THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
SESSION 4: FLOWLINES AND RISERS
Co-Chair: Wan Kan – ExxonMobil Development Company
Co-Chair: Gene Raborn – Technip USA
Co-Chair: Mason Wu – J.Ray McDermott
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Lessons Learned from the BC-10 FPSO Winch Failure During Riser Pull-in
Joe Hoffman – Shell Exploration and Production, Inc.
The paper will include a short description of the operation, the failure mechanism of the winch, how the riser
was recovered and the lessons learned from the event.
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Matterhorn Pipeline Replacement/Deepwater Repair
Richard Case - Total E&P USA
Decisions and planning to reinstate production sales capabilities to the MC-243 - Matterhorn facility after sustaining export pipeline damages as a result of Hurricane Gustav.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Kizomba C Flowline Lateral Buckling/Walking & Practical Design Considerations
Joe Jin – ExxonMobil Development Company
The presentation shares design considerations developing qualified solutions to flowline lateral buckling/
walking issues in Kizomba C project.
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
Sponsored by: Cameron
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SESSION 5: CASE HISTORIES
Co-Chair: Clyde Hewlett – Oceaneering International Inc.
Co-Chair: David LaCaze – Shell International E&P Inc.
Co-Chair: Gary Shaw – GE VetcoGray
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Scale Treatment Using a Field Support Vessel - New Technology Emerges in Angola
Cameron Enterline and Chris Waits - Chevron
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Hydrate Remediation In Ultra Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
James C. Wells - ATP Oil & Gas Corporation
Canyon Express field history, cause of hydrate formation,
intervention inefficiencies, lessons learned, plans for future intervention, and successful hydrate removal using
a subsea pump, gas buster, coil tubing reel, and methanol injection manifold in ultra deepwater GOM.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Garden Banks Block 215 - Conger #9 Installation
Eric P. Stutes – Hess Corporation
The presentation will outline the installation of Well #9 as the fifth producing well in the Conger Field which was
originally designed for four wells.
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
Sponsored by: Fluor
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SESSION 6: PRODUCTION FACILITIES/CONCEPT SELECTION OVERVIEW & PANEL DISCUSSION
Co-Chair: Phil Collins – Granherne Inc.
Co-Chair: Bruce Crager – Consultant
Co-Chair: Sandeep Khurana – Devon Energy Corp.
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Selecting a production facility for a deepwater development is a major decision for an Operator. Manifold
factors influence this difficult and import step in the field development process. The scene setting for this panel
session will begin with an overarching discussion of principal production facility selection drivers, followed by
focused presentations of four current deepwater projects: Perdido, Cascade Chinook, Brazil’s Pre-Salt discoveries and Agbami. The presenters will explain the how and the why of the system selection for these challenging fields that represent the three major deepwater producing regions of the world. A panel discussion will follow.
Panelists: Richard D’Souza – Granherne
G.T. Ju – Shell
Orlando Ribeiro – Petrobras Americas
Marcus Tadeu de Paula – Petrobras
Dave Knight - Chevron
3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
RECOGNITION AWARDS & CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
Speaker: Jim Macklin – Helix Energy Solutions Group




