Senior Rigid Pipeline Engineer
TechnipFMC Norway AS
Total years of experience :26 years, 4 Months
Senior rigid pipeline engineer, in charge of the pipe pressurisation activities as part of the Deep Energy vessel mobilisation activities at the spoolbase in Evanton (Scotland). Concept, design, engineering, technical bid evaluations of suppliers, fabrication and testing of the high pressure plugs used for the pressurisation of the mechanically lined pipe in pipe during the spooling onto the vessel reel. In charge of other ancillary scopes related to the pipe preservation in the fabrication yard. Responsible for the quality process of the fabrication of the pipe in pipe with electrical trace heating cables and fibre optic cables.
Senior project engineer responsible for FEED and engineering studies as well as project engineering, transportation and logistics, installation method, onshore and offshore.
Chartered mechanical engineer with over 20 years experience, including 10 years as Project / operations manager in oil & gas EPCI & T&I projects, both onshore and offshore (project engineering, fabrication, installation, pre-commissioning, decommissioning).
Shah Deniz 2 project EPCI, Caspian Sea (BP)
•Operations Manager for umbilicals loadout and transportation
•Develop plan and schedules for barges transiting the Russian river system from the Baltic to Azerbaijan and return
•Mobilisation support for transpooling equipment (carousels spread, installation aids, etc)
•Support for structures installation (flowline termination assemblies, foundations, rigid spools)
•2017: Egina project EPCI (Total) offshore Nigeria
•Lead engineer on S3000 vessel for the installation of vertical hybrid steel risers (pipe-in-pipe) with associated buoyancy tanks, as well as mid-water arches, umbilicals and flexibles
•2017: Egina project T&I (Total) - Umbilicals transpooling at Technip NewCastle
•Operations Manager for umbilicals loadout on transportation vessel: dynamic umbilicals (on carousel), static umbilical (on reels), ancillary equipment (containers)
•Supervised all aspects related to vessel mobilization, umbilicals loadout, carousel packing, seafastenings, NDT as well as material/equipment logistics, vessel customs and crew movements/welfare
•Interface management: transportation vessel, umbilical supplier, quay operator, agent, Client, MWS, Subcontractors
•Obtained Sail-Away certificate from MWS and ensured vessel load-out completed as planned, causing no delay to the subsea installation phase in Nigeria
•2017: Miller Platform Decommissioning & Removal, North Sea (BP/Petrofac)
•Support for the engineering phase of the preparations for the platform dismantling and removal to onshore yard
•Supervisor for offshore construction activities related to the modules separation: welding (cold/flame), cutting of pipes, cables, walkways, preparation and inspection of the various modules lifting points, ready for the arrival of the heavy lift vessel S7000
•Performing Authority for offshore activities as per ISSOW system: managed permits to work, conducted site surveys and risk assessments together with the Area Authority (Petrofac), ensured safe completion of the modules separation scope, performed breaking of containment of process pipes, performed gas tests prior to pipes cutting (Authorized Gas Tester Level 2)
•2017: Feasibility Study of Rigid Pipe Reel Lay for Saipem vessels
•Lead engineer for in house benchmark study of Saipem vessels on the Reel Lay market
•Developed reel lay schedules of comparison with main competitors
•Identified sensitivities of the Reel Lay process (logistics of spoolbase, barges, vessel load-out and installation scenarios)
Optimization of Installation of the Subsea Processing Systems, Norwegian Sea (Aker Solutions)
•Lead study for optimization of deep water deployment of subsea processing systems (compressors, pumps, separators) as part of the Saipem-Aker alliance
•Proposed vessel necessary adaptation/upgrades for heavy lift of large subsea processing modules, optimization of rigging and installation method to improve weather window and reduce Client installation cost
•Conducted validation and optimization of Aker diverless connectors
•2016: DEH Cable project FEED, Indonesia (Shell)
•Developed installation method of 3 flowlines (S-lay) with piggyback DEH cable
•Identified vessel and optimized loadout, installation, as well as vessel upgrades
•Coordinated cost estimating for the comparison between two Saipem s-lay vessels
•2016: Bay du Nord project FEED, Atlantic (Statoil)
•Method lead for the SURF for the development of a green field, based on a number of scenarios regarding the number and position of wells (production, injection, lift)
•Proposed potential improvements of the Client initial subsea infrastructure (risers, riser bases, pipeline, templates, rigid and flexible spools)
•Built and optimized campaign schedules
•2016: Johan Castberg project FEED, Norwegian Sea (Statoil)
•Method lead for pre-FEED study for a major subsea development near the Arctic Circle
•Optimized engineering and installation scope/resources in order to reduce Client costs and break even at low oil prices
Lakach project EPCI, T&I, Golf of Mexico (Pemex)
•Lead installation engineer for umbilicals and flying leads package
•FEED documentation review and endorsement
•Provided technical consultancy for Pemex in relation to umbilical & flying leads design adjustments
•Coordinated detailed engineering for vessel selection, ROV operability, diver support, shore pull (main umbilical pulled inside pipe and microtunnel) and deep water installation (infield umbilicals)
•Coordinated the efforts of the design, analysis, onhore and vessel teams with regards to the finalizing and validating of the proposed installation method
in Petroleum Engineering, Awarded Distinction.
Main disciplines: reservoir engineering, drilling, petroleum economics.
Support for spool base planning, pipe loadout, pipe transpooling and reel lay with piggyback
•Support for mob-demob
•Coordinated vessel deck, crane, divers and ROV during offshore operations for spools installation
•Coordinated pipeline, subsea structures and topside platform pre-commissioning.
Installation and commissioning of automated industrial and residential systems: control, alarm/security, lighting, electrical power supply. Coordinated associated building/structural work.
Managed building sites for residential and industrial projects (concrete, steel) with more than 50 personnel, construction equipment and machinery. Ensured that the projects are finalized on time and safely.
Researched and developed welding equipment and consumables. Contributed to the improvement of underwater welding electrodes in order to compete on Western markets. Led commercial and technical teams during fairs and exhibitions in Hungary, Norway, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Tunisia.
Supervised production schedule & quality as well as export logistics for rolled mill steel products (loadout, transport by rail/truck/sea), ensured goods are delivered and cashed as per applicable INCOTERMS.
Saipem representative on Helix “Express” during spoolbase stalk fabrication, pipe loadout, platform riser pull-in, deep water rigid pipe reel lay, structures installations, pre-commissioning
•Helix spoolbase (Ingleside, Texas) spool base activities (welding, NDT, pipe loadout, vessel mobilisation)
•2011: Developed Saipem in-house spreadsheet for reel packing
•Spreadsheet used globally by Saipem group for reel lay packing analysis
•Gives indication of how the reel lay method compares with S-lay or J-lay methods
rigid flowlines in shallow & deep water (reel lay, s-lay, j-lay), piggyback, flexible flowlines, crossings, integrated templates, manifolds, subsea compression stations, trees, spools, diver tie-ins, diverless tie-ins, steel catenary risers, hybrid steel risers, lazy/steep wave catenaries, flexible risers, mid water arches, umbilicals, flying leads, electrical jumpers/harnesses, pipe with direct electrical heating cables, optical cables, lifting (incl. heavy lift), trenching (plough, jet), backfilling, rock dumping, mattresses, protection covers, etc
•Reel-lay spooling base operations (stalking, packing calculations, coating, loadout)
•S-lay, J-lay planning (lay rate calculations, yard and in-field pipe loadout)
•Beach pulls, platform pulls (rigid and flexible pipes, umbilicals)
•Pre-commissioning: pigging, flooding, flushing, gauging, hydrotesting, leak testing, dewatering, drying, inerting, preservation, isolating (mechanical and gel plugs)
•Project engineering: documents/interface management, procurement, fabrication, logistics, transportation, loadout and mobilisations, installation, pre-commissioning, platforms decommissioning
•Preparation/review of technical documentation: schedules, material take offs, scopes of work/supply, technical reports, studies, bids, document endorsement, FEEDs, technical bid evaluations, methods, procedures, storyboards, lift plans, dive plans, site technical queries, management of change, etc
•International standards and best industry practice: API, ASME, ASTM, BS/EN, ISO, DNV, Noble Denton, Norsok, IMCA, IMO, etc
•Rigging: onshore, subsea, heavy lift, LOLER, PUWER, DNVGL, etc
•ROV operations & tooling
•Equipment & machinery: SPMT, low loaders, excavators, cherry pickers, forklifts, cranes (wheels/crawlers, onshore/offshore, contract/managed), winches, reels, reel hub drives, track systems, vertical laying systems, horizontal laying baskets (carousels), tensioners, pumps, compressors, etc
•General yard/back deck construction: flame cutting, cold cutting, grinding, burning, welding
•Supervision based on Integrated Safe System of Work (ISSOW)
•Familiar with survey, subsea instruments and sensors, fittings and ancillary equipment (flanges, valves, bolting, hot stabs), scaffolding, materials (carbon steel, stainless steel, 316, 625, 825, 13Cr, 22Cr, 25Cr, thermoplastics, thermosettings, wood, concrete)
•Risk assessment and management: JSA, TBT, Hira/Hazid, Hazop, Simops, Comops
•Familiar with reservoir engineering, drilling and green field subsea development
•Engineering research methods, statistics
•Computer modelling, programming
•Microsoft Office, including Visual Basic and Microsoft Project
•Foreign languages
Master in Petroleum engineering with specialties reservoir engineering, drilling and petroleum economics.
Mechanical engineering bachelor degree, with specialties in materials strength, structural analysis, hydrodynamics, vibrations, thermal engines.
Economics bachelor degree with specialties in banking operations and public finance and budgeting.