GE hosts Oil and Gas Integrity Forum as a virtual event
11/03/2010
GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is hosting The Oil & Gas: Integrity Forum, a virtual event which goes live on 30 March 2010 and will remain as an accessible environment until 30 June 2010.The Forum provides an opportunity for oil and gas professionals to learn about new products and industry trends, to chat live with peers and to listen to industry leaders without leaving their computers, eliminating both travel time and travel costs.
"As a global business leader, GE is taking trade shows to the next level, making them accessible to a much wider audience than a traditional exhibition," said a GE spokesperson.
The Forum will focus on integrity within the oil and gas sector and specifically on protecting asset integrity, optimising process efficiency and achieving compliance with environmental, government and health and safety regulations. This focus will be reflected in the range of equipment and systems on display in the virtual booths and in the subject matter discussed by independent expert speakers and speaker panels. Once inside the virtual environment, attendees can access the discussion forums and network with other oil and gas professionals. There will be live Q&A sessions following each presentation. In addition, industry experts from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies will be on hand throughout the virtual environment to answer any questions about different kinds of oil and gas technologies, products or applications.
Currently, keynote speakers will include Mike Nugent, Principal Materials Engineer, Norton Engineering Consultants Inc, who will talk about 'Innovative NDE applications for corrosion evaluation for oil and refining assets'. This will be supported by short presentations on GE solutions for corrosion detection and monitoring, including the Rightrax HT system for high-temperature corrosion applications. The impact of new and anticipated environmental legislation will be discussed by a panel of legal and technical experts.
The range of products and systems being showcased at the exhibition includes ultrasonic solutions such as the USMGo, the ultra-light portable flaw detector, the Weldstar mechanised girth weld inspection system, Rightrax HT and Rightrax LT and the Phasor CV/DM, which uses phased array techniques to detect corrosion spots. There will also be an opportunity to see the latest digital radiography solutions, such as the CrxFlex scanner and the DXR250V portable X-ray detector, as well as the Apollo multi-frequency multi-channel eddy current instrument, designed for fast and comprehensive in-service tube inspection, and the portable XLGo high-resolution video borescope.
In looking at asset integrity as a whole, the Forum is not totally dedicated to NDT but will also allow oil and gas professionals an opportunity to see the range of flow, pressure and gas and moisture products and instruments offered by GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. These find application from sub-sea wellheads to downstream distribution and play major roles in optimising process efficiency.
Registration details for the Oil & Gas: Integrity Forum will be announced shortly.
