Houston, Texas, United States
I’m the President of 3Dent Technology, a specialized design and consulting firm supporting both the offshore oil & gas and offshore wind sectors. I’ve led engineering teams and served as CEO/Technical Director across a range of offshore ventures, including floating production systems and advanced jackup operations. My expertise has guided numerous successful projects across challenging conditions. At 3Dent, we are experts on jackups and other offshore vessels, supporting vessel owners, operators, warranty surveyors and other consultants with: • Structural integrity and leg impact studies for WTIVs and jackups • Seabed interaction modeling (touchdown loads, preloading, punch-through risk) • Fatigue, mooring, and hydrodynamic response assessments • Customized solutions that reduce operational risk and expand installation windows • Transit, Fatigue and/or Mooring analyses I have presented technical papers on WTIV touchdown loads on hard seabeds and other operational topics at the SNAME OFFSHORE SYMPOSIUM and at International Jackup Conferences, which might align with your upcoming projects or vessel upgrades. I’d welcome the opportunity to speak with your team about how we can support your WTIV operations—whether for newbuilds, modifications, or project-specific evaluations. Jose H. Vazquez, Ph.D. President, 3Dent Technology 📧 [email protected] 📞 +1 713.825.9520 Selected publications follow: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: THE JACK-UP PLATFORM Vazquez, J.H., Strachan, F. D.M. VI, Vasco de Mello, A. and Van De Putte, V. “Comparing Preloading and Punch Through Behavior of 3- vs 4-Legged Jackups” 2023 Melkowits, M. and Vazquez, J.H., “Installing a Jackup in Swell Conditions with Responses Almost Double the MoM Limits – A Case Study” 2021 Vazquez, J.H., Grasso, B.D., Gamino, M.A. and Templeton, J.S. “Seabed Modeling Effects on Jack-up Response while Going on Location” 2017 K.S. Foo and Matthew C.K. Quah , Paul Wildberger and Vazquez, J.H. “Rack Phase Difference (RPD),” INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: THE JACK-UP PLATFORM. City University, London, England, Sep 2003 SNAME OFFSHORE SYMPOSIUM Dowdy, M.J., Vazquez, J.H. and Nelson, C. “3-Stage Approach for Optimizing Coming off Location Operations.” 2018 Vazquez, J.H., Grasso, B.D., Gamino, M.A. and Templeton, J.S. “Using CEL to Account for Seabed Deformation Effects for Jack-ups Going on Location.” SNAME OFFSHORE SYMPOSIUM. Feb 2017 Vazquez J.H., Michel R.P., Alford J.H., Quah M. and Foo K.S., JACK UP UNITS A TECHNICAL PRIMER FOR THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL. 2005