63rd PERF Meeting : DEEP WATER and IMPACTS of TREATING CHEMICALS
November 3-4 2003
Location
Houston, TX
The Fall Meeting took place on November 4 to 6, at the Crowne Hotel Plaza, in Houston. The PERF Board of Directors Meeting was held on Tuesday 4th. The general meeting started on Wednesday, November 5th ; about 60 people attended it.
A first session was dedicated to Deepwater.
Another one was dedicated to the treating chemicals used in production that can impact oil and gas industries's activities. For the first time, chemical companies were invited to present their work to the PERF attendees.
In the meeting overview that follows, some presentations are in purple . If you are interested by receiving electronic version of some of them, please contact PERF secretary/webmaster at webmaster@perf.org
After Sara McMillen, from ChevronTexaco, spoke about Safety , George Paczkowski, ConocoPhillips Downstream Technology Vice President, gave the opening remarks.
DEEPWATER SESSION
General session
MMS Deepwater Seabed Survey ---- Mary Boatman, MMS.
Environmental Risk of Deep-Sea E&P activities ---- Steinar Sanni, Akvamiljo
Synthetic Drilling Muds Seabed Survey ---- Jim Ray, Shell.
Deepwater Biodiversity ---- Roy Kropp, Battelle Pacific NW National Lab.
ROV Technology for Deepwater Blowout Intervention ---- Dick Raines, Exxonmobil.
Marine Mammals and Noise ---- Rodger Melton, Exxonmobil.
Upstream Discussion Group
Nancy Comstock, from the Department of Energy (DOE) spoke about the topics that could lead to funding for research projects or workshops. She also asked PERF members for inputs on produced water. A "brainstorming" session to think about emerging issues followed.
Deepwater Discharge Modeling ---- Joe Smith, Exxonmobil.
Sediment Trap Study and Field Validation of OOC Model---- Tim Nedwed, Exxonmobil.
CHEMICAL SESSION
During the general session and the downstream discussion group, the chemical vendors spoke about:
Deepwater chemical treatment programs
Chemicals applied to upstream which may be transported in crude to refining
Potential impact of chemicals in refining
Screen new chemicals for life cycle impact
Emphasis on ultimate disposition, especially impacts on environmental systems (Discussion Group)
Procedures for screening for potential ultimate impacts
The four chemical companies were:
CHAMPION CHEMICALS.
NALCO ENERGY SERVICES. You can access Nalco's presentation, given by Terry L. McLean by contacting the webmaster: Specialty Chemical Issues in Deepwater Operations.
BAKER - PETROLITE. You can access the Refinery Process Additive Fate-Toxicity presentation given by Jerry Weers by contacting the webmaster.
GE Betz
NEW PROPOSALS
ExxonMobil has presented four new project proposals about Oil spill response in ice.
Chemical Herders (In Situ Burning)- proposal 2003-05
Dispersant Mixing-proposal 2003-06
Dispersant for viscous oil- proposal 2003-07
Pneumatic Diversion Boom- proposal 2003-08
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