Conferences

The 6th AIChE/SPE Joint Workshop
Challenges in Flow Assurance

September 26-28, 2011
Omni-Houston Westside
Houston, TX, USA

Cosponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

REGISTRATION FOR THIS MEETING IS NOW CLOSED!

PDH credits will be issued.

This joint AIChE/SPE workshop will focus on the integrated relationship between flow assurance and facility design. Flow assurance challenges have increased significantly as operators have stepped out further from shore and into deeper waters, while restrictions on weight, available space, and costs have become more substantial for the facilities personnel. An approach that considers flow assurance risk management maximizing efficiency and safety while minimizing costs over the life of the field can only be undertaken through an integrated production team.

This integrated approach to flow assurance involves reservoir, subsea, and topsides teams evaluating all aspects of field development and discussing the impact of flow assurance solutions (chemical, thermal, and mechanical). Handled properly, such an integrated system can reduce topside facilities requirements, increase well production rates, allow for regularly scheduled maintenance with reduced downtime, and enhance personnel and environmental safety.

**The workshop begins with a Welcome Reception on Monday, September 26th from 6:30-8:00pm at the Omni Houston Westside and continues with two full days of flow assurance programming on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27-28.**

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

(Please scroll over the session box for list of confirmed speakers)

Tuesday, September 27

8:10am – 10:10am

Session I: Identifying and Eliminating Flow Blockage I - Hydrates
Co-chair: Scott Hickman, ExxonMobil
Co-chair: Cem Sarica, University of Tulsa

10:30am – 12:30pm

Session II: Fluid Properties and Phase Behavior
Co-chair: Walter Chapman, Rice University
Co-Chair: Norman Carnahan, Carnahan Corp.

1:45pm – 3:45pm

Session III: Multiphase Flow I
Co-Chair: Lee Norris, SPT
Co-Chair: Tom Danielson, ConocoPhillips

4:05pm – 6:05pm

Session IV: Compact/Modular Processing for Remote Applications
Co-Chair: Kamal Shah, AkerSolutions
Co-Chair: Phaneendra Kondapi, FMC Technologies

Wednesday, September 28

8:10am – 10:10am

Session V: Identifying and Eliminating Flow Blockage II – Waxes, Asphaltenes, etc.
Co-chair: Oliver Mullins, Schlumberger
Co-chair: Probjot Singh, ConocoPhillips

10:30am – 12:30pm

Session VI: The Role of Chemical Additives
Co-chair: Irv Wiehe, Soluble Solutions
Co-chair: Tom Sifferman, ETTP Consulting

1:45pm – 3:45pm

Session VII: Multiphase Flow II
Co-chair: Jeff Morris, CUNY
Co-chair: Hari Subramani, Chevron

4:05pm – 5:05pm

Session VIII: The Role of FA Engineers in Projects and Subsea Oil Spill FA
Co-chair: Hari Subramani, Chevron
Co-chair: Scott Hickman, ExxonMobil
- Doreen Chin, Shell
- Greg Hatton, Shell

5:05pm - 6:05pm

Session IX: Panel Discussion
Co-chair: Hari Subramani, Chevron
Co-chair: Scott Hickman, ExxonMobil
Co-chair: Norman Carnahan, Carnahan Corp.

Workshop Co-Chairs
Norman Carnahan, Carnahan Corporation
Scott Hickman, ExxonMobil
Hariprasad Subramani, Chevron

Technical Advisory Committee
Oliver Mullins, Schlumberger
David Rosenthal, Jacobs Engineering
Thomas Sifferman, ETTP Consulting (Energy Technology, Training, and Planning)
Dendy Sloan, Colorado School of Mines
Irv Wiehe, Soluble Solutions

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