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DATE OF BIRTH: 1968
NATIONALITY: British
HIGHER EDUCATION: UCL, South Bank University and City University of London, UK
QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. Structural Engineering & Naval Architecture
MSc. Scientific Computing & Scientific Information Technology
B.Eng. Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
EXPERIENCE:
15+ years experience in the oil and gas industry with strong emphases on HSSE throughout the life cycle of projects; working on international projects, in a professional project engineering and management capacity, with strong academic and technical background; experience in offshore activities such as fabrication and repair, topsides, substructures, and subsea units. Marine, naval and structural experience of floating production vessels (FPSO), LNG vessels, MODU, semi submersible production units and, modular pre-assembled units onshore refineries, and power plants, good experience in Business Development, Pre-qualification, Tendering, Feasibility Studies, FEED Reviews, Verification, Vendor Surveillance, Critical Path Analysis, Risk Management, Production Management, Mechanical Completion, Interfaces Management, Including leading design approvals, construction and delivery in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environments; selection, mentoring and training of indigenous staff in all fields of project engineering.
PRESENT POSITION: Interface Manager
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2006 ¨C Date SHELL EP Projects / SNEPCo Interface Manager
2005 - 2006 SBM - Monaco, France
Chief FPSO Engineer
2004 - 2005 Technip - Paris la d¨¦fense, France
Lead Project Engineer
2003 - 2004 SaiBOS sas, a SAIPEM Group Company ¨C Paris
Lead Project Engineer
2000 - 2003 American Bureau of Shipping Europe ¨C London
Senior Project Eng. & Naval Arch.
1998 ¨C 2000 Global Maritime Consultants ¨C London, UK
Senior Project Eng. & Naval Arch.
1996 ¨C 1998 Atkins MSL Engineering Ltd, London, UK
Marine Consultant
1994 ¨C 1996 Swan Hunter Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Ltd., UK
Construction Eng. & Naval Architect
1992 ¨C 1994 Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, Newcastle, UK
Marine Engineer
SHELL International / (SNEPCo.), Lagos, Nigeria (2006- DATE)
INTERFACE MANAGER
(Deepwater EP Special Projects):
Very important member of the Project Management team; responsible for creating, implementing, and maintaining an interface management system that helps ensures the overall functional and technical integrity of the complete development system of a 7 BUSD project. Liaise with project managers, contractors and stakeholders to remediate problems that are encountered with interfaces between subsystems, Ensure all risks to the integrated schedule related to interface management are identified and that mitigation measures are identified and in place. Coordination of offshore and construction SIMOPS, with strong emphases on HSSE activities, such as but not limited to ¡°ASA¡± advance safety training and ¡°IIF¡± incident and injury free state of the art HSSE programs; dispute resolution, through strong communication and networking all over the project camps spreading across USA, Europe, Middle East, Fareast and Nigeria; direct involvement with all project management planning and risk management activities due to the important linkage and impact of interface management on all vital project activities. Mentoring and training of indigenous professional development engineers, specifically in the fields of Naval Architect, Structural, marine, subsea, and technical HSSE; supporting and supervising the ongoing process of upgrading the existing shipbuilding infrastructure of the Nigerian Shipyards.
Typical projects undertaken:
Bonga, N, SWA, Bolia, Nigeria (Shell)
SBM, Monaco, FRANCE (2005- 2006)
CHIEF FPSO ENGINEER
(SBM Projects Engineering & Operation Departments):
Chief FPSO Engineer, leading and supervising all aspects of the FEED, design, engineering, procurement, logistics, transportation, control of subcontracted construction, and commissioning, offshore installation and production operations of SPM (CALM Buoy) systems; fabrication and installation; Perform detailed inspection of failed CALM buoy and hoses. Supervise model tests on revised system and assist client in defining a solution for a new offloading system, Oil Offloading Line (OOL) Trelline, interfacing between company¡¯s group offices ¡°Monaco, Holland, USA and Kuala Lumpur¡±, shipyards ¡°Singapore, Dubai, Lagos Nigeria¡± and supervising and leading subcontractors, overseeing the design, construction, maintenance and repair of SBM assets, ¡°Hull, Topside and Turret¡±, maintaining the company¡¯s QA/HSE for structural integrity standards during construction, installation and operation activities. Implementation of innovative technical solutions with focus on providing high levels of safety and availability, minimizing environmental impact, facilitate public acceptance, reducing overall project costs and schedules.
Typical projects undertaken:
EPS2 (Saxi-Mondo) West Africa (Exxon),
BC10 Brazil (Shell),
TECHNIP, PARIS LA DEFENSE, FRANCE (2004- 2005)
LEAD PROJECT ENGINEER
(Projects Engineering & Technology Unit):
Manage the design and construction of large industrial topside facilities; managing all aspects of major projects at optimized costs, from FEED to turnkey deliveries. Leading and supervising subcontractors in all technical aspects, procurement and fabrication of Topside, subsea equipment, FPSO Hull and topside construction; Develop technical specifications, support to bid evaluations & coatings. Manage and co-ordinates procurement quality in major packages including bidders technical evaluation, input to requisitions and bid evaluations pre-award assessment and attend bid clarification meetings. Responsible for leading the front-end engineering and detailed design, specification, managing, co-ordination and execution of various technical packages such as but not limited to Spool Base structural design with emphases on the use of novel concepts, Installation-vessels modifications, Surf Landing structural design and construction capitalizing on shipping classification, naval-architect, and construction knowledge. Input to risk assessment and mitigation applications.
Typical projects undertaken:
DALIA Angola (Total) / AGBAMI Nigeria (Texaco) / EPS2 West Africa (Exxon),
SAIBOS SAS, A SAIPEM GROUP COMPANY, PARIS, FRANCE (2003- 2004)
LEAD PROJECT ENGINEER
(Project Engineering Department):
Managing and co-coordinating the ROSA development project which makes the Tie back of the Rosa wells, located offshore Angola in block 17, in about 1,350 meter water depth, to the Girassol FPSO. Leading and supervising the FEED, detailed design and analysis of the bundle main section structure (Top assembly, Bottom assembly, Umbilical arches, Production bulkheads, Buoyancy Transmittal Structures, etc.) for the Construction, Shipyard assembly, Transportation, Lunching, Towing, Installation, Appending processes; Material and welding aspects of the PIP bundle arrangement; interfacing with all project teams throughout the project phases e.g. (Global Analysis, Flow Assurance, Umbilicals, Piping, Construction, Installation, marine HSE, QA/QC and environmental management).
Typical projects undertaken:
ROSA LIRIO Angola (Total),
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING EUROPE, LONDON, UK (2000- 2003)
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER & NAVAL ARCHITECT
(Ship and Offshore Engineering Department):
Leading the certification and classification for projects around the world, acts as liaison on behalf of government agencies to facilitate the reviews and surveys conducted to fulfil the regulatory requirements of these agencies as part of a life-long process to assure a platform, MODU or vessel is built and maintained to ABS and industry-accepted standards. Supervise stability and tonnage studies, supervise and mentor structural integrity using finite element analysis for fatigue; Approval of hull, turret integration, lifting equipment, topside structure, pipeline systems, helidecks, and life saving equipment, cargo gear and various vendor equipments. Furthermore design review of LNG Cargo Containment Systems for ¡°GTT¡±, MARK III, GT-96 and CS1, risk evaluations for the marine-related facilities.
Typical projects undertaken:
Gusto Engineering (Brazil, Atlantic, Falcon, Eagle projects) / SBM-IMDCO (Kuito project) /
Vanguard (Woollybutt project) / Conoco (Belanak project)
GLOBAL MARITIME CONSULTANTS, LONDON, UK (1998 ¨C 2000)
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER & NAVAL ARCHITECT
(MODU Group):
Leading the transportation & installation engineering on a turn key or subcontract project basis, managing the design engineering for rigs and offshore structures, construction supervision, and supervising high risk marine operations. Direct involvement in tanker-based floating production storage and shuttle systems; supervising and leading feasibility studies, conceptual design works and tanker conversion, design and appraisal of offshore Jackets and jack-up platforms and topside, stability and transportation analysis, leading HAZID and HAZOP studies, support and provision of General Marine Consultancy.
Typical projects undertaken:
GlobalSantaFe (gallant and seafox-1) / Terra Nova Alliance (Terra Nova project) / Kerr McGee (Leadon)
Enterprise Oil (Bijupira Salema) / Shell (Shearwater)
ATKINS MSL ENGINEERING LTD, LONDON, UK (1996 ¨C 1998)
MARINE CONSULTANT
(Projects Research and Development):
Providing a full range of services to facilitate the design of green and brown field sites, fixed & floating structures both onshore and offshore from the concept selection and FEED design stage, right through to the audit and due diligence phase; leading research and development of various offshore facilities using traditional and advanced modelling techniques in reliability, availability and maintainability analysis; advising clients on the process safety services for offshore and onshore facilities at various stages of plant life. Leading survey of offshore structures, development and optimization of inspection plans for the offshore platforms, reliability-based analysis including uncertainties in fatigue life prediction models. Fitness-for-service assessment of offshore facilities, topside to assist life cycle cost minimization without compromise to safety or the environment.
Typical projects undertaken:
Philips (Judy) / CHEVRON (LL-652) / AMOCO (King Spar) / STATOIL (SIRI)
SWAN HUNTER SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR YARD LTD., NEWCASTLE, UK (1994 ¨C 1996)
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER / NAVAL ARCHITECT
Construction Project engineer on various related construction projects, reporting to the Project manager on technical and commercial issues. Identify changes to the scope of work, pricing of variations and change orders. Planning and development of the project master schedule for the execution of the project, Progress chasing and follow up of fabrication, resolving site related technical problems such as access limitations, piping clashes etc. Planning and co-ordination of fabrication engineering and construction activities, assigning priorities for the engineering office in line with the master schedule, Preparation of technical procedures for specific operations such as; on-site machining, erection, heavy lifts and load out. Follow up of material procurement and delivery. Ensuring that work is carried out to safety and design specifications, also liaising with subcontractors, other specialists, classification societies and other professional bodies.
STEPHENSON CLARKE SHIPPING LTD., NEWCASTLE, UK (1992 ¨C1994)
MARINE ENGINEER
Responsible for engine room duties; performing troubleshooting, preventative, corrective, and predictive maintenance tasks, operations and operational tests and checks on plant systems and equipment; performing plant system analysis, identifying and resolving problems to avoid failures.
Ph.D. RESEARCH:
Research on Monohull FPSOs development and structural analysis using FEA, presenting studies of the structural loading and response of FPSOs with particular emphasis on evaluation of the structural behaviour under extreme environmental loading conditions, followed by evaluation of SCFs of FPSO¡¯s critical details influenced by cyclic fatigue loads and its effect on fatigue strength.
M.Sc. RESEARCH:
Research on the scientific computer applications and its impact on the maritime industry, highlighting the rule of computer graphics, numerical analysis and simulation techniques using object oriented programming code to develop a naval architect general hydrostatic package
B.Eng. RESEARCH:
Research on Ro-Ro ships service performance and safety aspects, with emphases on foundering, collision and fire/explosion. Furthermore study of the free surface effect on such specialised structure.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Floating Production System Course, London / December 1997 ¡ø FPSO Conference, London / December 1998 ¡ø Ship Building Conferences, London / October 98 & November 99 ¡ø Offshore Conferences at the City University of London / October 97 & 99 ¡ø Fatigue and Fracture Analysis of Ship Structures Course, Houston U.S.A / Mar. 2000 ¡ø ABS New Hire Engineer/Surveyor Orientation Program, London / September. 2001 ¡ø Maritime Confined Space Safety Practices, London / October 2001 ¡ø ABS SAFEHULL, London / March 2002 ¡ø ABS GHS, London / May 2002 ¡ø ABS Shipyard Awareness, London / September 2002 ¡ø Shell Offshore Certificates, Lagos / January 2007 ¡ø Shell HSSE ASA training, Lagos / March 2007 ¡ø Shell HSSE IIF training, Lagos / June 2007.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: Royal Institute of Naval Architects ¨C London - UK
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