Session Managers: Erwin Indrawan, MedcoEnergi; Suhaimi Mahasan, PETRONAS

The evolving landscape of floating production and processing facilities highlights how next-generation concepts and technologies are reshaping offshore development strategies worldwide. As the industry moves into deeper waters, harsher environments, and smaller or more remote reservoirs, floating facilities are shifting from bespoke mega-assets to standardised, modular, digitally enabled and lower-carbon production hubs.

This session will cover the full spectrum of floating facility concepts and operations—from conventional FPSOs, FSRUs, and FLNGs to emerging modular, standardised, redeployable, and fit-for-purpose floaters. It will also explore new operating philosophies, integrated subsea-to-floating architectures, life-cycle strategies, digitalisation, and remote operations, reflecting the industry’s growing focus on system integration, performance optimisation, and cost efficiency. It will further examine design and technology advancements shaping modern floating facilities, including hull structure, station-keeping systems, topside integration, modularized process system, electrification, low-carbon technologies, and smart systems for monitoring, control, and predictive maintenance. These innovations are enabling safer, more resilient, and faster to market development while reducing carbon intensity and total life-cycle cost.

Looking ahead, the session will focus on future-ready floater concepts tailored for marginal fields and deepwater developments. Topics will include standardised hulls, modular topsides, phased development concepts, hybrid energy systems, carbon-ready designs, and flexible commercial models that enable fast-track deployment, re-deployment, and portfolio optimisation. These approaches directly address today’s key challenges—CAPEX affordability, schedule compression, emissions reduction, and energy-transition readiness.

Discussion Leaders:

• De-Risking Deepwater Developments through Redeployment Floater for Extended Well Test and Early Production Systems by Tong Wen Jie, Principal Floating Structure, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• One Hull, Many Fields: A Next-Generation Modular FPSO Concept for Deepwater Applications by Muhammad Syafiq Bin Ibrahim, Structural Engineer, Yinson
• Unlocking a Deepwater Gas Field Through Strategic Symbiosis: A Case Study of Collaborative Development in Malaysia's Block H by Maaruf Mohamad, Staff Engineer - Production Operations, PTTEP Sarawak Oil Limited
• From Concept to Commercialisation: Realising Solutions for Maximising Gas Value in Deepwater Development by Nur Farahin Abdul Khalik Daim, Executive (Front End Engineering), PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.

Session Managers: Mohd Roslan Ab Razak, EPOMS Sdn. Bhd.; Jeremia Phillai Anthony Prosper, International Petroleum Corp; Zuriana Abdul Rashid, Yinson Production

The safety, reliability, and availability of floating offshore facilities are highly dependent on the integrity of mooring systems, station keeping behaviour, hull structures, and the effective execution of marine operations based on design limitations. As floating assets are increasingly deployed in harsher environments and commercially requires us to operate beyond their original design life, challenges related to system interaction, accelerated degradation due to operating beyond the design limitation without realising the consequences, and operational assurance continue to grow.

This session will focus on the technical challenges associated with mooring, station keeping and hull integrity, including design versus in-service performance, environmental loading, degradation mechanisms, conventional and advanced inspection methods, monitoring strategies, and integrity management of mooring and hull systems. Discussions will also cover alternative technologies and methodologies for assurance, as well as design assumption versus actual operational limitation, highlighting gaps, operational impacts, and potential solutions. The interaction between station keeping behaviour and hull structural performance or response to operating mode, together with lessons learned from operational experience and integrity findings, will be of particular interest.

In addition, the session will address marine operations safety and reliability, covering risk management during marine activities, operational assurance, and interface management between marine, integrity, and operations teams. Case studies highlighting operational challenges, incident prevention, and best practices to maintain asset integrity and personal safety throughout the asset lifecycle will be discussed, with relevance to both new developments and ageing floating facilities.

Discussion Leaders:

• Semi FPS Mooring inside Fairlead Inspection Utilising Robotic Crawler Technology by Muhammad Afiq Mhd Khazar, Senior Subsea Engineer, Shell
• Deepwater Subsea and Floaters Capability Framework by Intan Shakira bt Ahmad Farok, Senior Manager (Operations Readiness), PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.
• Specialized Tooling and ROV-Based Procedures for Installation of VIV Fairings and Thrust Collars on Top-Tensioned Risers at Tension Leg Platform (TLP) by Muhzill Mohammed, Subsea Inspection Engineer, Sapura Subsea Services Sdn. Bhd.

Session Managers: Nabhan Zailani, Lloyd's Register; Mohd Hezzi Fazren, PETRONAS; Nor Syezlin Sharifuddin, PETRONAS

Floating production and storage assets operate at the intersection of regulatory requirements, classification rules, contractual obligations, and owner integrity programs. While statutory and CLASS surveys provide a baseline for compliance, industry experience shows that compliance alone does not always ensure sustained asset integrity across the floater lifecycle.

This session examines how governance frameworks, assurance mechanisms, and integrity management systems can provide regulators, floater owners, contractors, and Recognized Organizations with confidence that floaters remain fit for service. It focuses on clarifying stakeholder roles, aligning regulatory and classification expectations, managing integrity risks at critical interfaces, and strengthening lifecycle governance for aging assets through integrated assurance, inspection coverage and transparent reporting.

Discussion Leaders: 

• Strategic Short-Term Life Extension of deepwater FPSO, A Cost-Effective Framework for Production Continuity by Maaruf Mohamad, Staff Engineer-Production Operations, PTTEP Sarawak Oil Limited
• Mastering Compliance: Regulatory & Classification Framework for Floating Units by Mohd. Fadly Asmaai, Head of Malaysia (Marine), RINA Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
• OSRMS: Management of Asset Integrity and Safety for floater in Upstream Malaysia by Mohd Hezzi Fazren, Manager Regulatory Assurance, PETRONAS
• Digital Optimization of FPSO Operations Using an Integrated Edge-to-Enterprise Platform by Arjit Gidwani, Technical Solution Sales, SLB