General Manager - Houston

• Apr 2022 - Present

Project Manager

• Nov 2020 - May 2022

Consultant for: Ecopetrol - Stage Gate Review Assurance for the non-operated Gato do Mato FPSO for Brazil. Review of Shell request for tender package, and review of tender for the selected FPSO supplier. Reliance - MJ Ruby FPSO site team at SHI yard in Geoje, Korea. Consultant for: Ecopetrol - Stage Gate Review Assurance for the non-operated Gato do Mato FPSO for Brazil. Review of Shell request for tender package, and review of tender for the selected FPSO supplier. Reliance - MJ Ruby FPSO site team at SHI yard in Geoje, Korea.

Project Director

• May 2018 - Jul 2020

Responsible for all aspects (project scope, schedule, ~$350 million budget and a peak manpower of ~900) of the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover to operations group of the Juniper facility in Lake Charles, La. Plant produces Fischer-Tropsch wax and distillate from natural gas using a patented technology. and includes brownfield, greenfield (installed never operated) and pure greenfield scope. Project achieved safety milestone of 1 million+ construction hours without a Lost Time Incident Show less

FPSO Engineering Manager

• Apr 2015 - Oct 2017

Field Development and 110 kbopd FPSO Responsible for the technical design of a ~$1bn Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility – a trading tanker moored offshore Ghana with equipment to process crude oil and gas products for export. Interface management with other scopes to optimize cost and schedule while achieving operational needs Key contributor to contracting strategy selection, based on key drivers to advance project execution schedule while reducing risk and overall cost Technical evaluation of tenders and updated technical exhibits for contract signing Show less

Deputy FPSO Delivery Manager

• Sep 2013 - Apr 2015

Led the response to all technical/commercial bid clarifications during the tender/design competition—ensuring quality and consistency while respecting contractor confidentiality. Member of the commercial evaluation and negotiation team. Author of "recommendation to award" document to concessionaire.

FPSO Technical Lead

• Apr 2011 - Sep 2013

Managed team of 30+ subsea, surface facilities, and project services professionals in developing technical documents to support concept selection, optimization, and tendering.Managed multi-disciplinary team which contributed to decisions on the concept selection re-evaluation (from original FPSO w/ wet tree to FPSO w/ dry tree TLP). Delivered design optimization, facilities cost estimates, interface management, key project decisions, technical and safety reviews, and numerous technical and management documents for the selected concept. This included FPSO tender documents to required consistency/quality while ensuring adherence to corporate requirements. Show less

Project Director

• Apr 2006 - Sep 2013

Seconded to Murphy for Azurite project and Maersk Oil for Chissonga. Other projects include: Chevron - Lucapa Tombua-Landana (TL) Tie-Back Project Project Manager for a multi-disciplinary engineering team that evaluated feasibility of a subsea tie-back from the Lucapa field to the existing TL platform. Addressed highly corrosive fluids and electrical system expansion. Etame Marine Expansion Concept Selection Surface Facilities Project Manager considering 13 different facilities options to expand a shallow water field in Gabon with existing FPSO and 2 wellhead platforms. Murphy - Turquoise Field Development Reviewed design documents considering how to develop the field utilizing subsea tie-backs to the existing Azurite FDPSO. Chevron - Lucapa Pre-FEED Project Pre-FEED for a deepwater field in Angola near the Congo river canyon. Topsides design for a new-build FPSO 80 kbopd, 150 kblpd, 68 mmscfd, 170 kbwipd. Show less

Azurite Topsides Manager

• Apr 2006 - Jan 2010

Seconded to Murphy Oil as client Topsides Project Manager for the Azurite Floating Drilling Production Storage (FDPSO) facility (a tanker with production and drilling) – the world’s first! - Key contributor to validate initial concept – technically and economically - Managed testing laboratory to define crude oil sample tests - Two years in Singapore overseeing FDPSO contractor detailed engineering and VLCC trading tanker life extension/conversion/installation and hook-up activities. - Managed client’s classification process, ensuring prompt responses for information and no delays to overall project schedule - Involved in defining and developing all commissioning and operations procedures. - Heavily involved in all safety aspects of the production, drilling and completion operations and the SIMOPS procedures developed in their support. - One-year offshore Republic of Congo supervising installation, commissioning, start-up, acceptance testing & stable operations Show less

Senior Process Engineer

• Aug 2003 - Apr 2006

Process lead, designing production systems for strategic proposals / projects of various floating production facility types. • Technical lead on a successful year-long proposal for a generic FPSO capable of operating in one of five different locations worldwide • Client presentations and design reviews for proposal / project updates and final approval • Senior lead engineer on cutting edge projects including floating Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and offshore nitrogen generation and well injection • Proven success interfacing with other disciplines to deliver project goals on time / under budget • Successfully troubleshot compression mechanical failure issues aboard a FPSO operating offshore Brazil Show less

Facilities Engineer

• Apr 2002 - Aug 2003

• Topsides facilities production and drilling design for offshore platforms and vessels • Lead engineer in charge of a team balancing manpower, schedule and quality to meet project goals • Project engineering integration between production, drilling, riser and vessel design entities • Development of new deepwater platform arrangement • Delivered training for engineering software and design spreadsheets Projects include: Pemex - Well Test Service Vessel I developed simulations and designed the topsides facilities based on over 30 well compositions with dramatically different properties. I developed “for construction” level P&ID’s for both the production and marine systems. I evaluated vendor-designed equipment for suitability over the range of conditions. I interfaced with companies providing the topsides equipment, flexibles, control and vessel certification. Marathon - Annapolis Wellhead Platform Study I conducted preliminary design of topsides facilities to process 750 MMscfd of gas. I interfaced with vendors to obtain details of the drilling equipment required to drill to 25,000 ft and with sister companies developing the risers and Octabuoy (SPAR alternative). I made a detailed analysis of the topsides weight and layout of the facilities for structural support requirements within hull limitations. A member of the steering group to plan installation of the separate vessel and deck offshore in a harsh environment. DELOS Falcon Nest Gas Production Facility Developed specifications and datasheets for RFQ packages for many of the topsides process skids for a 200 MMscfd production platform. I technically evaluated the bids for each skid and selected a preferred vendor and remained in contact with the vendors through construction. Show less

Senior Process Engineer

• Sep 1995 - Apr 2002

Projects include: (Seconded to SBM-IMODCO): • Espadarte FPSO Compression Troubleshooting - Collected plant operating /maintenance data, consulted with operators, simulated process evaluating failure cause of 5 reciprocating compressors. Confirmed cause as a mechanical issue with their manufacture. • STAR - Agbami FPSO Proposal - process/ economic optimization of various systems incl. cooling, stabilization and seawater de-oxygenation. Completed technical evaluations of vendor equipment bid packages vs. client specifications / datasheets. • Conoco - Belanak FPSO Proposal - Developed optimization simulation, mass balance and revised equipment specs for an FPSO oil and C2/C3 product. Design calculations and interfaced with vendor concerning the operation of six 150 ft columns. Other projects: • Citgo - Lake Charles IGCC - FEED for a unit to gasify 5k tpd of petroleum coke using Texaco proprietary technology. • Shell Deer Park HDU-2 Capacity Upgrade Project - Capacity increase from 60 to 80kBPD. • Chevron - OSP III Project - Detailed design for a specialty polymer production facility with complex solids handling and the use of extruder reactors. • Allegheny Energy - Ammonia Supply Study - evaluation to supply ammonia to the Selective Catalytic Reduction unit of a power plant. • PG&E/Diamond Shamrock(Valero) Refinery Energy Upgrades - study to establish an energy conservation benchmark and identify modifications to areas / units of the McKee, TX refinery. • Amoco - CATS Gas Terminal Project - various process studies and estimates for debottlenecking ‘as-built’ gas trains and proposed future facilities. • Sulfur Recovery Group and Proprietary Catalyst Development - process design of sulfur recovery, tail gas and amine units for FEED / proposals. Evaluated economic viability of various options and oversaw detailed design packages. Assignments troubleshooting a German refinery and with Siirtec-Nigi in Milan studying ways to increase refinery throughputs. Show less