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Welcome & Safety Brief

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Introduction to Fibre Optics

How do fibre optics work?

• History
• Fibre Optic Theory – Electromagnetic Spectrum/Optical Window
• Light Transmission in Fibre – Bandwidth / Dispersion / Fibre Parameters / Graded Index / Single mode and multi mode

John Maida
Halliburton
presented by
Doug Norton

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Characteristics of the Fibre #1

How are fibre optics made and how does this affect how they are used?

• Fibre Types and Optical Design – Fibre Manufacture/Primary coated Fibres
• Techniques and Effects: Raman effect / Bragg grating / stokes

Brian Herbst
AFL Telecommunications

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Characteristics of the Fibre #2

How are fibre optics made and how does this affect how they are used?

• Fibre Optic Sensors: Intensity based sensors / phase based sensors / wavelength based sensors / polarisation sensors / distributed sensing

Max Hadley Schlumberger

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Fibre Optics in the oil and gas Industry

Fibre Optics in the oil and gas Industry

This section will focus on applications across the oil and gas industry and historically plot its implementation:

• Telecommunication
• Pipeline integrity
• Subsea

Ian Walker
FOTECH

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Subsea Applications

Subsea Applications

This section will focus on the on current R&D as well as the status of implementation:

Umbilicals

• Technology types – demonstration/explanation of how it works within its oil and gas application
• Installation history
• Challenges facing future subsea installations.

Paul McRobbie
Aker Solutions

Connectors

• Technology types – demonstration/explanation of how it works within its oil and gas application
• Installation history
• Challenges facing future subsea installations.

Christophe Prel
Deutsch

Downhole Sensors

• Technology types – demonstration/explanation of how it works within its oil and gas application
• Installation history
• Challenges facing future subsea installations.

Brian Drakeley Weatherford

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Future of Fibre Optics in the oil and gas Industry

• Open discussion – Q and A session with experts

Kjetil Johannessen, StatoilHydro