Jun 2 2005
Materials Engineering Research Laboratory Limited has announced the Fifth 2-day International Conference on Oilfield Engineering with Polymers, to be held in London, England, in late Spring 2006.
The oil industry seeks to operate in ever increasing remote and extreme environments whilst needing to maintain safety and reliability. For many applications involving polymeric components success is achieved with a combination of research and development, design, qualification and feedback from operational experience to inform future development.
Industry trends include: an increasing number of sub-sea completions for deep and ultra deep water, increasing temperatures and pressures downhole, a growing market for liquid natural gas (LNG), new drilling fluids, reinjection of sour gas etc. These trends bring greater demands on the materials and components that are employed and a greater need for understanding material behaviour and limits.
The conference aims to bring together operators, contractors, equipment and component suppliers, materials suppliers and research organisations involved in the use of polymers in upstream oilfield. This is an excellent opportunity to network with experts in this field.
Call for Papers
Papers are invited, but not restricted to, the following areas:
- Operational experience/case studies
- New/novel materials with improved performance
- Health and safety, reliability
- New applications
- Test methods, standards and regulatory requirements
- Durability and life time assessment
- Establishing design allowables
- Pipe (bonded, flexible), hose, seals, flexible joints, inflatable tools etc
- HPHT performance limits
- Sour resistance
- Use of composite materials
- Repair and maintenance
- Market trends in Oilfield Engineering
Dr Barry Thomson and Dr John Harris from MERL Ltd will be responsible for the technical programme.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the conference please send a title, speaker name(s), company name(s) and short summary to Dr John Harris by
16th September 2005. Email [email protected]
Presenting authors will be entitled to free registration on both days of the conference including meals, refreshments and a copy of the proceedings.
Further information on registration, exhibition and sponsorship opportunities are available from Rapra Technology Limited.
www.rapra.net/conferences/oilfieldengineering06/index.asp
http://www.merl-ltd.co.uk