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SUMMARY:Joint Facilities Group & Flow Assurance Technical Section Technical Evening - Wax Measurements and Modelling Uncertainties
DESCRIPTION:Wax Measurements and Modelling Uncertainties \nby  Dr Bazlee Matzain\, Principal Consultant\, Flow Assurance\, Wood \nThe potential for wax deposition is traditionally assessed by integrating wax measurement with production system modelling.  Most of the current state-of-the-art laboratory methods and the widely accepted modelling techniques have been successfully used to assess the likelihood and severity of wax deposition in production systems. However\, there are still some key uncertainties resulting in undesirable outcomes. This talk will outline the known unknowns and the available techniques that can be used to resolve these uncertainties in. The aim of this talk is to evaluate what is still needed to resolve these uncertainties. \n About Dr Bazlee Matzain: A specialist in flow assurance engineering with more than 25 years of oil-gas industry experience. He has been involved in numerous complex flow assurance issues/trouble-shooting\, field operations\, and optimization studies. His work experience includes being a researcher for PETRONAS\, a lead flow assurance engineer for a large engineering company and a consulting manager for a software engineering company. He was the lead researcher that developed the “MATZAIN” wax deposition model currently used in OLGA. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toledo and MSc and PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/facilities-group-wax-measurements-and-modelling-uncertainties-technical-evening/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20180320T161500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20180320T173000
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SUMMARY:Joint AINDT & SPE Facilities Group Technical Evening - Modular Robotic Technologies for Adaptive Inspection Solutions by Jeff Christopherson
DESCRIPTION:Oil and Gas assets managers are under continuous pressure to maintain a safe and profitable infrastructure in the face of ageing assets\, reduced budgets and increased safety demands. NDT technologies provide data to inform decision makers on how best to achieve their goals and further\, these technologies hold the potential to provide intelligence from areas that were never before assessable – if you could just GET them there…. but getting a new technology to the target area can present a challenge for robotics integrators. \n  \nInuktun’s Multi Mission Modular (IM3™) technology lends itself well to the challenge of deploying NDT systems into previously inaccessible\, confined or hazardous spaces. This presentation will review several case studies where robotic solutions were developed to deploy NDT technologies into these forbidding areas\, and touch upon future developments to take data collection even further. \nBy: Jeff Christopherson is Technical Sales Manager at Inuktun Services Ltd\, Nanaimo B.C. Canada. Jeff’s experience as an engineer in the film and television industry has given him an extensive knowledge of electronic\, mechanical and optical systems. This knowledge allows Jeff to fulfil his role as technical liaison between Inuktun and its clients. During his 5+years in this role\, he has been involved in the analysis of many unique customer requirements\, and in the determination of an Inuktun solution to satisfy those requirements.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/joint-aindt-spe-facilities-group-technical-evening-modular-robotic-technologies-for-adaptive-inspection-solutions-by-jeff-jeff-christopherson/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20180220T161500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20180220T173000
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SUMMARY:Facilities Group -  Technical Event! - Blockchain\, Worth the Hype.
DESCRIPTION:Blockchain\, Worth the Hype. Presented by Rowan Fenn\, from Rise-X.IO \nAbout the Presentation: A blockchain provides an immutable record of transactions performed across a network without the need to rely on an intermediary. While this seems a fairly benign function\, blockchain technologies have the potential to fundamentally change the structure of the industry\, impacting traditional value chains and the complex supply chains that serve them. \nThe transactional capabilities of this group of technologies enables the coordination of loosely coupled assets\, companies and individuals in order to achieve collective goals. Effective industrial blockchains enable industry and cross industry collaboration\, resource sharing and optimization and ultimately\, industrial and supply chain automation. Productivity is the ultimate beneficiary. \nIn this session\, Rowan will provide an overview of this group of technologies\, share why he believes the hype is worth the hype\, and discuss how blockchain technology may feasibly be applied to oil and gas industry. \nAbout Rowan: Rowan Fenn is a scientist by vocation and by nature. He found curiosity to be a cure for his boredom\, but alas found no cure for his curiosity. Rowan has a keen interest in knowing and the possible both of which feed his curiosity. He is the co-founder of rise-x.io\, an industrial blockchain company developing a digital marketplace for industrial products and services. \nPrior to founding rise-x.io\, Rowan spent 10 years working with Accenture in their Energy Strategy practice. He focused on the upstream oil and gas industry where he had the privilege of working with some of the world’s largest and most admired energy companies across the hydrocarbon value chain and the asset lifecycle\, and with many different people and cultures in locations across the globe. \nOriginally from South Africa\, Rowan lives in Perth with his Wife and two (Australian) sons. He holds a B.Sc in Biochemistry and Microbiology\, a Postgraduate degree in Biotechnology\, and is a CIMA certified business accountant (Cert BA).
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/facilities-group-technical-event-blockchain-worth-the-hype/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161115T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161115T180000
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SUMMARY:Technical Evening - Challenges in Handling Increased Water Production in Matured Gas Condensate Facilities
DESCRIPTION:Challenges in Handling Increased Water Production in Matured Gas Condensate Facilities By Wally Georgie From Maxoil Solutions \nIt is often the case when developing gas condensate fields\, the facilities to separate and treat produced water are not fully considered in the design.  This is due to the fact that most gas condensate fields will not produce formation water until later on in the production life; condensed water will be produced throughout the production life but is at low ratio in relation to the gas production rate.  In subsea production systems where hydrate control is required continuously\, most of the condensed water is handled together with the recovery and regeneration of the hydrate inhibitor such as MEG.  In some cases\, LDHI or methanol is used instead and can provide additional challenges with the Produced Water treatment. \nIf the necessary produced water separation and treatment system is not fully developed in the initial design of the process\, handling the water can be very challenging due to lack of suitable treatment facilities as well as the difficulties in treating it in conventional PW handling facilities. Produced water treatment requirements in gas condensate facilities is different from produced water in crude oil systems.  The produced water treatment should take into account the configuration and design of the separation train of the system as it will have a major impact on the selection of the downstream facilities. \nDifferences in produced water can include low salinity\, tight/secondary emulsions\, small condensate droplets\, chemical used\, high pressure drop\, low temperatures etc.  Due to these challenges common technologies may not be effective in handling PW in gas condensate systems. \nThis presentation will address the different handling issues and the optimum approach in treating the produced water in gas condensate production facilities. \nWally has worked for over 37 years in different areas of oil and gas production facilities\, including corrosion control\, flow assurance\, fluid separation\, separator design\, gas handling and produced water both onshore and offshore.  He started his career in oil and gas services sector in 1978 based in the UK and working globally with different production issues then joined Statoil as senior staff engineer and later as technical advisor in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea till 1999. Working as part of operation team on oil and gas production facilities key focus areas included optimization\, operation trouble-shooting\, de-bottlenecking\, oil water separation\, slug handling\, process verification\, internal corrosion control\, chemical management and flow assurance and myriad other fluid and gas handling issues. He then started working in March 1999 as a consultant globally both offshore and onshore in conventional and unconventional oil and gas operation matters
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/technical-evening-challenges-in-handling-increased-water-production-in-matured-gas-condensate-facilities/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160816T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160816T180000
DTSTAMP:20160803T082718Z
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SUMMARY:OGFG - Oil & Gas Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) - Comparison of Australian and Other First World Oil & Gas Industry Practices
DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines the post-treatment management of Oil & Gas NORM (predominantly Radium-26 & Radium-228 in oil producing facilities and Pb-210 in gas producing facilities) within Australia compared with other mature jurisdictions with radioactive and nuclear material handling industries. \nOil and gas radioactive waste storage in Australia is not subject to any prescriptive restrictions with regard to timeliness of disposal and as such managed on a case by case basis\, normally underpinned by the expectation that a solution will present itself in the near future. Currently\, there is no commercially or Government run intractable waste disposal facility available to industries across all state\, territory and Commonwealth jurisdictions within Australia. \nThis combination has led to the on-going ‘temporary’ storage of radioactive material pending an inexpensive\, easy and local disposal solution\, akin to that for non-hazardous waste stream. Firm plans for this type of facility are yet to appear and are not forecast for the near future. \nWhile not specifically prohibited in Australia\, ‘speculative accumulation’ is an on-going liability for the generator of the material\, members of the public or the environment in the vicinity of the stored material and the state/territory government in which it is being stored. \nComparison with other jurisdictions such as the United States (under 40 CFR 261 & 10 CFR 61) shows that the on-going storage and continual growth of material stockpiles\, is identified as a major risk for solid wastes and mixed wastes that include radioactive components and is generally not permissible. \nBy Dean Crouch\, Radiation Services Manager at Oceaneering  \nDean has provided high-level advice and consultation in occupational hygiene\, radiation safety and safety management systems to the oil&gas and mining sectors for the last 10 years. Having held roles on both sides of the regulatory fence on the subject of specialised radiation safety with industrial sealed sources and NORM waste material produced during oil& gas and mining production and decommissioning. Dean has also been lead project advisor/manager for the only two large-scale oil produced NORM disposal campaigns to leave Australia for final disposal overseas. \n 
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/ogfg-oil-gas-naturally-occurring-radioactive-materials-norm-comparison-of-australian-and-other-first-world-oil-gas-industry-practices/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160719T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160719T180000
DTSTAMP:20160713T221502Z
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SUMMARY:OGFG - July Technical Talk - Sign of the Times: The Graduate Conundrum
DESCRIPTION:In the current challenging market one of the first areas to suffer are graduate programs and graduate recruitment. This responds to immediate needs and pressures without recognizing the future impact when growth returns\, i.e. the challenge to rebuild without breadth\, core capabilities\, Company knowledge and young talent to support the expansion. The better solution is to invest in their development now to support the future\, but how do you make them effective and keep them engaged and busy. This presentation looks at some of the issues we face with the current market and how you might develop effectively for the future. \nAbout the Presenter: \n \nEvan Boyle has lived and worked in Perth for 25 years and has been involved in many of WA’s significant Offshore Oil and Gas Developments. For the last 14 years he has worked for Technip\, and as VP Engineering\, headed its Onshore\, Offshore and Sub Sea engineering activities. He was also a member of Technip’s Executive Committee\, where his roles included Talent Management and the development of the Graduate Program. \n  \nKnowledge Transfer and development of Engineers has always been a passion of Evan’s and this effort was rewarded in 2014 when Technip’s Graduate Program was voted in the top 5 Australian Graduate Programs in the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) survey. Evan now leads Graduate Development Solutions and is working with Companies such as ARV to improve their Graduates’ effectiveness\, capability and loyalty.
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/ogfg-july-technical-talk-sign-of-the-times-the-graduate-conundrum/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160621T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160621T180000
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SUMMARY:Facilities Group - June Technical Talk. Performance prediction and management of a degraded mooring system.
DESCRIPTION:Performance Prediction and Management of a Degraded Mooring System. \nIn 2013 OMV commenced an inspection campaign to baseline the condition of the mooring for the FPSO Raroa in the Maari field off New Zealand. During this campaign extensive damage was discovered in a number of the mooring legs. This damage threatened the integrity of the mooring and OMVs ability to safely produce onto the asset. A partial repair was conducted in 2013 but further damaged re-occurred in an unrepaired leg over the subsequent year. A final\, complete\, repair was completed early in 2016 which corrected the issues in the mooring and positioned it to perform its duty for the remaining life of the field. Through out this period of actual damage and predicted degradation an extensive campaign of monitoring\, modeling and inspection was conducted to evaluate risk levels\, support decisions on project timing and demonstrate sufficient integrity remained to produce. This presentation outlines some of the methods and approaches used during this campaign\, discusses some of the lessons learned and gives insights into management of badly behaved moorings. \n \nBy Stuart Wales\, Principal Engineer\, AMOG Consulting PTY \nMr Stuart Wales has over 20 years experience in the offshore industry\, covering a range of sectors from subsea development and deep-water installation through to R&D. Mr Wales was a Project Manager on The West Seno Mooring Project which won AMOG an Engineering Excellence Award in 2011\, and project managed AMOGs support to OMV in managing and mitigating the degraded mooring on the Maari FPSO. He is currently an Associate Director and Principal Engineer at AMOG Consulting \nThanks to Our Venue Sponsor:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/facilities-group-june-technical-talk-performance-prediction-and-management-of-a-degraded-mooring-system/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160517T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160517T183000
DTSTAMP:20160418T071516Z
CREATED:20160129T062238Z
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SUMMARY:SPE Facilities Group & AINDT Technical Evening - RVI Revolution. How it's reducing risk\, time & costs in our industry.
DESCRIPTION:Title: RVI REVOLUTION. How it’s reducing risk\, time & costs in our industry. \n  \nAbstract: Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) has evolved from a ‘nice to have’ to an industry expectation. In fact\, it’s such a focus in some areas for RVI that a benchmark target of 2020 is the date set for confined space entry elimination on some Oil & Gas Facilities. RVI has been evolving in highly technical and specialized industries such as aviation and nuclear for decades\, proving its benefits through quality\, risk-reducing inspection programs and ultimately cost saving. Now\, this technology is exploding in our industry bringing the same benefits; a few success stories will show how to overcome the major RVI challenges in today’s facilities. The goal of how to enter\, how to acquire\, and increasingly more important\, how to get there safely. \n  \n \nAbout Jason: he worked for more than 20 years domestically and internationally on installations\, commissioning\, and start-up managing multi-disciplined activities involving the use of technology. He previously held roles within Woodside\, Alcoa\, and Chevron. And projects in Australia\, Singapore\, Thailand\, Kuwait\, Ghana\, and Dubai\, in 2014 Jason launched Nexxis with a vision of bringing state-of-the-art equipment combined with technical know-how into Australia and New Zealand. \nThanks to Our Venue Sponsor:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/spe-facilities-group-aindt-technical-evening-rvi-revolution-how-its-reducing-risk-time-costs-in-our-industry/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Lina Velosa":MAILTO:lina.velosa@nexxis.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160419T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160419T180000
DTSTAMP:20160404T014059Z
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SUMMARY:Facilities Group Technical Evening - Optimising Pipeline Inspection Frequency With a Simple Probabilistic Method
DESCRIPTION:Optimising Pipeline Inspection Frequency With a Simple Probabilistic Method by Rex Hubbard from Atteris. \nThe integration of historical flow assurance assessments and corrosion engineering enabled an ageing flowline’s past corrosion condition to be estimated\, however the resulting deterministic estimate of pit depths would have required a near-term inline inspection campaign. A simplified probabilistic estimate of historical and future corrosion pitting depths provided an improved understanding of the likelihood of failure and allowed an optimised inline inspection frequency. \nAbout Our Presenter \n \nRex Hubbard is a chemical engineer with 25 years engineering experience principally in process engineering\, flow assurance\, subsea systems design and subsea project management.  Since 2014 Rex has been a Business Stream Leader with Atteris Pty Ltd\, a subsea and pipeline engineering consultancy. In this role he has\, amongst other things\, managed a number of concept studies\, pipeline repair plan revisions\, the development of unconventional pipeline repair methods and performed integrated flow assurance & internal corrosion assessments of late-life subsea assets. Rex is currently a Committee Member of the SUT’s Perth Branch. \nThanks to Our Venue Sponsor:
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/facilities-group-technical-evening-optimising-pipeline-inspection-frequency-with-a-simple-probabilistic-method/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160315T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160315T180000
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SUMMARY:OGFG - March Technical Talk - The Digital Oilfield\, Process Visualisation and Automated Surveillance – Getting Value From Your Data
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Oilfield\, Process Visualisation and Automated Surveillance – Getting Value From Your Data. by Henry Gordon-Wright \nThe oil and gas industry has led the world in the development and utilisation of “big data”.  Beginning with seismic data in the 1960s\, the industry now generates and processes petabytes of data every day.  Whilst dealing with terabytes of seismic data is now commonplace\, the industry is only just beginning to realise the value that can be generated by fully exploiting the hundreds of simulations and tens of thousands of sensors that make up a large modern field development. \n\nIn this presentation\, we will look at the benefits and barriers to both developing and maximising the value of the digital oilfield. We’ll look at some examples of how process dashboards and visualisation have helped operators to understand their process on a more intuitive level and how leveraging the data in process historians can improve process efficiency\, minimise downtime and reduce maintenance interventions.  Finally\, we’ll look at how integrating process data with simulation packages can allow operators to quickly evaluate operational scenarios for process optimisation\, forward planning and debottlenecking. \n  \nAbout Henry Gordon-Wright \nAfter graduating with a Masters in Aerospace Engineering Henry briefly worked as an analyst in the financial services industry before joining Frazer-Nash engineering consultancy.  Whilst at Frazer-Nash Henry worked on a wide range of projects covering marine hydrodynamics\, advanced CFD modelling\, human injury and blast simulation and root cause analysis for the nuclear\, defence\, marine\, and oil and gas industries.  Henry also represented the company on the MoD Weapons Effects Modelling working group and the Energy Institute Subsea AVIFF (Avoidance of Vibration Induced Fatigue Failure) working group.  After moving to Perth to join Xodus Group in 2013\, Henry’s work has focussed on flow assurance and process engineering for operators in Perth and the Middle East. \n 
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/ogfg-march-technical-talk-the-digital-oilfield-process-visualisation-and-automated-surveillance-getting-value-from-your-data/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160216T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20160216T180000
DTSTAMP:20160129T063312Z
CREATED:20160129T063332Z
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SUMMARY:OGFG - February Technical Talk. Disruption in Field Development – From a Nice to Have to a Have to Have.  Some Case Histories of How We Engineered It.
DESCRIPTION:Disruption in Field Development – From a nice to have to a have to have.  Some case histories of how we engineered it.  By Rodney Silberstein\,  from ARV Offshore. \nChallenges to field development economics are not new to oil & gas developments. Even in high price markets\, ensuring profits in low production outcome scenarios requires innovative approaches and most commonly we do things differently only when we have to. The fear is that doing things differently will turn out to cost more\, not less\, and usually we hear only about the problems. \nSuccess stories of a number of developments are presented\, in which step change to cost has been achieved and was not derailed by an over-looked detail. In many cases\, some enabling breakthrough technology has been developed\, made possible by a supportive working and contractual environment. These technologies include pipeline stabilisation\, platform installation\, mooring systems and\, above all\, include a great understanding of the life cycle of design through construction to operation and decommissioning. \n \nAbout Rodney Silberstein\, he is an engineer with a 30+ years career evenly split between design (mostly JPKenny)\, operation (mostly Unocal) and construction (mostly ARV).  He grew up in Perth\, receiving a B Eng. in Civil Engineering in 1980 and commenced work with 4 years at the Public Works Dept. (PWD)\, designing marine structures and building water supply and sewerage systems (think of him next time you’re using the Margret River scheme).  Like many other West Aussies\, he went to London for 2 years and entered the offshore oil & gas sector with Brown & Root (UK)\, followed by formative 11 years with JPKenny\, starting with 5 others in Perth in 1984.  His career path took him to Sydney and later Bangkok\, where he joined Unocal Thailand to redesign the facilities in the Gulf of Thailand.  In 2005 he left to set up ARV Offshore and 5 years later returned to Perth for the Australian version.  During this career he has gravitated towards the challenging\, marginal\, innovative projects to apply engineering and commercial drivers to optimise the solutions. \n \nThanks to our sponsor
URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/oil-and-gas-facilities-group-november-technical-evening/
LOCATION:Mia Yellagonga (Woodside)\, 11 Mount St\, Perth\, Western Australia\, 6000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Facilities Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Morgan":MAILTO:JULIE.MORGAN1@woodside.com.au
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