1994
SANTA-FE DRILLING Co
Aberdeen,
Scotland
Handled the development of a variety of structural & piping
design modifications for implementation on Santa Fe's jack-up and semi- submersible
drilling rigs.
Also similar on the drilling facilities operated by
Santa Fe on the platforms of of oil/gas production companies, which included trips
offshore to Shell's first North Sea installation the Auk Platform.
Shell's Auk Platform
Link to SANTE-FE
Inc
Other Drilling Companies
visited include
KCA
Drilling Company & Loffland Nabors
Drilling
Other
Relevant Experience
Originally from a
shipbuilding background, I have considerable and varied experience in Marine
& Offshore Design and possess a disciplined approach including the
motivation to work without supervision or as a member of a project team
dedicated to the ultimate goal.
I have been very fortunate
to have been given the opportunity to gain in depth experience in a variety of
other disciplines in both the Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries. In 1975
& 76 I worked on the layout & fabrication detailing for the drilling
& process areas on the SEDCO 471 drillship and their Semi-submersible
STADRILL in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
During 1988 & 89 I
visited Tri-Ocean Eng. in Calgary, Alberta, where I produced the structural
& mechanical layout and details of the Mud Sack Storage module on the North
Sea platform Statfjord B, after completing the structural draughting on a road
transported Pea Shooter rig which I later repeated, including systems and
mechanical layouts.
Before moving to Ontario,
I prepared the conceptual design drawings of the complete topside drilling
facility for the Australian offshore platform North Rankin A, this included
design and detail covering the structural, mechanical and electrical
disciplines, 99 of the 116 completed drawings.
After working in the Earl
& Wright's San Francisco office in 1981, I was sent to Hyundai Heavy
Industries yard, Ulsan, South Korea to assist in the Engineering Co-ordination
of variations to existing 700 Series designs being incorporated in the 800
Series of Semi-Submersible Rigs.
In 1985 at Deborah
Services on Tyneside I handled the HVAC fabrication detailing on three process
modules for Marathon's Brea B platform, which including internal and external
ducting. Cape Contracts engaged me the following year to do a similar project
including the Plant Room layout & structural fan support design, when BP
retained my services till load out for installation trouble shooting on their
South East Forties platform modules on Teeside.
In 1988 I visited Durban
in South Africa to assist with the set-up of DSL Contracts offshore division who
were also engaged in the Fire Wall design, fabrication & erection as well as
the HVAC and resulting interface with A0, A60 and H120 walls and doors.
Cape Contracts recalled me
in 1991 to handle the process & accommodation HVAC systems on the Saltire,
Tiffany, Piper B and Ravenspurn platforms, often working alone from and
modifying the Flow Line Diagrams as the projects progressed.
In 1992 Pearson Reelotech
offered me the opportunity to manage the design, detailing, fabrication and
initial testing of the prototype of a retractable stairway to aid the rapid
evacuation of personnel from offshore installations down to sea level into
liferafts or rescue craft.
This was a very
interesting project to handle, having already done preliminary development on
the same concept in 1983 at Seaforth Maritime prior to the Cullen Report on the
Piper Alpha disaster. It involved the design, detailing, fabrication with
intermediate & final testing to gain the approval of Lloyds, with a
electro-mechanical lifting arrangement on a separate enclosure located on top of
the assembly storage deck house.
The stairway having been
winched up into the deck house was released when the alarm was raised or the
entry door latch was activated allowing access down the staircase, after final
testing the prototype was installed on a Conoco platform for offshore
evaluation.
In 1992 valuable
experience was gained with trips offshore to the Piper B platform during its
final stages of HVAC Commissioning leading up to the production of first oil.
During 1993 I visited Abu Dhabi for Booth Industries to supervise the erection
of A60 & H120 Firewalls for final certification.
Further commissioning was
handled in Holland on the drilling facilities of the Alba Project prior to load
out, followed by a trip to the Shell Auk platform to investigate area
pressurisation differentials to compile a report on the safety standards with
recommended modifications
In 1994 having entered the
world of CAD the previous year, when during a quiet work period I bought my
first computer paid for one on one tuition at Loughborough University, I visited
SubSea Offshore in Aberdeen for my first complete project with AutoCAD .
I was involved along with
a dedicated Engineer to complete the structural design and detail of various
pieces of heavy handling equipment to install and control the access
riser/conductors onto the top of the tether caps, which were located on the
casing below the sea level. This allowed access down through the tether of
inspection and x ray equipment for periodical inspections on the ‘Heidrun’
tension leg platform.
Recently I gained FPSO
experience at Nevesbu in Holland & Harland & Wolff in Belfast on
Bluewater's Glas Dowr and BP's Schiehallion projects also working on the design
detailing of Sedco's latest deep water semi-submersible drilling rigs at MSC in
Schiedam in The Netherlands.
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