UTC 2017 Program Launch

The Underwater Technology Foundation welcomes you to the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC), the 23rd UTC since the first in 1980.

The subsea industry has, as all other parts of the oil & gas industry, been seriously rattled by the most severe downturn in the hydrocarbon energy era. However, the realization of what hit us and actions to be taken to sustain a healthy and profitable future is still on-going – unfortunately with thousands of colleagues paying the price by losing their job as one of the most severe consequences.

At this time, there are signs that we have reached bottom in terms of most industry indicators, but few experts expect a sharp recovery. Many seem to believe that a slow recovery is what the industry needs in order to avoid an unsustainable capacity build-up, as seen in the period after the financial crisis.

Considering the uncertainty of what the future will bring, this year’s UTC Program Committee have defined the theme for this year’s forum to be “Shaping our Subsea Future”.

Registration will open shortly.

View detailed programme at the UTC website.

Some of the keynote speakers:

• Terje Søviknes, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
• Robert Patterson, Executive Vice President Engineering, Shell
• Torger Rød, Senior Vice President Project Development, Statoil
• Rod Larson, Chief Executive Officer, Oceaneering
• Christina Pinho, Executive Manager E&P, Petrobras