Greater Houston
Over 30 years Transportation Advisory and Engineering, Marine Structures and Coastal, specializing in LNG and Bulk Liquid Ports and Marine Terminals. This includes 11 years of facilities management and operations experience, with Qatar Petroleum, responsible for port facilities planning, development and projects, including day-to-day operations and safety of Ras Laffan Port, during a period of significant growth to become the largest LNG exporting Port in the World. Key Experience: Conceptual, Master Planning, Feasibility, Site Selection, Maritime Supply Chain and Logistics, Maritime Simulation Studies. Project Management and Engineering for LNG, LPG, bulk liquid, bulk material and container port and marine terminals. Reclamation, dredging and breakwater design and construction projects, coastal & ocean engineering and permitting. Master Planning, Concept Design, FEED, Detailed Design and Construction of jetty and berth structures and port facilities. Mooring and fender systems, loading, metering and pipe rack structures. Quay gravity wall and deck on pile civil marine sub-structures, topside facilities, roadway and bridge structures, earth retaining structures, seawater pump house, intake & outfall structures, pipeline installations and shore crossing. Structural analysis, concrete design, steel design and civil design. Deep excavations and foundation design. Geotechnical and geophysical investigations. Specialties: • Specialist maritime knowledge • Port conceptual and master plan studies • Strategic planning and development projects • Supply Chain and Distribution • Logistics and simulation studies • Berth utilization and capacity analysis • Operations and maintenance, asset management • Performance testing, optimization of operational and financial performance KPI. As a Ports & Terminals Consultant, I am passionate about planning, designing and delivering optimized port and marine terminal solutions, for all commodity types.
Civil / Structural Marine Engineer specializing in strategic planning, technical leadership, and full project delivery of major port, LNG, and marine terminal infrastructure projects. Experienced across the full asset lifecycle, integrating business-level consulting with deep expertise in marine structures, coastal and ocean engineering, terminal infrastructure, marine environmental sciences, and constructability-driven design assurance. Served as Lead Marine Engineer / Owner’s Engineer for Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG Phase 1 & 2 and Calcasieu Pass LNG Phase 1, 2 & 3 developments in Louisiana, providing marine technical assurance and owner’s review from Basis of Design through detailed engineering and construction support. Key responsibilities included review and coordination of coastal studies, metocean assessments, mooring analyses, marine structural design, dredging works, flood protection systems, and marine logistics infrastructure. Projects included LNG berths for carriers up to 185,000m³, loading platforms, breasting and mooring dolphins, pipeway and roadway trestles, spill containment structures, storm surge walls, levee interfaces, and heavy-duty marine offloading facilities supporting RO/RO and LO/LO operations. Strong experience in resilient coastal infrastructure and climate adaptation measures, including braced steel sheet pile floodwalls designed to mitigate hurricane storm surge, wave action, and long-term sea level rise impacts on critical energy infrastructure. Recognized for delivering practical, cost-effective, and technically robust solutions through multidisciplinary coordination, risk-based engineering, stakeholder engagement, and alignment between owners, EPC contractors, and specialist consultants.
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Container Terminal and Port Expansion, Conceptual Design Study based on throughput projections for the next 20 years. A key component of this expansion will be the establishment of an Offshore Container Terminal, including the terminal infrastructure and container handling equipment, to facilitate development into a regional transshipment hub. Developed alternative layout Options, which have been evaluated for the estimated CAPEX, OPEX, efficiency, dredging, reclamation quantities, construction risk. Responsible for performing a Berth and Yard Capacity Analysis for the projected container throughput volumes. The final recommendation was based on the outcomes of both a high level Cost and Schedule Comparison of all Options, as part of the detailed evaluation of the different options. LNG Floating Storage and Regasification FSRU Project, USA. LNG Marine Lead, for a Port to Mine LNG Systems and Logistics Study, a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was performed as part of the detailed evaluation of five options considered. LNG Regasification Project to provide revaporized natural gas for power generation and LNG for fueling of the Mine Hauling Fleet, at port and remote mine site. LNG Plant and Terminal Facility, Africa. LNG Marine Lead, for a Master Plan Concept and Early Works Constructability Review of the LNG Berths Layout, Multi-purpose Dock, Materials Offloading Facility, Subsea Support and Tug Berths. LNG Storage and Regasification Plant and Marine Receiving Terminal Facility, USA, Project Manager, for the Technical, Environmental & Safety Due Diligence Study of an existing LNG Regasification Plant and Marine Terminal. Thermal Coal Port Project, Colombia. Port Area Manager – Port (PMC) for the management and delivery of technical studies for both the landside stockpile yard and marine Coal Export Terminal comprised of a 2.9km trestle access jetty and 2No berths.
Wheatstone LNG Plant Project, Western Australia. Responsible for subcontract formation, negotiations and award of three marine Subcontracts, for a Materials Offloading Facility (MOF) and Rubble Mound Breakwater, LNG & Condensate Product Loading Facility (PLF), Approach Channel Dredging, together with associated Roads, Buildings and Infrastructure.
Ras Laffan Industrial Port is today the largest LNG and GTL exporting Port in the World, both in physical size and volume of product exports. Responsibilities included all Port Infrastructure - planning, design and construction, ensuring that the necessary Port Infrastructure is in place to meet the anticipated growth of Ras Laffan Industrial City and the planned increase in LNG, GTL, LPG, Hydrocarbon and Petrochemical exports.