United Kingdom
I am a degree qualified, Chartered Engineer with approx. 35 years’ experience in the design, installation, operation, management and decommissioning of subsea production equipment and subsea systems. I am currently working as a Lead Subsea Engineer with CNR International. I have also previously worked as a Subsea Engineering Consultant for Vermilion Exploration & Production Ireland Limited (4 months) who are the Operator of the Corrib gas field off Ireland’s west coast. I was responsible for planning and managing subsea work scopes aimed at safeguarding asset integrity and maximising operational uptime across subsea production systems. I have also previously worked as a Senior Subsea Decommissioning Engineer for TAQA (3 years) who are a leading Operator in late-life operations and wide-scale decommissioning. I was involved in all aspects of TAQA’s Subsea Infrastructure Disconnection Project which covered the activities to flush, isolate, disconnect subsea wells and infrastructure, and to remove sections of pipelines, umbilicals and small structures as part of TAQA's overall programme of de-energisation and disembarkation from the fixed host Platforms. In previous roles at TAQA (~12 years) I have been the Subsea Team Lead responsible for the management of all subsea activities on TAQA’s Northern North Sea and Central North Sea assets providing leadership and direction to the Subsea team to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of subsea projects and ensuring all activities are in full compliance with TAQA policies and industry regulatory requirements. In my prior role working as the Subsea Subject Matter Expert/Technical Authority I provided expertise and technical assurance to subsea projects, primarily focusing on front-end project definition. I have previously worked as a Senior Subsea Operations Engineer for Shell in Aberdeen (~ 7 ½ years), where I was responsible for the planning, management and the implementation of subsea intervention work required in support of subsea integrity and construction activities. I have also worked for several Subsea Installation Contractors; specialising in ROV intervention operations and tooling, and pipeline project work (~ 4 years), I have also worked abroad in Italy on a deepwater installation project (~2 years). My career in subsea engineering commenced with a major subsea equipment manufacturer where I was involved in all aspects of the design, manufacture, repair and operation of Xmas trees, Wellhead systems and associated subsea production equipment (~ 6 years).
Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland Limited are the Ireland-based operating subsidiary of Vermilion Energy and have been a partner in the Shell Corrib Project since 2009 before becoming the Operator of the asset in 2018. The Corrib natural gas field is situated approximately 83km off the Northwest coast of Ireland, the subsea field comprises of 6 gas wells connected to a common manifold in approximately -350m water depth. Gas is delivered onshore to the Bellanaboy gas terminal via an 83km 20” gas export pipeline. Subsea Engineer (Consultant) supporting the Subsea Operations and Maintenance Lead, Pipeline TA and other discipline leads to ensure reliability and availability of the Corrib subsea production system. I am responsible for planning and managing subsea work scopes aimed at safeguarding asset integrity and maximising operational uptime across the Corrib subsea production system.
I am currently involved in all aspects of TAQA’s Subsea Infrastructure Disconnection Project which covers the activities to; flush, isolate, disconnect subsea wells and infrastructure, and to remove sections of pipelines, umbilicals and small structures as part of our overall decommissioning plans. The Project has selected the use of teatherless remote pipeline Isolation Plugs as the primary technical solution to provide inline isolations to allow TAQA’s live gas pipelines to be cut and a permanent pressure retaining End Cap to be installed. As the Pipeline Isolation Equipment Delivery Manager I am currently responsible for package managing the provision of pipeline isolation equipment which is critical to achieving disconnection of 3 gas pipelines and key to TAQA's overall plans for de-energisation and disembarkation from our fixed host Platforms.
Responsible for delivering a high-profile subsea CAPEX project to restore production to an on-template well that had been shut-in since Q4 2020 due to a significant integrity issue. The key aims of the Project were to restore system integrity and then safeguard future production by re-routing production via a newly installed flowline external to the manifold structure and thus by-passing any potential future integrity threats. I was responsible for the management of all activities associated with delivering this late life Project.
Subsea Team Lead responsible for the management of all subsea activities undertaken by the Subsea Team, provision of leadership and direction to the Subsea team to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of subsea OPEX, CAPEX and ABEX projects ensuring all activities are in full compliance with TAQA policies and industry regulatory requirements.
Senior Subsea Operations Engineer responsible for managing subsea installation contractors to ensure all subsea maintenance and integrity work was executed safely; successfully and on schedule.
ROV Subsea Intervention Engineer responsible for managing all aspects of the onshore Engineering and Operations Support for Shell operated ROV tooling packages and associated offshore ROV intervention operations.