June 2005-Present

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Lead Instrument Engineer

in the role of

Lead Commisioning Engineer

Apache Oil North Sea

Forties Field Power Generation

Responsible for the organisation, coordination and execution of all commissioning activies involved in the installation of new Solar Gas Turbine driven generators on the Alpha and Charlie Platforms which supply the entire Forties Field with electrical power and oversee the completion of all verification and handover certification to G.O.C.

July 2004-June 2005

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Principal Instrument Engineer

in the role of

Commissioning Co-ordinator

BP Schiehallion FPSO

Co-ordiantion of the various activities and vendor attendances required to complete the offshore of Solar Gas Turbine driven produced water injection pump. Also completion of final handover certification packs based on G.O.C.

November 2003 -July 2004

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Principal Instrument Engineer

BP Forties Unity Re-intsrumentation Project

Fire and Gas and ESD system replacement design engineering and offshore commissioning.

September 2002 - November 2003

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Seconded to Wood~Stork Engineering Alliance, Velson Noord, The Netherlands

Responsibilities ;

Lead Instrument Engineer on the ring-fenced project for the replacement ESD/C&M System on the K15FB-1 Production Platform

Principal Instrument Engineer (Systems)

Generation of Year 2003 Project Plans and manhour estimates

General ISC projects including;

Platform K14 DCS and ESD system modifications to accommodate upgrade of the platform air supplies.

Platform K81 DCS and ESD system modifications for the renewal of the gas supply and signal interface to replacement gas generators.

Den Helder Gas Terminal; installation of gas chromatographs on the NOGAT export metering.

March 2002 - August 2002

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Principal Instrument Engineer (Systems)

NAM Project

Responsibilities ;

Design Engineering of DCS and ESD system modifications packages for Platform K81 produced water reinjection project.

Design Engineering of DCS and ESD system modifications packages for Platform K81 to accommodate the installation of an umbilical to Platform k82 demanning.

December 2001 - March 2002

Amec Process and Energy

City Gate

Altens

Aberdeen

Certification and Commissioning Engineer

Magnus EOR Project, Sullom Voe

Responsibilities ;

Compilation of GOC Certification in preparation of System Handover to BP Operations and the supervision of the commissioning technicians.

July 2000 - December 2001

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Senior Instrument Engineer

Responsibilities ;

BP ISC contract

Design Engineering and offshore commissioning of various modification packages for North Everest and Lomond Platforms

Design Engineering for the installation of a gas chromatograph on the BP Schiehallion FPSO.

Jan 1998 - July 2000

Amec Process and Energy

BP Dimlington Terminal

Hull, East Yorkshire

Senior Instrument Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Design Engineering and On Site Commissioning of Projects for BP onshore terminals (Easington & Dimlington) and offshore gas production platforms.

Project Involvement ;

ESD and Fire & Gas system replacement for Easington Gas Terminal ; design engineering and final commissioning.

ECA Project : Tie in of BG gas fields Neptune & Mercury to the BP Cleeton Platform. Special responsibilities for ESD and F&G modifications ; design engineering and final commissioning.

ECA Project : BP Dimlington, Condensate Heater Upgrade ; final commissioning.

Study and cost estimate of halon removal from all offshore installations in the BP Southern Sector.

1994 - 1998

Wood Group Engineering

Greenwell Road

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Senior Instrument Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Design Engineering and On Site Commissioning of Projects on the BP Magnus Platform. Special responsibilities for ESD mods. & upgrade.

Project Involvement ;

Gas Lift facility for low pressure wells; design engineering and commissioning

Produced Water System enhancement; design engineering and commissioning.

Conversion of Platform Control System to Honeywell TDC 3000 ; final commissioning.

Conversion of underperforming wells direct into LP Separator; design engineering and final commissioning.

Design Engineering for converting Water Injection well to Oil Producer.

Recategorisation of Platform Trip signals to ESD.

1993 - 1994

British Steel

Scunthorpe

Instrument Commissioning Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Commissioning of integration of existing plant with new control systems.

Project Involvement ;

Continuos Slabcasting Plant ; Existing plant to Eurotherm T1000 Control System.

Desulpherisation Plant ; Analogue signals into central engineering monitoring system.

Vacuum Degassing Plant ; Existing plant to Fisher & Porter Micro DTI System.

1993

BP Exploration

Magnus Asset

Wood Group Project Centre

East Tullos

Aberdeen

Senior Instrument Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Design Engineering and On Site Commissioning of additional of 5th Water Injection Pump on the BP Magnus Platform.

1993

AOC International

Dyce

Aberdeen

Instrument Commissioning Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Offshore commissioning of various topsides instrumentation packages on the Elf Saltire Platform.

1992 - 1993

British Steel

Scunthorpe

Instrument Commissioning Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Final Design and Commissioning of Air Mist Cooling System for steelmaking vessels which was controlled by Fisher & Porter Micro DTI System.

1988-1992

ICS Scotland Ltd.

Abbotsinch Industrial Estate

Grangemouth

Stirlingshire

Instrument Systems Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Design Engineering and On Site Commissioning of addition of various instrument and ESD systems including the following ;

Project - Forties 'B' Multiphase Pump

Client - BP Pet. Dev., Aberdeen

Project - G4 Polyethylene Plant ESD

Client - BP Chemicals, Grangemouth.

Project - Magnus Platform , ESD Wellbay Facilities Extension

Client - BP Exploration

Project - Claymore Platform, Fire and Gas System Power Supply mods.

Client - Occidental

Project - Magnus Platform, ESDV Installation on Oil and Gas Export Lines

Client - Client - BP Exploration

Project - Welton Gas Gathering Centre, waste gas incinerator shutdown and control panel (Taylor Mod 30)

Client -BP Pet. Dev., Aberdeen

Project - AN4 Acrylic Nitrile Reactor Upgrade and sequence control panel (Rosemount RS3)

Client - BASF, Sealsands, Teesside

Project - Phthalic Anhydride Plant, Reactor control system upgrade & DCS

Client - BP Chemicals, Saltend, Hull

1979-1988

Daniel Industries Ltd.

Lochlands Industrial Estate

Larbert

Stirlingshire

Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities ;

Design Engineering of electrical packages including distribution switchgear, motor control centres, lighting, traceheating and installation of instruments on skid mounted fiscal metering system packages.

Also supervision of installation contractors and calibration of field mounted equipment. Occasional On Site Commissioning including 6 months on Das Island, UAE and various Petrochemical Facilities in Norway.