Conference Day Two
17 June 2015
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08:30 Welcome coffee
08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair
Tim Walton, Director, Energy Research Initiatives, Curtin University
Combining big data, the internet of things and mobility to end downtime
09:00 International Keynote Address
Leveraging big data and data science in combination with mobile technology in the oil and gas industry
- Addressing the challenges of increasing data in the upstream oil and gas industry
- How can mobile technology bridge the gap and provide actionable insights into an industry with more arguably complex operations than any other in the world?
- Mobile challenges relating to upstream and how these are overcome at Halliburton
Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton (USA)
09:30 Reducing field data collection cost while enhancing OH&S using the latest geospatial mobile technology
- Integrating geospatial data from various sources such as GeoRSS, web services (WMS, WFS) for increased safety
- Off-line data collection of a survey area using high quality base maps, satellite and aerial imagery and digital terrain models to overlay the operator’s own asset data
- Learning from other energy companies on work flow to improve efficiency and accuracy
Craig Williams, Director, Geospatial Information & Technology Association
10:00 How can the resources industry best harness real-time solutions?
- Revolutionising faster drilling with next generation sensors
- Developing solutions to collect geophysical data cheaper, faster and safer
- Collaboration between R&D and industry - benefitting from a technology centre of excellence to provide infrastructure support
Soren Soe, Project Leader, DET CRC (Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre)
10:30 Morning tea
Technologies driving change to achieve lean, streamlined and efficient operations
11:00 Reengineering your business processes to enable effective operations
- Creating an effective process architecture to support the exploration value chain
- Modelling individual processes to ensure business support and uptake
- Identifying process changes to create business efficiency
- Case studies in user attitudes and uptake at Oil Search
Prasanna Venkatesh, Head of Strategy, Transformation & Enterprise Architecture, Oil Search
11:30 Harnessing technology to develop the systems and processes that drive increased reliability
- Creating successful business processes and tools to optimise operational efficiency
- Achieving seamless change management - a key step in sustaining business processes implementation
- Implementing a cost-effective deployment strategy for maintenance execution and integrity assurance
Ernst Krauss, Chair, WA Branch, Institute of Instrumentation Control and Automation Australia
12:00 Utilising 3D modelling and intelligent design systems (Smart 3D) to maximise the benefits of data integration
- Overview of 3D modelling development and its impact on operational processes
- Why use 3D intelligent design systems and what are the advanced benefits for E&P operations?
- Data integration throughout the project lifecycle - where’s the big money?
- Aligning the correct data so it can be used seamlessly in operations and maintenance
- Case studies of brownfield applications to manage uncertainty
- Where to from here to stay competitive?
Paul Rushton, General Manager - Engineering, Clough
12:30 Networking lunch
13:30 Spatial intelligence - using the power of location to drive productivity
- Leveraging next-generation technology to establish a “one-stop shop” to view and manage engineering information that is accurate and up-to-date
- Eliminating inefficiencies in finding, using and changing engineering information
- Capturing and loading data from legacy systems, as well as from EPCs for new projects to view, manage and control the continuously changing engineering design basis
Kylie Armstrong, Program Director Next Generation Spatial Infrastructures, Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information
Out of industry spotlight
14:00 Driving innovation in the resource sector through open innovation
- What is open innovation like “Unearthed” and how can it benefit industry?
- What industry challenges are a good fit to be addressed with open innovation? Which ones are not?
- How are other industries benefiting from this approach?
Paul Lucey, Group Head of Technology and Innovation, Gold Fields Australia
14:30 Afternoon tea
Paving the way for new technological advances in the oil and gas fields of the future
15:00 Remote sensing - tapping the potential of UAVs for upstream operations
- Identifying the diverse application capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the upstream business
- Reality check – what the current airspace regulations allow
- Determining the way forward with UAVs for the sector - future possibilities in sensing and mapping
- Using UAVs to successfully execute beyond line of sight missions in austere locations
Stefan Hrabar, Research Team Leader, Digital Productivity, Autonomous Systems Program, CSIRO
15:30 Harnessing the cloud to solve complex engineering problems that are currently thought to be too difficult to address economically
- How cloud computing is enabling new methods to examine complex engineering issues surrounding subsea oil and gas pipelines in an economical manner
- Addressing millions of iterative calculations to analyse a system in a probabilistic fashion
- Overview of other ways that these methods can be applied to other complex problems faced by the industry
Nick McNaughton, Technology Manager, Subsea Engineering Associates
16:00 Technology Leaders Panel Discussion
What are the emerging trends in smart technology development, and are they developing fast enough to match the goals of the industry?
- In an environment of rapid technological change, how do you prepare for the jobs that do not yet exist?
- Collaboration, outsourcing or building internal capabilities? Lessons learnt …
- The next frontier for automation within the oilfield - where is it going, and what are the barriers and opportunities?
Moderator
Tim Walton, Director, Energy Research Initiatives, Curtin University
Panellists
Paul Rushton, General Manager – Engineering, Clough
Adrian Pounder, Group IT Manager, Oilex
Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton
Prasanna Venkatesh, Head of Strategy, Transformation & Enterprise Architecture, Oil Search
16:45 Closing remarks from the Chair and drawing of the lucky door prize!
16:55 End of Day Two and close of conference