OFFSHORE OIL & GAS ENGINEERING

• Manufacturing design drawings of an ROV friendly subsea lifting tool.
• Mezzanine deck design calculations and fabrication drawings.
• Life extension study including plan for maintenance, repair and replacement of topsides static equipment, rotating equipment, electrical and controls systems, POB and projected cost for 4 major floating assets.
• Mechanical Engineering supporting details for rigging, turning sheaves and stinger components.
• Flow assurance and vibration calculations review.
• Linear Motion Seal; Root Cause Analysis and design review.
• Root Cause Analysis for a high pressure dynamic seal.
• Comprehensive design reviews crossing hydrodynamics, structure and mechanical systems and components.
• Detailed risk analysis and life extension evaluation for a tower yoke mooring system.
• Detailed design of mechanical components for a tower yoke mooring system.
• Life extension and risk based repair recommendations for single point mooring systems.
• Detailed disassembly, inspection, repair, reassembly and testing procedures for heavy duty offshore mechanical equipment.
• Design and calculations for custom deck equipment for oil platform decommissioning.
• Material handling design basis.
• Hydrocarbon vent stack release dispersion analysis and report using Phast.
• Pipe wall thickness calculations per ABS SVRs, IMO IGC, ASME B31.1 and B31.3.
• Pipe and valve specifications for high pressure low temperature hydrocarbon cargo handling.
• Life extension risk based maintenance and contingency spares assessment and strategy.
• Disassembly, inspection assembly and testing maintenance procedures for internal mooring turret mechanical components.
• HP Piping vibration analysis, calculation of natural frequencies and mitigation.
• Offshore lifting device verification calculations.
• Rigging and handling maintenance procedures, calculations and drawings.
• Patent applied for novel yoke mooring arrangement.
• Patent approval for a novel semi-submersible brace connection. Patent. US Patent 9902464, further information here:
  • http://www.patentbuddy.com/Patent/US-9902464-B2?ft=true&sr=true
  • http://www.3denttech.com/news/patented_connection
• MODU conversion to well intervention vessel, study, market survey, cap-ex and op-ex estimates.
• Pump and motor selection for optimum performance.
• MinDOC Hull and Hull Systems Design and Construction (prior to C+C).
• Design, design review, model testing, shipyard detailing and subcontractor interfacing for Q5000 and Q7000 Well Intervention Vessels (prior to C+C).

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ENGINEERING AND LAND OIL & GAS

• PE qualification of access platforms for ASME tanks to OSHA, AISC and ASCE codes and standards.
• Latex glove manufacturing plant engineering design:  Structural, piping calculations, PFDs, P&IDs, piping details, piping and valve specifications, electrical engineering, electrical panel specification, one-line diagrams, load list and calculations, technical interface management, instrumentation and controls system and control panel design, dumpster enclosure design and ventilation analysis and design.
• Site supervision / Owner's representative for steel mill piping systems.
• Civil PE review and optimization of mezzanine structure.
• Critical path schedule development and programming.
• Calculation review of ventilation ducting.
• Flow Induced Vibration and Excitation calculation review.
• Dual fuel study comparing technical capabilities and cost of ownership for two x piston driven and one x industrial turbine driven generators.
• Arctic drill rig conceptual design, HVAC, equipment list, weight estimate, electrical load list, hydraulic load list and general arrangement support.
• Land drill rig FEED study, including weight estimate, PFD design, P&ID design, HVAC design and equipment sizing and selection.
• Detailed design, component and material specification for a HP Mud system to API Std 6A and API-RP-53.
• Drill rig equipment lists and weight estimates.
• Mousehole elastic/plastic energy absorbing device specification and drawing.

ENGINEERING ANALYSIS & MODELING

• Development of a project specific consequence-based vibration acceptance criteria, for oil and gas equipment.
• Heat transfer and thermal system modeling.
• Thermodynamic and heat transfer, transient time-step modeling of -40 deg F pressure vessels, subject to flooding, to check for ice formation, for API RP 521 PRV sizing.
• Vent and blowdown line sizing calculations, based on two phase pressure drop.
• PRV sizing per API Std. 521, for supercritical fluid and system simulation using PRO/II.
• High pressure, low temperature, leak before break evaluation per API 579.
• Auto refrigeration brittle fracture assessment per API 579.
• Caesar II load cases and analysis, large diameter low temperature pipe manifold.
• Structural and mechanical calculation report verification and PE approval.
• Repeat business for CA and QRA reports.
• Consequence Analysis (using DNV Phast) and Quantitative Risk Assessment, submitted to ABS, per Submittal 3 requirements of the ABS Guide for Vessels Intended to carry CNG in bulk. Canary software offered as an alternative.
• High pressure, low temperature pressure vessel reliability study, using Limit State Analysis per API-RP-579.
• Failure probabilities using @Risk Monte Carlo simulation.
• Pipe network modeling, analysis and what-if studies, using PipeFlow software.
• Field flow and pressure measurement to calibrate model, using a Transit Time Ultrasonic Flow Meter.
• Pressure vessel qualification and reliability analysis per NACE0175 and ASME VIII Div 1.
• Analysis of cribbing to hull interface, shell plating, bulkhead and web structural analysis and design report.
• Dropped object analysis and effects mitigation.
• Gas dispersion modeling of diesel engine exhaust, re-design for deck crew comfort and health, using Phast Lite.
• High Pressure Mud piping vibration analysis and remediation, using Caesar II for modal analysis and code check after pipe new supports added.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• Calculations review of API 650/653 tank calculation template analyzed to API 650, API 653 and API 579.
• Regulatory review and impact report for siting of flammable gas processing facility.
• Trouble shooting, analysis and design modifications for vibration problems involving:  Ship propulsion/structure interaction, stick-slip behavior of bearings and dynamic seals, HP piping systems (2 stand pipes and one HP manifold using Caesar II dynamics analysis).
• ASME B31.3 Code check for life extension, including inspection, calculation sheets and acceptance criteria for High Pressure piping.
• Heat transfer and thermodynamic calculations to troubleshoot a non-performing cooling system.
• Lifting skid calculation review, comment, correction and PE approval stamp.
• Qualification of piping materials for lower temperature service.
• Wall thickness calculations per ASME B31.3.
• Calculations per ASME 30.20, ASME BTH-1, AISC steel Construction Manual and RCSC Standard.
• Pipe stress calculations from first principals and using Caesar II.
• Structural calculation review, comment and approval.

MOORING, RIGGING AND MECHANICAL HANDLING

• Root Cause Analysis and FEA specifications for a failed chain link.
• Design review of novel yoke mooring system.
• Design review facilitator of submerged yoke mooring systems.
• Design review of novel semi-permanent rigging arrangement for an offshore mooring system.
• Mechanical handling design basis.
• Guideline for buoy swivel seal replacement, including rigging and lifting frame design.
• Detailed mechanical design and analysis report for high-line swivel sheave manufacture and testing.
• Calculations, analysis and review of lifting skid and rigging designs.

LITIGATION SUPPORT

• Consultation in boating incident wrongful death litigation
• Preparation of expert witness testimony for an oil well blow-out incident.
• Offshore platform survey and expert witness testimony.
• Preparation of expert witness testimony for an incident involving the loss of an offshore drill rig.

SHIPYARD FACILITIES PLANNING AND DESIGN

• Drydock certification to higher capacity rating.
• 50 RGT twin screw tug, characteristics and pricing.
• Drydock blocking arrangement drawing, analysis and modeling.

CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY, REGULATORY AND STANDARDS COMPLIANCE

• Regulatory review and impact study for siting and equipment arrangement of a gas blending plant; identifying 6 federal, 4 state and 3 county entities having jurisdiction, invoking 50 codes and standards.
• ABS Bulk CNG Guide, Submittals 2, 3 and 4 for Novel Concepts.
• Caesar II Piping Flexibility and Stress Analysis training certificate to ASME B31.3.
• Pressure vessel analysis training certificate to ASME BPVC VIII Div 1 and 2. Use of Compress software for code checking and reporting.

BUSINESS SERVICES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Provided field supervision and progress reporting for new construction of a steel mill.
• Developed critical path schedule for manufacturing plant facilities installation.
• Provided org chart, roles and responsibilities for facilities installation project team structure.
• Developed interface management matrix for tracking issues required to progress engineering.
• Developer of business processes and all contracts for a medical personnel recruitment start-up.
• Leading contract negotiator and highest producer in fast track medical insurance network development program.
• Sales presentation, to PeMex with Norwegian Technology Innovation Group, Mexico City, as manufacturer’s representative.
• Pitch to VC firms: Occidental, GE Venture, Chevron Technology, Conoco Philips, Apache and BP.
• Generated tools linked with client database facilitating monthly review of operational performance.
• Delivered custom configurable waterfall equity/ multi-hurdle financial model to forecast client return distributions.
• Executed buy/sell analysis on $165MM multi-family investment portfolio delivering multi-stage exit strategy unlocking $52.7MM in additional returns and boosting project IRR from 13.5% to 17.0%.
• Delivered real estate acquisition model linking proforma through to waterfall and ability to test multi-scenario exit and sensitivity analysis.
• Developed concept, budget and project returns of multi-family development and presented to PE firms.
• Co-authored block chain case study.