€650/day•Specialist
SUMMARY – Engineering Experience and Expertise Simon is a Chartered Engineer
specialising in chemical and process engineering. He has extensive experience
throughout the world on high-profile projects with experience in project
development as well as design through to commissioning. He provides expert
advice and technical assessments to government agencies and energy companies.
Simon has extensive experience in a career spanning over 38 years. He works in
the process industries, mainly but not exclusively in oil and gas, with
experience on projects from feasibility and concept studies through to
commissioning and operation. He has strong experience and expertise in
engineering and design of offshore and onshore projects. He has expertise in oil
production and processing including production and flow assurance, material
selection and corrosion, oil/ gas/ water 3 phase separation, oil stabilisation,
oil dehydration, pumping, metering, pipelines. He has expertise in gas
processing that includes gas dehydration, gas sweetening, mercury removal,
cryogenic gas dewpointing, gas compression, and utilities such as fuel oil and
fuel gas treatment. He has good knowledge of offshore fixed, subsea, and
floating structures used in field development such as FPSO, FSO, jacket, spar,
TLP, and risers as required for shallow water, deep water, and ultra-deep water
fields. He has good knowledge of Flow Assurance and experience with a variety of
fluids including sour oil and gas, heavy oil, waxy, emulsifying oil and HPHT. He
is familiar with many national and international regulations, recommended
practices, codes, and standards. He has good experience of cost estimating as
well as economic assessment during concept selection and operational asset
reviews. He has specialised computer software skills with cost estimating
software such as QUE$TOR. This includes preliminary project schedules and cost
phasing. He also has experience of asset valuation during Acquisition and
Disposal and limited experience of portfolio modelling. He has also assessed the
value of information from proposed appraisal drilling. He is experienced in the
application of project development procedures such as opportunity framing and
stage-gate peer reviews and has experience of value engineering, the management
of studies and small teams. He has worked on FEED studies and detailed design
projects as well as plant commissioning and start-up. Simon can prepare and
deliver presentations to a variety of audiences and has some good technical
report writing skills. He has a good understanding of geoscience, reservoir,
production, and well engineering in field development as well as other surface
engineering disciplines such as mechanical and piping encountered in production
process facilities.
Engineer, Other
