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Offshore Pipelines & Risers 2020

Besmir has 10 years of experience from the oil and gas industry specializing within the SURF domain. The last few years he’s been working with digital transformation of subsea operations and integrity management in AkerBP.

Christoffer Nilsen-Aas, Team Lead 4Subsea . Christoffer has 16 years of experience from the oil and gas industry specializing within the SURF domain. He has been responsible for 4Subsea’s portfolio of digital services and are working closely with oil and gas operators on the transition to digital service deliveries.

Pål (born in 1969) started his career in the offshore Oil and Gas industry as a welder and graduated in 1996 from NTNU in Trondheim as Physical Metallurgist. Later he got the diploma as International Welding Engineer. He has over the year had various positions varying from project engineer to managing director. Pål has been employed by Deepocean since 2017 with the title Project Technical Manager supporting SURF tenders and projects with his long experience.

Raymond Vink is the global manager of pipeline engineering for Allseas Engineering bv. He has been in this role for 10 years and is responsible for all pipeline related engineering performed in the various offices encompassing installation, pipeline design, flooding gauging and testing and structural engineering.
He graduated with a Masters from the TU Delft in Mechanical Engineering, is a chartered engineer and has worked for Allseas for over 20 years, starting as an installation engineer, followed by Field Engineering on the Solitaire and various other engineering roles related to installation and design.
Raymond believes that no project is too difficult to execute as long as the right people are brought to the table.

Alcoa USA, 1968 -1971

Fuglesangs AS, 1971 –
(Received the Belgian Mercurius Price for having had the idea and taken the initiative in 1980 and 1981 for the development of a new low-carbon construction steel. This is with little deviation what is today the Norsok steel quality for building offshore steel platforms and alike.

Member of different boards (past and present)

Present occupation; working chairman of the board in Fuglesangs AS and chairman of the board in FSubsea AS

With a background in materials and laser physics Christian has, over 20 years in the O&G industry, nurtured and promoted cost-efficient solutions for the thermal management of pipelines, their qualification and construction.
Christian is a proponent of strong relationships with business partners i.e. Operators, Contractorss, Academia and Suppliers; over the years, they have all helped develop solutions for high-specification pipelines such as heat traced pipelines, deepwater pipelines, cryogenic pipelines
Over the last years he has been grappling with the challenges of the energy transition that will require ever more energy efficient insulation, cryogenic materials, improved production technologies and diving into deeper waters to provide us with a sustainable future.

Career Details:
ITP InTerPipe (Paris, France) – from 1997

Head of R&D: since 2009.
In charge of product testing, qualification and development.

Product development: since 2005/2009.

Project Manager:
• Rosa Project (Angola 2006/2007, 1500 m depth).

Deputy Project Manager:
• Tchibéli project (Congo 1999/2000, 25 km).
• Bonga project (Nigeria 2004/2005, 37 km).

Péchiney (Grenoble, France) – 1995-1997

CEA - French Atomic Energy Commission (Paris, France) – 1992-1995
Developed instrument for elemental distribution mapping in solids by Laser Breakdown Spectroscopy.
Now in use on the Mars Curiosity rover’s ChemCam instrument package

Studies:
2014 – 2018: B.Eng. in Naval Architecture and Maritime Engineering at Kiel University of Applied Sciences
- Bachelor Thesis at ENSTA Bretagne, Brest, in the field of Seakeeping of SWATH vessels

2018 – 2020: M.Sc. Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering with study track Ocean Structures at NTNU Trondheim and Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg
- Master Thesis at NTNU in the field of VIV of subsea spools

Work:
Since July 2020: Engineer for Underwater noise mitigation concepts at OffNoise-HSD-Systems

Engineering Specialist in the Pipeline Design discipline of Subsea 7 in Stavanger. 17 years of experience with pipeline in-place design and related subjects. Graduated as MSc from NTNU, Institute of Marine Technology in 2003.

Started working with Shawcor in 2010 and have had positions in Quality Control, Project team, Market team and R&D. Currently I am the Technical Solutions Manager at our site in Orkanger, Norway. This involves responsibility for all technical aspects of projects during bid phase (design of system, technical clarifications, technical discussions with clients..) and I am also involved in ongoing research programs and troubleshooting if any challenges during production on any of our lines. Øystein holds a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from NTNU (2004-2009)

Gabriel Rombado is an ExxonMobil secondee currently supporting riser and flowline activities on an Equinor deep water FPSO project. His areas of expertise include flexible joint and titanium stress joint riser connector technologies and advanced flexible riser local model analysis methodologies. Prior to joining ExxonMobil thirteen years ago he spent 20 years at The Boeing Company supporting the space shuttle and space station structural dynamics programs.

Vegard Longva holds PhD and MSc degrees within Marine Structures from the Department
of Marine Technology at NTNU. Vegard started to work as a Research Scientist at
SINTEF Ocean in 2016. His position at SINTEF involves software development, project management, and numerical analysis of pipelines, risers, and power cables.

Vegard has the last 10 years been involved in several research projects on numerical simulation of design loads for subsea pipelines exposed to trawl gear pull-over interaction. He has also been involved in industry projects dealing with torsion issues that arise during handling of flexible pipes, power cables and umbilicals. Vegard is currently project manager for the SINTEF's JIP on torsion issues that was initiated in 2019. He is also product responsible for the SIMLA software which is a program for static and dynamic analysis of subsea pipelines. Vegard has been responsible for the SIMLA development work in the DROPS JIP that was initiated by SINTEF Ocean in 2017.

With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Ramón holds a PhD from the University of Sevilla (Sevilla). During early stages of his career, he worked as Research Associate at Imperial College of London, joining Siemens-Gamesa afterwards, what made him gain a strong knowledge on composite materials and its application to diverse industries.

Ramón joined Airborne Oil & Gas in 2014, and currently holds the position of Technical Manager Product Development, focusing on the TCP Riser Development and Qualification.

After spending some years in the Royal Norwegian Navy he did a PhD at the University of Glasow in Naval Architecture. He then started in the oil and gas industry as a project engineer before working some years with marine salvage before coming back to the industry working on various installation projects. Currently he holds the position of project technical manager for DeepOcean.

Anton has got 19 years of industry experience working 11 years in the contractor industry with Stolt Offshore and Acergy becoming Subsea 7, where he worked with structural engineering and engineering management. The last 8 years he has worked with Centrica which is today Spirit Energy and has been Facilities delivery manager for the Oda project from concept Select phase through execution phase and project close out.

Andreas Hoel Gaarder is working as a Regional Director for FutureOn AS overseeing the new sales and business development in the Middle-East and Asia region based out of Dubai. He has held various technical and commercial roles, of which the majority has been in the upstream software and consulting space. He started his career with Bredero Shaw in Orkanger as a pipeline coating coordinator and project manager, after which he worked with well tubing corrosion management for FORCE Technology before moving into flow assurance consulting with SPT Group and later Schlumberger. Andreas spent about 5 years in the Schlumberger system doing consulting services and business development for flow assurance software and services. Andreas holds a Sivilingeniør degree from the NTNU where he majored in Energy-, process- and flow engineering (2007).

Ronny holds a Master Degree in Offshore Engineering from University of Stavanger. He has 14 years of experience from the oil and gas industry with special attention to project management, SURF engineering, In-line solutions, tie-in and structures. He has been with IKM Ocean Design AS since 2016 as PM, in lead technical positions and within business development. Earlier years include EMAS AMC (Tender Manager IMR, Offshore Lead Eng), Kongsberg Nemo/Nemo Engineering (PM, Market Mng, Department Mng. Pipeline Components) and FMC Technologies (Proj Eng Control Systems)

36 years in the offshore and subsea business. MSc. from NTNU, 1983, Structural engineering. Worked 20 years in IK-Norway with projects related to repair and modifications of pipelines, riser and flowlines. The experience includes engineering as well as delivery of EPC projects. Previously worked as project engineer, lead engineer and project manager in Halliburton Subsea, RC-Subsea, Aker and Norpipe.

Hroar Nes has long experiences from both research and engineering within the oil and gas industry, the last 22 years with Equinor. In the current position as advisor the focus areas are on development, qualification and implementation of new technology for pipelines and risers.

Graduated with a PhD in mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London, in 1992. Worked extensively with offshore pipeline developments including deep-water. Worked for J P Kenny, Shell, and joined Equinor in 2011. Geographical range of experience includes the North Sea, Australia, South East Asia and West Africa. Presently leading the concept work on the BM-C-33 offshore gas export pipeline and FOC.

Senior Advisor - Pipeline and Transport Technology
Graduated Master of Science in mechanical engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU in 1981.
In brief been working for the oil and gas industry, first with DNV and later Statoil and Equinor mainly within offshore field developments and pipeline technology.

James joined Rystad Energy as a Senior Vice President in February 2020, base in their London Office. He joined, along with three other colleagues, to form the groups new Energy Metals business, which to date is specializing in analyzing the OCTG and Linepipe markets.
Before this, he has 17 years of experience working with consultancies and research houses such as Fastmarkets MB Research and Hatch in the energy metals sector in London. Prior to this completed a Doctorate in Engineering with Cardiff University, sponsored and supported by UK steelmaker, Tata (formally Corus). James LeySenior Vice President Energy Metals, Rystad Energy.

Before this, he has 17 years of experience working with consultancies and research houses such as Fastmarkets MB Research and Hatch in the energy metals sector in London. Prior to this completed a Doctorate in Engineering with Cardiff University, sponsored and supported by UK steelmaker, Tata (formally Corus).

Sigbjørn Røneid has more than 16 years experiences from both research and engineering within the oil and gas industry with DNVGL. He is involved in research leading into development of pipeline codes such as DNVGL-ST-F101 Submarine Pipeline Systems, DNVGL-RP-F110 Global buckling of Submarine Pipelines, DNVGL-RP-F111 Interference between trawl gear and pipelines, and DNVGL-RP-F104 Design and operation of carbon dioxide pipelines.

Graduated with from Aberdeen University 1990 with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Have worked in the Oil and Gas industry since 1993, mainly with design and installation of flexible pipes.

Erling Østby is a Senior Principal Specialist at the DNV GL Materials Laboratory, Høvik, Norway. He holds a MSc. in mechanical engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, 1994, and a PhD in fracture mechanics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002. He has been with DNV GL since 2013, and was with SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway, for 11 years before that. From 2016 he also holds a position as adjunct professor in association with the CASA CRI at NTNU, Trondheim. He works with structural integrity and materials issues, with special focus towards pipeline applications, and has been involved in several projects developing new assessment procedures addressing different fracture failure modes in pipelines. He has co-authored more than 100 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Has 20-year Industry experience with Flexible Pipe from manufacturer and operators. Including being Leading Advisor, Dynamic Risers in Equinor from Dec 2012 to Dec 2017.
Has been with NOV Flexibles since June 2018 working with qualification of flexible as senior technical manager. Currently hold the position as Global Engineering Manager within NOV.

Hany Elosta is a Senior Specialist lead for Subsea umbilical, Riser and Flowlines (SURF) in Front End and System Engineering department at TechnipFMC Norway. He has a long experience with EPC(I), iEPCI projects and lifetime extension studies. He has Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Strathclyde University in structural integrity and reliability of offshore risers and subsea pipeline. Hany has continuously contributed to the international maritime and offshore engineering industry community. He is an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Systems Engineering and also International Journal of Maritime Transportation. Hany has an extensive experience in Norwegian Continental Shelf subsea projects and inherent technical and commercial challenges