Registration

Registration can take place from 17.00 to 20.00 during the afternoon of Monday 5 November at the Conference Venue.

Registration can also take at any time during the two days of the Conference but preferably in the mornings before each daily session commences.

Click here to open a Programme & Registration form (77kb pdf file) in a new window. Please download / print form, complete and return to the Conference Secretariat.

General Information

This is the tenth Chemistry in the Oil Industry symposium in a series organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry. For the fourth time this symposium is being co-sponsored by EOSCA (European Oilfield Speciality Chemicals Association).

The symposium will endeavour to highlight the technological and operational impact of REACH regulations over the next decade and OSPARCOM regulatory structures anticipated to come into effect by 2020. Recognition of technology gaps and how they might be filled is of great relevance. In addition the symposium will cover aspects of chemistry in the upstream and downstream oil industry including flow assurance , integrity management, technologies for sub-sea and deep water operations, separation, corrosion and biological control, scale, drilling fluids, advanced chemical deployment, refinery process applications and novel chemistry.

Those who should attend include personnel from oil companies, service companies, chemical manufacturers, independent research organisations, universities and environmental testing laboratories.

Location

The symposium will be held in the Manchester Conference Centre, Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester which is adjacent to UMIST. Manchester is convenient for the motorway networks and only 10 miles from Manchester Airport. There is ample public car parking space near the venue.

Exhibition and Poster Display

An exhibition and poster display will be held on 6th and 7th November in the Exhibition Lounge at the Manchester Conference Centre. All refreshment breaks will be served in and outside the Exhibition Lounge allowing ample time for delegates to view exhibits.
Exhibition spaces will be 3 metre wide by 1.5 metres deep by a maximum ceiling height of 2.33metres allowing display boards to be erected. Exhibitors may hire more than one exhibition space if required. Electrical power points will be within easy reach of the display areas. Splitter boxes are not provided. It would be wise to bring spotlights to enhance your stand. Tables can be provided if required.

Set up will be from 6pm - 9pm on Monday 5th November or between 8.30am - 10am on Tuesday 6th November

The cost for an exhibition space is £400+VAT. Special rates for exhibitors are available for companies sponsoring the Symposium (see below). If any personnel manning the stand are not registered to attend the symposium then there will be the following extra charges:-
Lunch and refreshments at Manchester Conference Centre for = £40/person/day
Optional attendance at the Symposium Reception and Dinner on November 1st = £50/person.
Anyone wishing to be an exhibitor or present a poster should contact the Symposium Secretariat directly.

Sponsorship

Sponsors are able to include as much material as they wish in each delegate’s pack about their organisation and its products and/or services and, as a sponsor, your organisation’s name and logo will be shown on all subsequent publicity about the symposium including the final Symposium Programme and the actual item you have sponsored. Sponsorship possibilities as listed below:-

  • £500 - MINIMUM SPONSORSHIP
  • £500 - £999 Sponsor gets half price exhibition stand for £200
  • £1000 - £1499 Sponsor gets half price exhibition stand (£200) + one free delegate place
  • >£1500 Sponsor gets either a free exhibition stand + 1 free delegate place or 2 free delegate places

    An indication of the cost of sponsorship and the items that may be sponsored is given below assuming 150 people attend the symposium.

    • Sponsored Item

    Symposium Bag/Wallet

    Symposium Folder, Pad and Pen

    CD-ROM and softback book of Symposium Proceedings

    Speakers’/Chairmens’ Gifts

    Drinks Reception before Symposium Dinner

    Wine at Symposium Dinner

    Symposium Dinner

    Sponsor Students to Attend the Symposium

    Approx Cost (£)

    £700 - £1500

    £600 - £1500

    £6000*

    £750

    £2500*

    £3000*

    £5000*

    £1000

    Proposed Fees

    RSC/ EOSCA/ BACS Member

    Non-members

    Academics/retired

    Full time students

    £350 + VAT = £411.25

    £425 + VAT = £499.38

    £150 + VAT = £176.25

    Free, but must register to attend
    Meals & Accommodation
    The registration fee includes a Reception and Banquet Dinner at the popular Yang Sing restaurant in Manchester on the evening of 6th November and lunches and refreshments at the Manchester Conference Centre during the symposium on 6th and 7th November. It is expected that delegates will make their own arrangements for dinner on the registration evening, 5th November.

    19.30 for 20.00 Cocktail Reception
    20.00 Symposium Dinner

    Details of accommodation will be sent on registration.

    Fees above do not include accomodation.

    Publication of Papers

    The proceedings of the symposium will be published in soft back and as a fully searchable CD-ROM. Delegates will receive these at the symposium.

    Symposium Secretariat

    Dr Ruth M Lane Click here to contact.

    Organising Committee
    Henry CraddockRoemex Ltd
    Jack DunlopJ D Horizons Ltd
    Harry FramptonBP Exploration & Production
    Gordon C GrahamMaersk North Sea (UK) Ltd
    David KarsaTensioMetrics Ltd & RSC Speciality Chemicals Sector
    Ruth LaneRSC Speciality Chemicals Sector
    Graham PayneBriar Technical Services Ltd & EOSCA
    Paul ReidImpact Engineering Solutions of Reading
    Richard WeareBaker Petrolite & RSC Speciality Chemicals Sector