Programme Schedule (Provisional)
Note: As the date of conference draws closer, the Final Programme Schedule

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Updated on 2nd October 2008

 

 

17 November 2008 (Tentative Programme)

Time

Event

08.00 – 09.00

Registration and Coffee

09.00 – 09.10

Opening & Welcome Address

 

Keynote Session

09.10 – 09.30

Keynote Address by Rupert Hunt, Offshore Structure Engineer, Shell UK

10.20 – 10.50

Coffee /Tea Break (Sponsored by Keppel FELS)

 

Session 1

10.50 – 11.20

A Spudcan Extraction Mitigation Device by Okky Ahmad Purwana, Geotechnical Engineer, Keppel Offshore & Marine Pte Ltd

11.20 – 11.50

Benchmarking existing benign water drilling jack-ups towards DNV Rules by

Henning Carlsen, Head of Floating Structures, DNV

11.50 – 12.20

Characterization of Soils Affected by Rig Emplacement by Nancy Chan, Engineering Manager, Fugro Singapore

12.20 – 14.00

Lunch (Sponsored by Keppel FELS)

 

Session 2

14.00 – 14.30

Development of an Environmentally Responsible Jacking Gear Lubricant by Jon Pearce, PGO Product Manager, Castrol

14.30 – 15.00

Managing Leg Penetrations – Procedures For Controlling Settlement by Steve Nowak, Engineering Manager, Premium Drilling

15.00 – 15.30

A comparison of penetration behaviour of spudcan and skirted footing

in sand overlying clay by Teh Kar Lu, Professor, National University of Singapore

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee /Tea Break (Sponsored by Keppel FELS)

 

Session 3

16.00 -  16.30

Jack deck solution for module installation by Cholley Jean Marc, Technology & Innovation Manager, Technip

16.30 – 17.00

Overview of spudcan performance on clays: current research and SNAME by Muhammad Shazzad, PhD Student, University of Western Australia

17.00 – 18.00

Cocktail Reception (Sponsored by ENSCO)

18.00

End of Day 1 Conference

 

18 November 2008 (Tentative Programme)

08.00 – 09.00

Registration and Coffee

 

Keynote Session

09.00 – 09.10

Understanding Jack-Ups by Gregers Kudsk, Vice President & CTO, Maersk Drilling

 

Session 4

09.10 – 09.40

Basic tips and consideration on reviewing a geotechnical report for a Jack-Up Rig foundation assessment by Paul Handidjaja, Geotechnical Engineer, Braemar Falconer

09.40 – 10.10

Improved Guidelines for the Prediction of Geotechnical Performance of Spudcan Foundations during Installation and Removal of Jack-up Units by Julian Osborne, Technical Director, RPS Energy

10.10 – 10.40

Coffee /Tea Break (Sponsored by Premium Drilling)

 

Session 5

10.40 – 11.10

CAD/CAM/CIM of Jackup Rigs by Dr. Oskar Lee, Director, ARL Asia

11.10 – 11.40

An Integrated In-situ Geotechnical Testing Device for Jackup Rigs by Matthew Quah, R&D Manager, Keppel Offshore Technology Development

11.40 – 12.10

Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Assessment for Welded Joints in Jack-up Rig by Dr. Yang Zhengmao, Senior Structural Integrity Engineer, DNV

12.10 – 14.00

Lunch (Sponsored by Premuim Drilling)

 

Session 6

14.00 – 14.30

Precise Evaluation of Offshore Platforms Structural Reliability Including the Effects of Fatigue Damage by Dr. A A Golafshani, Associate Professor, Sharif University of Technology

14.30 – 15.00

Mega Jack Up by Cholley Jean Marc, Technology & Innovation Manager, Technip

15.00 – 15.30

Experimental Investigation of Swiss Cheese Drilling in Stiff-over-Soft Clay by Mark J. Cassidy, Professor, University of Western Australia

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee /Tea Break (Sponsored by Premium Drilling)

 

Session 7

16.00 – 16.30

Jack Up Structure Maintenance by Barry Eagles, Senior Operations Manager, Palfinger Systems

16.30 – 17.00

Dynamic Behaviour of Jack-up Drilling Units- Re-evaluation of methods in SNAME 5-5A Bulletin by Zhang Xi Ying, ABS

17.00

End of Conference

* To Be Confirmed