TUESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2010

09:00 - 9:45: OPENING PLENARY                                                                  

Welcome & Introduction – Mr. David Paganie, Conference Director, PennWell Corp.
HE Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (Invited)
Chairman’s Opening Remarks: Mubarak A. Al-Hajri, Offshore Operations Manager, Qatar Petroleum
Keynote Address - Qatar Petroleum

9:45 – 11:00 EXHIBITION OPENING CEREMONY & COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30  General Session: Operators’ Perspectives

11:00 - 11:30 Dr. Faisal Bin Fahad Al-Thani, Deputy Managing Director, Maersk Oil Qatar
11:30 - 12:00 Shell (invited)
12:00 - 12:30 Total (invited)

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH 

13:30 - 14:30: : SESSION 1: Well Construction/Drilling Operations
Chair – Ahmad Jassem Fakhroo, Qatar Petroleum - Offshore Operations, Co-chair – Alian  Roux, Qatar  Petroleum - Offshore Field Development

13:30 - 14:00: Case Study: Geosteering of the Longest Horizontal Well in Thin Complex Nahr Umr Sand, Al Shaheen Field, Qatar; Dr. Tarek Elshayeb, Maersk Oil Qatar

14:00 - 14:30: Pearl GTL, Looking Back on the Journey to Top Quartile Well Delivery and First Horizontal Khuff Well in the North Field; Mr. Rien Descamps, Shell, Mr. Roy Quaden, Qatar Shell

Alternate: Introducing Well Integrity Management Processes at 'Brownfield' Development Stage; Mr. James King, Qatar Petroleum

14:30 - 15:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 - 16:00: SESSION 2: Offshore Safety & Environmental Concerns
Chair – Yoichi Onoe, Gulf Drilling International, Co-chair – Hassan Al-Saygh, Qatar Petroleum-Offshore Operations

15:00 - 15:30: Improving Safety in an Oil and Gas Offshore Project Using Wireless Networks; Engr. Ahmed Alghamdi, Saudi Oil Co. (Aramco)

15:30 – 16:00: Environmentally Safe Cost-Effectively Zero Flaring After Acid Stimulation Jobs on Offshore Oil Wells; Mr. Ali Ahmed, Qatar Petroleum

Alternate: Environmental Challenges in Qatar Pipeline Projects; Mr. Manikantadas VT, J.Ray McDermott