OSEA2010 Call for Papers is now open!

OSEA2010 International Conference will be held from 30 November – 3 December 2010.

Established since 1976, the OSEA International Conference is Asia's most recognised and foremost platform for the gathering of the oil and gas industry.  It brings together leading experts and professionals to discuss current business issues and technologies shaping the industry.

We are inviting contributions for papers that address technological advances, issues and challenges on the following topics:

(The following serves as a guide; contributions that address other areas of relevance may also be considered.)

Submit your abstracts now.
Please read the terms and conditions below.

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Areas of Interest

EXPLORATION

• Trends in deepwater exploration and development
• Well construction and drilling operations
• Advances in seismic imaging technologies
• Drilling efficiency optimization
• Managed pressure drilling, successful applications
• Advances in drilling technologies

PRODUCTION

• Technology for improved recovery in mature fields
• New well technology solutions
• Deepwater completions
• Remote well control
• HPHT (High pressure/high temperature) technology
• Subsea processing technology
• Challenges in CO2 capture and injection
• Developments in offshore vessels for deepwater and ultra deepwater intervention
• Multiphase pump and flowmeters for offshore application

GAS TECHNOLOGY

• Economic issues in the LNG industry
• Policy and regulatory issues facing the gas industry
• Developing offshore gas reserves
• Difficult or unconventional gas resources
• FPSO conversion technologies
• LNG case study - Australia (Gorgon Gas Project)
• Design solutions for offshore liquefaction
• Advances in key enabling technologies for gas recovery

ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Reducing environmental and ecological consequences of the energy sector
• Offshore waste control/Oil Spill control
• Well leakages
• Reduction in use of hazardous chemicals in the oil & gas industry
• Eco-friendly based approaches to management of oil and gas operations
• Reducing air emissions
• Abandonment and decommissioning planning and execution
• Development and implementation of safety cases
• Training & emergency preparedness
• Implementing environmental & safety standards
• Asset integrity mgt - Mgt of mature assets for compliance
• Measuring process safety management

BUSINESS ISSUES

• Global energy outlook
• Energy demand in Asia
• Legal/Risk management strategies/issues in exploration and investment
• Doing business in the Asian markets
• Risk Mitigation (Dealing with volatility/Sustaining growth in the downturn)
• HR issues - Managing workforce capacity and demands
• Carbon reduction targets and their effect on the industry
• Dispute resolution in the oil and gas industry
• Effective drafting and negotiation of dispute resolution clauses in contracts
• Oil and gas disputes in Asia

Your Audience

Oil and gas industry professionals, senior decision makers and industry leaders from:

• Oil and gas operators
• Service and equipment suppliers
• Engineering and construction companies
• Contractors
• Consultants

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How Your Abstract Will Be Evaluated

Abstracts will be reviewed based on the following criteria :

• Relevance to the conference's theme and overall programme.
• Inclusion of technological advancements in the oil and gas industry which have practical application to the Asia-Pacific region.
• Technical correctness.  Abstracts should highlight application, advantages and limitation of technologies.
• Level of interest to attendees.
• Interest to attendees.
• Seniority and experience of speaker - high-level or senior management speakers will be given greater consideration during selection.

Undue commercialism or the citation and promotion of trade names in abstracts and full papers will lead to automatic rejection

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Guidelines to Submitting Your Abstract

• Prospective speakers are requested to submit an abstract of not more than 500 words; together with a 100-word professional biography. Abstracts and biographies beyond the stated length will not be accepted.
• In this initial submission, there will be no need for illustrations.
• Abstracts must include the proposed title.
• Do not submit more than one copy of the same proposal.
• Abstracts must be prepared in English.
• Abstracts must be original and not have prior extensive coverage or circulation 3 months before and after the conference, such as presentation at previous events and/or prior publication.
• The Organiser reserves the right to adapt the information in the abstract for publication in the event's promotional materials.
• Prospective speakers must be prepared to make their presentations in English at OSEA during the period of 30 November to 3 December 2010.
• Speakers are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
• Speakers whose abstracts are selected for presentation at OSEA will be required to sign a “Copyright Form”, granting Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd permission to include their final papers and/or presentation materials into the conference proceedings (printed and online). It is the speakers' responsibility to have obtained any necessary organizational clearance before submission.

The Organiser's decision on the selection of abstracts and its subsequent allocation within conference programmes is final, and no further correspondence will be entertained.

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Notification on Status of Abstract

• Selected speakers will be notified by email.  The confirmation email will be sent before/by 25 June 2010
  (In cases where additional time is needed to assess abstracts, this targeted date may be postponed.)
• Selected speakers must respond with an acknowledgement within 3 working days to confirm their participation, failing which the initial acceptance will be rescinded.

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Important Dates :

Deadline for submission of abstracts	26th March 2010
Notification of acceptance	25th June 2010
Acknowledgement email (from speakers after notification)	Within 3 working days
Deadline for submission of presentations and full papers	24th September 2010

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