ABB Power and Automation World 2009
ABB Engineering Services attended the ABB Power and Automation World 2009 in the US. The conference, which comprises of training, seminars and equipment exhibition, is ABB’s premier Americas regional customer event with some 3000 attendees.
The ABB stand at Power and Automation World 2009
Due Diligence conference
Brian Hudson, ABB gave a presentation on some of the critical aspects of Technical Due Diligence at a major conference on acquisitions and divestiture held in London. There were delegates from various companies including BP, Total & British Gas.
Abu Dhabi Asset Integrity conference
ABB were the key sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Asset Integrity conference. During the week ABB presented a paper and delivered a workshop on extending the life of ageing offshore assets.
Peter Hunt and Alan D’Ambrogio, ABB with delegate from the conference
Risk, Reliability and Life-extension of Ageing Offshore Structures
Brian Hudson, ABB, gave a presentation entitled ‘North sea mature field asset life studies’ at the Risk, Reliability and Life-extension of Ageing Offshore Structures, at the Aberdeen exhibition and conference centre. There were over 120 delegates at the event,
organised by the IMechE and included BG Group, BP Exploration and ConocoPhillips.
HazardEx 09
ABB took an exhibition booth at HazardEx 09 held in Harrogate. Around 500 people attended the event and companies represented included BP Exploration, Shell, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and AWE.
ABB’s Carl Watson and John Walkington at ABB’s exhibition stand
Bio Innovation leaders conference
Owen Bonner, ABB presented a paper to a recent Bio Innovation Leaders conference in London. The paper outlined the consulting role of the validation group in a project in Ireland to act as industry liaison partner with a view to identifying and removing barriers to adoption of novel technologies in bio manufacturing. The paper was well received and positioned ABB as an early stage partner in PAT technologies and manufacturing improvement.
IMechE conference
Andy Hollins, ABB presented at the IMechE conference in Aberdeen on ‘The challenges of extending the life of topside equipment - It’s not just corrosion related’. There were over 100 delegates including representatives from BP, ConocoPhillips, Maersk Oil (North Sea) Limited and BG Group.
Offshore Europe 2009
ABB Engineering Services exhibited on the main ABB stand and presented two papers at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen. The papers were on ‘Process safety KPIs’ and ‘Life extension of an offshore facility’ by Ian Herbert and Brian Hudson. Offshore Europe is the biggest oil and gas conference and exhibition in Europe and attracts 40,000 visitors from across the world.
The ABB stand at Offshore Europe 2009