Agenda

DECOM WEEK 2024

Decom Week 2024 will examine the detail of decommissioning in the energy sector. With increasing demand signals across services, technology and people, what will enable safer and more effective decommissioning through the Energy Transition?

Our agenda will include Decom Mission’s first Annual Report, a dedicated session on well abandonment, indoor and outdoor exhibition space and two days of conference.

And, as we bring the decom community together, we will enable quality networking across diverse activities; golf, cycling and several social events, including our popular annual Decom Mission awards dinner.

Monday 20th May

11.30 – Decom Week Golf Day

This event is kindly supported by our Decom Week Golf Day Partner

Golfers are invited to join the Decom Mission team for breakfast rolls and coffee, a round of golf, and an early evening BBQ.

Teams of four will compete in a Texas Scramble, with a shotgun start at 1.00pm.

Tuesday 21st May

Wells Decommissioning Forum: Effective Well Abandonment Workshop

This workshop is kindly supported by the Wells Decommissioning Forum Partner

Hosted by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)

Ballroom, Ardoe House Hotel

1130 Registration

1145 Buffet Lunch

1215 Welcome
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

Workshop Introduction
Chair: Suzie Coull, Senior Wells Decommissioning Engineer, NSTA

Well P&A ‘Planning & Action’ – What’s Next for the UKCS?
Alastair Bisset, Head of Decommissioning, NSTA
Alasdair Thomas, Decommissioning Manager, NSTA

Group Discussion
Led by Suzie Coull, NSTA

Feedback and Panel Session
Alastair Bisset, Head of Decommissioning, NSTA
Alasdair Thomas, Decommissioning Manager, NSTA

1400 Comfort Break

1415 Industry Presentations
Chair: Tom Hall, Senior Account Manager, Halliburton

Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy

Solving a 50-Year-Old P&A Challenge
Darren Stuart, Senior Drlling Engineer, Exceed

Wellhead Severance: A Well-by-Well Approach
Blair McConachie, Lead Project Engineer, DeepOcean

Well P&A – A Project Managers View
Will Black, Decommissioning Project Manager, EnQuest

Phase 3 – Vessel Based Well Abandonment
Neil Watson, Subsea Well Abandonment Product Leader, Claxton Engineering

Panel:
Chair: Tom Hall, Halliburton
Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy
Darren Stuart, Exceed
Blair McConachie, DeepOcean
Will Black, EnQuest
Neil Watson, Claxton Engineering

1555 Close
Sam Long, Decom Mission

The Decom Mission Awards 2024

The Decom Mission Awards 2024 are kindly supported by Welcome Reception Sponsor, Corecut, as well as award sponsors Utility ROV, North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), and Zero Waste Scotland.

 

   

A celebration of decommissioning success. Read more about the awards finalists here.

1730 Welcome Drinks
1815 Decom Mission Awards Dinner
Ogston Suite, Ardoe House Hotel
2300 Carriages

Wednesday 22nd May

0800 Registration | Networking | Exhibition 
0830  Welcome
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission
Annual Report
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission and Peter Sueref, CTO, Empirisys
0900  Opportunities and Challenges: Adapting to Change in Subsea Decommissioning
Stuart Cameron, Managing Director, Boskalis Subsea Services
0915 Decommissioning Readiness in an Uncertain Environment
Innes Jordan, Decommissioning Manager, CNOOC International
Joe Wightman, Project Lead – Wells P&A, Zenith Energy
0935 Building Teams Through Diversity
Guest Presenter: Mark McBride-Wright, Founder & CEO, EqualEngineers
Panel:
Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission
Stuart Cameron, Boskalis Subsea Services
Innes Jordan, CNOOC International
Joe Wightman, Zenith Energy
Mark McBride-Wright, Equal Engineering
Kirsty Lal, NSTA
Anita Avgucevica, eServ
Alison Robertson, Claxton Engineering
1030 Comfort and Coffee Break | Networking | Exhibition
Ballroom, Ardoe House Hotel

 

1100 The Role of Technology
Chair: Richard Lind, General Manager, Ashtead Technology
D4NZ – Supporting Decision Making 
Malcolm Stone, Business Development Analyst, National Decommissioning Centre
NDA Group and AI 
Carl Dalby, Group Head of AI/Digital, NDA
Deployment of Technology Across the Energy Industry
Craig Baxter, Decommissioning Technical Manager, Claxton Engineering
Ogston Suite, Ardoe House Hotel

 

1100 Enabling Diversity Workshop
Guest Presenter: Mark McBride-Wright, Founder & CEO, EqualEngineers
Joined by the Emerging Professionals in Late Life and Decommissioning (EPLLD), Women in Decommissioning and People SIG (DLG)
Ballroom, Ardoe House Hotel

 

1210 Feedback from Diversity Workshop 
Mark McBride-Wright
1240 Facilitated Discussion
Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning and Development Limited
1300 Lunch and Exhibition
Ballroom, Ardoe House Hotel

 

1400 Exhibition
1430 Voices of Experience – The Importance of Late Life
Introduction: Callum Falconer, Operations Director, Decom Mission
Learning from Late Life Operations
Chair: Rama Sharma, Decommissioning Specialist, Xodus Group
Panel:
John Davey, EnQuest
Alasdair Thomas, NSTA
Caroline Lawford, CNRL
1515 Comfort and Coffee Break
1545 Making Collaboration Real
Chair: Roy Aspden, Independent
Driving Efficiencies Through Decommissioning Collaboration
Nic Duncan, Decommissioning Programme Technical Authority, Xodus Group
Kitar Solutions: A Partnership of Strength for SE Asia
Graeme Fergusson, Commercial Director, AF Offshore Decom
Summary of Safety in Decommissioning Conference
Genevieve Martin, Decommissioning and Restoration HSSEQ Manager UK, Shell UK
Panel:
Chair: Roy Aspden, Independent
Nic Duncan, Xodus Group
Graeme Fergusson, AF Offshore Decom
Genevieve Martin, Shell UK
1710 Closing Remarks
Sam Long, Decom Mission
Elliot Suite, Ardoe House Hotel

 

1400 Meet the Buyers
One-to-one sessions. 15 minute meetings, booked in advance.
Bob Crowe, Boskalis Subsea Services
Iain Gartshore, Subsea 7
Georgina Hosford, CNOOC
Mark Raistrick, CNRI
Bryan Smith, DeepOcean
Nick Tulip, EnQuest
Alasdair Thomas, NSTA
Alistair Gilmour, Petrofac
Rainier Duijts, Shell
Kildrummy Suite, Ardoe House Hotel

 

1400 The Importance of Diversification – Nuclear and Oil & Gas Decommissioning
Chair: Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission
A drop-in workshop session:
Heather Barton, NDA
James Hanson, PA Consulting
Malcolm Stone, NDC

Delegate Social Evening 

 

Marine Hotel, Stonehaven

 

1800 Bus departs Ardoe House Hotel

 

1830 Dinner at Marine Hotel, Stonehaven

 

2100 Bus returns to Ardoe House Hotel

Thursday 23rd May

0800 Registration | Networking | Exhibition 
0825 Welcome and Learnings from Day One Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission 
Decommissioning: 7 Years In
Martha Vasquez, Partner and Director, Boston Consulting Group
Wisdom Of Crowds – The Many Are Smarter Than The Few
Guest Presenter: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning and Development Limited
Panel – Managing Uncertainties:
Chair: Callum Falconer, Operations Director, Decom Mission
Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group
Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning and Development Limited
1000 Comfort and Coffee Break | Networking | Exhibition
1010 Workshop: Serious Play – Getting to the Real Challenges Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning and Development Limited
1115 Comfort and Coffee Break | Networking | Exhibition
1145 Decom Pitch Battles
Chair: Roger Esson, Head of Sales – UK, Europe & Caspian Region, Centurion Group
Neil Gordon, Global Underwater Hub
Richard Lind, Ashtead Technology
Taylor Erridge, James Fisher Decommissioning
1230 Buffet Lunch
1330 Driving Material Change
Chair: Robin Townsend, Bureau Veritas
1335 Renewables Decommissioning – Somebody Else’s Problem?
Charlotte Stamper, Energy Infrastructure Lead, EMR
1355 The Challenge of Comparative Assessment
Joseph Nicolette, Vice President, Ecosystem Service Economics, Montrose Environmental Solutions
1415 Comfort and Coffee Break 
1430 Circular Economy and Material Management
Kenny Taylor, Partner – Net Zero Infrastructure, Zero Waste Scotland and Terri Vogt, Net Zero and Circular Economy Advisor, ETZ Ltd
Panel:
Chair: Robin Townsend, Bureau Veritas
Charlotte Stamper, EMR
Joseph Nicolette, Montrose Environmental Solutions
Kenny Taylor, Zero Waste Scotland
Terri Vogt, ETZ
1510 Decommissioning Challenges in Offshore Renewables
Facilitator: Charlotte Stamper, Energy Infrastructure Lead, EMR
Renewables Round Table Workshop
1550 Closing Remarks Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

Friday 24th May

10.00 Cycling on Deeside

Intermediate and advanced routes