Ray Hobbs has been busy trawling the archives to prepare a potted history of the OES listing the Chairmen and all past events and meetings.
The Offshore Engineering Society was formed in 1987 by the Institution of Civil Engineers to promote interest and scholarship in both the scientific and applied aspects of offshore engineering.
Chairmen to date have been as follows:
1987 – 1989 John Derrington
1989 – 1991 Dr Edmund Hambly
1991 – 1993 Ron Goodfellow
1993 – 1995 Dr Peter Blair-Fish
1995 – 1997 Hugh Williams
1997 – 1999 John Waddell
1999 – 2001 Tom Aldridge
2001 – 2004 Dr Ray Hobbs
2004 – 2006 Neil Glover
2006 – 2009 Peter Keel
2009 – 2012 Neil Glover
2012 – 2015 Mark Knight
2015 – 2018 Tim Eyles
2018 – Present Trevon Joseph
John Derrington and Dr Edmund Hambly also served as President of the ICE (in 1984 and 1995 respectively).
Many distinguished offshore engineers have, over the years, served on the main committee in London or the branch committee in Aberdeen.
Technical meetings, covering a wide range of topics, have been held regularly in London and Aberdeen. The London meetings, held since the formation of the society, are listed below:
DATE |
TITLE |
PRESENTER |
1987 |
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| FEB 18 (lunch) | The future applications of new technology offshore | J Dailey |
| MAR 18 | R & D in the offshore industry | JN Mansfield |
| OCT 08 | Exploring for oil in deep water west of Shetlands | G Bowie |
| OCT 15 (lunch) | Storage of waste below seabed | SJ Taylor |
| NOV 05 | Abandonment of oil rigs | STS al Hassani |
| NOV 20 (lunch) | Statoil | M Beckkeheiem |
1988 |
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| FEB 10 | CONFERENCE: Cost reduction in offshore engineering | Various |
| FEB 17 (lunch) | Assessment of offshore platforms | WJ Winkworth |
| MAR 08 – 09 | SITE VISIT: English and French electricity stations related tothe under Channel electricity cables | |
| MAR 16 | Repairs – the state of the art | IE Tebbett |
| APR 20 | Concrete platform at Ravenspurn | RC Luedke |
| MAY 19 (lunch) | Training engineers for offshore industry | B McNaughton |
| MAY 25 | Corrosion and protection | Various |
| OCT 12 (lunch) | Project management offshore | MD Haynes |
| OCT 27 | Hutton tension leg platform | ERG Bell |
| NOV 23 | How collaborative research helps offshore engineers | RK Venables |
| DEC 08 | Analysis of pile groups | SWM Komaromy & BW Ims |
| DEC 16 (lunch) | Community policy on financial support for research and development in the offshore sector | R de Bauw |
1989 |
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| JAN 26 | Benefits of limit state / plastic design to topsides structures | Brian L Smith |
| FEB 23 | The evolution of modern structural steels: weldability, corrosion resistance and toughness | H Colt |
| MAR 21 (lunch) | Talk by Member of Parliament | P Morrison |
| MAY 25 | Pipelines | A Palmer |
| SEP 26 | Design fabrication and installation of the Veselfrikk jacket | M Baerheim |
| NOV 14 | Miller platform – post Piper studies | G White and MJ Payne |
| DEC 07 (lunch) | Pollution control | Various |
1990 |
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| JAN 18 (lunch) | Ocean resources and research | D Lennard |
| FEB 28 | The use of aluminium in offshore structures | Various |
| MAR 28 | Future European field developments, Annual Dinner | Various |
| APR 25 | One well tripod | D Duncan |
| SEP 20 (lunch) | Heavy lifts | J Mitchell |
| OCT 03 | Computer aided design | K Logendra |
| NOV 07 | Jackup stability | EC Hambly & BA Nicholson |
| DEC 06 (lunch) | Risk analysis | R Sylvester-Evans |
1991 |
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| JAN 23 | European standards for offshore structures | S Thorburn, P Dowling & RO Snell |
| FEB 26 (lunch) | Where next with concrete platforms? | CJB Roberts |
| MAR 26 | 1st Annual Dinner, EPIC contracts | P Blair-Fish |
| APR 17 | Marine operations, Snorre field development | JI Knodsen |
| SEP 25 | The LRFD version of API RP2A: limit state practice for designing fixed offshore platforms | GAN Thomas |
| OCT 16 (lunch) | Gannet | J Carter |
| NOV 20 | Deep water jack-ups | PA Thomas |
| DEC 11 (lunch) | Safety | JR Potter |
1992 |
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| JAN 15 | The geotechnics of marine anchors (joint with BGS) |
T Aldridge, C Chipcase, G Degenkamp, W Craig |
| FEB 19 (lunch) | Subsea developments | D Appleford |
| MAR 25 | 2nd Annual Dinner | Various |
| APR 15 | Offshore pipeline installations using dynamically positioned vessels | S Dotinga |
| SEP 16 | Should offshore structures be designed for earthquakes and if so how? | P Blair-Fish & G Simms |
| OCT 14 | Partnering – fashion or necessity | R West |
| NOV 11 | Developments in concrete offshore structures | A Knudson |
| DEC 09 | Seabed scour in the offshore environment | R Whitehouse |
1993 |
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| JAN 20 | CONFERENCE: Offshore iInnovations and economics | Various |
| FEB 24 | North Sea platform decommissioning | WG Laver |
| MAR 31 | 3rd Annual Dinner | Various |
| APR 28 | Computational fluid dynamics | N Rhodes |
| SEP 23 | ICE engineering research in Atlantic Canada (joint with RAE) |
D Kaye |
| OCT 21 | What future for horizontal well technology? (joint with SUT) | G Ferguson & H Rabia |
| NOV 11 | Troll Olje concrete floater | S Storaas |
| DEC 01 | Response of offshore platforms to wave and earthquake forces (joint with SECED) | BA Izzuddin, RM Kenley, & AS Elsashai |
| DEC 08 | Oil and the environment – should it be a burning issue? | S Morgan |
1994 |
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| JAN 11 | Partial safety factor calibration for the North Sea adaptation of API-LRFD & Modelling of environmental loading in the adaptation of LRFD to UK offshore structural design practice |
RC Turner
A Theophanatos & |
| FEB 01 | Putting Hurricane Andrew in context – was it thye “big one” | AA Denton & N Lynagh |
| MAR 16 |
4th Annual Dinner
Prospects for oil and gas |
C Smith, M Spaven & J Waddell |
| APR 13 | Implementation of the Cullen report –a review of progress | A Sefton |
| SEP 14 | Armada topsides savings through compact heat exchangers | R Haugh |
| SEP 29 | CONFERENCE: Requalification and decommissioning of offshore installations (joint with IMechE) | Various |
| OCT 12 | Ringing response of offshore platforms | P Duncan & R Rainey |
| NOV 30 | Pileless jacket foundations – a new era (joint with BGA) |
M Baerheim, C Erbrich & MC Ferguson |
1995 |
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| JAN 11 | Challenges for the West of Shetland | R Kenison |
| FEB 08 | New fatigue guidance for offshore structures | J Sharp |
| MAR 08 |
5th Annual Dinner
Cost reduction in the new era |
V Tuft, J Griffiths & R Edwards |
| APR 05 | Jack up site assessment | M Hoyle & J Trickey |
| SEP 20 | Judy/Joanne – from concept to reality | PD Williams |
| OCT 18 | Offshore piling – past, present and future | J de Jonge |
| NOV 29 | Composite materials offshore | PAC Medlicott |
1996 |
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| JAN 16 | Mobil’s Lancelot and Excalibur platforms – conventional versus EPIC contract strategy and essential management techniques required for a successful EPIC contract (joint with ICE) |
J Gilchrist & K Logendra |
| FEB 21 | BP Harding development | G Harris, M O’Flynn & K Robson |
| FEB 22 | CONFERENCE: Minimising the impact of decommissioning (joint with Institute of Petroleum) |
Various |
| MAR 13 | 6th Annual DinnerAlliance contracting, |
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| APR 17 | Steel or concrete monopods? | D Collier & M Smith |
| JUN | Debrief on OTC axial pile behaviour session (joint with SUT) | Various |
| SEP 11 | Management of the Norne project | P Urdahl |
| OCT 02 | New advances in pile design (joint with BGA) | R Jardine |
| OCT 09 | Latest developments in offshore drilling technology | P Spicer |
| NOV 13 | Taut and catenary moorings | M Delaney & R Stonor |
1997 |
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| JAN 22 | Floating production. Concrete or steel? Ships or floaters? | RJS Harris, D Kerr, M Basaran & I Whitby |
| FEB 19 | Plastic lined pipes | B Jones |
| FEB 26 |
Alternative methods for blast analysis on structures
(joint with SECED) |
R Yeung |
| MAR 19 | 7th Annual Dinner The future of the gas market | Various |
| APR 16 | Ekofisk II | K Morbraten |
| SEP 30 | The Andrew project | A Dawson |
| OCT 22 | Caspian developments | M Sparkes & E Sjolie |
| NOV 19 | Blast response – what next? | M Birkinshaw |
| NOV 26 | CONFERENCE: High strength fibre cables (joint with ICE) | Various |
1998 |
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| JAN 21 | The big wide world of ISO standards | D Galbraith |
| FEB 18 | Advances in downhole technology | B Daniel |
| APR 02 | 8th Annual Dinner, A vision of future infrastructure in the UKCS | A Hunt & S Sasanow |
| APR 28 | Offshore safety – where are we going? Should construction follow? (joint with ICE) | P O’Ferrall |
| APR 29 | Wandoo | D Collier |
| SEP 30 | The HP/HT nature of the Shearwater development | J Stubbs |
| OCT 21 | The civil construction market from an offshore perspective | J van der Graaf |
| OCT 29 | Dismantling oil platforms (joint with ICE) | R Daniels |
| NOV 18 | The impact of the design and construct regulations | B Marshall |
| DEC 02 | Safety implications for offshore foundations of conductor and shallow well drilling | Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
1999 |
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| JAN 20 | Offshore technology developments to meet environmental challenges | Various |
| FEB 03 | Offshore soil structure interaction (joint with SECED) | RO Snell & N Ramsey |
| FEB 24 | Getting into deepwater! | RO Snell |
| MAR 24 |
9th Annual Dinner
North Sea industry – are we right for the future? |
N Smith |
| APR 28 | Why offshore engineers should know more about reservoirs | D Aron |
| SEP 29 | Millenium bug and offshore engineering | A Taylor |
| OCT 27 | Laminaria and Corallina development | P Crerar |
| DEC 02 | Renewable energy from the sea | G Senior |
2000 |
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| JAN 26 | Installation of Caspian pipeline off-loading buoy in the Black Sea | A Crowle |
| FEB 23 | Terra Nova – Building the first FPSO development for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland – the subsea challenges | S Allen & C Kassner |
| APR 12 | Safety cases for deepwater production systems | M Grant |
| JUN 29 | OTC geosciences debrief (joint with SUT) | K Day, I Hamilton & G Griffiths |
| SEP 20 | Future energy supply trends and possible impacts | A Hunt |
| OCT 18 | Development of a deep field in West Africa | V Alliot |
| DEC 06 |
First Annual Film Evening:
Anasuria – A rare bird
The Shearwater project – an overview
South Arne gravity base structure
Operation North Sea |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
2001 |
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| JAN 24 | The Skiff project – Trident platform | P Strowlger |
| FEB 22 | Malampaya CGS – a Filipino success story | D Collier |
| APR 25 | Marine facilities for the Reliance refinery and petrochemicals complex, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India | I Mirchandani |
| SEP 13 | OTC 2001 – debrief on geotechnical aspects (joint with SUT) |
P Power, M Cook & J Osborne |
| OCT 10 | The role of engineers in resolution of disputes arising from offshore construction and supply projects | P Cassidy & A Ma |
| NOV 21 | Offshore windfarms – past, present and future | P Fish |
| DEC 13 |
Second Annual Film Evening:
Offshore
Wandoo – innovation in energy
Forties report |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
2002 |
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| JAN 09 | Engineers as experts in dispute resolution | P Cassidy & A Ma |
| FEB 07 | Structural integrity of MCP 01- concrete platform | G Prakhya, & R Ffrench |
| MAR 06 | Bow and Greenwater Loading | N Barltrop & T Hodgson |
| APR 03 | Recent research findings of the Fire and Blast Information Group | F Hamdan |
| MAY 09 | Conversion of a tanker to an offshore storage and offtake installation (joint with RINA) | A Stephens |
| SEP 18 | Debrief on the Offshore Technology Conference 2002 | F Hamdan & K Day |
| OCT 16 | Marine current turbines | P Fraenkel |
| OCT 22 | The refloat of the Maureen steel gravity platform (joint with ICE) |
P Broughton & R Davies |
| NOV 20 | The Azure project – the feasibility of floating LNG process and storage | J Sheffield |
| NOV 26 – 28 | CONFERENCE: Offshore Site Investigation and Geotechnics (joint with SUT) | Various |
| DEC 03 |
Third Annual Film Evening:
The Leadon development
Offshore construction pioneers
Offshore windfarms
Malampaya
West Natuna
CSO Deep Blue: the making of a giant |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
2003 |
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| JAN 15 | Pollution, environment and the offshore engineer | P Read |
| JAN 23 | Offshore crack detection using acoustic emission methods (joint with RINA) | L Rogers |
| FEB 12 | The role of the energy loss adjustor | J Donald |
| FEB 27 | CONFERENCE: Offshore windfarms: Why appropriate site investigation will reduce uncertainty, cost and risk (joint with SUT) |
Various |
| MAR 12 | High explosives technology and applications | S Miller |
| MAR 27 | The Maclure field – from Gremlin to Gryphon (joint with IMechE) |
P Nieve |
| APR 2 | Safety in the offshore industry – paying lip service or paying attention? | H Bolt |
| MAY 15 | Mediating offshore oil and gas contract disputes | P Cassidy |
| JUN 4 | Design issues for topsides located on an FPSO | C Earl |
| SEP 24 | Structural dynamics of offshore wind turbines (joint with SECED) |
E Bossyani and B Byrne |
| OCT 9 | UK’s new deep ocean remotely operated vessel (ROV) – Isis (joint with RINA) | P Mason |
| NOV 5 | ISO 19900 Series – international standards for offshore structures | D Galbraith |
| NOV 25 | Making Penguins fly (joint with IMechE) | N George |
| DEC 4 |
Fourth Annual Film Evening:
Under the North Sea
The world’s greatest oil rig
Barracuda – Caratinga project |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
2004 |
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| JAN 7 | Ocean energy developments – tide, wave and wind energy | T Trapp |
| JAN 28 |
Seabed liquefaction and submarine landslide
(joint with SECED) |
R Jardine, A Palmer &
S Dunn |
| FEB 4 | Sakhalin II development – an overview | M Zitterich & C Fenwick |
| MAR 3 | Barracuda Caratinga project | R Argiolas & M Hesar |
| APRIL 7 | Single Point Mooring | Andrew Newport – SBM |
| MAY 5 | Helicopter Operations | Steve O’Collard – Scotia |
| JUN 1 |
The Challenges of the Canadian East Coast Offshore
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Vincent Morgan – C-Core |
| JUN 15 |
10th Annual Dinner Deconstruction of the Maureen Platform and Loading Columns. (Joint meeting with ICE)
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Presented by Peter Broughton |
| SEPT 8 |
Offshore Emergency Response
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Mark Talbot-Sykes & Michael Wilder -Petans |
| SEPT 21 |
“Oil from the Ocean Depths – the Challenges of Deep Water Engineering” (Joint meeting with ICE, IMechE IEE Chilterns Area. Venue: Chilterns University)
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Leofric Studd – BP. |
| OCT 7 & 28 |
Offshore Wind Farms – Recent Development (Co-sponsored with RINA and I MarEST Venue: LRS)
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Captain Mike Frampton, London Offshore Consultants |
| OCT 20 |
Shah Deniz Project
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Rob Kelly – BP |
| NOV 3 |
A RANS – BASED TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATION OF ADDED MASS AND DAMPING COEFFICIENTS OF COMPLEX OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
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Dr Tanmay Sarkar of Saipem UK Ltd & Dr Justin Penrose of ANSYS – CFX |
| NOV 8 |
Co-sponsored meeting with the ICE Energy and Maritime Boards marked the launch of the ICE Offshore Wind Farms E-mail Forum. Plus: New Guidelines for Offshore Site Investigations for Marine Renewables presented by SUT |
Mark Finch of RPS Hydrosearch |
| DEC 1 |
The 5th Annual Film Evening The History of the World War 2 Maunsell Sea Forts; The Murchison Project; Into the Deep
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Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2005 | ||
| JAN 12 | The Carbon Trust Marine Energy Challenge | John Callaghan of the Carbon Trust |
| FEB 2 |
Buzzard Project
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Paul Doble and Stephen Kirby, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd |
| MAR 2 | EURIPIDES/ Ras Tanajib Pile Load Tests | Harry Kolk, Fugro |
| MAR 9 | Scroby Sands Wind Farm | Adrian Chatterton – Powergen |
| MAR 17 |
The Institution of Structural Engineers is promoting and co-sponsoring with the OES a technical meeting on: Offshore Structures |
Richard Snell, BP Exploration |
| APR 25 | Design and Installation of the Valhall Piggyback Structures | Mr. Torstein Alm, Aker Kvaerner |
| MAY 4 | Dispute avoidance and resolution – the engineer’s role | Peter Cassidy, Masons |
| MAY 24 | Offshore Wind Farms – Security of Monopile Foundation Installation | Mark Richards, and Peter Clutterbuck of Seacore |
| JUN 15 | Float-Over Decks | Stuart Guy of Noble Denton |
| SEPT 7 | Eugene Island – Platform Removal in The Gulf of Mexico | Bill Clifford, MSL Engineering |
| SEPT 22 | Experiences of a recent entrant to the UK North Sea | John Scrimangeour -Petro-Canada |
| OCT 5 | The Ocean Power Delivery Pelamis – Progress and Prospects | Richard Yemm Managing Director, OPD |
| OCT 13 | Offshore Wind Farm Email Forum | Seminar chaired by Nick Hill. Talk by David Kerr on gravity foundations; by Richard Ford on Intermittency; and by Richard Gold ring on cable issues. |
| OCT 18 | Upstream Weather – Metocean Data for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry | David Hulse, Senior Applied Scientist, Marine. Met Office |
| OCT 18 | Exploiting Elephants – Pushing the Engineering Boundaries of Ultra Deep Sea Oil & Gas | Professor Carl Ross BSc., PhD., DSc., CEng., FRINA, Professor of Structural Dynamics, University of Portsmouth |
| NOV 9 | International Marine Contracting 21st Century Challenges | Hugh Williams, IMCA |
| NOV 15 | Onshore response to offshore emergencies | Neil Fraser |
| DEC 6 |
The 6th Annual Film Evening THE BIG TOW (1989) Tow of Gullfaks C GBS from Vats to Stort in 1989. THE SAFETY CASE Archive film covering the Piper Alpha disaster, the Cullen Report and the requirements of the subsequent Safety Case regime. THE AGBANI FPF PROJECT (1999) Conversion of vessel in 1998, followed by tow and installation in the Abana field, offshore Nigeria. THE TRAVELLER (2005) Newly released film showing the Ormen Lange project, including the Storegga slide. KIZOMBA A (2001) Fabrication of a tension leg platform in the Netherlands and installation offshore Angola. GOLDENEYE (2002) North Sea Goldeneye steel platform and associated infrastructure. |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| DEC 13 | Windstore: A Concept for Large Scale Offshore Wind Energy Storage | Gus Cammaert DnV |
| 2006 | ||
| JAN 11 |
Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics Important Topics from the recent International Symposium in Perth, Western, Australia |
Professor Guy Houlsby, Oxford University and others. Joint meeting with BGA
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| JAN 17 | Sakalin Project | Robert Buchanan |
| FEB 1 | Well Control | Andrew Rees, Matthews Daniel International (London) Ltd. |
| FEB 21 | Challenges of Offshore Decommissioning | Norrie Ramsay – BP Project Decommissioning Manager |
| MAR 1 | AGM & Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm | Adrian Chatterton, E-ON |
| APR 5 | FPSO Survivability design – a consistent approach incorporating risk and reliability analysis | Paul Frieze, PAFA |
| MAY16 | Decision and Risk Analysis – Engaging with the Knowledge Base | Pat McIntosh, Atkins |
| MAY 30 | Advances in Deep Water Technology | Richard Snell – BP |
| SEPT 6 | Structural Integrity Management of Mature Assets | Mohammad Nabavian – PSN |
| OCT 11 | Fire and Blast Structural Design Technology | Steve Walker – Atkins Oil & Gas |
| NOV 1 | Metocean Design and Operating Criteria for Offshore Projects | Howard Lawes – Noble Denton |
| DEC 5 |
7th Annual Film Evening BORN IN FIRE – 1980’s Archive film on the construction and installation of the North Rankin A Platform, Western Australia. THE STOREGGA SLIDE – 2003 Covers the geological aspects of the slide and its impact on the Ormen Lange Development. ARKLOW BANK WIND FARM INSTALLATION – 2003 Installation of wind turbines by the Jumping Jack jack-up rig |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2007 | ||
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JAN 10 LONDON |
Carbon Trust Activities in Marine Energy
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John Callaghan (Carbon Trust) |
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FEB 07 LONDON |
Development of Deep Water Egyptian Offshore Gas Fields | David Blacoe & David Smith (Intec) |
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FEB 20 ABERDEEN |
Fusion – Possible Business Opportunity for Offshore Engineers | Dan Mistry (UKAEA) |
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MAR 07 LONDON |
Floating LNG – Are We Ready to Leap the Hurdle? | Brian Songhurst (Energy and Power) |
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MAR 20 ABERDEEN |
Green Passports for Decommissioning | Helen Manson and Steve Danton (LR) |
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APR 04 LONDON |
Geohazards – A New Name for an Old Problem | S. Thomas (Fugro Ltd.) |
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APR 17 ABERDEEN |
Application of FFS in the Offshore Industry | Afshin Motarjemi (DNV) |
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MAY 2 LONDON |
Retrieving a Damaged Jack-Up Following Hurricane Damage | Richard Stonor (Noble Denton Consultants) |
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MAY 15 ABERDEEN |
Jack-up Issues | Rupert Hunt (Shell) |
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SEPT 05 LONDON |
LNG Tanks and Offloading Systems | John Kernaghan (Noble Denton Consultants) |
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SEPT 18 ABERDEEN |
ISO 19900 General Requirements for Offshore Structures | David Galbraith (Poseidon International) |
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OCT 03 LONDON |
Fibre Optics and MEMS Technology for Offshore Asset Management | Dr Ather Sharif (Civil Engineering Dynamics) |
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OCT 16 ABERDEEN |
NW Hutton Decommissioning | |
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NOV 7 LONDON |
Steel Castings |
Paul Muckford & Tony Wood (Sheffield ForgeMasters)
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NOV 13 ABERDEEN |
Helicopter & Helideck Operations Offshore | Steve O’Collard, Chief Pilot (CHC Scotia Ltd) |
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DEC 04 LONDON
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8th Annual Film Night OPERATION NORTH SEA Archive footage from 1965. DELIVERING GROWTH History of Woodside and recent developments. TROLL OIL – RAISING THE BAR Origin of the Troll oil filed and the story of its development. LOBITO TOMBICO PROJECT Subsea development offshore West Africa. EAST SPAR Subsea development operated through a control buoy. BRENT REDUNDANT FACILITIES DECOMMISSIONING Decommissioning of the Brent Flare Tower using the SSCV Saipem 7000. |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
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DEC 13 ABERDEEN |
Life Extension Joint Meeting with IStructE |
Graham Morrison – HSE Offshore Division
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| 2008 | ||
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JAN 17 ABERDEEN |
Design and Construction of the Millau Viaduct | Vincent de Ville de Goyet (Bureau Greisch) |
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JAN 09 LONDON |
Pile Driving and Pile Manufacturing | Martin Ros (MENCK GmbH) and Jack Op den Kamp (SIF Group BV) |
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FEB 06 LONDON |
Suction Pile Foundations for Offshore Structures | Mark Riemers (SPT Offshore) |
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FEB 21 ABERDEEN |
Beatrice Windfarm Joint Meeting with IStructE |
Allan MacAskill – Talisman Energy |
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MAR 05 LONDON |
AGM Riser Soil Interaction in Soft Clay Near the Touch Down Zone |
Dr. Tapan K. Zen (KBR) |
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MAR 18 ABERDEEN |
Dealing with Emergencies a Technical Perspective | |
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APR 15 ABERDEEN |
Ice Loading in the Arctic | Dr. Gus Cammaert – Det Norske Veritas |
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MAY 07 LONDON |
Creating some Wealth from Offshore Engineering and Enjoying the Challenge Joint Meeting with IMarEst |
Tony Trapp – IHC’s Engineering business |
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MAY 22 ABERDEEN |
Structural Aspects from Sea Eagle & Bonga FPSO’s Offshore Nigeria Joint Meeting with IStructE |
Bill Laver – Shell |
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SEPT 03 LONDON |
Offshore Pipeline Operational Response Analysis and Design | Dr. Emil Maschner – JP Kenny |
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OCT 01 LONDON |
Scour Control Around Gravity Based Structures | Dr Richard Whitehouse – HR Wallingford |
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NOV 01 LONDON |
An Insight into Deep Water Remote Intervention Work | Mark Varley – Subsea 7 |
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DEC 03 LONDON |
9th Annual Film Night THE ENERGY IN OUR LIVES Recent developments by Woodside in Australia with particular reference to LNG. ANGEL PROJECT Three short films covering load-out and installation of the Angel platform on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. SYCAMORE PROJECT Subsea development of the Venture Sycamore project in the North Sea. POWER FROM THE SEAS & EMEC – GENERATING CHANGE Two short films on the work of the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkneys in the development of marine renewable energy. |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2009 | ||
| JAN 07 | London Array Wind Farm |
Morten Liingaard Dong Energy |
| FEB 04 | Structural Integrity of Older Platforms |
Les Newman Atkins Oil and Gas |
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FEB 25 ABERDEEN |
Risk, Reliability and Life Extension of Ageing Offshore Structures One day seminar organised by IMechE |
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MAR 04
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Field Development Project Angola Block 18 |
Mark Hudson BP |
| APR 01 | Deep Water Mediterranean Pipeline Route Survey | Richard Brown, Peter Warden – J P Kenny |
| SEPT 02 | The Hutton TLP– The Homecoming | Richard Austin – Global Maritime |
| OCT 07 | Tidal Stream Energy | Mike Smith and Tim Cornelius Atlantis Resources |
| NOV 04 | FPS Mooring Systems – Trial and Tribulations | Martin Brown (Consultant Naval Architect) – Noble Denton Consultants Ltd. |
| DEC 02 |
10th Annual Film Night LIBYAN CHALLENGE – Saipem Pt1 West Libya Gas Project: Sabratha platform Pt 2 Greenstream Project: Greenstream Pipeline Two films about the West Libyan Gas Project and associated Greenstream pipeline. The Sabratha offshore project set a world record with a 12100T deck lift by the Saipem 7000, while the Greenstream pipeline set a record with S lay installation in 1127m by the Castro 6. JURA: Fast Track to Success Film about the development of the North Sea Jura high pressure, high temperature gas field covering subsea and pipelining activities. MIDIA MARINE TERMINAL – Van Oord Film about the development of a crude oil terminal, offshore Romania including onshore works, pipelines, PLEM and SPM. THE MAKING OF PRINCESS AMALIA WINDPARK – Enerco Pt1: Short impression Pt2: Construction Two films about the Princess Amalia Wind Farm, offshore Netherlands |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2010 | ||
| FEB 09 | Liquefied Natural Gas Tanker and FLNG | John Kernaghan |
| FEB 17 | Key Aspects in Designing Topsides Structures to Resist Blast Loading | Professor Simon Thurlebeck and Michael Hasson – MMI Ltd. |
| MAR 03 | Legal Topic: Ignorance of the Law is no Defence | Peter Cassidy – Pinsent Masons |
| MAY 13 | Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm | Brian Inwood, ODE Ltd |
| SEPT 01 | Current ROV Tooling Intervention Technology | James Gibb – J P Kenny Ltd |
| OCT 06 |
Deep Water Pipe-Soil Interaction Joint meeting with the BGA |
Jean-Francois Christophe Ballard from Fugro Engineers SA/ NV and David Brutin from Atkins Boreas |
| OCT 25 |
Anchors for Offshore Oil and Gas Applications This meeting was held on the HQS Wellington, the home of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners who were co sponsors together with IMarEst, RINA and the Nautical Institute. |
Senol Ozmutlu – Vryhof Anchors bv Netherlands. |
| DEC 06 |
10th Annual Film Night BLUE STREAM PROJECT This film covered the laying of the pipeline from Russia to Turkey using the Castoro 8 and Saipem 7000 vessels. A highlight is the S7000 passing under the Bosphorus crossing (just)! EKOFISK II This archive film covered the remedial works which were necessary following gross settlement of the Ekofisk platforms due to reservoir depletion, and the then future plans for the Ekofisk area. PLUTO LNG PROJECT Covering both offshore and onshore development for the Pluto LNG project, West Australia ROBIN RIGG OFFSHORE WINDFARM Scotland’s first offshore windfarm, in the Moray Firth. GIRASSOL PROJECT – This covers a challenging pipeline repair project in water depth of 1300m, offshore Angola PLUTO LNG PROJECT – CONSTRUCTION UPDATE Latest (August 2010) update on the Pluto project PILE ON SPEED An amusing item to finish on… |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2011 | ||
| FEB 02 |
History of Offshore Structures. Neil Glover gave an in depth talk on how the oil industry began and presented many photos of early exploration and production up to the 1990s. |
Neil Glover |
| MAR 02 | Buzzard Enhancement Project | Stephen Kirby, Nexen Petroleum Co. |
| MAR 03 | Decommissioning of Offshore Structures: Aspects and Options for their Removal |
Professor William Penney, MSc, CDipAF, CEng, FRINA, FSUT, Penney Marine Consulting & Visiting Lecturer, Southampton Solent University |
| APR 06 |
Wave Forces on Structures Venue: I Struct E |
Scott Dunn, HR Wallingford |
| MAY 03 |
Shallow Gas in the Tophole Section Co sponsored with The Geological Society |
Dr Stella Kortekaas – Fugro BV |
| JUN 02 | Capacity of Grouted Connections in Wind Turbine Structures | Dr Inge Lotsberg, Vice President, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) |
| SEPT 07 | Subsea Production Systems | Hugh Doble – Project Engineer, Subsea7 |
| OCT 05 | Construction Planning and Installation of the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm | David W Summers BEng, CEng, MICE, MIMarEST Construction Manager, Fluor UK Limited |
| OCT 12 | Key Aspects in Designing Topsides Structures to Resist Blast Loading | Dr. Simon Thurlebeck and Michael Hasson from MMI Ltd. |
| NOV 01 | Circular FPSO Projects | Frederick Major Vice President Business Development/R&D of Sevan Marine. |
| NOV 09 | FPS Mooring Systems – Trials and Tribulations | Martin Brown of Noble Denton |
| DEC 06 |
12th Annual Film Night BRAE B INSTALLATION 1987 Archive footage of platform and topsides installations. NORTH WEST SHELF VENTURE Developments in Western Australia, including North Rankin 8, and gas processing. BC10 PROJECT Pipeline project in water depths of up to 2000m in the Campos Basin. GREATER GABBARD OFFSHORE WINDFARM The foundation installation challenge (Seaway Heavy Lifting) Wind turbine installation by the Stanislav Udin. MAXIMA A SEISMIC SURVEY IN A CORAL REEF ENVIRONMENT Investigating the effect of seismic survey on marine life. THE GREGG SEAFLOOR DRILL DEEPWATER SITE INVESTIGATION TOOL New, remotely operated seafloor rig for deepwater marine soil and rock investigation. SINGING THE BLUES The traditional “and finally” clip. |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2012 | ||
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JAN 11 ABERDEEN |
Subsea Conductor Design | Emily Eadington Technical Manager, 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd |
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JAN 11 LONDON |
FPSOs an Insurance Perspective | Clive Whitcroft, Senior Adjuster- Charles Taylor Adjusting. |
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FEB 08 LONDON |
Single Lift Decommissioning and Hutton TLP Re-use update | Richard Austin, Global Maritime |
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MAR 07 LONDON |
A New Monohull Heavy Lift Vessel – Oleg Strashnov | Wim van der Velde – Seaway Heavy Lift |
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MAR 14 ABERDEEN |
Structural Integrity Monitoring | Ray McGlynn – Business Development Manager Fugro Structural Monitoring |
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MAR 22 LONDON |
Pipeline Bundles, Design & Installation | Willie Watt Subsea7 |
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APR 04 LONDON |
SPS an Innovation in Repair and Conversion for the Offshore Industry | Rob Duffin -Intelligent Engineering, Director, SPS Overlay |
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MAY 02 LONDON |
North Sea Fixed Platforms: from a materials perspective. | Alan Denney |
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MAY 29 LONDON |
Development of Wave and Tidal Energy and the Benefits of Risk Based Certification |
Claudio Bittencourt and Benson Waldron Det Norske Veritas |
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JUN 06 LONDON |
Aspects of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Design and Instrumentation During Foundation Installation co-sponsored with the BGA |
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute |
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SEPT 12 ABERDEEN |
Pipeline Bundles, Design & Installation | Willie Watt Subsea7 |
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SEPT 18 LONDON |
Deepwater Hybrid Riser Technology | Tim Eyles, Managing Director, 2H Offshore |
| OCT 03 | On Capacity of Cylindrical Shaped Grouted Connections with Shear Keys | Dr Inge Lotsberg, Vice President, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) |
| OCT 10 | Brownfield Modifications – A Weight Challenge | James Harker – Project Manager, Wood Group Mustang |
| NOV 08 | Monitoring the Integrity of Offshore Jacket Structures | Susan Gordon – Fugro GEOS Ltd – Structural Monitoring Division |
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DEC 04 LONDON |
13th Annual Film Night 1. BRITSATS – Fabrication The Britannia Satellites Phase 1 Development involved the simultaneous development of the Callanish and Brodgar fields through subsea tie-backs to a new platform bridge-linked to the existing Britannia platform. This first of three films covers the fabrication of the Bridge Linked Platform (BLP) 2. BRITSATS – Installation. This second film covers the transportation and offshore installation of the BLP jacket, deck and bridge 3. BRITSATS – Subsea. The final film in the trilogy follows the subsea tie-backs from the new wells to the BLP 4. SEVEN BOREALIS – Conversion and construction of Subsea Seven’s new pipelay and heavy lift vessel 5. REMOVAL OF DP2 JACKET BY MEANS OF BUOYANCY TANKS. Novel technique for removal of Frigg DP2 platform 6. CASTOR STORAGE FACILITY – project description. Gas storage project offshore Spain 7. ORMONDE CONSTRUCTION. Construction and installation of the Ormonde windfarm 8. LONDON ARRAY. The largest windfarm to date |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
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DEC12 ABERDEEN |
Aberdeen Film Night | Matthew Maddox – Chairman OES region. |
| 2013 | ||
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JAN 10 LONDON |
Site characterization in nearshore and offshore geotechnical projects Co-Sponsored with BGA |
Joek Peuchen – Fugro |
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FEB 06 LONDON |
Installation of Big Monopiles | Christoph Dytert, MENCK & Jason Clark, LDD |
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FEB 14 ABERDEEN |
Corrosion Failures | Jim Britton – Deepwater EU Ltd |
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MAR 06 LONDON |
Developments in jack-up site specific assessment and ISO 19905-1 | Mike Hoyle, GL Noble Denton |
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MAR 13 ABERDEEN |
Geotechnical Engineering Through Lifecycle of a Project from Conception to Decommissioning | Jamie Irvine – Cathie Associates |
| APR 10 | Mooring and Anchoring Practices Offshore | Senol Ozmutlu – Vryhof Anchors |
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MAY 01 LONDON |
Risk Management in Offshore Oil & Gas | John Yates, Marsh Limited |
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OCT 02 LONDON |
Design of foundations for offshore wind turbines: Dynamic Soil-Structure-Interaction considerations. | Professor and Chair in Geomechanics Subhamoy Bhattacharya – University of Surrey |
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OCT 09 LONDON |
Lessons Learned from 1st and 2nd Generation Topsides Weight Databases | Mike Taylor Libra Engineering Ltd |
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NOV 06 LONDON |
An update on the Offshore Oil & Gas Decommissioning Market | Brian Nixon, Decom North Sea |
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NOV 13 ABERDEEN |
Cathodic Protection of Subsea Structures – Retrofit Analysis, Calibration and Comparative Assessment | James Horton – Frazer-Nash Consultancy |
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NOV 20 LONDON |
Introduction to Offshore Engineering for Students and Graduates | |
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DEC 03 LONDON |
14th Annual Film Night | Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2014 | ||
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JAN 08 LONDON |
Grouting Applications in the Offshore Petrochemical and Renewable Energy Industries | John Hudson, FoundOcean Limited |
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FEB 05 LONDON |
Floating LNG – A Rapidly Expanding Technology & Business | Brian Songhurst |
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MAR 05 LONDON |
Grouted Connections – What can be learned from previous R&D and the monopile failures to help the offshore industry design reliable connections? | Dr Colin Billington Helacol Consulting Partners |
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MAR 12 ABERDEEN |
An Introduction to Laying, Burying and Repairing High Voltage Subsea Power Cables | Ian Sherrington, Mwaves Ltd |
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APR 02 LONDON |
Deepwater Construction Vessel Aegir | Ramon de Haas – Heerema Marine Contractors UK Ltd |
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APR 09 ABERDEEN |
Dynamic behaviour of offshore wind turbines | Dr Domenico Lombardi – Edinburgh Napier University |
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MAY 07 LONDON |
Subsea Well Response Project | Lazina Chowdhury, Wood Group Mustang. |
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JUN 04 LONDON |
Design challenges of the ultra deep Guara-Lula project in Brazil – Vertically Loaded Suction Anchor Groups | Majid Hesar Principal Engineer Subsea 7 |
| SEPT 03 | Oil & Gas Exploration in the Arctic | Prof. Alastair Fraser – Imperial College London |
| OCT 01 |
Onshore – offshore geology: The vital link for the engineering of offshore windfarms founded in chalk. Joint OES/EGGS meeting, presented by Rory Mortimore of ChalkRock and John Carey of Wind Support Ltd |
Richard Holdgate, National Grid Carbon, Solihull, UK |
| NOV 05 | CCS in the UK – The Humber Cluster | |
| DEC 03 |
15th Annual Film Night 1. The Murchison project Archive footage showing installation of the North Sea Murchison platform in 1979 2. Gunfleet Sands demonstration project Demonstration project featuring two new 6MW turbines adjacent to the existing Gunfleet Sands windfarm, offshore Clacton 3. Tombua Landana installation project Installation, by SSCV Hermod and SSCVThialf, of deepwater compliant tower offshore Angola in 2008 4. Mighty ships – Peace in Africa Documentary on seabed mining offshore South Africa 5. Novel pile driving technique The traditional “and finally” clip… |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2015 | ||
| JAN 14 | Offshore Windfarm Foundations | Ben Wysome – Ramboll. |
| FEB 04 | Seabed Mining – unburied treasures awaiting collection | Stef Kapusniak, Business Development Manager – Mining (Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd) |
| MAR 04 | Golden Eagle Area Development | Stephen Kirby (Nexen) |
| APR 08 | Floating Wind Turbine Generators | Simen Moxnes – Statoil |
| MAY 06 | A North Sea Launch Jacket Installation | James Tate, MEng, Naval Analysis Engineer at Saipem Ltd. |
| JUN03 | The PSVM Project – Deepwater Subsea Installation Challenges’ | Subsea 7 |
| SEPT 02 | A History of Offshore Structures | NEIL GLOVER (Director, GMOC Ltd) and MARK KNIGHT (Manager of the offshore structures and marine engineering department, CB&I |
| SEPT 07 |
Decommissioning and Installation with the Pioneering Spirit A joint OES Meeting with the Honourable Company of Master Mariners (HCMM) |
André Steenhuis – Vice President Innovations, Allseas |
| OCT 01 |
Quantitative Risk Assessment of Geohazards in an Offshore Environment EGGS / OES joint meeting |
David Ruston Fugro GeoConsulting and Andy Mills AM Geomorphology |
| OCT 07 | Conductor Anchor Node Technology | WOLFGANG MATHIS, MSc, PhD (Technical Manager, NeoDrill AS) and ROI SANTOS BSc, MSc (GeoConsultancy Manager, Gardline Geosciences Ltd) |
| NOV 04 | Modern Offshore Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) | MARK BOULT BA, MA, FIChemE, FIRM |
| NOV 18 | Introduction to Offshore Engineering for Students and Graduates |
Mark Knight – Offshore Structural Engineering Trevon Joseph – Offshore Geotechnical Engineering Simon Bowles – Deepwater Riser Engineering Mike Hallet’s – Offshore Renewable Energy Rowan Edmondson – Offshore Pipelines Eirini Spentza – Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Consulting |
| DEC 02 |
16th Annual Film Night 1. Fortuna 3D marine seismic Seismic survey for Woodside’s Fortuna field, offshore Western Australia 2. Heerema Marine Contractors Covering activities including jacket, TLP, topsides and pipeline installation plus platform removal 3. Clair Ridge – Meeting the construction challenge Recently released film showing progress to date on this West of Shetland development 4. Enochdhu Bundle project Launch of the longest man-made movable structure in the world 5. West of Shetland spool loadout and installation Loadout and installation of spool pieces for the Laggan Tormore project
6. IVRR subsea manifold removal 2013 Removal of three subsea manifolds from the Ivanhoe and Rob Roy fields by sscv Hermod 7. Aeolus meteo mast installation Installation of two met masts, 75km offshore Netherlands and Germany 8. Bellwind Installation of wind turbine generators, transformer station and cables, offshore Belgium 9. Twin crane lift – Part 1 10.Twin crane lift – Part 2 The traditional “and finally……” slot |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |
| 2016 | ||
| JAN 06 | Offshore Wind: A Systems Engineering Re-think | Prof. Seamus Garvey (Nottingham University) |
| FEB 03 | GUARÁ & LULA NE – The BSR Project | Pedro Viana, Technical Manager, 2H Offshore and Hans van Diemen, Project Manager, Subsea 7 |
| MAR 02 | MeyGen Project | David Collier, Atlantis |
| APR 06 | THE INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE – The Mid-Atlantic Current Hindcast | Dr Nicolas Fournier, Science Manager, UK Met Office |
| MAY 18 | Blue Piling Technology | Jasper Winkes of Fistuca BV. |
| JUN 08 | Search for Flight MH370 | Rob Luijnenburg |
| SEPT 07 | Structural Integrity Management: Someless Routine Activities | Phil Wicks, Manager, SIM and Structures Unit, DNV GL |
| OCT 05 | Advances in Composite Materials for Offshore Applications |
Charles Tavner Commercial Director Magma Global Ltd |
| NOV 02 | Clair Ridge Project |
Paul Keeler, BP Clair Ridge T& I Manager & Kevin Hampson, BP Geotechnical Technical Authority |
| DEC 06 |
17th Annual Film Night 1. Operation North Sea Archive film showing installation of two steel platforms in the North Sea, 1965 2. Clair Ridge progress – to 2015 and 2016 update Topsides fabrication and installation for two platforms west of Shetlands, 2015-16 3. Decommissioning the Brent field Plans for decommissioning the North Sea Brent field, including use of Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, 2016 4. SMD trenching machine QT1400 Pipeline trenching tool 5. Tullow TEN project Pipeline and subsea structure installation offshore Ghana, 2016 6. Tideway – offshore contractor Scour protection by rock dumping 7. Kentish Flats Extension inauguration Getting the local community onside for expansion of an offshore wind farm, 2016 8. Blue Piling Pt1 and Pt2 Innovative technique for driving offshore wind farm monopiles 9. The search for the MH370 Record-breaking deep water survey offshore Western Australia for remains of the lost Malaysian Airlines plane |
Dr Ray Hobbs BSc, PhD, CMarEng, CEng- Independent Geotechnical Consultant |