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SUMMARY
Sr. Petroleum Management Engineer with extensive diverse experience in Light to Heavy Oil, Oil Shale, Tar Sands, Reservoir, Completions, Production, Drilling, Well Completions/Simulations and Facilities Engineering, and in Offshore, Deepwater, SURF (Subsea, Umbilical, Risers, Flowlines), Terminals, Onshore, LNG, Power and General Oil & Gas projects. Proven proficiency in Strategy Planning and setting-up multi-functional, multi-location, international or domestic projects up to $6 Billion value for Oil companies, and for Engineering/Construction Joint Ventures. Developed strong teams by removing obstacles to productivity, making expectations clear and treating others fairly and with dignity. Respected by a wide range of groups, from field crews to executives. Promoted/wrote HSE/SHE/OSHA safety programs and Hazop/Risk/KIP's analysis. Doubled Belco profits in Peru, although oil and gas prices decreased to half, by optimizing well spacing and redesigning well completions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WORLEYPARSONS GROUP – PPCM 2008 – 2009
Exxon Neftegas Limited's Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Development Project
DOS - IRAQ TRANSITION ASSISTANCE – OFFICE OF OIL/PROJECTS – Lead Petroleum Engineer 2006 – 2008
Oil Consultant to Iraq Ministry of Oil and Coalition civil/military groups – US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq
KELLY ENGINEERING RESOURCES (SHELL E&P)– Development Planning Lead 2005 – 2006
Unconventional Heavy Oil Thermal Development Projects
INTEC ENGINEERING – Interface Manager (Supervising Engineering Specialist / Project Manager) 2004 – 2005
Offshore FPSO, Flow Assurance and Subsea/Pipelines Development Projects
GE WIND ENERGY, LLC, HOUSTON, TEXAS/GREENVILLE, SC/IRISH SEA 2003 – 2004
International Offshore Projects Engineer – Oil & Gas Platform to Wind Turbine conversions, & Wind Farms installations – Note: US Patent Number 7,230,347 issued 12JUN2007
KBR, HALLIBURTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS - Project Management 2000 – 2003
CONSULTANT WORK 1998 – 2000
Senior Management Consultant
Worked as consultant for different companies: Oceaneering, Equistar Chemicals, Stone & Webster, GE, Bechtel and Silvertech Systems (Houston, TX/London, England/Denver, CO)
STONE & WEBSTER, HOUSTON, TX/SEOUL, KOREA/SAINT JOHNS, NB/MILTON KEYNES, UK 1992 – 1998
Senior Principal Project Controls Manager/Engineer
CONSULTANT WORK - Management Consultant 1987 – 1992
Worked for several companies: Northern Eng., Brown & Root, American Ref-Fuel, Harris Assoc., Hawker Siddeley, Construction Inf. Serv., and Harris County Eng. Dept. (Houston, TX/Las Vegas, NV/Los Angeles, CA)
BRITOIL (NOW BP), GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 1983 – 1986
Senior Project Engineer/Britoil Representative
BELCO, TALARA, PERU - Chief Projects Manager/Engineer 1982 – 1983
CONOCO PHILLIPS, HOUSTON, TEXAS/GULF OF MEXICO/NORTH SEA 1979 – 1982
Rigs Supervisor/Senior Petroleum Engineer
EXXON COMPANY, USA, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA/GULF OF ALASKA/PRUDHOE BAY, AK 1978 – 1979
Senior Project Engineer
SAUDI ARAMCO, RAS TANURA, SAUDI ARABIA 1977 – 1978
Test/Completions Supervisor/Senior Petroleum Engineer
FLUOR, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – Subsea/Petroleum Engineer- Deepwater drilling operations/design 1973 – 1977
PROVEN ABILITIES AND RESULTS
PROFITABILITY
* Prioritized/Sequenced Projects/Opportunities for available Budget, Personnel, Rigs, Vessels & other Resources to Maximize Corporate profits, while meeting Delivery Contract & Government/HSE needs
* Specified/Designed/Setup/Trained managers/personnel in Corporate Automatic Project Prioritization System.
* Saved Equistar Chemical project from further cost over-run, and from 6 weeks behind schedule to 2 weeks early completion/turnaround.
* Corrected production blockages.
* Redirected misspent drilling funds from excess in-field drilling to exploration drilling.
* Economized well completion designs
OFFSHORE AND SUBSEA
* Expedited mobile/floating drilling/production and FPSO vessels EPIC.
* Directed construction/installation of 14 platforms/year, offshore pipelines, marine fleet, port facilities and pipe-coating plant for Belco in Peru.
* Directed Britoil (now BP) R&D in Tension Leg Platform (TLP) and other floating Production Systems (FPSO, FSO, Semi, Spars), Offshore Platforms, Multiphase/Flow-Assurance Subsea Pipeline/Riser studies, and Subsea Systems.
* Specified/unitized/installed subsea systems with multiplex controls.
* Supervised offshore crews in Greece, Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Ireland, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Alaska.
* Advised cost savings for O&G Platform to Wind Turbine conversions, & Offshore Wind Farms installations
* Designed/supervised vessel conversions and new construction.
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM
* Taught and advised Iraqi MoO personnel in Unitization tactics, Economic Evaluation, Field Developments
* Directed/analyzed Britoil Bruce Condensate Field Development Reservoir Engineering unitization activities.
* Integrated multi-field multi-discipline oil, gas, and condensate analysis for exploration, development, completions, and operations.
* Directed emergency relief effort during 1982 – 1983 Nino disaster in Peru.
* Trained personnel in new design and operational methods.
* Expedited and integrated projects and development programs in Korea, Great Britain, Peru, and USA.
* Directed/designed/performed/analyzed well testing/logging in several fields.
* Supervised/designed/directed drilling and production operations worldwide.
* Drilled and completed extended reach wells over a mile horizontally offshore Peru long before others made even 600' horizontal wells.
EDUCATION - MS Petroleum Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Research on Costa Mesa Oilfield Heavy-Oil Combustion (COFCAW) and Steam-injection Thermal Recovery Projects); BS Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden; Arctic Engineering, Univ. of Alaska at Anchorage
REGISTRATIONS - Registered Professional Engineer in Texas (63198), Alaska (EP4783) and Colorado (15725)
OPITO Offshore Safety Certificate TE_080310034221
EU SafePass Health and Safety Awareness Training SP2/473/289319/0807
MEMBERSHIPS - SPE, ASME
*************** SELECTED PROJECTS WORKED ***************
*ExxonMobil – 2008-Present - Exxon Neftegas Limited's Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Development Project
*IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL – 2006-2008 – Consulting to MoO Reservoir Eng and Subsidiary companies – Provided Training, Contractual advise, and aid to South Offshore Exports, Clean Delivery Distribution and numerous other projects
*SHELL E&P – 2005-6 – Confidential multi-billion dollar Unconventional Oil projects, based in Houston, TX
*BHP Billiton – 2005 – Shenzi Subsea/Pipelines project in 4375-foot (1333-m) water depth, Gulf of Mexico, USA
*CHEVRON – 2004-5 – Frade FPSO, Risers, Pipelines, Flow Assurance and Subsea Project FEED, Brazil
*FPL – 2004-5 - Long Island Offshore Wind Park Project – NY, USA
*GE WIND ENERGY, LLC – 2003-4 – Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm Project, Thames Estuary, England
*GE WIND ENERGY, LLC – 2003-4 – Wind Turbine and support facilities conceptual design
*AIRTRICITY – 2003 – Arklow Sands Wind Farm project, Irish Sea, Ireland
*OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. - 2000 - Legendre MOPU Jackup-Subsea Tie-In Project for NW Australia
*SILVERTECH SYSTEMS -1999- Director of Projects for: - Shaffer - Deepwater Surface & Subsurface UPS and Control Systems (8 vessels) - Santa Fe Drilling - Deepwater Drilling Vessels Control Systems (3 Vessels) - MODEC - Pemex Floating Production Vessel Control Systems
*PT TRANS-PACIFIC PETROCHEMICAL INDOTAMA – 1995-8 - Enclosed Harbor, Land Reclamation, Piers, Terminals, Seawater Intake/Discharge and Desalination Plant for Tuban Petrochemical Complex, Java, Indonesia
*BRITOIL LTD (BP) – 1983-6 - Bruce Gas Condensate Field ($4 Billion North Sea) Development – Lead Reservoir Eng.
- Research/Construction/Drilling/Production Design (R&D): Offshore Platforms/Floating-Vessels (TLP, Spar, Semi, FPSO); ESP, Down-hole Hydraulic Pumps and Subsea Production Systems; Flow Assurance Design for Offshore/Subsea Pipelines
*BELCO - 1981-3 - Tender-Barge/Platform modifications, Offshore pipelines, New/Moved Platforms, Marine Fleet Modifications/Maintenance, Port Facilities Construction/Upgrade, Dredging, offshore Northern Peru
*CONOCO – 1979-81 - TLP, Floating Vessel & Platform Multiforce Riser Design; GOM Construction/Operations
*EXXON COMPANY, USA – 1978-9 - Optimization project for Subsea, Navigational, Environmental/Weather, Ship and Automation systems for "Alaskan Star" experimental Semi in Gulf of Alaska
*SAUDI ARAMCO 1977-8 - Specified Special design/equip/Barges - Offshore Emergency Blowout Control Plan
*FLUOR DRILLING SERVICES – 73-7 - Design/Procure/Unitize/Install Subsea Systems for New/Used DrillShips/Barges
*FLUOR DEEP SEA OIL TECH. – 76-7 - Modular Design support for TLP/Subsea/FPSO drilling/production systems
*USC – 1975-6 - Catalina Island Divers Rescue Medical Center Hyperbaric Surgery Facility Expansion
**** Other OIL & GAS PROJECTS ****
*PHILLIPS/CPC – 2002-3 - K-Resin Rebuild Project, Houston Chemical Complex; & Unit 40 Revamp, Borger, TX
*PERTAMINA, ENRON & QATARGAS – 2000-1 - LNG FEED and EPC Projects for Indonesia, Venezuela and Qatar
*EXXON/MOBIL - 2001-2 - Mogas Desulfurization Projects, and Phillips/CPC Refinery & Chemicals projects, USA
*SHELL CHEMICALS - 2000-1 - Olefins Feed Hydrotreater (OFH) Project, Mobile Site, SaraLand, Alabama
*BP - 2000 - Project Future, Texas City, Texas, Petrochemical Units Automation Modernization project
*EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP - 99-00 - Corporate Capital Budget Prioritization, Cash-Flow & ResourcesPlanning
Also at Equistar LaPorte Ethylene Plant on Natural Gas II and Flex Feed Projects
*CAMISEA ALLIANCE (SHELL) – 1998 - Las Malvinas Gas Development and Gas Plant, Peru
*HUNTSMAN CHEMICAL - 1998 - Port Neches, Texas - Control Systems (GMR/Graphics) Turnaround Updates
*NOVA CHEMICALS/UNION CARBIDE - 1998 - 2.81 MMPPY Ethylene 3 Unit Joint Venture Project, Canada
*PT TRANS-PACIFIC PETROCHEMICAL INDOTAMA – 1995-8 - Tuban Petrochemical Complex,Java,Indonesia
*THAI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co, Ltd (TPI) – 1994-5 - Deep Catalytic Cracking (DCC),Rayong,Thailand.
*PHIBRO ENERGY (Valero), USA – 1993-4 - FCC Revamp, Refinery Turnaround, Krotz Springs, LA.
*THAI OLEFINS CO., INC. - 1998 - Thai Olefins Plant and GHU & BHU Addendum Projects, Thailand
*CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT - 1993 - Dehexanizer & Instrument Refinery Projects, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
*JGC/CHINA PETRO-CHEMICAL INTL., INC./SINOPEC - 1992 - Maoming 300,000 MTPY Ethylene Plant, China
*PENINSULAR GAS – 1992 - GPP4 Malaysian Utilization, 250 MMSCF/D Gas Treatment Plant Expansion Proj.
*EQUISTAR CHEMICALS - 1988 - Ethylene Plant and Methanol Plant Turnaround, LaPorte,Texas
*BRITOIL. LTD (BP) – 1983-6 - Bruce Gas Condensate Field, Reservoir Eng., Unitization/Development Planning
*BELCO – 1981-3 - All Offshore Oil & Gas Exploration/Development/Production/Reservoir Eng. in Peru
*CONOCO – 1979-80 - Gulf of Mexico Drilling, Development, Production and Workovers
*EXXON COMPANY, USA – 1978-9 - Gulf of Alaska Exploration, Prudhoe Bay Development & Operations
*ARAMCO – 1977-8 – Northern/Offshore Drilling/Testing & wrote Offshore Emergency Blowout Control Plan
*FLUOR OIL & GAS CORP. – 1975-6 - Reservoir Engineering analysis for Indonesian exploration program
*FLUOR DRILLING - 1974-77 - Drilling/Testing/Completion-Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia
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