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European Offshore Petroleum Conference EUROPEC II EUROPEC II, to be held from October 21 to October 24, 1980 at Earls Court, London, England, will be the world's foremost event dealing with North Sea condi- tions, operations, and engineering challenges. Its impact on the fu- ture of North Sea operations — and similar activities in other off- shore environments — will be sig- nificant. This event, which is sponsored by six major professional organi- zations with a combined member- ship of more than 240,000, will serve as a definitive forum on in- novations and experience in the North Sea. The sponsoring soci- eties of EUROPEC II are: The Society of Petroleum Engineers. The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Institution of Electrical En- gineers, The Institution of Me- chanical Engineers, The Institute of Petroleum, and The Society for Underwater Technology. The In- stitution of Mining and Metal- lurgy is a cooperating society, and the project has been organized by The Society of Petroleum Engi- neers (U.K.) Limited. At the first EUROPEC in 1978, more than 15,000 registrants from 22 countries viewed products and equipment from 20 countries and attended technical sessions with industry and professional leaders from Europe, North America, and the Middle East. EUROPEC II will have an even greater range of technical ses- sions and exhibits of offshore- related products and services. More than 115 technical papers will be presented by an impres- sive roster of speakers drawn from throughout the world. This combination of speaker creden- tials is unlikely to be duplicated elsewhere. Many of the experts will address new concepts first applied in the North Sea; others will report on techniques used in less hostile waters that may be adapted for the North Sea. In addition to the technical pro- gram, registrants will view a com- prehensive technical exhibits dis- play presented by more than 225 manufacturers and suppliers of petroleum services—with an em- phasis on creative products geared specifically for the offshore envi- ronment. For full information about EU- ROPEC II, contact European Off- shore Petroleum Conference & Exhibition, care of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, 6200 North Central Expressway, Dallas, Tex- as 75206; telephone, area code (214) 361-6601, or Telex 730989 SPEDAL in the United States, or European Offshore Petroleum Conference & Exhibition, Mont- build, 11 Manchester Square, Lon- don W1M 5AB, U.K. Technical Sessions The technical sessions will run from October 21 through October 24, with three sessions each morn- ing and afternoon. The morning sessions will start at 9:30 a.m. and the afternoon sessions at 2:00 p.m. The subjects for each session and the papers to be presented are as follows: Tuesday morning, October 21. Session No. 1—Piper Field De- velopment and Field History. Paper 150 — "Piper Field: Ge- ology." Paper 151—"Piper Field: Drill- ing /Completions,/Workovers/Da- ta Acquisition and Well Perform- ance." Paper 152—"Piper Field: Res- ervoir Engineering." Paper 153 — "Piper Field: Me- chanical Engineering." Session No. 2—Pipelines Paper 154—"New Computation Techniques Experimented in Transmed Pave the Way for Fu- ture Deeper Waters Projects." Paper 155—"Western Leg Gas Gathering System." Paper 156—"The Nondestruc- tive Examination of Pipeline Girth Welds, Today and Tomorrow." Paper 157 — "Pipeline Burial and Protection by Means of High- ly Accurate Backfill Techniques." Paper 158 — "Inspection and Maintenance of the Frigg Pipeline Transportation System." Session No. 3 — Support Serv- ices for Offshore Operations — A Wide Range of Requirements. Paper 159—"Weather Forecast- ing for Offshore Operations." Paper 160—"Monitoring the 3- Dimensional Position and 3-Axis Rotation of Submerged Struc- tures." Paper 161 — "Clean-Up of Oil Pollution at Sea." Paper 162 — "Helicopter Off- shore Operations." Paper 163 — "Medical Opera- tions in the Offshore Theatre." Tuesday afternoon, October 21. Session No. 4 — Reservoir De- velopment and Case Histories of North Sea Operations. Paper 164—"The Brent Field, A Reservoir Engineering Review." (continued on page 16) Below, Earl's Court, London. Site of this year's EUROPEC II. TO Maritime Reporter/Engineering News ' \«KW«K **t \nmm. ICHKRXl l uhmmm