(4) Risk Reducing Measures (RRM) and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) Principle
(5) Learning and Future Development Needs
Experiences of the presenter from the safety assessment of large TLP based
Norwegian Sea field development and future technology development needs will be summarized.
Dr. Demir t. Karsan
Personal History:
Offshore engineering manager Bechtel Petroleum and Chemical Company. Ph. D. from Rice University. Over thirty years' experience in the technical development, analysis, design, construction, maintenance, verification and safety assessment of a variety of offshore structures and systems of Brown and Roots, Conoco Inc. and Conoco Norway Inc. (1991 - 1996).
OMAE/POAC SPECIAL SESSION Monday, April 14, 14:00-15:00, Room 301
The special session will highlight the activities of the OMAE Arctic/Polar Symposium and the POAC International Committee. Because the research in ice mechanics is closely linked to the ups and downs of the oil and gas industry, it is appropriate to discuss this linkage for the ice conferences on the occasion of this joint conference. As Coordinators of the OMAE Arctic/Polar Symposium, Prof. W. A. Nixon will present a brief history of ice mechanics conferences around the world, and Dr. D. S. Sodhi will ask the attendees to assess the effectiveness of this joint conference, and to give the organizers their impressions at the end of this conference. In discussing the current topic of interest to everyone, Prof. H. Kitagawa, Chairman of the POAC International Committee, will make a presentation on "POAC and Northern Sea Route."
Prof. Wifrid A. Nixon got his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1981 , and received the Ph.D (also from Cambridge) in 1985, in the field of Ice Mechanics. Upon completing his Doctoral thesis, he went to work as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshere, USA, and he worked there, running the Ice Laboratory, until August of 1987. In 1987 he became a Research Associate at the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, the University of Iowa. In 1989, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa, while continuing his work at the Hydraulic Institute. In 1993, he was promoted to Associate-Professor.
In 1995, he became Vice-Chairman of the Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and for the 1996-97 he is the Chairman of the Division. His research work is in the area of ice mechanics and winter highway maintenance.
