BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SPE WA - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:SPE WA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.spe-wa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SPE WA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Perth BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:AWST DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250403T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250403T140000 DTSTAMP:20250318T105449Z CREATED:20241210T031042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T105449Z UID:40065-1743681600-1743688800@www.spe-wa.org SUMMARY:Liability is for Ever: Risk Elements in the Implementation of Decommissioning and Well P&A DESCRIPTION:  \n                                                       **** Distinguished Lecturer  –  Lunch Time Event **** \n  \nSociety of Petroleum Engineers Western Australia is proud to present the details of our April 2025 SPE WA Technical Lunch Time Meeting. \n  \nAbout the Presentation:\nFacility decommissioning together with well plugging and abandonment (P&A)\, collectively known as D&A\, is a critical element of any oil and gas project life cycle. Often\, it is an afterthought\, barely considered at the outset\, particularly when production sharing contracts are negotiated and signed. Despite this vital activity costing as much (or occasionally more) than the initial project development\, it seldom receives similar critical\, scoping and planning attention that construction and drilling activities need to attain final investment decisions (FID). \nFrequently shunned due to costs and zero associated revenue\, D&A remains largely misunderstood\, neglected\, or ignored during asset life. Experience illustrates that effective decommissioning must be planned years in advance of execution\, ideally in parallel from the construction stage. Moreover\, decommissioning should be managed as carefully as project development to mitigate looming liabilities for existing operators and future generations. \nThis lecture shares optimal learnings and critical project reflections from projects globally. \n  \nAbout the Distinguished Lecturer:\nDr. Brian Twomey established Reverse Engineering Services Ltd (RESL) over 30 years ago; a specialist consultancy solely focused on the decommissioning\, abandonment\, and recycling of onshore and offshore facilities\, pipelines\, wells\, subsea systems and ships. He has more recently leveraged that experience to incorporate lessons learned during decommissioning in the petroleum industry to new and emerging arenas\, including the offshore wind and nuclear industries. \nBrian has unique global expertise. He has decommissioned projects in every major petroleum province of the world\, in many cases identifying unique innovative solutions. Additionally\, Brian has helped formulate and shape national decommissioning policies and guidelines; he has assisted both regulators and operators in the optimal design and interpretation of national regulatory frameworks. \nBrian is a leading authority in developing the next generation of competence to address the tsunami of complex decommissioning projects which are rapidly being imposed on an unsuspecting worldwide industry. Over the past 12 years\, Brian has served as a global trainer on decommissioning with SPE International on several continents. He holds BSc\, MSc and PhD\, MSc in Mechanical Engineering\, Composite Materials\, Plant Design & Applied Mechanics respectively from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)\, UK. \n  \nAbout the Event\nPrice:             Early Bird SPE Member        $40 \n                       Early Bird Non-Member         $60 \n                       SPE Member                          $50\n                       Non-Member                          $70 \nDate:              Lunch Time on Thursday 3 April 2025 \nLocation:       Parmelia Hilton Hotel\nLocation:       14 Mill Street\, Perth WA 6000 \nA buffet lunch will be served from 12:00pm  \nTime:             12:00pm – 12:20pm  Registration\, networking and lunch.\nTime:             12:20pm – 1:00pm  Opening remarks and presentation. Attendees will be able to continue enjoying lunch during the presentations.\nTime:             1:00pm – 1:10pm  Q&A Session.\nTime:             1:10pm – 2:00pm   Continued networking drinks & lunch. \nFree tickets are available for Students. SPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors is kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical events. Please apply through your Student Chapter. URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/liability-is-for-ever-risk-elements-in-the-implementation-of-decommissioning-and-well-pa/ LOCATION:Pamelia Hilton Hotel\, 14 Mill St\, Perth\, WA\, 6000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Technical Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://www.spe-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Featured-Image-3-April-2025-.gif ORGANIZER;CN="Jack Harfoushian":MAILTO:jackharfoushian@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR