The GVF Oil & Gas Communications Series of conferences continues to grow apace, with the most recent event in the Series, the 11th, being held in Brazil over 19th & 20th April to much acclaim amongst the attending representatives of the communications networking solution end-users and providers. Now, the Series is approaching its 12th conference, to take place in Scotland over 17th & 18th May.
The ‘Oil & Gas Communications Europe 2011: Digital Applications & Communications Dynamics from the North Sea to the Arctic Ocean’ conference will take place at the Aberdeen Marriott Hotel, Dyce, Aberdeen, with a programme that will once again look beyond the territory of the mature hydrocarbon-bearing sectors of the North Sea, into the far northern latitudes of the Arctic Ocean region, and which is being held in association with Harris CapRock, Arqiva, Intelsat, Cobham, Telenor, Eutelsat, SpeedCast, Advantech Wireless, Hermes Datacomms and C-COM Satellite Systems.
‘Oil & Gas Communications Brazil 2011: Digital Oilfield & Gasfield Imperatives Onshore, Offshore, and in Deepwater’ attracted the attendance of some 130 participants to a programme which examined the role of satellite, and satellite-wireless, technologies and services in bringing extended mission critical operational success to deepwater oil & gas fields, through a range of presentations and panel discussions involving such organizations as Petrobras, Harris CapRock, Intelsat, Gilat Satellite Networks, Telespazio Brazil, Hughes, RigNet, Advantech Wireless, SpeedCast, C-COM Satellite Systems, Hispamar Satellites, KVH Industries, Baker Hughes, Star One, Thales Alenia Space, and Harris Brazil.
The Aberdeen conference will include the contributions – as speakers and/or delegates – of representatives of over 40 organisations including Access Partnership; Advantech Wireless; Arqiva Broadcast & Media; Avanti Communications; Baker Hughes; British Petroleum; Broadband Technology 2000; C-COM Satellite Systems; Centrica; Cobham; Codan; Eutelsat; Gilat Satellite Networks; GVF; Harris CapRock; Hermes Datacomms; Hughes Europe; Infotechnics; Integral Systems Europe; Intelsat; Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies Ltd; NESSCO; Northern Sky Research; Oil & Gas Networks; Prosafe; RigNet; Romantis Communications; Satellite Action Plan Regulatory Working Group (SAP-REG); Satellite Interference Reduction Group (sIRG); SES; Shell E&P Europe; Shell IT International; SpeedCast; Subsea 7; TecOffshore; Telenor Satellite Broadcasting; Thales Alenia Space; VeVoe; ViaSat; and, YR 20.
The dialogue at ‘Oil & Gas Communications Europe 2011: Digital Applications & Communications Dynamics from the North Sea to the Arctic Ocean’ will examine the role of satellite, and satellite-wireless, technologies and services in bringing extended mission critical operational success to the established oil & gas fields of the British and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea – the E&P challenges of which the have been understood for decades – and will additionally explore the communications imperatives and the delivery of networking solutions for the extreme northerly boundaries of Europe’s new hydrocarbon E&P opportunity, an opportunity which presents a new set of unique and challenging geographical and climate conditions to the Arctic Nations of Europe – Denmark, Norway and Russia – which have variously begun to lay claim to the ocean floor hydrocarbon resource potential of the Arctic Basin rock strata,
Martin Jarrold, GVF Chief of International Programme Development and Conference Chairman noted that “As global climate change warms the environment of the Arctic latitudes, and as the Arctic Ocean is progressively opening-up to year-round maritime navigation – thus including the positioning of semi-submersible and floating drilling platforms – the satellite and wireless communications industry must begin to gear-up for, and to respond to, this new business opportunity.”
The Aberdeen conference will include the contribution of NSR as Conference Content Partner.
In order of appearance in the conference programme, the Aberdeen speaker line-up will be:
- Alistair Grove-White, UK Director, Harris CapRock
- Andrew Faiola, Global Accounts Directors, Intelsat
- Claude Rousseau, Senior Analyst, NSR (Northern Sky Research)
- Sam Murray, Sales Manager, Enterprise, Arqiva Broadcast & Media
- Dr Leslie Klein, President & Chief Executive Officer, C-COM Satellite Systems
- Nick Dukakis, Vice President, Maritime & Offshore, SpeedCast
- Nicholas Daly, Regional Director, UK & Ireland, Eutelsat
- Dr Harald Stange, Chief Executive Officer, Romantis Communications
- Jack Buechler, Regional Vice President of Sales, Advantech Wireless
- Guillermo Bosch, Director, Western Europe & Francophone Africa, Via
- SatNigel Green, Business Development Manager, Middle East, Hermes Datacomms
- Paul Khayat, Marketing Director, Harris CapRock
- Kumar Singarajah, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Avanti Communications & Chair, SAP-REG (Satellite Action Plan-Regulatory Working Group)
- Francesco Giordani, Business Development Director – Italy, Thales Alenia Space
- Arnaud Feletin, Senior Manager, Field Communication Services, Baker Hughes Inc
- Guido Baraglia, Director, sIRG (Satellite Interference Reduction Group) & Business Development Manager, Integral Systems Europe
- Andreas Voigt, Director, sIRG (Satellite Interference Reduction Group) & Communication System Manager, Eutelsat
- Amir Yafe, Director, Business Development, Gilat Satellite Networks
- Christopher Snowdon, Market Access Specialist, Access Partnership
- Kevin Blyth, UK Account Executive, Harris CapRock
- Simon Watts, Chief Engineer, Hughes Europe
- Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programme Development, GVF (on behalf of ESA-ESTEC)
Latest additions and updates to the Aberdeen conference can be tracked at www.uk-emp.co.uk/4th.O&G.Europe.2011/ and, as at the date of this release, programme highlights will include:
Day One, Tuesday 17th May
21st Century Dynamics in Oil & Gas ICT: Evolving Networking Communications & Digital Applications Deployment
The Satellite Operator Oil & Gas Footprint: North Sea & Points North
Narrowband SCADA & Asset Tracking to Broadband Satellite Communications in the Oil & Gas Patch
VSAT & Wireless Connectivity in the Energy Sector - Case Studies
Maintaining Business Mission Critical Communications Links in E&P
Commercial Applications, Oil & Gas Applications & the Satellite Environment
New Communications Technologies, New Operator Footprints: Leveraging the Ka-Band Advantage in E&P
Oil & Gas Communications: Leveraging the Satellite Communications Advantage through Maximizing Network Hierarchy Flexibility
The E&P Connectivity Solution Matrix: Fibre Restoration & Satcom Peak Overload Response Strategies
Next Generation Solutions in Ka-band, Encryption & Other Technologies for Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Communications in a Different Extreme: Iraq
Empowering Real-Time Decision Making through an Immersive Meeting Environment
Day Two, Wednesday 18th May 2011
Key Developments in Ka-Band Satellite: Cutting-Edge for the Oil & Gas Environment
SatCom Capacity Business Models for the Oil & Gas Industry
The Digital Oilfield: Real-Time Data Monitoring, Data Management, Remote Collaboration & Operations Support Centres
Oil, Gas & Communications Spectrum: Interference Challenges & Challenging Interference
Oil & Gas Industry Networking with ‘The Cloud’
Mission Criticality & Environmental Impact in E&P: Licensing & Regulation in Europe’s Mature & Emerging Oil & Gas Space
First Mile/Last Mile Communications Solution Service & Technology Hybrids in the Digital Oilfield
Evolving Commercial Oil & Gas Applications to Satellite & Satellite-Hybrid Communications Environments
Developing & Deploying Present & Future Generations of Communications Infrastructure: Pushing the E&P Horizon & Evolving the Satellite Networking Requirement to the Higher Latitudes of the Arctic Frontier
Following ‘Oil & Gas Communications Europe 2011: Digital Applications & Communications Dynamics from the North Sea to the Arctic Ocean’ the GVF & EMP events emphasis will switch to its Broadband Maritime Conference Series, specifically to ‘Broadband Maritime Europe 2011: Expanding Communications – Mobile Networking Solutions to the Arctic Horizon’. The conference will take place over28th & 29th June at the Strand Palace Hotel, London, in association with Inmarsat, Eutelsat, Telenor, and Comtech EF Data, and will feature a dialogue on such themes as:
- Maritime Satellite Communications: Demand & Supply Shifts across the Sector
- Segmenting Europe’s Maritime Broadband Satellite Communications Requirement
- Spectrum Shift: Satellite Operators, Network Providers & Deployment of New Global Broadband The Maritime Communications Platform: Ocean-Going ICT & the Seaborne Enterprise
- Communications Networking for Efficient Fleet ManagementSatellite Networking & Expanding Maritime Communications for an Arctic Horizon
- Regulatory Open Forum: Communications Inshore & on the High Seas
- Satellite ICT on the Bridge: Data Capture, Analysis & Reporting Systems
- Maritime Satcoms Terminal Equipment: Supply-side Challenges & Developments
- GVF Installer Training Programme for the Stabilised Antenna Market
- Safety and Distress Maritime Communications Systems & the Satellite Broadband Environment
- Weather Data Streams: Real-time Access & Dissemination of Local, Regional & Global Information
- The Multi-Technology Challenge for Satellite Communications at SeaNaval High-Seas Networking and Merchant Communications Solutions: A Systems Resilience Profile
- Communications Applications in Home & Foreign Waters Naval Force Deployments
- The Mobile Communications Foundation to “Non-Conflict Emergency” Deployments & the Dynamics of Integrating Communications Networking for Geographically Remote Applications
The following event website provide access to the presentations delivered in Rio de Janeiro:
www.uk-emp.co.uk/11th.O&G.Brazil.2011/index_files/Page637.htm
The following website provides updates on the programme of the Aberdeen conference:
www.uk-emp.co.uk/4th.O&G.Europe.2011/index_files/Page637.htm
Further information on all GVF & EMP conferences may also be obtained from Martin Jarrold at martin.jarrold@gvf.org and Paul Stahl at paul.stahl@uk-emp.co.uk.
