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According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Chicago Bears and stalwart linebacker Brian Urlacher are in discussions regarding a new contract for the 13-year veteran.
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2012Two petrochemical projects will come online in Assaluyeh, onshore installations of south pars gas field, in next few days in the presence of Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
NPC's managing director, Abdolhosain Bayat made the remarks adding the projects include Kavian Petrochemcial Plant and West Ethylene Pipeline which are among the Mehr Mandegar (Lasting Kindness) projects.
Kavian Petrochemical Plant has already started up while injection to the first phase of west ethylene pipeline, as the longest ethylene pipeline in the world, is under way successfully, Bayat told Shana.
He continued: Production capacity of Kavian Petrochemical Plant as one of the largest ethylene producers in the world stands at 2 million tons per year.
Ethylene produced in Kavian Petrochemical Plant will be carried through West Ethylene Pipeline to Andimeshk, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Mahabad and Miandoab petrochemical plants while the surplus will be transferred to petrochemical plants located in Mahshar Especial Economic Zone south of Iran.
The first phase of west ethylene pipeline with 1200 kilometers length is made up 8 and 24 inch pipelines.
Building Kavian Petrochemical Plant is the expression of Iranian will and determination, NPC head said adding not only the plant was designed and completed by Iranian experts but most of the equipment used in project were manufactured by Iranians companies.
According to Bayat the second phase of Kavian Petrochemical Plant will come online next year after transferring gas from South Pars gas field phases 15, 16, 17 and 18.
Bayat noted that 1.5 million tons of ethylene will be injected to West Ethylene Pipeline of which Kavian and Morvarid petrochemical plants will provide one million tons and 500 thousand tons respectively.
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After a much, much, much too long hiatus from our lives, The Vampire Diaries made its triumphant return on Friday night with a still moody Stefan (just drink some blood already) and a murdering Alaric (I knew he was too perfect!). In this sneak peek of Friday's episode Break On Through airing at 8 pm ET on MuchMusic, we see that the boxing vampire Sage is still alive and kicking in 2012 and Meredith seems to have had a run in with something sharp and pointy. Plus, Rebekah is stillll hanging around. I really have nothing against her, but my concern is that she is messing things up for team Deleana.
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The John Edwards Trial: Just Temporarily Delayed or Time to Dismiss?
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Beleaguered former North Carolina Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards received welcome news regarding his impending criminal trial. On Thursday, September 8, 2011, Chief Judge James Beatty for the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of North Carolina delayed proceedings until January 2012. Edwards, who was indicted in June by the United States Department of Justice for conspiracy, issuing false statements, and violating campaign contribution laws, had earlier requested additional time to prepare his legal defense in light of the passing of his ex-wife, Elizabeth, which has made Edwards the sole caretaker of his two youngest children, ages 11 and 13. While the Edwards legal team prepares to defend against the prosecution's assertion that campaign contributions were used to support Edward's mistress during the 2008 presidential race--a claim his lawyers characterize as a "novel legal theory"--it may be even more prudent for federal prosecutors to use the delay to reconsider the merits of their seemingly weak case.
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PHILADELPHIA — With a disabled list that has been overflowing with Phillies most of the season, the last thing you wanted was for Carlos Ruiz and Placido Polanco to join the list of visitors.
Ruiz was among the league's top hitters when he went down with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. And Polanco, although he was struggling offensively, was still one of the game's best defensively at third base despite having lower back inflammation that necessitated a cortisone shot.
The injuries prompted roster moves which have allowed guys who otherwise weren't getting much of a shot, a chance to prove their worth.
Now, with how well Kevin Frandsen and Erik Kratz have done, it's sparking talk that they are auditioning for roles on the club's 25-man roster next season.
When Polanco initially went down, the Phillies tried to fill in with Mike Fontenot and Ty Wigginton. The Fontenot experiment went so poorly that the Phillies released him. Wigginton, while not as disastrous at third base as Fontenot, was far from the answer.
So the Phillies decided to give Frandsen a shot.
The 30-year-old isn't a Gold Glove third baseman like Polanco — to be fair Frandsen is a natural second baseman — but he's much steadier there than his two predecessors. And offensively, he's getting lots of praise, and rightfully so.
In 17 games (all starts), he's hitting .333 (21-for-63) with two doubles, a home run and five RBIs. He's walked twice and struck out three times. He's read opposing infielders well and laid down some perfectly timed and perfectly placed bunts. He's gone hitless in only three games and never in back-to-back games. He came up with a big, bases-clearing double on a 3-2 pitch in the fifth inning Thursday that gave the Phillies a 4-3 lead in a game they were trailing 3-1.
It's best not to talk too much to Frandsen about those numbers and how they could factor into the Phillies' 2013 plans. He's already been disappointed when he thought he had a shot at reserving his spot on a roster. In 2010, Frandsen hit .250 in 54 games with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but the club chose to non-tender him (he was arbitration eligible but the organization opted not to offer him arbitration, and in turn he became a free agent).
"if I get looking ahead, that's only going to play against me," he told The Morning Call. "My thought is, if I take care of today, then tomorrow's going to be fine. I think it's a great way to live. Last time I was in Anaheim and I started thinking, 'Man, this could be a great spot for me,' and I got non-tendered. That's not the way to do it, no matter how you play."
Frandsen's chances will be more limited soon. Polanco started a rehab assignment with Single-A Clearwater this week and isn't far from returning. It's doubtful that Frandsen will be the one sent down to Triple-A Lehigh Valley (Michael Martinez is the most likely candidate), but he won't be playing every day like he is now.
He's well aware of that, and of how fast things can turn for him. After appearing in 109 games with the Giants in 2007, a Achilles injury forced him to miss all but one game in 2008. The following year, Frandsen was shuffled between Triple-A and the big leagues and played in only 23 games for San Francisco.
"That's always what I fed off of," Frandsen said of being the underdog. "You grind out for one day and hopefully that next day comes. Always need to be going. It's the day that I step back and get relaxed that somebody can pass me by."
Kratz has been passed by more times than he cares to remember. The Telford native, originally taken by the Blue Jays in the 29th round of the 2002 draft, didn't make his MLB debut until July 17, 2010. He then appeared in only nine games with the Pirates before being optioned back to Triple-A. He was released that September by Pittsburgh.
The catcher spent all of 2011 with the IronPigs before being a September call-up. He played in just two games last year.
Now, though, Kratz has Charlie Manuel's attention. The manager has praised his swing, his work ethic, his power --- he has five home runs in 55 at-bats, giving him the best at-bat to home run ratio on the team) and his durability, and it's prompted him to get significant playing time.
Kratz, 32, has played in 23 games this season. He's hitting .273 (15-for-55) with 13 RBIs, seven walks and 12 strikeouts. Eleven of his hits have gone for extra bases, giving him a .655 slugging percentage.
"You're not going to sit there and stay complacent," Kratz said. "You're going to give everything that you have and want to get your uniform dirty to win the game."
The Phillies will have a decision to make with their backup catcher next season. Northampton graduate Brian Schneider is arguably the best, second-string defensive catcher in the game. But he turns 36 in November, and has spent time on the DL in each of his three seasons with the Phillies (Achilles strain in 2010, hamstring strain in 2011, high ankle sprain in 2012).
"He's durable," Manuel said of Kratz. "You can beat him up. You can play him, muscle him around and everything. You can use him. You can treat him tough. That's a part I like about him. The other part about it is he's definitely capable of hitting a homer. He's big and strong and if he makes contact and gets the fat part of the bat on the ball, he can definitely hurt you."


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Talking politics with Jack Antaramian
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What: Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden rally
When: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Where: Alico Arena, 10501 FGCU Blvd. S. in Estero
Tickets: All tickets have been given out. The arena opens at 3 p.m. Public parking is limited, but there is an overflow lot at Germain Arena, 11000 Everblades Parkway in Estero. Carpooling is encouraged.
Don't Bring: Bags are discouraged, and signs and banners aren't allowed. Please limit personal items.
NAPLES — Forgot to get a ticket for Joe Biden's rally in Estero this evening? Tough luck.
All tickets for the event have been given out, the Barack Obama campaign said Tuesday night.
Ticketless souls who want to hear the Democrats' vice presidential pick can stop by Alico Arena before the program starts at 5:30 p.m., but they should know they may not get in, said Adrianne Marsh, a campaign spokeswoman. The arena, which is on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus, holds about 4,500 people.
The rally is part of Biden's swing through Southwest Florida and comes two days after Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican pick for vice president, fired up a crowd of close to 9,000 people at Germain Arena.
Biden will also attend a Naples fundraiser hosted by developer Jack Antaramian.
The local interest in both campaigns comes at a time when thousands of vacant homes in Lee and Collier counties stand as proof of the region's economic troubles. Biden will focus his speech on the economy's woes and its future, according to a campaign statement, and the economy was certainly on the minds of many Democratic volunteers at Alico Arena on Tuesday.
"There's no jobs, nothing," said volunteer Tonya Rodreguez of Fort Myers. "It used to be that you could open the Sunday paper and see a book of jobs."
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will look out for the middle class, she said: "He's going to help the normal people."
Rodreguez and about 20 other volunteers, students and kids spent the afternoon preparing for the rally, creating signs and slogans (the campaign isn't allowing homemade banners). As they painted with brush and finger, they cited many goals that made them support Obama, from fixing the troubled economy to restoring respect for the Constitution.
Sitting on the arena's floor, 10-year-old Jenna Suid of Naples had this to say about the Republican ticket's position on the environment: "McCain, he doesn't care about global warming — and Palin, she doesn't believe it."
Others said they were also upset by how the Bush administration has, as they saw it, trampled the rule of law.
One was junior Brian Ford, who helped start the university's Students for Barack Obama club over the summer, and now leads it.
"I want someone who respected the Constitution," said Ford, who is studying political science and sociology. "I think we've had the most secretive administration in a while."
Volunteer Kelly Lawrence, an English teacher at Edison Community College, cited President Bush's wiretapping program and the administration's secretiveness as key problems.
"Without some sort of transparency, we can't have a democracy," she said.
Erin Darmody, 19, said the event was the first time she's been involved with a political campaign.
She's concerned about where America's energy will come from in the future, and thinks that Obama and Biden will do better solving that problem than their opponents.
"Joe Biden's been looking at alternative fuel since forever," she said, painting a "You go Joe!" sign in broad blue strokes.
She wasn't voting Democratic without giving the other side a chance — she also tuned into Palin's rally on Monday.
But parts of it just upset her.
"I don't really like 'Drill, baby, drill,'" Darmody said of Palin's call for off-shore oil rigs. "I was screaming at the TV when she was saying how she wanted to drill."
Volunteer Joanie Freeman was just happy people seem engaged in their government again: "I think this is the most important election of my 60 years."


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I will soon be starting my transformation with this program, but I would like to get some input on how people are eating during this program. I've looked through the food list (some of which I eat now), and have browsed the recipes, but I personally like counting calories. I've determined my BMR and will base consumption for weight loss on that. Is anyone else counting calories, or just eating off the list and following the meal plans? Also, how much protein should be consumed per day with these intense workouts? What are some general guidelines to follow? I can do the 6 meals per day, but need more detailed info. Thanks.
If you have access to the book, I'd recommend reading it. So many people fail at this program because they start it but don't really understand WHY they are doing what they are doing. You can probably find a copy at the library, or for cheap on Amazon. It is a great resource and details the plan very specifically. It's also very motivational!!!
With that being said, you should be eating 5-6 meals a day with equal amounts of protein/carbs. What's great about this plan, is that you don't have to count calories, etc....you can just use the hand/palm method for determining most foods.
When do you plan to start your transformation? Good luck to you!!!
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Thanks for all the info. I plan on starting the 1st or 2nd week of January.
The brilliant part about this program is the simplicity, you don't need to count every gram of fat or ounce of energy, just use a bit of common sense about the type of food you eat, and keep portion sizes down.
I made a curry the other day it had chicken for protein, plenty of veges in it to keep my vitamins up, and a fist size portion of rice to go with it, feels and tastes great!
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About Eitan Sussman: Sussman is of Jewish heritage and has been working in Corktown in the field of restorative justice and urban agriculture. He also works with the Detroit White Caucus of the Undoing Racism team, which facilitates conversations about undoing racism in the food system. Sussman also works with other young Jewish Detroiters, facilitating conversations on organizing.
On November 4th and 5th, the Michigan Roundtable seated 9 commissioners to the Metropolitan Detroit Truth & Reconciliation Commission on Racial Inequality. This is the first truth commission to take place in Michigan, and the second to seat commissioners in the nation.
This project began as the Housing Project Partnership, a group of individuals who spent 16 months creating a charter and a mandate for the Truth Commission. Commission members were selected through a public nomination process where individuals and organizations were invited to propose potential members. An independent selection panel worked to make a final determination of Commission members.
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Those named to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will spend 18-24 months delving deeply into racial inequality in the region and how it impacts those living here today. They will examine issues and incidences of racial inequity, its history and continued effects, and what can be done to create a new regional culture in Metro Detroit.
The Metro Detroit area (Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties) is one of the most racially segregated places in the United States, a situation that puts Detroit in a unique position to study the causes and effects of racial segregation in housing.
This commission was inspired by the process that took place in South Africa and Greensboro, N.C. and will be encouraged to examine:
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Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion). Sergio Vega (formerly of Quicksand) took on bass duties in mid-2009 in substitution for Cheng, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident in November 2008. The band have been described as "the Radiohead of metal". While they were mostly considered as a nu metal band in their early years, their sound progressively evolved into something more complex and experimental, as a result they are often coined today as an alternative metal band. Critics have often praised them as one of the closest to unique rock bands of recent years for their innovative, atmospheric music; as Johnny Loftus writes, "Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the ... Read More
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An independent study of radio-frequency emissions from Central Maine Power Co.'s new smart meters has found maximum exposure levels that are far below what the Federal Communications Commission considers safe.
In this file photo, a Central Maine Power smart meter displays electricity usage at a business in Freeport in late 2010. An independent study of radio-frequency emissions from CMP's smart meters has found maximum exposure levels that are far below what the Federal Communications Commission considers safe.
The study, reviewed Monday by the Portland Press Herald, concluded that the highest exposure level averaged over time is 4.6 percent of the FCC limit. The agency regulates equipment that broadcasts radio-frequency signals.
The report was done by True North Associates and C2 Systems and overseen by Maine's Office of the Public Advocate.
The results, however, provide little comfort to people who complain that the meters are hurting their health, causing symptoms that include headaches and fatigue. They say the findings were expected and are meaningless.
"The question is, are there biological effects at levels lower than the FCC guidelines?" said Ed Friedman, the Bowdoinham man who led a court suit last year on behalf of smart-meter opponents. "Our evidence submitted proves that beyond a shadow of a doubt."
Friedman said the testimony he has received from international experts and a survey of affected people will document health effects from smart meters. That evidence has been submitted to the Maine Public Utilities Commission, for an ongoing case meant to resolve health and safety questions about the new meters.
But to CMP, the study confirms the utility's position that smart meters are safe and that opponents actually have a wider target that includes all wireless technology, including baby monitors and garage door openers.
"This is not a case about smart meters," said John Carroll, a CMP spokesman. "It's a case about people who think radio waves and radio technology are making them sick."
The study is part of a case that's slowly progressing at the PUC. In 2010, regulators approved plans for CMP to replace old-style analog electric meters for its 615,000 customers with digital smart meters. The $200 million project received half of its funding from federal stimulus dollars.
The commission thought it had addressed health and safety questions at the time, when the issue was first raised. But last summer, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sided with opponents of the new-technology meters, who argued that regulators ignored their legal mandate to ensure the delivery of "safe, reasonable and adequate" utility service.
Two weeks later, commissioners voted to investigate the wireless devices.
CMP argued that the scope of the review should be narrow and focused on the legal requirement. But opponents succeeded in pushing for a fully litigated case, which involves reams of written and oral testimony from expert witnesses and aggrieved residents, rebuttals and discovery, hearings and, finally, deliberations.
Those hearings have been set for May, with deliberations later this year.
Informing their decision will be the hiring by Richard Davies, the state's public advocate, of an independent expert to test the levels of radio-frequency output at actual homes.
"There's a sense that opponents don't trust CMP to give them the facts," Davies said.
The study was conducted in January, in Portland and Augusta. It was done over a series of days in three homes. Consultants also measured emissions from other parts of the network that relay data into the customer billing and information systems. The specific locations and dates weren't disclosed to CMP.
Many utilities around the world are moving to smart meters, which can give customers online information about their energy-use patterns and allow power companies to pinpoint problems during outages. The meters also transmit usage data to the utilities, virtually eliminating the need for meter readers.
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Exterminator suspended for alleged banned pesticide useBy Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer | July 12,2013A North Clarendon exterminator has had his license suspended and state officials are trying to contact his clients in the Rutland area.
The state Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets announced this week it had suspended the pesticide applicator license of Cary Buck of AAA Accredited Pest Control for allegedly using a chemical not approved for indoor use.
State officials said Buck used an insecticide called chlorpyrifos to spray for bedbugs despite the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency banned its indoor use in 2001.
We received a call from folks who were very concerned that their house smelled awful after a bedbug treatment was made, said Gary Giguere, pesticide section chief for the Agency of Agriculture.
Giguere said the agency did testing and found the banned chemical in such high amounts that the family was very fortunate they had not reoccupied the house following the spraying as they likely would have suffered serious health effects.
The agency declined to identify the home where the spraying took place.
Working with the state Department of Health and the EPA, the Agency of Agriculture is sending letters out to Bucks other recent customers, and anyone contacted can have their home tested free of charge. They said company records indicate as many as 50 homes could be affected, but they did not know how many times the chemical was used in those homes.
Contacted about the investigation Thursday, Buck denied using chlorpyrifos.
Theres been five other exterminators at that place before I was there in the last five years, he said. I am the only exterminator in this state, I believe, who gives a guarantee. Other exterminators dont like me because of that they say Im going to ruin their business. ... I did not do it. I am not guilty of it. Thats all.
Dr. Harry Chen, Vermonts health commissioner, said containers of chlorpyrifos were found in Bucks basement and that the state had tested 11 locations Buck had sprayed in the last 1½ years, with five coming back positive, two coming back negative and four results still pending.
Our advice to some of them was they should relocate within 48 hours, some that they did not need to relocate and some they should relocate within a week, Chen said.
Chen said chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxin whose effects can include memory loss and numbness, with particular danger to children and pregnant women. He said the state had not yet located anyone made sick by the spraying.
The nice thing about this chemical is, once you leave, the effects go away, he said. It doesnt cause cancer. Its effects are acute.
Chen said cleaning up from such a spraying is a challenge his department and the EPA are discussing. He said homeowners are advised against cleaning up on their own and that soft woods and porous materials may not be able to be cleaned.
Giguere said he was aware of similar cases in recent years in Ohio and Massachusetts, the latter resulting in criminal charges, but that this was a first for Vermont.
Giguere said chemicals alone have a poor record of controlling bedbugs, but that exterminators have had success with integrated pest management techniques including traps, heat treatment and spraying in cracks and crevices.
You should be spraying nothing yourself, that would be our first bit of advice, he said. What we would say is combining chemicals and nonchemical treatments in a unified approach is what makes the most sense.
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All events below require a separate ticket unless otherwise noted. Purchase tickets to these events.
Sunday, 29 April
Annual OTC Dinner
Tickets are USD 150 each.
Attend one of the most talked about events from the 2011 conference! This special dinner recognizes the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award recipients, raises funds for Engineers Without Borders, and provides an excellent opportunity for industry leaders to network with colleagues from around the world. Learn more.
Monday, 30 April
Topical Breakfasts
Tickets are USD 40 each.
Exciting Developments in Subsea Intervention Technology
This presentation will provide an overview of the technology being applied for subsea intervention. Being a very broad topic, we will focus on areas that are seeing a resurgence of development – flow assurance, well control, repair and maintenance, and ROV operations.
Managing Risk and Building Value in the Next Decade (formerly titled: Industry Direction and Future Growth) (SOLD-OUT)
Come hear how BP is approaching future upstream projects and operations, as it sets out to help meet rapidly rising energy demand while assimilating the lessons from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident.
Topical Luncheons
Tickets are USD 50 each.
Center for Offshore Safety
The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) is an industry-sponsored organization focused exclusively on offshore safety. The center serves the offshore oil & gas industry and has a special focus on deepwater drilling , completions, and production.
COS offers a Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) toolkit that is useful to the entire industry and will aid companies in their efforts to comply with BSEE SEMS regulations. COS programs and activities will support good practice sharing and development among companies and the delivery of unified industry reports based on SEMS auditing. The program is being designed to include auditor training, auditor verification, and audit tools specifically designed for SEMS audits.
This luncheon presentation will provide an overview of the center's recently approved three-year strategic plan. It will also cover recent accomplishments with an emphasis on its efforts to continually improve the industry's safety and environmental performance.
The Deepwater Adventure in West Africa: Achievements and Prospects
International operators, including Total, have developed deepwater fields for more than 10 years. West Africa is a major contributor with numerous projects in Nigeria, Angola, and Congo. The oil and gas industry has, and will continue to, explore new technological avenues such as subsea processing with gas/liquid or liquid/liquid separation. Technology qualification assessment and active involvement in industry enhancement are some of the crucial elements.
Total has gained operational experience with the development of fields such as Girassol, Dalia, Moho, Akpo, and now Pazflor. This expertise has allowed several innovative technologies and techniques to emerge and novel field development concepts to become field proven.
More technical innovations will be needed to meet the requirements of deeper water depths and more complex fluids to produce.
Brazilian Regulatory Regime for Offshore Oil and Gas Development (SOLD-OUT)
The Next Wave
Challenges and Responsibility: Our Careers Over the Decades to Come
The Next Wave is one of the most-anticipated annual young professional events in the oil and gas industry. This exciting program will once again invoke thought, promote proactive leadership, and help to arm our young professionals with the keys to successful careers. Learn more.
Spotlight on New Technology Presentation
Attend the awards ceremony which recognizes outstanding, new exhibitor technologies.
Speed Networking for HSE Professionals
Do you work within the health, safety, environment, quality, integrity management, or compliance function of your company?
Take advantage of this unique event to build your professional and personal network of HSE colleagues in an hour, not years.
Meet other professionals that understand your toughest challenges and have ideas to share. Safety professionals like you have a critical role in maintaining our license to operate.
Some of the leading experts in the HSE profession will be attending this inaugural networking event.
Bring business cards with you, and you'll leave with new connections to expand your knowledge and demonstrate value to your employer.
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Please let us know if you plan to attend! RSVP to this event.
Join our LinkedIn subgroup to start networking before the event. Also, download our flyer about the event.
The Next Wave Reception
Tuesday, 1 May
Topical Breakfasts
Tickets are USD 40 each.
On October 1, 2011, the new Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) was created to enforce safety and environmental regulations on the Outer Continental Shelf. BSEE functions encompass all field operations including permitting, regulatory programs, research, oil spill response, training, inspections, and enforcement.
Doug Morris will discuss the agency's structure and mission and the challenges that it faces as it promotes safety and compliance in offshore operations.
Emerging Role of China in the Offshore Industry
Over the last two decades, China has experienced unprecedented growth in both its economy and its position in the world energy markets. The country has rapidly developed its local industries, including the building of infrastructure, heavy manufacturing, and the overall oil and gas market.
This presentation will address China's impact in the global offshore oil and gas sector. It will also review how the local infrastructure and supply chain has been expanded to meet the demands of its role in this market, in particular the development of deepwater assets, subsea and offshore equipment manufacturing, LNG terminals, and other highly technical pursuits. This topic will be expressed from the view of an emerging private Chinese fabrication yard to share how it is playing a role in providing systems and driving innovation in the offshore EPCI landscape.
Gazprom Conventional /Unconventional Resources Development Plans
Gazprom is one of the world's largest energy companies. Its major business lines are geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of hydrocarbons as well as generation and marketing of heat and electric power. Gazprom's mission is to ensure maximally efficient and balanced gas supply to Russian customers and reliably fulfill long-term gas export contracts.
Vsevolod will explore Russia's energy industry future and challenges, and the unconventional resource's development plans at the national and international level. Furthermore, he will highlight the role Gazprom would like to play in the gas market, and will discuss Gasprom's future plans and strategy. Along with the presentations, Gazprom will show short films explaining their activities and ongoing projects.
Industry Breakfast
Opportunities for Trade and Investment in the United Kingdom's Offshore Oil and Gas Sector
Tickets are USD 40 each.
Organized by OTC and the US Department of Commerce, this breakfast will provide a forum for UK officials to highlight their nation's oil and gas policy and promote trade and investment opportunities. Representatives from the UK Ministry of Trade and Investment and the oil and gas sector will make presentations. In addition, US industry executives will give an overview of their experience doing business in the UK.
Ethics Breakfast
Tickets are USD 40 each.
Oil Spills, Ethics, and Society
This breakfast focuses on how spills, ethics, and society intersect, and where the responsibilities reside. Transparency is also a big part of the process of generating industry standards and best practices. The breakfast speakers will provide examples and objectives for dealing with these critical matters in the industry.
Topical Luncheons
Tickets are USD 50 each.
British Innovation in the Global Oil & Gas Supply Chain
Over the last 40 years, the hostile waters of the North Sea have provided a rich source of oil and gas as well as an opportunity for the UK energy industry to develop first-class products, services, and expertise. UK companies now lead the world in many areas of finding, developing, and extracting oil and gas and managing installations. They also lead in research and development efforts, with 9.9% of all energy industry expenditure going directly to R&D projects. Because of their accomplishments, British energy-related exports have increased to more than USD 30 billion per annum.
The British Minister of State for Trade & Investment will talk about the positive trends in the UK and US trade relationship and the impact of British innovation in the oil & gas industry.
Safety: Mining the Diamond
As the oil & gas industry continues to push the boundaries of new technologies and geographic areas to meet the world's energy needs, it must continue to seek new innovations in safety performance as well. While there has been success in reducing the overall number of safety incidents that occur, it has not had equivalent success in reducing the number of high consequence safety events, including fatalities, from occurring.
This has prompted ExxonMobil to begin to think differently about its SSH&E approach to ensure it is preparing for and eliminating the highest impact incidents. The company's new approach focuses on "mining the diamond" of the traditional safety pyramid.
To take safety performance to the next level, additional emphasis must be placed on identifying and mitigating the high consequence risk that can lead to fatalities or serious injury. This focus needs to be placed on not just personnel safety, but process safety as well.
A Department of Energy Perspective on the Management of High Consequence Low Probability Risks
Following the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, three of the reactors at the 6-unit Fukushima site experienced a protracted electrical blackout for several days that resulted in severe damage to the nuclear cores and a significant release of radioactivity to the environment. This class of accidents in the nuclear industry is an extremely low-probability event that presents obvious challenges to the viability of the industry.
Similar in design to operating reactors in the US, Gauntt will describe in easy to understand terms the events that took place during these accidents. He will describe the current practices in the nuclear industry with respect to regulatory requirements and risk management associated with such low-probability, high-consequence events, including use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment, defense in depth principles, system response models, and accident management planning. Responding to these accidents involved significant improvisation during and after, and posed significant lessons learned for the nuclear industry.
CNOOC's South China Sea Development Plan
In the past 28 years, CNOOC has developed a series of unique economical and efficient E&P technologies to achieve its annual offshore production to 52 million MT (about 380 MMBOE) in 2010 from its challenging offshore fields (half of the reserves are marginal and 75% are heavy oil).
To sustain China's rapid economic development, CNOOC made an ambitious plan to produce annually, by the end of the next ten years, 50 million MT (about 367 MMBOE) from shallow water, 50 million MT from deep water, 50 million MT from abroad fields, and 50 million MT equivalent from clean energy.
CNOOC has developed new technologies for shallow water E&P, and is now focusing on deepwater fields in South China Sea and thus facing new challenges in deepwater E&P.
The presenter will introduce CNOOC's proven E&P technologies, show CNOOC's prospective in the South China Sea, and discuss international cooperation opportunities.
Follow the Risk: Process Safety Developments in Shell Deepwater Wells
Management systems and metrics for process safety in wells (drilling, completions and well interventions) are being further developed post-Macondo. Vos will share what Shell is doing with regards to process safety and what metrics they are using.
He will explain Shell's efforts related to:
WISE Event—Women in the Industry Sharing Experiences
Regardless of where you are in your career, you can always benefit from advice and moral support from colleagues. For women in the energy industry, this is especially true.
Join us to meet highly successful women executives who will share their career and life lessons. Be inspired by their experiences, and get to know other professionals with similar career obstacles and ambitions.
The event will feature speaker presentations and break-out table discussions, as well as free time to network. Refreshments will be served.
Please let us know if you plan to attend! RSVP to this event.
Join our LinkedIn subgroup to start networking before the event. Also, download our flyer about the event.
OTC Night at the Ballpark
Join your colleagues for a night of Major League Baseball. Come out to Minute Maid Park to watch the Houston Astros play the New York Mets! Discount tickets and group rates are available. For information about tickets and hospitality events, contact Richard Tapia at +1.713.259.8303 or email@example.com.
Wednesday, 2 May
Industry Breakfast: Norway
Tickets are USD 40 each.
Organized by OTC and the US Department of Commerce, this breakfast will provide a forum for Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy and Statoil's CEO to highlight Norway's oil and gas policy and promote trade and investment opportunities. In addition, an executive of a US–Norway oil and gas company will give an overview of the company's experience doing business in Norway.
Topical Breakfasts
Tickets are USD 40 each.
Energy Policy in the United States: Realities, Fantasies, and Rhetoric
Congressman Bill Flores represents the 17th District of Texas and is a former energy executive and entrepreneur, certified public accountant, and member of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
For decades, policymakers in Washington have failed to take actions required to build a market-driven portfolio of energy resources to fuel our economy. Our country has put too much focus on energy solutions based on ideology and the federal government's ideas on what was best for our economy and our nation. These centrally planned solutions were not always based upon the required underpinnings of consumer choice, technical feasibility, cost-competitiveness, and long-term economic impact.
Energy is one of the basic building blocks for successful economies, and economic opportunity is certainly constrained without a stable, secure, and affordable supply of it. Flores will provide insight on his experiences in his new role as a member of Congress and an outlook on energy policy in the 112th Congress.
Investment Opportunities in Nigeria in the Era of PIB and NCD
With the signing into law of the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act in April 2010 and plans by the Federal government to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law, Nigeria is at the beginning of a transformational shift in the management of its huge oil & gas resources.
The NOGICD Act aims to expand the role of local businesses in contracting chains with attendant socioeconomic gains, while the PIB gives the government greater control of the oil and gas resources that remain the backbone of the nation's economy. Both legislations could potentially present new prospects for operating companies and investors.
The Nigerian government needs to provide an enabling environment characterized by a predictable and transparent implementation policy, attractive incentives, a competitive market-led implementation approach, and most importantly, security and stability. Innovative partnerships between multinational and Nigerian companies will play a central role in such an environment, as partnerships will attract more foreign direct investment into the Nigerian energy sector. Such partnerships would facilitate the transfer of technical skills and foster the development of local resource and supply chain capacities.
Nikaitchuq, Offshore Alaska
In February 2011, Eni began oil production at the Nikaitchuq field, located offshore the Alaska North Slope at an average water depth of 3 meters. The field, which is Eni's first operated Arctic project, is 100% owned and operated by Eni with recoverable reserves estimated at 220 million barrels of oil. Nikaitchuq is expected to produce for more than 30 years with peak production of 28,000 barrels of oil per day.
Petrovietnam – Future Plans and Projects
Over the past 50 years, together with its leaders and a vision for the development of Vietnam, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) has been developed into the country's leading energy and one of the largest state-owned business enterprises. Additionally, Petrovietnam has played an important role for its contribution in the industrialization and modernization of Vietnam.
With a workforce of more than 50,000 employees, 17 subsidiaries and 8 affiliated companies, Petrovietnam is the country's largest oil producer and second-largest power producer in Vietnam. Petrovietnam has been active in the development of oil & gas E&P, the development of storage facilities, refineries and distribution of refined fuel, power generation, maritime, logistics handling of oil services and financial services that contribute to the overall economic development of the country's GDP.
Petrovietnam is currently implementing its development plan for 2011–2015 with a growth rate goal of 18%-20% annually.
Topical Luncheons
Tickets are USD 50 each.
NPC: Prudent Development of North American Natural Gas and Oil Resources Study
In response to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu's request, the National Petroleum Council (NPC) conducted a comprehensive study to reassess the character and potential of North American natural gas and oil resources. It also evaluated the contribution that natural gas can make in a transition to a lower carbon energy mix while achieving objectives of environmental protection, economic growth, and energy security.
This charge demanded a study that assessed environmental, operational, technology, supply, demand, and infrastructure considerations. The effort involved more than 400 participants from diverse backgrounds and organizations, 58% of whom are employed by organizations outside of natural gas and oil companies. The NPC delivered detailed findings and policy recommendations to Secretary Chu in September 2011.
Clay Bretches chaired the NPC Coordinating Subcommittee and will provide a recap of this landmark study and the implications on US energy policy.
Unlocking Stranded Offshore Gas
Increasing population, rapid economic growth in Asia and elsewhere, and rising living standards are all contributing to a relentless rise in global energy needs. Because of its availability, affordability, and lower environmental impact, natural gas is gaining an increasing share of the fossil fuel mix.
LNG's role in global energy markets is growing, not least because of the flexibility and interconnectivity it offers to suppliers and customers alike.
Bichsel will discuss how several factors will further drive LNG demand in the near future including the reduced role of nuclear in power generation, intensifying efforts at CO2 abatement, increasing use of LNG in the US as a cheaper fuel alternative for long-distance trucks and more.
Certain trends and innovations are already visible in industry efforts to deliver what is required. Floating LNG, a Shell first, epitomizes all these trends and marks a new era in terms of scale, standardization, integration, and replication, enabling economic development of stranded gas on an unprecedented level.
Challenges on Major Projects for Independents
Independents have applied their agile and entrepreneurial spirit to capture high-impact discoveries that include deepwater and ultradeepwater fields, and international activities. They are now developing and operating major oil and gas assets worldwide.
Development of a major asset may represent a sizeable commitment of an independent's capitalization. A poor performance, even on a single major asset development and its operations, can significantly impact their value.
Independents' challenge is to achieve differentiating performance while managing delivery risks. It requires them to incorporate disciplined and structured development practices into their management systems, while preserving their entrepreneurial spirit.
Meeting this challenge is enabling independents to deliver superior business value and growth in both their emerging and mature assets.
Partnering to Win in an Increasingly Complex Oil and Gas Environment
By 2020, the world will need 100 Mboed of oil and gas a day. To meet this additional production, we need to access more complex sources of energy. New additions will come from more challenging locations, such as ultradeep subsea reservoirs, and will be more difficult to process into end products. In addition, the industry is contending with ever increasing environmental and safety issues.
These factors combined make our current global environment possibly one of the most complex ever seen. All these challenges place strong demands on international and national oil companies as well as EPCs and equipment manufacturers like GE, who need to develop new technology, expand manufacturing capabilities, and develop a larger workforce of talented individuals. Clearly, technology, cooperation, and innovation are critical to meet future demand.
UAE Energy Mix: Opportunities and Challenges (CANCELLED)
This luncheon has been cancelled.
Thursday, 3 May
Industry Breakfast: Israel
Tickets are USD 40 each.
Organized by OTC and the US Department of Commerce, this breakfast will provide a forum for Israeli government officials to highlight their nation's oil and gas policy and promote trade and investment opportunities. Representatives from the Ministry of National Infrastructures will present. In addition, US industry executives will give an overview of company experience doing business in Israel.
Topical Breakfast
The UH Energy Research Park: An Investment in Houston's Future
In 2009, the University of Houston purchased the former Schlumberger Well Services headquarters south of the UH campus on the Gulf Freeway. Since then, UH has spent or committed nearly USD 60 million toward making the UH Energy Research Park (ERP) a preeminent research and academic hub. It is anticipated that another USD 50 million will be needed to fully renovate the park's fifteen buildings. UH has successfully transitioned key programs—including petroleum engineering and the Texas Diesel Testing & Research Center—to the ERP, with plans to centralize all energy research and education programs at the park as facilities come online. Khator will deliver an overview of the university's vision that led to the acquisition of the park, as well as what is needed to ensure the ERP becomes a resource not only for UH but for the university's industrial partners as well.
Teacher Workshop
OTC will invite 100 Houston-area classroom teachers to attend a free, one-day energy education workshop. Educators will receive comprehensive, objective information about the scientific concepts of energy and its importance while discovering the world of oil and natural gas exploration and production. See details.
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High School Student STEM Event
OTC is educating the next generation of aspiring engineers, scientists and managers about the oil and gas industry. Approximately 200 high school students will see firsthand the exciting opportunities the oil and gas industry can offer. The program includes a scavenger hunt of the technology exhibits and hands-on energy lessons provided by the U.S. National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project. Students will also have the opportunity to meet industry professionals and ask questions about possible careers in the oil and gas industry. See details.
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Topical Luncheon
Tickets are USD 50 each.
Israeli Government's Role as a Facilitator: Near- and Long-Term Success in the Emerging Energy Sector
Minister Landau will review the current state of Israel's energy industry as it relates to significant opportunities created by recent discoveries and the infrastructure required to support them. He will address the changing economics, which will ultimately result in Israel becoming more energy independent, with the potential for natural gas export on the horizon. Additionally, there are potential barriers which need to be overcome. He will also discuss recent positive changes with their growing partnerships, not only with US entities, but the strengthening of relationships with neighbors such as Cyprus. These partnerships will create positive global implications for the region.
The Nexus of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Issues
Speaker: Philip Grossweiler, Principal Consultant, M&H Energy Services
The nexus of energy, environment, and climate change issues will continue to create major challenges and opportunities for the energy industry. The industry and society will continue to debate issues such as peak oil, climate change, and a prospective transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
This presentation will provide perspectives on the difficult energy choices facing the US, world economies, and societies over the next 50 years and potential scenarios for a transition to renewable energy sources.
It will also offer an outlook on recent and ongoing US energy and climate change policy debates in Washington. Comments on climate change issues will include prospects for action by the UN IPCC and potential impacts on US energy policies.
Broader discussion includes issues such as energy R&D, potential "game changing" energy solutions; investments and costs for fossil fuel scenarios; additional investments and costs for transition to renewable fuels; and realistic cost estimates to address climate change issues.


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