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Workshop Agenda

DAY 1 – APRIL 10, 2017

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

1. Fastener systems in use today for subsea critical equipment oil and gas applications,
2. Understanding the diverse subsea environment in oil and gas drilling operations production,
3. Equipment design features and resultant required mechanical behavior for fasteners,
4. Fastener material and coating selection criteria,
5. Corrosion protection requirements, benefits, and limitations of active and passive corrosion inhibiting solutions, and
6. Understanding all the potential risks, limitations, and failure mechanisms arising from equipment and fastener design, manufacture, material, and coating selection.

Moderator: Tom Eagar

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

1. Qualification testing and reporting of OEM-designed mechanically fastened systems used in the offshore environment,
2. Processing steps for a subsea fastener cradle to grave, including subcontractor oversight, mechanical property testing methods, and data curves for the materials used in subsea fasteners,
3. Identification of the factors that affect the capability of fasteners to function properly,
4. Adequacy of non-destructive and destructive testing methods to assure quality of fasteners,
5. Human-systems interaction factors affecting fastener manufacturing and installation used in the offshore environment, and
6. Alternative fastener designs capable of improving the safety of all onshore drilling and pipeline selection.

Moderator: Neil Thompson

DAY 2 – APRIL 11, 2017

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

1. Types of fastener failures,
2. Root cause analysis (RCA) methods for failures; performing and overseeing RCA,
3. Key findings in subsea fastener failures,
4. Failure reporting,
5. Gaps in understanding of root cause of the failures, needed R&D to add to body of knowledge to identify and mitigate root cause of failures,
6. Assessment of end-of-life feedback mechanism to improve design practices, and
7. Identification of factors for successful fasteners performance.

Moderator: Roger McCarthy

Topics to be covered by the speakers:

1. Quality assurance/quality control processes and procedures,
2. Safety management,
3. Review of industry quality management systems for subsea fasteners; linking the standards to specific application design requirements,
4. Oversight of subcontracted vendors,
5. Reporting requirements for subsea critical equipment fastener failures, and
6. Examples of how other industries control the quality of critical components.

Moderator: Brun Hilbert