<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div dir="ltr"><b>Energy Regatta kick-off</b> <br> Friday September 26, 2008, 5.30pm<br> Bush Room (10-105)<br>co-hosted by the Francophone Club and the Energy Club<br>Followed by a "minimum waste" reception featuring tasty "as local as possible" food sponsored by Total<br><br><b>Part I </b>- " Oil exploration and production: challenges & innovations" by Dr Annie Audibert-Hayet (Total R&D)<br> <b>Part II</b> - "FPSO Dalia: how to push the boundaries of deep offshore development" by Philippe <span class="nfakPe">Reffinato</span> (Total offshore installation manager)<br> <br>The following reception and ensuing sailing-race (visit <a href="http://total-sailing.mit.edu">http://total-sailing.mit.edu</a> for registration) are an opportunity to network with energy enthusiasts from across campus, and meet members from Total SA (R&D, offshore exploration, recruitment team - including corporate director for recruitment).<br> <br> Attendees who are interested in learning more about job and internship opportunities at Total may submit their resume at <a href="http://total-sailing.mit.edu/submit_resume" target="_blank">http://total-sailing.mit.edu/submit_resume.</a> This is a unique opportunity for you to get your resume through!<br> <br><b>Information on the speakers</b><br><br clear="all"><b>Dr Annie Audibert-Hayet</b> is in charge of development studies for heavy oil reservoirs at <a href="http://www.total.com/" target="_blank">Total SA</a> (Planning and Development Engineer). She has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 25 years, and has been in charge of research programs in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), formation damage, wellbore stability, drilling fluids and cements and polymer science. An active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (<a href="http://www.spe.org/" target="_blank">SPE</a>), she has served in various organizing committees and has taught various courses at several academic organizations in the area of colloids, polymers for well fluid formulation and cementing materials, complex fluids… She is the author of 43 peer reviewed publications in various chemistry, chemical engineering and petroleum engineering journals, and holds 34 patents. She received her MS in chemical engineering from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris and her PhD in Physical chemistry of polymers from the University of Rouen. <br><b><br>Philippe <span class="nfakPe">Reffinato</span></b> is the Offshore Installation Manager on <a href="http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/dalia/" target="_blank">Dalia</a>, a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading installation (FPSO) off the shore of Angola. He started working with Total in 1990 as Process engineer in the Process & Operation HQ department. After seconding operations on two ships in Thailand, he gained his first offshore operationnal experience on Bongkot Field (Gaz plant) as Production Superintendant, then Field Manager.<br> From 2000 to 2003, he worked for Total's HQ Health & Safety (HSE) department in Paris, carrying out internal safety audits in Total Exploration & Production affiliates, and implementing the HSE management system. In 2003, he moved to Congo. He was appointed offshore installation manager for the Nkossa Field for which he was in charge of all offshore operations (production, maintenance, drilling, well servicing, construction, inspection and logistics). In 2006, he became offshore installation manager for the Girassol FPSO (Angola), which included managing the full shutdown of the FPSO during 40 days in mai 2006. Since 2007, he is the offshore installation manager of the FPSO Dalia (Angola). He graduated from <a href="http://www.hei.fr/anglais/" target="_blank">HEI</a> (Hautes Etudes Industrielles, Lille) in 1988.<br> </div></body></html>