OSEA2016 to focus on overcoming current oil & gas industry downturn

This year’s revamped edition of the Offshore South East Asia Conference and Exhibition (OSEA2016) International Conference will mainly focus on the knowledge, skills and strategies companies need to overcome the recent decline seen in the global oil and gas industry.

Themed under three tracks titled Asset Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Sustainable Growth, the programme will consist of 18 in-depth sessions by top business leaders including Petronas, Shell, Conoco Phillips, Schlumberger, Herren knecht Vertical, Fluor, Reliance Gas Pipelines among others.

“The current state of the industry has tested the resilience of many businesses in the oil and gas value chain. As companies struggle to stay afloat, they are confronted with challenges from every aspect. These pressing concerns will be addressed at the OSEA2016 International Conference, with each masterclass delving in-depth to critical issues and challenges faced by companies today and recovery strategies needed to overcome them,” says IB Saravanan, Director – Conference (Special Projects), at organizer Singapore Exhibition Services.

Conference topics have also been designed to provide deeper insights, answers and strategies on how to tackle some of the most critical challenges and obstacles that have emerged in today’s reality of sustained low oil prices. Some highlights include:

• Cost Effective Life Extension Techniques for Ageing Assets by Kaushik Mukherjee, Principal Engineer – Civil and Structural, Petronas
• Evaluating Exploration and Production Assets with Lower Break Even Points by Emma Wild, Head – Upstream Oil & Gas, KPMG
• Delivering High Impact HR for Industry Resurgence by Rukhsana Pervez, Leader – Human Capital, Deloitte
• Sustainable Strategies for Decommissioning and Well Abandonment by Dennis Vollmar, Product Manager – Offshore, Herrenknecht Vertical
• Renegotiating & Restructuring Contracts for Business Continuance by Ashley Wright, Partner, Pinsent Masons
• Measuring HSSE Performance for Incident Free Operations by Dhirendra Mishra, General Manager – Production, Shell Hazira

A keynote presentation titled “Synergizing the Cross Country Expertise through Far Reaching Collaborations: Tiding over the Challenge” will also be featured in the conference. This will be followed by country focused sessions on Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, and Singapore spotlighting oil and gas and offshore/marine technology developments and collaborative opportunities with major firms from their respective countries.

In addition, OSEA2016 will also see the launch of the one-day conference, LNG EquipTech Asia which is the only LNG processing technology conference in Asia.  With Asia making up over 70% of global LNG demand and Singapore’s ambition to rise to be the region’s LNG hub, LNG EquipTech Asia will cover the technical aspects of cost effective LNG processing and transporting.

For the first time, the OSEA International Conference will also include an overseas site visit. This year, delegates will get the opportunity to visit the Profab fabrication yard in Batam, Indonesia to witness first-hand the fabrication steps and processes, including assembly and release that go into manufacturing a complete topside module for an FPSO.

“In addition to the 18 sessions, it is crucial for us to launch LNG EquipTech Asia and organize the site visit to provide delegates with a deeper learning experience at OSEA. While the site visit will help delegates realize the complexities of module prefabrication, LNG EquipTech Asia will provide updates on equipment technologies in LNG’s three CAPEX- intensive stages – gasification, transportation and liquefaction,” adds Saravanan.

The OSEA International Conference is held as part of OSEA2016 – Asia’s premier oil and gas industry event held from November 29 to December 2, 2016 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.