Western Cape, South Africa
Richard has over 35 years of experience in complex oil and gas infrastructure projects across the world.
Owner of a project technical advisory services company which provides a range of services to operating and consulting business clients. Experience in various phases of projects: • Feasibility and screening studies • Conceptual studies • FEED studies • Detailed engineering/EPC • Construction support • Commissioning support & management • Plant optimization & debottlenecking • Plant troubleshooting and operations support • Technical advisory services • Technical due diligence
Responsible for leading Sacré-Davey Engineering in Africa. Lead Process Engineer on multiple SDE projects. Recent assignments include: • FEED package for a LNG bunkering facility • Process design of a bulk hydrogen and nitrogen storage to end user (laboratory) system • Design of the firefighting system for an engine oil reprocessing facility • Technical due diligence of a municipal and agricultural waste to biogas to RNG facility • Feasibility study for a canola oil transshipment facility – railcar unloading, intermediate storage, and marine loading • FEED for a DEG transshipment facility – railcar unloading, intermediate storage, and marine loading • Owners Engineer for a canola oil transshipment facility – railcar unloading, intermediate storage, and marine loading
Team Leader of the East Asia energy business based in the Hong Kong regional headquarters. Responsible for oil & gas, LNG, nuclear and renewable energy as well as to assist with transaction advisory services for the energy sector.
Provided independent project review services and/or project execution services to amongst others: • Operating Companies (leading major projects) • JV Partners (shareholders in the project but reliant on the operating company) • Lending consortia (providing the funding for the projects) • Smaller businesses that do not have the necessary resources in-house to design, execute, finance or manage a project Our project management and consulting services also assisted with: • Packaging projects to achieve financial backing • Executing projects that had been successfully financed and were ready to be executed