WEDNESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2010

09:00 - 10:30: SESSION 3: Gas Production Challenges & Solutions
Chair – Ahmad  AL-Khajah, Qatar Petroleum -Gas Operations, Co-chair – Ali Mohamed Al-Mutairi, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co.

09:00 - 09:30: Setting Benchmarking Standards for Centrifugal Gas Compressor & Gas Turbine Performance and Reliability for Use in Oil & Gas Production Systems; Dr. Sib Akhtar, MSE (Consultants) Ltd.

09:30 - 10:00: Compressor Degradation, Performance Adaptation and Fault Diagnostics; Mr. Reza Salamat, Qatar Petroleum

10:00 - 10:30: Multi-Compressor Capacity Optimization; Mr. Roy Milum, PetrotechInc.

Alternate: Flow Specifics of Darcy and Non-Darcy Filtration Law of Gas-Liquid Mixtures in Vertical and Horizontal Wells; Dr. Mikhail Karnauhov, TSOGU

10:30 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 - 13:00: SESSION 4: Flowline & Pipeline Management
Chair – Ahmad AL-Hemaidi, Qatar Petroleum-Offshore Operations, Co-chair – Ahmad AL-Ghamdi, Saudi Aramco

11:30 - 12:00: Technological Developments in Pipeline Pigging; Mr. Douglas Batzel, Galaxy Brushes

12:00 - 12:30: IMS - Inspection Management System, Mr. Abdulsatar Shafee, QP

12:30- 13:00: Pipeline & Flow Assurance: Medical Solutions to Oil and Gas Pipeline Problems; Mr. Matt Wilson, Tracerco

Alternate: Assessment of Safety Levels of Submarine Pipelines On-bottom Stability; Prof. Tarek Elsayed, Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport

13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH

14:30 - 16:00: SESSION 5: Asset Management & Facility Integrity
Chair – Ahmad Al-Aji, Qatar Petroleum-Offshore Operations, Co-chair – Betrand Bacaud, Total

14:30 - 15:00: Asset Ageing; Mr. Mike Howell, Qatar Petroleum

15:00 - 15:30: Experience with FSO Operations at the Al Shaheen Field, Offshore Qatar, Since 1995; Mr. Christian Homilius, Maersk Oil Qatar

15:30 - 16:00: Wellhead Maintenance & Integrity Management – Safeguarding Against the Unknown; Mr. Nicholas Dale, Claxton Engineering Services Ltd.

Alternate: Prevention of Losses Due to Corrosion, Erosion, Wear and Chemical Degeneration; Mr. John Stenner Moritzen, Jakob Albertsen A/S