Chemistry in the Oil Industry X – Oilfield Chemistry: REACHing the Solution

Chemistry in the Oil Industry X – Oilfield Chemistry: REACHing the Solution
Chemistry in the Oil Industry XI

Title:

Chemistry in the Oil Industry X – Oilfield Chemistry: REACHing the Solution

Introduction:

Are you concerned about the implications of the REACH Regulations for the continued use of production chemicals? Is compliance with recent changes to the Offshore Chemical Notification Scheme causing difficulties? Come and learn the latest developments in these significant challenges for the Oil Industry with experts in the field including regulatory authorities at Chemistry in the Oil Industry X

Dates:

5th – 7th November 2007

Location:

Manchester Conference Centre, UK

Exhibition:

There will be an exhibition all day 6th – 7th November

Posters:

There will be poster sessions throughout the symposium

Programme

 

Monday 5th November

17.00 to 20.00

Registration

Tuesday 6th November

08.45

Welcome by
David Karsa, TensioMetrics Ltd and RSC Speciality Chemicals Sector

 

Session 1: REACH: Regulatory & Legislative Issues

Chairmen:
Gordon Graham, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited
Graham Payne, EOSCA Executive Secretary and
Briar Technical Services Limited

09.00

Keynote Lecture:
REACH – The Big Picture
Gary Dougherty, HSE (UK Competent Authority)

09.40

REACH – From a Supplier’s Perspective
Stuart Longworth, Sankey Safety Consultants Ltd

10.10

Intelligent Safety Evaluation and Prediction of Properties

John Hislopand Derek Knight, SafePharm Laboratories Limited

10.40

Q&A

11.00

Refreshments, Exhibition & Posters

 

Session 2: Drilling and Well Service
Chairmen:
Paul Reid, Impact Engineering Solutions of Reading
Dick Weare, Baker Petrolite

11.30

Simultaneous Fracturing and Inhibitor Squeeze Treatments in Gas Reservoirs: A New Approach to Tailor Chemistry to Reservoir Conditions

Bernhard Lungwitz, Leonardo Maschio, Jason Rall, Marieliz Garcia, Oscar Bustos and Bilu Cherian, Schlumberger

11.55

Improved Chemical Designs for OBM Skin Damage Removal for Production and Injection Wells
Dave Marshall, Tom Jones, Lirio Quintero, Adrian Smith and Alex McKellar, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids

12.20

Chemical Treatment Improves Cuttings Re-injection
Ahmadi Tehrani and Mary Ann George, MI-SWACO

12.45

Lunch, Exhibition & Posters

 

Session 3: Separation and Down Stream Operations
Chairmen:
Paul Reid, Impact Engineering Solutions of Reading
Dick Weare, Baker Petrolite

14.15

Rheological Characterization of Water/Crude Oil Interfaces
Christine Dalmazzone, Christine Noïk, Carlos Quintero and Aurelie Mouret, IFP

14.40

Sources of Crude Oil Quality Variation and its Impact on Refining
Lawrence N. Kremer, Baker Petrolite

15.05

A Revolutionary New Approach to the Cleaning of Oil Refinery Systems
Chris Jones , Marcus Mantysaari, Brian Downward, Rhodia UK and Berthold Otzisk, Hermann Kempen, Dirk Huennemann and Kai Stallbaum, Kurita Europe GmbH

15.30

Refreshments, Exhibition & Posters

 

Session 4: Flow Assurance
Chairmen:
Jack Dunlop, JD Horizons Ltd
Henry Craddock, Roemex Limited

16.00

Understanding Naphthenate Deposition and the Responsible Tetraprotic
Acids Previously Known as ARN

Ben E. Smith, Oil Plus Ltd; Bjart F. Lutnaes, Jostien Krane, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Geoffrey Fowler, BG Group and Steve J. Rowland, University of Plymouth

16.25

Insights for the Prediction of Soap Formation in Exploration and Production.
Andrew G. Shepherd, Ken S. Sorbie, Gillian B.Thomson and Robin E. Westacott, Heriot Watt University

16.50

New Approaches to Low Dose Gas Hydrate Treatment
Michael Jurek, Marc Alexandre and Stephen Bell, International Specialty Products

17.15

Close

19.30 for
20.00

Cocktail Reception at the Yang Sing Restaurant
Sponsored by Dow Biocides

20.00

Symposium Dinner at the Yang Sing Restaurant
Dinner sponsored by Akzo Nobel Chelates and Akzo Nobel Surfactants.
Wines sponsored by Champion Technologies Ltd.

 

Wednesday 7th November

 

Session 5: Environmental Issues

Chairmen:
Gordon Graham, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited
Graham Payne, EOSCA Executive Secretary and Briar Technical Services Limited

08.30

Keynote Lecture:

Evaluation of the Hazard and Risk of Chemicals Used by the UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry and Management and Reduction of Use of Those Considered of Greatest Environmental Concern. Forecasting Trends in Chemical Use and Impacts.

Dave A. Sheahan, Anthony J. Millais, Paula Neall, Richard J. Rycroft, Shirley Thompson, Mike A. Tolhurst and Laura Weiss, CEFAS

09.10

Keynote Lecture
Legalization of Chemical products in Russian Federation
Albert T.Lebedev, Moscow State M.V.Lomonosov University

09.50

Bioconcentration: Comparison of Methods for Assessing Potential Hazards of Offshore Chemicals
Anthony J Millais, Richard J Rycroft, Mike A. Tolhurst and Dave A. Sheahan, CEFAS

10.15

A Method for Measuring n-Octanol/Water Partition Coefficients for
Nonionic Surfactants
Arron Karcher, Henry Wiggins, Ian Robb and J. Michael Wilson, Halliburton

10.40

Refreshments, Exhibition & Posters

 

Session 6: Integrity

Chairmen:

Henry Craddock, Roemex Limited
Graham Payne, EOSCA Executive Secretary and Briar Technical Services Limited

11.10

Environmentally Adapted Demulsifiers Containing Weak Links
Per-Erik Hellberg , Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB

11.35

Corrosion Inhibition in PWRI Systems which use Nitrate Treatment to Control SRB Activity and Reservoir Souring
Jim F. D. Stott, Graeme Dicken, Tony Rizk, Intertek CAPCIS Ltd, Chris Gamble, Simon Saul, Baker Petrolite, andTom Granli, Thor Haegh, Yara International ASA

12.00

High Throughput Evaluation of Biocides for Biofouling Control in Oilfields
Bei Yin, Jeff Yang, Ute Bertheas and Julie Adams,Dow Biocides

12.25

Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

 

Session 7: Scale

Chairmen:
Gordon Graham, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited
Dick Weare, Baker Petrolite

13.55

Development and Validation of a Novel Method for Quantification of
Polymeric Scale Inhibitors and a Comparison of Obtained Data with
Current Commercial Techniques
Alan Thompson and Kristy Burnett, Champion Technologies

14.20

Electrodeposition of CaCO3 and the Effects of Inhibitor/Surface Interactions
Aurelie Martinod, Helene Job, Anne Neville, University of Leeds and Ken S. Sorbie, Heriot Watt University

14.45

Biodegradable Scale Inhibitors. Laboratory and Field Evaluation of “Green” Carbonate and Sulphate Scale Inhibitors with Deployment Histories in the North Sea.
Myles M. Jordan, Neil Feasey, Clare Johnston, David Marlow and Morag Elrick, Nalco Ltd.

15.10

Biodegradable Chelates for Barium Sulphate Dissolution in Offshore Oilfields
Corine A. de Wolf, Ingrid C.M. Huybens, Kees van Ginkel and Roy Geerts, Akzo Nobel Chemicals Research

15.35

Reprise – The Symposium’s Vision of REACHing the Solution

Jack Dunlop, JD Horizons Ltd and Henry Craddock, Roemex Limited

16.00

Symposium Ends

Refreshments available