Subsea Production Systems Engineering
September 9-12, 2008
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Lecturers
David Fudge has a 30-year career in control engineering, including 20-years' experience of management and system engineering of diver/diverless subsea field developments, embracing conceptual design through to field commissioning, including operations and intervention with a core specialization in subsea control systems and umbilicals. David has been retained by major operating companies for long term consultancy on major subsea projects in the UK and Internationally. He is presently with Subsea Control Services, London and Deepwater Technology Company, Houston. Tommy Golczynski has nearly 10 years of experience in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry, and is the General Manager – Services for Multiphase Solutions, Inc. He manages the flow assurance department and is responsible for the technical and commercial aspects of all projects, as well as working with industry for technology development and JIP participation. Mr. Golczynski provides technical service support for flow assurance issues, in particular, a wide range of thermal and hydraulic, transient, multiphase flow analyses. He is involved in projects ranging from early conceptual studies to detailed FEED studies, as well as providing input into the development of operating guidelines for successful field operation and writing flow assurance specifications for operations. Kieran Kavanagh is President of MCS Houston. He holds a Masters degree in Offshore Engineering from University College Cork, Ireland, and a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has 18 years, experience in offshore engineering, specializing in the design and analysis of floating production steel and flexible risers and umbilicals. He has also been responsible for mooring system design, vessel motions analysis and steel structural design. Bil Loth has 38 years' experience in design, engineering, and management of subsea development projects. His career has included positions with Esso Production Research (now Exxon Upstream Research), Exxon USA, Esso Europe, and Shell Expro Central Engineering, where as head of Subsea Engineering he was responsible for prospect evaluation and front-end engineering for all subsea developments, including Osprey and Gannet. Since 1986 his consultancy, WD Loth and Company, has provided subsea engineering expertise on world-class development projects for major clients in the USA, Europe, and West Africa, including conceptual field engineering, technical audits, and field development support for Ramco, Enterprise, British Gas, Occidental and others; and field development and concept selection guidelines for Shell. In 2001 ExxonMobil Development Company assigned Bil as the lead engineer for their Erha subsea systems concept selection and design development. Steve Sasanow has been editor of Subsea Engineering News since its birth in 1984. In addition to being one of the leading offshore technology writers - he has contributed to almost every offshore magazine in print - Steve has carried out consultancy work for many of the leading operators and supply sector companies, including BP, Total, Statoil, Marathon, Soekor, McDermott, Subsea Offshore and others. |
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