Karl Schnakenburg - Woodside Energy
William Taggart - Taggart Engineering
Colin Johnston - Sea Nation LLC
Marlon Tesla - Tesla Solutions Inc.




Tuesday, February 28, 2023
9:00 – 9:30 am - Check-in and Breakfast
9:30 – 9:35 am - Introduction
Colin Johnston, Managing Director, SeaNation LLC.
9:35 – 11:00 am - Session 1: Setting the Scene
Karl Schnakenburg, Global Engineering Advisor; Woodside Energy
- Journey into Deepwater
- Subsea Developments
- Example Layouts
- Key Components
- Subsea Tiebacks
11:00 - 11:15 am - Morning Break
11:15 am – 12:45 pm - Session 2: Flowline Tie-Ins, Offshore Flowlines and Pipelines, Subsea Production Control Umbilicals
Chuck Horn, VP Projects; Linear Motion Technology
- Flowline Tie-ins
- Offshore Flowlines and Pipelines
- Subsea Production Control Umbilicals
Overview of how a subsea system is tied-in to it’s host facility, and the pipeline going to the shoreline.
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm - Lunch
1:45 – 3:00 pm - Session 3: Subsea Elements
Colin Johnston, Managing Director, SeaNation LLC
Marlon Tesla, CEO, Tesla Solutions Inc.
- System Considerations
- Subsea Completions
- Control Systems
- Manifolds and Tie-In Systems
3:00 – 3:15 pm - Afternoon Break
3:15 – 4:15 pm - Session 4: Production Handling Agreements
William M. Taggart IV, Owner Taggart Engineering
4:15 – 4:30 pm - Wrap Up and Q&A
All SUT attendees are invited to attend the Subsea Tieback Forum Networking Reception in the exhibit hall from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.