GARY A. KOCTAR
Victoria, Texas 77904-1184
Home Phone: 361-***-****
Cell Phone: 713-***-****
E-mail Address: **********@***.***
OVERVIEW OF CAREER & WORK EXPERIENCE
Results-oriented, execution driven, highly cross-trained and qualified senior level Mechanical/Process Engineer with successful track record of progressive experience in developing, managing and executing Upstream and Midstream oil & gas projects worldwide. Served in Project Engineer/Project Manager, Sr. Engineering Advisor, SME, (Team) Lead Engineer and Engineering Manager roles with extensive, broad-based experience in all disciplines of Petroleum Engineering working for: super major or large independent Oil & Gas E & P Operating Companies; Engineering Consulting Companies designing, fabricating and installing major oil and gas production/processing facilities and pipelines worldwide; and a global EPCI Contractor to engineer, supply and operate deepwater floating production systems and related subsea and pipeline infrastructures.
Total years of experience are split between approximately 70% onshore and roughly 30% offshore/deepwater oil and gas developments and ongoing operations. Experience in conventional as well as unconventional shale oil and/or gas plays/basins, and coalbed methane (CBM) developments and operations in the USA, including artificial lift and reservoir pressure maintenance technologies/implementation.
Experience includes: onshore and offshore facilities design, construction, commissioning/startup and full life-cycle operations; Drilling Engineering; downhole/subsurface Production Engineering; Process Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Reserves Reporting and oil and gas producing property Acquisition/Business Development and Disposition Evaluations; Engineering Management, Project Facilities Development Management, Project Management, Product and Technology Development, Study Management, plus Development Planning/Opportunity Development Management for deepwater fields/prospects and LNG Regasification Terminals worldwide.
Experience with: fixed offshore drilling and production platforms, deepwater technology to include subsea completions and long tiebacks (SURF), floating platforms (Conventional and Mini-TLPs/ETLPs, Deep Draft Floaters/multi-column Spar, Conventional/Truss and Cell Spars, Medium Draft Single Column Floaters, Control and Minimum Facilities Flow Assurance Buoys, Conventional and Deep-Draft Semi-submersibles), drilling and production top-tensioned and buoyancy-based dry tree risers with flexible jumpers, flexible and steel catenary risers, flow assurance evaluations and operational issues, marine systems for FPU’s, FSO/FPSO/FPDSO ship shape mono-hulls, MOPU jackup conversions, onshore gas plants and compressor stations, NGL bulk removal and fractionation, gas and liquids metering stations and terminal storage and loading facilities, onshore and offshore pipelines and related risers, gas and vapor recovery compression, H2S and CO2 treating/removal, crude oil sweetening, produced water treating and disposal/overboard discharge, source water and injection water conditioning, waterfloods, steam-driven heavy oil recovery projects (including SAGD), coalbed methane production and unconventional shale oil and gas developments and operations.
Strong knowledge of industry related - Codes, Recommended Practices, Standards and Procedures such as ASME, API, ASTM, ANSI, NFPA, NEC, DOT 49 CFR Parts 192/195, EPA/NSPS 40 CFR Subpart OOOOa, NACE, PSM/PHA, Asset Integrity Elements, OSHA, etc.
Specialized in deepwater infrastructure planning and development for 10+ years, plus LNG Regasification for 1-1/2 years.
Characterized by striving for continuous improvement through/by innovation and new technology and design change/optimization rollout and implementation, never satisfied with the “status quo”, leading initiatives to improve operability and reliability, reduce complexity and maintenance, reduce emissions, sustain life of an asset, and to reduce both initial CAPEX and continued OPEX/LOE.
Strong leadership, advanced and diverse technical skills, and demonstrated mentorship capabilities (includes Summer Interns, younger Engineers and other disciplines Staff, as well as Campus Recruiting).
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) -- May, 1977
Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas -- Summa Cum Laude Graduate
Member: Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma and Phi Eta Sigma Academic Honor Fraternities
PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY
DEVON ENERGY December 2016 – October 2017-- Contractor: October 2017 to March 2021 – Direct Hire
Mid-Continent, South Texas & Rockies Business Unit: South Texas Eagle Ford Shale Assets, Facilities Operations Engineering Group, Cuero, Texas Field Office
Facilities Operations/Construction Engineering Advisor
Provide Facilities, Construction & Operations Engineering and technical support, operational surveillance and troubleshooting, and coordinate brownfield (non-D&C development) projects to modify, upgrade, enhance existing production facilities, pipelines and gathering systems, and artificial lift (gas lift) infrastructure, gas buyback, Refrac Facility upgrades, etc. to ensure environmental compliance, safety, operational reliability and optimum performance throughout the full life cycle of the South Texas assets in the Eagle Ford Shale, Dewitt and Lavaca Counties, Texas. Non-D&C, Operations and Maintenance Support
Project types include:
oCompression & VRT/VRU Installations
oGas Lift Installations/Retrofits
oSales Gas Pipeline Interconnects and Gas Buyback Installations
oSales Gas Scrubbing Fieldwide Retrofits and Compliance Assurance to ensure liquids and spent triazine do not get into BHP (BPX) Midstream Gas Gathering Pipeline Network
oEmissions Reductions and Continued Environmental Compliance
oFlare Upgrades/Modifications to ensure emissions and optimizing combustion efficiency/overall flare performance
oCentralized Compression/Gas Treating and Tank Battery Consolidation
oStorage Tank Refurbishment & Tank Battery Upgrades
oOil Commingling Tests to support initiative to Commingle Oil and reduce New Facilities CAPEX and complexity
oParticipation in Safety Audits and Safety Incident Investigations and Action Item Resolutions
oFacility Upgrades to meet production forecasts/demands and new compliance standards for Facilities affected by Refrac’d well operations, etc.
oTechnical oversight and participation in Third Party Gas Gathering/Compression/Dehydration and Produced Water Handling/Transfer and Disposal Infrastructure
Support OKC Head Office Facilities & Pipeline Engineering Group as required on EFS and Austin Chalk D&C development New Facilities & Pipeline Projects (greenfield). This includes: participation in New Construction and Equipment Ordering/Scheduling Meetings, Facility Design and HAZOP Reviews, Equipment and Materials Specifications and Selection, synergies of integration of New and Existing Facilities and associated wells to host for new D&C Developments and Refracs, or consolidation synergies for cost reductions.
Mentor younger, less experienced OKC Facilities and Production Engineers with technical and leadership guidance, a passion of mine.
Serve as a technical liaison between, and collaborate with, Cuero Field Construction Teams, OKC F&P Engineering, EAM Team, Supply Chain and DNOW:
oObserve and help to correct gaps and overlaps in responsibility to ensure continuity and timely flow/progression of new Facilities Construction Projects.
oParticipate in, and support, Bi-Weekly New Construction and Quarterly Equipment Scheduling Meetings
oReview design packages, sizing, and material selection for consistency and observance and compliance with Devon F&P Specs, the MOC Process and PHA/HAZOP/safety assurance.
oChampion innovation and support development of processes and tools to ensure consistency in design, safety, timely ordering of equipment and materials, best practices and construction standards (Devon Specs) are met across all Facilities Projects types by being onsite and “eyes in the field”, rolled out and properly communicated to stakeholders/participants, and that Project Planning and Execution is high-graded, streamlined and standardized to the fullest extent practical.
oSupport cost reduction initiatives in New Facility design and capital costs (Optimize Capital Program) to ensure new D&C Development opportunities are sustainable
oCoordinate and execute timely removal and repurposing of existing/used equipment to support New Facilities Construction Schedule to include: VRTs and VRU Meter Runs, Refurbished/Internally Coated Steel Storage Tanks, swapping out Gas Filter Coalescing Separators and large UltraFab Units with Beige Bullets + After-Scrubbers to source Gas Treating/H2S Removal equipment, HP Horizontal Heater Treaters (as become available), etc.
oRepurpose used equipment and controls/instrumentation, and remove and reuse where cost effective in order to reduce Non-D&C and Maintenance Projects costs, ensuring safety and compliance in new service application and at existing Facility after removal
Participate in 100% of all post-construction/pre-startup ORRs on New Build Facilities and required standard/typical Non-D&C Projects to provide a technical review of facilities installation and ensure completeness to meet design and safety requirements prior to final commissioning and startup.
Some key innovations and trial/pilot testing that I have initiated and implemented, some of which are now adopted Company, are as follows:
oDual Horizontal Blowcase design and installation to allow Facilities and associated oil production to be Tankless (many benefits) and flow into the BPX Midstream Oil Pipeline for the remaining life of the asset. Successfully implemented with extremely high availability and essentially no maintenance required for 16 months of operation to date. Works in conjunction with possible future Oil Commingling and BPX Midstream Infrastructure Planning, and also reduces emissions to almost zero, along with monetizing all rich Flash Gas that would otherwise be flared.
oChallenged practicality and cost effectiveness of in-place Standard Facility designs and operations and developed new designs and championed produced water and oil commingled to reduce complexity, footprint, and CAPEX by $125 - $135 K per welld served by the Facility, critical to sustaining life and continuing CAPEX developments for the Eagle Ford Shale assets.
oIntroduction and design, installation of Flare Deluge Systems to suppress LP Flare burnback/flashback incidents following the Caskey A Pad 1 Facility Tank Battery Fire & Explosion in November of 2019
oDesign and trial testing of Tank/LP Flare System Gas Blanketing and PRV installation. Conclusion and recommendations rolled out throughout Devon Facilities (Company-wide) for applications to successfully prevent LP Flare burnback/flashback incidents and enhance safety
oInvent, design, install and monitor several “SMART” Facility Backpressure Control Valves to: minimize excess compression HP and resultant fuel gas usage, reduce JT cooling effects on gas and resultant Methanol usage/consumption to conduct operations, etc.
oInvent and design Gas/Gas Cross-Exchanger to selectively superheat Fuel/Instrument and Gas Lift Gas by recovering waste heat of compression from the final compressor stage, thereby potentially eliminating all Methanol usage for gas streams in our Facility operations. Currently not cost effective at low commodity prices, but still planning on fabricating and installing for test application to determine benefits.
oCo-develop, design, test and rollout Devon’s own smaller UltraFab Units instead of relying on high-dollar, long-lead Canadian supplied UltraFabs that are sized for only 8 MMSCFD instead of +20 MMSCFD, allowing more existing large UltraFabs to be swapped out sooner to source for New Facility builds. Plus allows for more flexible sizing as a “tweener” ranged design.
oConsult with multiple Flare Vendors, and make use of existing salvage Flare parts in Devon’s Cuero Office Yard or idle equipment in the field to modify existing LP Flares to render them smokeless due to excessive turndowns upon depletion – several success storied. Also includes alternate Flare design Technical oversight and support for New Facilities Flare designs and selection.
COMM ENGINEERING August 2016 – December 2016
Consulting Advisor/Project Manager – Lafayette, Louisiana (Independent Contractor, Houston)
Assist in developing marketing and Business Development strategy for COMM Engineering’s COMMplete Shield Program of Facilities Engineering and Environmental/Regulatory products, services, systems and tools to Oil & Gas E&P Clients. Develop contacts/leads, identify Client Company organization and “decision maker” to present to that can champion and support new business model for handling Environmental and Regulatory services, highlighting benefits and successful analog models to date with COMM.
MURPHY OIL CORPORATION May 2013 – April 2015 US Onshore, Development & Operations (Eagle Ford Shale) – Houston Office
Sr. Facilities Engineering Advisor, Facilities Projects Development & Operations Engineering Teams
Led Project and Operations/Facilities Engineering Teams through Exploration and Field Development Planning and implementation of same, including full life cycle operations/surveillance and troubleshooting of unconventional oil/gas shale plays in Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas. Worked with multi-disciplined Asset/Field Development Planning Team consisting of Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Production Engineering, Drilling and Completions Engineering, Land, Marketing, HS&E, Procurement, Regulatory plus Field Operations and Construction Groups to plan and execute exploration and development activities, from the surface wellhead/tree to the final pipeline/sales hookups. This included forecasting and planning new and expansions to Gathering System/Pipelines, required Risers/Pig Launchers/Receivers for interconnects and well hookups, new Central Facilities, and expansions of existing Central Facilities to effectively handle/manage and-or transfer production between Facilities associated with fast paced EFS development.
Served primarily in Advisor’s role to provide technical review and oversight to the Major Facilities Projects/Pipelines Team as well as the Operations Facilities Team in design of new Central Facilities (modifications and upgrades to current designs for improvement based on operational experiences and best practices), troubleshooting and optimizing/revamping/expanding existing Central Facilities, and solving Operational problems, reduce OPEX and sustain production through cycles of depletion followed by waves of redevelopment (infield development). Participated in Design Reviews, HAZOP/PHA Reviews/Assessments, Construction Progress Walkthroughs and Commissioning/Startups as required. Typical Design Basis for Central Facilities was 5,000 BOPD, 4,000 BWPD and 10 – 15 MMSCFD of produced gas.
Led and coordinated Well Pad deliveries with Completions, Flowback, Field Data Capture Group, Construction to schedule, construct Well Pad Temporary Tank Batteries, install Allocation Skids, wellhead monitoring and shutdown equipment and lateral interconnect lines to the Gathering Systems.
Worked through many process design and operational/safety challenges in economically/successfully treating wellstreams containing up to 40,000 PPMV of H2S.
Developed several “first-off” process, utility and flare equipment designs with Vendor community to solve difficult and troublesome operating problems such as: Prototype Allocation Separator Skids with over 15 performance, safety and operability upgrades/ enhancements/modifications; PLC controlled Slug Catchers on low pressure 3-phase Gathering Systems, Smokeless Flares of various sorts, dual horizontal barrel automated Blow Cases; Instrument/Utility Air Compression Packages for Central Facilities and Well Pads, PLC controlled Bulk Production and Test Separator with Automated Switching Well Manifold; revised design for Condensate Stabilizers for increased and intermittent flow surges/capacity and heat duty, etc.
ROSETTA RESOURCES OPERATING LP September 2011 – April 2013
US Exploration, Development & Operations – Corporate Office, One BriarLake Plaza, Houston, Tx.
Sr. Production/Facilities Engineering Advisor
Led Production/Facilities Engineering Team through exploration planning and subsequent development, and full life cycle operations/surveillance of unconventional oil/gas shale plays in Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas and Southern Alberta Basin (Bakken Shale) in West-Central Montana. Worked with Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Land, Marketing, HS&E, Procurement, Regulatory plus Field Operations and Construction Groups to plan and engineer exploration and development activities and implement same, from the surface wellhead/tree to the final pipeline/sales hookups. After initial completion (usually well flowing up production casing), the Production Team/Group takes over the well to install tubing and artificial lift as needed and to work over wells as required.
Facilities included separation, processing/treating of NGL rich gas (1180 – 1400 BTU/SCF) containing 25 – 300 PPM H2S and 2% CO2, oil/condensate varying from 45 - 64 API gravity, compression and stabilization derived NGL separation/handling sales, water handling and disposal.
Job involved continued surveillance, debottlenecking and optimization/re-optimization of the facilities, equipment and compression to meet and perform efficiently and economically during the full life cycle of operations, including initial flow, artificial lift and depletion operating parameters.
Designed and installed eleven (11) Central Production Facilities (CDPs) with full processing and stabilization capabilities, increasing production from 15 KBOEPD to around 50 KBOEPD net to Rosetta Resources Working Interest.
Designed and installed a large Central Production Facility and related Oil Trucking Terminal for 20,000 BOPD Production Processing and Truck Loading Capacity for Eagle Ford Shale Asset in DeWitt County, Texas, including Gas Sales Line to ETC and gas lift buyback meter.
Worked to upgrade the Tierritas Blancas Centralized Compression Booster Station in Gates Ranch Field, Webb Co, Texas, to add compression and header capacity from 70 MMSCFD up to 180 MMSCFD, associated inlet liquids handling capacity (wet/rich gas gathering system), as well as additional NGL separation, storage and sales capacity, plus added a new fuel gas/instrument gas TEG Dehy Unit and JT Conditioning Skid.
NEXEN INC. September 2008 – September 2011
US GOM Deepwater Development (Nexen Petroleum USA Inc.) – Houston Office
Project Facilities Development Manager
Facilities Project Development Manager for OBO (Hess Operated) Pony-Knotty Head Field Development Project (formerly operated by Nexen prior to forming JV with Hess and the KHPs in 3 blocks) in 3300’ – 3500’ of water. (Project now sanctioned with Hess as Operator and renamed “Stampede”.) Project was in Select Phase of Investment Decision Stage Gate Process to investigate key strategic Focus Decisions, perform numerous studies to define designs and associated costs and schedules, and outline a methodology to select a single deepwater development concept, to include multiple built-for-purpose, standalone wet and dry tree host options, various artificial lift systems (gas lift, downhole ESPs, subsea multi-phase booster pumps), water injection, etc. Several third party subsea tieback options were considered leased solutions (such as Enterprise Products’ South Green Canyon Floating Production System semi-submersible Hub for joint/cooperative development with other Operators, William’s GulfStar FPS Classic Spar Hub concept and Exmar Offshore’s OPTI-EX 10000 single deck expandable semi-submersible FPS), but were eliminated due to host constraints/inadequacies, Host Operator reluctance/cooperation or little or no cost and schedule benefits. Was member of pre-JOA IPT Technical Integration Committee and numerous discipline-specific Technical Subcommittees to outline and execute work packages to facilitate Selection decision. Design capacities were 80 KBOPD, 120 MMSCFD, 100+ KBWPD Waterflood Injection and 3500 psig Gas Lifted Wells (probably subsea).
Project Engineer for the re-development/recovery of Green Canyon subsea wells as a result of the Host Platform (W&T Offshore’s EI-397A) being toppled/destroyed by Hurricane Ike in September of 2008. Performed FEED of fixed jacket and topsides for host platform, recovery and rerouting of subsea flowlines and umbilicals, issue of all RFQs with preparation of P.O.’s to be issued coincident with sanction and Board Approval in early December of 2009. New build platform (EI-397B) is a skirt-piled tripod jacket in 463’ of water, with three (3) subsea wells tied back to it, and designed for 10 KBOPD, 35 MMSCFD and 7.5 KBWPD. Decision was made by Nexen Management not to fund the new build option in 2009, but instead, to tie back 2 of 3 subsea wells to existing GC-52 Marquette Central Processing Platform (offsets of 11 and 13 miles) in 616’ of water instead.
Served as Nexen Facilities Lead on Appraisal Evaluation of Appomattox and Vicksburg discoveries (Shell Operated), Norphlet sour oil prospects located in about 7,000’ of water in the Eastern GOM, providing floating host, topsides and SURF conceptual development concepts to ascertain the commercial and technical feasibility of going forward into Concept Select.
EXXONMOBIL PRODUCTION September 2006 – September 2008
US Production – Small Capital Projects Group, Greens Road, Houston, Texas
Contractor/Consultant – Project Manager (Contractor for XOM through Universal Personnel)
Assisted in framing/scoping Piceance Creek Phase 1 Development Project ($275 MM for field surface production facilities and gathering system/pipelines) and coordinated/implemented using EMCAPS Gate Phases through execution and hand-over to Operations, to include: well pad surface facilities and interconnects, wet gas gathering and slug catching system, combined liquids gathering system, two major Tank Batteries for condensate treating/metering/trucking sales, produced water treating and distribution system, Parachute logistics railway base, negotiations with Enterprise Products Partners to compress and treat 200 MMSCFD of XOM Piceance Creek gas by first quarter of 2009, plus various upgrades to the existing 55 MMSCFD Piceance Creek Unit Plant (operated by XOM).
Managed various small capital projects within the existing Piceance Creek Unit Plant (a compression, CO2 removal, dehydration and hydrocarbon dewpoint control/refrigeration gas plant operated by XOM) to include the installation of a Thermal Oxidizer to handle Amine CO2 Vent Gas, Glycol Reboiler/Still Overhead Vent Gas, and Glycol Flash Tank Offgas streams to reduce overall VOC/HAP emissions by 56% and keep the PCUP facility within Title V requirements, and supporting XOM’s License to Operate
Provided Facilities Engineering and Project Management support as a Consultant to ExxonMobil’s USP Small Capital Projects Group, specifically assigned to the Piceance Creek Phase 2 implementation, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Initial capacity of Phase 1 was 55 MMSCFD, with a single ExxonMobil Gas Plant.
CONOCOPHILLIPS 2001 – 2006
LNG Regas Capital Projects Group – Upstream Technology/Global Gas -- COP Main Complex, Houston, Tx.
Staff Project Engineer – Opportunity Development Manager
Managed/coordinated the initial technical feasibility/screening level/Conceptual Engineering (FEL-0, FEL-1 and FEL-2 Pre-FEED phases) technical support efforts for new LNG Regas Terminal projects worldwide for COP in alignment with Global Gas Business Development, HSE and Stakeholder Relations Groups.
Participated in required PEER Reviews, assisted in preparing AFD (Approved for Design) and related Decision Support Package for sanction of FEED phase activities, and supported transition to newly created project specific Project Management Team.
Mid-America Business Unit Facilities Engineering Group – Lower 48 E & P – Westlake Three, Houston, Tx.
Staff Project/Facilities Engineer
Supported multi-disciplined Asset Development Team in development of COP Operated San Juan area Coal Bed Methane (CBM) and Conventional Well Programs, a fast paced development drilling 150+ wells per year in the basin. Provide Facilities and Project Engineering/Project Management for debottlenecking/modifications/ upgrades/optimizations of wellsite facilities, wet CO2 laden gas gathering system and compression stations related to continued exploitation drilling programs. Role included coordination between Asset Development Team (Geologists, Reservoir/Drilling/Production Engineers) in Houston, and Construction and Operations Groups in the field, including work with HSE, ROW, Regulatory and Procurement staff to implement the capital projects to accommodate the increased and changing production.
Planned, AFE’d, designed and constructed three (3) Central Compressor Stations (large, multi-well, piggable), 11 Satellite Compressor Stations (smaller, multi-well, non-piggable), >15 single wellhead compressors, and multiple loop lines/redirect or reroute gas as required to optimize or accelerate gas production, as well as handle production from new drills. Initiated/implemented several measures to handle increasing CBM gas well water production at low pressures, to reduce wet instrument and burner gas operating problems; minimizing downtime due to freeze-ups in harsh winter conditions.
Coordinated Feasibility Study with COP Process Engineer to model/simulate a partial Ryan-Holmes distillation process (3-column) in order to selectively extract C1 (Methane) from CO2 in a CO2 reinjection field in Southeaster New Mexico in order to recover and use as Fuel Gas (plus monetize) for natural gas engine driven reciprocating compressors rather than high OPEX electric motor driven compressors, including stripping/recovery of mixed bulk C2 + C3 and C4+ NGLs. Economics proved unfavorable.
Managed study and kicked off execution of multiple optimization and revamp projects for old vacuum gathering systems and compression, and retrograde condensate handling, in the Texas Panhandle Area, circa $40-50 MM facilities CAPEX to span 2006-2009. Estimated fuel gas savings of $3.7 MM/yr., a 30-50% reduction in O&M costs, plus an increase in volumes of 15-20% through increasing availability and by pressure reduction uplift, were targeted for this program. Study included over 70,000 BHP (305 machines) of reciprocating and screw/sliding vane and liquid ring vacuum compression.
Prepared, documented and implemented Proposed San Juan CBM & Conventional Wellsite & Compression Facilities Standard Design Packages, incorporating best practices and applicable industry design and construction codes, safety compliance checks, innovative changes (for water handling/wet gas remediation, liner loading interfaces, etc.), cost reductions, operability and constructability optimizations where practical.
Designed and installed a 15 MMSCFD J-T Treating Plant and associated post-processing booster compression in Northwest Louisiana to strip HC liquids and reduce HC dewpoint specifications to sub-40 F as required by Tennessee Gas (El Paso) Pipeline; dewater the recovered liquids, store and sale HC liquid products from pressurized LPG bullet tanks.
Designed and installed a 5,000 BWPD SWD station, offloading and disposal injection system for Appleby Field near Garrison, Texas (Lufkin area) to accommodate forecasted water production from existing and new well development program and associated high volume lift pumping units and ESPs. Installations also included SWD transfer and field gathering systems.
Project Development & FEL (Front End Loading) Group – Project Management & Infrastructure Engineering, Upstream Technology – COP Main Complex, Houston, Tx.
Staff Project/Development Engineer
Reassigned to Project Development & FEL Group as a result of post-merger reorganization. Previous Offshore Engineering & Deepwater Technology Group disbanded in June 2003.
Project Engineer to revise development planning of Rosarito LNG Regasification Terminal in North Baja California, Mexico following previous FEED work, bid preparation and Mexican Government (Semarnat) Permit denial. Included alternate land site and offshore GBS evaluations, plus revised 2-tank layout and radiant buffer zone compliance demonstration.
Managed FEL-0/1 study for LNG Regasification Terminal and CHP Power Plant in Teesside, U.K. Assisted in FEL-1 and early FEL-2 stages for Compass Port LNG Regasification Terminal, Offshore Alabama (11 miles south of Dauphin Island) and development of offshore structures and LNG Storage Tank configurations (initial send-out capacity of 1 BSCFD).
Coordinated conceptual development planning for initial oil discovery and subsequent appraisal/development activities, plus exploratory prospect evaluations for deepwater Sabah Blocks ‘G’ and ‘J’ (operated by Shell), and continued to provide Technical Support of deepwater projects and exploration activities/new ventures as they matured in Brazil, Angola, Nigeria and US Gulf of Mexico.
Offshore Engineering & Deepwater Technology Group – Project Management & Infrastructure Engineering, Upstream Technology – COP Main Complex, Houston, Tx.
Staff Development Engineer – Deepwater FEL/Project Planning & Infrastructure Integration
Reassigned to Offshore Engineering & Deepwater Technology Group following ConocoPhillips merger. Initial responsibilities include: providing Technical Engineering Support to various Business Units and New Ventures Exploration Groups for