Day 1

TUESDAY, 24 APRIL 2012

8.00
Registration Opens plus Morning Networking Coffee

9.00
Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Venkatraman Sheshashayee, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Jaya Holdings Ltd

Safety Regulation

9.10
New Safety Regulation Impacting the Global Offshore Drilling Industry: Post Deepwater Horizon Disaster

• What are the latest safety regulatory updates and newly passed laws?
• Analysing the key drivers in the evaluation and implementation of regulation
• Assessing the expectations of drilling contractors and O&G operators post the Macondo disaster
• Macondo disaster: A blessing in disguise?

Randall Luthi, President, National Ocean Industries Association, US

The Global Offshore Drilling Rig Market Outlook

9.50
Global Offshore Drilling Rig Market Outlook: Pre and Post Crisis

• Current trends in oil prices and its impact on the demand & supply of offshore drilling rigs
• Assessing worldwide rig availability of various types of offshore drilling rigs
• What is the rig-utilisation rate?
• Global outlook for offshore E&P projects and new rig market opportunities

Dr. Rina Samsudin, Senior Analyst – Rigs, IHS Petrodata, Singapore

 

10.30
Joint Networking Morning
Tea with FPSO and OSV 2012

11.00
The Jackup & Tender Rig Market Outlook

• What is the current status of jackups and tender rigs in the market?
• Examining rig utilisation rates - Active - Cold stacked - Ready stacked
• Jackups vs tender rigs: Opportunities & challenges
• Future of jackups and tender rigs

Venkatraman Sheshashayee, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Jaya Holdings Ltd

11.30
RIG OWNER’S PANEL: Opportunities & Challenges in the Offshore Drilling Rig Market

• What are the current challenges faced by rig owners? - Capability building - Client expectations
• Offshore rig developments: Existing rigs vs new builds
• Assessing future possibilities for rig owners

Grace Burton, HR Director, Seadrill, Singapore
Bob MacChesney COO, Pacific Drilling, Singapore
Claus E. Feyling, President, Hercules International Holdings, US
Mike Kelley, COO, S.D. Standard Drilling, Singapore

Joint Networking Lunch with FPSO and OSV 2012

STREAM A: SHALLOW WATER DRILLING Chairman: Venkatraman Sheshashayee, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Jaya Holdings Ltd Shallow Rig Operational Challenges & Project Showcase Sessions: Higher Specification & Mat Supported Jack Ups 1.45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Shallow Rig Operational Challenges Mike Kelley, COO, S.D. Standard Drilling, Singapore Hesam Kachabi, Rig Engineering Manager, Global Petro Tech, UAE Venkatraman Sheshashayee, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Jaya Holdings Ltd 2.45 Growing Investment in Higher Specification and Bigger Jackups Current Business Environment Customer Desires and Needs Challenges Capability of New Rigs versus Older Rigs Mike Kelley, COO, S.D. Standard Drilling, Singapore 3.30 Joint Networking Afternoon Tea with FPSO and OSV 2012 4.00 Mat Supported Jackup Drilling Rigs – An Economical and Efficient Solution for Field Development in South East Asia Key challenges in shallow water exploration drilling in South East Asia Analysis of mat supported jackup drilling rig utilisation in South East Asia Successful field developments using mat supported jackups Mat supported jackups vs standard jackups Claus E. Feyling, President, Hercules International Holdings, US 4.45 Introduction of New Patent of Jack Up Rigs Hesam Kachabi, Rig Engineering Manager, Global Petro Tech, UAE 5.30 Chairman’s Summary & End of DayDeepwater

STREAM B: DEEPWATER DRILLING Chairman: Jason Waldie, Associate Director, Douglas Westwood, Singapore Deepwater Drilling in Asia 1.45 Deepwater Exploration Drilling Projects in Asia Analysing the key drivers in the rise of deepwater exploration activities The challenges in deepwater exploration drilling Case Study: Success stories The future of deepwater exploration drilling in Asia Jason Waldie, Associate Director, Douglas Westwood, Singapore Project Showcase Sessions: Drillships & Ultra Deepwater Semisubmersibles 2.30 Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Rig Market Outlook and Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Project Showcase Key drivers in the rise of ultra-deepwater drilling activities worldwide Technical solutions for ultra-deepwater drilling - Dual gradient drilling - Managed pressure drilling Rise in ultra-deepwater newbuilds: Safety and efficiency Project showcase: Pacific Drilling’s Ultra-deepwater drillship Bob MacChesney, COO, Pacific Drilling, Singapore 3.15 Joint Networking Afternoon Tea with FPSO and OSV 2012 4.30 Project Showcase: Ultra Deepwater Semisubmersible Drilling Rig What are the key requirements for utilising the ultra-deepwater semisubmersibles? Examining the core capabilities How is the market response? Harald Frigstad, Chairman, Frigstad Engineering Pte Ltd Singapore 5.15 Chairman’s Summary & End of Day

JOINT NETWORKING COCKTAIL WITH FPSO and OSV 2012

 

Day 2

WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL 2012

9.00
Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Jason Waldie, Associate Director, Douglas Westwood, Singapore

New Builds & Refurbishments

9.10
Developing a Rig Building Shipyard in Indonesia

• Challenges and  Effective Risk Management to start Offshore Rig Construction Projects in Indonesia
• Strategies to fulfill the requirement from owners, contractors and local authorities
• Expectations in the coming projects

Syed Abdi, Director – Yard Operations, Drydocks World, Singapore 

9.50
Upgrading and empowerment of rigs to meet the high demand drilling equipment

• Assessing the key drivers behind refurbishing  drilling rigs
• What are the challenges faced?
• Examining business opportunities: New builds vs Refurbishments
• Will refurbishing and upgrading of rigs be the market of the future?

Markus Voege, Vice President, Operation, Dry Docks World, UAE

10.30
Joint Networking Morning Tea with FPSO and OSV 2012

Financing & Risk Management

11.00
A Spotlight on Financing Capital Intensive Offshore Drilling Rigs & Projects

• Examining the key challenges in financing into the offshore drilling market
• Best practices in the successful financing of offshore drilling rigs and projects
• Successful capital allocation for offshore drilling investment

Angie McKinney, Director of Finance, Prospector Offshore Drilling, US

11.45
Safeguarding Your Investment in the Offshore Drilling Sector

• Physical and financial offshore losses –important considerations
• Understanding the importance of insurance for offshore drilling contractors
• The Global Insurance market and the challenges facing contractors following the three high-profile losses of 2010
• Loss case study examples

Thomas Hillary, Vice President, Head of Upstream Energy Asia, Marsh (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore

Joint Networking Lunch with FPSO and ODR 2012

DRILLING SAFETY & OPERATIONS

1.45
Combating Increased Susceptibility to Drilling Disasters & Ensuring Safety in Going Deeper

• Examining potential deepwater accidents
• What are the key drivers behind drilling disasters?
• How to minimise deepwater drilling disasters?
• Analysing cost effective reactive measures

Peter Aird, Consultant, Kingdom Drilling Services, UK

2.30
A Spotlight on Oil Spill Response in Drilling: Post Deepwater Horizon

• The global impact of Macondo on the drilling industry and on Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL)
• The changing paradigm for the drilling community
• How we see the Asia-Pacific region changing and what future implications we envisage

Declan O’driscoll, Regional Director, Oil Spill Response Ltd, Singapore

3.15
Joint Networking Afternoon Tea with FPSO and OSV 2012

WELL INTEGRITY & FATIGUE DAMAGE

3.45
Effective Management of Well Integrity

• What can loss of well integrity mean to operators and rig owners?
• What are regulators planning for well integrity Improvement?
• How can risk of well integrity loss be better assessed?

Colin Stuart, Technical & Managing Director, Stuart Wright Pte Ltd, Singapore

4.30
Fatigue Damage of Wellhead Conductor System from Drilling Operations

Dr Frank Lim, Principal Director, 2H offshore, UK

5.15
Chairman’s Summary & End of Conference

 

Pre Conference Workshop

23 April 2012, 9 am – 5 pm

Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Operations

• Managing and controlling Ultra deepwater drilling projects introduction - Ultra-deepwater drilling essentials and differences - Simple participative examples to be worked
• Ultra deepwater hazards and risks (work group session) - Remediating and preventing Ultra-deepwater exploration challenges and risk
• Best practices, lessons learned & competencies discussion based on recent ultra-deepwater exploration projects
• Drilling and subsea technology advancements, adaptations available for deep and ultra-deepwater wells
• General wash up, close out and reflective discussion session

About Your Workshop Leader

Peter Aird Consultant Kingdom Drilling Services, UK

Peter Aird has 30 years’ experience as an oil field drilling, well engineering and operations specialist. He has supervised and engineered the drilling of oil and gas wells globally in new frontier exploration, appraisal and extreme drilling development areas. His project experience was gained in early offshore UK deepwater and HPHT wells, followed by further exploration in North America, South East Asia, Norway, the Black Sea, Europe, West Africa, South Atlantic and recent Arctic drilling experiences. During the last 5 years, Peter has been employed in senior specialist drilling and engineering roles with major UK drilling operating companies including Kerr McGee, Maersk, Marathon Oil UK, and Cairn Energy PLC.

His expertise has been honed in variety of subsea, horizontal, platform in-fill, HPHT and remote deepwater exploration projects. Peter Aird holds an MSC in Drilling Engineering from The Robert Gordon University, is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council. He actively participates in several industry forums. Peter has also shared his experience by delivering deepwater training and producing technical and operational treatises on oil well design, construction, engineering and drilling operations. Since 1993 he has hosted a specialist interactive website: www.kingdomdrilling.co.uk