Global Industry Gathers at Society of Petroleum Engineers Offshore Europe 2011
Nearly 15,000 visitors from around the world walked through the doors at SPE Offshore Europe in Aberdeen on its first day, participating in the largest event in the exhibition and conference’s history.
A total of 14,564 people visited on Day 1 of the show, a rise of 5 % compared to the first day of the last event in 2009. SPE Offshore Europe also has a larger exhibition area than ever before, covering more than 25,000 square metres. Thousands more oil industry professionals from around the world are also attending the show today and are expected to attend in similar numbers tomorrow.
The three-day event got off to a high-profile start as it was the global launch point for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group’s (OSPRAG’s) well capping device, a vital piece of equipment with the capability to cap an uncontrolled subsea well. OSPRAG chose SPE Offshore Europe in Aberdeen as the ideal high-profile location for the official unveiling of the 40 tonne well capping stack. It was officially unveiled by Charles Hendry, the UK Minister of State for Energy.
International delegations from countries including Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Malaysia have been participating at the show, many drawn by the agenda-setting industry conference that is debating key issues and topics facing the E&P industry.
Deep Water Zone Feature Draws the Crowds Organiser, The Offshore Europe Partnership also launched a brand new area called the Deep Water Zone at this year’s show, which has proved extremely popular on Days 1 and 2. The Deep Water Zone is an entire hall dedicated to the offshore sector’s push to safely and responsibly develop hydrocarbons in some of the world’s most challenging deepwater environments.
The conference, being held under the overall theme of ‘Securing Safe, Smart, Sustainable Supply’, has already seen major presentations by industry leaders including the UK Energy Minister, Charles Hendry; Matthias Bichsel, Projects and Technology Director at Shell; Michele della Vigna, Managing Director, Global Investment Research, Energy at Goldman Sachs; and Chris Finlayson, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe & Central Asia Region, of BG Group.
Tomorrow’s sessions will cover key industry topics including the changing role of national oil companies, and the importance of achieving emissions reduction in the upstream sector.
The Chairman of this year’s event, Samir Brikho, who is also Chief Executive Officer of AMEC plc, stressed the importance of the issues and topics discussed on the opening day, especially those that addressed the industry’s activities as it starts projects in new frontiers, often on a larger scale, with different safety regimes and new technologies. “The days of
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simplicity in our industry are gone. We are working in an increasingly diverse energy portfolio and also an increasingly complex supply chain, in co-operation with different nations. It has been vital to spend time talking about where we should be going, and what the future will be.”
Companies from more than 100 countries are attending this year’s event, with major oil and gas operating companies in attendance such as Shell, BP, Petrobras, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Statoil, Saudi Aramco, GDF Suez, Centrica, BG Group, DONG, Maersk, Cepsa, ENI, Petronas Carigali, Premier Oil, TAQA, TOTAL, Addax Petroleum and INPEX. There are also 275 companies exhibiting here for the first time.
Global Industry Trends in the Spotlight
Mr Brikho highlighted that international operating companies clearly want to continue with their global investments, and that the changing and expanding role of National Oil Companies in the international arena would be a major factor in the future. He also stressed the continued importance of achieving emissions reductions in the upstream sector, and that the exploration and production industry is now working in an increasingly diverse energy portfolio and in an increasingly complex supply chain, in cooperation with different nations.
The issue of the offshore industry’s oil spill prevention and response capabilities was also heavily featured at the show, with a major panel session dedicated to it. In addition, SPE Offshore Europe was chosen as the ideal platform for the official launch of the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG)’s high-profile well capping device, a vital piece of equipment with the capability to cap an uncontrolled subsea well. The 40 tonne well capping stack was unveiled by the UK Energy Minister, Charles Hendry, on Day 1.
Mr Brikho was joined at the conference by political and industry leaders including Mr Hendry, as well as Matthias Bichsel, Projects and Technology Director at Shell; Michele della Vigna, Managing Director, Global Investment Research, Energy at Goldman Sachs; and Chris Finlayson, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe & Central Asia Region, of BG Group. Other industry VIPs participating either in conference sessions or topical lunches and breakfasts included the chairman of Schlumberger, Andrew Gould; Oil & Gas UK’s CEO, Malcolm Webb; Leo Koot, CEO of TAQA Brattani; Bob Keiller, CEO of Wood Group PSN; and Peter Mellbye, Executive Vice President of Statoil.
International delegations from countries including Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Malaysia attended the show in Aberdeen, while major oil and gas operating companies including Shell, BP, Petrobras, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Statoil, Saudi Aramco, GDF Suez, Centrica, BG Group, DONG, Maersk, Cepsa, ENI, Petronas Carigali, Premier Oil, TAQA, Total, Addax Petroleum and INPEX also took part.
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