Engineering the Future of Oil & Gas: AI, Simulation, Materials & Reliability  

Join us for an exclusive technical Half-Day Lunch & Learn event:

Date: Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Location:  Novotel Dammam Business Park

Format: In-Person Technical Briefing & Networking Lunch

The oil and gas industry continues to operate in one of the world’s most demanding engineering environments. As operators face increasing pressure to maximize uptime, extend asset life, improve operational safety, reduce costs, and meet sustainability targets, digital engineering technologies are becoming essential to maintaining long-term competitiveness.

From upstream production facilities and offshore platforms to marine assets, process plants, pipelines, and critical infrastructure, organizations are now leveraging AI-powered simulation, workflow automation, advanced materials engineering, and high-fidelity digital workflows to accelerate engineering decisions and improve operational reliability across the asset lifecycle.

Join us for an exclusive Fluid Codes Lunch & Learn session in Dammam, bringing together engineering leaders, technical specialists, asset integrity professionals, and digital transformation teams to explore how next-generation engineering technologies are helping energy companies solve increasingly complex operational and design challenges.

Why Attend?

Throughout the session, attendees will gain practical insight into how advanced simulation and digital engineering frameworks are being applied to:

• Improve asset integrity and reliability
• Predict and prevent operational failures earlier
• Optimize offshore and marine system performance
• Accelerate engineering workflows and reduce repetitive tasks
• Scale simulation capabilities across wider engineering teams
• Enable smarter use of composites and non-metallic materials
• Support localization, sustainability, and circular economy initiatives

This event will showcase how organizations are moving beyond traditional engineering methods and adopting integrated digital engineering environments that enable faster, more informed, and more reliable engineering decisions. 

Agenda

09:30 - 10:15 - Registrations & Networking Breakfast

10:15 - 10:30 - Introduction and Session Opening

10:30 - 11:00  - AI-Powered Digital Engineering for Asset Integrity and Operational Reliability in Oil & Gas 

Oil and gas continue to serve as essential global energy sources. R&D investments are increasingly directed toward improving system reliability, strengthening asset integrity, and predicting failures earlier to reduce operating expenses and maximize uptime.

Learn how modern AI-powered digital engineering tools along with high-fidelity multi-physics simulations enable oil and gas organizations to operate smarter, safer, and more efficiently, driving higher reliability and sustained uptime across the asset life cycle.

11:00 - 11:30 - Engineering Certainty at Sea: Simulation-Driven Design and Performance Optimization for Marine and Offshore Systems ​

Modern ship and offshore structure design demands simultaneous optimization across hydrodynamic performance, structural integrity, fuel efficiency, and regulatory compliance, often under aggressive project timelines. This session explores how Ansys’ physics-based solvers are leveraged for seakeeping analysis, performance prediction, hull and topside design optimization, and rapid evaluation of multiple configurations through automated simulation workflows.

11:30 - 11:45 -  Accelerating Engineering Decisions: Workflow Automation and Simulation App Development ​

Organizations are under constant pressure to deliver faster, more consistent results across increasingly complex project portfolios, yet simulation capability often remains concentrated in the hands of a few specialists. This session demonstrates how Ansys automation frameworks enable teams to build custom simulation applications, parameterized workflows, and easy-to-use tools that eliminate repetitive setup, reduce human error, and extend high-fidelity analysis across the broader engineering organization. Attendees will explore how workflow automation is helping energy teams shorten design cycles, improve decision consistency, and scale their simulation capability without scaling their headcount. 

11:45 - 12:00 - Engineering with Non-Metallic Materials in Oil & Gas: GRP Pipelines, Tanks, and Composite Repair 

Composites are no longer limited to aerospace — they are now widely used across oil & gas infrastructure. GRP and GRE pipelines, filament-wound tanks, and composite overwrap repair systems are now active across upstream, midstream, and downstream assets.

This session covers the full composites workflow: from lay-up design and curing simulation using Ansys ACP, through structural analysis and performance envelope definition — and explore how simulation-driven composite repair design can be a game changer. Attendees will see how high-fidelity simulation tools accelerate engineering decisions, reduce dependence on physical testing, and support the adoption of composite materials.

12:00 - 12:30 - Networking Break

12:30 - 13:00 - Materials Sovereignty: Qualification, Localization, and Circularity in Middle East Oil & Gas 

​Achieving true industrial sovereignty in the region's energy sector requires more than local manufacturing; it demands full command over materials data, qualification processes, and supply chain decisions. This session explores how a centralized materials intelligence platform empowers organizations across the sector to qualify local and sustainable materials with confidence, accelerate composites and advanced alloy adoption, and establish the data governance foundation required for ESG compliance and circular economy commitments. 

13:00 - 13:15 - Closing remarks

13:15 - Prayer & Networking Lunch

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Don't miss this opportunity to advance your simulation strategies and network with industry peers over lunch.