Field Development

Anadarko

Independence Hub

15 Well Development – 9,000 ft water depth

DSDS Principal Consultant served as the Subsea Production Equipment Work Package Lead & Commissioning Coordinator for the Independence Subsea Project with responsibility for providing project management over the supply and commissioning of subsea production equipment, including the subsea horizontal trees, manifolds, flowline connections, jumpers, and flowline valves.

Specific integrated project Work Package Lead responsibilities included generating alternative and AFE equipment cost estimates and quotation requests, reviewing vendor bids and quality plans, vendor selection, subsea support for regulatory documents, subsea equipment interface management, vendor schedule maintenance and expediting, generating subsea installation procedures, and SIT coordination and support.
Specific Commissioning Coordinator responsibilities included generation of subsea equipment commissioning plans and procedures, managing vendor offshore testing responsibilities and coordinating same offshore, developing and maintaining an integrated offshore installation and commissioning schedule, and verifying the proper operation of all subsea system equipment prior to production start up.
DSDS Staff Consultant served as Ancillary Support Supervisor on behalf of client providing installation of ultra deepwater subsea umbilicals, manifolds, jumpers and flying leads. Duties included oversight of SIT testing (VLS Tower, Overboard winch and Flying Leads). Management of construction ROV tooling, drawing review, procedure review, scheduling review, daily planning/reporting, cost tracking, contractor and third party interface during onshore preparation and offshore execution phases. Additionally providing oversight during subsea well, flowline and umbilical commissioning process.

Spiderman No. 2 Field Intervention

Onshore Project Mgmt. & Offshore Supervision

K2 Well No. 2 Filed Intervention

Onshore Project Mgmt. & Offshore Supervision

ISG-JVC Pipeline Leak Detection

Offshore Supervision & Oversight with DSDSV

Independence Hub

Operating and Initial Start Up Procedures Gas Field

British Borneo

Allegheny

3 Well Development – 3,300 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principle served as a Subsea Systems Consultant, providing technical and coordination support for the testing and installation of the subsea production equipment for three subsea wells. Specific responsibilities included generating procedures for component and systems integration testing, and providing offshore surveillance and coordination of subsea production and control equipment service personnel during the installation of the subsea trees, completion equipment, production umbilical, umbilical flying leads, and well flowline jumpers.

Morpeth Workover

1 Well Workover – 1,700 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principal served as a Subsea Systems Consultant, providing on-site management of the offshore installation of completion equipment and umbilical flying leads during a one well workover.

Callon Petroleum

Entrada 2

Well Development – 4,500 ft water depth

DSDS Principal Consultant served as the Upper Completions/Subsea Equipment Engineer with responsibility for managing all subsea equipment, upper completion equipment, and rig interfaces, generating completion & SIT procedures, requests for quotes, cost estimates, completion timelines, and facilitating weekly completion interface meetings. The project was cancelled just prior to initiating the well completion.

ChevronTexaco

Typhoon Original Field (2000)

3 Well Development - 2,100 ft water depth

Typhoon Workovers (2002-2005)

3 Well Workover - 2,100 ft water depth

1 Well Workover – 2,100 ft Water Depth

DSDS Subsea Systems Consultant, interfaced with drilling, completion, and rig operations personnel (on and offshore) relative to workover procedures involving the subsea tree/controls equipment and tooling. Generated de-completion and re-completion procedures, and provided oversight of workover operations offshore. Generated testing procedures and on-site supervision of systems integration testing of subsea test tree and tubing hanger workover equipment. Generated equipment failure root cause analysis. Developed BOP connector adapter spool alternatives and provided oversight of spool assembly and testing. Generated a workover lessons learned document.

2 Well Workover – 2,100 ft Water Depth

DSDS Subsea Systems Consultant, interfaced with drilling, completion, and rig operations personnel relative to two workover procedures involving subsea tree/controls equipment and tooling, and subsea choke intervention. Generated choke replacement procedures, provided testing procedures and oversight of systems integration testing of subsea test tree and tubing hanger workover equipment. Provided support for rig operations offshore during both workovers. Generated a workover lessons learned document.

Lobito Tomboco Field

9 Wells, 9 Water Inj. Development - 1,300-1,800 ft water depth

Shasta Field Development

3 Well Development & Well Abandonment- 1,000 ft water depth

DSDS Subsea Systems Consultant, provided project management over the subsea equipment design (trees, E/H control system, flowline connections/jumpers, and IWOCS), oversight of the procurement, construction, testing, and installation of the subsea equipment to ensure that the contractors complied with project requirements (quality, cost, and schedule). Specific responsibilities included generating subsea tie back alternatives, alternative and AFE equipment cost estimates, quotation requests, bid review, vendor selection, subsea support for regulatory documents, equipment interface management, vendor schedule maintenance and expediting. Additionally, generated systems integration testing (SIT) procedures, provided SIT management, and provided surveillance offshore during the installation and subsea commissioning of the equipment.

Gemini Subsea

Conceptual Development of Subsea Tree Abandonment

Gemini Subsea

Create Subsea Operations Manual; Operator Training

DSDS Subsea Operability Consultant, interfaced with ChevronTexaco engineers and operators to create the subsea operating manual. The DSDS Consultant(s) worked as an integral part of the operations team to develop procedures for operating the field production subsea and topsides equipment. Responsibilities included developing procedures, facilitating operability reviews of the procedures, delivering a usable manual, and participating in the commissioning process, when required.

Tahiti Field Development

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Lobito Tomboco

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Angola Block O

Value Engineering Studies for Molongo and Takula Fields

Agbami Operability - SIMOPS

Workshop - Manage of Change to Operating Procedures

Conoco Norway, Inc.

Heidrun Field Development

Preliminary Engineering Phase

Devon Energy

Subsea Equipment Specs

General Equipment Functional Specifications

DSDS Principle served as a Subsea Systems Consultant responsible for generating functional specifications for the following subsea equipment: Horizontal Tree; Electro-hydraulic Control System; Flowline Jumper Connection System, and Installation Workover and Completion System (IWOCS) equipment.

Dominion Exploration

Rigel/17 Hands

2 Well Development - 5,880 ft Water Depth

Exxon USA - Western Division

Santa Ynez Offshore Storage & Treatment Vessel

Project Management - Gas Swivel Module Replace

Ghana National Petroleum Co.

Tano

Field Development

Husky Energy

White Rose Operability

Subsea Oil Dev. Operating Guidelines & Procedures

DSDS Subsea Operability Consultant, interfaced with Husky engineers and operators to create the subsea operating manual. The DSDS Consultant(s) worked as an integral part of the operations team to develop procedures for operating the field production subsea and topsides equipment. Responsibilities included developing procedures, facilitating operability reviews of the procedures, delivering a usable manual, and participating in the commissioning process, when required.

Kerr-McGee

East Breaks 688 & 686

2 Well tie-in to the existing Boomvang Development -

3,450 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principal Consultant served as the Client Representative aboard a multi-service vessel to oversee the installation of a variety of subsea tie back equipment. Activities included the installation of subsea manifolds, rigid and flexible well jumpers, hydraulic and electric flying leads, production tree choke insert replacement, and the commissioning of subsea trees. Provided coordination and oversight of third party installation contractor and facilitated the interface and communication with the production platform during installation & commissioning activities. Generated choke insert replacement procedures and reviewed all pre-installation, SIT, and installation procedures.

Gunnison

2 Well tie-in to the existing Gunnison Development -

3,150 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principal Consultant served as the Client Representative aboard ROV support vessel during the installation of the subsea tie back equipment for an additional Gunnison well. Installation activities included the installation of flowlines and termination units, umbilicals and umbilical termination units, rigid well jumpers (including metrology), hydraulic and electric flying leads, and the commissioning of subsea trees. Provided oversight and monitoring of third party installation contractor.

Marathon Oil

Arnold #4

Canyon Express/Camden Hills HAZOP Reviews; Offshore Commissioning & Startup

Development, Create Subsea Operations Manual

Mariner Energy (Hardy Oil & Gas USA)

Shasta/Mustique

Field Development

Modec International

Bijupira - Salema

Create Subsea Operations Manual

Murphy Exploration & Production

Thunder Hawk

3 Well Development - 5,700 ft Water Depth

The Lead DSDS Principal Consultant, as a Member of the Integrated Project Team had specific responsibility for the subsea trees, manifold, and connection systems, while assisting the client with field development scenario generation and evaluation. Other DSDS Principal Consultants served as the Upper Completions/Subsea Equipment Engineer with responsibility for managing all subsea equipment, upper completion equipment, and rig interfaces, generating completion & SIT procedures, requests for quotes, cost estimates, and completion timelines, and facilitating weekly completion interface meetings.

The DSDS Consultants also provided on-shore support of operator, contractor, and rig personnel during the completion phase, including SIT site supervision and coordination.
Installation planning for all subsea components for the execution phase was conducted by an additional DSDS consultant serving as Staff Consultant on behalf of the client.
DSDS Operability Group prepared operating procedures for the Thunder Hawk Field project.

Medusa #5

3 Well Development - 5,700 ft Water Depth

DSDS Lead Principal Consultant was the systems representative on the Murphy Project Team with responsibility for Systems Architecture, Tree, and Umbilical. Other Staff Consultants served on behalf of the client in oversight specifically for FAT and SIT of Medusa subsea components as well as offshore installation / execution phases, this included subsea tree, umbilical lay, flow-line re-route and ancillary equipment installation. Duties included oversight of testing, procedure review, planning, contractor management, and reporting review, ROV interfaces of all subsea tree, PLETS, SUTA, flexible flowline, umbilical and jumpers.

An additional DSDS Principal Consultant served as the Upper Completions/Subsea Equipment Engineer with responsibility for managing all subsea equipment, upper completion equipment, and rig interfaces, generating completion & SIT procedures, requests for quotes, cost estimates, and completion timelines, and facilitating weekly completion interface meetings. Consultant also provided offshore coordination support of rig and contractor personnel during the completion.
DSDS Operability Group prepared operating procedures for the Medusa #5 Well project.

North Medusa

1 Well Development - 1,850 ft Water Depth

DSDS Lead Principal Consultant was the systems representative on the Murphy Project Team with responsibility for Systems Architecture, Tree, and Umbilical. Other DSDS Staff Consultants provided project oversight on all subsea equipment (tree, E/H control system, IWOCS, flexible flowlines, umbilical and subsea test tree) from fabrication through installation. Consultants also interfaced with drilling, completion equipment, and rig operations personnel for rig selection/modification, generating installation and completion procedures. Generated testing procedures and provided oversight of the FAT and SIT on all of the above subsea equipment.

DSDS Operability Group prepared operating procedures for the North Medusa Well project.

Azurite Field (FPSO)

6 Well Development - 4,600 ft Water Depth

DSDS Subsea Completions Consultant, performed oversight of the design, procurement, and installation of subsea and completion equipment. Generated installation and completion procedures involving the utilization of an FPSO as a drilling and completion vessel. Conducted installation planning, while identifying and resolving interface issues between the drilling, production, subsea, and completion groups.

Ocean Energy

Zia

1 Well Development - 1,800 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principal Consultant served as the Subsea Equipment Lead for the Zia Integrated Project Team. Responsibilities included providing field development planning, subsea architecture design, and project management for the manufacture and testing of the subsea tree, electro-hydraulic control system, flowline connectors, and well jumper. Additional responsibilities included generating subsea tie back alternatives, alternative and AFE equipment cost and schedule estimates, quotation requests, vendor bid and quality plan reviews, vendor selections, equipment interface management, and vendor schedule maintenance and expediting.

Principal also generated the subsea systems integration testing (SIT) procedures, provided SIT management, and provided offshore surveillance and coordination of subsea production and control equipment service personnel during the installation and subsea commissioning of the equipment.
A DSDS Senior Staff Consultant managed the subsea to host facility interfaces and subsea operability issues, generated subsea operating guidelines, and trained the offshore facility operators to operate the subsea systems. Additionally coordinated the Systems Integrated Testing (SIT) of the subsea equipment offshore and started up the subsea systems.

Plains Exploration & Production

Friesian Subsea Developments Conceptual Development of Shallow & Deep Prospects

Pogo Producing Company

Mississippi Canyon 661/705

2 Well Development - 850 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principal Consultant served as both the overall Project Manager and Subsea Equipment Team Leader of the MC 661/705 Integrated Project Team, providing project management over the Integrated Project Team (flow assurance, subsea equipment supply & installation, completion design, flowline design & installation, topsides production equipment supply & installation, and regulatory reporting), while providing individual project management over the manufacture, testing, and installation of the subsea equipment (trees, electro-hydraulic control system, umbilical, flowline jumpers and connections) to ensure that the contractors complied with project’s quality, cost, schedule requirements.

Specific Project Manager duties included generating a project execution plan, developing contracting strategies, selecting integrated project team members, facilitating weekly project team meetings, creating and maintaining the project design basis, schedule, and cost tracking/forecasting. Additionally responsible for reviewing all vendor invoices and publishing the monthly progress report to Pogo management.
Specific Integrated Project Team Leader responsibilities included generating subsea tie back alternatives, alternative and AFE equipment cost estimates, and quotation requests, as well vendor bid and quality plan reviews, vendor selections, support for creation of regulatory deep water operating plans and documents. Additional responsibilities included managing all subsea equipment interfaces, subsea vendor schedules, generating systems integration testing (SIT) procedures, providing SIT management, generating subsea equipment operating guidelines, and providing offshore surveillance and coordination of subsea production and control equipment service personnel during the installation and subsea commissioning of the equipment.

A DSDS Senior Staff Consultant managed the subsea to host facility interfaces and subsea operability issues, generated subsea operating guidelines, and trained the offshore facility operators to operate the subsea systems. Additionally coordinated the Systems Integrated Testing (SIT) of the subsea equipment offshore and started up the subsea systems.

Mississippi Canyon 705 #2

Subsea Systems Expansion Tie Back Alternatives

1 Well expansion into the existing MC 661/705 Development – 550 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principle served as a Subsea Systems Consultant developing subsea expansion tie back alternatives, alternative and AFE equipment cost estimates, subsea equipment functional specifications, and quotation requests, bid reviews, quality plan review, and vendor selection for Pogo management assessment.

Firebird

Subsea Plug and Abandonments - 3 Wells

Ewing Bank 948

Conceptual Development of Subsea Tree, Tie-back of Submarine Pipeline and Control Umbilical.

Shell

Malampaya (Cameron)

Develop Test Procedures & Reports for Subsea Tree Equipment

General Field Development Work

DSDS Subsea Technical Specialist developed written procedures and reports for tests conducted on a variety of subsea tree equipment to meet customer acceptance criteria. DSDS interfaced directly with the customer to design tests that would simulate field conditions and meet customer’s strenuous equipment requirements. DSDS also assisted in the design of equipment used to counteract problems incurred during wellhead installation.

BC - 10 Operability Procedures

Create Subsea Operations Manual

8+ Well Development – 5,900 ft Water Depth

DSDS Subsea Operability Consultant, interfaced with Shell engineers and operators to create the subsea operating manual. Worked as an integral part of the operations team to develop procedures for operating multiple fields using subsea caissons and ESPs to facilitate subsea separation. Responsibilities included developing procedures, facilitating operability reviews of the procedures, and delivering a usable manual.

Bonga - West Africa FPSO

Subsea Oil Dev. Operating Guidelines & Procedures

DSDS Subsea Operability Consultant, interfaced with Shell engineers and operators to create the subsea operating manual. The DSDS Consultant(s) worked as an integral part of the operations team to develop procedures for operating the field production subsea and topsides equipment. Responsibilities included developing procedures, facilitating operability reviews of the procedures, delivering a usable manual, and participating in the commissioning process, when required.

Princess Operability Procedures

Create Subsea Operations Manual

Mensa A4 Operability Procedures

Create Subsea Operations Manual

Oregano & Serrano Phase II

Create Subsea Operations Manual - Work in Brazil

Perdido Field Development

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Manatee Field Development

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Llano Field Development

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Glider Field Development

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Habanero Field Development

Create Subsea Operations Procedures Manual

Shell/BP

Na Kika Operability Procedures

Create Subsea Operations Manual

5 Independent Fields In Mississippi Canyon Development – 5,800 – 7,000 ft Water Depth

DSDS Subsea Systems Consultant, interfaced with Shell and BP engineers to create the subsea operations manual. Facilitated operability reviews and compiled information for multiple fields, early and late life, into organized volumes used to operate the subsea wells.

Spinnaker Exploration

Sangria

1 Well Development - 1,500 ft Water Depth

DSDS Principal served as a Subsea Systems Consultant providing subsea controls repair alternatives, tooling requirements, repair/replacement procedure planning, and provided the coordination and offshore oversight of DP multi-service vessel contractor and service personnel to implement the subsea controls repair, and facilitated the interface and communication with the production platform. Repair activities included mobilizing repair equipment and tools to location, recovering, repairing, and re-installing a thermoplastic hydraulic flying lead, and commissioning of the subsea tree after re-installation.

DSDS Operability Group prepared operating procedures for the subsea Sangria Field project.

Texaco Exploration & Production

Gemini - IPT, Offshore Opns Gp

Field Development

Petronius Field Development

3 Well Development - 3,500 ft Water Depth

Fuji - Asset Evaluation-Hydrates

Field Development - 4,300 ft Water Depth

Agbami - West Africa FPSO

Develop Operating Guidelines, Training & Commissioning

Tom Wheatley Valve for Saga Petroleum

Snorre Field Barrier Valve

Design, Fabrication, ABS Cert.; Shutdown and Removal of Control Swivel & Install New Gas Module.

TotalFinaElf Exploration & Production

Matterhorn Field Development

1 Well Development - 2,450 ft Water Depth

Matterhorn Pipeline - Hurricane

Subsea Repair and Re-commissioning, 10" Export Line

DSDS Principal served as a Subsea Systems Consultant providing pipeline repair alternatives, tooling requirements, repair/replacement procedure planning, and provided the coordination and offshore oversight of DP multi-service vessel contractor and service personnel to implement the 10” pipeline repair, and facilitated the interface and communication with the production platform. Repair activities included mobilizing repair equipment and tools to location, recovering, repairing, and re-installing the 10” export line and commissioning after re-installation was complete.

Canyon Express Interventions

SCM Intervention, MC-305#4 Well.

DSDS Staff Consultant acted as Client Representative, providing supervision on the vessel for intervention operations including: +SCM Intervention – Supervised the replacement of a subsea control module on the MC-305#4 Well. + Chemical Metering Valve Intervention – Supervised the replacement of several chemical injection valves on MC-305#3 and MC-305#4 Wells. + Filter Module Intervention – Supervised the replacement of two filter modules on the Canyon Express Electro-hydraulic Distribution Unit subsea.

Canyon Express Interventions

SCM Intervention, MC-305#4 Well.

Canyon Express Interventions

Filter Module Intervention, Subsea Unit.

Canyon Express Workover

Aconcagua Field Expansion

4 Well Aconcagua Field Expansion – 7,000 ft Water Depth

DSDS Subsea Systems Consultant, providing project management as the subsea representative for expanding the Aconcagua Field. Oversaw the planning, procurement and manufacturing of new equipment for the project. Generated installation and completion procedures for the field addition, plus de-completion/completion procedures for the workover of an existing well.

Canyon Express SMDL Repair

Inspected and Witness Testing - Repair Tooling (Ivan)