Expert speakers at FPSO Africa 2012 include:

    • Roger Swaine
      Group Projects & Engineer Manager
      Tullow Oil, UK
    • Paul Eardley-Taylor
      Head: Energy, Utilities and Infrastructure
      Standard Bank
    • Berend Deiters
      Director
      Head of Natural Resources
      ING Commercial Banking – Structured Finance
    • John Westwood
      Chairman
      Douglas Westwood
    • Kelvin Sam
      Principal Researcher: Cost and Procurement
      IHS CERA
    • Kayode Aremu
      Technical Integrity & Verification Engineer
      Shell, Nigeria
    • Dr. Ibiba Douglas
      Department of Marine Engineering
      Rivers State University & Technology, Nigeria

Maximising field returns with innovations in FPSO design, construction and technology

Opportunities and innovations in the face of market consolidation and technical advancements as the demand for FPSO doubles and the search goes deeper

As the offshore sector moves into deeper waters, harsh and remote fields, high operating costs and technologies remain a challenge. With between 194 project planned to be launched in the next 5 years, ship owners and operators are looking to capitalise on new strategies and move forward in deepwater activities. Future growth indicators in the floating production sector are positive. Global demand for oil continues to grow, the market is again threatened by Middle East and North Africa supply disruptions, oil prices are at an all time high and virtually every major field operator has announced plans to increase offshore exploration and development expenditures to drill deeper and further off the coast in search for better returns. Faced with a wide choice of potential solutions, identifying the right partner is a key challenge faced by operators and owners. Evaluating the best partners in time critical projects is vital for success. Join us at the FPSO Africa Summit where owners/ operators gather to identify the best partners for their projects.

But the questions:

  • How well can FPSO technology maximize your production capacity and minimize costs?
  • What is the quickest way to evaluate the suitability of your field for FPSO developments?
  • How can you increase future revenues and the profitability of FPSOs worldwide?

Many companies are looking for solutions to reinvent their FPSO strategies and captialise on this upswing. Are you?

What you will gain by attending FPSO Africa:

  • Hear regional and specific FPSO demand forecasts and trend predictions
  • Gain insights into FPSO and deepwater involvement in Africa
  • Gain critical insights into policy and regulations in your local content strategy
  • Discuss what’s next for West, East and Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Gain an understanding of the FPSO market drivers and near term issues
  • Hear from the leading oil companies active in the FPSO market and gain an insight into their view of business
  • Understand the key challenges of FPSO relocation
  • Explore the possibilities of finding new concepts for monetizing offshore gas
  • Review one of the key challenges to the industry – how to balance the marine and process functions
  • Get to grips with life extension of mooring and riser systems
  • Evaluate FPSO technology and maximise your production capacity and minimize costs
  • Exchange best practices on design and build, maintenance and project management
  • Address floating LNG as a game changer for the LNG industry
  • Be privey to the latest development and current status of FPSO projects

PLUS! Make the most of your time out of the office and attend the three technical pre-conference and post-conference workshops

16 April 2012
Workshop A: Avoiding the pitfalls of contract negations, risk and disputes

19 April 2012
Workshop B: Balancing time, cost and quality for more efficient delivery of your FPSO project

Who will be speaking and attending FPSO Africa 2012?

You can look forward to meeting and forging technical-commercial contracts with key decision makers in the FPSO industry including:

Oil operators and field owners, vessel owners, EPC contractors, offshore marine regulators and technology providers.

FPSO Africa has been developed and designed for the following roles and responsibilities

  • Heads of Deepwater Development
  • Heads of Projects
  • Heads of Field Development
  • Head of FPSO
  • Head of Technical / Engineering
  • Head of Procurement
  • Head of Legal and Contracts
  • FPSO Project Managers
  • Technical Directors
  • Asset Managers
  • Project Managers
  • OIM Managers
  • Naval Architects
  • R&D Managers
  • Process/Topside Engineers
  • FPSO-3
  • FPSO
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