Dr Nikolaos Photiou

Structural Engineer

Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom

About

Nikolaos has over 10 years of experience in the design and analysis of the riser and pipeline systems, including Flexibles, Top Tensioned and Hybrids Risers, Tie-in Spools, Wall Thickness, Free Spans, Cathodic Protection, On-Bottom Stability and On-Bottom Roughness / Installation. Nikolaos has key skills in the Design and Analysis of different offshore engineering systems particularly with Flexible and Rigid Risers, Umbilical Systems and Pipelines. Nikolaos also has considerable experience using advance engineering software including OrcaFlex, Flexcom, AutoPIPE, AutoCAD and Mathcad to assist in most aspects of riser and pipeline design. The geographical range of experience includes North Sea, West Africa, Caspian and Asia Pacific. Skill Set: • Subsea Riser System Design (Rigid and flexible) • Installation Analysis (S-lay, J-lay and reel lay) • Subsea Risers and Umbilical Damage and Fatigue Life Estimation • Pipeline Design and Stress Analysis • Working knowledge of international oil and gas design codes such as ASME,API, ISO, DNV,etc • Technical Report preparation • Managing Interfacing with Client • Bid Support - preparation of method statements and CTRs Software Competency Skills: • OrcaFlex for flexible and rigid risers, flowline, mooring, umbilical and cables analysis • OrcaLay for subsea installation analysis • AutoPIPE for pipeline stress analysis for both offshore and onshore applications • MathCAD and VBA for engineering calculations & design • Microsoft office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Photoshop element)

Experience

  • Riser Lead Engineer at Saipem
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Structural Design Engineer at Waldon Telecom
    Dec 2018 - Oct 2024 · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Senior Design Engineer at NET Coverage Solutions Ltd
    Mar 2016 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Senior Analysis Engineer at Magma Global Ltd | m-pipe® subsea carbon fibre composite pipe
    Jun 2015 - Oct 2015 · 5 mos

    • Managed and organised research projects with direct client contact. • Prepared and reviewed hand calculations and FEA results. • Prepared and reviewed technical reports and proposals for different projects. • Performed pipe sizing analysis for a range of composite pipes and pressure ratings. • Prepared and performed jumper spool analysis for different pipe sizes and lengths.

  • Senior Riser Engineer at Peritus International Ltd
    May 2010 - Apr 2015 · 5 yrs

    My key responsibilities are the design and analysis of different offshore engineering systems particularly with Flexible and Rigid Risers, Umbilical Systems and Pipelines. Additionally, co-ordinating the activities within Peritus, as well as those carried out by individual project partners, many of whom are leading UK, European and Global Oi and Gas companies and engineering consultancies and contributing in the development and testing of specialist software.