WHEN: September 25-28, 2006
WHERE: George R. Brown Convention Center – Houston, TX, USA

In addition to the exhibition, the Symposium offers a variety of short courses, tutorials, case studies and discussion groups providing technical professionals with opportunities to learn new techniques, technologies and to share ideas with industry experts and colleagues.

GE’s Oil & Gas and Energy businesses participated with a 1,200 square-foot exhibit of our latest advanced technologies with a combination of technical demonstrations, videos and product model displays.

Our people also presented several technical papers, solutions-based case studies, and lead a hands-on tutorial session. Topics covered were: 

Effects of water-mist fire protection system on integrity
and operations of a heavy-duty gas turbine
By Lorenzo Naldi and Michele D'Ercole (GE)
Wednesday, September 27, 10:30-11:15

Full load, full speed test of turboexpander-compressor
with active magnetic bearings
By Frank Davis (ExxonMobil-RASGAS) and Randy Wu (GE)
Wednesday, September 27, 11:45-12:00 

Torsional Vibration – A Segment of API 684
By Jim Hudson (GE) and Troy Feese (Engineering Dynamics Inc.)
Tuesday, September 26, 2:00-3:30 and Wednesday, Sept 27, 10:30-12:00

Turboexpander Wheel Damage Analysis
By Jim Cencula, Randy Wu, James Ho (GE), Murari Singh (SafeTSol), and Brian Cahoon, Ernie Higgins (CalEnergy)
Thursday, September 28, 10:30-12:00

If you would like more information on any of these presentations, please email Silvia Bragagni. silvia.bragagni@ge.com

Congratulations to everyone involved in planning and executing a successful event. We look forward to another great show in 2007.