Brief Introduction of the Event

Pipeline Flow Assurance in the oil and gas industry is an increasingly important issue, with global applications for both onshore and offshore pipeline operators. Gas Hydrate problems, Black Powder issues, Security and Product Theft, Control Of Pipeline Deposits are challenges faced by all pipeline operators, that if not controlled, can significantly affect product throughput efficiencies and reduce investment rate of returns.

Today’s advancement into deepwater is placing an even greater emphasis on assuring flow in challenging environments as consistent and efficient product delivery is fundamental to the development of deepwater oil and gas discoveries, which have to contend with pressures and temperatures in the ultra deepwater environment.

High pressure and high temperature (HP/HT) pose the unique challenge for flow assurance and engineers on how to design and operate the system to provide relief from high temperatures in early life, or at high rates while ensuring operability and flow via heat retention in later life or at low rates.

Additional issues such as complex fluids (heavy oils), deep waters, cold environment (cold flow), subsea processing and long distance transport of unprocessed well stream fluids in subsea pipelines, has made product flow assurance a critical concern for oil and gas development and ultra deepwater activity. Overcoming such challenges is vital to ensuring the continuous and consistent product flow required from the reservoir to the processing offshore platform or onshore facility.

As a response to these challenges, UNI presents the Africa / Middle East Oil and Gas Flow Assurance Summit 2008 in Cairo Egypt, a carefully researched and organized event that will provide a plat form to discuss and address the many flow assurance challenges, issues and operability on current offshore and onshore projects, large scale offshore investments. Explore the latest technology applications, gain the latest business intelligence, address the challenges and identify solutions that will enable your company to maximize production and recovery while managing investments and operating expenses.

Speakers at this summit include: -

KEY THEMES TO BE ADDRESSED IN DEPTH

• Ensuring flow and production – Challenges met, Challenges remaining
• New Technologies, Investments, Project financing etc
• Production chemistry / engineering, flow assurance and operability issues
• Flow assurance problem analysis to screen the best technology solutions.
• High Temperature and High Pressure (HT/HP)
• Solving gas hydrate problems in subsea pipelines
• Pipelines, Technology, Laying and Operation (Onshore and Offshore)
• Integrity Management
• Shutdown and restart strategy options
• Flow Assurance concerns and problems – Technical solutions and limitations
• System component failures/faulty operational procedures/operators failures
• Production and flow assurance recommendations
• Offshore field development – challenges and opportunities
• Developing and operating oil fields in harsh and remote environments
• Deepwater production and long distance sub-sea flow lines
• Subsea development and architecture – project challenges & risks

Benefits for Attending

• You will be able to identify the most important and inherent technical challenges facing
your production flow assurance/pipeline

• Improve your ROI by maximizing production and managing costs through the
knowledge and utilization of the latest technological innovations in flow assurance.

• Develop a detailed knowledge of technology of pipelines, the laying techniques,
processes and procedures of piping and long distance pipelines used in
production operations and the main operation problems/challenges

• Turbo-charge your career from the multitude and depth of working experience that
international operators, engineers and research team will deliver at this event.

• Gain from an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues in the same industry to
exchange ideas and information built on global perspectives with a holistic coverage of
issues flow assurance that are critical to business.



Who will attend this event?

Process and facilities engineers l lead, reservoir and petroleum engineers l production managers/engineers l technologists l flow assurance engineers l pipeline engineers and managers l project managers l offshore/subsea engineers/technicians l Government regulators l policy makers/planners/supervisors l CEOs l Managing Directors l Managers l offshore/onshore project developers/financiers l chief technology officers l head of production/plant/equipment/engineering l field/well engineers l reservoir head/manager l head of business development l head of research and development l logistics head l other senior executives from oil and gas industry.

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Venue & Accomodation

Nile Hilton Hotel,
Cairo - Egypt
1113 Comiche El Nil,
Cairo Egypt, 12344
Tel: +20-22-578 0444
+20-22-578 0666
Fax: +20-22-578 0475

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