PSTI INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM
14/15 November 1995
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER
08.00-09.30 Coffee and registration
Session 1 Opening and PSTI Activities
09.30 Welcome and introductory remarks - George Watkins,
Conoco, PSTI Chairman
09.45 PSTI's activities and development - Robert Johnson,
Director (PSTI)
10.15 PSTI Members' research priority review - S Brown (PSTI),
Director of Geoscience (PSTI)
10.35 COFFEE and EXHIBITION
Session 2 Technical challenges and opportunities
Chairman: Mr Kenneth Gibbons, Association of
British Offshore Industries
11.05 Shell UK Exploration and Production - Keith Allan
(Technical Operations Director)
New technology challenges facing the industry in the
exploitation of difficult oil prospects and fields in the North Sea
11.35 British Gas Research and Technology - Ian Sylvester
(Project Manager, Reservoir Modelling)
Technology challenges facing the industry in the exploitation of
gas prospects and fields on the UKCS
Session 3 International oil & gas research strategies
Chairman: David McKenzie, The Marine Technology
Directorate Ltd
12.05 European Commission DGXII - Ezio Andreta (Director)
Fourth Framework activity - hydrocarbons R&D
12.35 Office of Science and Technology - Anita Longley
The UK Government Foresight Programme
13.00 LUNCH and EXHIBITION
Session 3 Continued
14.30 The Research Council of Norway - Bjørn Zapffe
(Section Manager, Industry and Energy Division)
Research Strategy in the Petroleum Sector
15.00 Natural Environment Research Council - Tom
Huntingdon
(Technology Interaction)
NERC - post Foresight
15.30 The Marine Technology Directorate Ltd - Ian Brown
(Manager, Research Activities)
MTD - Creating Partnerships in Research and Technology
16.00 TEA and EXHIBITION
16.30 Australian Petroleum Cooperative Research Centre
- Adrian Williams
Current Australian and SE Asian R&D
17.00- Members Meeting - Open to PSTI Member Companies only
18.00
17.00 EXHIBITION
18.00- RECEPTION
19.00
WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER
Session 4: Innovation and technology management
Chairman: John Prescott, Region Manager,
Baker Hughes INTEQ
09.30 Department of Trade and Industry Oil & Gas Projects and
Supplies Office (OSO) - John Foote (Assistant Director R&D)
Encouraging innovative UK technology: OSSCAR and LINK.
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Programme
10.00 Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd - Ali Daneshy
(Europe/Africa Technical Manager)
The need for innovation and collaboration between
governments, producers of energy, service and supply
companies and SMEs.
10.30 COFFEE and EXHIBITION
11.00 Scottish Enterprise Operations - Robert Crawford
(Managing Director)
Industrial competitiveness through technical innovation.
11.30 Schlumberger Cambridge Research - Reid Smith
(Vice President and Director)
Technology Strategy for Schlumberger Oilfield Services
Session 5 Technical challenges and opportunities
12.00 CRINE Secretariat - Brian King
(Phillips Petroleum Company United Kingdom Ltd)
The contribution of technology development to cost reduction
12.30 Department of Trade and Industry - Oil & Gas Division
- Brian McDonald
Future potential for improved oil recovery R&D in the UK.
13.00 Amerada Hess Corporation - Rex Gaisford
(Director,Worldwide Development)
Technical challenges arising from remote, deepwater field development.
13.30 LUNCH and EXHIBITION
15.00 Petronas Research & Scientific Services, Malasia
Dr Khalid Ngah (General Manager, E&P Research Division)
R&D Issues in SE Asea
15.30 Elf Geoscience Research Centre - Jean-Pierre Dolla
(Vice-President, Research)
European R&D/Industry interaction
16.00 Close