**NEW TO OIL & GAS MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA FOR 2010**

Oil & Gas Maintenance Technology North America Conference & Exhibition is very pleased to announce the addition of a new conference track: Safety & Asset Integrity.  This track will focus exclusively on best practices and technology used both in maintaining the integrity of the oil and gas industry's facilities and equipment and in preserving the safety of its most valuable asset, the men and women at work each day at exploration, production, transportation, and processing sites around the world.  In addition to the new conference presentations, the show hall will also now host a variety of exhibitors at the forefront of addressing the unique safety and asset integrity issues faced by the oil and gas industry.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRACK WILL ONLY HAVE 3 SESSIONS.  
SESSION DAY AND TIMES ARE:  
UPDATED SESSION TIMES
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:30 pm & 3:30 pm
Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:30 am

TRACK 2:  SAFETY & ASSET INTEGRITY - Marlborough Room 2nd Floor

Deepwater Corrosion Managment "Conservatism in Design - To Be or Not To Be"
Tim Sylvester, Wood Group Integrity Management

 This presentation looks at the challenges of harsh deepwater conditions and the critical design decisions made by materials, corrosion and integrity engineers to assure safe and efficient operations over the asset life cycle.

Risk Prioritization: Doing What's Important
Kevin Bourgeois, P.E., BG Trinidad & Tobago

This methodology provides for prioritizing risk reduction projects based on impact to safety to personnel, critical to insure maximum efficiency of capital spend and risk reduction pace.

7-Steps to Develope Your Own Asset Integrity Management Program
Barry Snider, Small Hammer Consultants, LLC

 The presentation describes a 7-step process for developing your own AIM program that turns corporate performance standards into day-to-day behavior of front line personnel.

Safe Operations - High and Low
Frank Wettland, LBO (Linjebygg Offshore Inc.)

 The innaccessible splash zone gets safe by the introduction of engineered solutions utilizing new toos and procedures avoiding use of scaffolding, divers, ROV's and supporting vessles; from below cellar deck to minus 60 feet below sea surface.

PSM and Normal Accidents - A Technology Advances, Process Safety Management Should as Well
John Burgess, P.E., Smith & Burgess LLC

 As oil and gas production processes and systems increase in complexity, the importance of an effective process safety management sytems must also increase.

Operational Discipline: Does Your Organization "do the job the right way, all the time?"
Thomas C. (Tom) Lemm, Dupont Sustainable Solutions

Mr. Lemm will describe the characteristics of operational discipline and how to build an organization that exhibits excellence in the execution of Process Safety Management.

TRACK 2:  SAFETY & ASSET INTEGRITY - Marlborough Room 2nd Floor

Near-Term Compliance with BOEMRE SEMS Regulations Can Lead to Long Term Business Value
Brian Maddox, Audubon

It is expected that the BOE (formerly MMS) will require at least 4 elements from API RP 75 to be implemented on GOM facilities: Management of Change; Audit; Operating Procedures; and Mechanical Integrity – by taking steps now to focus on compliance solutions, operators maximize oversight and efficiency while anticipating and mitigating potential risks or threats.

Safety Case Approach for Enhancing Asset Integrity
Dr. Robin Pitblado, Det Norske Veritas (USA), Inc.

Offshore Technical Integrity and Safety - Critical Elements, Standards & Performance Measurements
Tony Vaclavicek, GenesisSolutions

This presentation will cover the identified and categorization of Safety Critical Equipment on offshore installations (Floating Production and Platforms) and the related development of standardized, measurable performance standards for a verifiable level of safety.