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NORWEP at OTC 2026

EXHIBITION, CONFERENCE & B2B

Oil & Gas

CCS

Operator-Driven Technical Engagements at OTC 2026

During OTC in Houston, NORWEP will host a Norwegian Industry Breakfast Seminar and Networking Event alongside a curated series of operator-led workshops designed to create structured dialogue between Norwegian solution providers and U.S. operators.

1 - 7 May Houston, USA Add to calendar

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NORWEP will host a Breakfast Seminar and Networking Event in Houston during OTC, bringing together Norwegian suppliers, U.S. operators, and key industry stakeholders for relevant market insight and quality networking to start the day.

In parallel, we are working to facilitate closed, operator-driven workshops during the week (pending final confirmation). These sessions are designed to create a more direct arena for technical and commercial dialogue between Norwegian solution providers and major U.S. operators - complementing the seminar with more in-depth discussions.

Program

Friday, May 1 – ExxonMobil Multi-Track Workshop

Full-day workshops led by ExxonMobil, covering four priority themes for deepwater and FPSO developments.

Monday, May 4 – Norwegian Industry Breakfast Seminar

Morning session with presentations from Houston-based operators and industry leaders on current challenges and technology needs in the Gulf of America and similar environments.

Tuesday, May 5 – Networking Event

Afternoon networking reception with light refreshments and drinks. The event will bring together Norwegian suppliers, invited operator representatives, and selected service companies active in the Houston market.

Date TBC - Proposed additional operator track

To be Confirmed in Due Course

Industry Themes Explored

The entire program is built around five high-priority industry themes. Workshops will be delivered in focused, interactive format with relevant Houston operators (themes 1–4 confirmed with ExxonMobil; theme 5 proposed for an additional operator).

1. Subsea Track

Theme: Cost-Competitive and Extended-Reach Deepwater Tiebacks

Focus on technologies that enable longer, economically viable deepwater tiebacks, not only through technical reach, but by reducing total lifecycle cost and. Areas of interest include:

•Deepwater tiebacks up to ~3000m water depth

•Flow Assurance innovations

•Subsea hardware, Umbilicals, Risers, and Flowline (SURF) advancements

•Cost conscious subsea boosting and processing

•Inspection, Maintenance, & Repair (IMR) solutions

•Brownfield optimization and modular retrofit approaches

2. Autonomous & Digital Operations Track

Theme: Progressing Toward a Highly Automated, and Ultimately Autonomous Operations.

Focus on technologies that materially reduce offshore manpower, increase uptime, and enable trusted, data-driven operational autonomy. Areas of interest include:

• Instrumentation and Measurement

• Sensing, and metering technologies in subsea and subsurface

• Robotics for routine and non-routine offshore tasks

• Autonomous inspection and maintenance systems

• In-situ maintenance and repair concepts

•Digital Solutions

• Data driven insights and decision making from Analytics, and AI that demonstrate measurable improvement versus today’s control and optimization stack

• Integrated hardware–software solutions enabling closed-loop or semi-autonomous operation securely at the edge

• Process Simulation

• Digital twin integration of Dynamic Simulation for debottlenecking and training

• Alternatives to traditional well testing and test-separator dependency

3. Topsides Track

Theme: Maximizing oil recovery, increasing CAPEX/OPEX efficiency, and enhancing availability, while fulfilling sustainability/GHG objectives

Focus on design choices, materials, and operating philosophies that maintain performance over asset life while minimizing intervention, footprint, and carbon intensity. Areas of interest include:

• Lighter, more compact topside concepts that reduce facilities Capex while achieving better or comparable performance in meeting oil, gas, produced water and seawater specs.

• Debottleneck Topside constraints, focusing on gas processing and seawater treatment.

• Topside technologies that facilitate production optimization while reducing well testing needs

• Enable EOR technology implementations for brownfields (e.g., polymer, surfactant, etc.)

• OPEX reductions through improvements in managing POB, chemical consumptions, etc.

• Enhance Topside integrity management via advanced inspection, material, surveillance and maintenance technologies.

• Optimize energy use & reduce GHG emissions in topside equipment

4. Marine Track

Theme: Improve marine inspection efficiency, reduce safety risks, and enhance integrity management of hull, turret, mooring, and offloading systems.

Focus on marine remotion inspection, integrity management, reduce personal offshore exposure and safety risks. Areas of interest include:

• Hull structural inspection and integrity management (High TRL technologies, aligned with Class, and integration with DNV ship manager hull)

• Turret bearing system inspection integrity and condition monitoring (complement to current visual and grease analysis; High TRL)

• Mooring line cleaning and inspection (application in surf zone with strong current; deployable from FPSOs; no need of MPSV)

• Offloading interface integrity (hoses, couplings, connectors) – reduce manual operation and simplify workflow (e.g., boltless marine breakaway couplers)

• Early detection of leaks, degradation, or abnormal conditions during offloading

• Robotic or remotely operated marine inspection and repair (no hot work need; focusing on pit-corrosion; class certification needed)

• Automated or semi-automated crane and cargo-handling systems (to life cargo from USV to FPSO, vice versa)

5. Subsurface, Wells & Completions (Proposed – additional operator track - TBC)

Theme: Cost-Competitive Subsurface Technologies Enabling Higher Recovery and Lower Intervention in Deepwater Assets

Focus: Technologies that improve recovery, reduce intervention frequency, and enhance decision-making across the subsurface and well lifecycle.
Areas of interest include reservoir monitoring and analytics, real-time downhole sensing, intelligent completions, adaptive/artificial lift systems, rigless intervention, targeted re-stimulation, HPHT-capable solutions, and EOR-optimized completion designs.

Next Steps for Norwegian Companies

Register your Call for Interest at the workshops, early submissions are encouraged to allow selection by local operators. We particularly welcome solutions that deliver measurable improvements in cost, uptime, emissions, or personnel exposure.
Register for the industry breakfast and networking event
Contact Anne Lise Gramstad for sponsoring opportunities