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Join us on a journey through the full offshore energy life cycle in our Offshore Energy Thematic Sessions. From exploration to decommissioning, no stone will be left unturned during the event.

Exploration in a mature basin

Executives from Tulip Oil, Discover Exploration and Nordsøfonden will present their views on exploration in a mature basin. Imad Mohsen, CEO of Tulip Oil, will share his views on what he sees exciting prospects for Dutch offshore exploration. Alexander Mollinger, COO at Discover Exploration, has announced to speak on how to unlock potential in a mature, yet prospective basin.

Mohsen and Mollinger will speak in the conference session Exploration in mature basin, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday 23 October. Other speakers in the session are Inger Salomonsen, Exploration Manager at Nordsøfonden, Annemiek Asschert, Deputy Exploration Manager, EBN and Nick Ford, Business Development Manager

Fraser Well Management. The session is chaired by Eric van Ewijk, Exploration Manager, EBN.

Competing for marine space

Prominent guests from the European Commission and NOGEPA will talk about how various economic activities at sea influence spatial planning. Xavier Guillou, Policy Officer, European Commission will talk about EU policy & regulations and the Blue Growth strategy. Marieke van den Akker, Legal Council, NOGEPA will share her views on regulations and the NEXSTEP Regulatory Committee membership.

Van den Akker and Guillou will speak in the conference session Competing for marine space, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday 23 October. Other speakers in the sessions are Guido Schild, Project Manager Energy, Stichting de Noordzee, Peter Eecen, Programme Development Manager Energy, ECN/TNO  and Nathalie Strookman, Senior Project Manager Energy, Natuur & Milieu.

Subsea cable systems

CWind and DNV GL will share their views on will present the latest insights and technical challenges of powering offshore installations. Andrew Lloyd, Director of Power Cables, CWind will present how to look after the growing wind power infrastructure.

Lloyd will speak in the conference sessions Subsea cable systems, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday 23 October. Another speaker is Wessel Bakker, Business Director Power Transmission, DNV GL. The session is chaired by Pieter Swart, Technical Expert Subsea Pipelines & Cables, Shell.

Innovation, collaboration and cost-reduction

High-level representatives from Bluestream Offshore and Maersk Decom will share their insights on cost-reducing innovations.  Jens Klit Thomsen, Chief Commercial Officer, Maersk Decom, will discuss examples of innovation and collaboration from past projects and how they resulted in significant cost and time savings. Malcolm Newton, Senior Inspection Engineer, Bluestream Offshore, will share his views on reducing cost of subsea inspections and utilizing the advances in compact ROV systems and inspection tooling.

Thomsen and Newton will speak in the conference session Innovation, collaboration and cost-reduction, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday 23 October. Other speakers are Robert Plat, Principal Consultant Offshore, Royal IHC and Sibren Bonte, Senior Engineer / Project Manager, Gusto MSC.

Offshore transport, installation and removal

Distinguished speakers from Allseas, Boskalis and Bourbon will discuss the latest additions to the global offshore fleet designed for the various activities required in the world of offshore oil, gas and wind. Edward Heerema, President, Allseas, will showcase the single-lift installation and removal of large offshore platforms by vessel Pioneering Spirit. Yvan Leyni, Engineering and Projects Director,

Bourbon will offer a new perspective on floating offshore wind installation. Jack Spaan, Expert Heavy Lift, Boskalis will discuss their offshore energy fleet developments.

Heerema, Leyni and Spaan will speak during the conference session titled Offshore transport and installation, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday 23 October. Other speakers in the session are Wout Janssens, Director Operations and Engineering, Jumbo, Kevin van de Leur, Lead engineer, Van Oord and Clement Mochet, Commercial Director, Vryhof. The session in chaired by Hubert Schaafsma, Blue sea marketing and sponsored by FMJ Marine.

Corporate responsibility

Executives from Total and Van Oord will talk about the importance of taking responsibility as a company for the employees, stakeholders and the environment. In light of this Jean-Marc Fontaine, Vice President of Social Business & Societal, Total will share the benefits of a Corporate Foundation as part of Corporate Responsibility, including engaging employees.

Fontaine will speak during the conference session titled Corporate responsibility, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday 24 October. Other speakers are Sander Dekker, Manager Sustainability, Van Oord and Marieke van den Akker, Legal Counsel, NOGEPA. The session is moderated by Christiaan Luca, Associate Partner and Katinka van Cranenburgh, Partner Community Wisdom Partners and is sponsored by Aetna.

Find out more about the moderators in this detailed interview on OffshoreEnergyToday.com.

Late life operations

Join our honored speakers from SGS and Shell/Nam who will present their late-life strategies. Nolda Tipping, Project and Turnaround Manager, Shell / NAM, will offer insight into a new future through decomplexing. Mike Gunningham, Chief Production Technologist, SGS, will share how to bring late life back to mid-life in product optimization.

Tipping and Gunningham will speak during the conference session Late life operations, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday 24 October. Another on point speaker is Christopher Bell, Consultant DNV GL Oil and Gas, DNV GL. DNV GL are also transition partner of this session.

Decommissioning and re-use

High-level representatives from NextStep and NIRAS will discuss the innovations and developments in decommissioning and re-use. Morten Dallov Ibsen, Advisor, NIRAS, will present a design for decommissioning through integrating decommissioning considerations into the design of new offshore installations.

Ibsen will speak in the conference session Decommissioning and re-use, part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday 24 October. Other speakers are Roger Esson, Decommissioning Solution Centre Manager, OGTC, Nils Cohrs, Head of Decommissioning, OGA, Ian Fozdar, Infrastructure Decommissioning Manager, OGA, John Warrender, CEO, Decom North Sea. This session in chaired by Paul Jacob Bins, Managing Director, DecomPartners and Erik Kreft, Project Lead Re-use & Decommissioning, EBN.

Source: Navingo