Industry Professionals Gather for World's Largest Subsea Event
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Offshore oil and gas industry professionals from around the world will gather in San AntonioMarch 3 - 5 for the annual Subsea Tieback Forum and Exhibition at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The Subsea Tieback Forum and Exhibition has grown over the last eight years to become the largest subsea technology event in the world. About 2,000 people and over 150 exhibitors are expected at this year's conference.
Rod Skaufel, Vice President of Engineering, BHP Billiton, will give the opening session keynote address, followed by a scene-setting presentation by Bob Helmkamp, Shell International E&P, Inc. Skaufel is responsible for technical assurance and functional excellence across BHP's portfolio of development projects and producing assets. Prior to joining BHP Billiton in 2007, he held numerous Operations and Engineering management positions during a 22-year career with ExxonMobil. He is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.
Bob Helmkamp has had a career spanning over 33 years with Shell in the E&P business developing oil and gas fields in a variety of environments. He was the Technical Manager in charge of engineering for wells, well systems, risers, and TLP components supporting the well system for the Auger TLP in the Gulf of Mexico. The highly successful Auger development helped to open up Shell's extensive deepwater portfolio to development, and many of the well system issues were similar to those faced on subsequent subsea developments.
Helmkamp moved to the fledgling subsea group in the Gulf of Mexico in 1994, and managed several deepwater developments, before becoming an engineering manager in Shell's global deepwater project delivery organization. He has held various engineering management roles in
the subsea systems, in charge of Subsea Hardware, Flow Assurance, Project Delivery, Subsea Controls, and Umbilicals groups.
"This forum each year brings to the industry the most current technology and real life solutions used in meeting the challenges of offshore oil and gas field development and operations," said Eldon Ball, Conferences Director of Offshore Events and Editor of Offshore magazine. "The forum also gives participants the opportunity to interact with presenters, ask questions, share knowledge, and compare best practices. It draws the best and brightest of the industry, both as speakers and attendees."
Technical focus areas covered in the conference sessions include Reliability, Field Architecture, the Thunder Horse field development, Flow Assurance, Pipeline Blockage Remediation, Pipeline Repair and Intervention, Case Studies and High-Pressure/High-Temperature Operations.
Companies showcasing their products and services in the exhibition hall include Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, Cameron, VetcoGray, Baker Hughes, Technip, Acergy and Helix Energy Solutions. Products on display on the exhibit floor include, but are not limited to: subsea trees, wellheads, control systems, tie-in connection and tooling systems, structures, umbilicals, drilling risers, processing and boosting systems, monitoring systems, subsea control fluids and lubricants, pumping solutions, instrumentation, software, monitoring, equipment and staffing.
Details on the Subsea Tieback Forum and Exhibition can be found by visiting www.subseatiebackforum.com. Attendees can register online at www.subseatiebackforum.com or on-site in San Antonio.
Offshore magazine, SSTB's sponsoring publication, is a monthly publication recognized as the worldwide leader for covering the key technology, operations, events, issues and trends relative to offshore oil and gas exploration and production operations.
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