SPEAKERS
Co-chairs – Ross MacDonald, Production Chemistry Technical Authority, Spirit Energy and Paddy Collins, Sounding Board Ltd and the University of Aberdeen
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
PADDY COLLINS
Director, Sounding Board Ltd and Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Aberdeen, championing Net Zero technologies
“What Now? – Repurposing Oilfield Production Chemistry for a Net Zero Future”
Stephen Heath
Managing Director, Creative Chemical Solutions Ltd
“Understanding the Impact of Scale and Bacteria on C02 Injection and Storage”
Dr Eugenia Marinou
Managing Director, Nitika Ltd
“C02 Sequestration – Practical Challenges of Waste to Value”
Dr Nik Robinson
Director & Principal Consultant, Nikam Ltd
“Implications of the OSPAR Chemical Control System on CCUS and Hydrogen Storage”
Dr Andrew Farrell
Team Lead and Senior Technical Specialist for Organic Deposits, Scaled Solutions Ltd
“Going Underground: Don’t ‘Jam’ up the Near Wellbore – Assessing Deposit-Related Injectivity Impairment Under Realistic Conditions for CCUS”
Dr Khosro Jarrahian
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Heriot Watt University
“Scale Control in Geothermal Wells – What are the Options for Effective and Economic Scale Management?”
Dr Roozbeh Rafiti
Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Aberdeen University
“Li Extraction from Subsurface Brines”
Jonathan Regal
Head of Technical, Cellcycle
“Innovative Methods for Li Recovery from Spent Batteries”
Abubakar Yunusa
PhD Researcher, Robert Gordon University
“Enhancing Mixing Conformance in Natural Gas Pipelines through Hydrogen Injection”
Dr Lawrence Wilcox
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Decommissioning Centre
“Repurposing Legacy Oil and Gas Assets for Green Hydrogen Production: A Techno-Economic Study”
Dr Stefano Bagala
Managing Director, Batigea Ltd
“Subsurface Energy Storage: State of the Art”
Ian Thomas
Senior Principal Consultant, Vysus Group
“Quality Approach to Emissions Reduction and ESG Reporting and Disclosure”
Ali Ahmed
Senior Petroleum Engineer, Clearwell Energy
“Effective Scale Mitigation and Carbon footprint Reduction through Electromagnetic Technology: Successful Applications in Oman and the US”
David King
Business Development & Sales Manager, NOV
“Understanding & Mitigating Environmental Impact”
Simon Hunter
Global Technical Manager – Production Chemistry, slb
“The Dash(boards) to Net-Zero: Sustainability Initiatives Enabled by Digital”
