Annual Report 2011: FY July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) AAPG Sub-Committee
OTC is organized and operated exclusively to promote and further the advance of scientific and technical knowledge of offshore resources and environmental matters.
OTC Technical Program Process
Starting in March of the preceding year, the OTC Program Committee starts the process of creating the technical program for OTC that takes place the first week in May of each year. The OTC Program Committee consists of two members (generally a Chair and Vice-Chair of each of the sponsoring society sub-committee) from each of the twelve industry sponsoring organizations and societies work cooperatively to develop the technical program each year.
As one of the twelve sponsoring organizations, the OTC AAPG Sub-Committee works with the other members of the OTC Program Committee to create conference sessions that focus on the geosciences and professionalism within the scope of the OTC.
2011 OTC AAPG Sub-Committee Activities and Accomplishments
The 2011 OTC AAPG Sub-Committee worked to create and promote the technical program sessions held during May 2-5, 2011 at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. The OTC 2011 technical program presented sessions for a wide assortment of topics and issues. Of which, the OTC AAPG Sub-Committee emphasizes the following sessions:
- Petrotechnical Visualization
- West Africa Geohazards
- Marine Archaeology I: The Legal Aspects
- Marine Archaeology II: Case Studies
- Panel: Gas to LNG – Global Trends and Projects
- Topical Breakfast: Drilling Relief Wells and Dealing with Uncertainty
- Ethics Breakfast: Professional Ethics in Offshore Operations Spotlight on New Technology Award Selection:
OTC recognizes innovative technologies each year with the Spotlight on New Technology Award. This awards program is exclusively for OTC exhibitors and is designed to showcase the latest and most advanced technologies that are leading the industry into the future. In years past, the OTC Board of Directors reviewed and evaluated the entries for the Spotlight on New Technology Award. However in 2011, the OTC Board of Directors asked the OTC Program Committee to assist with the review and evaluation process. As a result, the OTC AAPG Sub-Committee quickly responded to this request by reviewing and evaluating the geosciences related new technology entries to provide a broader basis of assessment in selecting Spotlight on New Technology Award winners.
2012 Proposed Technical Sessions
The 2012 OTC AAPG Sub-Committee is currently working to put together the following proposed sessions:
- Integrated Reservoir - Deepwater Case Studies
- Reservoir Architecture/ Reservoir Engineering
- Metaocean - Oil Spill Drift - In Situ Metaocean Monitoring in Real-time
- Spill Response Mediation
- Post Spill Science
- Quantitative Methods in Geohazards
- Southeast Asia Geohazards
- Pipeline Route Planning
- Slope stability, seabed fluid flow geochemistry and in situ monitoring in real time
- New Approaches to Site Assessment
- AUV Survey for Exploration
- Panel: Improving Operational Integrity in Offshore Energy Operations - A Global Perspective
- cSeabed Survey Data Models
- Arctic Coastal Erosion
- Project: Nikaitchuq Project Offshore Alaska
- Ethics Breakfast: Oil Spills, Ethics, and Society