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PROFILE: HSE Design for Onshore and Offshore Facilities |
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2010 TurkmenGaz
South Yoloten Gas Field
Development
This multi-billion project processes 20 BCMA sour
gas into sales gas pipeline for China, plus bagged pelletised sulphur and
stabilised condensate by
rail. Petrofac responsible for infield flow-lines, Gas Treatment Units,
trunklines, Central Processing Facility, export pipeline, roads, river crossings.
2007-2008 ExxonMobil Odoptu First Stage,
This $400+ million project has the world’s
longest total length of extended reach drilling– seven wells totaling 35 km
from onshore out into the Odoptu field. Drrilling is by the world’s largest
rig - the Yastreb - which also set a record for deepest extended reach. Produced fluids are separated into oil, wet gas and re-injection water. Wet gas and oil are sent through a
two-phase pipeline under a sea bay to the existing Chayvo
facility to be processed. All produced water is
re-injected: zero discharge of water off site.
Bob conducted all
the HSE studies in the pre-FEED
optimization for Fire Protection, Fire & Gas Detection, HVAC, Blast, Noise,
RAM and Winterization. During the FEED stage he lead the teams responsible to
close all PHA action items from HAZOP, detailed design and procurement of fire
protection systems, fire & gas detection systems, implement SIS control of
HVAC. He led the 3D model review layout effort for personnel egress and mobile
fire-fighting access, and ensured all HSE manuals for construction phase and
commissioning were prepared, reviewed and implemented. A significant aspect of
this work was ensuring compliance with the Russian regulatory reviews and
documentation.
2007
ADMA-OpCo HAP Platform, Umm Schaif
Field,
This platform was intended to
be a clone of an adjacent platform, but the previous contractor had laid it out
in such a way that had access, operability and maintainability problems It forced redesign from three levels to four. Bob was brought in due to his Process & HSE background to lead every
aspect of a full Safety Case review in FEED.
Bob participated in all of the 3D model reviews to ensure firefighting,
gas detection, evacuation equipment, egress path and isolating valves were all
properly located. Bob managed 3rd-party contracts for HSE Impact Assessment,
Quantitative Risk Assessment done through UK-based ERM with HAZOP/SIL workshops
done in
1998-2005
EPA Gas STAR Update of “Lessons Learned”
As internal consultant to DynCorp – later CSC – Bob
advised multiple Work Assignment Managers for EPA. One task was review every
existing “Lessons Learned” in the Gas STAR “Recommended Tools and Practices”:
compressors, dehydrators, pipeline systems, storage systems, valve fugitives
and well operations. Updates were based on actual case study information from
Natural Gas STAR partners for cost-effective onshore methane emission
reductions
1996-1998
Mobil Corp. Global Environ, Health & Safety
Bob chaired API’s MACT
subcommittee for storage tanks, on external seal/internal floater design
options to reduce emissions for promulgated MACT rule. Under EPA’s “Emission
Inventory Improvement Program” he worked with the developer of “TANKS” software
to extend its capability to more tank designs.
1985–1987
New Zealand Synthetic Fuels
Bob designed the control
strategy and safety systems for a new 45% carbon dioxide content natural gas
line into this $1.2 billion synthetic fuels complex. The gas in this second
pipeline was then blended with pipeline natural gas feed to create a
stoichiometrically optimized reformer feed for
methanol conversion.