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This workshop is aimed at providing state-of-the-art practice in flow assurance for hydrates, one of the largest problems in offshore production and it will be valuable to individuals involved in the field of flow assurance.

About the workshop

The objective of the workshop is to provide hands-on experience for the engineer working in the area of flow assurance. Participants should possess a basic understanding of gas and oil production.

Each attendee will receive a CD and hardcopy of the course material, including a copy of SPE Monograph 21, Hydrate Engineering, by E.D. Sloan. Every workshop attendee should bring a laptop on which their organisation's IT support has enabled the download of two computer programs from a CD, namely the CD found in the end papers of Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases (Third Edition - 2008) by Sloan and Koh. To effectively carry the workshop knowledge forward, it is essential to have a computer.

About the Instructor

DR. E. DENDY SLOAN JR. (Ph.D., P.E.) holds the Weaver Chair of Chemical Engineering and is the Director of the Center for Hydrate Research at the Colorado School of Mines, where he co-directs a group of 34 researchers on natural gas hydrates.

Prior to this he was a Senior Engineer with E.I. DuPont deNemours, Inc. Sloan currently chairs both the U.S. Federal Methane Hydrate Advisory committee, and the CODATA International Hydrate Database Task Group.

He has over 200 refereed hydrate publications, including two books: Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, 3rd Ed (2007), co-authored by C.A. Koh and Hydrate Engineering (2000). He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Sloan has given several such workshops to oil and gas companies in locations such as Christchurch, Trondheim, New Orleans, and Houston.

The details of the workshop are as follows:
Date: 23-24 November 2009
Venue: Tony Howarth Case Study Room G.01, the UWA Business School

For further information please contact Kieu Pham on 6488 2684.

Media references

Magdalena Matuszczyk / [email protected] / 6488 4277