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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.

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Workshop Agenda

DAY 1 – APRIL 10, 2017

8:30 am Welcome by Al Romig, NAE
8:35 am Opening Remarks by Douglas Morris, BSEE
8:40 am Introduction to the workshop by Joe Levine, BSEE
9:00 am Panel 1. Subsea Fastener Design Requirements

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

  1. Fastener systems in use today for subsea critical equipment oil and gas applications,
  2. Understanding the diverse subsea environment in oil and gas drilling operations production,
  3. Equipment design features and resultant required mechanical behavior for fasteners,
  4. Fastener material and coating selection criteria,
  5. Corrosion protection requirements, benefits, and limitations of active and passive corrosion inhibiting solutions, and
  6. Understanding all the potential risks, limitations, and failure mechanisms arising from equipment and fastener design, manufacture, material, and coating selection.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.

Moderator: Tom Eagar

Speaker 1.1: Tim Haeberle, GE Oil & Gas

30 min

Speaker 1.2: Khlefa Esaklul, Occidental Oil & Gas

30 min

Speaker 1.3: Russell Kane, iCorrosion, LLC

30 min

Speaker 1.4: Hilmar Stefansson, Rolls-Royce Naval Marine

30 min

Q&A discussion on Subsea Fastener Design Requirements

60 min
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm Panel 2. Subsea Fastener Design Quality

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

  1. Qualification testing and reporting of OEM-designed mechanically fastened systems used in the offshore environment,
  2. Processing steps for a subsea fastener cradle to grave, including subcontractor oversight, mechanical property testing methods, and data curves for the materials used in subsea fasteners,
  3. Identification of the factors that affect the capability of fasteners to function properly,
  4. Adequacy of non-destructive and destructive testing methods to assure quality of fasteners,
  5. Human-systems interaction factors affecting fastener manufacturing and installation used in the offshore environment, and
  6. Alternative fastener designs capable of improving the safety of all onshore drilling and pipeline selection.

Moderator: Neil Thompson

Speaker 2.1: Ian MacMoy, MST, LLC

30 min

Speaker 2.2: Herman Amaya, Schlumberger

30 min

Speaker 2.3: Oliver Moghissi, DNV GL Americas Oil & Gas

30 min

Speaker 2.4: Salim Brahimi, Industrial Fasteners Institute

30 min
Q&A discussion on Subsea Fastener Design Quality 60 min
Q&A Open Discussion day 1 60 min
5:30 pm Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.

DAY 2 – APRIL 11, 2017

8:30 am Panel 3. Subsea Fastener In-Service Performance

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

  1. Types of fastener failures,
  2. Root cause analysis (RCA) methods for failures; performing and overseeing RCA,
  3. Key findings in subsea fastener failures,
  4. Failure reporting,
  5. Gaps in understanding of root cause of the failures, needed R&D to add to body of knowledge to identify and mitigate root cause of failures,
  6. Assessment of end-of-life feedback mechanism to improve design practices, and
  7. Identification of factors for successful fasteners performance.

Moderator: Roger McCarthy

Speaker 3.1: Trent Fleece, BP 30 min
Speaker 3.2: Frank Adamek, Adamek Engineering and Technology Solutions, LLC 30 min
Speaker 3.3: Ken Armagost, Anadarko 30 min
Speaker 3.4: Tom Goin, U.S. Bolt 30 min
Speaker 3.5: Peter Bennett, Pacific Drilling 30 min
Q&A discussion on Subsea Fastener In-Service Performance 60 min
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm Panel 4. Standards and Regulations

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

  1. Quality assurance/quality control processes and procedures,
  2. Safety management,
  3. Review of industry quality management systems for subsea fasteners; linking the standards to specific application design requirements,
  4. Oversight of subcontracted vendors,
  5. Reporting requirements for subsea critical equipment fastener failures, and
  6. Examples of how other industries control the quality of critical components.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.

Moderator: Brun Hilbert

Speaker 4.1: Rick Kachele, Navy 30 min
Speaker 4.2: David Miller, API 30 min
Speaker 4.3: Andy Woodfield, GE Aviation 30 min
Speaker 4.4: Angelia Collier, FAA 30 min
Q&A discussion on Standards and Regulations 60 min
Q&A Open Discussion day 2 60 min
5:30 pm Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Bolting Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24896.
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