Advances in Offshore Pipeline Repairs

Giuseppe Rizzo

Technical Sales Manager, Europe and Africa

Oceaneering®

Presentation Title: Oceaneering Pipeline Repair Systems - Technical and Case Study Review

Giuseppe is a Chartered Engineer, member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

He holds a MEng in Polymeric Science and a BEng in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Palermo (Italy).

With almost 20 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry, he has covered different leading roles from Project Management to Commercial.

As a Technical Sales Manager within Oceaneering® Energy Products , he is responsible in Europe and Africa for the provision of solutions for Pipeline Repair Systems, Distribution Systems, Flowline Connectors, ROV Monobore Fly To Place M5 Connectors for Chemical Injections, Flow assurance and Hydrate remediation and Grayloc® Clamp connectors.

Stephen Cater

Principal Project Leader - Friction and Forge Processes
TWI Ltd

Presentation Title: Friction Stir Welding of Steel for Pipelines

Stephen Cater is a Principal Project Leader at TWI’s Yorkshire Technology Centre, responsible for research into the friction stir welding (FSW) of both thick section light metal alloys such as aluminium and magnesium, and high plasticisation point materials such as steel, titanium and nickel based alloys.

A metallurgist by training, and winner of the Richard Weck Award for his work on steel, Stephen led TWI’s Core Research Programme (CRP) into the development of FSW for steel, and also led the welding elements of projects looking at FSW for marine construction. Stephen also developed the capability to friction stir weld steel under oil in the FSWBOT programme which is currently developing a robotic system able to conduct patch repairs of defects inside live oil pipelines.

Stephen has led a number of single client projects on the welding of thick section (>25mm) aluminium for safety critical applications and is currently leading two major projects in this area. Stephen also led a SCP for a customer in the Power sector who had a requirement for high integrity aluminium FSW in cryogenic service. Stephen also leads TWI’s FSW training programme, having developed a series of FSW courses in accordance with the requirements of the ISO FSW Standard, ISO 25239:2011.

Prior to joining TWI, Stephen served as a soldier with experience of both combat and technical attachments to DSTL (Defence Science & Technology Laboratory).

Ron James

Sales Director

STATS Group 

Presentation Title: Engineered solutions and innovative technologies to solve complex pipeline integrity challenges

Ron James is the Sales Director at STATS Group where he leads the global sales team through their 6 regional offices around the world. Ron brings with him a vast experience having worked for over 30 years in the oil and gas industry.

After serving an apprenticeship Ron spent 7 years in a drawing office before moving into technical sales. Prior to joining STATS Group in 2014, Ron spent 11 years with GE Oil and Gas PII Pipeline inspection as Regional Sales Manager for Europe and Africa.