NuStar Energy

NuStar Energy LP- Sint Eustatius Project, Project Manager

NuStar Energy has a terminal facility located on the Island of Sint Eustatius in Netherland Antilles. Included in the offshore moorings is a SPM buoy system. NuStar contracted to expand their capabilities at the Sint Eustatius terminal by installing two new 36-inch pipelines, approximately 6,000 ft in length. Install a new subsea control umbilical. Change out the existing SPM with a refurbished Single Point Mooring (SPM) buoy loading system.  Both 36-inch pipelines and the existing 48-inch pipeline tie into a new designed subsea 180 Tons Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM) at the SPM location, and connected to the SPM by two lazy wave risers. Managed a project team of 25 engineers that included pipeline engineers, riser engineers, flow assurance engineers, designers, and project and document controllers. The team prepared field drawings and reviewed calculations of the existing 48-inch flowline. Also included procurement and inspection of all the project components. Managed a team of engineers and inspectors offshore during installation of pipelines.

Nustar Energy

St Eustatius- Caribbean Sea, 2016, Detail design of two 36-inch Onshore and Offshore pipelines from the offshore SPM Buoy to the onshore terminal.

Anadarko

Mozambique, 2013, Deep-water discovery off the town of Palma in the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique. Engineering of onshore and offshore LNG pipelines.

NGC Trinidad

Trinidad, 2003, 56-inch Cross Island onshore pipeline project. Detailed engineering included shore approach and onshore routing of the 56-inch export pipeline, design of the pig launcher/receiver facilities, valve stations, expansion spools and manifold along the pipeline route across Beachfield to Point Fortin in Trinidad. This included the design of an anchor block for the 56-inch pipeline to reduce the pipeline expansion at the pig launcher/receiver facilities onshore.

UK Continent Gas

UK, 1994, Engineering of the 38 and 40-inch interconnector pipeline from Bacton to Zeebrugge.  Carried out landfall routing, costing, and dredging volume calculations for Bacton and Zeebrugge landfalls.

Shiv Anand

Chevron

Tengiz Field, Kazakhstan, 2003, Detailed engineering a 40-inch diameter, 120 km long gas export pipeline, an 18-inch/24-inch diameter, 4.5 km long crude oil export pipeline and for the field development of the onshore Tengiz field with 90 pipelines for sour service, from 24-inch down to 2-inch diameter, total length of 370 km.

US Trade & Development Authority / Concordia Petroliera Romania

Constantza in Romania, through Hungary and Slovenia, to Trieste in Italy, 2000, Researched and analysed petroleum and pipeline data for the feasibility study for the proposed 1375 km long, cross-country 38-inch/28-inch diameter crude oil pipeline from the Black Sea to the Adriatic Sea

Otepi Foster Wheeler

Venezuela, 1999, Basic Engineering for an onshore diluted heavy crude gathering lines, 10-inch to 20-inch diameter from 72 well clusters, naphtha diluent distribution to the well clusters, 12-inch diameter naphtha import and 26-inch diameter diluted crude export pipelines, 21 km long.

Gas Authority of India

India, 1980s, Development of techno-economic feasibility studies, and engineering for onshore gas pipelines

Shell

Alaska, 2015, Leader for pipeline team responsible for developing a high-level estimate and study involving, constructability and execution schedule for the Alternate Route Study for Shell Chukchi Field Development in the Chukchi Sea and onshore Alaska

Shah Gas Development,

UAE United Arab Emirates , 2011, Sr. Technical Adviser for a high-H2S & CO2 natural gas gathering pipeline and water jacketed heated molten sulphur pipelines, some 400-km of buried desert pipelines.

Lukoil

Iskateley Settlement, Russia, 2004, Technical Adviser for an Arctic crude loading terminal wherein cost saving alternatives for the terminal, pipeline and tankage were being considered to implement a fast track schedule to allow load out by the year 2007 for the Varandey Terminal.

Mobil Oil Corp

Canada - Nova Scotia 1984 – 1986, Project Manager for Mobil Venture Development Project near Sable Island, Canada. Facilities included five offshore gas fields with associated drilling and production platforms. Included inter-field pipelines, 175-mile submarine gas transmission pipeline, 90 miles of onshore pipelines, shore-based slug facilities, a gas processing plant and marine product terminals. Responsible for a three-company consortium. This FEED study and preliminary engineering was for the first offshore production in Canadian waters.

Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT)

Thailand, 1978 – 1981, Branch Manager in Bangkok and Deputy Project Director for Petroleum Authority of Thailand Gas Development Project. Project consisted of financing, design and construction of a 32-inch, 275-mile offshore gas sales pipeline and a 24-inch, 75-mile onshore pipeline, dew point control facility, operations center, and tank farm. This included start-up and commissioning of the pipeline facilities.  Responsibilities were to assist in developing the Petroleum Authority of Thailand and training their initial engineers on this program. At the time, this was the world’s longest single segment pipeline project for offshore.  It still ranks as the only project successfully completed in Thailand ahead of schedule and under the $500 million budget.  

Trans Alaskan Pipeline System (TAPS),

Alaska, 1968 – 1969, Project Engineer and Site Representative for the initial site investigation for the marine terminal at Valdez for the design of the marine loading-terminal for the Trans Alaskan Pipeline System. Supervised the construction and up-grading of the Valdez city dock, which as designed to accept the first loads of pipe shipped from Japan for the Alaska Pipeline.

ENSERCH EXPLORATION

GARDEN BANKS 388 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - 1993-1994. Responsible for the design and construction of all pipeline facilities related to the project and consisting of two 12 inch 54 mile oil and gas gathering pipelines connecting a 24 well subsea template and Floating Production Facility in a water depth of 2100 ft to a Shallow Water Facility platform in Eugene Island Block 315 in 250 ft of water depth. This also included an 8-inch Oil Sales Pipeline and a 12" Gas Sales Pipeline connecting to subsea tie-in points. The gathering lines are laid through 2,400 ft of water depth with a conventional flat-bottom S-lay barge for a world record for this type of installation. - Extended the 1st free-standing riser tower (Placid Oil) for use on Enserch Garden Banks project and supervised heat flow evaluation of riser resulting in modifications.

Conoco

1988 – 1990, BELIDA GAS PROJECT IN INDONESIA - Was responsible for the initial site investigation, conceptual layout and design for the Singapore Strait Crossing from Batam Indonesia to Singapore of a 24-inch sales gas pipeline and a 250 mile 24-inch sales gas pipeline from the Natuna Sea. Interfaced with Singaporean government concerning connecting to the planned state-owned power plant.

Jim Lewis (Ensign Oil & Gas)

Alaska – Prudhoe Bay

Resident Construction Manager – Civil, BP Stationed at Prudhoe Bay. In charge of all field development associated with the gathering system including the pipelines well heads and manifolding systems. Also responsible for all exploration construction both on and offshore.

Houston – Alaska Gas Pipeline

Project lead for the offshore section of the proposed Alaska gas pipeline. Responsible for the design and Pre-FEED of the offshore section of the McKenzie River route of the pipeline. 365 miles in the Arctic ocean.

Anchorage – Chukchi Sea, Shell

Project Lead on the conceptual design of the offshore sales pipeline for the Chukchi Sea development for Shell oil.

Houston – Spectra Energy

Project Lead on the offshore design of the sales gas pipeline to the Prince Rupert terminal. The route was through a fjord and located in deep water rocky terrain.

Gordon Aaker (Ensign Oil & Gas)

TECHNIP/R J BROWN (Subsea – Gulf of Mexico)

Engineering & Project Management support on conventional subsea pipelines and pipeline bundles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Projects include: Garden Banks 254 - ENSERCH-Sales line Gulf of Mexico, Garden Banks 387 - ENSERCH-Sales line Gulf of Mexico, Garden Banks 388 – ENSERCH, Mississippi Canyon, Ewing Block 914 – FLEXTREND, Boovang Nansen, WILLIAMS- Gather lines Gulf of Mexico, Trokia        BP, Blind Faith – CHEVRON, Devil’s Tower – WILLIAMS.