Overcome Financial Implications
Led By:
In the Chair:
Marc Hammerson Tony Concagh
Partner Partner Jonathan J. Lee
Stephenson Harwood Stephenson Harwood Senior Legal Advisor
Total, UK
Attending this Premier marcus evans Forum Will marcus evans Expert Speaker Panel:
Enable You to: Randall Abadie Leo Henriquez
• Review the latest developments in European legislation Offshore Structures Technical Authority Chief Inspector and Member of
• Ensure cost effective and safe decommissioning operations and Marine Technical Authority OSPAR Commission
• Benchmark your management strategy against your competitors Shell Upstream Americas, US State Supervision of Mines,
• Achieve a practical balance between end-of-life liability and The Netherlands
incremental investment Win Thornton
Manager, International Marc Hammerson
Decommissioning Partner
Learn from Key Practical Case Studies:
Chevron, US Stephenson Harwood
• Learn how Shell performs an unplanned abandonment
• Capitalise from Chevron’s experience with reefing programmes Jonathan J. Lee Peter Küppers
• Total’s prospective on understanding the North Sea legal framework Senior Legal Advisor Project Manager
• Gain insight into DECC’s future prospects and pressures Total, UK Allseas Engineering
• Listen to the experience of Petrobras in environmental and
legal disputes Marcelo Oliveira Mello Graham Morrison
External Counsel Structural Specialist Inspector
Petrobras, Brazil Health and Safety Executive (HSE),
UK
Keith Mayo
Head of Offshore Decommissioning Jan Groot
Unit Project Manager
Department of Energy and Climate Platform Brokers, The Netherlands
Change (DECC), UK
Jesse Andrawus
Gunnar Sarping Lecturer
Professor School of Engineering
Institutet for Kemisk Analys Robert Gordon University, UK
Norden AB (IFKAN), Sweden
Iain Riach
Emanuele Domingo Senior Decommissioning Engineer
Project Manager, Business Unit Wood Group Engineering
Delegate Documentation Sponsors: Onshore – Operation Environment (North Sea) Ltd
Saipem, Eni, Italy
Luca Tagliapietra
Sean Rush Nuclear Engineer
Senior Counsel Ansaldo, Italy
Petro Canada, UK
Tony Concagh
Duncan Griffiths Partner
Sales & Marketing Manager Stephenson Harwood
Cutting Underwater Technologies
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2. Pre-Conference Workshop
marcus evans 19th May 2010
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Half Day Interactive Pre-Conference Workshop
Producers of high quality business to business conferences designed to Led by:
address the strategic information needs of senior executives. Speakers Marc Hammerson Tony Concagh
are practitioners from international blue-chip organisations and Partner Partner
Stephenson Harwood Stephenson Harwood
financial institutions, as well as business schools, academic bodies and
government ministries. More than 1,000 conferences take place each
year, attracting over 100,000 delegates and 16,000 speakers. LEGAL POLICY AND REMOVAL TRENDS: IDENTIFYING
INNOVATIONS AND OVERCOMING FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
marcus evans summits This workshop is aimed at professionals dealing with oil & gas
decommissioning and will familarise them with the contractual, legal,
Producers and promoters of over 150 of the world’s leading business tax, environment and accounting issues relating to decommissioning.
and economic summits every year for senior decision makers at
exclusive locations around the world. These events provide attendees 13:30 Registration and Coffee
with a unique opportunity to access the latest developments in their 14:00 Workshop Leader Introduction and Opening Remarks
chosen industry and to network in a structured environment with
leading industry practitioners. 14:10 Petroleum Law
• Who has an interest in decommissioning?
• Policy considerations
marcus evans professional training • International conventions
• Petroleum Act
Sector Focused and General Management Training through high quality
courses, videos and CD-ROMs enables organisations of any size and 14:50 JOA Decommissioning Liabilities
• Who is liable and for what?
geographical location to benefit from working with marcus evans • Why is security required?
for all their training needs. The clients’ demands for high quality • Joint operating agreement provisions
hands-on training drives the focus for content, and thorough research • Decommissioning cost Provision deed
ensures a compatibility with current business concerns.
15:30 Decommissioning – Accounting Implications and Issues
• Decommissioning cost estimates
• How do you take account of short-term cost pressures?
marcus evans language training • What discount rate should apply?
marcus evans linguarama offers effective training in language,
communication and culture for business and professional people. With 16:10 Afternoon Tea and Networking
more than 30 years’ experience and over 20 centres in Europe, we are 16:40 Environmental Liabilities
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organisations. Each year marcus evans linguarama trains people • Surveys
from over 60 countries worldwide and provides over 1,000 companies • Waste
• Conservation of habitats regulations
and organisations with total training solutions where our courses are • Merchant shipping regulations
focused entirely on the needs of the individual participant or group and • Emission trading scheme, carbon capture and storage
have practical relevance to business and professional life.
17:10 Tax and Contracting
• North Sea Taxation: the basic pattern
marcus evans corporate hospitality • Petroleum revenue tax: What is allowable? What can you do
with a PRT loss?
Specialists in corporate hospitality linked to the premier international • Unrelievable field losses
sporting events around the world. Trading as The Hospitality Group • Disposal and financing
• Decommissioning contracting: terms and conditions
(thg), Sports Marketing Group (smg) and International Championship • Title, liabilities and scope of work
Management, the event diary is nothing less than an international • Insurance
sporting directory. • Change orders
18:10 Closing Remarks from the Workshop Leader and End of the Workshop
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marcus evans congresses bring together the leading vendors and Marc Hammerson – Partner
Marc is an energy law specialist. Marc advises governments,
decision makers from a wide range of services and industries. Each international oil companies and lenders on upstream oil and gas
event provides an opportunity for key suppliers to exhibit and contracts (including production sharing agreements, joint operating
demonstrate their products to the region’s key professionals. In addition agreements and sales agreements), M&A in the oil and gas industry
to the exhibition format the event’s educational conference is attended (including share purchases, asset purchases and farm-in agreements).
Marc has spent several years working in industry whilst on secondment
only by delegates who are pre-qualified, in most cases to a minimum at a US multinational energy company and in the energy department
spend of US$5 million and many with budgets in excess of $50 million. of a Japanese trading company. He is a member of the Association of
International Petroleum Negotiators and the Energy Institute.
Tony Concagh – Partner
Tony advises contractors focused on offshore oil and gas
development and operations. In this respect he has considerable
experience in advising on engineering issues arising during field
development projects; particularly those taking place at sea. He has
experience of dealing with issues in a variety of geographical
locations including North Sea (British and Norwegian sectors),
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3. Booking Line
Day One
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3002 3315
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3002 3005
20th May 2010 RaoufF@marcusevansuk.com
08:30 Registration and Coffee 12:20 Case Study
Lesson Learnt – Decommissioning the NW Hutton Jacket
09:00 Opening Address from the Chair • Developing new technology and methodology pre-project
Jonathan J. Lee • Developing a pre-planning workscope
Senior Legal Advisor • Carrying out the work
Total, UK • Refining technologies and methodologies post-project
• Defining the lessons
REGULATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Duncan Griffiths
Sales & Marketing Manager
09:10 Opening Address Cutting Underwater Technologies
Offshore Decommissioning: UK Government Experience
and Expectations 13:00 Luncheon
• UK experience of the OSPAR Convention and Decision 98/3
• Latest developments in UK legislation and guidance 14:00 Coffee and Networking Break
• Options on pipelines and other subsea infrastructure
• Future prospects and pressures 14:30 HSE in Offshore Decommissioning: Ensuring Incident
Keith Mayo Free Projects
Head of Offshore Decommissioning Unit • Discussing the health and safety measures to apply during
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), UK project execution
• Debating the key points of HSE’s role and policy in respect to
decommissioning programmes for offshore installations and pipelines
09:50 Case Study • Minimising risks when dealing with aging installations: design
Assessing the Development of the UK Decommissioning and construction regulations
Security Agreement
• Investigating the international decommissioning obligations Graham Morrison
• Understanding the UK national legislation Structural Specialist Inspector
• Learning about the historical contractual arrangements Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK
• The UK Decommissioning Security Agreement (DSA):
negotiation challenges 15:10 Case Study
Sean Rush Assessing Technical Issues on Decommissioning
Senior Counsel Fixed Platforms
Petro Canada, UK • Explore contracting strategies
• Identify technical uncertainties
10:30 Morning Coffee and Networking Break • Identify commercial uncertainties
• New technologies: Global Maritime Constructor and effective
rigless options
DECOMMISSIONING PLAN: SECURING THE BEST RESULTS
• Implementing the best cutting techniques: diamond wire
11:00 Establishing Operational Best Practices and Procedures: Iain Riach
Reducing Environmental Impact Senior Decommissioning Engineer
• Decommissioning and disposal of offshore installations: assessing Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd
the options
• Minimising costs of dismantling: looking at the re-use 15:50 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break
opportunities
• Maximising re-use and recycling: achieving competitive LEARNING FROM THE ONSHORE INDUSTRY
advantage
• Understanding the regulatory framework and implementing an 16:20 Cross Industry Case Study
effective waste management strategy Decommissioning of Industrial Plants: Ensuring
Gunnar Sarping Completion in Accordance with Contractual Obligations
Professor • Meeting time and cost constraints
Institutet for Kemisk Analys Norden AB (IFKAN), Sweden • Removal preparation
• Ensuring HSE’s observance and quality procedures and practices
11:40 Key Note Address • Providing safe and economically viable decommissioning of
Exploring the Reefing Option: Learning from the Gulf installations offshore as well as onshore: learning the best practices
of Mexico • Site clearance and verification
• Rigs to Reefs: a critical evaluation of the potential for reef Emanuele Domingo
development using decommissioned rigs Project Manager, Business Unit Onshore – Operation Environment
• A cost effective alternative to platform abandonment Saipem, Eni, Italy
• Understanding the restrictions of Rigs to Reef future programmes
and their impact on decommissioning activities 17:00 Panel Discussion
• Measuring the long term benefits and applying the programme Facing the Dilemma: Preserving Cash and Delaying
to new areas Decommissioning or Taking Advantage of the Low Prices
Win Thornton • Overcoming the timing issues and increasing production from
Manager, International Decommissioning remaining assets
Chevron, US • Debating the current legislation and its specific timescale
• When does the asset life end?
Business Development Opportunities: • What’s next? The latest forecast planned for decommissioning in
Does your company have services, solutions or technologies that the the North Sea
conference delegates would benefit from knowing about? If so, you can The panel will be joined by the Chairman and the speakers of the day
find out more about the exhibiting, networking and branding
opportunities available by contacting our sponsorship division. 17:40 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks and End of Day One
James Driscoll,
Tel: 0046 867 86040, Fax: 0046 867 83934
Email: Jamesd@marcusevansse.com

4. Booking Line
Day Two
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3002 3315
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3002 3005
21st May 2010 RaoufF@marcusevansuk.com
08:30 Registration and Coffee DECOMMISSIONING LIABILITY: MANAGING COSTS AND
MITIGATING RISKS
09:00 Opening Address from the Chair
Jonathan J. Lee 12:20 Case Study
Senior Legal Advisor Mitigating the Risk of Default in Decommissioning
Total, UK Regimes for Oil and Gas Installations
• The UK legal framework: analysing the recent changes
EFFECTIVE REMOVAL OPERATIONS: DECOMMISSIONING • An overview of other North Sea regimes
AND ABANDONMENT • Exploring how the UK has sought to reduce the effect of default
• Looking at the future of decommissioning: deductibility
09:10 Opening Address Jonathan J. Lee
Learning from Best Class Management Practices in Senior Legal Advisor
Pipeline Decommissioning Total, UK
• Analysing pipeline recovery legislation: OSPAR/DECC
• Abandonment considerations: “Leaving in Situ” 13:00 Luncheon
• Predicting the possible deterioration effects in the long term
• Outlining your cleaning operations to minimise environmental impact 14:00 Coffee and Networking Break
Leo Henriquez
Chief Inspector and Member of OSPAR Commission 14:30 Assessing the Technical Requirements, Budgets and Risk
State Supervision of Mines, The Netherlands for Each Facility: Decommissioning Expenses
• Analysing the risk of a differential between the oil revenue,
estimated and actual cost of decommissioning projects
09:50 Case Study • Planning for and meeting decommissioning liabilities: managing
Executing an Unplanned Abandonment of a Platform in
your balance sheets more effectively
the Gulf of Mexico
• Preparing the decommissioning and payment plan in respect to
• Hurricane damaged, but still standing platform
the production use, condition and legislation
• Decision to abandon
• Investigating the degree of ownership
• Pipeline rerouting and abandonment
• Planning for safe offshore execution Jan Groot
• Deck and topsides removal Project Manager
• Jacket removal and reefing Platform Brokers, The Netherlands
Randall Abadie
Offshore Structures Technical Authority 15:10 Case Study
and Marine Technical Authority Environmental and Legal Disputes in the
Shell Upstream Americas, US Decommissioning Industry
• Analysing the current disputes emerging in the decommissioning
10:30 Morning Coffee and Networking Break of oil and gas facilities
• Discussing environmental treaties
• Assessing international environmental law and standards
11:00 Case Study • An overview of decommissioning in an international oil and gas
Gaining Insight into Single Lift Options for your
industry contest
Decommissioning Project and Understanding the
Positive Impact on Disposal and Cleaning Marcelo Oliveira Mello
• Exploring the benefits of Single Lift technology for topsides External Counsel
removal in reduction of offshore man-hours and reducing risks to Petrobras, Brazil
personnel and environment
• Assessing how using a single-piece jacket lift method eliminates 15:50 Afternoon Tea and Networking Break
the need for cutting work at intermediate jacket elevations and
dangerous hooking operations under water 16:20 Decommissioning Options Optimisation [DECOM-OPT2] Tool
• Examining the specific potential of heavy lift strategies for • Decommissioning decision making toolkit
different water depths and platform types • Collecting specific platform information and generating cost
• Case study experience: Reviewing the latest developments with breakdown to determine decommissioning estimates for the platform
the Pieter Schelte single lift vessel • Assessing and comparing decommissioning options
• Learning the benefits of Single Lift technology and understanding • Determining the best (optimal) available option based on specific
how this method is more efficient and cheaper input variables
Peter Küppers Jesse Andrawus
Project Manager Lecturer
Allseas Engineering School of Engineering
Robert Gordon University, UK
LEARNING FROM THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
17:00 Panel Discussion
11:40 Cross Industry Case Study Investment and Liability
Advance Techniques in Nuclear Monitoring • Overcoming the concerns of potential exposure to
• Radiation monitoring in decommissioning strategies for nuclear decommissioning costs
power plants and facility • Looking at the future of the North Sea and other regions:
• Advance techniques Introduction for generation IV nuclear power recovering remaining reserves
plant monitoring • Debating how to get the economic aspect right
• Advance research and development introduction in nuclear security The panel will be joined by speakers of the day
Luca Tagliapietra
Nuclear Engineer 17:40 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks and End of Conference
Ansaldo, Italy

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