The SPE Offshore Europe (OE) Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen, Scotland from September 3 to 6, 2019, will feature the offshore sector’s most signifcant technologies. This year, the biennial event will take place under the theme: “Breakthrough to Excellence – Our license to operate.” It will allow a global network of more than 36,000 industry professionals to connect, source and compare effective solutions. “SPE Offshore Europe 2019 will allow the industry to come together and discuss what really matters,” said Michael Borrell, conference chair and Total’s senior V.P., North Sea and Russia. “It will be important to talk about keeping our costs low, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and focusing on excellence in our operations.”
Exhibition
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with technical experts from more than 900 suppliers on the exhibition floor, from international market leaders to new, innovative technology companies. There will be thousands of demonstrations and case studies presented from a wide range of E&P companies. This year, the highly popular “Decommissioning Zone” will return. The zone, which also is free to attend, will include decommissioning technology and service providers, as well as a conference theater program, in association with the industry’s key associations. Called “The Late Life and Decommissioning Zone,” it will bring together more than 11,000 highly targeted technical, business and government professionals. The “Engenious Zone” also incorporated into SPE OE 2019 will highlight innovations in robotics, data analytics, automation and advanced communications. Additionally, the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and social enterprise Elevator will run a start-up zone.
Conference
Produced in association with SPE, attendees of the conference can stay informed and competitive through the content presented over four days of keynote, technical, financial and special sessions. In additional to breakfast briefings and topical lunches, more than 50 technical papers will be presented during SPE OE 2019. Speakers representing government entities, service companies and E&P majors including Total, Shell, Premier Oil, DNV GL, TechnipFMC, Chevron, BHGE, Equinor, Weatherford, Halliburton, Schlumberger and NOV, among others will discuss important topics related to Europe’s offshore sector. Attendees can sit in on discussions and analyses associated with late-life operations; artificial intelligence; project finance; transformational data analytics; subsea solutions; subsea flow assurance; process safety management; decommissioning; underwater innovation; reservoir analytics; decarbonisation; digitalisation; safety performance; standardisation; smarter and more effective field development; automation; the energy transition; and more.
