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Synopsis: |
Twenty nine years of experience in
engineering, project management and marketing
for offshore oil production
facilities. Projects have included the design, fabrication,
installation,
hook-up and commissioning of platform jackets, decks, submarine
pipelines, SPM/MBM marine terminals and FSO/FPSO facilities while working for
operating, contracting and engineering companies. Sixteen years of combined
overseas experience in Saudi Arabia and S. Korea. |
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Projects |
2004-2005 |
Hyundai Heavy Industries |
Houston/Ulsan |
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West Seno TLP & FPU |
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HHI Project Director
for the West Seno TLP Project |
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2002-2003 |
Self Employed |
Houston |
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Solid123D Software
for Project Design &
Construction |
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Wrote 3D modeling and
graphics program for application in structural design,
structural analysis and
construction support.
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Developed and
implemented marketing web site
www.solid123d.com |
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2000-2002 |
Hyundai Heavy Industries |
Ulsan, S. Korea & Houston |
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Chevron Texaco BBT
BP Thunder Horse
Shell NaKika FPU
Conoco Belanak FPSO
Chevron Agbami FPSO
ExxonMobil Kizomba A
Unocal West Seno TLP
Conoco West Natuna |
Consultant, HHI Offshore Structural
Engineering & Business Development:
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Project bid
development and project engineering support for projects bid and/or
awarded
to the HHI Offshore Engineering Division. Primary duties included
(1) preparation and coordination of
construction plans for the technical bid
proposals and (2) the development
of engineering subcontract agreements.
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Completed the
structural design work for the Conoco West Natuna Hang Tauh
platform,
including the Living Quarters and topside structures. Developed
and
completed the platform loadout and transportation/tie-down plans. |
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1998-2000 |
Enercon Engineering |
Houston, Texas |
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Conoco/HHI
West Natuna Project |
Sr Consulting Engineer, Structural
Department:
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Engineering project
manager and lead structural engineer for the Living Quarters
on the Conoco
West Natuna Hang Tauh project.
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Lead structural
engineer for (1) the topside facilities interface with the barge structure
and (2) the development of an RFQ package for the West Natuna Living
Quarters |
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Apache Pipeline;
Gulf of Mexico |
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Engineering project
manager and lead pipeline engineer for the design of a 6” gas
pipeline, risers and topside
hook-up. |
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Elf Virgo Jacket;
Gulf of Mexico |
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Structural engineer
for detail steel items, including the jacket lower bay and
mudmats, pipeline
J‑tube and docking pile installation template. |
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1992-1997 |
Saudi Aramco |
Dhahran, Tanajib, Jizan,
Jeddah and Duba |
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Duba MBM
Marine Terminal
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Project Engineer; Offshore Projects &
Central/Western Region Projects Department:
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Coordinated the
engineering design program to upgrade an offshore multi-buoy
mooring marine terminal for
16,500-dwt tankers |
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Jizan SPM Marine
Terminal & Pipelines |
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Developed design
specifications, contracts and served as offshore project engineer
during the
11-month fabrication and installation program for 2-ea SPM marine
terminals
and their associated 24" submarine pipelines at the Jizan petroleum
products storage plant |
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Marjan Power Cables |
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Coordinated the
engineering design program for 15-ea 5-kv submarine power cables
in the Marjan field. Wrote
the construction contract and developed the contract
bid program |
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Platform Completions
& Commissioning
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Completed the
engineering design for the "de-mothballing", electrification and
commissioning of 17-ea wellhead and tie-in platforms in the Marjan field.
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Directed the Saudi
Aramco-operated offshore construction spread and construction
team comprised
of three workboats and one jack-up barge as required to support the
Marjan
field commissioning program in March 1993. |
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1991 |
Marathon Oil Company |
Houston, Texas |
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South Pass 89C
Production Platform
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Commercial Contracts Engineer, Offshore
Construction Services Department
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Developed and
administered the commercial sections of numerous construction
contracts and
purchase orders associated with the design and construction of the
South Pass 89C production platform jacket and
deck. |
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1990 |
Shell Oil Company
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Houston, Texas |
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Mustique Platform;
G.O.M. Jacket
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Independent Contract Engineering
Consultant;
Contracted to Shell Oil Company; Fixed
Platform Design Group
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Performed in-place
design model development and analysis for the Mustique
prospect and
miscellaneous structural engineering for other Shell projects. |
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1985-1990 |
Hyundai Heavy Industries |
Ulsan & Seoul, Korea |
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Harmony & Heritage
Jacket;
Fabrication |
Independent Contract Engineering
Consultant;
Contracted to Hyundai Heavy Industries
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Worked with the HHI
project management team and the HHI project engineering
department in
Ulsan. Principal duties during the
fabrication of the
40,000-ton/1,200-ft long Harmony jacket and
the 35,000-ton/1075-ft long
Heritage jacket included the following:
§ Assisted
Korean management in the administration of technical and
commercial issues associated with the
jacket fabrication.
§ Developed
engineering plans and computer analysis programs for the
unique aspects of
the jacket fabrication, including (1) plans for roll-ups on
4,000-ton bent
sections and (2) the analytical methods to establish the
ballasting
sequence and mooring plans for the jacket loadouts
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ONGC Bombay High
Pipelines; Design
Barge Conversion;
Design
Offshore Business
Development
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Worked with the
HHI Engineering Center and the Hyundai
Offshore Business
Development Department in Seoul on the
following activities:
§ Coordinated
ETPM as the subcontractor for the design and installation of 14‑ea
submarine pipelines under the ICP-ICW contract between HHI and ONGC
§ Developed
purchase orders for all ICP-ICW pipeline materials
§ Coordinated
R. J. Brown & Associates in
Singapore as engineering consultants to
help develop plans to convert the
HD-1200 derrick barge into a combination
pipelay/derrick barge
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Assisted in the
development of bid proposal documents projects from ONGC,
Conoco, Woodside
and Aker |
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1982-1985 |
Esso Middle East;
Seconded to Aramco |
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
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34-ea Marjan Pipelines;
Design/Construction
Aramco Offshore
Design PMT
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Project Engineer; Offshore Platforms &
Pipelines Division
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Company
Representative for all contractual and engineering matters associated
with
the bidding and construction of 34 offshore pipelines in the Marjan field.
Project value, not including
materials, was $53 million. Principal activities
included the following:
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Developed the project
scope of work and bid documents, evaluated the
technical/commercial bids and
awarded the construction contract.
Negotiated and settled all change
orders to the contract during the
construction program.
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Coordinated the
offshore operations of the Contractor's pipelay barge and
two tie‑in spreads
during eight months of offshore installation. Coordinated
the organization
of a construction team to inspect the contractor's fabrication
of pipeline
spool pieces in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Member of a 6 man
Aramco PMT directing the work performed by a task force of
about 120
engineers from Fluor Arabia. Principal duties included (1)
coordination
of the design of the "Package B" and "Package C" offshore pipeline
projects,
(2) conceptual development of a standard design for an offshore tie-in
platform
and (3) engineering support for various jackets and decks being
constructed in the UAE. |
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1977-1982 |
Exxon Production
Research Company |
Houston |
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EPMI Jackets;
Structural Design
Zinc Prospect;
Geotechnical Engineer
Guyed Tower
Research |
Research
& Structural Design Engineer; Offshore Structures Division
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Performed detailed
structural engineering and AFC drawing development for
various offshore
jackets and module support frames for EPMI, the Malaysian
affiliate of
Exxon. Platforms included Irong Barat, Semangkok 'A', Tapis 'A', TCOT
and
Tinggi 'A'. Performed all basic analyses required for jacket design,
including
in-place, transportation, launch,
upending, appurtenance modeling and pile
sections.
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Planning and
coordination of engineering contracts with Lockheed Missiles and
Space, EG&G
and Sante Fe Engineering Services Company to establish
instrumentation
programs to assess the potential seafloor movements at a
deepwater lease
site in the Mississippi Canyon of the
Gulf of Mexico.
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Principal activities
included (1) collection of storm response data from the Test
Guyed Tower in
300-ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico; making comparisons
between the
predicted and measured response; writing a joint industry report and
co-authoring an OTC paper describing the results, (2) development of an
efficient
guyline dynamics analysis procedure
and (3) reviewed industry design codes and
wrote an internal company report on
buoyancy tank design procedures. |