The Nippon Foundation

International Seminar on Offshore Development
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Sep 28, 2023

1:00 pm - 3:45 pm (JST)0:00 am - 2:45 am (EDT)
6:00 am - 8:45 am (CEST)

2nd Floor Conference Room, The Nippon Foundation Bldg.
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Zoom webinar)

The Nippon Foundation
Admission FreeJapanese, English (English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation), Closed captioning (Japanese)
Onsite: 50 (first-come-first-served basis), Online: 200 participants

About the Seminar
As a contribution to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and acceleration toward developing new technologies, the Nippon
Foundation has been implementing joint research and development programs with DeepStar (USA), a consortium foroffshore technology development, and with an industry-driven cluster GCE NODE and research institute NORCE (Norway).
In FY2023, 17 projects are in progress with DeepStar and Norway. In this seminar, the companies participating in these
programs will present their progress.

What is DeepStar?
DeepStar is an international offshore technology development consortium comprising “upstream”
companies (*1) that are engaged in the exploration, development, and production of offshore oiland natural gas around the world, and companies, universities, research institutes, and otherorganizations that provide products and services to these upstream companies.
:*1: DeepStar core member companies – Chevron (USA), CPC (Taiwan), Equinor (Norway),
ExxonMobil (USA), Hess (USA), INPEX (Japan), Oxy (USA), Petrobras (Brazil), Shell (UK), and TotalEnergies (France)

What is GCE NODE and NORCE?
GCE NODE: An industry-driven cluster for ocean technologies, based inSouthern Norway. It comprises of over 120 participating companies.
NORCE: An independent research institute that conducts research for bothpublic and private sectors to facilitate informed and sustainable choices forthe future.

RegisterContact

Registration deadline: 12:00 pm, Sep 27 (JST)https://req.qubo.jp/oceaninnovation/form/0928english
Ocean and Maritime Division, The Nippon Foundation
Email: ocean_innovator@ps.nippon-foundation.or.jp

Register here

Speaker biographies
Shakir Shamshy
DeepStar Director

Shakir Shamshy is currently DeepStar Director in Chevron and chairman of
the Board of DeepStar. In his 29 years of career in the energy industry, he led
several oil field development projects, venture capital technology
investments, technology transfer, and managed technology deployment.

Nabil Belbachir

Research Director DARWIN, NORCE
Dr. Nabil Belbachir is a Research Director at NORCE leading the DARWIN
group dealing with AI, Vision and Robotics for Automation and Autonomous
Systems. He is the technical coordinator of the collaboration between NORCE
and Yokogawa Electric Corporation supported by the Nippon Foundation.

Program
13:00-13:15

Greetings

Yohei Sasakawa Chairman, The Nippon Foundation

1st Part: The Nippon Foundation - DeepStar Joint Research & Development Program
13:15-13:55- DeepStar briefing and updates- Chevron Deepwater Strategy and the Energy Transition

Shakir Shamshy DeepStar Director

13:55-15:05

Presentation on ongoing projects under NF- DeepStar joint R&D Program
1. Aonbarr Inc.
Carbon Dioxide & Greenhouse Gas Capture using Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
2. Yokogawa Electric Corporation
PoC of YRSP (Yokogawa Robotics Services Platform) and EX ROVR (explosion proofautonomous inspection robot developed by Mitsubishi)
3. Seisgadget, Ltd.
Subsea Well Alert Autonomous Monitoring System for Abandoned & Orphaned Well/
Rigid-Jumper Vibration
4. JFE Steel Corporation
Line Pipe Materials Performance for Hydrogen Transportation
5. SPACE ENTERTAINMENT LABORATORY inc.
Data Collection and Simulation Technology Development using Amphibious Drones

15:05-15:15

Break (10 minutes)

2nd Part: The Nippon Foundation - Norway Joint Research & Development Program
15:15-15:25
15:25-15:35

NF-Norway Joint R&D Project

Nabil Belbachir Research Director DARWIN, NORCE

Presentation on ongoing projects under NF- Norway joint R&D Project
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Development of a System to Monitor Toxic Gases in Offshore Production Facilities withHazard Maps

15:35-15:45

Q & A session (10 minutes)
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