AIT’s Offshore Technology and Management Program (OTM), School of Engineering and Technology, will organize a seminar on “Lessons learnt from Offshore Projects” by Prof. Marc Ducros, Member of the Executive Committee, Total Professors Association, on Wednesday, 24 October 2007, from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. at Milton Bender Auditorium.
Lecture Contents
Introduction: Lessons learnt does not always mean mistakes.
1. Scheduling is essential: the key is to forecast how, when and who
2. Contingency plan to be worked in advance
3. Contractors and clients have to communicate between themselves
4. Safety has to be organized upfront
5. Offshore commissioning has to be limited but has to be prepared well in advance
6. What if? Too much weight for the lifting crane, bad weather, logistics are essential too
7. Conclusion: be prepared for the worst
About the Speaker
Marc Ducros received M.Sc. Degrees in Physics and Chemistry in Paris (1965) and an Engineering degree in Refining and Chemistry from the French Petroleum Institute (IFP) (1967). He worked for “Total” from 1976 to 2003 successively as Assessment Manager in the E&P Division; and Project Manager in Indonesia, Egypt, Singapore; Project Development Manager, and Gas/Electricity Division Representative in South-East Asia (Singapore and Bangkok). He has also given many lectures in Thailand, Singapore, Iran, Algeria, Venezuela, China, Cambodia and France on topic such as: “Contrasts for Project Development”; “LNG”, Liquefied Natural Gas; “Gas and LNG”, The Gas Chain; “Management of large energy projects”; “Selecting power plant types and configurations”; “The Geopolitics on hydrocarbons – the example of South East Asia and Japan”; amongst others.
Interested persons are cordially invited. All students of GEPG and OTM Field of study are strongly recommended to attend the seminar. For further details, please contact Dr. Joka Widjaja at Tel (02) 524 5542 or Ms. Nualchan at Tel (02) 524 5574. Kindly send your name, FoS, to confirm for attendance by email nualchan@ait.ac.th, please.